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Michael Roitzsch

@reactorcontrol

computer researcher at Barkhausen Institute Dresden and spare-time filmmaker

 Dresden, Germany
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Joined June 2009
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John Gruber
@gruber17 Dec 2022
$10 says Elon Musk winds up Howards Hughes-ing it, living solo in the penthouse of some Vegas casino he buys (Cosmopolitan would be my choice if I were writing the script), surrounded by hundreds of bottles filled with his own urine.
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Hirncabrio@Hirncabrio13 Dec 2022
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I love this take.
Drug Monkey (@drugmonkeyblog) profile pictureDrug Monkey@drugmonkeyblog7 Dec 2022
A high h-index implies that you work in a densely populated field with a lot of folks all working on the same thing and citing each other. This is therefore an index of how replaceable you are as a scientist. Discuss.
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Julian Stecklina@blitzclone7 Dec 2022
Spoiler: Don't eat beef.
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) profile pictureMax Roser
@MaxCRoser7 Dec 2022
Replying to @MaxCRoser
This chart is from @_HannahRitchie's @OurWorldInData article ourworldindata.org/food-choi… In the article you can also find the data on emissions relative to calories, protein, etc. And it links to other related articles.
You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food...

You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food...

“Eat local” is a common recommendation to reduce your diet's carbon footprint. How does the impact of what you eat compare to where it comes from?

ourworldindata.org
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Meredith Whittaker
@mer__edith6 Dec 2022
Good example of how AI boosters translate corporate growth goals into liberatory thought leader speak. "AI" is data-centric corporate tech that requires surveillance + massive computation as its basis. AI for everyone transaltes to "AI companies reach into everyone's lives"
Sahil Lavingia (@shl) profile pictureSahil Lavingia
@shl2 Dec 2022
AI ethics should be about getting AI into everyone’s hands ASAP.
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Hromadske Int.
@Hromadske6 Dec 2022
According to the UK Ministry of Defence, the explosions at Russian airfields, in particular at the main operational base of long-range aviation in the Saratov region, may be considered one of the most strategically significant failures of its defense since the invasion of Ukraine
Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) profile pictureMinistry of Defence 🇬🇧
@DefenceHQ6 Dec 2022
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 06 December 2022 Find out more about the UK government's response: ow.ly/pHS350LVXtH 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
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Thomas H. Ptacek@tqbf2 Dec 2022
I’m sorry, I simply cannot be cynical about a technology that can accomplish this.
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Rutger Roffel @Rudcher2 Dec 2022
Google Maps changed its URL from "https://maps [dot] google [dot] com" to "https://google [dot] com/maps". Looks like it's not a big deal, but when you grant the location permission in your browser you now grant it to the whole #google [dot] com domain. 🤨 #privacy #googlemaps
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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum2 Dec 2022
The Russian plan, in one thread. With elements of high Stalinism
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I Can Haz Agile?@agile_memes1 Dec 2022
“It’s the circle, the circle of life” 🎶
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Let’s just be clear: this is the billionaire class attempting to give the same raw deal to tech workers that they’ve already given to literally everyone else. This is the winding down of privilege, in favor of profits for a very small few. Get yourself a union: @AlphabetWorkers
Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer) profile pictureZoë Schiffer
@ZoeSchiffer29 Nov 2022
NEW: Twitter engineers have received another late night email laying out Elon Musk’s expectations. Managers are expected to “identify low performers on a regular basis.” Those employees then have “up to” 4-weeks to improve or they’re out. 1/
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Viele Deutsche leben in einer Fantasiewelt. Hier ein paar Illusionen von denen ihr euch bitte trennt, wenn ihr nicht von der harten Wirklichkeit bestraft werden wollt: 1. Niemand, wirklich niemand, träumt davon nach Deutschland zu ziehen. 2/x
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This is *exactly* as I imagined, and provides the most straightforward explanation for anyone still trying to grasp at complicated theories on how the "SpaceX genius" could possibly be so bad at this. tumblr.com/numberonecatwinne…
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Florian Aigner@florianaigner21 Nov 2022
Man stellt sich das so einfach vor: Eine Rakete fliegt von der Erde zum Mond, umkreist den Mond und kehrt zurück. Von außerhalb des Erde-Mond-Systems betrachtet sieht das aber ganz anders aus:
Primal Space (@thePrimalSpace) profile picturePrimal Space@thePrimalSpace21 Nov 2022
Orion has now reached the Moon, here's how it will get back to Earth on the 11th of December.
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Ralf Fuecks
@fuecks21 Nov 2022
Wie lange will sich die EU die Provokationen dieses Mini-Putin noch gefallen lassen? Sie sollte die Ungarn vor die Wahl zwischen Orban und Europa stellen.
Matthäus Wehowski (@MattheusWehowsk) profile pictureMatthäus Wehowski@MattheusWehowsk21 Nov 2022
#Orban/s Schal zeigt die Umrisse des historischen Königreichs Ungarn, das u.a. die heutigen Territorien Rumäniens, Kroatiens, d. Slowakei etc. umfasste. Als würde der deutsche Kanzler die Grenzen des Deutschen Reichs v. 1937 präsentieren... #FIFAWorldCup #WM2022 #WMderSchande
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John Gruber
@gruber20 Nov 2022
Trump comes back. Trump at next rally: “Elon Musk, he called me. He said ‘Sir, sir, I need you to come back on Twitter. The company’s ratings have been terrible ever since you left.’ Elon Musk begged me like a dog. Sad! He begged me to come back.” Musk bans Trump again.
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td 🐳@tdmackey18 Nov 2022
That Twitter hasn’t gone down yet is the most resolute testament to the quality of work that twitter infra has done and also a testament to the ethics and quality of people that have dealt with the chaos and distrust that @elonmusk has been worried about.
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Tom Warren
@tomwarren18 Nov 2022
everyone is saying “Twitter is dying” but nobody is saying “I’ll see you on Facebook” 😅
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Hillel
@hillelogram14 Nov 2022
New newsletter! "Why do we call it boilerplate code" is a short history of the term, traced through the industrial revolution and rise of modern newspapers. buttondown.email/hillelwayne…
Why do we call it "boilerplate code?"

Why do we call it "boilerplate code?"

Etymology is fun!

buttondown.com
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+++ EILMELDUNG +++ Nach Scheitern des Bürgergelds im Bundesrat schlägt CDU-Vorsitzender Merz vor, Hartz IV Empfängern stattdessen ein signiertes Buch von ihm zukommen zu lassen
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