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Anyone knows why ARM boards don't use simple things like Open Firmware (#arm <…

Google rolls out Gemini 3.1 Pro, which it says is "a step forward in core reasoning", for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers; the .1 increment is a first for Google (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/02/19/google-announces-gem…

Google announces Gemini 3.1 Pro for ‘complex problem-solving’
In November, Google introduced Gemini 3 Pro in preview. Google today announced Gemini 3.1 Pro "for tasks where a simple answer isn’t enough."

With deal done, Aubrey’s goal: Make my next kick https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/with-deal-done-aubrey-s-goal-make-my-next-kick

Never mind the particular interest you might choose to focus on. The world is overwhelmed with problems we can name.
Take a step backwards and consider that everything about our way of life is wrong, and this plethora of problems is the proof in the pudding.
Consider the plentiful resources available, but instead of being used for humanity, they are being hoarded and used against humanity.
The answer is simpler than most people can recognize: it is just a matter of redistri…

With deal done, Aubrey’s goal: Make my next kick https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/with-deal-done-aubrey-s-goal-make-my-next-kick

I don’t know the answer to my original question, but maybe it’s as simple as “seize the means of repetition.”
/end

“Asking an AI chatbot a question consumes a great deal more energy than finding the answer via simple web search or calculator. It adds extra demand for no good reason... a bit like driving to the shops in an SUV instead of riding your bike.”
Or driving any kind of car. AI, like cars, aims to reconfigure everyday life in a way that’s vastly more energy-hungry and polluting… and profitable for a few.

Veteran tech investor Roger McNamee, recalled asking "Silicon Valley" creator Mike Judge what he was really going for.
Judge answered, “I think Silicon Valley is immersed in a titanic battle between the hippie value system of the Steve Jobs generation and the Ayn Randian libertarian values of the Peter Thiel generation.”
McNamee’s own read on things was less diplomatic:
“Some of us actually, as naïve as it sounds, came here to make the world a better place.
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The billionaires made a promise -- now some want out | TechCrunch
In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign they called the Giving Pledge: a public commitment, open to the world's

We asked 100 UK IT leaders what one question they’d like answered about the quantum threat. Here are some pointers.
https://www.computing.co.uk/research/2026/a-post-quantum-q-a-yo…

A quantum risk Q&A - your questions answered
Quantum computing’s threat to encryption is - conceptually at least – very simple. One day, perhaps quite soon, a quantum computer may be able to ...

from my link log —
U 237C ⍼ RIGHT ANGLE WITH DOWNWARDS ZIGZAG ARROW is a symbol for azimuth.
https://ionathan.ch/2022/04/09/angzarr.html
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