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I quickly tested Manus AI: I guess it has potential
When I mentioned Manus AI almost four weeks ago (at number 8), I wasn't thrilled by the business model because it lacked a free tier. Now it sort of almost…
There’s more than one Windows: More “secret” editions
In an unexpected post on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 and Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024, I described two special, yet official editions of Windows that have some…
Codex, OpenAI’s new bug factory
There was a lot of talk about this shit, and now it went live: Introducing Codex: “A cloud-based software engineering agent that can work on many tasks in parallel, powered…
AI is already vibe enslaving us
Time and again, we're told that AI hallucinates, that it's unreliable, that it can't write reliable code, nor could it replace meaningful jobs. And yet… Satya Nadella, on April 29,…
You don’t impress me much. Neither of you!
❶ Putin: “We offer Kyiv to resume direct talks without any preconditions starting from May 15 in Istanbul.” ❷ Zelenskyy, take 1: “It is a positive sign that the Russians…
Un mal nécessaire? Varoufakis about China, back in 2018
I’m an easy prey for YouTube’s algorithms, and I was just presented with an excerpt from an address by Yanis Varoufakis to the Cambridge Forum in Massachusetts on May 9,…
Pe 18 mai, românii vor lămuri dacă democrația își poate supraviețui
Majoritatea românilor nu sunt conștienți de gravitatea situației și de miza alegerilor din 18 mai. Mai mult de jumătate din populație a votat extremist în primul tur (Simion plus Ponta),…
The one big mistake Xi is making right now
There might be more important things to worry about right now, but I thought of wasting some time with one that bothers me. And yes, it's about comrade Xi. I…
Mai am 24 de ore de gândire. Plus un tur 2!
Aceste două tururi de scrutin vor fi ultimele din viața mea în care voi vota, DACĂ voi vota, și asta nu pentru că mă va călca trenul. Dar m-am săturat…
China repeats all the mistakes made by the West—and yet…
There are only a few thoughts that I wanted to express since some time already. Nothing too fancy, just some basic ideas. My recent “love for China” started before the…
Those analysts still don’t get it
I just happened to read this opinion by Quinn Slobodian in The Guardian: “MAGA’s sinister obsession with IQ is leading us towards an inhuman future.” Yes, it does. Of course…
This is how stupid Microsoft is
At first, after having learned about this, I thought: “This cannot be. It’s impossible for a presence of an empty folder to add any kind of security, unless Microsoft is…
AI: Hallucinations, agents, CO2, buttholes, books, and old news
I'm not genuinely captivated by the AI; quite the opposite is closer to the truth. But given the hundreds of billions invested so far in AI and the hysteria that…
Justiția pulii și pula justiției
Am scris că suntem tâmpiți când Georgescu a intrat în turul 2. Am zis că trăim în Cîcîrostan când au anulat turul 2. Am opinat că ucidem democrația în numele…
Să ne înspăimântăm alături de Armand Goșu
Domnul profesor nu apare doar în interviuri video sau în presă, mai apare și în podcasturi audio, cum ar fi „Punctul pe știri”, cu Magda Grădinaru, la Rock FM (din…
Bypassing GoComics’ paywall
Some two weeks ago, I noticed that GoComics.com introduced a paywall, something like this: you display like 14 comics, then you're asked to pay. For fuck’s sake, that’s preposterous! So…
Azure AI: I’m too old for this shit, but Whisper works—locally
I'm not a fan of “everything in the Cloud” dogma. I prefer local apps, because otherwise why would we need anything else than Chromebooks, if everything is hosted on Azure,…
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I constantly reassert my hatred for YouTube, with its (literally!) billions of videos and too many podcasts that often take 2-3 hours each, because there isn’t enough time to watch…
I’ll call it “Techno-Dark-Mafia”
I started to write this more than one week ago, but further events made me postpone it. Because of the delay and of the other disturbing international evolutions, I have…
Why China’s Xi is everyone’s best ally against shithead Trump
As he threatened two days ago, Trump has imposed an incredible tariff on China: 50% atop the original 34%. But this 84% additional tariff means that all goods from China…