Vincent Dutat
@vdutat.bsky.social
Belgian Software Engineer - A Walloon in America
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Researchers discovered SARS-CoV-2 uses two regions of its spike protein that work together like “keys” to enter human cells. One makes initial contact with the cell membrane, while the other penetrates deeper to trigger fusion. The discovery could help identify new ways to block infection.
Research Reveals Covid-19 Cell Entry Mechanisms
To enter our cells, the Covid-19 virus fuses its surrounding membrane with the membrane of the target cell. This is where the fusion peptides of the
www.miragenews.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Researchers discovered SARS-CoV-2 uses two regions of its spike protein that work together like “keys” to enter human cells. One makes initial contact with the cell membrane, while the other penetrates deeper to trigger fusion. The discovery could help identify new ways to block infection.
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Companies creating or using AI-generated content have to label it clearly for users to know, as part of an EU guideline implemented on Sunday. #EuropeNews
AI-generated label becomes mandatory in the EU
Companies creating or using AI-generated content have to label it clearly for users to know, as part of an EU guideline implemented on Sunday.
l.euronews.com
August 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Companies creating or using AI-generated content have to label it clearly for users to know, as part of an EU guideline implemented on Sunday. #EuropeNews
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The robots cost more to replace.
July 20, 2026 at 3:43 AM
The robots cost more to replace.
Call me when this halftime monstrosity is finished #fifaworldcup
July 19, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Call me when this halftime monstrosity is finished #fifaworldcup
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“.. I asked a few AI researchers whether they could name any other real-world software that scales so poorly. None of them could think of any.
“.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
“.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
July 15, 2026 at 9:51 AM
“.. I asked a few AI researchers whether they could name any other real-world software that scales so poorly. None of them could think of any.
“.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
“.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
No football, no tennis, what is going on?
July 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
No football, no tennis, what is going on?
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I love opening VS Code and it updated and it shows me the update notes and every single feature is some bullshit for people who don't write code any more and just talk to a chatbot all day. Why do you people even need a text editor.
July 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I love opening VS Code and it updated and it shows me the update notes and every single feature is some bullshit for people who don't write code any more and just talk to a chatbot all day. Why do you people even need a text editor.
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For the first time ever, from April 2025 to April 2026, solar energy outproduced ‘natural gas’ in Asia.
First coal, now ‘natural gas’… the fossil fuel dominos are falling… and they said it cant be done…
First coal, now ‘natural gas’… the fossil fuel dominos are falling… and they said it cant be done…
July 4, 2026 at 2:56 PM
For the first time ever, from April 2025 to April 2026, solar energy outproduced ‘natural gas’ in Asia.
First coal, now ‘natural gas’… the fossil fuel dominos are falling… and they said it cant be done…
First coal, now ‘natural gas’… the fossil fuel dominos are falling… and they said it cant be done…
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The massacre America forgot ft.trib.al/SHkx3Q6
The massacre America forgot
The events of 1919 had largely been erased in the town of Elaine, Arkansas. Now a new generation is documenting the legacy of racial conflict for itself
ft.trib.al
July 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The massacre America forgot ft.trib.al/SHkx3Q6
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It can't be overstated how he really doesn't know how anything works but was mythologized as a supergenius engineer by a shitty press
“I think actually things will move maybe even by the end of this year to where you don't even bother doing coding. The AI just creates the binary directly.”
“Doing coding.” The AI just creates “the binary” directly. Ok.
“Doing coding.” The AI just creates “the binary” directly. Ok.
Elon Musk: Coding Was a Top Job for Decades. It Will Be Dead By the End of the Year.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) CEO Elon Musk has made yet another sweeping prediction about the future of work, this time aimed squarely at software engineers. Speaking at a recent confer...
247wallst.com
June 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
It can't be overstated how he really doesn't know how anything works but was mythologized as a supergenius engineer by a shitty press
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They removed CD/DVD drives from PCs.
-Made physical media harder to buy and use.
-Removed expandable storage from phones.
-Pushed us into streaming subscriptions.
-Made always-online normal.
-Made unlimited internet necessary.
-Slowly raised the price of everything.
Ownership quietly became renting.
-Made physical media harder to buy and use.
-Removed expandable storage from phones.
-Pushed us into streaming subscriptions.
-Made always-online normal.
-Made unlimited internet necessary.
-Slowly raised the price of everything.
Ownership quietly became renting.
June 14, 2026 at 1:57 PM
They removed CD/DVD drives from PCs.
-Made physical media harder to buy and use.
-Removed expandable storage from phones.
-Pushed us into streaming subscriptions.
-Made always-online normal.
-Made unlimited internet necessary.
-Slowly raised the price of everything.
Ownership quietly became renting.
-Made physical media harder to buy and use.
-Removed expandable storage from phones.
-Pushed us into streaming subscriptions.
-Made always-online normal.
-Made unlimited internet necessary.
-Slowly raised the price of everything.
Ownership quietly became renting.
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USA: "FDA Panel Backs New COVID Vaccines Aimed at Dominant Strain."
"The FDA's vaccine advisors voted 8 to 0, with one abstention, in favor of a monovalent XFG vaccine for COVID-19 shots for the 2026-2027 season."
Source: archive.md/wTWaw
"The FDA's vaccine advisors voted 8 to 0, with one abstention, in favor of a monovalent XFG vaccine for COVID-19 shots for the 2026-2027 season."
Source: archive.md/wTWaw
May 29, 2026 at 2:33 AM
USA: "FDA Panel Backs New COVID Vaccines Aimed at Dominant Strain."
"The FDA's vaccine advisors voted 8 to 0, with one abstention, in favor of a monovalent XFG vaccine for COVID-19 shots for the 2026-2027 season."
Source: archive.md/wTWaw
"The FDA's vaccine advisors voted 8 to 0, with one abstention, in favor of a monovalent XFG vaccine for COVID-19 shots for the 2026-2027 season."
Source: archive.md/wTWaw
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AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.
May 21, 2026 at 8:40 PM
AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.
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The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen.
And it worked.
Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%.
Industrial process heat is the real prize.
And it worked.
Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%.
Industrial process heat is the real prize.
May 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen.
And it worked.
Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%.
Industrial process heat is the real prize.
And it worked.
Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%.
Industrial process heat is the real prize.
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Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers — and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels.
https://to.pbs.org/4c0Eh6n
https://to.pbs.org/4c0Eh6n
States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Blame data centers
Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers -- and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels.
www.pbs.org
May 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers — and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels.
https://to.pbs.org/4c0Eh6n
https://to.pbs.org/4c0Eh6n
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The most hilarious part of this is that the recall only affects 173 total vehicles, because that's all Tesla's sold of its rear wheel drive model.
Tesla Recalls Cybertruck Because Wheels May Fall Off - Kelley Blue Book
The 2024-2026 Tesla Cybertruck is being recalled for faulty wheel studs.
www.kbb.com
May 8, 2026 at 7:46 AM
The most hilarious part of this is that the recall only affects 173 total vehicles, because that's all Tesla's sold of its rear wheel drive model.
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gottaUseAIToOurAdvantage
May 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
gottaUseAIToOurAdvantage
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Elon Musk accidentally revealing his mom's account is one of his alt's means that he has both impersonated his own infant child and mother online
May 6, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Elon Musk accidentally revealing his mom's account is one of his alt's means that he has both impersonated his own infant child and mother online
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lookTheyAreDiscoveringEmplyees
April 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
lookTheyAreDiscoveringEmplyees
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Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online
Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege
The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online
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ChatGPT has to be the only consumer product that has multiple documented instances of encouraging its customers to plan and execute mass shootings and barely any media talks about it and no politician is doing anything to stop it
April 16, 2026 at 4:55 AM
ChatGPT has to be the only consumer product that has multiple documented instances of encouraging its customers to plan and execute mass shootings and barely any media talks about it and no politician is doing anything to stop it
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Your periodic reminder that LLMs are incapable of "understanding" anything and that it is all a function of "self working card trick" of language probabilities; it just generates likely sounding bullshit. Sometimes that likely sounding bullshit is accurate because likely sounding things often are.
April 14, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Your periodic reminder that LLMs are incapable of "understanding" anything and that it is all a function of "self working card trick" of language probabilities; it just generates likely sounding bullshit. Sometimes that likely sounding bullshit is accurate because likely sounding things often are.
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"Someone tried to strangle Sneako", "Clavicular just had a drug overdose", I refuse to believe that understanding any of these headlines is better for me than chain-smoking
April 15, 2026 at 3:25 AM
"Someone tried to strangle Sneako", "Clavicular just had a drug overdose", I refuse to believe that understanding any of these headlines is better for me than chain-smoking