Mirroar
Mirroar
@mirroar.bsky.social
Developer by day, artist by night, full-time dad
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Dutch Railways: social profit of €1.33 billion, financial loss of €141 million. It delivers 11x (!!!!) more value to society than it costs.

Via:
social inclusion
increase in property values near stations;
welfare of employees and consumers;
productive use of travel time.

www.eur.nl/en/news/rese...
Research shows that NS generates social profit: 1.33 billion euros
This is according to a new study by Professor Dirk Schoenmaker (Rotterdam School of Managemen) and Wander Marijnissen of strategic consultancy firm ftrprf.
www.eur.nl
October 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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#Radio

Liebe Moderierende,

Ein Hinweis und eine Bitte. Im Radio permanent von "endlich Frühling", "endlich wieder 20°" zu feiern,ist auch eine Form - auch wenn ungewollt - von Brainwashing.

Wir hatten global den wärmsten Januar der Geschichte!

Es ist dramatisch!

Bitte hört auf mit dem Scheiß!
February 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In video games, I can face any obstacle, defeat any evil.

When it comes to the real world, I feel powerless and anxious. I have to watch while stupid people in positions of power enact policies that go against everything I identify with.
January 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A few weeks ago, while watching the 20 minute Silksong gameplay demo, I drew Hornet for fun.
Looking forward to the game‘s eventual release!
January 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Whenever people tell me there's been cold and warm periods all throughout history as a reason to justify climate change, I show them this: xkcd.com/1732/

And that's from 2016, it's not looking any better now.
Earth Temperature Timeline
xkcd.com
January 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I'm probably going to actually post things from time to time now.

In that sense, I leave you with a quote I like by Martin Fowler: "Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good software developers write code that humans can understand."
December 1, 2024 at 10:09 AM
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ChatGPT does not answer questions.

It provides responses that are statistically shaped like an answer to something statistically shaped like the prompt.

There is no thought or knowledge. It can't get an answer right or wrong. The output is always correct, but it's a coincidence if it states truth.
i am losing my mind
June 26, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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We got tricked by science fiction into thinking a futuristic city is all about flying cars and crystal towers and hologram billboards but what it really looks like is nice apartment blocks, good mass transit, pedestrian zones with shade trees and safe bike lanes.
June 26, 2024 at 9:14 PM