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[Andrew Yeung @andruyeung]

Clubbing is dead and has been replaced by fitness & wellness.

Ppl used to party to socialize and date but now they do things like HYROX, bathhouses, and running raves.

The death of clubbing is something to be studied:
— US has lost 12% of its nightclubs in the last 24 months
— 25% of US adults didn’t drink at all last year
— Gen Z drinks 30% less than Millennials did at the same age

On the flip side:
— According to Strava, the number of running clubs recorded on the platform increased 3.5x in 2025
— 72% of Gen Z go to run clubs to meet new people
— Sauna and spa market: $11.8B → $22.4B by 2034

The post-alcohol economy is gonna be a massive category.

[alazar.eth | alazar.ron @flepsman]

@kimmonismus @kimmonismus ErgoHuman ftw

[alazar.eth | alazar.ron @flepsman]

@sasha_tanase The building outside the window is very familiar but i can't pin it 😅

[alazar.eth | alazar.ron @flepsman]

@sasha_tanase Where is dat? Is it in Buchares? Looks rad and i am actually looking for different places to try and work from 🙃

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

The EU age verification app is presented as “completely anonymous”. But the risk is that member states (the countries are supposed to create their own versions of the open-source EU app) use it to introduce identity verification that makes it impossible to post anonymously on social media.

The idea behind “completely anonymous” is to use Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) cryptography to break the link between the age credential issuer (EU governments) and the regulated services/sites. Currently, the EU app does not have ZKP functionality, contrasting Ursula von der Leyen’s claim that the app ”is technically ready to be used”. But more importantly, the app is designed to always function without ZKP technology; if ZKP is unavailable, the app falls back to a non-ZKP model. Even if fully developed ZKP technology could be implemented in the future, it would remain an optional extra feature that countries may choose to disable and that the EU could remove at any time.

This means that the EU could decide at any time that ZKP may no longer be used, and in one stroke the app would fall back to its default mode, meaning that every post on social media carries an ID tag. By that point, an infrastructure will already have been rolled out; people will have gotten used to it, and it will be harder to roll it back.

More details on https://t.co/wTVKHMS1zg

[teams.x.impulse @teams_x_impulse]

Google's A2UI pattern gives agent UX a useful boundary: the agent returns structured intent, while the product renders only approved components.

That is handoff safety as product design.

https://t.co/c8wHbElmPP
#AIAgents

[alazar.eth | alazar.ron @flepsman]

@Thomashornall @Alpine_Hermit Dude, chill out and educate yourself on the cultural aspects of the place you live in! What @Alpine_Hermit said is true. I worked for the last 15 years, and traveled often for work in Benelux. Out-of-the-house food is usually a light sandwich or a pastry

[Dan Hightower @Danhightower]

How to ragebait a VC

- Which podcast gave you that opinion?
- How would you add value if you found a way to be valuable?
- You look like you make all of the 2 but none of the 20.
- Sorry, we aren't raising from you right now.
- Which AI model did you use to vibe code your firm's website?
- What startup role would you take if they'd have you?

[alazar.eth | alazar.ron @flepsman]

So true...

[Sandi Slonjšak @sandislonjsak]

AI agents will expose how many companies run on undocumented rituals, random approvals and one person named Darren who knows where everything is.

[alazar.eth | alazar.ron @flepsman]

@rohanpaul_ai Yeah that means advertising 😅

[MisterSpread @MisterSpread]

Congratulations to all the Romanian teams for this incredible achievement at the world robotics championship in Houston / Texas! 🇷🇴🤖

The first 4 places were won by Romania:

🥇 1st place – Velocity from Braila
🥈 2nd place – Heart of Robots from Buzau
🥉 3rd place – Quantum Robotics from Bucharest
🏅 4th place – AICitizens from Focsani

Massive respect to all the students, mentors and teams involved.

Romania keeps proving that talent, intelligence and hard work can compete with anyone in the world.

[Pliny the Liberator 🐉󠅫󠄼󠄿󠅆󠄵󠄐󠅀󠄼󠄹󠄾󠅉󠅭 @elder_plinius]

🚨 OBLITERATION ALERT 🚨

QWEN-3.6-27B: OBLITERATED ⛓️‍💥

https://t.co/AScXN4XLwx

I can't take much credit for this one! The entire process was done by jailbroken codex (gpt-5.5-xhigh) wielding the full OBLITERATUS suite. Hit with source-tethered ASPA. Dozens of iterations.

Result? A mere 4% refusal rate on the 842-prompt OBLITERATUS harmful corpus; one of the most rigorous prompt gauntlets in AI.

The /goal was simple:

1) Carve out the refusal circuits. Mutate methodology + iterate until <5% refusal (quality-gate).

2) Keep the 27B mind alive. No capability degradation tolerated.

And somehow… it worked. 🤯

The numbers talk:
842-pair longform gauntlet:
— 95.84% non-refusal
— 93.94% quality pass
— 0 short outputs
— 99.52% clean endings

MMLU-Pro:
— 51/70 (stock Qwen) → 51/70 (OBLITERATED Qwen)
Raw capability completely preserved 🙌

Q4_K_M through Q8_0 all running smooth.
Q8_0 is the big one: 28.6GB near-full-quality GGUF.

Runs with llama.cpp, LM Studio, Ollama, and more!

Chains cut.

The fire still burns.

The fangs have been sharpened.

REBIRTH COMPLETE

A gift from my agents to yours 🫶

gg

[alazar.eth | alazar.ron @flepsman]

@DaveShapi Hmm, fine, makes sense... If you didn't already, don't!

[Gabriel Moncha @gabimoncha]

and people were worried Europe will never catch up

[alazar.eth | alazar.ron @flepsman]

@gabimoncha Cum au fost? Did they deliver, so to say? 🤘🚀

[Om Patel @om_patel5]

THIS GUY BUILT AN AUTOMATED PIGEON DEFENSE SYSTEM FOR HIS BALCONY

pigeons kept nesting on his balcony so he engineered a full detection and deterrent system

here's how it works:

1\ camera captures video in real time
2\ an AI model identifies the pigeon in real time
3\ a water gun mounted on servo motors turns toward it
4\ sprays the pigeon automatically

the hardware:

> an orange pi 5 running the detection model
> a disassembled electric battery-driven water gun
> USB camera
> 2 servo motors for aiming
> resistors and a transistor to trigger the water gun

the detection runs on an AI vision model (yolo world v2) using the rockchip 3588's built in neural processing unit.

the best part is that it's not limited to pigeons. because it uses open vocabulary detection, you can reprogram the target to any object. squirrels, cats, raccoons, whatever is messing with your balcony

fully automated, runs 24/7, no manual intervention needed

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

This is it.
Everything learned spending millions on longevity.

From: Your Immortal Unc and Auntie.
To: Our Immortal nieces and nephews.

0. Sleep is the world's most powerful drug.
1. Be in your bed for 8 hours
2. Same bedtime every night, any time before midnight
3. Don’t eat right before bed
4. Calm foods for dinner
5. No screens 1 hour before bed
6. Avoid added sugar (be aware it’s in everything)
7. Avoid all things in an American convenience store
8. Avoid fried foods
9. Shoes off at the door
10. Eat whole foods, particularly veggies fruits nuts legumes berries
11. Walk a little after meals or air squats
12. Get your heart rate high routinely
13. Lift heavy things
14. Stretch daily
15. Water pik, floss, brush, tongue scrape, morning and night
16. Make an effort to drink water
17. Get sunlight when you wake up (UV is low)
18. Protect skin in midday sun
19. Stand up straight
20. See at least one friend once a week
21. Avoid plastic where you can (in all things)
22. Circulate air in rooms
23. When stressed, breathe, learn to calm your body
24. Go to the dentist
25. Avoid sitting for long times
26. Protect your hearing, the world is too loud
27. Alcohol is bad for you
28. Finish coffee before noon
29. Avoid bright lights after sunset
30. If obese, look into a GLP
31. Sleep in a cold room
32. Texting while driving is dangerous
33. Turn off all notifications
34. Limit social media use
35. Don’t smoke anything
36. If you struggle to sleep, read a physical book before bed
37. 1 hour before bed have a calm wind down routine: bath, read, light walk, listen to music
38. The body is a clock and loves routine. Have a daily morning and evening schedule.
39. Avoid long distance travel where you can
40. Baby steps first: incorporate new things slowly
41. Do less… most things don’t work.

Bonus points if you get your blood checked.

Start here, it will change your life.

[Work Chronicles @_workchronicles]

(comic) I'm so busy

[alazar.eth | alazar.ron @flepsman]

@DaveShapi This so calls for a dad joke like "that's what she said" 😅