Tootfinder

reading a prelim paper on scaling up gpu-accelerated database query engines and feeling kinda gobsmacked at where that world is at
i remember when we built a “massive” memory machine at princeton with … i think it was 256 MB of RAM. (it sat idle except when ken thompson was logged in and building hash tables for chess endgames which was most of the time)

Have you ever tried to dictate someone a private IPv4 address in French 🇫🇷 ?
I'm now pretty certain that whoever said "Let's use 192.168... subnets for this" did that to annoy - or as a gigantic prank. And I salute you for it.
Hundred four twenty twelve, hundred sixty eight...
#infosec #sysadmin

Venice, which develops identity security software, emerges from stealth after raising a $25M Series A led by IVP, following an $8M seed round (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sk5qcux00we

Rotem Lurie raises $25 million Series A for Venice, an identity security startup backed by Wiz founders
The Israeli company replaces static enterprise permissions with dynamic access control. 

Why do I have the feeling that the word "nihilism" was difficult to avoid in this quote:
“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.”
https://

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

Missing a trick here.
Not a word on Labour's trashing of environmental protection and building boom. That boom won't deliver affordable rent housing.
Greens to launch local elections campaign with promise on affordable housing which ‘failing Labour councils’ haven’t delivered - Green Party

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
FSQ, Moniquea & XL Middleton:
🎵 Feeling Wide (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
#FSQ #Moniquea #XLMiddleton
https://fsqofficial.bandcamp.com/track/feeling-wide
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6G4PaS9BNkIuGqMo44rbfZ
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg

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Ik vraag me trouwens af of een overheid er bij buitenlandse bestedingen ook rekening mee houdt dat hetzelfde bedrag hier of daar besteden netto eem groot verschil maakt.
Van binnenlandse bestedingen komt een flink deel weer terug in belastingen en premies die werkgever en werknemers betalen.
Voor buitenlandse bestedingen geldt een kleine tot grote mate van: 'weg=weg'.
#DigitaleSoevereiniteit #DigiD

We’d finally get those flying cars we were promised.
#IfCartoonsRuledTheWorld
#HashTagGames

Sources: AI legal software startup Legora is in talks to raise $400M at a $5B valuation, after raising $150M in October 2025 at a $1.8B valuation (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/17/legal-…

Legal AI Startup Legora Eyes $400 Million Raise At $5 Billion-Plus Valuation
As investors double down on the promise of automating legal work, the company is in talks to raise $400 million following two rounds in late 2025.