2026-02-18 15:04:00
Pixel 10a: Google legt sein Mittelklasse-Smartphone neu auf
Google legt mit dem Pixel 10a sein Mittelklasse-Smartphone neu auf. Die neue Generation ist mehr Feinschliff als Revolution.
https://www.
Pixel 10a: Google legt sein Mittelklasse-Smartphone neu auf
Google legt mit dem Pixel 10a sein Mittelklasse-Smartphone neu auf. Die neue Generation ist mehr Feinschliff als Revolution.
https://www.
I'm listening to this pornogrind EP and they have this song that's over two whole minutes long at the end of it, and I'm like 'this is ambitious' 🤔
Apple launches Apple Music Connect, a new resource for music labels and distributors to manage promotional assets, upload press photos, and more (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/18/apple-music-connect-launched-for-labels/
Trump Wants An Airport Renamed After Him While His Company Trademarks Those Same Names | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/trump-wants-an-airport-renamed-after-him-while-his-company-trademarks-those-same-names/
'No expense has been spared': Inside a luxury jet DHS wants to buy for deportations (Julia Ainsley/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/no-expense-spared-luxury-jet-dhs-wants-buy-deportations-rcna259425
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p30#a260219p30
RE: https://techpolicy.social/@mallory/116092186746984139
This is art:
Advanced Navigation, which makes AI-assisted hardware to let ships and aircraft navigate even when GPS is jammed, raised a $110M Series C at a $1B valuation (Stuart Condie/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/art…
“…he stole my frog that I had for the frog jumping competition” is wild new lore that my partner (18 years in, btw) just casually and unironically dropped on me today
RE: https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/116092915176228917
Last time I posted this, I got a little spate of exceptionally low-quality replies about how it’s actually a good thing to misrepresent risk and old people will die anyway and who cares if they do.
I hope those people see this again and get even angrier.
I keep on thinking about this so often, now mostly about how the word has been co-opted & abused by contemporary "AI"... Just refound the link (from 2012):
Generative vs generated
https://www.anomalogue.com/2012/05/01/generative-vs-generated/
«Sicherheitsrisiken — Meta und andere Techkonzerne verbieten die Nutzung von OpenClaw:
Der aktuelle Hype lässt manche leichtsinnig bei der Installation des Tools werden. Unterdessen springt der Aktienkurs von Raspberry Pi um 80 Prozent nach oben und Mac Minis werden knapp»
An was dies wohl liegen könnte, sicherlich emotional Konkurrenz aber techn. ist es vorallem unkontrollierbare Schadsoftware.
🦞
And while we're releasing, here's a double-feature, mostly to avoid GitHub Actions complaining about deprecated actions:
- https://github.com/hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package/releases/tag/v2.15.0
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If you aren't submitting 1,000 line PRs to team members, are you even doing modern development anymore?!
Russian fleet disappears from Ukrainian radar – what is happening in Crimea #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/19/russian-fleet-disappears-from-ukrainian.html
A snake walks into a bar. The bartender says, 'How did you do that?
Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
BGH-Paukenschlag zum Cardsharing: Kein Computerbetrug bei Pay-TV-Piraterie
Alan Dershowitz, a former lawyer for Trump, recently said in an interview that he and Trump have discussed the possibility of Trump running for a third term in office
— an action that would violate the U.S. Constitution.
“I said ‘it’s not clear if a president can become a third-term president and it’s not clear if it’s permissible,'”
Dershowitz recounted of his conversation with Trump.
Dershowitz, who was part of Trump’s legal team during his first impeachment tri…
H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Asia: 8 February - 15 February https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20141950/h-net-job-guide-weekly-report-h-asia-8-february-15-february
Any given program, when running, is obsolete.
Aus Gründen heute sonntäglich vorgezogenes #Kundenglücklichmachungsposteinlieferungsgeräusch.
RE: https://phpc.social/@jdecool/116090621929214829
Spot on, but I'll go a step further.
The purpose of a library or package is to create reusable code that you just need to pass some options to and use again without needing to rewrite it. It gets wr…
Heeft iemand van jullie ooit van de traditionele tulpendag in Nederland gehoord??? 😅😅😅
でも、食中毒らしきもの、の原因は分からない。早朝トマトを 1個齧って、次の食事は夜にコンビニで買ったもの。トマト以外に生物は食べていないし、飲食店にも寄っていない。とすると、所謂 "食べ合わせ" かな、と。...食べ合わせの良し悪しって本当にあるんだろうか?
Cesar Chavez will get canceled for this and he should, but there are a gajillion things in this country named after enslavers like Washington and Jefferson. Interesting how some heroes are immune to cancellation and others are not
https://ww…
from my link log —
Building resilient services at Amazon Prime Video with chaos engineering.
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/building-resilient-services-at-prime-video-with-chaos-engineering/
saved 2020…
Hello Stranger?
I took this photo recently on a hike on one of my local hills when I turned around and saw a stranger walking there.
I hardly ever have people in my photos, because I don't WANT people there. But this scene was so different.
The fog was just thick enough to see the person, yet I didn't feel like the person was "near". It all just felt so distant.
#hiking
in der #verschlagwortung in dieser woche a) nicht im bild diese ebooks: Illness, literature, and care: vulnerable lives (https://katalogplus.uni-muenster.de/pe
Ich bin mir noch nicht ganz schlüssig, ob heute ein richtiger Scheißtag ist oder ein richtig cooler Tag?
Aber jetzt, in dieser Sekunde, habe ich ziemlich gute Laune
An Open Access article in Nature details how data can now be written in borosilicate glass hard drives so it can last 10,000 years.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10042-w
Now, scientists are figuring out which memes and cat pictures to keep that long.
It looks like JuiceSSH, my go-to SSH client on Android for over a decade, has been delisted. Requesting recommendations of a good replacement app!
RE: https://chaos.social/@pcdog/115922130422202379
True fiber optics cable, bio-degradable
Luttons ensemble pour les droits des enfants et contre les violences sexistes et sexuelles !
Un appel du cœur pour que les violences Š l'encontre des enfants mineurs soient prises au sérieux et deviennent une réelle priorité de nos sociétés.
https://chardonsbleus.org/luttons…
@… This is, in principle, what an academic discipline is about: a shared understanding of what legit research in this field means, and what the criteria for judging the quality of research are.
The root many of the current issues in academia is that many, if not most, disciplines have outsourced this responsibility to Big Pub cartels.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@deutschestechnikmuseum/115922133533433758
Bitte alle dem @…
There are a few bugs here and there but globally, #loops works quite fine and I love it!
I started watching this on netflix, but had to turn it off. It's too much at the moment. Last year I visited Phnom Penh, s21 and the killing Fields. It's still fresh in my memory.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4882376/
Ukraine needs $15 billion of funding to shield against Russia's 2026 record terror waves: Kyiv has found only $584 million so far - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/19/ukraine-needs-15-billion-of-funding-to-shield-against-russias-2026-record-terror-waves-kyiv-has-found-only-584-million-so-far/
OpenAI executive Chris Lehane says the company is "on track" to unveil its first device in the "latter part" of 2026; reports suggest it will be a wearable (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/19/openai-device-2026-lehane-jony-ive
@… @… was there an HTML one? I only remember this https://…
And while we're releasing, here's a double-feature, mostly to avoid GitHub Actions complaining about deprecated actions:
- https://github.com/hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package/releases/tag/v2.15.0
-
«Neuer Konflikt — USA will europäische Plattformgesetze aushebeln:
In der US-Regierung wird laut einem Medienbericht ein Portal vorbereitet, mit dem EU-Bürger Sperren umgehen können. Damit droht ein neuer Konflikt»
Wie verkauft man(n) Propaganda als "Freiheit"? Klar über VPN's um seine Meinung unbegrenzt aufzuzwängen. Nein, ich bin kein Befürworter von Einschränkungen aber jegliche Propaganda wird zu oft unhinterfragt geglaubt.
🙄
This isn’t SCI-FI – it’s SMART WEAPONS hunting Russia’s army: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/this-isnt-scifi-its-smart.html
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Since The A-Team is my favorite TV show, and since I've never done it, last night it occurred to me that maybe 2026 should be the year I finally buy the three seasons I'm missing on DVD (I have two of them, and there were five) and finally watch the whole series front to back, in order.
#TheATeam #80s
Soo...
Kleine aanpassing van mn profiel
Van: Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉
Naar: 🇪🇺 Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉
#Trump
DB Systel: Gewerkschaft warnt vor Kündigungswelle und Zerschlagung
Die EVG warnt vor massivem Personalabbau und Verlagerungen bei der DB Systel. Geplant ist, bis zu 4000 Stellen abzubauen.
https://www.
California awards $296M in tax credits for 16 TV shows, including animated and competition shows for the first time in the program's history (Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/california-awards-296-million-in-tv-tax-credits-1236691539/…
from my link log —
A tale about fixing eBPF spinlock issues in the Linux kernel.
https://www.rovarma.com/articles/a-tale-about-fixing-ebpf-spinlock-issues-in-the-linux-kernel/
saved 2026-03-17
#Kollegen, die keinerlei Infos herausgeben, und dennoch würden ALLE von ihren Konzepten und Ideen profitieren, obwohl diese niemand kennt oder jemals gesehen hat.
#Schrödinger lässt grüßen.
I know I shouldn't... but after a discussion with @…, I had to generate some AI slop.
#aigenerated #fiber
Trump 'taking an interest' in social media bans for teens, daughter-in-law Lara tells 'Pod Force One' (Josh Christenson/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/02/18/us-news/trump-taking-an-interest-in-social-media-bans-for-teens-daughter-in-law-lara-tells-pod-force-one/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p40#a260218p40
Seems like it would be a good idea for some elected officials to stand up and point out that the military is not obligated to follow illegal orders. I wonder what would happen if they did that.
@… I quit X and XHTML long ago
Mobile gaming company Scopely buys a majority stake in Istanbul-based studio Loom, maker of puzzle game Pixel Flow!; a source says the deal values Loom at $1B (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Carelessness versus craftsmanship in cryptography
Two popular AES libraries, aes-js and pyaes, “helpfully” provide a default IV in their AES-CTR API, leading to a large number of key/IV reuse bugs. […] The aes-js/pyaes maintainer, on the other hand, has taken a more… cavalier approach.
🔓 https://…
Ukrainian drones are becoming increasingly dangerous for Russia #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/ukrainian-drones-are-becoming-increasingly.html
Last night I listened to a bunch of Rihanna hahahaha
Adobe launches Firefly Custom Models in public beta, letting users train AI image generators on their own assets; the custom models are private by default (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/897243/adobe-firefly-ai-custom-models-ima…
Morning 🥱 #oncallduty
US pays about $160m towards nearly $4bn in UN dues | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/20/us-pays-about-160m-towards-nearly-4bn-in-un-dues?traffic_source=rss
from my link log —
CHERIoT Rust status update #0.
https://rust.cheriot.org/2026/02/15/status-update.html
saved 2026-02-19 https://
Orwell Would Cringe -- Trump's assault on the First Amendment continues (Jennifer Rubin/The Contrarian)
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/orwell-would-cringe
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p38#a260219p38
«Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up'
Projects like @… are being swamped by contributors who may not even understand the code they're submitting.»
The AI will still create security issues in general. Open-source software suffers from t…
US launches large-scale strike in Syria targeting ISIS: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/us-launches-largescale-strike-in.html
#ThursDeath this week is a classic. This is 'Ritual of Infinity', the only full length released by Middletown, New York's MORPHEUS DESCENDS, in 1992.
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.co
Kana, which builds AI marketing agents to perform data analysis, audience targeting, campaign management, and more, emerges from stealth and raised $15M (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/kana-emerges-from-s…
The New York Times wins three 2025 Polk Awards, including for its Trump coverage; The Boston Globe, ProPublica, AP, and Business Insider also won (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/business/media/george-polk-awards.html
🤔 Frage mich, ob es möglich ist, einen Landwirt zwischen Höri und Oberglatt zu finden, der es erlaubt, für ein paar Tage in riesigen Buchstaben
"WELCOME TO NOOK"
auf sein Feld zu schreiben. Und eine 🇬🇱-Fahne.
The budget version of a cowpie is still a cowpie. I have NEVER seen one of those monstrosities hauling lumber or sheets of OSB. Ugly AND useless...
Tesla Is Dropping a Budget Version of the Cybertruck - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-affordable-budget-cybetruck-cheap-price-features-2026-2
New DHS memo outlines plan to detain refugees for further vetting (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/02/18/trump-immigrants-refugees-minnesota-memo/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzcxMzkwODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcyNzczMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzEzOTA4MDAsImp0aSI6IjhkOWM3Yzk3LTNjODctNDk4Mi1hNDYxLWUyNzk2MWMzZmQxNSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi8yMDI2LzAyLzE4L3RydW1wLWltbWlncmFudHMtcmVmdWdlZXMtbWlubmVzb3RhLW1lbW8vIn0.TKuhED-g8Ss5kOwF03kAjxce9B_AbtzDB-pZDSnIdCk&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p36#a260219p36
KI-Update kompakt: Demokratie, Pentagon vs. Anthropic, Produktivität, KI-Musik
Das "KI-Update" liefert drei mal pro Woche eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://w…
Historian flags part of American society Trump made irrelevant: 'Flipped it on its head' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2675287221/
A Pause to Refresh -- And a few notes on the state of the stack (Paul Krugman)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-pause-to-refresh
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p37#a260219p37
Sony and TCL sign a non-binding agreement to spin off Sony's TV and home audio hardware business into a new joint venture, aiming to finalize the deal by March (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/864263/sony-tcl-tv-busines…
Übertakter-RAM: G.Skill einigt sich auf OC-Kennzeichnung
Eine US-Sammelklage warf G.Skill Täuschung bei RAM-Taktfrequenzen vor. Der Hersteller zahlt deswegen 2,4 Millionen US-Dollar.
https://www.
Vietnam vets sue Trump over Triumphal Arch project
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5746932-trump-triumphal-arch-lawsuit/
Donald Trump is mentioned in the Epstein Files over a million times. This is an illustration of what that looks like. (Greg Olear/PREVAIL)
https://gregolear.substack.com/p/donald-trump-is-mentioned-in-the
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p34#a260219p34
Q&A with Josh Sternberg, executive editor at Morning Brew, about leading Morning Brew's editorial strategy, the ever-changing media landscape, and more (Meredith Klein/Meredith & The Media)
https://meredithandthemedia.substack.com/p/an-interview-jos…
Effizientes Solarmodul der Welt: Ein praxisnäherer Rekord
Ein Großteil aller Solarzellen kommen aus China. Doch in Deutschland wird weiter geforscht und auch produziert. Geht vielleicht doch noch etwas?
https://ww…
And wasn't Charlie pushing for release of the Epstein files?
Erika Kirk's Corcoran Group link in focus amid company's Epstein links; ‘handled his assets…’ | Hindustan Times
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/erika-kirks-corcoran-group-link-in-focus-amid-companys-epstein-links-handled-his-assets-101771466880445.html
Failure to communicate: Trump's messaging isn't working (Keith Naughton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5744375-trump-poll-numbers-decline/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p35#a260219p35
TikTok will die Alterskontrollen in Europa verschärfen
Die Plattform reagiert auf zunehmenden Druck der EU-Behörden mit Alterserkennung, auch per Automatik.
https://www.heise.de/news/Ti…
New York appellate court allows redraw of congressional map to move forward (Matthew Kupfer/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-york-appellate-court-allows-redraw-of-congressional-map-to-move-forward/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p32#a260219p32
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Bericht: USA haben Finanzierung von Technik gegen Internetblockaden eingestellt
Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-gaza-military-plan
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p33#a260219p33
Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Amazon macht Fire TV Blaster unbrauchbar
https://www.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office (Jamie Grierson/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/19/police-former-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-sandringham
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p31#a260219p31
In-Your-Face DOJ Aide Rides Prosecutors for 'Chief Client' Trump (Ben Penn/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/in-your-face-doj-aide-rides-prosecutors-for-chief-client-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p29#a260219p29