2026-02-18 11:27:00
Windows: MIDI 2.0 ist angekommen
Die Februar-Updates für Windows 11 haben die Unterstützung von MIDI 2.0 an Bord. Die Aktivierung erfolgt schrittweise.
https://www.heise.de/news/Windows-MIDI-2-0
Windows: MIDI 2.0 ist angekommen
Die Februar-Updates für Windows 11 haben die Unterstützung von MIDI 2.0 an Bord. Die Aktivierung erfolgt schrittweise.
https://www.heise.de/news/Windows-MIDI-2-0
With a $1.7B global box office, Disney's Zootopia 2 becomes the highest grossing animated film from a Hollywood studio, behind the Chinese hit Ne Zha 2 (Jeremy Fuster/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/zootopia-2-animation-bo…
Yotta says it is investing $2B to deploy Nvidia's Blackwell B300 GPUs at its Noida data center campus in India to create one of Asia's largest AI superclusters (Himanshi Lohchab/The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.i…
Digitalpakt 2.0 – erneut 5 Milliarden, die nun hälftig geteilt werden
Wie der versprochene Digitalpakt 2.0 genau aussehen wird, blieb lange unsicher. Nun gibt es eine letzte politische Einigung. Eine Dauerlösung ist sie nicht.
…
Virtuelles Privates Netzwerk: OpenVPN 2.6.16 konzentriert sich auf Fehlerkorrekturen
Bei der nun veröffentlichten Version haben sich die Entwickler von OpenVPN vornehmlich auf die Korrektur von Fehlern konzentriert. Neue Funktionen hat die Software zur Verschlüsselung von Netzwerkverbindungen nicht erhalten. Auch bestimmten neuen Verschlüsselungsarten erteilen die Entwickler eine Absage.
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Rams question overturned 2-point play that aided collapse vs. Seahawks https://www.nfl.com/news/rams-question-overturned-2-point-play-that-aided-collapse-vs-seahawks
Missing 66-Year-old Hiker is Found–Even After 2-Week Search was Called Off in New Zealand https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/missing-66-year-old-hiker-is-found-even-after-2-week-search-was-called-off-in-nz/
Let this be your vibe in 2026
(Original title: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Gender)
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gender-2
New Study: Evidence shows how X’s algorithmic feed is radicalizing its users toward the Right. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2
Cowboys found their 1-2 receiving tandem in 2025 https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-found-their-1-2-receiving-tandem-in-2025
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2
Russia sold 2 million tons of Ukrainian grain as its own in 2025—intelligence - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/17/russia-sold-2-million-tons-of-ukrainian-grain-as-its-own-in-2025-intelligence/
Raiders 2026 Mock Draft Tracker 2.0 https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-2026-mock-draft-tracker-version-2-pick-number-1-overall-2026-draft-order
Meredith Monk, Robert Een, Northern Lights 2. #sound
https://soundcloud.com/meredith-monk/northern-lights-2
Call for papers | Catholic Record Society 68th Annual Conference | 1-2 July 2026 | London & online https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20133843/call-papers-catholic-record-society-68th-annual-conference-1-2-…
fint inslag om Förintelseforskning och Gaza https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/forintelseforskaren-hur-ska-vi-undervisa-efter-gaza--2
Walked into a Bodega to get 2 Arizonas and the cat was sitting on the counter which startled me a bit because usually it's laying in the back. Then the bill on the iPad says $4. I'm like the price doubled!? And the guy points to the screen which shows the drinks as $2 and "look at cat" for another $2. Then he laughed! Just making POS computer jokes in the middle of the night. Ha!
I Guess I’m now the first ever Indiekit Instance on the #fediverse
Thanks to Fedify
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Paul’s Patented 3 out of 2 Post™:
This grab-and-run strategy explains a lot of the incidents you hear about. ICE’s targeting strategy here is mostly chaotic and opportunistic. They can’t actually try to identify an undocumented immigrant, or even an •immigrant• at all, based on any kind of real evidence. They are mostly just running around trying to catch a brown-enough-skinned person in a vulnerable moment. Bully cowards.
This is one reason why you hear about them grabbing random people out of cars, grabbing US citizens, leaving a car sitting in the middle of the street, leaving kids abandoned in the car, chasing down a random person and then suddenly dispersing. They •know• it’s all disorganized, but they’re desperate to get in and out fast — and they have to hit those quotas somehow.
3/2
J.D. Vance
-- Not That One!
-- Gets 2 Years in Prison for Threatening the Vice President
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/jd-vance-threats-michigan.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=artic…
RIVM varianten update Sars-Cov-2.
Er is op dit moment niet een dominante variant.
BA.3.2 leek de beste kandidaat een maandje geleden maar het aandeel van deze variant heeft nooit de 50% gehaald en is nu juist weer teruggezakt tot zo'n 20%.
XFG leek verder terug te zakken nadat het onder de 50% dook, maar lijkt nu juist met een comeback bezig, zo rond de 40%.
NB.1.8.1 blijft serieus aanwezig zo tussen de 10% en 20%.
Wel relatief veel 'other' momenteel, …
Some fun with interfaces and protocols: I have a ThinkCentre m910q which has a single NVMe M.2 interface. I want to connect a PCIe M.2 device. I know that SATA M.2 only supports the SATA protocol. Will a PCIe device work on an NVMe M.2 interface? Or is the answer to that question "it depends"?
Bonus question: I have an OCuLink M.2 adapter with NVMe interface. I want to connect an OCuLink to NVMe adapter at the other end of the OCuLink cable. So far I wouldn't expect any …
from my link log —
Building a baseline JIT for Lua automatically.
https://sillycross.github.io/2023/05/12/2023-05-12/
saved 2023-05-13 https://
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Jean-Jacques Smoothie:
🎵 2 People
#NowPlaying #JeanJacquesSmoothie
https://keepmeinthelight.bandcamp.com/track/jean-jacques-smoothie-2-people-keep-me-in-the-light-edit
OpenAI releases GPT‑5.2-Codex, with improvements on long-horizon work through context compaction, stronger performance on large code changes, and more (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-2-codex/
Von 2,9 auf 3,6 % - Vergleich zeigt: 2025 brachte satte Teuerungsrunde #News #Nachrichten
POL-HI: Schwerer Verkehrsunfall unter Beteiligung von 2 LKW und 2 PKW und anhaltender Vollsperrung der BAB 7 in Fahrrichtung Kassel Hildesheim (ots) - BAB 7 , Seesen (fau) Am 17.02.2026, 15:45 Uhr, kommt es auf der BAB 7 in Fahrtrichtung Kassel bei KM 218,500, in 38723 Seesen (zwischen dem Parkplatz Harz und der Anschlussstelle Seesen) zu einem folgeschweren Verkehrsunfall unter ...
I needed to build up our inventory of parts to build our network testing products.
So I discover:
1. The Chinese vendor who makes the motherboards has stopped shipping to the US.
2. The memory I need - pretty basic 16gb DDR 4 and 5 SODIMS - unavailable or more than quadrupled in price.
3. M.2 NVME SSDs - unavailable or much higher prices.
F**k those AI companies especially the one that bought all those memory wafers it can't use just to block its competition…
➤ Our newest OpenOlat release 20.2 is now ready for download
The 20.2 release introduces a new certification and recertification module for the Course Planner that makes use of the also new Credit Point system. In addition, the Coaching Tool has been greatly improved. More details in the release notes:
https://
The political effects of X's feed algorithm (Nature)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p60#a260218p60
Das #Rezept des Tages:
🥕 Gemüse-Reis-Pfanne 🌶
Bei diesem #Pfannengericht wird der #Reis untergehoben und nicht separat serviert. Diese Variante kombiniert
Total Cohort Fertility Rate and Total Period Fertility Rate for Ireland, using birth data up to end 2024. Consistent downward trend in both, the relative pause in the middle of the TPFR decline is associated with large net in-migration (including of young women) during the Celtic Tiger.
#mastodaoine
#pastpuzzle 411
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https://www.pastpuzzle.de
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> "They are in charge of the #algorithm. … For me, we don't speak about #FreeSpeech when the algorithm is hidden and in the hands of very few players."
YouTube, 18.11.2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLRMy6xC3Mo
2 Dallas Cowboys All-Pros absent from practice, including CeeDee Lamb https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/2-dallas-cowboys-all-pros-absent-practice-ceedee-lamb-daron-bland
NASA setzt neue Generalprobe für Artemis-2-Mission an
Nachdem die Probleme beim Betanken der Trägerrakete SLS in der vergangenen Woche gelöst wurden, hat die NASA eine Generalprobe für Artemis-2-Start angesetzt.
http…
It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threat…
Heute wurde mir ein Paket netterweise von einer Frauenärztin zugestellt, nachdem DHL es 6 km entfernt in ihrer Praxis in der Innenstadt abgegeben hat.
Total nett von Ihr. Das Paket kommt von einer Firma Metzconsult. Beim Öffnen wird es noch wilder. Es lieft eine nagelneue DELL PS/2 Tastatur im Karton. Warum sollte ich sowas im Jahr 2025 noch bestellen?
Kurz recherchiert: die Firma ist wohl liquidiert. Häh? Was für ein Betrugsversuch ist das denn? Seltsam. Aber es wird noch wilder…
Da bestellt ein Freund im Ausland einmal bei einem deutschen Shop und lässt es an deine Adresse liefern, schon bekommst du 2 Tage später eine dubiose #phishing Mail im Namen von DHL. Unvollständige Adresse mit einem Link und 2,99€ Bearbeitungsgebühr 🤡
Sony sends ByteDance a C&D letter over Seedance 2.0, joining Netflix, Paramount, WBD, and Disney in condemning the model's AI-generated copyright infringement (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sony-seedance-protest-1236666951/
Werbung für Alkohol - Unterschreibe für ein Verbot!
https://weact.campact.de/petitions/alkohol-werbung-verbieten?source=rawlink&utm_medium=recommendation&ut…
1/2 Two new blog pieces. In which I have opinions about GenAI and open-source: #GenAI
I never ask for a code review before I review the patch myself before, often 2 or 3 times.
And I ask an average of 2 to 3 code review per day.
And yet, they still find issues. The system works and I'm not wasting my coworker's time.
🥳 New Node Pebble release (version 5.3.0)
Thanks to the lovely folks at Let’s Encrypt tagging a new release of Pebble last night¹ (version 2.9.0), there’s now a new version of Node Pebble that uses it :)
https://codeberg.org/small-tech/node-pebble
Enjoy! 💕
¹
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
Railcard:
🎵 Narcissus
#Railcard
https://railcardband.bandcamp.com/track/narcissus-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/5DrqMZ7tBHV1Z0O8ItuiOQ
Raiders 2026 Mock Draft Tracker 2.0 https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-2026-mock-draft-tracker-version-2-pick-number-1-overall-2026-draft-order
Walked into a Bodega to get 2 Arizonas and the cat was sitting on the counter which startled me a bit because usually it's laying in the back. Then the bill on the iPad says $4. I'm like the price doubled!? And the guy points to the screen which shows the drinks as $2 and "look at cat" for another $2. Then he laughed! Just making POS computer jokes in the middle of the night. Ha!
Appfigures: Sora 2 had ~6M iOS downloads as of December 2025; the Android version, available since early November 2025, had ~3.1M, as growth begins to slow (Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/tech/openais-sora-2-started-off-scorching-hot-t…
Daniel Jeremiah 2026 NFL mock draft 2.0: Giants one of six teams to pick WR; Chiefs go RB https://www.nfl.com/news/daniel-jeremiah-2026-nfl-mock-draft-2-0
"After a century of putting genetics on a pedestal, the geneticists have some surprising news for us: The vast majority of chronic disease isn’t caused by our genes." #Parkinsons
https://ww…
Analysis: music copyright's global value rose 5.2% YoY to a record $47.2B in 2024; the revenue split favored labels and artists at 62%, above songwriters' 38% (Will Page/Pivotal Economics)
https://pivotaleconomics.com/undercurrents/music-copyright-2025
Gaza death toll exceeds 75,000 as independent data verify loss | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/2/18/gaza-death-toll-exceeds-75000-as-independent-data-verify-loss
2 NFL head coach vacancies filled with big fish candidates reeled in https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/01/18/2-nfl-head-coach-vacancies-filled-with-big-fish-candidate…
➤ Our newest OpenOlat release 20.2 is now ready for download
The 20.2 release introduces a new certification and recertification module for the Course Planner that makes use of the also new Credit Point system. In addition, the Coaching Tool has been greatly improved. More details in the release notes:
https://
POL-EL: Lingen - Spendenübergabe in der Polizeiinspektion Emsland/Grafschaft Bentheim - 2.400 Euro für Papenburger Hospizarbeit (Korrektur: Foto ergänzt) Lingen (ots) - Heute, am 19.02.2026 fand in der Polizeiinspektion die feierliche Übergabe einer Spendensumme in Höhe von 2.400 Euro statt. Der Erlös stammt aus dem weihnachtlichen Benefizkonzert mit dem Niedersächsischen Polizeiorchester und ...
Seattle Seahawks begin sale process, less than 2 weeks after winning Super Bowl https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7055565/2026/02/18/seattle-seahawks-sale-paul-allen-estate/
Artemis-2-Rakete auf dem Weg zum Startplatz
Die Rakete der NASA, die zum ersten Mal seit langer Zeit wieder Menschen zum Mond bringen soll, rollt Richtung Startrampe.
https://www.heise.de/news/Arte…
Palo Alto Networks reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to $2.6B, vs. $2.58B est., and projects Q3 adjusted EPS below estimates; PANW drops 7% after hours (Elias Schisgall/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.c…
Activist group Extinction Rebellion says it is under FBI investigation | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/19/activist-group-extinction-rebellion-says-it-is-under-fbi-investigation?traffic_source=rss
North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02B in crypto in 2025, a 51% YoY rise that takes its cumulative stolen total to $6.75B; individual wallet hacks hit 158K (Chainalysis)
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/crypto-hacking-stolen-funds-2026/
What does a spiritual orphan do at Christmas? It’s all about Jesus, right? We’re celebrating his birthday, aren’t we? #atheist #Christmas
Patriots' next challenge: Focus on No. 1 seed (Broncos), not No. 2 quarterback (Stidham) https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6981910/2026/01/18/patriots-texans-afc-championship-broncos/
Netflix sends ByteDance a C&D letter over Seedance 2.0, joining WBD, Paramount, and Disney, saying "forensic evidence" shows "unauthorized derivative works" (Dominic Patten/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/seedance-netflix-ce…
Cowboys Tabbed a Landing Spot for Just-Cut 2-Time Pro Bowler https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-tabbed-a-landing-spot-for-just-cut-2-time-pro-bowler/
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.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
DJ Harrison:
🎵 Neverfold
#DJHarrison
https://djharrison.bandcamp.com/track/neverfold-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/6bmIZGgVJ8o6nT9BDZUt9b
Military Students Face Uncertainty As Pentagon Reviews More Universities - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-reviews-schools-students-universities-uncertainty-2026-2
Sources: Amazon shut down Blue Jay, a multi-armed robotic system launched in October 2025 for same-day delivery warehouses, to focus on small modular warehouses (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-pulls-plug-blue-jay-warehous…
AI music platform Suno raised $250M led by Menlo Ventures at a $2.45B valuation, up from ~$500M in 2024, and says its annual revenue has reached $200M (Katherine Sayre/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/ai-musi
AI music platform Suno raised $250M led by Menlo Ventures at a $2.45B valuation, up from ~$500M in 2024, and says its annual revenue has reached $200M (Katherine Sayre/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/ai-musi
"Palantir needs the SEC and investors to know that it may not be able to recruit, hire, or retain talent if immigration regulations and restrictions tighten or if visa caps are imposed."
Palantir happily helped Trump's deportation push—and screwed itself
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/2/18/2369352/-Palantir-happily-helped-Trump-s-deportation-push-and-screwed-itself
One familiar actor on Castle sparked a fun hunt for TV connections across The Rookie, Firefly, and other shows. Then things took a nostalgic turn into the golden age of arcade games. New blog post is live. 🎮📺
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/connections-cross…
NBCU sues Group Black, a firm created to direct ad dollars to Black-owned and Black-led media, alleging $35.8M in unpaid invoices and guaranteed payments (Lucia Moses/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/nbcuniversal-sues-group-blac…
Connections, Crossovers, And A Side Of Nostalgia
Spotting a familiar face on Castle sent me down a rabbit hole of TV connections, from The Rookie to Firefly and beyond. Along the way, I found myself reconnecting with old arcade games and a little unexpected nostalgia.
https://www.bob…
The AFC North: 1 coach, 2 (?) starting QBs, many questions https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47641425/afc-north-roundtable-cleveland-browns-cincinnati-bengals-pittsburgh-steelers-baltimore-ravens-c…
Not an immigrant. Not a #DragQueen. Not #LGBTQ
Tennessee Youth Pastor Arrested On Child Sex Charges - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/01/tennessee-youth-pastor-arrested-on-child-sex-charges-2/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
Temples:
🎵 Mesmerise
#Temples
https://templesofficialuk.bandcamp.com/track/mesmerise-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/6f5YVQYz34OTTyRveJDtEs
Deutschland-Stack 2.0: Vom abstrakten Fundament zum digitalen Betriebssystem
Nach der ersten Konsultationsrunde schärft der Bund das Gesamtbild für die nationale Cloud- und IT-Infrastruktur nach – mit neuen Schwerpunkten wie KI-Agenten.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
SORDA POP:
🎵 Love song
#SORDAPOP
https://sordapop.bandcamp.com/track/love-song-2
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
PIXEL GRIP:
🎵 Pursuit
#PIXELGRIP
https://pixelgrip.bandcamp.com/track/pursuit-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/3XM8YgzPYzu7QLJVDf9TAs
Wichtige Info für alle mit Führerschein aus den Jahren 1999-2001: Ab heute ist euer "Lappen" nicht mehr gültig!
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11144792?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm…
Amazon shares close up 1.2%, snapping a nine-day slide that wiped out $450B in market valuation over concerns about Amazon's plan to spend $200B in 2026 capex (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/17/amazon-stock-losing-streak.html
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Suzzallo:
🎵 River
#Suzzallo
https://suzzallo.bandcamp.com/track/river-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/6jQ9TIGqszy06kwmWaWXfy
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Ween:
🎵 Voodoo Lady
#Ween
https://agoa.bandcamp.com/track/voodoo-lady-ween-cover-2
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Hayk Karoyi:
🎵 Yotqar
#HaykKaroyi
https://haykkaroyikarapetyan.bandcamp.com/track/yotqar-2
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Richie Havens:
🎵 Follow
#RichieHavens
https://billwhite.bandcamp.com/track/follow-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/7MUB5N5jF8m61iCP4RSPWd
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Peyton:
🎵 Red Flags
#Peyton
https://peytonbooker.bandcamp.com/track/red-flags-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/6vHgzhg4MQF98o0bt1KyIX
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