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A few things have progressed since my studies, but #ewaste recycling im #India calls for the dexterity of informal businesses. The formal efforts keep on adding harm. Rest of The World reports on gov pressure and producer protest restofworld.org/2025/indi…
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The NVidia black market documentary keeps on giving: #Repair shops in #China pimp GPUs to double the VRAM. With new PCBs. Repurposing silicon, that’s sustainable hacking. rumble.com/v6xro9o–…
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A long, sensitive documentary about #GPU blackmarkets in #China by #GamersNexus. Including unreal de-/soldering skills. Here’s the re-upload after YouTube blocked the OG content: rumble.com/v6xro9o–…
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The hottest shit in #offshore construction technology, that’s at least what Google tells me. Ready for 20MW projets, going 70m deep, methanol driven. 💨 #Borkum views #holiday #energy
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#ChatGPT5, it appears, is full of shit. #OpenAI’s products are no longer primarily aimed at consumers but at investors. As long as you avoid a full-scale user revolt (which GPT-5 actually did incur…), you can continue to assuage or even attract more backers on your path of relentless expansion.
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I’m not there anymore, but it’s brutal to read about power cuts & the #heatwave in #Hanoi. Meanwhile, renewable #energy subsidies are cut. “There is not a chance in hell of any serious funds being attracted into Vietnam’s power sector”, Mike quotes an investor. A climate future unfolding.
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Michel #Callon passed away, the old #ANT crowd slowly moves to heaven. We have lost a dear companion who remained actively engaged in analyzing economic change until recently, as evidenced by his latest publications. Indeed, the next Markets in the Making climate edition was often on my mind. #STS www.csi.minesparis.psl.eu/en/featur…
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What works in #India will scale better everywhere else. Naturally, the country is a battleground for #AI search. This is fishing for data and the next #enshittification to roll out with the temporary help of free subscription models. Free as in beer, here, shows the desperate need to grow before the investors notice. restofworld.org/2025/goog…