Veith
@veith.ca
In Canada. From Germany.
Interested in many things.
Mostly reposts.
Interested in many things.
Mostly reposts.
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to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving
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Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
The plural matches the singular in nouns that can be harvested. ‘Fish’, ‘deer’, ‘wheat’ and the likes. We should be fine leaving ‘data’ alone.
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The plural matches the singular in nouns that can be harvested. ‘Fish’, ‘deer’, ‘wheat’ and the likes. We should be fine leaving ‘data’ alone.
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
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humans can’t even shoot their organs at predators
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
humans can’t even shoot their organs at predators
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The esteemed @robsonfletcher.com has done some great work on this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The hidden costs of poor snow clearing in Alberta | CBC News
It's hard to put a precise dollar figure on the toll from injuries, insurance premiums and productivity loss — but there are some ballpark estimates, and they're not small.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The esteemed @robsonfletcher.com has done some great work on this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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I will say it once more. Every city councillor and the mayor should take Calgary Transit from their residence (in their ward) to work (City Hall) & return home once per week. We'd have improved transit for everyone in Calgary if key decision-makers were mandated use it regularly. 6/6 🚍🚉
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I will say it once more. Every city councillor and the mayor should take Calgary Transit from their residence (in their ward) to work (City Hall) & return home once per week. We'd have improved transit for everyone in Calgary if key decision-makers were mandated use it regularly. 6/6 🚍🚉
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How about those councillors with northwest wards? Hi @djkelly.ca - did you take transit to City Hall today, in the snow, from Ward 4? What was the Calgary Transit experience like for your Ward 4 constituents today? What is the experience like all year? Any gender-based analysis on transit? 5/
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
How about those councillors with northwest wards? Hi @djkelly.ca - did you take transit to City Hall today, in the snow, from Ward 4? What was the Calgary Transit experience like for your Ward 4 constituents today? What is the experience like all year? Any gender-based analysis on transit? 5/
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How many of the decision-makers at Calgary City Hall took transit to work today to contemplate priorities in Calgary's budget? Did Mayor @jeromyyyc.bsky.social take transit from his home to his office this month, or specifically today, in the snow? Will he take transit tomorrow morning? 4/
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
How many of the decision-makers at Calgary City Hall took transit to work today to contemplate priorities in Calgary's budget? Did Mayor @jeromyyyc.bsky.social take transit from his home to his office this month, or specifically today, in the snow? Will he take transit tomorrow morning? 4/
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Bus stops, where people will eventually get on a bus, don't get snow removal for 4-7 days. The bus can't 'kneel' in a one foot snowbank (that turns to ice) so accessibility to the bus is hampered. I have literally lifted someone onto a bus & helped a person off in snow conditions like today. 3/
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Bus stops, where people will eventually get on a bus, don't get snow removal for 4-7 days. The bus can't 'kneel' in a one foot snowbank (that turns to ice) so accessibility to the bus is hampered. I have literally lifted someone onto a bus & helped a person off in snow conditions like today. 3/
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Snow detours occur where buses usually get stuck. We don't mitigate the need for snow detours (like put snow tires on buses or do incremental snow clearing) we tell people to dress for the weather and to be patient, because it's snowing, like it always does. 2/ www.calgarytransit.com/news/snow-de...
Snow detours in effect city-wide starting Monday morning
www.calgarytransit.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Snow detours occur where buses usually get stuck. We don't mitigate the need for snow detours (like put snow tires on buses or do incremental snow clearing) we tell people to dress for the weather and to be patient, because it's snowing, like it always does. 2/ www.calgarytransit.com/news/snow-de...
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Today, November 24, 2025 it snowed in Calgary. That's not unusual, Environment Canada says we had 20.8 cm of snow on November 23, 2024. Last year! Buses in Calgary went on snow routes, because we don't fund Calgary Transit for weather conditions (no snow tires so a bus can get up a hill, etc.) 1/
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Today, November 24, 2025 it snowed in Calgary. That's not unusual, Environment Canada says we had 20.8 cm of snow on November 23, 2024. Last year! Buses in Calgary went on snow routes, because we don't fund Calgary Transit for weather conditions (no snow tires so a bus can get up a hill, etc.) 1/
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Interrail is great anyways but I can’t get over the fact that I opened this website and within 30 seconds I had found every bit of information I was looking for. I may miss this as much as the actual trains.
Heads up that there’s a generous Interrail sale for the next 21 days - 25% off all passes, making it an even bigger bargain than usual. Passes can be activated at any point up to 11 months after purchase. From all your usual retailers. www.interrail.eu/en
Interrail.eu | 1 rail pass, 33 countries
Travel across Europe and discover 33 countries by train with Interrail. Enjoy the best rail travel experience in Europe with our Interrail Pass!
www.interrail.eu
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Interrail is great anyways but I can’t get over the fact that I opened this website and within 30 seconds I had found every bit of information I was looking for. I may miss this as much as the actual trains.
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Heads up that there’s a generous Interrail sale for the next 21 days - 25% off all passes, making it an even bigger bargain than usual. Passes can be activated at any point up to 11 months after purchase. From all your usual retailers. www.interrail.eu/en
Interrail.eu | 1 rail pass, 33 countries
Travel across Europe and discover 33 countries by train with Interrail. Enjoy the best rail travel experience in Europe with our Interrail Pass!
www.interrail.eu
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Heads up that there’s a generous Interrail sale for the next 21 days - 25% off all passes, making it an even bigger bargain than usual. Passes can be activated at any point up to 11 months after purchase. From all your usual retailers. www.interrail.eu/en
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Tobacco giants knew their products caused cancer.
Oil companies knew their products cause climate change.
Social media companies know their products facilitate abuse of minors
Seeing a pattern? It’s not a few bad actors it’s a feature of a system that rewards profit at any cost
Oil companies knew their products cause climate change.
Social media companies know their products facilitate abuse of minors
Seeing a pattern? It’s not a few bad actors it’s a feature of a system that rewards profit at any cost
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Tobacco giants knew their products caused cancer.
Oil companies knew their products cause climate change.
Social media companies know their products facilitate abuse of minors
Seeing a pattern? It’s not a few bad actors it’s a feature of a system that rewards profit at any cost
Oil companies knew their products cause climate change.
Social media companies know their products facilitate abuse of minors
Seeing a pattern? It’s not a few bad actors it’s a feature of a system that rewards profit at any cost
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.