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@PhileasGatsby @LaxTechnology Ah tiens, je me demandais ce qui arrivait. J’ai exactement la même, et les infos sont disparues (à jamais donc ?)

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@GamewithDave Prince of Persia. Magnificent

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@GuillaumeRozier @IDFmobilites Pas la peine avec eux. Même problème il y a un an, ils connaissent mais ne savent pas gérer (cela a duré des mois). Nouveau compte créé avec une autre adresse mail: cela a marché sans problème.

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Un vrai scandale cette confusion d’appellations.

Les établissements profitent de ce flou, notamment dans tous les salons d’étudiant. Et les vrais « master » ne viennent jamais, est aux étudiants de les chercher.

[Le Parisien @le_Parisien]

« J’en suis tombée de ma chaise : mon mastère n’était pas un master » : ces étudiants ont découvert en sortant d’école que leur diplôme n’était pas reconnu

➡️ https://t.co/MpPtczMeX9

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Mon passage préféré

[Ivan Zhao @ivanhzhao]

https://t.co/fxHYR6S29D

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[exQUIZitely 🕹️ @exQUIZitely]

Prince of Persia (Broderbund, 1989) by Jordan Mechner is one of those very few timeless games that made my jaw drop when I first played it and still looks brilliant today.

The player's main objective is to lead the unnamed hero out of dungeons and into a fortress tower within 60 minutes, bypassing traps and fighting hostile swordsmen. The game consists of twelve levels (though some console versions have more). After reaching level 2, a game session may be saved and resumed later.

What sounds like a simple premise has become one of history's most recognizable games. Ask any gamer from that era, and they will tell you that Prince of Persia ranks extremely high on their list of best games played, ever.

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@plaisantin_le @IDFmobilites @vpecresse @RATPgroup @Actu_Transilien @TransdevIDF @KeolisIDF @LacroixSavac 5 mois ici !

[Gagan Biyani 🏛 @gaganbiyani]

The dirty little secret of edtech: the biggest names don’t actually care if you learn anything.

As co-founder of Udemy, it is something I reckon with every day…

Duolingo - edtech’s only decacorn, worth $14B. Brilliant app, addictive product, and great for motivation. But let’s be honest: most users can’t hold a basic conversation in their chosen language. It’s a game, not an education.

Masterclass - it’s called “edutainment” for a reason. Great brand and team. But not useful for serious learning.

Udemy/Coursera opened access to millions, but video courses have a fatal flaw: they only work for the most motivated. 4-10% completion rates! I still get DMs about their positive impact, but still average person doesn’t view them as mainstream solutions to education.

Kajabi/Teachable nailed creator monetization. But many (not all) creators don’t prioritize outcomes — just sales. Too many $5,000 “get rich quick” courses with spammy marketing. There are gems, of course, but still not enough quality for mainstream acceptance.

Then there’s University of Phoenix, the worst offender. It proved you could tap federal student loans, deliver poor outcomes, and keep billions in revenue.

Ironically, the best education models — coding bootcamps like App Academy, BloomTech, General Assembly, Galvanize — actually drove real outcomes. But they didn’t quite reach scale. In large part due to unfair (and immoral, imho) practices by the higher education cartel.

Here’s the thing: everyone in this space starts with good intentions.

I know the teams at Duolingo, Udemy, and others. They care. But the incentives of Edtech 1.0 pushed everyone toward engagement and monetization instead of real learning.

Public investors eventually caught on. Consumer growth stalled, B2B slowed, and valuations dropped. Coursera/Udemy are each ~$700M (!!) in annual revenue, but trade at 1.5-2.5x multiples (!!). It is a hard time in edtech.

We need Edtech 2.0.

The next generation needs to deliver real learning outcomes AND high engagement.

There’s a number of companies trying - of course I believe Maven is one of them.

To build multiple $10B+ companies in education, we need to care deeply about whether people actually learn. American competitiveness is literally reliant on rebuilding our education system.

AI is about to trigger the largest upskilling need in modern history. The opportunity is massive — and this time, we can get it right.

It may not seem like it, but I’m optimistic. Out from the ashes of Edtech 1.0 will rise Edtech 2.0. The new generation is going to deliver value, and make people believe again.

[Halli @iamharaldur]

Fuck your feelings. But my feelings are precious.

Violence is never ok. But people I don't like should die.

Free speech is when I can say what I want without consequences. But your words have consequences.

You should respect the dead. But I can mock them.

Cancel culture is wrong. Except when it's used on people I disagree with with.

When you do it, it's wrong. When I do it, it's right.

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@La_Pollice Achievement unlocked 🔓

[Michael de Adder @deAdder]

The Globe and Mail

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@soren_iverson Don’t give them the idea. I believed it before seeing your name

[Alexandra Marshall @ellymelly]

I was born to a generation that could buy things once - and keep them.

A CD.
A movie.
A piece of software.

Your were given a physical thing with a set price that you controlled.

Now, everything is a 'subscription'.

More expensive over time.
Taken off you for 'violating' terms & services.
Permanently connected to the 'update' matrix.
Easily lost with no compensation.
Cannot pass it down to anyone.

This type of 'modernity' is exploitation under the excuse of 'convenience'.

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@BrodyFoxx He will be tempted to keep a lot of Olympic medals: champions be ready to defend your victory

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@IDFmobilites @vpecresse @iledefrance @RATPgroup @Actu_Transilien @TransdevIDF @KeolisIDF @LacroixSavac Merci. J’ai envoyé un message avec les détails

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@ztnm01 Cette musique …