Oscar D Thorson-Loesch
@stefanloe.bsky.social
@odtorson on the other site. Stefan Loesch here. Finance. Tech. Fintech. AI. Crypto. Axiom of Choice.
Slava Ukraini.
Slava Ukraini.
Wagenknecht 4.972%....
February 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Wagenknecht 4.972%....
me hitting refresh all the time
February 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
me hitting refresh all the time
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There is still time to go to the
SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE protest in London on Saturday starting at 12 noon.
Please repost to get maximum coverage.
SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE protest in London on Saturday starting at 12 noon.
Please repost to get maximum coverage.
February 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
There is still time to go to the
SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE protest in London on Saturday starting at 12 noon.
Please repost to get maximum coverage.
SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE protest in London on Saturday starting at 12 noon.
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Imagine a revolutionary method of transport which offers so many benefits but where the appropriate level of safety and vehicle maintenance is decided by Californian tech investors who are seeking rapid financial growth.
Let’s talk about Lime in London!
www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-ebike...
Let’s talk about Lime in London!
www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-ebike...
Did Lime switch to bike tyres ‘less suitable for London's roads’?
The company denies the change to cheaper Chinese tyres on its e-bikes was a cost-cutting measure, as more Londoners come forward with severe injuries.
www.londoncentric.media
February 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Imagine a revolutionary method of transport which offers so many benefits but where the appropriate level of safety and vehicle maintenance is decided by Californian tech investors who are seeking rapid financial growth.
Let’s talk about Lime in London!
www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-ebike...
Let’s talk about Lime in London!
www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-ebike...
What exactly is Perplexity doing on my computer? mining bitcoin? training new models?
January 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What exactly is Perplexity doing on my computer? mining bitcoin? training new models?
you like the miles vs kilometres discourse? you like Celsius vs Fahrenheit?
Just for you, a new discourse just dropped:
USB-C MANDATORY OR NOT
Just for you, a new discourse just dropped:
USB-C MANDATORY OR NOT
a drawing of a usb cable being plugged into a laptop
ALT: a drawing of a usb cable being plugged into a laptop
media.tenor.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:40 PM
you like the miles vs kilometres discourse? you like Celsius vs Fahrenheit?
Just for you, a new discourse just dropped:
USB-C MANDATORY OR NOT
Just for you, a new discourse just dropped:
USB-C MANDATORY OR NOT
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Reason I am saying this: Substack seems to have clinched some TikTok stars. It will be a massive boost for the platform but some are saying they would rather leave than share the platform with such riff raff. 2/
December 21, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Reason I am saying this: Substack seems to have clinched some TikTok stars. It will be a massive boost for the platform but some are saying they would rather leave than share the platform with such riff raff. 2/
> The tutor supportsively comments and inquires about the rest of the student's day,
Huh, is "supportsively" a word? This sentence is generated by ChatGPT!
Huh, is "supportsively" a word? This sentence is generated by ChatGPT!
December 21, 2024 at 8:54 AM
> The tutor supportsively comments and inquires about the rest of the student's day,
Huh, is "supportsively" a word? This sentence is generated by ChatGPT!
Huh, is "supportsively" a word? This sentence is generated by ChatGPT!
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How not to communicate numbers. Why use “blue whales” as your unit of weight for carbon? Why not say “roughly equivalent to driving all the way round the earth 100 times”?
December 21, 2024 at 7:45 AM
How not to communicate numbers. Why use “blue whales” as your unit of weight for carbon? Why not say “roughly equivalent to driving all the way round the earth 100 times”?
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“‘The time of physics is, ultimately, the expression of our ignorance of the world,’ Rovelli wrote. Ignorance composes our reality.”
(Zack Savitsky, “What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know,” @quantamagazine.bsky.social, Dec. 13, 2024)
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entr...
(Zack Savitsky, “What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know,” @quantamagazine.bsky.social, Dec. 13, 2024)
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entr...
What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know. | Quanta Magazine
Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world th...
www.quantamagazine.org
December 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM
“‘The time of physics is, ultimately, the expression of our ignorance of the world,’ Rovelli wrote. Ignorance composes our reality.”
(Zack Savitsky, “What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know,” @quantamagazine.bsky.social, Dec. 13, 2024)
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entr...
(Zack Savitsky, “What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know,” @quantamagazine.bsky.social, Dec. 13, 2024)
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entr...
sounds like a good deal
December 16, 2024 at 10:18 AM
sounds like a good deal
I asked ChatGPT to make an image of two bots in conversation and it made a creepy mansplaining image. What does it tell us about its training data?
December 13, 2024 at 4:37 PM
I asked ChatGPT to make an image of two bots in conversation and it made a creepy mansplaining image. What does it tell us about its training data?
nah.
Then: Google — what is the best way to get from Stockholm to Rinkeby
Now: ChatGPT — check the internet how I get from Stockholm to Rinkeby
Then: Google — what is the best way to get from Stockholm to Rinkeby
Now: ChatGPT — check the internet how I get from Stockholm to Rinkeby
December 11, 2024 at 6:23 PM
nah.
Then: Google — what is the best way to get from Stockholm to Rinkeby
Now: ChatGPT — check the internet how I get from Stockholm to Rinkeby
Then: Google — what is the best way to get from Stockholm to Rinkeby
Now: ChatGPT — check the internet how I get from Stockholm to Rinkeby
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New EU Commission paper on the "weaponisation" of migration ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
December 11, 2024 at 11:52 AM
New EU Commission paper on the "weaponisation" of migration ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
lol chatgpt —
I can't answer that; I cant’ access content from external links
of course you can
you are right, just kidding. here is your answer
I can't answer that; I cant’ access content from external links
of course you can
you are right, just kidding. here is your answer
December 9, 2024 at 8:18 PM
lol chatgpt —
I can't answer that; I cant’ access content from external links
of course you can
you are right, just kidding. here is your answer
I can't answer that; I cant’ access content from external links
of course you can
you are right, just kidding. here is your answer
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During Covid lockdown, if you had family round on Christmas Day the police could force their way into your home and make them return to their own homes.
Does anybody know if this service is still available and, if so, do you have to book it?
Does anybody know if this service is still available and, if so, do you have to book it?
December 7, 2024 at 12:42 PM
During Covid lockdown, if you had family round on Christmas Day the police could force their way into your home and make them return to their own homes.
Does anybody know if this service is still available and, if so, do you have to book it?
Does anybody know if this service is still available and, if so, do you have to book it?
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OTD in 1975 Hannah Arendt died.
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".
December 4, 2024 at 9:04 AM
OTD in 1975 Hannah Arendt died.
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".
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Humanity is cooked. on.ft.com/4f6QB3c
December 4, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Humanity is cooked. on.ft.com/4f6QB3c
Jaguar 00 — I hope they use a different name in Germany. Otherwise the jokes write themselves.
‘Too big of a departure?’: the experts’ verdict on Jaguar’s electric car launch
‘Too big of a departure?’: the experts’ verdict on Jaguar’s electric car launch
Insiders who were at the Type 00 event in Miami and others give their views on the car, the rebrand and the marketing
* Jaguar boss says it has shown ‘fearless creativity’
* Business live – latest updates
Jaguar has finally unveiled its much-hyped…
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Jaguar 00 — I hope they use a different name in Germany. Otherwise the jokes write themselves.
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the problem here is the premise: we haven't sacrificed convenience for quality w/ the mp3. the mp3 is a revolutionary tech because there was no audible sacrifice -- very few people can tell the difference between a CD and an 160+ bit rate mp3. thank u for coming to my ted talk.
We’re all suffering from qualitynesia now. Enjoyed this. on.ft.com/49lFF0c
We’re all suffering from qualitynesia now
Borne along on the tide of technology, it is far too easy to forget that some things really were better quality in the past
on.ft.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:23 AM
the problem here is the premise: we haven't sacrificed convenience for quality w/ the mp3. the mp3 is a revolutionary tech because there was no audible sacrifice -- very few people can tell the difference between a CD and an 160+ bit rate mp3. thank u for coming to my ted talk.
So I bought a lowest spec Mac Mini, and it is actually pretty amazing for doing actual calculation stuff -- blazingly fast, and 10 cores so you can do a lot of stuff whilst it is not brought to its knees
December 1, 2024 at 10:46 AM
So I bought a lowest spec Mac Mini, and it is actually pretty amazing for doing actual calculation stuff -- blazingly fast, and 10 cores so you can do a lot of stuff whilst it is not brought to its knees
very interesting thread on the evolution of fund management
Here’s a notion I have about active fund management and how it became less competitive and less successful at producing “alpha”: It got professionalised. I think this happened somewhere over the course of the 90s/00s in terms of the change and the effects playing out.
November 30, 2024 at 11:05 AM
very interesting thread on the evolution of fund management