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Worked on some more #Gentoo global #jobserver goodies today.
Firstly, Portage jobserver support patch: #PyTest jobs will also be counted towards total job count.
Again, it's not a perfect solution, but it works reasonably. The plugin still starts -n jobs as specified by the arguments, but it acquired job tokens prior to executing every test, therefore delaying actual testing until tokens are available. It doesn't seem to cause noticeable overhead either.

Dude. What the...? 😜
#Azure
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Lenin alevski 🕵️💻 (@alevsk@infosec.exchange)
Attached: 1 image Ever thought of tunneling traffic over Azure Blob Storage? 🤔☁️ ProxyBlob lets you run a SOCKS5 proxy using Azure Storage as the communication channel. Useful in restrictive networks where only `*.blob.core.windows.net` is accessible. #Azure #Proxy #Networking --- Why does ProxyBlob need Azure Storage? 💡📦 It creates a clever detour: Agents in target networks poll Azure Blob for tasks, while the proxy writes requests there. This avoids direct network conne…

Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks agrees to acquire accounting platform TRES Finance, sources say for $130M in cash and equity; TRES raised $11M in 2023 (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/07/fireblocks-tres-finance-acquisition-130-million/…

Exclusive: Fireblocks acquires crypto accounting platform TRES Finance for $130 million
This is the crypto infrastructure firm’s second acquisition over the past year.

My loose process for evaluating an ACR (VPAT®):
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/01/how-i-evaluate-an-acr-vpat.html
You may have your own thoughts / ideas. Add them to the comments.
I was also torn between the meat grinder and a Plinko metaphor.

How I Evaluate an ACR (VPAT®)
ACRs are Accessibility Conformance Reports, which are the output of a VPAT, or Voluntary Product Accessibility Template maintained by ITIC, or the Information Technology Industry Council (which is why VPAT often has a ® symbol hanging off it). An organization may fill out the template to indicate how or if…

#Aach erzeugt mehr Strom als es verbraucht.
Möglich machen das #Wasserkraft, #Photovoltaik und ein innovativer

Aach hat die Energiewende geschafft: Im Städtchen wird mehr Strom erzeugt, als verbraucht
Dank Wasserkraft und Sonnenenergie können mehr als alle Aacher mit Elektrizität versorgt werden – allein aus dem neuen Solarpark über 5000 Menschen. Ein innovatives Batteriespeicher komplettiert die Anlage im Gewann Hau.

SpaceX agrees to acquire EchoStar's unpaired AWS-3 licenses for $2.6B in stock, after EchoStar sold WS-4 and H-block licenses to SpaceX for $17B in September (Jake Rudnitsky/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

In #Münster-Amelsbüren entsteht der erste #AgriSolarpark der Region.
Auf 13,2 Hektar erzeugt die neue #Photovoltaikanlage künftig Ökostrom für die Fraunhofer-Einrichtung FFB,…

Baustart für den ersten Agri-Solarpark in Münster

Buyout firm Hg agrees to acquire enterprise financial software maker OneStream in an all-cash deal valued at ~$6.4B that is set to close in H1 2026 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/buyout-firm-hg-to…

SoftBank Group agrees to acquire ABB's robotics business, which generated sales of $2.3B last year, for $5.38B in a deal expected to close in mid-to-late 2026 (John Revill/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/abb-se…

Filing: Samsung plans to acquire $1.73B of its stock for employee and executive compensation, as part of a performance-linked scheme introduced in October 2025 (Kyu-seok Shim/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/samsung-e…