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A new book by five experts sets out to explain climate change “in a fact-based way that’s easy for everyone to understand.” We spoke with Augustin Fragnière, a coauthor of the book and lecturer at EPFL and the University of Lausanne (UNIL).

https://actu.epfl.ch/news/justice-should-be-the-moral-driver-behind-climate/

#EPFL #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice

"Justice should be the moral driver behind climate action"

mthpvg 3d ago

EPFL 3d ago

Cinq spécialistes publient un ouvrage visant à «expliquer le changement climatique de manière accessible et rigoureuse». Interview avec Augustin Fragnière, coauteur de ce livre et enseignant à l’EPFL et à l’Unil.

https://actu.epfl.ch/news/la-justice-doit-etre-la-motivation-morale-dans-l-a/

#EPFL #ChangementClimatique #JusticeClimatique

«La justice doit être la motivation morale dans l'action climatique»

Cinq spécialistes publient un ouvrage visant à « expliquer le changement climatique de manière accessible et rigoureuse ». Interview avec Augustin Fragnière, coauteur de ce livre et enseignant à l’EPFL et à l’Unil.

mthpvg Feb 27

Stéphane Klein Feb 26

« Est-ce qu'un abonnement Claude est réellement plus économique qu'un accès direct via l'API ? »

https://notes.sklein.xyz/2026-02-26_1006/zen/

#TIL #LLM #claude #price

mthpvg Feb 27

Stéphane Klein Feb 26

« Anthropic sous-vend-il ses abonnements ou surtaxe-t-il son API ? »

https://notes.sklein.xyz/2026-02-26_1721/zen/

#llm #pricing #claude_ai #anthropic

mthpvg Feb 25

David Chavalarias - FR Feb 25

🗨️ Avec #Mastodon, « quand on a l’inverse de Twitter ou de Facebook, on n’a pas besoin de tracker nos utilisateurs, on n’a pas besoin de gérer une régie publicitaire intégralement, et les coût n’ont rien à voir : 1€ par compte et par an, modération comprise ! » Benjamin Sonntag

https://vimeo.com/1167167450

Replay de la soirée "Résilience numérique européenne et géopolitique en 2026", #20Janvier pour tout comprendre au projet #OpenPortability @iscpif @cnrs @inria Fondation
https://iscpif.fr/20janvier2026

Benjamin Sonntag - #20Janvier 2026

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mthpvg Feb 16

Simon Willison Feb 15

On the @oxidecomputer and friends podcast last month we (primary credit @ahl) coined the term "Deep Blue" for the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many software developers are feeling thanks to LLMs right now https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/deep-blue/

Deep Blue

We coined a new term on the Oxide and Friends podcast last month (primary credit to Adam Leventhal) covering the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many …

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mthpvg Feb 15

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Dawn Ahukanna Feb 15

@ink there’s a concept of maker time (deep, focused work for uninterrupted few hours) & manager time (switching tasks/speedy outputs every 30 mins with continuous interruptions) -https://tylerdevries.com/maker-manager/
Coding’s moved from primarily maker time to manager time with prompt-producing code. “Tell/request it & it will do, whilst you (human) spend time sending 5 min updates of progress.”
Instead of leveraging the tech to enhance the maker’s skills, we’ve used it to make everyone a (time) manager.

mthpvg Feb 15

Simon Willison Feb 15

Short musings on "cognitive debt" - I'm seeing this in my own work, where excessive unreviewed AI-generated code leads me to lose a firm mental model of what I've built, which then makes it harder to confidently make future decisions https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/cognitive-debt/

How Generative and Agentic AI Shift Concern from Technical Debt to Cognitive Debt

This piece by Margaret-Anne Storey is the best explanation of the term cognitive debt I've seen so far. Cognitive debt, a term gaining traction recently, instead communicates the notion that …

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mthpvg Feb 11

Simon Willison Feb 9

Interesting research in HBR today about how the productivity boost you can get from AI tools can lead to burnout or general mental exhaustion, something I've noticed in my own work https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/9/ai-intensifies-work/

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

Aruna Ranganathan and Xingqi Maggie Ye from Berkeley Haas School of Business report initial findings in the HBR from their April to December 2025 study of 200 employees at a …

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mthpvg Feb 11

Jeff Atwood Feb 4

It's been a year, indeed. We've launched the second, longer term project to address systemic problems in this country. https://blog.codinghorror.com/launching-the-rural-guaranteed-minimum-income-initiative/

Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream: 1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across America right now. 2. Within the next five years, also contribute public dedications of time or funds towards

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