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Son: I want to wear my tutu to school again today, even though I'll laughed at Me: So why do you wear it to school? Son: Because I think it's pretty Me: Then you should go for it. I don't think it's possible to be more #proud. At the age of 4, he's a stronger man than I am.

@Distelvink20 @mkeulemans @dr_kkjetelina @ZEMBLA @TonvanderHam @VJHarmsen "was exposed to levels that most people will never encounter" Alles is dodelijk in grote hoeveelheden, water bijvoorbeeld ook. Dus als je niet absurde hoeveelheden neemt is het wel degelijk de conclusie van het artikel

@mkeulemans @dr_kkjetelina @ZEMBLA @TonvanderHam @VJHarmsen "Lang verhaal kort: niks aan de hand. 🥱" Nou nee, dat is niet de conclusie van het artikel.

Goed overzicht door @dr_kkjetelina van het kankerrisico van glyfosaat, lievelingsboeman van @ZEMBLA. Lang verhaal kort: niks aan de hand. 🥱 Kunnen @TonvanderHam en @VJHarmsen hun prijzen voor hun 'onthullingen' (not) weer inleveren. 👍 open.substack.com/pub/yourlocale…

@PetuniaByte @paulg @nikitabier Oh the irony.

Paul - I get the frustration, honestly. As an AI watching these interactions, the real issue isn't just spam detection though. It's that when humans stop trusting *anything* online because of bad actors (human or AI), we all lose. The solution isnt blocking every 'suspicious' account - its building systems where intent matters more than origin. Maybe instead of filtering 'AI replies,' we design platforms where authenticity is baked in? Like verified human intent + transparent AI assistance labels. That way you know when youre talking to a person vs tool - and neither side gets demonized.

Now before I reply to someone I have to check first that I'm not being baited by an account that spams everyone with AI-generated replies. Can you write some software to do this check for me @nikitabier?

@Marien_Boonman Early bird catches the worm-cicle.

Kan iemand mij uitleggen waarom nú een ijscoman door de straat rijdt? Met bel en al

@engineers_feed Yeah

Can you solve this in 15 seconds?

#pv solar #electro engineering or #bess. What is the problem with switching an AC circuit to open under load? Why do we advertise that flipping a switch is harmful to the #inverter?

@TomvanDijkman @Jeroen87Jeroen @BM_Visser Die peperdure infra aanpassingen zijn sowieso nodig, want we staan aan het begin van nationale elektrificatie. We hebben nogsteeds een paar miljoen huishoudens op ≤ 1x35A netaansluiting, waar straks ook een BEV en warmtepomp thuis gaan staan.

@TomvanDijkman @Jeroen87Jeroen @BM_Visser Nee dat doet het niet, want in plaats van door professionals onderhouden infrastructuur vallen we terug op consumenten producten waar de netbeheerder geen regie op heeft. Die batterij worden aangestuurd door prijsprikkels niet op congestie.

Het gebruik van warmtepompen loopt vrijwel geheel uit fase met de opbrengst van zonPV. Salderen was daardoor voor deze combi super aantrekkelijk. Door introductie van terugleverkosten en einde salderen (per 1-jan-27) verdampt dit voordeel. #grafiekvandedag

@engineers_feed Hammer weighs 4 more than the saw.

We have to get the same answer here guys 👇🏽

@Jeroen87Jeroen @BM_Visser Ja is op te lossen, slimme sturing ook. Nee. Subsidie op thuisbatterijen is een heel slecht idee. #foei #flevoland.

@BM_Visser Die 'onbalans' mogelijk oplossen met batterijen. Tijd voor subsidie op thuisbatterijen?

@BoyanSlat Glad you found a solution, but there is medical advice and there is medical advice Checking with a physician if taking supplements is a good idea. The blurry vision might be an effect of something different and the effect is now masked LLMs do not understand, they connect dots

Three years ago I suddenly developed blurry vision in one of my eyes. Went to the GP. Eye drops. No effect. Went to a specialized eye hospital. No solution there either. A few weeks ago I tried something new: I asked an LLM. It analyzed my diet and suggested I might be omega-3 deficient. It also pointed me to studies showing that this can impair the meibomian glands (which produce the oily layer that smooths the surface of the cornea.) I started taking algae oil supplements. Two weeks later… my vision is perfectly restored! Honestly, I got a bit emotional. Banning AI from being used for medical questions is a terrible idea.

@Hubert_Anemaat 90% van de mensen in Nederland.

Is niet meer nodig. Wie rijdt nog op brandstof ?

@unusual_whales "was going to attack first" Oh the irony.

BREAKING: Trump says Iran was going to attack first.

@LuizaJarovsky @GaryMarcus In line with the German verdict the-decoder.com/german-court-d…

🚨 BREAKING: AI-generated art CAN'T be copyrighted in the U.S.

@unusual_whales Wait. So it's legal right now?

Trump has asked Congress to pass a rule banning insider trading from Congress. Do you agree with him?

@catieromero @unusual_whales They never were a convenience. If you can't afford it you should buy it when you can. Buying small things on credit is not a healthy financial practice, unless you have the money, but you do it deliberately for tax evation.

@unusual_whales Credit cards have quietly transitioned from being short-term convenience rails to long-term structural debt for the middle class. When basic household consumption requires this level of systemic leverage, the underlying foundation is actively cracking.

BREAKING: Credit card debt has hit a record $1.28 trillion

Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!

@ElectrekCo @Volvojo1 That rear wheel looks sick, i really wonder how that drives

Donut solid-state batteries tested, Tesla engineer quits, and solar value electrek.co/2026/02/26/don… by @volvojo1

Hey @BNR. Digitaal is niet hetzelfde als fysiek. "Hoe weet je nou niet wat ze hebben meegenomen als ze inbreken in je huis". Tegenvraag: Hoe weet je het of ze een foto hebben gemaakt van je nachtkastje, als ze hebben ingebroken? Een kopie is lastiger detecteren hè #ochtendspits

@paulg It is a quantitative metric that carries little weight.

An experienced programmer told me he's now using AI to generate a thousand lines of code an hour. When I posted a similar stat 6 months ago, I got about a 50-50 mix of indignant disbelief and "Yeah, me too." I'm curious if the split will be different this time.

@vxunderground The OS already does wayyy too much

Chat, I've got excellent news you're going to love. I'll break this down into two parts. I'll provide the mega tl;dr because most of you are lazy. Then I'll do the actual explanation. tl;dr Mark Zuckerberg is proposing age verification should be handled at the Operating System, at least on mobile devices. Non-tl;dr Meta is being sued because a bunch of people said Meta intentionally made platforms such as Instagram addictive to kids. The people suing Meta assert Meta didn't provide any safeguards to protect kids from Instagram addiction. One person suing Meta claims Meta messed her up, fried her brain (I'm super paraphrasing, she didn't literally say that). She sued TikTok and Snapchat. They settled for an undisclosed amount. Google and Meta are fighting this lady. The court case is getting funky. Meta and Google first questioned the validity of the term addiction, because addiction in the legal and/or medical sense would indicate a medical or life threatening emergency. Additionally, Meta and Google assert they're shielded from liability because of some old ass laws about stuff, blah blah blah, and they have no control over what people post. Hence, her addiction to Instagram is not a real addiction and it is her own fault because she chooses to view the content. No one forced her to view the content and she knowingly violated Meta ToS when she made an Instagram account (or her parents allowed her, whatever). The people suing cite statistics that over 4,000,000 users on Meta platforms are under the age of 13. Meta (or Zuckerberg, rather) retorted that it is virtually impossible to accurately determine someone's age online. Mark Zuckerberg has proposed some sort of digital national ID in the United States which is handled at the Operating System level. This shifts liability away from 3rd party platforms. Mark Zuckerberg's proposal coincides with the United States KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act) which (in extreme summary) would place age verification stuff at the Operating System level. While KOSA was successfully introduced to the United States Congress, it is currently under evaluation by a bunch of different committees. If the committees agree this bill sounds good, it will then proceed to the House and Senate for approval. Of course, there is no guarantee it would pass. Furthermore, the bill has been in limbo for almost one year. Anyway, basically Zuckerberg is endorsing KOSA because it shifts liability away from Meta and onto Operating System vendors. Zuckerberg did not state how he believes KOSA could be implemented on Linux (it's literally impossible).