Olaf Kolkman

https://social.secret-wg.org/@olaf

‘Evangineer’(he/him), Day job on the intersection between digital technology and society, likes #music, #munching, #movies and more. Lapsed Astronomer- All toots on personal title, re-blogs and boosts do not imply endorsement.
Moderates social.secret-wg.org
Matrix: Olaf Kolkman (npub1plr…z6p9):secret-wg.org

#fedi, #digital, #society, #tinkering, #cybersecurity, #programming, #stem, #Internet, #Governance

Github: https://github.com/kolkman
Keybase: https://kolkman.keybase.pub/me.html
Personal Email Domain: https://xolx.nl
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olafkolkman

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2026-10-16T19:35:59Z

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Last Notes

2026-10-07 19:41:12 GMT

From my #LinkLog:
Is AI the End of Math As We Know It? | Quanta Magazine
Mathlament
Logged on 2026 October 07 - 19:41 UTC from: https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-the-end-of-math-as-we-know-it-20261005/
#AI #Science #Technology

2026-07-30 06:57:11 GMT

I find this compelling, but my economic clue is sub-prime (pun intended). I would love to read critique on their arguments.
https://www.groundbrkr.com/p/the-second-derivative-why-no-one
#AI #aiboom

2026-07-18 08:44:49 GMT

“Very few companies are so good at shipping software that they can afford the extra risk profile.” (of #AI)
From:
https://hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decisionmaking

2025-10-26 07:02:46 GMT

Introducing the Noperthedron
As appealing as the Hat, the first einstein.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-found-that-cant-pass-through-itself-20251024/

2024-10-07 11:01:17 GMT

When you mandate infrastructure to monitor content, at some point it will be abused.
"For months or longer, the hackers might have held access to network infrastructure used to cooperate with lawful U.S. requests for communications data, according to people familiar with the matter, which amounts to a major national security risk."
Don't regulate #ChatControl
Exclusive | U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack - WSJ
https://archive.ph/aISAy#selection-5895.0-5895.247

2024-09-17 20:45:37 GMT

On the exploding pagers - has there been a technical writeup yet. What was the actual explosive? If the battery then who would want to drive an electrical car?

2024-08-07 08:07:54 GMT

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that, indeed, doesn’t surprise me a bit

2024-08-07 08:06:16 GMT

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