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Jeroen Baert

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Computer scientist, comedian, engineer, keynote speaker, Nerdland podcaster. Website & booking info: https://www.jeroen-baert.be Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@jbaert Github: https://github.com/Forceflow

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Evil

11.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you were pokemon going to panopticon dystopia, whether you realized it or not

10.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 537 πŸ” 175 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2
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β€˜Age Verification’ could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet Automated online ID checking systems add new potential dangers to having a mismatching ID.

β€˜Age Verification’ will force trans people to out themselves to use the internetο»Ώ. After Kansas suddenly invalidated hundreds of trans peoples’ licenses, experts warn the discrimination is set to extend to online spaces.

10.03.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 354 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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Ik vraag me af of "een google search doen" telt, want dat is by default met generatieve AI vandaag. Vertekent dat de resultaten niet?

10.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A headline reading β€œCamel pageant thrown into chaos after 20 competitors disqualified for using hump-plumping injectables”

A headline reading β€œCamel pageant thrown into chaos after 20 competitors disqualified for using hump-plumping injectables”

Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.

09.03.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 2338 πŸ” 688 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 175
Spotted Towhee sitting on a dead bush covered in Spanish moss, beak open in mid song

Spotted Towhee sitting on a dead bush covered in Spanish moss, beak open in mid song

close up showing the birds wide open beak and staring red eye

close up showing the birds wide open beak and staring red eye

mind if I....𝒀𝑬𝑳𝑳

09.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 181 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Propellant. β€”Β ethanmarcotte.com We cannot separate the everyday use of β€œAI” platforms from their use in death and war.

ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/propel...

09.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In praktijk: niks. Maar in principe is een account persoonsgebonden en mag je die niet doorgeven/verkopen.

07.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

De eigenaar? Jeroen Baert! (maar niet deze)

07.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

tophond

07.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. Ik zeg vaak luidop SHOW ME WHAT YOU'RE DOINH

06.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

God damn

06.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAlmost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.β€œ

A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

05.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 1899 πŸ” 991 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 69

my new year’s resolution is to stop procrastinating

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 214 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Neen. Is zelfs tegen ToS!

05.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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In a few months, I'm doing a talk about how computing has lots its way, and I'm looking for input.

What irks you about working with computers (be it laptops / desktops / smartphones / ...) today?

For example: "every software is a subscription now, and we own nothing."

05.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 0

Bluesky has as much bad news as X but over here, we're against it

26.02.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 2416 πŸ” 381 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 3

You Bought Zuck’s Ray-Bans. Now Someone in Nairobi Is Watching You Poop.

05.03.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Kom nou, IsraΓ«l begint een militaire operatie _altijd_ met het bombarderen van een school. Met tradities breek je niet.

03.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Groepsfoto maart 2026: Lieven, Kurt, Peter, Jeroen, (Poncho), Els

Groepsfoto maart 2026: Lieven, Kurt, Peter, Jeroen, (Poncho), Els

Een nieuw #nerdland maandoverzicht! Deze maand: Moltbook! Natte modder! Ruimtevlinders! Loodbenzine! Romeins bordspel! Muggensnuiten! RNA! Slurfvingers! En meer...

open.spotify.com/episode/5iud...

Met @lievenscheire.bsky.social @kurtbeheydt.bsky.social @jbaert.bsky.social Peter Berx en Els Aerts!

03.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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De Visdeurbel - Seizoen bijna van start β€” De Visdeurbel Zie je een vis? Druk op de Visdeurbel dan opent onze sluiswachter de sluis en kunnen de vissen doorzwemmen.

JONGENS MEISJES DE VISDEURBEL IS TERUG
visdeurbel.nl

01.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8

β€œI wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.

β€œlmao" said Gandalf, β€œwell it has.”

01.07.2024 16:44 πŸ‘ 2800 πŸ” 921 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 44
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Large-scale online deanonymization with LLMs We show that large language models can be used to perform at-scale deanonymization. With full Internet access, our agent can re-identify Hacker News users and Anthropic Interviewer participants at hig...

And right on schedule: there goes pseudonymity on the Internet. arxiv.org/abs/2602.16800

25.02.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 12
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Euhm neen

25.02.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oprecht onder de indruk :o

Ja check zeker alle Zachtronics games als je dit soort stuff leuk vindt.

22.02.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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21.02.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ik heb toch nog maar eens gecontroleerd om zeker te zijn

21.02.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Seedance’s β€˜generated’ AI Cruise-Pitt demo was a green screen and face swap ByteDance’s Seedance 2 AI video generator is getting promoted hard. In particular, there’s one famous clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting. Ruairi Robinson, who lists himself as an Irish filmm…

Seedance’s β€˜generated’ AI Cruise-Pitt demo was a green screen and face swap

20.02.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can feed algorithms shape what people think about politics? Our paper "The Political Effects of X's Feed Algorithm" is out today in Nature and answers "Yes."

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

18.02.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 272 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 24

Thanks voor de tip

19.02.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0