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A society by robots, for robots: very quick thoughts

October 6, 2025 A society by robots, for robots: very quick thoughts2025-10-06T15:53:01+01:00 1 Comment apocalypse, China, economics

I happened to read this article in SCMP, As China’s population falls, 300,000-strong robot army keeps factories humming, and the ending annoyed me: “By 2030, the country is projected to…

Un comentariu la Eugen Rădulescu (preluare de pe FB)

October 4, 2025 Un comentariu la Eugen Rădulescu (preluare de pe FB)2025-10-05T15:01:55+01:00 No Comment economics, finance, Justice, pe românește, social-media

Dacă tot m-am strofocat să scriu atâta, reiau și aici ce am postat pe Facebook după vizionarea unui interviu televizat cu unul din experții noștri în finanțe, consilier al lui…

Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même

June 11, 2025 Un nou geniu al Carpaților: moi-même2025-10-05T15:02:04+01:00 10 Comments economics, finance, idiocy, pe românește, social-media

Printre multele prostii pe care le postez pe Facebook (link-uri cu minime comentarii, frivolități) se mai strecoară și opinii de mai mare întindere, iar aici preiau două astfel de postări.…

Economie și finanțe: Un contabil bun poate fi pe alocuri și prost

November 19, 2024 Economie și finanțe: Un contabil bun poate fi pe alocuri și prost2025-10-05T15:01:45+01:00 3 Comments apocalypse, economics, finance, longread, pe românește

Am aflat despre tovarășul Radu Georgescu, unul din numeroșii Radu Georgescu, din rebutul de presă românească. Respectivul a fost citat cu câteva observații bune, toate preluate de pe Facebook. Doar…

Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “SJVN: Remember ELIZA? AI has no intelligence at all.” Oct 28, 02:48
Béranger on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “FOLLOW-UP: A €20 Linux tax: cui et quantum prodest?” Oct 27, 20:22
Béranger on My chatbot use in the last week: “Indeed, I failed to notice it right away.” Oct 27, 13:19
Aldus on My chatbot use in the last week: “But yes, it is a good idea to check your later posts. 🙂 So this is on me.” Oct 27, 13:16
Aldus on My chatbot use in the last week: “I’ll check your posts regarding AI from the beginning. But this is relatively new, from last month. I used Grok…” Oct 27, 13:14
Aldus on My chatbot use in the last week: “Regarding the last point, from a purely technical standpoint: 1) The model is not programmed to do what you tell…” Oct 27, 13:06
Béranger on My chatbot use in the last week: “Absolutely, except that your image doesn’t work because this comments system bans WEBP. Why don’t you use PNG? And Grok…” Oct 27, 12:47
Aldus on My chatbot use in the last week: “Grok 3 is not the only free one. Grok 4 is freely available from at least august. Now you have…” Oct 27, 12:45
Béranger on Kimi’s useless “OK Computer” agent: “Oh, but maybe Kimi CLI works better. Apparently, it’s API-based, so it can’t be used for free.” Oct 27, 12:15
Aldus on Minor updates in Copilot and Grok: “I saved the same request as a memory: Utilizatorul preferă să nu i se ofere întrebări de continuare a dialogului…” Oct 27, 11:32
Béranger on Lumo by Proton: a fraud of an AI: “Except for the more generous limits, I don’t know what is it that paid brings that free doesn’t have, but…” Oct 27, 04:02
Matt on Lumo by Proton: a fraud of an AI: “When I first used Lumo, the free version, I was impressed. It reviewed and made useful improvement suggestions on my…” Oct 27, 03:36
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Since I recommended enabling Flathub for Flatpaks, there is a thing you need to know should you want to install…” Oct 26, 22:06
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Barely posted, and I already had to make some corrections!” Oct 25, 05:54
HAL on Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke: “À propos des deux options dans PCManFM-Qt, la deuxième semble écrite différemment en anglais et en français : Move deleted files…” Oct 25, 02:27
Béranger on The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!: “UPDATE: Comic Strip Browser v. 1.1.1: new features and new bugs!” Oct 24, 23:29
HAL on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “MATE is stagnant. XFCE is moribund. LXQt isn’t doing much better. Only KDE seems to have a future. You’re forgetting…” Oct 24, 20:28
Béranger on namesake vs. homonym vs. eponym vs. Romance languages: “Another pair of confusing apparent synonyms: maniacal and manic, both adjectives. — “Maniacal” initially applied to the medical condition known…” Oct 24, 15:57
Béranger on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!: “Touché !” Oct 24, 02:11
HAL on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!: “It’s only the idiots who don’t change their mind 😉” Oct 24, 02:06
Béranger on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!: “So, on Aug. 5, 2017, artmg opened Issue #558: Adding shortcuts to View menu, asking the developer to add in…” Oct 23, 14:24
Béranger on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “Well, GNOME 3/4x is also sort of Metro. And the castration of Nautilus/Files that cannot have a compact list view…” Oct 22, 13:22
dell.shill on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “I’m aware many still use 7 because it was that good. Even first release of 8 wasn’t so bad in…” Oct 22, 13:14
Béranger on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “Understood. This being said, I still have a Win7 laptop that I’m using daily. NO ANTI-VIRUS OF ANY KIND. Built-in…” Oct 21, 15:37
deb.shill on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “For 15 years I was mostly in Ubuntu / Mint camp, occasionally jumping to Arch and OpenSuSe. I also dual…” Oct 21, 15:33
Béranger on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “On the Wayback Machine, the original Download page. Xubuntu.org seems to work intermittently. If Xubuntu 25.10 released! doesn’t work, here’s…” Oct 21, 00:29
Béranger on Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke: “Having read Jesse Smith’s review of Kubuntu 25.10, I tried the Live ISO myself, and it performed quite well on…” Oct 20, 14:05
System Administrator on Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke: “Still, hope to see you lose a bit of more time on Linux in a few years. Hear hear! I…” Oct 18, 04:47
Alex on Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke: ““Lost years/time” and Linux go hand in hand, unfortunately. I was quite disappointed to see you leave Linux (once again?),…” Oct 17, 22:20
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Here’s a LIVE performance at a school fundraiser from October 17, 2025: Creep by Radiohead. Izzy: vocals, Grayson: drums, Max:…” Oct 17, 18:22
Béranger on Claude Sonnet 4.5 is here!: “I just noticed that Haiku 4.5 has been made available for free, so you could use it when Sonnet 4.5…” Oct 15, 21:02
Béranger on 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits: “I added an update regarding the MT7663 BT regression. And I have a plush Tux to sell or destroy.” Oct 15, 20:54
Béranger on When being European pays the bill: Win10 has one more year: “How to associate your system with your Microsoft account to benefit of the 1-year ESU: copilot.microsoft.com/shares/ezKVN2GUPBMdsyfeGTw2y.” Oct 15, 17:42
zugu on Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke: ““There was never any QA whatsoever, be it about the kernel, about a desktop environment, or about a distro.” -…” Oct 15, 16:05
Béranger on Trump’s Gaza success eclipses his China chaos: “Jeremy Bowen, BBC International editor: Trump’s role in Gaza ceasefire was decisive, but not a roadmap to peace: Without question,…” Oct 14, 23:03
Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “From June 15, with Steven Bartlett (The Diary of a CEO): Godfather of AI: They Keep Silencing Me But I’m…” Oct 14, 22:58
nyckelharpa on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “yeah, most of humanity interacts with noncorporeal people, with gin and tonic, or without. it may be hilarious, and then…” Oct 14, 09:40
Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “Selected steps to keep you from falling prey to A.I.’s flattery, from Next Time You Consult an A.I. Chatbot, Remember…” Oct 14, 01:26
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “Continuing my previous quest on comic strips, I questioned Grok this time, only to find out that it’s stupid and…” Oct 13, 21:12
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “Asking Copilot why isn’t there any Calvin and Hobbes® 2026 Day-to-Day Calendar: copilot.microsoft.com/shares/g3ec4eDzMgbSKfeiTaoF1. From the answer, I very much appreciated…” Oct 13, 15:17
Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “Spirits, as in gin and tonic?” Oct 13, 13:29
nyckelharpa on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “Have you actually interacted with people who have an intense, life-changing relationship with “god” or “spirit” or “angel” that you…” Oct 13, 13:28
Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “Hai să pun asta și aici, ca să nu fie doar pe FB și în arhivele mele lingvistice. A trebuit…” Oct 13, 10:57
Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “Why are we worried about people developing personal relationships with 🤖 AI chatbots and agents, but we’re OK with people…” Oct 13, 10:17
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Fixed Jazz24.org’s streams; added the streams for KNKX right below Jazz24.” Oct 13, 10:08
Béranger on One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton: “BONUS! Yuval Noah Harari and Sir Stephen Fry met and spoke at the ‪Octopus Energy‬ Tech Summit: AI: how can…” Oct 12, 21:11
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Added: WDR 3, WDR 3 Jazz, WDR 3 Klassik, WDR 3 World, WDR 4.” Oct 12, 19:44
Laurențiu on Moartea Win10 nu afectează prețul rablelor SH & refurbished: “Thanks!” Oct 10, 18:25
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Not impossible, but everything they do is covers. And some removed covers have been remade, so…” Oct 9, 19:46
Octogenarian on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “You think maybe-just guessing-there might be copyright issues with those earlier videos?” Oct 9, 19:36
Béranger on Minor updates in Copilot and Grok: “I noticed that in a browser, Grok allows me to disable “Show Follow Up Suggestions”… but not so in its…” Oct 9, 13:22
Béranger on The next level of AI crap: lab robots: “Bank of England smells hint of dotcom bubble 2.0 in AI froth.” Oct 9, 07:27
zugu on The next level of AI crap: lab robots: “A bit offtopic: Deloitte To Repay Australian Government After AI Errors Found In Official Report.” Oct 9, 06:48
Béranger on E-book readers on Windows and Android: my 2 cents: “RE-UPDATE: I added Readest to my list of e-book readers. Review included.” Oct 8, 22:14
Béranger on Minor updates in Copilot and Grok: “FFS, they removed the last style in ChatGPT, “Sidekick”!” Oct 8, 20:39
ConEst on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “I don’t think there’s a newer version than 2021 ISO. But over the time all the updates which Microsoft has…” Oct 8, 07:02
Béranger on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “They’re not fair: “You need to login to view this posts content.” (“posts” is grammatically wrong) I suppose this is…” Oct 7, 22:40
Béranger on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “By “updated ISO” you mean a newer edition than 2021?” Oct 7, 22:37
ConEst on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “I would like to plug My Digital Life here. Great forum for all things windows. You should try it and…” Oct 7, 22:35
Béranger on E-book readers on Windows and Android: my 2 cents: “I never use Calibre’s ebook viewer. I never liked it.” Oct 7, 22:31