Volgens Peter Wennink is het 1 voor 12 voor de Nederlandse economie en dat geldt grosso modo voor de hele Europese economie. Hoewel het rapport Europa veelvuldig noemt, bevat het nadrukkelijk een Nederlands perspectief. Het is niettemin duidelijk dat Europa een enorme achterstand in de tech heeft op de VS. Dat land heeft ook een groot voordeel ten opzichte van Europa waardoor de techsector zich daar ook beter kon ontwikkelen: een enkele markt en taalgebied. Dat betekent niet technologie uit de VS per se beter is. We zien Meta als een zeer succesvol Big Tech-bedrijf, maar welke innovaties produceerde het die de levensstandaarden van mensen verbeterden? Verslavende, ziekmakende en democratie-ondermijnende applicaties zijn in economische zin eerder schadelijk dan nuttig. Meta is vooral een mediabedrijf dat met dank aan de comparatieve voordelen die de VS eigen zijn, kon onbelemmerd kon uitgroeien tot de oligopolist die het nu is en de beurswaarde kon creëren waar een kleine groep aandeelhouders van profiteert. Het rapport Wennink toont inzichten die ons vertellen dat we moeten doen wat ze in de VS ook doen. Het probleem is dat het denken over economie zoals Amerikanen dat al vele decennia doen, verouderd is. Sterker: dat denken en handelen heeft er juist voor gezorgd dat bepaalde ondernemingen een omvang konden krijgen die de democratie nu ernstig ondermijnen. In zijn boek 'The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism' toont FT-journalist Martin Wolf waar de talrijke problemen zitten. Wennink heeft dat boek in bezit. Ik zag het op een tafel in zijn "clubhuis" in Veldhoven liggen toen ik hem eerder dit jaar interviewde. Ik heb tot dusverre niet de indruk dat hij iets van de inzichten van Wolf in het rapport terecht heeft laten komen.
Er is volgens mij maar één context denkbaar waarin Nederland op langere termijn een bijdrage kan leveren aan een florerende economie en ook democratie en dat is de Europese. In dat kader biedt Econoom en Nobelprijswinnaar Paul Krugman een nuancerende blik op de achterstand van Europa op de VS. 1 voor 12 is een dramatische voorstelling van zaken en daar gaat Krugman niet in mee. Dat is niet 'fat, dumb en happy', maar getuigt van intelligentie. Goed om mee te nemen in de gesprekken die we ongetwijfeld nog veel over het rapport Wennink gaan voeren. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/eur…
Urbino: aggiornamento sull’assunzione di organico medico al PS pressenza.com/it/2025/12/urbin… Urbino Salute continua a mantenere alta l’attenzione sul Pronto Soccorso del nosocomio urbinate. La procedura di raccolta delle domande per il bando per 6 posti a tempo determinato si è conclusa il 9 dicembre e, alla chiusura del bando, le… Redazione Italia
#EU se po více než dvou letech vyjednávání posunula k zásadní změně pravidel pro moderní šlechtění plodin. Úpravu dlouhodobě prosazovalo i #Česko. Jaké změny jsou na stole? Čtěte v článku na webu, odkaz najdete v biu.
TL;DR: A new report reveals how China's AI-powered surveillance technology is reshaping human rights, highlighting a growing global concern about AI-enabled repression and the export of these technologies beyond China's borders. schneier.com/blog/archives/202… #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
New report: “The Party’s AI: How China’s New AI Systems are Reshaping Human Rights.” From a summary article: China is already the world’s largest exporter of AI powered surveillance technology; new surveillance technologies and platforms developed in…
All the news & analysis on the ongoing Zionist genocide in Gaza & the West Bank - and the heroic #Palestinian #resistance - that you won’t get from the genocide-enabling #Vichy #MSM, including the #Zionist-run #BBC!
"Sloppy AI: Youtube, Moderation, the Content Issue" 👀👏
!!! ALL HAIL THE VAN PANTHER !!!
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OMG! Who else recalls the days when HP's (non-HP-UX) minicomputers and their HP-UX workstations used HP-IB (practically the same as GPIB, I think?) to connect external disks, at a glorious 1 MB/s, I think it was? Those stackable connectors were kinda cool.
The evolution of data cabling is amazing. Just some 40 years ago, thick and very unwieldy cables like those in the picture were used to transport measly megabytes per second. Now much thinner cables reach gigabytes per second easily. What are the main technological advances that have enabled this?
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After Decades, Linux Finally Gains Stable GPIB Support
Recently, [Greg Kroah-Hartman] proclaimed the joyous news on the Linux Kernel Mailing List that stable General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) support has finally been merged int…
By Kevin Anseeuw, CFP Special to Financial Independence Hub Canada is about to experience an unprecedented transfer of wealth across generations that will transform household balance sheets, life plans, and the role of financial advisors.
#Epstein , Epstein, Epstein! Release the files! Release the files! Release the files! With only victim names redacted. Whistleblowers: Tell the world about anything missing! Releasing in tranches allows obfuscation of complete content! #Politics
🚨 BREAKING NEWS🚨 Starmer orders investigation into foreign election interference. 🇷🇺 What will this mean for those persistent Russian links to our elections? reuters.com/world/uk/uks-starm…
The openSUSE community will celebrate the 6-year anniversary of the openSUSE Bar on Dec. 19 starting at 13:00 UTC. Join people in the bar and celebrate this ...
#France : après le discours va-t-en-guerre de #Macron le 27 novembre, voici «Acculturer les jeunes à la défense» un guide circulant depuis quelques semaines dans nos écoles eduscol.education.fr/document/… Il s’agit d’un document stratégique,pensé pour multiplier les points de contact entre les élèves et les institutions militaires et installer l’armée dans le paysage éducatif. Derrière le vocabulaire rassurant, se dessine une véritable entreprise de militarisation de la #sociétésmallpdf.com/file#s=9ad77ba3-a…
Alfa Romeo Junior GTA: il render che fa sognare gli alfisti @motori 🚗 🚗 🚗 Un render digitale di Resto Modgt immagina la Alfa Romeo Junior GTA: design aggressivo, body kit e soluzioni da Gran Turismo Alleggerita. motori.it/alfa-romeo-junior-gt… #motori #auto
Whatever next year will bring, we‘ll have to welcome this new and surely challenging year 2026 in a way or the other in a little bit more than three weeks. Thus spoken, „welcome“ is the term at this changing of the year and we are curious to see how the last three (rather moderate) years may be surpassed.
This sign was put up in front of the kindergarten my daughters visited once, showing that we should be more open- instead of narrow-minded!
Le Borse europee si muovono in ordine sparso dopo il dati sul mercato del lavoro negli Usa. Milano sale dello 0,3% con il Ftse Mib a 44.247 punti. Sempre Tim in prima fila (+2,2%) seguita dai bancari. La maglia rosa è di Unicredit (+1,7%). (ANSA)
C’è un accordo tra i partiti per non usare i deepfake contro gli avversari @politica pagellapolitica.it/articoli/ac… Scritto da Pagella Politica e Facta, è stato firmato da tutte le principali forze politiche, tranne la Lega
Il set di The Gap, episodio 7 di Pluribus, è stato costruito a Volcano Cliffs, non è una casa reale. Google Earth mostra immagini di agosto 2023, quando era in costruzione 🏞️🎬 Andare nel link mostra uno spoiler dell'episodio 7.
Volodymyr #Zelenskyy says proposals negotiated with US officials on a peace deal to end russia’s war in #Ukraine could be finalised within days, after which American envoys will present them to the kremlin.
He said the US Congress was expected to vote on security guarantees & that he expected a finalised set of documents to be prepared “today or tomorrow” After that, he said, the US would hold consultations with the russians, followed by high-level meetings that could take place as soon as this weekend
Sweden’s Navy has confirmed the presence of armed personnel in military uniforms aboard oil tankers belonging to russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” in the Baltic Sea, SVT Nyheter reported on December 15.
Download Mona 7 for Mastodon by Junyu Kuang on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Mona 7 for Mastodon.
Toustes les palestinien.nes doivent immédiatement quitter #GoFundMe pour #Chuffed. Cette situation n'est pas acceptable. Je n'ai jamais été remboursée de ce don que j'ai fait il y a quelques semaines. #GoFundMe a fermé le compte de @danyarelkhodari mais n'a pas remboursé toustes les donateurs et trices.
@danyarelkhodari : je te ferai un autre don du même montant dès que le pourrai. Pour le moment je ne peux pas, tu connais ma situation personnelle. Et j'en suis vraiment désolée.
@RFancio Yes, all donations have been returned to their owners by the GoFoundMe administration. Please send me the donation you sent me via this link.chuffed.org/project/161201-dan…
Chiacchiere sul #lavoro: “Io non voglio andare in #pensione, non saprei cosa fare”. “Preferisco venire in #ufficio, lavorare da casa mi stressa”. “Anche tu, quando torni a casa, riaccendi il #computer e riprendi a lavorare, vero?” Ma sono io quello strano oppure loro?
ci vorrebbe una legge per consentire il travaso dei contributi INPS da chi vuole lavorare fino alla morte a chi invece non vede l'ora di togliersi il collare a strozzo.
per quanto possibile cerco di lasciare il lavoro in ufficio e dividere la vita privata da quella lavorativa. Noto che chi ha l'atteggiamento che citi, di solito, non ama stare a casa con la famiglia, con il partner o con chi/cosa trova presso il domicilio.
Lo so, si avvicinano tempi complessi. C’è chi ha già predisposto tutto con settimane di anticipo e chi pensa «lo faccio domani»; c’è chi corre da una parte all’altra per gli ultimi acquisti, chi freme per l’arrivo della spedizione online che continua…
La Lega contro il patto anti deepfake in politica, Salvini è l'unico a non firmare, il precedente di Orban go.squidapp.co/n/ieOAx5r Strano, chi lo avrebbe mai detto che Salvini fosse favorevole ai fake... D'altronde non è tanto vero nemmeno come ministro.
Olive Demar and Eli Meyerhoff look at the university's role as a colonial and capitalist apparatus, arguing that we need to free education from the institutions that betray and abandon it.
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo Questa intervista è stata pubblicata nel secondo numero de “Il Nuovo Spirito dell’Islamismo”, prima serie della newsletter Estera – MilitiaSequi. Per leggere il numero clicca
Accessibility, The Origin of Innovation: In this article, I will discuss the details of 10 innovations throughout history that were only possible through unlocking the power of accessibility and including the voices of people with disabilities. In the #disability community, it is a deeply believed and often repeated fact that improving #accessibility leads to innovations that improve the world for everyone. Necessity is the mother of invention is, after all, a proverb so frequently quoted that it has become a cliché. And yet, people with disabilities still find ourselves left out of research and design, and all too often we don’t get a seat at the product development table. This leaves our inventions overlooked, unrecognized, and sometimes unrealized. stuff.interfree.ca/2025/12/16/origins-of-accessibility.html#a11y#InclusiveDesign#pwd#blind
you may find this article from Bobbie Hickey in the Irish Times this week of interest. Touches on some of the same points. irishtimes.com/health/your-wel…
@DavidRedmond thanks! There are some more offline examples in this article that I didn’t include because I was focused on the story of digital. I’m glad more blind folks are writing similar articles.
The chat will be open about 10 minutes beforehand, so show up a little early so you don’t miss the big launch surprise! We have a short treat in store for you and then we can watch music videos together.
We will repeat the launch: – At 20:00 UTC on the 28th (for North America) – And a third and final time at 4:00 UTC on the 29th (for our antipodean friends).
You’ll find the dates and times on the Events page, or go to Gravitons and click Add To Calendar to download an .ical to add one or more of the events to your own calendar and don’t miss the launch!
Hopefully you can catch one or more of the events! We’d love for you to see what we’ve been up to.
Here is our regular schedule in UTC:
NHAM TV
04:00 & 12:00 & 20:00
Electronic
05:00 & 13:00 & 21:00
Rock
05:30 & 13:30 & 21:30
Pop
06:00 & 14:00 & 22:00
Animation Array
06:30 & 14:30 & 22:30
NHAM TV
07:00 & 15:00 & 23:00
NHAM Live
08:00 & 16:00 & 00:00 Tu,Th,F,Sa
NHAM Talk
08:00 & 16:00 & 00:00 M,W,Su
Eclectic mix
All other times
We are taking submissions right up to launch day but we won’t stop there. We’ll be adding videos continuously as artists make new releases. We accept:
– Original animations – Original music videos – Station ID jingles, short form eye candy, show titles & intros, and indie promos
"No one who knew that the flag consisted of a bit of black stuff on the end of a broomstick would believe it. I wished to show that the laborers were dying of hunger and in need of work. It is the flag of strikes and famines."
Louise Michel, speaking at her "petroleuse" trial on this day in 1871.
O pasado domingo volvimos ás rúas de Compostela para berrar, unha vez máis, Altri NON! Máis de 80.000 persoas reclamamos á Xunta que, dunha vez por todas, denegue os permisos para a súa implantación. O pobo galego falou, de novo, alto e claro.
“Poilievre lost the April election, he lost his seat in Carleton, and now he is losing the confidence of his own MPs. Politicians are basically salesmen of hope. Poilievre isn’t making the sale.”
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