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[Rein @romulusrein]

Itʼs time for Europe to build a New Silicon Valley (NSV).

NSV consists of London, Paris and Amsterdam.

It accounts for:
• 44% of all unicorns in Europe
• 46% of startup enterprise value in Europe
• 7/10 Europeʼs most valuable tech companies founded after 1990

[Rein @romulusrein]

Bill Gates getting very annoyed with the process he needs to go through when installing Windows Movie Maker.

Highly entertaining email to read.

Also, interesting to see how crystal clear Gates's writing is. Great flow, no fluff.

[Internal Tech Emails @TechEmails]

Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker

January 15, 2003

[Rein @romulusrein]

@timdewit au @fiekecreijghton

[Rein @romulusrein]

This is completely right.

A European journalist, grounded in a culture where multiparty political systems are the norm, will naturally be better at covering elections in countries like Germany, Netherlands or Portugal, than someone from across the channel or Atlantic.

[Hugo Bezombes @EuropeInto]

This is THE PROBLEM that everyone in the #EU should be talking about. The people who are leading us are basing their decisions on perspectives and values that aren't our own.

The EU needs a public debate that isn't moderated from across the Channel or the freakin' Atlantic.

[Rein @romulusrein]

@romulushoog @chidiwilliams__ @OpenAI Great stuff

[Rein @romulusrein]

@JeltRoos @Willem49404666 @AJMsJansen Wat is het fundamentele verschil tussen iets tegen een bepaald licht zien en een aanname maken?

[Rein @romulusrein]

@JeltRoos @Willem49404666 @AJMsJansen Dat "duiden van generaties" dat je "nogal geklets" vindt, is echt precies wat je zelf doet in deze thread.

[Rein @romulusrein]

@nateliason @GijsOuwerkerk

[Rein @romulusrein]

Another example:

https://t.co/T4OzTiOqEY

[🇵🇸 Genel Jumalon @GenelJumalon]

TL;DR — Someone entered an art competition with an AI-generated piece and won the first prize.

Yeah that's pretty fucking shitty.

[Rein @romulusrein]

A direct example that AI systems like programming assistant GitHub Copilot have already become an indispensable tool for many workers right now.

If you work together with these systems, your quality of work will grow immensely.

If you don't, you'll probably fall behind.

[Nat Friedman @natfriedman]

👀

[Rein @romulusrein]

@nateliason @fiekecreijghton

[Rein @romulusrein]

@nateliason @romulushoog

[Existential Risk Observatory ⏸ @XRobservatory]

Still mind-blowing to let this sink in: almost half of 4271 mainstream AI researchers thinks there is more than 10% chance of human extinction caused by AI. Yet, they continue their research. Yet, they don't sound any alarms.

[Rein @romulusrein]

Politicians should think from first principles.

Too frequently, politicians focus on pseudo-problems, i.e. yesterday with the 10-hour long Hoekstra debate in Dutch parliament,

while there are very important problems to solve that require long-term and first principles thinking.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

Remember when old calculators were solar-powered? That was a weirdly magical capability for an 80s gadget. Can we bring this back please? So when your phone is sitting on the table during the day it's also charging?

[Rein @romulusrein]

We should make an almost religious altar for dating apps like Tinder and Bumble.

The opportunity that these platforms bring to increase exposure to new potential people to date,

and the amount of friends that found a great partner because of it is unparalleled.

[Rein @romulusrein]

@Caubalth

[Rein @romulusrein]

Reachable regions by train within 5 traveling hours for Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris.

Withon 5 years: Berlin, München and Zurich should be on that map for Amsterdam.

[Zeeger Ernsting @zeeger]

In 5 uur bereikbaar met de trein vanuit achtereenvolgens Amsterdam, Brussel en Parijs.

[Rein @romulusrein]

@punk6529 What would be concrete measures the EU could implement in order to close the gap in the coming decade?

[Rein @romulusrein]

@romulushoog @andreyzagoruiko Haha true ;)