Perfect timing — I guess they were waiting for the AI Summit but French startup Mistral behind the French/European AI (Mistral) just updated and upgraded their platform. Much faster and more powerful. Gonna give it a try for work and play 😊
I hate that the Substack notes feed is such a better microblogging feed, but a closed system en that is probablyy never coming to the open web
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Finally took some time to update my /now page :)
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Good news for those of us using GenAI on the regular ⚡️🔌🔋
Paris Basketball v JDA Dijon (Coupe de France - Quarter finals)
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Well… @ACMomento doesn’t yet support the basketball “Coupe de France” but last night was a nice and simple victory against JDA Dijon in the Quarter Finals round. Yesterday’s game marked the anniversary of moving from the old Halle Carpentier on the southernmost part of town, to the shiny new Adidas Arena located in the northernmost point at Porte de la Chappelle. Hard to believe everything that has happened so far in just over one year:
Kendrick’s set was My Super Bowl. Incredible set and performance with many clever layers! For anyone who’s curious or wanting to discover more about it, there’s (already) a Dissect podcast episode ready to go.
Birthday weekend 3️⃣4️⃣ 🎁
Decided to go to our local German pub for luck today — I realized I haven’t had a delicious currywurst since 2013 (!)
🏀 An update on my Washington Oui-OuiZards:
There will be more misery in the months ahead. But that’s reason to be hopeful. In the NBA, short-term misery can lead to long-term elation.
Exciting game but tough #Euroleague defeat at home againstst the most in-form team of the 2025 calendar year.
Following up on the previous post:
More and more, the notion of the classic American breakfast—bacon, eggs, toast, milk, coffee, and a glass of orange juice—is beginning to seem like a snapshot of a bygone era. Not only is the supply of orange juice becoming shaky, but so is that of eggs, milk, and coffee (not to mention other goods, such as chocolate and olive oil). None of this means that we’ll have to go without these foods anytime soon. But for everyday Americans, it will likely mean having less.
It’s hard not to look at this with a cynical “the writing has been on the wall, and you could have done something to prevent it but now all you can do is prepare yourselves for a different world you’ll have to adapt to because you’ve acted so unreasonably for so long as a country — and to some extent for at least 2 generations.”
😂 🍊🥤
Imported fruit can be costly, and its flavor varies because of differences in variety, growing conditions, and taste preferences. (European oranges skew tart because locals like their juice sour, while American varieties cater to the nation’s sweet tooth.)
The Last Days of American Orange Juice | The Atlantic
A sunny weekend for the first time since the end of last year!
Meta employees have no scruples surrounding the privacy of internal communications because, by definition, they’re the sort of people who never saw any problem with Meta’s complete lack of regard for such things. So they don’t hesitate to leak what they don’t like. Zuck gets no loyalty because he hired an entire company of people with no convictions other than “winning” or whatever it really is that Meta sees as its central tenet.
Very excited for the return of the @sixnationsrugby tonight starting with my XV de France against Wales 🏉 🇫🇷🏴 #SixNations
🏀 We are so back!
Great night at the Paris Basketball game against Tony Parker’s ASVEL tonight!
100 agree with this take:
The whole tech world needs more projects that aren’t trying to become billion- (let alone trillion-) dollar ideas, but are happily shooting for success as million-dollar ideas (or less!).
Daring Fireball | Pebble Founder Eric Migicovsky Is Bringing It Back
PS: as an original Pebble backer on kickstarter, I’m very excited to see how this will go…
Between tough work days and other personal things… I’ve really been looking forward to tonight’s Champions League games (and going back to my Paris Basketball game tomorrow evening for another big Euroleague rivalry game)
🍿 🎥 “The Substance” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ …aka The Fountain of Youth
Also, as a side note: between Coralie Fargeat and Titane’s Julia Ducournau, the future of French filmmaking is bright, original, and female!
🤤 🏀 Inside the NBA’s growing talks to add a new league in Europe | The Athletic
The NBA asked the EuroLeague to partner together on a European basketball league
…(and as expected the Euroleague refused)
Diet Coke will kill you a lot faster than regular Coke will.