Patrick M. Hausen
@sweordbora.hausen.com
Father, husband, network engineer, FreeBSD evangelist, Tolkien nerd, language and grammar lover, member of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 🌻, 古武道は居合です 無双直伝英信流
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Es gibt politische Fehlleistungen, die so unverhohlen töricht sind, dass man sie nicht einmal mehr als Ausrutscher durchgehen lassen kann. ⬇️
December 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Es gibt politische Fehlleistungen, die so unverhohlen töricht sind, dass man sie nicht einmal mehr als Ausrutscher durchgehen lassen kann. ⬇️
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Authoritarian regimes often work by co-opting people into their crimes and thus giving them a vested interest in maintaining the regime lest crimes get punished. Old as the hills. Do none of you study history?
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Authoritarian regimes often work by co-opting people into their crimes and thus giving them a vested interest in maintaining the regime lest crimes get punished. Old as the hills. Do none of you study history?
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I cannot stress enough how the AI thing is just blockchain again. It has some uses, yes, but they're not actually general purpose ones. The bubble is going to burst and it's going to be so bad and like all cons, it's going to leave a few people rich and the rest FUCKED OVER.
A great deal of AI hype is coming from con artists who understand exactly how much easier it’s going to be to use the same cons over and over once they achieve their dream of a world in which nobody understands how anything 1) works or 2) has ever worked.
December 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I cannot stress enough how the AI thing is just blockchain again. It has some uses, yes, but they're not actually general purpose ones. The bubble is going to burst and it's going to be so bad and like all cons, it's going to leave a few people rich and the rest FUCKED OVER.
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America is blowing up its near century-old position as strategic hegemon in the western hemisphere because Trump has a personal affinity with Eastern European autocrats, Stephen Miller hates immigrants, and Elon Musk thinks being asked to follow local laws is unacceptable.
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
America is blowing up its near century-old position as strategic hegemon in the western hemisphere because Trump has a personal affinity with Eastern European autocrats, Stephen Miller hates immigrants, and Elon Musk thinks being asked to follow local laws is unacceptable.
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Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic | Language | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic | Language | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Der "Friedenspreis der FIFA" ist sowas wie "der echte Detektiv-Ausweis" aus dem YPS-Heft.
December 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Der "Friedenspreis der FIFA" ist sowas wie "der echte Detektiv-Ausweis" aus dem YPS-Heft.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Philosophy in a Foxhole -
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
Philosophy in a Foxhole
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
existentialcomics.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Philosophy in a Foxhole -
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
Guck mal da, @stephdammi.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Guck mal da, @stephdammi.bsky.social
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Word of the year: sloptimization.
It's what Germans call "Verschlimmbesserung".
It's what Germans call "Verschlimmbesserung".
#AISlop is a product of recursive optimization, of prediction algorithms no longer only used for distribution, but for production of content. It's reaction economies and recommendation logics feeding back onto themselves, social media feeds turned into feedback loops. Let's call it #sloptimization
December 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Word of the year: sloptimization.
It's what Germans call "Verschlimmbesserung".
It's what Germans call "Verschlimmbesserung".
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Eine Studie hat ausgerechnet: Jetzt die Ukraine zu unterstützen, um die russischen Kriegstreiber zurückzuschlagen, kostet Europa halb so viel, wie es kosten wird, wenn wir uns vor Russland schützen müssen, wenn sie ihren Angriffskrieg gewinnen.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Eine Studie hat ausgerechnet: Jetzt die Ukraine zu unterstützen, um die russischen Kriegstreiber zurückzuschlagen, kostet Europa halb so viel, wie es kosten wird, wenn wir uns vor Russland schützen müssen, wenn sie ihren Angriffskrieg gewinnen.
Ich fand dieses Interview sehr lesenswert. Lasst euch von dem "Kopfsalat" Spruch nicht abschrecken, das so weit oben zu plazieren ist Clickbait.
Geschenklink - kostenlos für die ersten 10 Leser*innen.
Geschenklink - kostenlos für die ersten 10 Leser*innen.
(S+) Dresdner Forscher sieht keinen Beweis, dass hoch verarbeitete Lebensmittel der Gesundheit schaden
Hoch verarbeitete Lebensmittel gelten als schädlich. Der Lebensmittelchemiker Thomas Henle sieht dafür keinen Beleg. Er sagt: Verbraucher werden zu Unrecht verunsichert.
www.spiegel.de
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Ich fand dieses Interview sehr lesenswert. Lasst euch von dem "Kopfsalat" Spruch nicht abschrecken, das so weit oben zu plazieren ist Clickbait.
Geschenklink - kostenlos für die ersten 10 Leser*innen.
Geschenklink - kostenlos für die ersten 10 Leser*innen.
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In der Weihnachtshetzerei, live Übertragung
December 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In der Weihnachtshetzerei, live Übertragung
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December 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
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The Human Adventure is Just Beginning. Celebrating Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which premiered in theatres on Dec 7, 1979. The film had flaws, but was a major triumph, for Gene Roddenberry, for the production team, and most of all for the fans, whose determination & persistence made it possible.
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Human Adventure is Just Beginning. Celebrating Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which premiered in theatres on Dec 7, 1979. The film had flaws, but was a major triumph, for Gene Roddenberry, for the production team, and most of all for the fans, whose determination & persistence made it possible.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
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Sunday Taquitos #5: Out of Business
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Sunday Taquitos #5: Out of Business
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Dies adventi Domini benedictus pacatusque vobiscum, o aula caelestium.
December 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Dies adventi Domini benedictus pacatusque vobiscum, o aula caelestium.
All that is gold does not glitter
Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken
A light from the shadow shall spring
Renewed shall be blade that was broken
The crownless again shall be king.
Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken
A light from the shadow shall spring
Renewed shall be blade that was broken
The crownless again shall be king.
Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland,
Ein Birnbaum in seinem Garten stand.
Ein Birnbaum in seinem Garten stand.
Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind? Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind.
December 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
All that is gold does not glitter
Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken
A light from the shadow shall spring
Renewed shall be blade that was broken
The crownless again shall be king.
Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken
A light from the shadow shall spring
Renewed shall be blade that was broken
The crownless again shall be king.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM