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great thread from terence tao on the openai navier stokes news - on how maths automation diminishes the field. the opacity of AI solutions removes hints to any promising future areas of inquiry, while fear of AI sniping restrains ppl from sharing research mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1172373...

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"We have now seen that even the rumor of someone working on a problem can trigger a massive amount of AI-powered effort to flatten it before the original research project has time to reach its full potential. " From T. Tao. Wow

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Well, it looks like 2 teams using tons of AI compute, especially OpenAI with billions of tokens, found concurrently 2 different solutions to the same problem. Wouldn't be the first time in engineering/science/maths.

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

2 months ago, I asked my employer for a 20-euro monthly subscription to Claude. My application has still not been processed. I am in the public sector, where every penny is counted twice by 3 different people. 2 months...

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Still less than 3 euros a kilo in the local supermarket: consumers don't care.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

On BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze tonight: “Slavery - Right or Wrong?” Some people say it’s morally wrong. On the other hand, it makes a tonne of money. On the panel: Edward Colston, King Leopold II, Tommy Robinson and Matt Goodwin. Join us as we discuss one of the great moral dilemmas of the day.

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Most other EU countries have these infrastructures without those revenues

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 29/05/2026

Russia’s war of aggression has crossed yet another line. A Russian drone incursion struck a densely populated area in Romania, injuring civilians. On EU territory. We stand in full solidarity with Romania and its people.

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Gironde and Landes departments in France are cases in point

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

www.irishtimes.com/business/202... This is a much better way to incentivise savings. More should be done on these rather a new scheme to incentivise betting on the US stock market... Reduces Irish State from funding itself in volatile gloabl markets. Reward citizens etc.

irishtimes.com

NTMA increases State savings rates for first time in three years

Increased rates in prize bond fund will see top weekly prize double to €100,000

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Research is quite balanced: hard to disentangle the occasional use of newer stoves primarily used for pleasure versus the main use of older stoves as the main source of heat. If I replace my fireplace (pleasure), used 10 times a year, with a stove 30 times a year, air quality will still be better.

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... Excellent from @naomiohreally.bsky.social. Nothing hidden in that interview; it was worth it to persevere. Ireland's selfish runaway capitalism does not sort housing, environment, health, inequality, or multilateralism. More debate like this is needed.

irishtimes.com

Thomas Piketty: Ireland’s economic model is damaging to other countries

French economist is co-director of World Inequality Lab, which is proposing an average monthly income of €5,000 per person by 2100

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Still mighty useful in free version. Probably most useful for free coding. Claude free is unusable.

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Academic publishing has been broken for a long time.

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

@tg4.bsky.social It would be much easier to learn Irish as a non-Irish person if you put the Irish writing as well as the English words. It would allow us to identify syllables as they are pronounced, and recognise basic words. Please get advice about pedagogy from a linguist. xoxo

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Talks a lot, but does not say much.

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Yes, France is a highly regulated country, and they do things well generally, but they still allow private entities to plant those matchboxes year after year who have the audacity of asking for subsidies and rely on a first-class public fire service.

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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Any incentive for us digital listeners?

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