Mathias Verraes
@mathiasverraes.bsky.social
Student of Systems
Consultant @ https://aardling.eu
Curator @ https://dddeurope.com
Author @ https://verraes.net
Consultant @ https://aardling.eu
Curator @ https://dddeurope.com
Author @ https://verraes.net
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A particular thing works is useful information but not the same as proving that it's the ONLY thing that works
February 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
A particular thing works is useful information but not the same as proving that it's the ONLY thing that works
"European alternatives to digital services and products, such as cloud services and SaaS"
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January 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
"European alternatives to digital services and products, such as cloud services and SaaS"
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Yes, let's fill our homes with robots that are controlled by a fascist megalomaniac trillionaire as if we have never seen a sci-fi movie 🙄
Tesla is going to stop making the Model S and Model X to retool the factory to make Optimus robots?
a close up of a man in a suit and tie with a hand holding his tie .
ALT: a close up of a man in a suit and tie with a hand holding his tie .
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Yes, let's fill our homes with robots that are controlled by a fascist megalomaniac trillionaire as if we have never seen a sci-fi movie 🙄
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect seems to apply even more for AI than media.
January 22, 2026 at 10:21 PM
The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect seems to apply even more for AI than media.
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Our Call for Papers is closed! Thank you to all 691 applicants who submitted. This response was incredible.
We've announced our first confirmed speakers, with more to come soon: buff.ly/jIPNthk
We've announced our first confirmed speakers, with more to come soon: buff.ly/jIPNthk
January 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Our Call for Papers is closed! Thank you to all 691 applicants who submitted. This response was incredible.
We've announced our first confirmed speakers, with more to come soon: buff.ly/jIPNthk
We've announced our first confirmed speakers, with more to come soon: buff.ly/jIPNthk
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Someday corporations and technology companies will pretend they were always against this
January 19, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Someday corporations and technology companies will pretend they were always against this
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We've scheduled a session! @rebeccawb.bsky.social & @mathiasverraes.bsky.social will discuss 'Critically Engaging with Models'. Learn to evaluate models and their limitations. Pre-reading their essay advised. Jan 28, 8 PM CET. buff.ly/LXXZsu2
January 5, 2026 at 9:15 AM
We've scheduled a session! @rebeccawb.bsky.social & @mathiasverraes.bsky.social will discuss 'Critically Engaging with Models'. Learn to evaluate models and their limitations. Pre-reading their essay advised. Jan 28, 8 PM CET. buff.ly/LXXZsu2
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1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
This post was about the previous peace plan, but yeah, this shit again.
Bully logic: "I will stop beating you, unless I feel you are a threat to me".
That's not a peace plan, it's an excuse for the next genocide.
That's not a peace plan, it's an excuse for the next genocide.
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This post was about the previous peace plan, but yeah, this shit again.
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This is peak intellect.
The CEO of OpenAI.
The CEO of OpenAI.
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This is peak intellect.
The CEO of OpenAI.
The CEO of OpenAI.
"One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist"
We are being scammed out of the air we breathe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are being scammed out of the air we breathe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist"
We are being scammed out of the air we breathe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are being scammed out of the air we breathe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
All models are reductions, but if yours fits in a 2x2 quadrant, you might have reduced too much.
November 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
All models are reductions, but if yours fits in a 2x2 quadrant, you might have reduced too much.
Nobody complains when you make assumptions and they turn out right
October 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Nobody complains when you make assumptions and they turn out right
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It's exactly how it started for me and I still can't believe I did it twice. Wonderful conference for speakers, even with less experience, very supportive team and nice people attend, so now you have no excuses :P
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's exactly how it started for me and I still can't believe I did it twice. Wonderful conference for speakers, even with less experience, very supportive team and nice people attend, so now you have no excuses :P
If you're new my work on models: verraes.net/2022/09/crit...
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
If you're new my work on models: verraes.net/2022/09/crit...
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It's not that I don't agree, it's more like it's treated somewhat like a mystic text (we all nod solemnly at its profundity) and that it seems like we have little else to say about models. (The essay and talk you did with Rebecca is a rare exception.)
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It's not that I don't agree, it's more like it's treated somewhat like a mystic text (we all nod solemnly at its profundity) and that it seems like we have little else to say about models. (The essay and talk you did with Rebecca is a rare exception.)
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It is misused or misunderstood (I think) to create a narrative of absolute relativity of models.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It is misused or misunderstood (I think) to create a narrative of absolute relativity of models.
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There is also perhaps a certain facileness in how we talk about models which rubs me the wrong way, which has its roots in the multitude of models and their uses, and also that we seem to be naive about models in general.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
There is also perhaps a certain facileness in how we talk about models which rubs me the wrong way, which has its roots in the multitude of models and their uses, and also that we seem to be naive about models in general.
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It's no deeper than the observation that a linear model is not useful for non-linear systems. But an excessive faith in the relativity of models seem to get in the way of that understanding.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It's no deeper than the observation that a linear model is not useful for non-linear systems. But an excessive faith in the relativity of models seem to get in the way of that understanding.
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The wrong model is much wronger than the right model.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The wrong model is much wronger than the right model.
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It's also that people seem to read weird things into it, like all models are equally wrong, or all models are equally useful, or all models are useful on the same parameters, or that models are uniformly wrong or useful irrespective of context. I could go on.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It's also that people seem to read weird things into it, like all models are equally wrong, or all models are equally useful, or all models are useful on the same parameters, or that models are uniformly wrong or useful irrespective of context. I could go on.
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To evaluate usefulness, we can't do analysis, we have to put the model to use and iterate. That's the antidote to perfection and paralysis: exist the model to daylight and see if people use it in productive ways.
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
To evaluate usefulness, we can't do analysis, we have to put the model to use and iterate. That's the antidote to perfection and paralysis: exist the model to daylight and see if people use it in productive ways.