Marius
@zamfir.bsky.social
Mostly read-only. From the Netherlands
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People can be extremely skeptical of images that do not match their expectations and worldviews, while at the same time abandoning all skepticism when images confirm their preconceived ideas. The problem may therefore lie less in disinformation and more in the erosion of a shared reality
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May 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
People can be extremely skeptical of images that do not match their expectations and worldviews, while at the same time abandoning all skepticism when images confirm their preconceived ideas. The problem may therefore lie less in disinformation and more in the erosion of a shared reality
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We hebben konijnen overgenomen... ik weet nog niet zo goed hoe het werkt. Willen ze speelgoed? Is het erg als de een de ander opjaagt? Hoe moet je ze tillen?
Ze lijken verder wel tevreden
Ze lijken verder wel tevreden
May 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We hebben konijnen overgenomen... ik weet nog niet zo goed hoe het werkt. Willen ze speelgoed? Is het erg als de een de ander opjaagt? Hoe moet je ze tillen?
Ze lijken verder wel tevreden
Ze lijken verder wel tevreden
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There is a simple reason why China is in the stronger position compared to the US in this trade war: It is much easier to create demand domestically in the short run than it is to rebuild the workshop of the world.
April 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
There is a simple reason why China is in the stronger position compared to the US in this trade war: It is much easier to create demand domestically in the short run than it is to rebuild the workshop of the world.
This is interesting
Ever used #Photoshop or #GIMP to make a #photograph look #sharp? Or wondered why the best #filter to do this is called #Unsharp Mask? Maybe you want to read my new article in #Transbordeur! (Also feat. @bildoperationen.bsky.social and more.) A big "Thank you" to the editors of this wonderful issue!
Sharp Images and Unsharp Masks
Sharpening photographs is a routine operation in digital image processing, whether performed on a smartphone using an app like Instagram (fig. 1) or on a desktop computer with professional software...
journals.openedition.org
February 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is interesting
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"Wij zijn vier jaren weg van Franse, Oostenrijkse of Nederlandse verhoudingen" zegt Jens Spahn (CDU) over de uitdaging aan 'het brede midden' in Duitsland nu. Wij zij het schrikbeeld hier.
February 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Wij zijn vier jaren weg van Franse, Oostenrijkse of Nederlandse verhoudingen" zegt Jens Spahn (CDU) over de uitdaging aan 'het brede midden' in Duitsland nu. Wij zij het schrikbeeld hier.
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Beijing gives the middle finger to the EU just as the Commission offers an olive branch to China by suggesting it is open to boosting trade and investment ties. Remarkable message
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Lu Shaye, China’s controversial ex-envoy to France, handed new role for Europe
Appointment of experienced diplomat known for abrasive style and high-profile fallouts comes at delicate time for Sino-European relations.
amp.scmp.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Beijing gives the middle finger to the EU just as the Commission offers an olive branch to China by suggesting it is open to boosting trade and investment ties. Remarkable message
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
We blijken al jaren een versiering in de woonkamer te hebben, omdat mijn vrouw en ik alletwee dachten dat de ander het mooi vond, en te beleefd waren om er wat negatiefs over te zeggen
January 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We blijken al jaren een versiering in de woonkamer te hebben, omdat mijn vrouw en ik alletwee dachten dat de ander het mooi vond, en te beleefd waren om er wat negatiefs over te zeggen
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MO* sprak met de Indonesische vakbondsman Bismo Sanyoto: ‘De EU leeft nog in het verleden, waarbij ze vasthoudt aan sancties. Voor landen als Indonesië zijn er nu alternatieven zoals China, Zuid-Korea en Japan die wel bij ons investeren.’
‘China investeert en schept banen, Europa sanctioneert en klaagt aan’ – MO*
In gesprek met vakbondsman Bismo Sanyoto, Indonesisch sociaal activist (WSM)
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January 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
MO* sprak met de Indonesische vakbondsman Bismo Sanyoto: ‘De EU leeft nog in het verleden, waarbij ze vasthoudt aan sancties. Voor landen als Indonesië zijn er nu alternatieven zoals China, Zuid-Korea en Japan die wel bij ons investeren.’
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Books I read this year! All highly recommended:
Whispering Wood by Sharon Shinn (fantasy, the latest installment in her Elemental Blessings series)
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert (an excellent SF thriller/romance)
The Water Outlaws by S.L Huang (I put this on all my award ballots)
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Whispering Wood by Sharon Shinn (fantasy, the latest installment in her Elemental Blessings series)
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert (an excellent SF thriller/romance)
The Water Outlaws by S.L Huang (I put this on all my award ballots)
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December 17, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Books I read this year! All highly recommended:
Whispering Wood by Sharon Shinn (fantasy, the latest installment in her Elemental Blessings series)
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert (an excellent SF thriller/romance)
The Water Outlaws by S.L Huang (I put this on all my award ballots)
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Whispering Wood by Sharon Shinn (fantasy, the latest installment in her Elemental Blessings series)
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert (an excellent SF thriller/romance)
The Water Outlaws by S.L Huang (I put this on all my award ballots)
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My current main project at work is thermal exhaust port.
Tag yourself with the job you’d actually have in the Star Wars universe given your occupation
Writer of inexplicably popular holo-novels, often about a woman and her droid who inherit an ancient freighter and discover it is haunted. Sideline in Jedi romances, which are banned on Coruscant.
Writer of inexplicably popular holo-novels, often about a woman and her droid who inherit an ancient freighter and discover it is haunted. Sideline in Jedi romances, which are banned on Coruscant.
Tag yourself with the job you’d actually have in the Star Wars universe given your occupation
Retired Republic military comm tech living off a pension that miraculously no one canceled.
Retired Republic military comm tech living off a pension that miraculously no one canceled.
November 25, 2024 at 6:49 PM
My current main project at work is thermal exhaust port.
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My Slate article about parents secretly not really wanting a village has breached containment, which is great! But I feel like I need to clarify that I’m not making a judgment either way! You don’t *have* to want a village- just be honest. www.cartoonshateher.com/p/the-villag...
November 24, 2024 at 6:00 PM
My Slate article about parents secretly not really wanting a village has breached containment, which is great! But I feel like I need to clarify that I’m not making a judgment either way! You don’t *have* to want a village- just be honest. www.cartoonshateher.com/p/the-villag...
Met m'n dochter maken we een kat als sinterklaassurprise. T begint wat te worden
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Met m'n dochter maken we een kat als sinterklaassurprise. T begint wat te worden
As thinking at work about simple regulations vs flexible ones. I had a project where we spent a fortune to meet a fairly arbitrary emission number. An almost identical machine was just below the limit, so nothing was needed.
This felt wasteful, suboptimal, a problem caused by overly sinple rules.
This felt wasteful, suboptimal, a problem caused by overly sinple rules.
November 23, 2024 at 1:18 PM
As thinking at work about simple regulations vs flexible ones. I had a project where we spent a fortune to meet a fairly arbitrary emission number. An almost identical machine was just below the limit, so nothing was needed.
This felt wasteful, suboptimal, a problem caused by overly sinple rules.
This felt wasteful, suboptimal, a problem caused by overly sinple rules.
Yeah, this. I like it but I can't see how it ends well. Perhaps it has a long run before the collpase
I like Bluesky a lot - to me, it’s reproduced much of what I valued in pre-Musk Twitter. But…
November 12, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Yeah, this. I like it but I can't see how it ends well. Perhaps it has a long run before the collpase
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The moment when lightning strikes water, Peter Menzel for National Geographic, 1991.
November 7, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The moment when lightning strikes water, Peter Menzel for National Geographic, 1991.
Housing cost seems to be in the background of every political story lately, in many countries. We might still be surfing the waves of the 2008 financial crisis
November 7, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Housing cost seems to be in the background of every political story lately, in many countries. We might still be surfing the waves of the 2008 financial crisis
Dont know if this is true butbI am going to believe it
November 4, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Dont know if this is true butbI am going to believe it
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as a Big Nerd I have to tell you I went to Mendel’s abbey to look at his peas but the most notable part is actually the little hats he made for his microscopes
October 13, 2024 at 12:05 PM
as a Big Nerd I have to tell you I went to Mendel’s abbey to look at his peas but the most notable part is actually the little hats he made for his microscopes
I wondered if anyone had ever built a horse bicycle. Something wheeled but powered by a horse. And yes, someone did!
It's made by Abdolhadi Mirhejazi from Dubai
It's made by Abdolhadi Mirhejazi from Dubai
September 25, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I wondered if anyone had ever built a horse bicycle. Something wheeled but powered by a horse. And yes, someone did!
It's made by Abdolhadi Mirhejazi from Dubai
It's made by Abdolhadi Mirhejazi from Dubai
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The Dutch national debt fell to 43.2% of GDP in the first half of 2024, due to a budget surplus of €8bn. So naturally the new government is slashing spending on higher education, the arts and foreign aid.
De overheidsschuld is de eerste helft van 2024 met ruim 6 miljard euro afgenomen tot 475 miljard euro.
Dat is 43,2 procent van het bruto binnenlands product (bbp), een daling van bijna 2 procentpunt vergeleken met eind 2023.
De schuld daalde door een overschot van 8 miljard euro.
Dat is 43,2 procent van het bruto binnenlands product (bbp), een daling van bijna 2 procentpunt vergeleken met eind 2023.
De schuld daalde door een overschot van 8 miljard euro.
Schuld overheid eerste halfjaar 2024 verder gedaald
De overheidsschuld is de eerste helft van 2024 met ruim 6 miljard euro afgenomen tot 475 miljard euro. Dat is 43,2 procent van het bruto binnenlands product (bbp).
www.cbs.nl
September 23, 2024 at 10:23 AM
The Dutch national debt fell to 43.2% of GDP in the first half of 2024, due to a budget surplus of €8bn. So naturally the new government is slashing spending on higher education, the arts and foreign aid.
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Alright, here is a timelapse of the most remarkably beautiful and electric storm I have ever chased, almost exactly one year ago tonight in central Oklahoma. This is why I chase.
September 21, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Alright, here is a timelapse of the most remarkably beautiful and electric storm I have ever chased, almost exactly one year ago tonight in central Oklahoma. This is why I chase.
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Ted Chiang on AI: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art
To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.
www.newyorker.com
September 6, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Ted Chiang on AI: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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My husband, watching a veterinarian show on TV: “What does one DO with a dead horse? That’s a lot to move…”
Me: “OMG, I forgot to take the gingerbread man out of my bag from two weeks ago!”
I promise this makes perfect sense if you’ve read A WIZARD’S GUIDE TO DEFENSIVE BAKING
@tkingfisher.com
Me: “OMG, I forgot to take the gingerbread man out of my bag from two weeks ago!”
I promise this makes perfect sense if you’ve read A WIZARD’S GUIDE TO DEFENSIVE BAKING
@tkingfisher.com
August 22, 2024 at 3:58 PM
My husband, watching a veterinarian show on TV: “What does one DO with a dead horse? That’s a lot to move…”
Me: “OMG, I forgot to take the gingerbread man out of my bag from two weeks ago!”
I promise this makes perfect sense if you’ve read A WIZARD’S GUIDE TO DEFENSIVE BAKING
@tkingfisher.com
Me: “OMG, I forgot to take the gingerbread man out of my bag from two weeks ago!”
I promise this makes perfect sense if you’ve read A WIZARD’S GUIDE TO DEFENSIVE BAKING
@tkingfisher.com
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The Sharp Trunket transistor radio (1960)
August 17, 2024 at 9:05 AM
The Sharp Trunket transistor radio (1960)