Archives for August, 2025
Claude’s new policies: a tempest in a teapot
Or is it a storm in a teacup? Either way, some people are hysteric for no good reason. Just as it has been reported by The Register, Anthropic is changing…
Sabine being Sabine, and the entanglement not being Einstein’s spooky action…
If you never heard of Sabine Hossenfelder, read my older post about her. This short one is meant to come with updates on her obsession and her raison d'être. On…
Google’s “nano-banana” & some Nvidia shit
I wasn't aware of Gemini's upgraded image editing capabilities based on Gemini Flash Image (aka nano-banana), “our state-of-the-art image generation and editing model.” It was announced on their blog, with…
Frustrated, Exasperated, Done — Farewell to Linux Underway
Over the past months, I’ve started and kept as drafts several Linux-related posts. But frustration accumulated to the point when I just couldn't take it anymore, so I ditched them…
A chat about stablecoins, and pessimism regarding AI
I still don't believe in stablecoins! For the first topic, a bit of context. CNBC, on August 20: Crypto firms urge UK to form national stablecoin strategy to avoid falling…
O ciudățenie a limbilor franceză și spaniolă
De decenii, m-a zgâriat pe creier sloganul „Renault préconise ELF”, care între timp cred că a și dispărut. Cum ar veni, de ce nu „Renault recommande ELF”? Simplu: pentru că…
Reforma Pilonilor II-III-IV: un furt marca Bolojan, nu OECD
Inițial, tovarășul Bolojan a invocat „cerințele OECD, în care vrem să intrăm”, pentru a justifica reforma care limitează dreptul de a retrage banii din Pilonul II de pensii private obligatorii.…
Dan, căpitan de plai: președintele „umpic” simpatizant legionar
Nu-l urmăresc prea des pe Mircea Badea, însă tocmai am făcut-o. Dumnezeul ateilor mi-a dat un bobârnac, și-i mulțumesc. Nu am prins începutul emisiunii, dar văzând ce am văzut, am…
Don’t blame Microsoft for your suicidal SSD!
According to a Japanese report on X, the KB5063878 Windows 11 update is allegedly causing SSDs to become non-functional after large files are being written to them in quick sequence.…
Lumo by Proton: a fraud of an AI
Proton launches privacy-respecting encrypted AI assistant Lumo Proton has launched a new tool called Lumo, offering a privacy-first AI assistant that does not log user conversations and doesn't use their…
La dispariția unui spectru
Ion „Ilici” Iliescu a dispărut dintre noi fiind detestat de o majoritate a populației: l-au urât atât cei care-i reproșează eșecul democrației românești, cât și nostalgicii ceaușismului sau, mai generic…