Tag archives for YouTube
George Yeo and Shaun Rein talking about China and the US
Yong-Boon Yeo, aka George Yeo Yong-Boon, aka George Yeo, was Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore between August 2004 and May 2011 (Wikipedia). Previously, he was Minister for Trade and…
Colecționarul de Căcat
Matei Udrea, care din 1993 a avut o lungă carieră de jurnalist de sport, și care prin 2017 încă mai găsea că e interesant să pierzi timpul oamenilor vorbind despre…
Where can I place a bet on the way this war ends?
It might be the Third World War. Or not. It might lead to a new Great Depression. Or not. Iran might be destroyed in four weeks. Or maybe Israel will…
Even the algorithm wants peace!
As I was wandering on YouTube, “the algorithm” brought this video to my attention: Rick Steves’ Iran (2009). From the description: Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and…
Millions are listening to fake music and they are enjoying it!
On YouTube, there are thousands of channels with the following characteristics: They stream music 24/7 or for 2, 3, 8, 12 hours, after which they create another live stream that…
În care Dragoș Pătraru face pe istoricul
În decembrie, vă băgasem un episod de istorie povestit de Mircea Badea. Mă rog, varianta lui. De data asta, Dragoș Pătraru avu niscai opinii referitoare la războiul din Iran. Din…
SSDs are not magic—but YT shorts are somewhat dumb, too
Me: This YT short claims that a SSD might lose information over time if unplugged. It's not like it's RAM, but still electrons move around. However, even if plugged in,…
Spusele și nespusele lui Rughiniș cu privire la AI
Cătălin Striblea mi-e extrem de antipatic. Răzvan Rughiniș nu mi-e nicicum, dar îi detest barba prinsă într-o codiță. Omul este extrem de knowledgeable, dar e cu pluta. Pe de altă…
Fun and pain with a teardown—analogic radios are defunct
I happen to hold a master’s degree in electronics engineering. Even back in 1994 when I graduated, the world was already into digital, but I still hold dear analog electronics.…
Nuanțat, despre Venezuela și America Latină
După ce veți parcurge, fie și în fugă, acest interviu despre aliații Venezuelei, vă recomand câteva discuții audio-video cu profesora Caterina Preda. Nu sunt întru totul de acord cu doamna…
A blast from the past: how AI failed me
Here’s the comic strip Blondie, by Dean Young & John Marshall, for the day of December 5, 2025: Doesn’t it remind you of anything? You must be too young then.…
On the AI Apocalypse: ARTE documentaries & NYT interviews
“Big Tech is bad. Big AI will be worse.” It already is! Obviously, it's all about controlling us. When this is not enough, AI will replace (some of) us. “Democratic…
One more interview with Geoffrey Hinton
I’m bored to death by such pieces of crap: 98 minutes of chit-chatting. As if life weren’t already too short! AI: What Could Go Wrong? with Geoffrey Hinton | The…
They cancelled Sabine H. for calling the emperor naked!
Sabine Hossenfelder, on YouTube: I can’t believe this really happened. From the description: “My former academic institution discontinued my affiliation with them after members of the community complained about my…
Dan Wang & Zhang Weiwei on China
In this comment, I quoted from Dan Wang’s piece in The Atlantic, A Nation of Lawyers Confronts China’s Engineering State. There is more from this guy, and not only from…
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…
Psihologie socială și suveranisme — preluări de pe FB
Tocmai ce le-am postat pe Facebook, dar mi-am zis să le pun și aici. Prima postare se referă la Dumitru Borțun, iar a doua la Natalia Morari și, prin ricoșeu,…
The Great AI Leap Forward: To panic or not to panic?
I’m not sure that I should be doing this, but I collected some recent news on AI, on which I’d like to add some minimal comments. I’ll start with quick…
Scientists can be smart and stupid at the same time
I did not mention Sabine Hossenfelder on this blog, but only in e-mails and in a comment elsewhere. I used to watch her on YouTube between end-2022 and February 2024.…
A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones
Because of the few mega-retards of the planet, everything is breaking into pieces. As if cupidity, stupidity, and corruption weren’t enough, wars and a certain orange pithecanthrope’s tyrannic propensities made…