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Interested in system performance and distributed system; now increasingly focusing on sustainability...Works for #intel, previously #IBM, #Sun and #DLR.
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Websitehttps://tmetsch.org
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Thijs2d ago
Elektrizitätswerke Schönau3d ago

Arte zeigt in „Gute Nachrichten vom Planeten“, wie Photovoltaik das Leben der Menschen verbessern kann, etwa im ländlichen Indonesien. Die noch bessere Nachricht ist jedoch, dass auch die Geschichte und die Gegenwart der EWS in der Sendung ausführlich erzählt wird – schaut also gerne rein!

👉 https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/118608-004-A/gute-nachrichten-vom-planeten

#Energiewende

Gute Nachrichten vom Planeten - Wie können wir die Sonne clever nutzen - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

Sonnenenergie verursacht im Gegensatz zu fossilen Energien keine schädlichen Treibhausgase und kann weltweit genutzt werden. Besonders in ärmeren Regionen verbessert sie die Lebensbedingungen und eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten der lokalen Stromversorgung. Die Reihe präsentiert Menschen und Initiativen, die mit innovativen Ideen dazu beitragen, die Energiewende voranzubringen.

ARTE
Thijs2d ago
Show threadDave Rahardja2d ago

I suspect LLMs reinforce the Gell-Mann amnesia effect. Experts who query LLMs about their fields of expertise will *quickly* realize how wrong their output can be, how quick they are to confabulate, and how eager they are to confirm one’s biases. Sometimes, replying “No, that’s wrong, try again” can cause an LLM to generate a completely different—and often opposite—answer to the same query, which makes no sense if the LLM had *actually* worked out an independently coherent answer.

Asking an LLM to comment about a subject you know nothing about—or worse, know a little bit about—is a psychologically dangerous activity. Not only will it confirm your biases, it will do so in a way that *appears* to be objective and independent, using fallacies that lie just beyond your ability to discern. At best, you will be misled. At worst, you will begin spiraling down a path of conspiracy thinking.

Be extremely suspicious of answers that are especially satisfying; you might have just gaslit yourself.

#ai

ThijsFeb 5

#Green energy sector drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year, analysis finds | China | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/china-green-energy-sector-investment-growth

Green energy sector drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year, analysis finds

Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growth

The Guardian
ThijsDec 31
Dwingeloo RadiotelescoopDec 31
Een van onze absolute hoogtepunten van 2025: we hebben met de Dwingeloo telescoop speciaal ontworpen signalen gezonden naar de maan. De echo's, o.a. ontvangen met de @astropeiler, leverden via correlatie een scherpe 'delay-doppler' kaart van het maanoppervlak op.
#jaaroverzicht2025
ThijsDec 25
NanoraptorDec 24
BeBox BeHemoth All-in-one.
ThijsDec 20
GWDGDec 20

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ThijsNov 26

#unsung #heroes

‘It is a dream come true!’ Meet Britain’s bus driver of the year – and six other unsung heroes | Life and style | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/26/it-is-a-dream-come-true-meet-britains-bus-driver-of-the-year-and-six-other-unsung-heroes

‘It is a dream come true!’ Meet Britain’s bus driver of the year – and six other unsung heroes

From the top lollipop person to the most dedicated convenience store managers, we celebrate the winners of the year’s most unusual accolades

The Guardian
ThijsNov 24
Alex RussellNov 24

Inspired by perfnow.nl, I've dusted off drafts of my network and device situation analysis. Good news/bad news: devices and networks are improving, but web page payloads are swelling.

The result is predictable: the web is usable for the wealthy, but less so for everyone else. This is an ethical crisis for frontend:

https://infrequently.org/2025/11/performance-inequality-gap-2026/

The Performance Inequality Gap, 2026

Embedded in this year's network and device estimates is hopeful news about the trajectory of devices and networks. It has never been easier to deliver pages quickly, but we are not collectively hitting the mark. Indeed, the latest CrUX data shows not even half of origins have passing Core Web Vitals scores for mobile users. Browsers will need to provide stronger incentives. This will be unpopular, but it is clearly necessary.

Alex Russell
ThijsNov 22
Tom ForsythNov 21
Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.
ThijsNov 21
Tim BrayNov 21

Slow Horses screen grab, gotta love it.

#XML #SlowHorses