Ralinus

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By popular request: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful take on LLMs that (in my experience) the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. https://www.anildash.com//2025/10/17/the-majority-ai-view/ Please share!
The Majority AI View

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Anil Dash

When people speak of traveling to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small, but barely anyone in the present thinks they can radically change the future by doing something small.

Barbara R. Nelson

NATO can't protect Europe from Russia because the US has defected. The EU can't because UK is no longer a member. The UN can't because of Russia & US. We need a body with Europe + UK but not Russia + US, with existing admin infrastructure. What I'm saying is: arm the Eurovision Song Contest.
Why Safety Profiles Failed

Fred again.. & Obongjayar - adore u (Coliseum, 14th June 2024)

YouTube

Grid fees in Germany are 5-15 eurocents per kWh.

Well, I guess that explains why Germany has a good grid...

https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2024/20240830_Netzkosten.html?nn=659670

Bundesnetzagentur - Presse - Bundesnetzagentur entscheidet zur fairen Verteilung von Netzkosten aus der Integration Erneuerbarer Energien

This is a good time to read a long, beautiful article about maintaining undersea cables.

https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships

The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat

The global internet relies on 800,000 miles of undersea cables that are constantly breaking — this is the story of the 22 aging ships that fix them.

The Verge