Stefan Laser

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:32:20 +0100

#Vietnam was hit hard by the strike on #Iran: people stranded in the Middle East, not able to return after Tet aka New Year’s. The region also relies on fossil fuel energy imports from the region. A pity that energy corruption is so high

open.substack.com/pub/thevi…

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:14:50 +0100

Honoured to share that my research on the destructive side of “creative destruction” keeps on rockin! 🎉 #Germany is about to give China the heat pump market. The solar panel story? On repeat. #Wärmepumpe.

www.theguardian.com/environme…

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:31:11 +0100

Die Fleischindustrie braucht eine industrielle Reservearmee, auch aus #Vietnam. Äh, Pardon: “kurzzeitige kontingentierte Beschäftigung” für “Arbeitsspitzen”. Mittendrin dubiose Vermittler

www.zeit.de/2026/06/a…

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:41:08 +0100

#Indien hatte nie eine massive fossile Infrastruktur und kann flux auf #Solar umsteigen. Na ja, Kohle ist am Start. Aber die Ökonomie macht trotzdem einen Sprung.

🎁-Artikel Die Zeit: www.zeit.de/wissen/um…

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 14:11:16 +0100

How did we end up with the EU being eerily proud of a tight bond with the new #India? A “mother of all deals?”

Trump virtually learnt from Modi.

www.theguardian.com/commentis…

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:13:20 +0100

Grit Lemke fängt in “Kinder von Hoy” den Vibe von Hoyerswerda ein: Menschen eingespannt zwischen Glück und Terror. Oder:

“Zukünfte, die vorzeitig abgebrochen werden”.

Mehr als nebenbei korrigiert sie dutzende Missverständnisse, vom Osten bis nach Mosambik.

#Buchempfehlung

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:12:02 +0100

Deploying and prompting #Claude by #Anthropic means ripping apart literal books. Strange, strange world

Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world.

An exclusive WaPo post: archive.is/9hDYR

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:15:21 +0100

Worrying #airpollution in #Germany, our city of Magdeburg embraces the reds. Praise to our old tech (the wrong kind): from coal to diesel to wooden heating. A bit of winter staleness and it’s all revealed

#Luftverschmutzung

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Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:14:34 +0100

#Vietnam is pushing hard on the #semiconductor front, the first fab in view. 32 nm only, and few details on how it shall be built. But it remains a theme reshuffling funds, also supported by growth in #datacenter investment.

All very risky, but capital wants to move. thevietnamweekly.substack.com/p/the-dig…

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:53:23 +0100

#Obsidian goes #Claude. Die FAZ berichtet begeistert, es ist fast traurig (lies: extrem witzig), diese #KI Prosa. Fixe Absätze, 8x “nicht nur A, sondern B-Sätze, ein anderer Satz wird komplett wiederholt.

“Das klingt unspektakulär. Es ist das Gegenteil.”

🔗archive.is/2RpiX

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:58:47 +0100

The disaster of #Fukushima that, despite common wisdom, is still going on, going strong.

Informative pod, as always: Cultures of Energy: 246 - Radioactive Governance (feat. Maxime Polleri). #pollution #climate

Episode webpage: cenhs.libsyn.com/246-radio…

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:52:08 +0100

Die #Zeit sammelt wagemutig zusammen, wie Leute stolz #ChatGPT nutzen: zur Sichtung von Protokollen, zur Berechnung von Maßen, für Blutergebnisse (!), Gesetze, Excel…

Genau hier ist die #KI systematisch unzuverlässig, we’re doomed

www.zeit.de/arbeit/20…

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:37:45 +0100

It appears that the time has come to deny your future self entry to the great #USA with a little social media post. #Venezuela

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026…

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:56:45 +0100

Closing #Taiwain w/ a run in the mountains, Jazz and food. 👏 #photography

And now, an 18hrs flight later, I’m back in Germany.

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 07:26:51 +0100

Night markets, unfortunately, are full of meaty things. But they look fabulous.

#Taiwan #Kaoshiung #streetphotography

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:29:53 +0100

Talking #water in Hsinchu: the biggest reservoir and cleanest stream here in the mid-north of #Taiwan is connected with the Science Park. It serves the #semiconductor industry. A bit is for agriculture.

The dirtier river, where the chemicals of this industry are discharged, is for drinking. 🤷

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:22:27 +0100

✅ entering #TSMC headquarters. We got a green #semiconductor manufacturing tour through fabs. Sustainability as a roadshow.

Then we visited a village that had been kindly asked to relocate for a new 2 nm fab. Cutting edges. The temple and local god had to move, too – better get the deity’s approval

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:27:37 +0100

Migrant workers in #Taiwan are mostly from Southeast Asia, the #semiconductor industry esp. pulls from the #Philippines. Entire neighborhoods cater to #SEA folks.

Here’s a poster from a dormitory. It warns of illegal work outside the factory. There’s reduced capacity to send back money to families

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:30:33 +0100

Taboo in the clean room: workers in #semiconductor fabs, e.g. TSMC in #Taiwan, face high mental pressure. They cannot eat pizza – it’s too similar to the form of an IC waver. 😬

I will continue dropping these insights, here from clinical psychology. Unions are banned, btw., so better meditate

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:03:36 +0100

From (1) street food to (2) temples to (3) a waiting spot for Uber Eat drivers to (4) elevated (thus protected) electronic infrastructure. Old town life in a rapidly changing place.

#streetphotography, based on our first Silicon Urbanism walkshop in Hsinchu, #Taiwan. A TW-GER happening

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:41 +0100

Epic insights on the #semiconductor industry in #Taiwan. We’re on the second day of our workshop, with a heavy focus on walks.

The industry came to the island in the freaking 1950s. Here’s a precious IBM machine, infamously transported by horse car 🐎 because trucks were to shaky for the silicon!

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:53:05 +0100

I want to inform my fellow #Germans that I’m stranded in a Taiwanese train. There is a problem with the tracks. A rare instance.

Never have I been better prepared for disaster

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:02:07 +0100

#Taipei film, capturing poetic retro vibes 🕹️

#streetphotography

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 09:40:22 +0100

Back in #Taiwan, ready for a cracker tour through the wee #semiconductor industry with our interational “Silicon Urbanism” research group.

From clean rooms to water streams, we’ll do it all

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:41:20 +0100

Die Zeit berichtet vom #Luddite Meetup in Brooklyn – auf den Punkt, und auf die Barrikaden.

Ein good read, als Gift-Artikel: www.zeit.de/kultur/20…