Sebastian Theophil
@stheophil.bsky.social
Senior Software Engineer @ think-cell, regular speaker at C++ conferences. Posts in English, German and possibly some French.
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Trump and his regime must perish for liberal democracy to survive. There is no way around this.
The rot emanating from him and his people is a stronger challenge for the free world than all external enemies.
The rot emanating from him and his people is a stronger challenge for the free world than all external enemies.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Trump and his regime must perish for liberal democracy to survive. There is no way around this.
The rot emanating from him and his people is a stronger challenge for the free world than all external enemies.
The rot emanating from him and his people is a stronger challenge for the free world than all external enemies.
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Very sad news about Rainer, who passed away earlier this week. If you can help support #ALS research please consider donating.
My thoughts are with his family. We as a C++ community were lucky to have him.
My thoughts are with his family. We as a C++ community were lucky to have him.
The C++ programmer and educator Rainer Grimm has passed away https://www.modernescpp.com/index.php/my-als-journey-31-31-the-end/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45527156)
The C++ programmer and educator Rainer Grimm has passed away
www.modernescpp.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Very sad news about Rainer, who passed away earlier this week. If you can help support #ALS research please consider donating.
My thoughts are with his family. We as a C++ community were lucky to have him.
My thoughts are with his family. We as a C++ community were lucky to have him.
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Großartig: Niemand geringeres als Peter Fox (!) zerlegt Harald Martensteins Blödsinn über die Erbschaftssteuer in einem Leserbrief in der ZEIT.
Ob Pierre Baigorry alias Fox selbst mal über den Freibetrag kommen wird, wenn er sein Haus am See vererbt?
Ob Pierre Baigorry alias Fox selbst mal über den Freibetrag kommen wird, wenn er sein Haus am See vererbt?
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Großartig: Niemand geringeres als Peter Fox (!) zerlegt Harald Martensteins Blödsinn über die Erbschaftssteuer in einem Leserbrief in der ZEIT.
Ob Pierre Baigorry alias Fox selbst mal über den Freibetrag kommen wird, wenn er sein Haus am See vererbt?
Ob Pierre Baigorry alias Fox selbst mal über den Freibetrag kommen wird, wenn er sein Haus am See vererbt?
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In Berlin kostet einmal Busfahren jetzt so viel wie vier Monate Anwohnerparken 🤡
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/einze...
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/einze...
Einzelfahrt kostet in Berlin bald vier Euro: Preise im Nahverkehr erhöhen sich ab 2026 um sechs Prozent
Derzeit zahlen Fahrgäste für eine Einzelfahrt im Berliner Nahverkehr 3,80 Euro – das ändert sich ab Januar.
Der VBB-Aufsichtsrat reagiert damit auf steigende Betriebskosten.
www.tagesspiegel.de
September 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In Berlin kostet einmal Busfahren jetzt so viel wie vier Monate Anwohnerparken 🤡
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/einze...
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/einze...
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I have often argued that pensioners should be obliged to do a year of public service.
German economist @mfratzscher.bsky.social has made that proposal now in writing and is getting the mother of all pushbacks. People are OuTRaGeD!1!
German economist @mfratzscher.bsky.social has made that proposal now in writing and is getting the mother of all pushbacks. People are OuTRaGeD!1!
September 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I have often argued that pensioners should be obliged to do a year of public service.
German economist @mfratzscher.bsky.social has made that proposal now in writing and is getting the mother of all pushbacks. People are OuTRaGeD!1!
German economist @mfratzscher.bsky.social has made that proposal now in writing and is getting the mother of all pushbacks. People are OuTRaGeD!1!
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#Berlin transport policy is incredible.
The city implemented 30km/h limits on main roads where air quality was subpar and is now reversing it to 50km/h because ... it worked and the air is better.
The city implemented 30km/h limits on main roads where air quality was subpar and is now reversing it to 50km/h because ... it worked and the air is better.
a man wearing a blue hat that says sky
ALT: a man wearing a blue hat that says sky
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#Berlin transport policy is incredible.
The city implemented 30km/h limits on main roads where air quality was subpar and is now reversing it to 50km/h because ... it worked and the air is better.
The city implemented 30km/h limits on main roads where air quality was subpar and is now reversing it to 50km/h because ... it worked and the air is better.
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Der deutsche Bundeskanzler ist sich im Juli 2025 “nicht sicher” ob Elektroautos bis 2030 (!) “schon marktfähig” sein werden. 2024 (!) wurden weltweit 17 Millionen reine Elektroautos verkauft (ev.com/news/2024-saw...). Das Wachstum verläuft über weite Strecken exponentiell.
July 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Der deutsche Bundeskanzler ist sich im Juli 2025 “nicht sicher” ob Elektroautos bis 2030 (!) “schon marktfähig” sein werden. 2024 (!) wurden weltweit 17 Millionen reine Elektroautos verkauft (ev.com/news/2024-saw...). Das Wachstum verläuft über weite Strecken exponentiell.
I was very happy to read that I will be speaking at @meetingcpp.bsky.social again this year. I am excited to read I was among the most highly ranked talks. isocpp.org//blog/2025/0...
Talks and a first schedule for Meeting C++ 2025 :
Standard C++
isocpp.org
June 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I was very happy to read that I will be speaking at @meetingcpp.bsky.social again this year. I am excited to read I was among the most highly ranked talks. isocpp.org//blog/2025/0...
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Dass dieser Katastrophen-Senat von Berlin sich für die Olympische Spiele bewerben wirkt wie jemand, der an einem Marathon teilnehmen will, der schon die täglichen Treppen kaum schafft.
May 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Dass dieser Katastrophen-Senat von Berlin sich für die Olympische Spiele bewerben wirkt wie jemand, der an einem Marathon teilnehmen will, der schon die täglichen Treppen kaum schafft.
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1/5 Dass Ralf Stegner, Mitglied im Parlamentarischen Kontrollgremium des Bundestages, an einem inoffiziellen Treffen mit kremlnahen Persönlichkeiten eines offiziell eingestellten Schröder-Putin-Gremiums in Baku teilgenommen hat, ist völlig inakzeptabel.
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
"Petersburger Dialog" - Geheimtreffen mit Putin-Vertrauten
Erneut haben sich einflussreiche Deutsche und russische Vertreter des offiziell eingestellten "Petersburger Dialogs" in Baku getroffen. Mit dabei: Ralf Stegner, SPD-Bundestagsabgeordneter aus dem Gehe...
www.tagesschau.de
May 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
1/5 Dass Ralf Stegner, Mitglied im Parlamentarischen Kontrollgremium des Bundestages, an einem inoffiziellen Treffen mit kremlnahen Persönlichkeiten eines offiziell eingestellten Schröder-Putin-Gremiums in Baku teilgenommen hat, ist völlig inakzeptabel.
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
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@bachmannrudi.bsky.social zeigt, was sich Themenunabhängig anwenden lässt: Moderator:innen dürfen Bullshit & Lügen nicht einfach stehen lassen, sondern müssen sie also solche direkt im Gespräch markieren. Faktencheck war gestern. Stattdessen bräuchte der ÖRR diese Anti-BS Moderationskunst—anyone?
So muss das. Wenn die Faktenverdreherei von George Weinberg von den Republicans Overseas nicht gestoppt wird, schaltet sich @bachmannrudi.bsky.social mehrfach dazwischen: "Fakten bleiben Fakten! Nein, das kann ich so nicht im deutschen Fernsehen stehen lassen. Dann müssen Sie mich rauskicken."
May 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
@bachmannrudi.bsky.social zeigt, was sich Themenunabhängig anwenden lässt: Moderator:innen dürfen Bullshit & Lügen nicht einfach stehen lassen, sondern müssen sie also solche direkt im Gespräch markieren. Faktencheck war gestern. Stattdessen bräuchte der ÖRR diese Anti-BS Moderationskunst—anyone?
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C++Now is pleased and proud to announce think-cell is our first-ever Track Sponsor in 2025!
Their generous support will help us deliver outstanding C++ content to the entire world!
#cplusplus #cpp20 #cpp23 #cpp26 #cppnow
Their generous support will help us deliver outstanding C++ content to the entire world!
#cplusplus #cpp20 #cpp23 #cpp26 #cppnow
April 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
C++Now is pleased and proud to announce think-cell is our first-ever Track Sponsor in 2025!
Their generous support will help us deliver outstanding C++ content to the entire world!
#cplusplus #cpp20 #cpp23 #cpp26 #cppnow
Their generous support will help us deliver outstanding C++ content to the entire world!
#cplusplus #cpp20 #cpp23 #cpp26 #cppnow
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1/ I have coached a bunch of people before doing their first public talk, and a lot of people feel «there are lots of people much more knowledgeable than me on this topic» and I felt that way too. So here’s why that doesn’t matter.
April 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1/ I have coached a bunch of people before doing their first public talk, and a lot of people feel «there are lots of people much more knowledgeable than me on this topic» and I felt that way too. So here’s why that doesn’t matter.
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For the first time ever, wind and solar energy are covering more than 100% of demand in mainland Spain. The excess is being stored and exported. The Spanish are achieving these numbers and there is still so much more potential to tap. What incredibly exciting opportunities there are for Spain here.
¡Pues ya estamos! ¡¡¡Primera vez en la historia!!! La energía eólica y la solar cubren más del 100% de la demanda en España peninsular. A las 11h05 el 100,09%. Todas las renovables, tambien récord, 115,14%
El sobrante se exporta y almacena.
El sobrante se exporta y almacena.
April 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
For the first time ever, wind and solar energy are covering more than 100% of demand in mainland Spain. The excess is being stored and exported. The Spanish are achieving these numbers and there is still so much more potential to tap. What incredibly exciting opportunities there are for Spain here.
Last year, a motivated student asked me at a conference what my biggest achievement was over the last 20 years. I jokingly said „Showing up every day“.
I slowly realize that this was actually a very serious answer. Most progress is slow. 1/2
I slowly realize that this was actually a very serious answer. Most progress is slow. 1/2
Excellent advice here (at least this kind of attitude works for me too): "Real progress doesn’t look like a lightbulb turning on. It looks like a person showing up again and again, working through confusion, reshaping a paragraph for the fifth or fifteenth time, and learning to trust the process."
For some time, I wasn’t sure if I should share these reflections (as they aren’t my usual political takes).
So grateful I did & big thank you for the positive responses & DMs.
I’ve now expanded more on skill power & will continue to do so, here: open.substack.com/pub/catherin...
So grateful I did & big thank you for the positive responses & DMs.
I’ve now expanded more on skill power & will continue to do so, here: open.substack.com/pub/catherin...
April 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Last year, a motivated student asked me at a conference what my biggest achievement was over the last 20 years. I jokingly said „Showing up every day“.
I slowly realize that this was actually a very serious answer. Most progress is slow. 1/2
I slowly realize that this was actually a very serious answer. Most progress is slow. 1/2
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🧵16.4.1886: Ernst Thälmann (ermordet 1944) - von allen KPD-Vorsitzenden war er der mit Abstand ungeeigneteste. Clara Zetkin über Ernst Thälmann am 11.9.1927 in einem Brief an Bucharin:Sie beobachte, dass „Teddy“–so Thälmanns Spitzname aus einer Zeit, als er noch als zu weich und zu nachgiebig (1/23)
April 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🧵16.4.1886: Ernst Thälmann (ermordet 1944) - von allen KPD-Vorsitzenden war er der mit Abstand ungeeigneteste. Clara Zetkin über Ernst Thälmann am 11.9.1927 in einem Brief an Bucharin:Sie beobachte, dass „Teddy“–so Thälmanns Spitzname aus einer Zeit, als er noch als zu weich und zu nachgiebig (1/23)
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Europe needs to learn from this, and ... well, do the opposite.
April 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Europe needs to learn from this, and ... well, do the opposite.
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If you think you can migrate 60 millions LOC of COBOL to Java in a few months using a bunch of graduates you're clearly an idiot, you never successfully shipped anything serious, and you should be removed from any tech decision-making ASAP.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If you think you can migrate 60 millions LOC of COBOL to Java in a few months using a bunch of graduates you're clearly an idiot, you never successfully shipped anything serious, and you should be removed from any tech decision-making ASAP.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Ist da noch jemand überrascht?
„Laut "The Telegraph" gibt es Informationen aus deutschen Sicherheitskreisen, dass Geheimdienste prüfen, ob #Russland psychisch kranke oder radikalisierte Asylbewerber gezielt rekrutiert hat, um die Anschläge vor der Bundestagswahl zu verüben.“
www.merkur.de/politik/gehe...
www.merkur.de/politik/gehe...
Geheimdienstermittlungen: Ist Russland für Terroranschläge in Deutschland verantwortlich?
Seit Monaten erschüttern Terroranschläge Deutschland – nun wächst der Verdacht, dass Russland versucht hat, die Bundestagswahl zu beeinflussen.
www.merkur.de
March 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Ist da noch jemand überrascht?
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Don't fancy going to a C++ conference in a country where the border agent will disappear you if they don't like your face? 🇺🇸
Here are some alternatives:
- Meeting C++ 🇩🇪
- NDC TechTown 🇳🇴
- C++ On Sea 🇬🇧
- ACCU 🇬🇧
- CppNorth 🇨🇦
Which did I miss?
Here are some alternatives:
- Meeting C++ 🇩🇪
- NDC TechTown 🇳🇴
- C++ On Sea 🇬🇧
- ACCU 🇬🇧
- CppNorth 🇨🇦
Which did I miss?
March 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Don't fancy going to a C++ conference in a country where the border agent will disappear you if they don't like your face? 🇺🇸
Here are some alternatives:
- Meeting C++ 🇩🇪
- NDC TechTown 🇳🇴
- C++ On Sea 🇬🇧
- ACCU 🇬🇧
- CppNorth 🇨🇦
Which did I miss?
Here are some alternatives:
- Meeting C++ 🇩🇪
- NDC TechTown 🇳🇴
- C++ On Sea 🇬🇧
- ACCU 🇬🇧
- CppNorth 🇨🇦
Which did I miss?
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BREAKING: Pianist András Schiff cancels all his US engagements for 2025-26 in response to "the recent and unprecedented political changes in the United States."
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
Pianist Sir András Schiff Cancels U.S. Appearances for 2025-2026 Season
www.kirshbaumassociates.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
BREAKING: Pianist András Schiff cancels all his US engagements for 2025-26 in response to "the recent and unprecedented political changes in the United States."
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
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Vielleicht wäre es cleverer gewesen, die Autobahn instand zu halten, statt sie zu verlängern, aber ist nur so ein Gefühl.
www.rbb24.de/content/rbb/...
www.rbb24.de/content/rbb/...
Ringbahnbrücke der A100 wird wegen Riss komplett gesperrt
Schon jetzt ist die A100 ein Nadelöhr - täglich fahren Tausende Autos über die Autobahnbrücke in der Nähe des Berliner Messegeländes. Wegen eines Risses war sie zuletzt nur einspurig befahrbar. Jetzt ...
www.rbb24.de
March 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Vielleicht wäre es cleverer gewesen, die Autobahn instand zu halten, statt sie zu verlängern, aber ist nur so ein Gefühl.
www.rbb24.de/content/rbb/...
www.rbb24.de/content/rbb/...
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Ukraine Has Been Jamming Russian Glide Bombs. Now We Know How.
Ukraine Has Been Jamming Russian Glide Bombs. Now We Know How.
Owing to sophisticated jamming, it now takes up to 16 glide bombs to hit one target.
www.forbes.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ukraine Has Been Jamming Russian Glide Bombs. Now We Know How.