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Archive for September 19th, 2025

Drie observaties over de tech/geld maatschappij waarin we leven

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/19

Observaties waarin de maatschappij als geheel vast aan het lopen is:

  1. [WaybackSave/Archive] De ware aard van big tech: ‘We zijn heel hard op weg om terug naar de middeleeuwen te gaan’ | de Volkskrant
  2. [Wayback/Archive] Kelly: “Before you judged someone for being disabled, unhoused or struggling …remember that most people are one accident, medical emergency or stroke of bad luck away from same fate. Judge the capitalistic system that treats us as cogs. Judge those who value economic contribution above everything else.” — Bluesky
  3. [Wayback/Wayback] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers: “This, plus that diversity is a blessing, not the burden that uniformity is.” — Bluesky

De eerste is via [Wayback/Archive]  Post by @huibmodderkolk.bsky.social — Bluesky

‘De samenleving zou weleens wat kritischer tegenover het verhaal van Silicon Valley mogen staan. Technologie is niet zomaar een instrument, maar verandert ook hoe mensen denken’

Belangrijk gesprek met hoogleraar Reijer Passchier

--jeroen

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I why I always use light mode: it’s easier on the eyes, as explained by Kristian Kohntopp

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/19

In a German thread, Kristian Köhntopp perfectly explained why I too always use light mode, so I put the English translations here:

  1. Dark mode is a strain on the eyes and useless.
  2. Specific: In darkness (and in dark mode) your pupils widen, the diaphragm opens. This reduces the depth of field and the eye muscles have to do more work and precision when focusing.
  3. Conversely, with light and a bright background you have a smaller pupil, a small aperture and more depth of field. This means that everything is automatically sharp, even if the eye has not readjusted.

The German thread:

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