I should learn this to strengthen my logical / procedural thinking. This is a good idea.

youtu.be/pnvLbUHK0mA?... Maria has been warning us since 2013, eversince her book "From Facebook to Bin Laden" was published.

Been avoiding the Windows 11 24H2 update for a long while. Looks like there's no avoiding it now. I hope it doesn't brick my SSD.

An enlightening interview with Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI. I am now really curious to buy her book as a companion read for my machine learning / AI module.

Finally done with my last Year 2 module. It has been a ride. Not the most stellar academic results, but it was an experience. Studying again at the very mature age (I started at 38), conquering my fear of numbers and uncertainties, I can say that my decision is worth it.

For over 25 years, science and discovery centres have been at the heart of inspiring millions of people to explore, question, and be part of UK science and technology. But they're seriously under threat… 1/3

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Palantir in a nutshell: 1. Owned by Peter Thiel, a techbro that follows Curtis Yarvin's authoritarian philosophy and as a replacement for democracy. 2. Palantir is the name of the ancient seeing stones used by Sauron.

interestingengineering.com/innovation/e... Proof that Elon doesn't even understand technology at all.

Hilarious. Get ready to pay for your healthcare then, American style. 🤣

Lovely to see Wikipedia in Bluesky.

Nowadays, it feels like there is this fight to protect your thought space from the nefarious technologies like the smartphone and poisoned information coming out of the internet. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...

So I now need to submit my ID just to access Wikipedia? Absurd. www.politico.eu/article/wiki...

🤔 www.theverge.com/news/757538/...

It seems that the recently implemented age verification policies in the UK is as dumb as voting for Brexit.

fortune.com/2025/07/31/m... It sounds and looks kinda stupid, Zuck.

Saving this as a potential course to do soon. www.wolfram.com/wolfram-u/co...

youtu.be/WnXwkh2Vg54?... I am glad that I am not the only one returning to their own CD and MP3 collections. Listening to music without interference from streaming services is more thoughtful and bliss.

youtu.be/xTiBF2Hq40I?... Jared Henderson is one of the most insightful voices in the internet, imo. All of his videos are thought provoking and worth the watch.

Had a fantastic time with women's Euro finals last night. What a game. What a comeback. Congratulations to England's Lionesses. Happy to see the support for you has grown so much after the 2022 Euros and World Cup 2023. Looking forward to watch and support you again in World Cup 2027! #Lionesses

www.pcworld.com/article/2856... Wait, what?

So the age verification system here in UK BlueSky has already started.

I had the same rant as Brandon Shaw (Digging the Greats). The way technology is being commodified nowadays and tech companies giving us the AI slop. Although, I disagree with the way he defines algorithms. Algorithms are helpful computational tools that helps us solve problems.

Well, well, well... Another CEO bites the dust. #Coldplay #Astronomer

Checking out this paper: Chain of Thought Monitorability: A New and Fragile Opportunity for AI Safety. arxiv.org/pdf/2507.11473

The internet is getting worse. youtu.be/YcW9IB5e3_E?...

I don't know man but I honestly don't think that considering Elon's party is akin to kindness and consideration. As they say, billionaires only loyal to their billions and there is no such thing like an ethical or morally right billionaire. 🤷‍♂️

The EU lobbying group responsible for the games industry has responded to the Stop Killing Games petition, suggesting that forcing companies to support online games perpetually would make live service titles too expensive to develop. vgc.news/news/eu-lobb...

youtu.be/OwlXbUYDf0w?... An enlightening video to watch.

With too much slop and brain rot in social media nowadays, particularly in Meta's platforms, both AI generated and man-made disinformation / misinformation, I aim to spend more of my time doing something else - like volunteering for Zooniverse projects or do my own casual pixel peeping...

youtu.be/G-cdVurdoeA?... Adam Conover is my raging spirit animal whenever AI is being discussed.

futurism.com/commitment-j... Is this the real life equivalent of Cyberpunk 2077's "cyberpsychosis"?

www.vice.com/en/article/d... I think this is a good idea against bad actors who do deep fakes. People can now sue them.

An interesting video on piracy making a comeback nowadays. I actually agree with one of the comments in the video that piracy is a protest against subscription services diluting the concept of media ownership and focusing on getting more eyeballs for the adverts. youtu.be/OwuXF1AyKak?...

Noticed that Youtube videos have been stuttering, like a video streamed over poor internet connection. It hurts my eyes, thanks to my astigmatism. I suspected the ff: a potential hardware problem, drivers were not updated, poor internet speed / latency.

This is starting to be one of my pet peeves nowadays. Like seriously folks, while we aim to make it more readable and accessible to the general public, it is not an excuse to not do any basic googling what that word is or just be lazily spoonfed.

arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/i....

NEW: The mother who sued Character.AI and Google for negligence over the death of her 14-year-old son — who died by suicide following extensive interactions with unregulated chatbots — has written an open letter against the proposed 10-year moratorium on AI regulation. futurism.com/mother-teen-...

The only time I will call the "CS bubble" has burst is when P versus NP is finally solved. Until then, I will treat articles like this with the tiniest grains of salt. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

I can now finally declare a bit of "summer vacation". A bit. I am so looking forward to catch up with my reading in AI, astro and pretty much everything that I am interested. Also, playing computer games. 😍

Happy to announce that I am blogging more on the astro side of things. Here's my BlueSky astro account: @celestialvibes25.bsky.social Will still post some nice astro stuff here but my astro account will take more in-depth chat about it. See you there.

Growing up in the Philippines, my childhood memories of fireflies and cicadas at night were all too precious.

This has to be the most mindboggling photos I have ever seen. First images from the Vera Rubin Observatory. Amazing amount of galaxies!

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of everything from the history of the solar system to the workings of dark energy. www.wired.com/story/openin...

I'll steal Meloni's eyeroll as my reaction to what that stinker from the White House just did.