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from my link log —
Saving Skylab.
https://www.airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/saving-skylab
saved 2025-11-30 https://

Saving Skylab
During launch, the micrometeoroid shield surrounding the Skylab Workshop ripped loose. Designed to protect the workshop from tiny space particles and the sun's scorching heat, its loss caused sunlight to raise internal temperatures to over 130° F, making the station uninhabitable and threatening foods, medicines, films, and experiments that were onboard. Astronaut Rusty Schweickart was responsible for testing a parasol on Earth and developing procedures for deploying it in space in an effort …

Anselm Hannemann has largely come to the same conclusions as I in his post “Tools won’t solve it entirely for you” (and used some LLMs):
https://helloanselm.com/writings/tools-won-t-solve-it-for-you
I’ve linked it from my 2023 post comparing automated testing to…

Tools won’t solve it entirely for you — Anselm Hannemann

Browns' Shelby Harris blasts Jauan Jennings: 'I see exactly why they punched him in the nuts' https://www.nfl.com/news/browns-shelby-harris-blasts-jauan-jennings-after-loss-to-sf-in-week-13

Die #ESM plant bei #Selb ihren ersten #Solarpark auf einer Fläche von zehn Fußballfeldern.
Rund 4,5 Millionen Euro sollen investiert werden. Der

Bei Selb - Solarpark für 4,5 Millionen Euro
Auf einer Fläche von zehn Fußballfeldern will die ESM ihren ersten Solarpark in Betrieb nehmen. Der Energieversorger beantwortet Fragen – und reagiert auf Kritik.

Cheap Self-Hosted #Kubernetes on #Hetzner Cloud
https://blog.qstars.nl/posts/cheap-sel

I host my own Mastodon instance, and my (retired) blog.
https://www.xda-developers.com/self-hosting-digital-independence/

Perplexity is making its AI browser Comet, previously $200 per month as part of Perplexity Max, free for all, with rate limits (Charles Rollet/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/perplexity-makes-200-ai-browser-free-to-battle-ai-sl…

Find out how Perplexity wants to fight AI 'slop' with its latest browser
Perplexity's Comet browser is now free as the AI startup fights low-quality content and partners with publishers like CNN and The Washington Post.

Don't Fear Self-Driving Cars. They Save Lives. (Jonathan Slotkin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/opinion/self-driving-cars.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k8.-Zat.UQWUlrWUMgEn&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p46#a251202p46

A profile of AI contractor marketplace Mercor, which is valued at $10B and whose three 22-year-old founders are Thiel Fellows, each holding a roughly 22% stake (Richard Nieva/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2025/10/30/mercor-younge…

These 22-Year-Olds Are Now The World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaires
With a new $10 billion valuation for their AI recruiting startup Mercor, the founders are the youngest tech billionaires ever.

Browns' Shelby Harris fires off explosive rant on 49ers' Jauan Jennings: 'He's a hoe'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/browns-shelby-harris-rant-49ers-jauan-…