AKK
@akk666.bsky.social
I'm a German physicist, living and working in Germany, with a lot of strange house plants and never enough time for writing long fanfic epics in obscure fandoms.
I post in English about science and everything else & snarky everyday commentary in German.
I post in English about science and everything else & snarky everyday commentary in German.
You haven't posted / written "Hello World" until you have written it #Hieroglyphs.
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Welcome, the entire land
Hieroglyphs where used for over 3000 years by the Ancient Egyptians. Luckily, they are still studied and researched today, otherwise I couldn't enlist others' help in my crazy follies.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
You haven't posted / written "Hello World" until you have written it #Hieroglyphs.
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I just supported Duncan M. Hamilton's Kickstarter for the #Hardcover Omnibus of his fantastic sword, sorcery, and swashbuckling trilogy "Society of the Sword". #Book
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sot...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sot...
Society of the Sword - Illustrated Hardcover Omnibus Edition
All three books from Duncan M. Hamilton's Society of the Sword Trilogy, in an illustrated hardcover collector's edition omnibus.
www.kickstarter.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I just supported Duncan M. Hamilton's Kickstarter for the #Hardcover Omnibus of his fantastic sword, sorcery, and swashbuckling trilogy "Society of the Sword". #Book
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sot...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sot...
So, AI now wants to be helpful by summarizing our mails.
I don't believe a summary of "meeting today 1h later" is useful...
I don't believe a summary of "meeting today 1h later" is useful...
November 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
So, AI now wants to be helpful by summarizing our mails.
I don't believe a summary of "meeting today 1h later" is useful...
I don't believe a summary of "meeting today 1h later" is useful...
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Fanfic means you have succeeded in creating characters that people are interested in. Nobody gives a shit about your brilliant plot if they aren’t invested in your characters. People invested in your characters enough to write fanfic will stick with you through 10+ seasons of convoluted nonsense.
Fanfiction is the sign of a healthy show, like a cold nose on a dog. It took me a while to come around to it early in my career, but I got there.
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Fanfic means you have succeeded in creating characters that people are interested in. Nobody gives a shit about your brilliant plot if they aren’t invested in your characters. People invested in your characters enough to write fanfic will stick with you through 10+ seasons of convoluted nonsense.
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The only time I raised my voice in five seasons of LEVERAGE was telling the TNT exec that if he sent cease and desist orders to the makers of fan videos on YouTube that I would quit the show and take an ad out in the Hollywood Reporter explaining why.
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The only time I raised my voice in five seasons of LEVERAGE was telling the TNT exec that if he sent cease and desist orders to the makers of fan videos on YouTube that I would quit the show and take an ad out in the Hollywood Reporter explaining why.
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I love books, I love reading, I buy a lot of books and I read a lot. I buy ebooks. But I don't think I'll ever buy another book on Amazon. I'm very sorry indie writers, but if it you don't have an alternative to the Amazon that works in EU I'll probably won't buy and won't read your book. #sadpanda
I only understand about 85% of this but holy shitthats some devious shit from Amazon and great work by this blogger.
blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-d...
blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-d...
How I Reversed Amazon's Kindle Web Obfuscation Because Their App Sucked
As it turns out they don't actually want you to do this (and have some interesting ways to stop you)
blog.pixelmelt.dev
October 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I love books, I love reading, I buy a lot of books and I read a lot. I buy ebooks. But I don't think I'll ever buy another book on Amazon. I'm very sorry indie writers, but if it you don't have an alternative to the Amazon that works in EU I'll probably won't buy and won't read your book. #sadpanda
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My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
#Software quality was on the Fritz even before #AI, then we collectively added #accelerant to the mix...
This fits well with me writing more in six months since I switched to #Linux & #LibreOffice than in three years before while battling #Word on Windows.
techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-...
This fits well with me writing more in six months since I switched to #Linux & #LibreOffice than in three years before while battling #Word on Windows.
techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-...
The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe
The Apple Calculator leaked 32GB of RAM.
techtrenches.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#Software quality was on the Fritz even before #AI, then we collectively added #accelerant to the mix...
This fits well with me writing more in six months since I switched to #Linux & #LibreOffice than in three years before while battling #Word on Windows.
techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-...
This fits well with me writing more in six months since I switched to #Linux & #LibreOffice than in three years before while battling #Word on Windows.
techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-...
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I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
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It's even worse than we thought
"(Energy use doesn't scale linearly), for instance, a six-second AI video clip consumes four times as much energy as a three-second clip."
"(Energy use doesn't scale linearly), for instance, a six-second AI video clip consumes four times as much energy as a three-second clip."
Researchers Just Found Something Extremely Alarming About AI's Power Usage
The carbon footprint of generative AI-based tools that can turn text prompts into videos is far worse than we thought.
futurism.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
It's even worse than we thought
"(Energy use doesn't scale linearly), for instance, a six-second AI video clip consumes four times as much energy as a three-second clip."
"(Energy use doesn't scale linearly), for instance, a six-second AI video clip consumes four times as much energy as a three-second clip."
#Popkorn. Ich brauch mehr Popkorn.
Das ist ganz großes Kino!
#Gema vs. #OpenAI: #ChatGPT hat offenbar schlechte Karten
www.heise.de/news/Gute-Ka...
Das ist ganz großes Kino!
#Gema vs. #OpenAI: #ChatGPT hat offenbar schlechte Karten
www.heise.de/news/Gute-Ka...
Gema vs. OpenAI: ChatGPT hat offenbar schlechte Karten
Die Verwertungsgesellschaft beklagt die Nutzung von Liedtexten durch die KI. Gleich zu Beginn des Verfahrens gibt das Gericht eine vorläufige Einschätzung ab.
www.heise.de
September 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
#Popkorn. Ich brauch mehr Popkorn.
Das ist ganz großes Kino!
#Gema vs. #OpenAI: #ChatGPT hat offenbar schlechte Karten
www.heise.de/news/Gute-Ka...
Das ist ganz großes Kino!
#Gema vs. #OpenAI: #ChatGPT hat offenbar schlechte Karten
www.heise.de/news/Gute-Ka...
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your moment of calm chaos... baby raccoons playing in the kiddie pool...
September 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
your moment of calm chaos... baby raccoons playing in the kiddie pool...
...nur falls sich jetzt jemand wundert: nein, mein heutiger #Wochenendeinkauf war nicht entspannt.
September 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
...nur falls sich jetzt jemand wundert: nein, mein heutiger #Wochenendeinkauf war nicht entspannt.
Liebe #Verkehrsplaner, wenn beim genehmigten aufgesetzten #Parken mit den heutigen Autobreiten die #Fußgänger zwangsweise auf die #Fahrbahn ausweichen müssen, weil neben den heiligen Blechen nicht mehr genug Platz ist, dann fließt der Verkehr zwangsweise deutlich langsamer! (und lauter mit #Hupen)!
September 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Liebe #Verkehrsplaner, wenn beim genehmigten aufgesetzten #Parken mit den heutigen Autobreiten die #Fußgänger zwangsweise auf die #Fahrbahn ausweichen müssen, weil neben den heiligen Blechen nicht mehr genug Platz ist, dann fließt der Verkehr zwangsweise deutlich langsamer! (und lauter mit #Hupen)!
Ich habe zunehmend den Eindruck, die #Verkehrsplanung in #Hildesheim würde am liebsten auch noch die #Busse zusammen mit den #Radfahrern auf dem #Gehweg fahren lassen, damit die #Autos mehr Platz haben!
September 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ich habe zunehmend den Eindruck, die #Verkehrsplanung in #Hildesheim würde am liebsten auch noch die #Busse zusammen mit den #Radfahrern auf dem #Gehweg fahren lassen, damit die #Autos mehr Platz haben!
Liebe #Autofahrer, wenn sich beim aufgesetzten #Parken die gebäudeseitige Fahrzeugtür nicht ganz öffnen lässt, ohne ans Haus zu knallen, dann reicht der Platz auch nicht für #Mama mit #Kinderwagen, #Oma mit #Rollator, oder mich mit den Einkäufen im #Hackenporsche!
September 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Liebe #Autofahrer, wenn sich beim aufgesetzten #Parken die gebäudeseitige Fahrzeugtür nicht ganz öffnen lässt, ohne ans Haus zu knallen, dann reicht der Platz auch nicht für #Mama mit #Kinderwagen, #Oma mit #Rollator, oder mich mit den Einkäufen im #Hackenporsche!
Kleine #ÖPNV Studie in #Hildesheim mit der #ROSA App: aus der Oststadt zu einem Baumarkt ( #Prevo, #Obi, oder #Hagebau). Bei allen (aus Hagebau im Feld auf der anderen Seite der Stadt) wäre ich #zuFuß genauso schnell (35 Min) oder schneller da und auch nicht weniger gelaufen.
Geht besser, oder?
Geht besser, oder?
September 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Wow. Drei Schulklassen mit großem Gepäck im #SEV von #Hildesheim nach #Hannover. Man bin ich froh, dass ich in die andere Richtung muss! Die passen nie-nich in den einfachen Bus. .
September 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Wow. Drei Schulklassen mit großem Gepäck im #SEV von #Hildesheim nach #Hannover. Man bin ich froh, dass ich in die andere Richtung muss! Die passen nie-nich in den einfachen Bus. .
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We often worry about the wrong things.
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
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People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
September 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We often worry about the wrong things.
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
September 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Das Krisenmanagement der #DeutschenBahn sorgt dann dafür, dass auf den anderen #Nahverkehrslinien im weiteren Umkreis [so jeweils bis Hamburg-Aachen-Berlin-Köln] auch nichts mehr geht...
##ENNO/RE30: Stellwerksausfall - Starke Einschränkungen zwischen #Wolfsburg und Hannover am 14.09.2025
#Gifhorn #BSVerkehr #BviBS #ÖPNV
#Gifhorn #BSVerkehr #BviBS #ÖPNV
ENNO-RE30: Stellwerksausfall - Starke Einschränkungen zwischen Wolfsburg und Hannover am 14.09.2025
ENNO/RE30: Stellwerksausfall - Starke Einschränkungen zwischen Wolfsburg und Hannover Wegen eines Stellwerkausfalls in Lehrte gibt es große Einschränkungen bei enno auf der RE30 (Wolfsburg-Gifhorn-Hannover) Die Fahrgäste sollen sich in der elektronischen Fahrplanauskunft informieren. Die Störung wird mindestens bis Sonntag Abend anhalten. Quelle: Metronom / Enno 13.09.2025
www.bvibs.de
September 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Das Krisenmanagement der #DeutschenBahn sorgt dann dafür, dass auf den anderen #Nahverkehrslinien im weiteren Umkreis [so jeweils bis Hamburg-Aachen-Berlin-Köln] auch nichts mehr geht...
