Tootfinder

Recording of Monday's SpaceX #Crew12 Prelaunch News Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I12pFrHAuQI - see also https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/02/09/nasa-spacex-adjust-crew-12-launch-date-due-to-weather/ for how weather predictions for a specific area led to a launch delay of at least one day.

The final trailer for #ProjectHailMary is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XN3-n-2Lo. And a few have seen parts of the actual movie, some 30 minutes of it: https://gizmodo.com/we-saw-a-huge-chunk-of-project-hail-mary-and-expectations-couldnt-be-higher-2000718974

from my link log —
GNU Recutils: a database management system using human-readable text files.
https://labs.tomasino.org/gnu-recutils/
saved 2020-01-26 https://

GNU Recutils
Fred and George, Turtles in love There are hundreds of cool command line tools that have been made over the years built on the unix philosophy. Plain text is powerful, ubiquitous, and human-centric. It was also the only option for computing for quite a while. It’s no surprise that some of the most sophisticated tools are focused on it. One such package is GNU Recutils, a set of tools and libraries to access human-editable, plain text databases called recfiles.

Approximate Cartesian Tree Matching with Substitutions
Panagiotis Charalampopoulos, Jonas Ellert, Manal Mohamed
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08570 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.08570 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.08570
arXiv:2602.08570v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The Cartesian tree of a sequence captures the relative order of the sequence's elements. In recent years, Cartesian tree matching has attracted considerable attention, particularly due to its applications in time series analysis. Consider a text $T$ of length $n$ and a pattern $P$ of length $m$. In the exact Cartesian tree matching problem, the task is to find all length-$m$ fragments of $T$ whose Cartesian tree coincides with the Cartesian tree $CT(P)$ of the pattern. Although the exact version of the problem can be solved in linear time [Park et al., TCS 2020], it remains rather restrictive; for example, it is not robust to outliers in the pattern.
To overcome this limitation, we consider the approximate setting, where the goal is to identify all fragments of $T$ that are close to some string whose Cartesian tree matches $CT(P)$. In this work, we quantify closeness via the widely used Hamming distance metric. For a given integer parameter $k>0$, we present an algorithm that computes all fragments of $T$ that are at Hamming distance at most $k$ from a string whose Cartesian tree matches $CT(P)$. Our algorithm runs in time $\mathcal O(n \sqrt{m} \cdot k^{2.5})$ for $k \leq m^{1/5}$ and in time $\mathcal O(nk^5)$ for $k \geq m^{1/5}$, thereby improving upon the state-of-the-art $\mathcal O(nmk)$-time algorithm of Kim and Han [TCS 2025] in the regime $k = o(m^{1/4})$.
On the way to our solution, we develop a toolbox of independent interest. First, we introduce a new notion of periodicity in Cartesian trees. Then, we lift multiple well-known combinatorial and algorithmic results for string matching and periodicity in strings to Cartesian tree matching and periodicity in Cartesian trees.
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NASA’s #Arcstone instrument, designed to improve the accuracy of lunar calibration, successfully completed its technology demonstration, and now begins extended operations: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/smallsatellites/2026/01/28/nasas-arcstone-instrument-successfully-completes-primary-mission/ - Arcstone launched on June 23 on a SpaceX Transporter-14 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on a six-month mission to measure light reflected by the Moon, which is a stable and potentially highly-accurate calibration source, for satellite sensors

The dynamics of S-stars and G-sources orbiting a supermassive compact object made of fermionic #DarkMatter: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/546/1/staf1854/8431112?login=false -> 'Dark matter, not a black hole, could power Milky Way's heart': https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/dark-matter-not-black-hole-could-power-milky-ways-heart

from my link log —
Packaging a Rust project for Debian.
https://blog.hackeriet.no/packaging-a-rust-project-for-debian/
saved 2020-02-01

Isotopic evidence for volatile loss driven by South Pole-Aitken basin–forming impact: #Moon Is Asymmetrical: https://eos.org/articles/primordial-impact-may-explain-why-the-moon-is-asymmetrical - analysis of surface samples from the Chang’e-6 mission suggests that an asteroid may have vaporized parts of the lunar mantle, suppressing volcanic activity on the farside of the Moon.

The median home buyer is 59 years old.
That may sound like a shocking statistic, but it’s part of a trend.
In 2020, the median home buyer was 47 years old, which at the time was also an all-time high.

Here’s another shocking statistic:
The median down payment on a house in 2025 for first time homebuyers surpassed $40,000
— exceeding the median net worth of Americans under 35.
Americans once went in search of their starter homes in their 20s,
but …

HSAs for housing could fix a generational problem
The model pioneered by Health Savings Accounts can help families attain the dream of home ownership.

Statscast - Lockdown Changes, Log Noises (2020-05) - May stats and graphs #audification #lockdown2020 - https://www.earth.or…

Statscast - Lockdown Changes, Log Noises (2020-05)
May stats and graphs #audification #lockdown2020

Kollegin A., die 2020 pandemiebedingt einige Monate in Indien gestrandet war, ist erneut in Indien. Ihr für gestern geplanter Rückflug nach Wien über Dubai, nun ja. Sie wird versuchen, über Japan (woher sie kommt) nach Europa zurückzukehren.

from my link log —
PostgresqlCO.NF: a PostgreSQL configuration guide.
https://postgresqlco.nf/
saved 2020-02-02 https://dotat.at/:/V3K8F.html

And here is my published dissertation @…, about quantifying the natural CO2 exhaust at the Starzach site in Southwest Germany (my result: ~10t/d):
http://hdl.handle.net/10900/176213…

Fulton County officials argue FBI agent misled judge to seize ballots from 2020 election (Jacob Knutson/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/fulton-county-raid-fbi-agent-search-warrant-affidavit-hearing/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p106#a260225p106

B2B media brand DatacenterDynamics says revenue rose 175% to £11M per year since 2020 amid the AI boom, and it hit 22.5M views in 2025, up from 2024's 17.3M (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/the-tec…

The technology news website hiring not firing with £11m turnover
Tech site Data Center Dynamics (DCD) has seen its traffic and turnover increase year on year following an AI boom and Covid.

KPMG citing PitchBook data: UK fintech investment totaled almost $11B in 2025 across 418 deals, down from ~$13.4B in 2024 across 527 deals; Revolut raised $4B (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

The Georgian Surrogacy
Initially created by two Australian Mum's who navigated the complicated world of doing surrogacy in Tbilisi, Georgia during Covid in 2020...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/georgian-surrogacy/…

from my link log —
Too much locality... for stores to forward.
https://www.pvk.ca/Blog/2020/02/01/too-much-locality-for-store-forwarding/
saved 2020-02-02

Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House
💥are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election
🔥as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.

Trump has repeatedly previewed a plan to mandate voter ID and ban mail ballots in November’s midterm elections,
⚠️and the activists expect their draft will figure into Trump’s promised ex…

Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency
Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.

I recently got a “new” iPad (meaning, a used model from 2020) and I was amazed at how terrible it was for web browsing. Then I realized I forgot to point it at my Pi-hole install for DNS.
So much of the (commercial) web is nearly unusable on old(er) devices because of the amount of advertising crammed onto a page.
(Indie sites personal blogs, etc are mostly unaffected. Recipe sites though… whew!)
#web

Leistung der installierten #Windkraftanlagen pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: 14 Tipps zum #Energiesparen

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Odetta:
🎵 Hit or Miss
#Odetta
https://fvuk.bandcamp.com/track/odetta-hit-or-miss-dj-xs-2020-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/4YJ1KDI6tUSapyD6XTAg8i

from my link log —
UK public transport API.
https://www.transportapi.com/
saved 2020-02-26 https://dotat.at/:/ZF2L4.html

I think the biggest disconnect between the left and the masses right now is that the left is saying "ah man if only the people were class concious then we could actually accomplish something" and I'm like my sibling in Christ they are already class concious, they fight for every movement that's in their interests, did you not see BLM in 2020 or the anti-ICE protests today

"Plötzlich Wissen!" ist ein guerilla #WissKomm Projekt von Dr. Julia Schnetzer, Inga Marie Ramcke und mir, gestartet in 2017 (Wissenschaftsjahr 2016*17 Meere und Ozeane), das sich zur Pandemie auf online verlegen musste, einiges hin & her hinter sich hat und immernoch läuft. Heute kam unser Paper darüber raus, im Journal of Science Communication, Sonderedition "

Three scientists walk into a bar... Approaching new audiences for informal science communication: the project “Plötzlich Wissen!” (Sudden Knowledge!)
Sudden Knowledge! (Plötzlich Wissen!), a science communication format established throughour own initiative as scientists, implemented science communication in a spontaneousconversational setting. It combined elements of guerilla science/street science, science buskingand pub science events. Between 2017 and 2020 the

When DHS, USCIS, and DOGE announced the overhaul of the SAVE program,
they explicitly linked the effort to a campaign to combat the “taint” of noncitizen voter fraud,
a long-standing claim tied to the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
By all appearances, the administration is poised to use the SAVE program to prop up these false claims,
and sympathetic local officials may deploy SAVE to concoct evidence.
This move poses serious risks to vo…

DHS, USCIS, DOGE Overhaul Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Database | Homeland Security
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, alongside USCIS and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), announced a comprehensive optimization of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database to ensure a single, reliable source for verifying non-citizen status nationwide.

The FBI's Fulton County Raid Was Based on Debunked Claims By Election Deniers (Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/fulton-georgia-fbi-trump-2020-election-raid/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p149#a260210p149

from my link log —
Write tracking for Nim.
https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/09/01/write-tracking.html
saved 2020-09-02 https://

Write Tracking for Nim (Part 2)
7 years ago I wrote how Nim would get “write tracking” as an alternative to adding const to Nim’s type system. This year it finally made it into Nim nightly! Since then the feature was reimplemented and all the details how it works did change.

Metacast 2: Podcast Specs and Workflow (2020-04) - Another podcast episode about podcasting - documenting for consistency. - https://www.earth.org.uk/metacast-2.html

Metacast 2: Podcast Specs and Workflow (2020-04)
Another podcast episode about podcasting - documenting for consistency.

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von #Balkonkraftwerken pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.03.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmejahre von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

from my link log —
Interactive HTML trees with no JavaScript and no CSS.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/08/interactive-html-trees-with-no-javascript/
saved 2020-08-13

Interactive HTML Trees with no JavaScript and no CSS
Many text based conversations threads can be visualised as a tree. This is a follow-up to yesterday's blog post about Twitter conversation trees. Mailing list archives often use nested

to show a conversation. That's fine, but has the major drawback of not being interactive. There's no way to collapse a branch of a tree if you're not interested in that strand of the conversation. Older…

BrewDog sold Highland estate for knockdown price after abandoning its reforestation plans https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/08/brewdog-sold-highland-estate-knockdown-price-reforesting

'An absolute travesty': Critics slam affidavit behind Fulton raid for relying on 2020 election lies (Yunior Rivas/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/critics-slam-affidavit-behind-fulton-raid/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p165#a260210p165

The FBI raided an elections office in Georgia
and seized ballots from the 2020 presidential election
in connection with a federal investigation into
“deficiencies or defects” into Donald Trump’s loss in the state, according to newly unsealed documents.
An affidavit for the search signed by a judge last month reveals that
the investigation followed a referral from Trump’s former campaign-linked attorney

FBI raided Georgia election office over 2020 ‘defects’ on command of Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer
FBI affidavit reveals Trump administration’s criminal investigation was sparked by Kurt Olsen

An F.B.I. search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday shows that
a criminal investigation into 2020 election results in Fulton County, Ga.,
was set off by a leading election denier in the Trump administration
and relied heavily on claims about ballots that have been widely debunked.
The unsealing of the affidavit in Fulton County is likely to raise more questions
about the Trump administration’s use of the F.B.I. and Justice Department to revive old, largely di…

"Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated From Election Denier in Trump White House" #ELB
NYT: An F.B.I. search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday shows that a criminal investigation into 2020 election results in Fulton County, Ga., was set off by a leading election denier in the Trump administration and relied heavily on claims about … Continue reading “Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated From Election Denier in Trump White House” →

Anzahl der #Batteriespeicher je #Batterietechnologien in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.03.2026.
3124 nicht aktive und 0 Batteriespeicher ohne Inbetriebnahmedatum wurden a…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistInResidence
Odetta:
🎵 Hit Or Miss
#Odetta
https://fvuk.bandcamp.com/track/odetta-hit-or-miss-dj-xs-2020-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/4YJ1KDI6tUSapyD6XTAg8i

from my link log —
Fast incremental compilation of Kotlin.
https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2020/09/the-dark-secrets-of-fast-compilation-for-kotlin/
saved 2020-09-24

A search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday reveals that
when the FBI raided the Fulton county election office in Georgia last month,
the decision was based on debunked claims from election deniers
and came after a referral from a White House lawyer who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
The FBI’s investigation “originated” from a referral sent by
Kurt Olsen, an attorney who sought to overturn the 2020 election
and contacted justice department offici…

from my link log —
pgagroal: a high-performance connection pool for PostgreSQL.
https://github.com/agroal/pgagroal
saved 2020-01-29 https://dotat.at/…

GitHub - pgagroal/pgagroal: High-performance connection pool for PostgreSQL
High-performance connection pool for PostgreSQL. Contribute to pgagroal/pgagroal development by creating an account on GitHub.

from my link log —
Fairphone and /e/ team up to build open source, Google-free, sustainable smartphone.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/fairphone-and-e-team-up-to-build-open-source-sustainable-smartphone/…

Fairphone and /e/ team up to build open source, sustainable smartphone
The Fairphone 3 becomes an open source, Google-less, repairable smartphone.

from my link log —
EDSAC 1951 (YouTube)
https://youtu.be/6v4Juzn10gM
saved 2020-10-28 https://dotat.at/:/5E7P7.html…

from my link log —
T1: a programming language for constrained environments, derived from BearSSL.
https://t1lang.github.io/
saved 2020-01-11 https://dotat.at/…

from my link log —
Functional programming in m4.
https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2020-August/022108.html
saved 2020-08-25 https:…

COVID may have killed significantly more people in the U.S. in the first two years of the pandemic than official records indicate, with as many as one overlooked death for every five recorded ones. That brings the total to nearly one million deaths just in 2020 and 2021.
That calculation comes from research published today in Science Advances that seeks to understand how many COVID deaths fell through the cracks of official reporting systems. The untallied cases show the burden of the …

COVID probably killed 150,000 more people in its first two years than official U.S. tolls show
We have severely undercounted the number of COVID deaths, scientists say

from my link log —
TIME for a WTF MySQL moment.
https://gbl08ma.com/time-for-a-wtf-mysql-moment/
saved 2020-10-06 https://dotat…

TIME for a WTF MySQL moment
Many people have been experiencing strange time perception phenomenon throughout 2020, but certain database management systems have been into time shenanigans for way longer. This came to my attent…

from my link log —
Void in Haskell is a smell.
https://tech.freckle.com/2020/09/23/void-is-a-smell/
saved 2020-09-24 https://

from my link log —
Videogame doesn't infringe tattoo copyright by depicting basketball players.
https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2020/03/videogame-doesnt-infringe-tattoo-…

Videogame Doesn't Infringe Tattoo Copyright By Depicting Basketball Players-Solid Oak Sketches v. 2K Games - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
This case deals with a venerable and vexing copyright law problem: if a person doesn’t own the copyright to his/her tattoos, do other people infringe by accurately depicting the person? The answer surely has to be “no.” Otherwise, ordinary daily...

#Streudiagramm der #Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerk​en in #Deutschland mit …

from my link log —
1:60 scale model of a Boeing 777, made entirely from manila folders.
https://www.lucaiaconistewart.com/model-777
saved 2020-07-07 https://

Model 777 — Luca Iaconi-Stewart
The homepage of the work for which I'm best known — a model Boeing 777, made entirely from manila folders!

#Steady #Klimacrew
Nach #KI-Entlassungen: Unternehmen stellen heimlich wieder ein
Nach #Personlabbau

Nach KI-Entlassungen: Unternehmen stellen heimlich wieder ein
Unternehmen stellen nach KI-Entlassungen wieder heimlich Personal ein – oft schlechter bezahlt oder im Ausland.

from my link log —
Nornir: an automation framework in Python.
https://nornir.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
saved 2020-03-23 https://dotat.a…

from my link log —
A guide to contiguous data in Rust.
https://github.com/paulkernfeld/contiguous-data-in-rust
saved 2020-08-13 https://

from my link log —
Capability-based computer systems. (1984)
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~levy/capabook/
saved 2020-03-08 https://

from my link log —
How to organize your Rust tests.
https://blog.logrocket.com/how-to-organize-your-rust-tests/
saved 2020-06-06 https://

How to organize your Rust tests - LogRocket Blog
Whenever you write any kind of code, it's critical to put it to the test. In this guide, we'll walk you through how to test Rust code.

#Speicherkapazität der #Batteriespeicher nach #Marktakteur in #Deutschland