I frankly speaking didn't expect much from the FTC's case against Facebook. But reading through @pluralistic's piece, I think I should grab some popcorn and a cold beverage, sit back, and enjoy the show. #ftc #meta #monopoly

"Mark Zuckerberg personally lost […]

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This week, I treated myself to something nerdy: A luggage tag made from the skin of Emirate's first A380 plane. It comes with engraved information about the plane's operational lifecycle and its visits to Vienna International Airport. #travel #airbus_a380 #aviation #vie

A good and long read that concludes, rightfully in my opinion, that OpenAI represents a critical single point of failure in the ongoing #llm hype. And its economics make the first years of Uber loosing money look like a children's game.

"OpenAI Is A […]

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During my vacation, I read Hua Hsu's memoir "Stay True" which won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it.

Despite the author being a couple of years older than me, coming from a very different […]

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It's hard to hear "Val Kilmer" and not immediately think of Top Gun, Heat, and The Doors. However, to me, his most memorable performance was the meth addict and trumpet player he portrayed in "The Salton Sea". May he rest in peace. #ValKilmer

I just finished reading @pluralistic's latest book "picks & shovels". I enjoyed it a lot and it's definitely my favorite in the Martin Hench series so far. The connection it draws between the early PC boom in the mid-80s and today's rampant enshittification […]

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Tell me you've been into IT for more than 25 years,
Without telling me that you've been into IT for more than 25 years. 👇

On a completely unrelated note: It's kinda fun to go through boxes that you haven't opened in more than a decade.

I forget who in my timeline had shared this, but it's a long and worthwhile analysis of #netflix and its massive production of irrelevant content that nobody is passionate about, let alone consumes. And I love the #burn with the comparison with #blockbuster […]

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