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janne.hamalainen.social
Computer security architect specializing in healthcare, big data, and AI. An economist by training. I strive to understand the world and help others do the same through my volunteer work as a Rotarian.
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This gorgeously summarizes the problem with large language models. Granted, LLMs can be very useful, too -- but caveat emptor.

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On the current trajectory, the US is heading for obsolescence. Politically, geopolitically, economically, geoeconomically. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Catalist's 2024 "What Happened" report is out. I consider this the most reliable source for how various demographics voted in the 2024 election. catalist.us/whathappened...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Siri, can you define irony? ‘The world’s northernmost airport says its runway is starting to melt due to climate change’ www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

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Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.

submitted 2 days ago • 44 comments

I was surprised to see in today's ONS figures that UK goods exports suddenly rose 3.5% in Q1/25. Then I found this was almost entirely driven by a surge in UK aluminium exports to the US ahead of Trump's tariffs. This alone pushed UK GDP growth by ~0.2 ppts (out of 0.7 ppts total in Q1). Amazing.

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

www.techcentral.ie/belgian-cour...

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Why are solar panels and batteries from China so cheap? High levels of automation, cheap energy, and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes. It's less about low salaries than many people think. My latest Substack: www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/china-chea...

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

NEW – Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU

submitted 7 days ago • 21 comments

Microsoft is merging Teams and Skype. Good! Skype has always been that thing you accidentally click in a context menu. By default, they enabled anyone to find me using my email or phone number, so I turned those settings off. Why? Because otherwise, these are the messages you get.

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Elon's efforts to alter the algorithm of his AI to suit his needs appears to have completely broken Grok, as it currently cannot stop talking about "white genocide" www.wired.com/story/grok-w...

submitted 7 days ago • 36 comments

Kirjoitan blogikirjoitusta VM:n oudosta toiminnasta yhteisöveron alennuksen suhteen: Kirjoitan koska en näe isomman kuvan käsitellyn missään mediassa, joten haluan ikuistaa ihmetykseni isommaksi tarinaksi. Mutta mieleen tulee, miksei suuret mediamme tee juuri tätä, hahmota isompaa kuvaa? 1/

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments

NATO & US forces just wrapped Euro-Atlantic 2025, a major naval wargame testing crisis response in Europe. The outcome? We’ll know soon — results are being analysed. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/u-s-tests-na...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Interesting piece which reveals a lot of the tech bro ignorance of government: DOGEr comes in, expects to find lots of inefficiency, is at least willing to acknowledge he was wrong unlike the hard core ideologues.

submitted 13 days ago • 111 comments

Crisis-Time Disinfo: Exploiting Collective Stress In a crisis, attention spikes. So does confusion. That’s when disinfo hits hardest.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

When you fail so badly that also people in other countries start voting against you. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/30/p...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Authoritarianism functions in predictable cycles and Trump is currently laying the groundwork for using state violence to meet organized resistance. So much depends on what we do now and how we meet this moment. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/an-escalat...

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

Onpa siistiä, että SK on saanut haastiksen @timothysnyder.bsky.social'lta. Tämä kannattaa lukea, erityisesti kohta, jossa Snyder puhuu hyvinvointivaltiosta ja miten se merkitsee vapautta. Bravo jälleen @leenasharma.bsky.social !

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Hannu L. T. Heikkinen koulutuksen tutkimuslaitoksen professori Jyväskylän yliopistosta avaa ”Sivistys on enemmän” teemaa #sivistysseminaari

submitted 23 days ago • 10 comments

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

Insightful text. If one's friends and family start to distance themselves, it might not be due to a simple disagreement; just a matter of who is right and who is wrong. It might be about how they perceive the morals and character of that individual after witnessing them express their opinions.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Einstein, 1933.

submitted 34 days ago • 9 comments

Mielenkiintonen tutkimus, naisia pidetään moraalisempina ku miehiä Ihmiset ajattelee moraalisen henkilön muistuttavan naista ja moraalisesti hyviä piirteitä pidetään feminiineinä ja yhdistetään enemmän naisiin Moraalittomasti toimiminen myös nähdään pahempana naisille kuin miehille 1/6 #tiede

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments