Maxime Thoonsen
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Building: - AGO, a GenAI customer care platform. - https://t.co/3d1ATuIl5E Organizer GenerativeAI France Meetup & Conf 🎙️ Ex-CTO @theodo
Labor Day robots-at-work series: solar panel installation robots are now doing the heavy lifting. 🤖 In large solar farms, the hard part isn’t just making panels. It’s getting thousands of them installed fast, safely, and accurately in brutal outdoor conditions. This robot handles PV modules with millimeter-level placement precision and can install 80+ panels per hour. The real test is the terrain. Desert sites, soft sand, slopes, wind, heat, and long outdoor shifts are where most automation breaks down. This system has already been tested in harsh desert and Gobi-style environments, including long continuous work sessions. That’s what makes it interesting. Solar is scaling fast. But installation is still physical, repetitive, and punishing work. If robots can keep panels moving across these sites with stable accuracy, clean energy deployment gets faster without putting as many workers in the harshest parts of the job. This is the kind of robot work I actually want to see on Labor Day. Less show, more jobsite.
Good news for Windows 11 gamers: Microsoft is quietly working on a major internal plan called “K2” to slash bloat, boost performance, and make the OS seriously competitive with SteamOS. >SteamOS is now the official benchmark, Microsoft wants Windows 11 to deliver identical (or better) gaming performance on the exact same hardware >Dramatically lower idle RAM usage and a much lighter overall OS footprint >Heavy cuts to AI clutter and pre-installed junk >Completely rebuilt Start menu, reportedly up to 60% faster >A ton of other under-the-hood tweaks (faster File Explorer, snappier UI, fewer background processes, etc.) The changes are probably due to make Windows look better on Project Helix and future handheld/Xbox PC hardware. It finally feels like Microsoft is listening people, can’t believe it
Yesterday I drove my @tesla 900 miles on FSD from Miami to Nashville and I realized it’s genuinely the better option. I fly that route 2 to 3 times a month. Flights are never under $400. Most times $600. Sometimes $800. Add Uber to and from both airports, or parking garage fees. Then factor in the delays, the cancellations, the security theater, the chaos, the guy next to you who hasn’t met deodorant yet. On the other hand: I pack healthy snacks, press one button, and the car just goes. I took calls. Replied to emails. FaceTimed my family. Ate without pulling over. Did everything I normally do on a travel day, except none of the stuff that makes travel days miserable. My biggest concern going in was range and charging. Here’s what actually happened: My bladder needed one extra stop the car didn’t even suggest. Most charging stops were under five minutes. Total cost for the whole trip was less than just the uber to the airport. And this was the base model Y. Now I’m thinking I should get something comfier and just make this the default.
Si la production d’électricité nucléaire est décarbonée, elle s’accompagne de risques importants. Jean-Marc Jancovici rappelle que toute production d’énergie s’accompagne d’inconvénients et de risques, à l’image des barrages hydroélectriques au cours du XXe siècle. ➡️ radiofrance.fr/franceinter/po…
STATE OF THE PRODUCT JOB MARKET IN EARLY 2026 In spite of the headlines about layoffs and AI taking jobs, we’re actually seeing a lot of promising signs in tech hiring, and some interesting new trends: 1. PM openings are at the highest levels we’ve seen in over three years 2. AI hasn’t slowed the demand for software engineers (at least not yet) 3. AI roles in general are absolutely exploding 4. Design roles have plateaued 5. The Bay Area is increasing in importance 6. Remote work opportunities continue to decline 7. Despite ongoing layoffs, the overall number of tech jobs continues to grow More in 🧵
