Peter Van Eynde
@pvaneynd.bsky.social
Solving problems and creating solutions at Cisco, they don't pay me enough to talk for them.
Eclectic multi-lingual geek, based in Belgium. Expect random languages and content
Eclectic multi-lingual geek, based in Belgium. Expect random languages and content
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Nantes continuing to ace transport policy: just seen a poster here explaining that, from 10.30pm until end of day, passengers are now able to ask their bus driver to stop between two stops if convenient, for safety reasons
December 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Nantes continuing to ace transport policy: just seen a poster here explaining that, from 10.30pm until end of day, passengers are now able to ask their bus driver to stop between two stops if convenient, for safety reasons
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Why is this advice always aimed at children avoiding their parents, and never at older people belligerently and inevitably regurgitating Facebook opinions so offensive their own kids would rather skip Christmas dinner than endure them?
Yeah, no thanks.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
December 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Why is this advice always aimed at children avoiding their parents, and never at older people belligerently and inevitably regurgitating Facebook opinions so offensive their own kids would rather skip Christmas dinner than endure them?
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I'm mostly saving this for me, but I did write about the infamous "You are not expected to understand this" UNIX comment in my dissertation using critical code studies and static analysis.
www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/u...
UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered
: Crucial early evolutionary step found, imaged, and ... amazingly ... works
www.theregister.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm mostly saving this for me, but I did write about the infamous "You are not expected to understand this" UNIX comment in my dissertation using critical code studies and static analysis.
www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Every single institution: yay let's cram this machine into something else
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Every single institution: yay let's cram this machine into something else
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"Researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers..."
Pro-death administration.
Pro-death administration.
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu
December 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers..."
Pro-death administration.
Pro-death administration.
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Were classical statues painted horribly?
buff.ly/fS78ULM
It is often suggested that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from that of the ancients. This essay proposes an alternative explanation.
buff.ly/fS78ULM
It is often suggested that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from that of the ancients. This essay proposes an alternative explanation.
Were classical statues painted horribly? - Works in Progress Magazine
Many claim that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from theirs.
buff.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Were classical statues painted horribly?
buff.ly/fS78ULM
It is often suggested that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from that of the ancients. This essay proposes an alternative explanation.
buff.ly/fS78ULM
It is often suggested that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from that of the ancients. This essay proposes an alternative explanation.
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The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
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This is a manned model ship course for captains and maritime pilots. While computer simulators are common, manned models provide a physical reality that digital programs often struggle to replicate perfectly, particularly regarding fluid dynamics and the "feel" of a ship.
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is a manned model ship course for captains and maritime pilots. While computer simulators are common, manned models provide a physical reality that digital programs often struggle to replicate perfectly, particularly regarding fluid dynamics and the "feel" of a ship.
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The International Symposium on Gravitational Collapse and Other Topics in Relativistic Astrophysics met #OTD in 1963 to discuss recently discovered "quasi-stellar radio sources." But the meeting is best known for a surprising announcement about black holes. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
Image: Physics Today
Image: Physics Today
December 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The International Symposium on Gravitational Collapse and Other Topics in Relativistic Astrophysics met #OTD in 1963 to discuss recently discovered "quasi-stellar radio sources." But the meeting is best known for a surprising announcement about black holes. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
Image: Physics Today
Image: Physics Today
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🤮
Mozilla's New CEO Bets Firefox's Future on AI
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/16/1359204/mozillas-new-ceo-bets-firefoxs-future-on-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Mozilla's New CEO Bets Firefox's Future on AI
Mozilla has named Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as its new chief executive, promoting the executive who has spent the past year leading the Firefox browser team and who now plans to make AI central to the company's future.
Enzor-DeMeo announced on Tuesday that an "AI Mode" is coming to Firefox next year. Th...
tech.slashdot.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🤮
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The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force uses seaplanes for SAR missions. With a range of 2500 nautical miles (2900miles, 4700km), the ShinMaywa US-2 is able to rescue mariners who need help, well beyond the service range of helicopters. (Footage sept 27, 25 rescue)
December 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force uses seaplanes for SAR missions. With a range of 2500 nautical miles (2900miles, 4700km), the ShinMaywa US-2 is able to rescue mariners who need help, well beyond the service range of helicopters. (Footage sept 27, 25 rescue)
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OH NO
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
OH NO
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The Bottsand Class oil recovery ship with a split personality
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Bottsand Class oil recovery ship with a split personality
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If you’re wondering what December in Finland is like…
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you’re wondering what December in Finland is like…
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went through security and the Eurostar security gate closed on my hand!!! I burst out crying out of sheer shock and the little pen thing had to be fully rebooted so I got stuck there for ages, weeping like a child, holding my bleeding hand!!! way to end my stupid trip!!!
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
went through security and the Eurostar security gate closed on my hand!!! I burst out crying out of sheer shock and the little pen thing had to be fully rebooted so I got stuck there for ages, weeping like a child, holding my bleeding hand!!! way to end my stupid trip!!!
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Incredible scenes here: Boom Supersonic is raising $300mm and pivoting to AI by signing a contract to supply its turbines as electrical power for data centers. They're even talking about converting turbines from simple to combined cycle via a "field upgrade". This is all deranged.
Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers | TechCrunch
Crusoe will pay Boom $1.25 billion for more than a gigawatt of generating capacity with deliveries of the turbines starting in 2027.
techcrunch.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Incredible scenes here: Boom Supersonic is raising $300mm and pivoting to AI by signing a contract to supply its turbines as electrical power for data centers. They're even talking about converting turbines from simple to combined cycle via a "field upgrade". This is all deranged.
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This is the Ramform Tethys, a Titan-class seismic vessel designed for large-scale, high-density data acquisition (towing seismic sensors). She has three 6,000 kW controllable pitch propellers and carries 24 streamer reels. She's 104.2m/342ft long and 70m/230ft wide
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This is the Ramform Tethys, a Titan-class seismic vessel designed for large-scale, high-density data acquisition (towing seismic sensors). She has three 6,000 kW controllable pitch propellers and carries 24 streamer reels. She's 104.2m/342ft long and 70m/230ft wide
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cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
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ordered pasta with a gorgonzola sauce for lunch and reminded of the fact that my way of doing that dish - melting literally half a block of blue cheese per person - is not in fact what you'd call industry standard*
*because they're cowards
*because they're cowards
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
ordered pasta with a gorgonzola sauce for lunch and reminded of the fact that my way of doing that dish - melting literally half a block of blue cheese per person - is not in fact what you'd call industry standard*
*because they're cowards
*because they're cowards
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So, it looks like Russia finally won the cold war.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
So, it looks like Russia finally won the cold war.
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The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
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Havfarm 1 is a stationary, offshore fish farm located approximately 5 km southwest of the island of Hadseløya, Norway. At 385m/1263ft long and 59.5m/195ft wide, Havfarm 1 is the largest semi-submersible structure ever built. It has the capacity to host 10000 tons of salmon.
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Havfarm 1 is a stationary, offshore fish farm located approximately 5 km southwest of the island of Hadseløya, Norway. At 385m/1263ft long and 59.5m/195ft wide, Havfarm 1 is the largest semi-submersible structure ever built. It has the capacity to host 10000 tons of salmon.