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Writing https://europeanperspective.substack.com

IT Engineer in the European institutions.
Green activist.
#WorkFromAnywhere advocate #WFA
Basketball player still active at 44.
Father and husband 24/7.

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rafa_font, to random
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"Se telefonando", covered by my teacher, Guido Maria Grillo.

It's worth every second of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=aqahU8QFLPdn3nf5&v=MtfiK8qVqf8&feature=youtu.be

Now, if you allow me to nerd out a bit on this...

He recorded the song to teach me about "falsetto". He recorded three tracks of his own voice, the main one in falsetto, the second one full voice, the third one with a harmonisation.

He recorded at home. Voices and drums are his, the rest digital.

Stay tuned until the end for the "wow" he utters. Good job!

rafa_font, to linguistics
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In which day should the ALL HANDS meeting take place? On Tuesday. Why? Because it's the day of "the thing"
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Tuesday comes from Old English Tīwesdæġ, literally 'Tīw's day'. Tīw was the name of the Germanic god that's also known by his Old Norse name Týr

Tuesday is not related to Dutch dinsdag, and German Dienstag. These stem from West Germanic *þingas dag instead, literally 'day of the thing', which was the day of the popular assembly, the *þing
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Source:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/tiws-day-103746729

rafa_font, to romania
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"Why is my Favourite Tech European Company", by Nicola Amadio (The European Engineer)

"Headquartered in Tallinn, Bolt is a ride-hailing company, competing with giants like Uber"

"Its main engineering teams were built in , and : this is a great choice, with Estonia being a great market to hire devs and Romania and Poland possibly being among the very best nations worldwide for hiring quality tech talent at a reasonable price"

https://theeuropeanengineer.substack.com/p/why-bolt-is-my-favourite-tech-european

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Look mistakes were made

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@deirdre.assenza Eager students invaded businesses.... But of course!

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É um fenómeno realmente estranho, este das crianças omitirem verbos nas frases começadas por "Posso..." (ex.: Posso um lápis?)

A professora cá de casa tem-se queixado muito disso nos últimos tempos, mas ainda não consegui identificar a origem dessa "moda".

Amigos do Brasil, esse fenómeno também existe por aí?

https://www.publico.pt/2024/03/22/impar/opiniao/verde-economia-utilizacao-palavras-2084384

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@madcap "Posso agua?" Esto o diz uma menina portuguesa de oito anos que nunca tem morado em Portugal, mas em Itália.

rafa_font, to Netherlands
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The largest company in the Netherlands threatens to leave the country in protest against anti-migration policies.

ASML is the "only one in the world that builds machines for the most advanced semiconductors"

"It is now Europe's most valuable tech company, a growth that would not have been possible without its many foreign skilled workers."

Migration=Value.

From The European Correspondent

https://www.europeancorrespondent.com/article?s=ASML:-Im-too-big-for-you

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@nemobis I am not sure. Have you heard anything else on that?

rafa_font, to random
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Dear Mastodonians,

Could you please recommend European scientists that are researching the environmental impacts of datacenters and/or AI?

I've suggested in my workplace to assess the environmental footprint of our IT infrastructure, which is mostly cloud-based and uses gradually AI.

The Staff Committee might invite experts in the field to gather more information.

Thanks!

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@ana_valdi Thank you! I'll suggest your name and work to my colleagues, hopefully will be in touch soon!

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@morandi Thanks a lot, located! I see also that on her website that she's looking for PhD students https://www.mariaperezortiz.com/

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@Trojaner @aral Thanks! I see that they're on Mastodon too @PIK_climate

However I haven't found lines of their work that point at AI or datacenters, maybe I'm not searching in the right place?

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@grob @wim_v12e Thanks! I've seen this article on Wim's blog which is right on point for the topic https://wimvanderbauwhede.codeberg.page/articles/the-insatiable-hunger-of-openai/

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@mherrb Thanks! They have a lot of material on Green IT. I will look for specific information on datacenters, but already good that they keep the whole IT life cycle in mind, including for instance e-waste.

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@avandeursen @luiscruz Thanks! If Luis is reading this, I hope he comes to Mastodon more often :)

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@Kalytis @imarfisi Thanks! I'll look up their work!

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@jmnw wow, thanks! I'll look up their work!

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@lpryszcz Definitely! I'm retrieving a very interesting list, will tidy up and share!

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@JensJot Very interesting article and profile, thanks!

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@jmnw Thank you! I have found now references for all of them and added them to my list.

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@lpryszcz Here you go, what I have compiled so far:

https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/European_scholars_on_environmental_impacts_of_AI_a

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Thank you, Mastodon community, for your boosts and information provided about European scholars on environmental impacts of datacenter and AI.

Here is a list of the people mentioned so far:

https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/European_scholars_on_environmental_impacts_of_AI_a

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@jmnw it's here: https://mastodon.online/

europeanspodcast, to Europe
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Hello, Mastodon! People kept telling us to give you a try, so here we are are. If you're looking for a podcast about Europe that

  • isn't boring
  • isn't just for people inside the Brussels bubble
  • celebrates a Europe much bigger than the EU
  • covers politics and policy but also European book, film and TV recommendations
  • is rigorously fact-checked but doesn't take itself too seriously

We're the podcast for you!

#europe #eu #politics #news #culture #podcast

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@europeanspodcast So nice to hear this.

I think that your presence here is an asset for Mastodon. Some of your listeners are here, and some of your potential new listeners too.

In terms of absolute numbers of followers, you will probably be below Twitter. In terms of relative interaction with the people, I hope you will be in a much better place!

rafa_font, to Trains
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Among these European lines to be improved, notice Vienna--Western Romania. Why not to ?

It turns out that 20% of the population in Oradea is of Hungarian origin, and 8% of that of Arad.

This improved train line, proposed by the Hungarian Ministry of Transport, aims at better connecting Budapest with the communities in Romania.

1.1 million people living in are Hungarian. Welcome to "Hungarians in the Carpathians"

https://europeanperspective.substack.com/p/hungarians-in-the-carpathians-european

@trains

rafa_font,
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Francisco's parents emigrated after World War II. They didn’t know each other in : they met in Santiago de Chile

They were at risk in post-WW2 Hungary. His father had been condemned by a popular jury

When Francisco asked for the nationality, he discovered that his parents had actually lost it, because they had been born in territories outside the post WW1 Hungarian borders. He eventually got it, proving he could speak the language (which is not a minor feat)

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Francisco's feelings about Hungary are unaffected by the tensions between Hungary and its neighbours, because of the distance

I have a similar feeling after having written this piece. I entered it with the angle of "minorities", "migration feelings", and I have found it deeply interlinked with regional politics and tensions

Writing it has been a bit of a ride, and a learning experience, and it continues to be while I promote it in social networks

Thanks for reading. See you in the next issue!

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