Jonas Dockx
@jonasdockx.bsky.social
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
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Bespaar ons al dat zelfmedelijden, Pieter De Crem www.demorgen.be/meningen/bes...
Bespaar ons al dat zelfmedelijden, Pieter De Crem
Bart Eeckhout is hoofdcommentator. Pieter De Crem moest niet opstappen omdat hij ‘de problemen benoemt’. Wel omdat hij bewust de wet overtreden heeft, klinkt het.
www.demorgen.be
September 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Bespaar ons al dat zelfmedelijden, Pieter De Crem www.demorgen.be/meningen/bes...
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Jonas to TV2, asked how much the riders are told about the safety situation during the race?: "We didn't hear so much about it, but in relation to the discussion about the protests we've seen, you know people do it for a reason, it's horrible what's happening currently and I think those protesting⬇️
September 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Jonas to TV2, asked how much the riders are told about the safety situation during the race?: "We didn't hear so much about it, but in relation to the discussion about the protests we've seen, you know people do it for a reason, it's horrible what's happening currently and I think those protesting⬇️
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A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
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allow me to introduce you to Kent from Houston, who has a TikTok account dedicated to trying restaurants from cultures he hasn’t experienced before, anywhere his commenters tell him to go:
August 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
allow me to introduce you to Kent from Houston, who has a TikTok account dedicated to trying restaurants from cultures he hasn’t experienced before, anywhere his commenters tell him to go:
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I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...
It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector
It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of compa...
defector.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...
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For comparison, Microsoft Office 365 has 345m paid subscribers worldwide. The idea that ChatGPT will conjure up five times that amount in just a few years isn't just hypothetical, it's fantasy. These people are delusional.
OpenAI's $500 billion valuation is based on the assumption they will have 2 billion - yes, 2 billion - paid-up users. www.wired.com/story/openai...
August 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
For comparison, Microsoft Office 365 has 345m paid subscribers worldwide. The idea that ChatGPT will conjure up five times that amount in just a few years isn't just hypothetical, it's fantasy. These people are delusional.
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SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR MEMORIES, THEY'RE KILLING THE EARTH, ALSO WE'RE BUILDING NEW AI CENTERS feels absurdly farcical and dystopian while perfectly illustrating Stage 4 End-Stage Capitalism in all its dipshit horror.
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR MEMORIES, THEY'RE KILLING THE EARTH, ALSO WE'RE BUILDING NEW AI CENTERS feels absurdly farcical and dystopian while perfectly illustrating Stage 4 End-Stage Capitalism in all its dipshit horror.
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I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
August 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
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This is true, but:
1) there has to be an existing market to take over (Uber)
2) there has to be suppressed demand for the service offered, which you can lock in to create an economy of scale and then profit (Amazon)
AI firms are trying to find one of those two things, so far with limited success.
1) there has to be an existing market to take over (Uber)
2) there has to be suppressed demand for the service offered, which you can lock in to create an economy of scale and then profit (Amazon)
AI firms are trying to find one of those two things, so far with limited success.
One claim I really don't understand about AI is the idea that it'll go away because they're all losing money. Losing money while building a product is just normal company behavior? You borrow and lose money to try to make a thing and/or control the market, and then you angle for sustainable profit.
July 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This is true, but:
1) there has to be an existing market to take over (Uber)
2) there has to be suppressed demand for the service offered, which you can lock in to create an economy of scale and then profit (Amazon)
AI firms are trying to find one of those two things, so far with limited success.
1) there has to be an existing market to take over (Uber)
2) there has to be suppressed demand for the service offered, which you can lock in to create an economy of scale and then profit (Amazon)
AI firms are trying to find one of those two things, so far with limited success.
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The Democratic Party’s capitulation to the Crypto lobby is one of the most nakedly corrupt things I’ve seen in my life.
Crypto is a blatant scam with zero value that is designed to end popular control of our currency. Dems just co-signed the next global financial crisis. It’s unforgivable.
Crypto is a blatant scam with zero value that is designed to end popular control of our currency. Dems just co-signed the next global financial crisis. It’s unforgivable.
The House voted 308 to 122 for the GENIUS Act, the corrupt crypto industry bill to set the stage for the next financial crisis, encourage money laundering, and bless Trump's corruption.
102 Democrats voted yes, including 4 out of the 5 memberships of House Dems's Leadership Team.
102 Democrats voted yes, including 4 out of the 5 memberships of House Dems's Leadership Team.
July 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Democratic Party’s capitulation to the Crypto lobby is one of the most nakedly corrupt things I’ve seen in my life.
Crypto is a blatant scam with zero value that is designed to end popular control of our currency. Dems just co-signed the next global financial crisis. It’s unforgivable.
Crypto is a blatant scam with zero value that is designed to end popular control of our currency. Dems just co-signed the next global financial crisis. It’s unforgivable.
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The best response to Abundance talk is a single tweet from Ruairi Wood, RIP brother.
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The best response to Abundance talk is a single tweet from Ruairi Wood, RIP brother.
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This profile of Embiid is a triumph.
He's my favorite Sixer ever -- and maybe my favorite athlete.
This piece shows why.
Athletes like to pretend they're superhuman. Embiid's the opposite. He's achingly human -- a mix of self-doubt, introspection, and defiance.
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
He's my favorite Sixer ever -- and maybe my favorite athlete.
This piece shows why.
Athletes like to pretend they're superhuman. Embiid's the opposite. He's achingly human -- a mix of self-doubt, introspection, and defiance.
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
Joel Embiid sees you
In what he's calling his "most important" offseason, Joel Embiid responds to his critics.
www.espn.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This profile of Embiid is a triumph.
He's my favorite Sixer ever -- and maybe my favorite athlete.
This piece shows why.
Athletes like to pretend they're superhuman. Embiid's the opposite. He's achingly human -- a mix of self-doubt, introspection, and defiance.
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
He's my favorite Sixer ever -- and maybe my favorite athlete.
This piece shows why.
Athletes like to pretend they're superhuman. Embiid's the opposite. He's achingly human -- a mix of self-doubt, introspection, and defiance.
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
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Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launch was a pathetic flop.
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
June 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launch was a pathetic flop.
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
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June 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
@lucasdelascosas.bsky.social Je deelde dit weekend ergens een artikel over het feit dat kennis niet langer macht is (dit is een versimpelde weergave van mij), maar ik vind het artikel niet meer terug. Ik wou het even lezen. Heb je de link naar het artikel nog per toeval?
May 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
@lucasdelascosas.bsky.social Je deelde dit weekend ergens een artikel over het feit dat kennis niet langer macht is (dit is een versimpelde weergave van mij), maar ik vind het artikel niet meer terug. Ik wou het even lezen. Heb je de link naar het artikel nog per toeval?
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Ik moet eens iets vertellen over “de madam van de bank”. Ja, sorry, haar naam herinner ik me niet meer. Waarschijnlijk gebruikte we die ook niet. Toen mijn ouders omkwamen in een auto accident bleven we met 4 kinderen achter.
April 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Ik moet eens iets vertellen over “de madam van de bank”. Ja, sorry, haar naam herinner ik me niet meer. Waarschijnlijk gebruikte we die ook niet. Toen mijn ouders omkwamen in een auto accident bleven we met 4 kinderen achter.
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"Oasis or Blur?" I asked, trying to discern a mirage in the desert
March 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Oasis or Blur?" I asked, trying to discern a mirage in the desert
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Jullie raden nooit welk land het verst staat in de privatisering van de financiering van de gezondheidszorg.
April 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Jullie raden nooit welk land het verst staat in de privatisering van de financiering van de gezondheidszorg.
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