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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-30 12:55:50

Insurance tech company Ethos raised ~$200M in its Jan. 29 IPO, selling 10.5M shares at $19 each; it reached a $1.1B market cap, below its 2021 $2.7B valuation (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/how-

How Sequoia-backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short | TechCrunch
The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets.

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-01-29 21:42:02

from my link log —
Hosting SQLite databases on Github Pages (or any static file hoster).
phiresky.github.io/blog/2021/h
saved 2021-05-02

Hosting SQLite databases on Github Pages - (or IPFS or any static file hoster) - phiresky's blog
I was writing a tiny website to display statistics of how much sponsored content a Youtube creator has over time when I noticed that I often write a small tool as a website that queries some data from a database and then displays it in a graph, a table, or similar. But if you want to use a

@Dragofix@veganism.social
2026-01-29 23:19:03

Energy crisis coal switch increased emissions, illnesses and deaths across 6 countries #environment

Energy crisis coal switch increased emissions, illnesses and deaths across 6 countries
In addition to serious economic damage, the energy crisis of 2021/22 also had dramatic consequences for the environment and people's health. This is the conclusion reached by two researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in a new study. Although the temporary switch from gas to coal for producing electricity was cheaper and contributed to securing the energy supply, in the six European countries featured in the study, it caused additional costs of around one billi…

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-03-04 01:20:29

"a new Gallup Poll reveals no significant change in the importance of religion to Americans. Plus, church attendance continues to plummet. The percentage of Americans who classify religion as “very important” in their lives is still flat since its 2021 report, at 47 percent."
Trump fails to 'bring back religion' as church attendance in America death spirals - Alternet.org
alternet.org/trump-christianit

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-29 12:44:45

Ranking NFL head coaching hires of the past five o... espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/477560

NFL offseason: Ranking every head coaching hire since 2021 - ESPN
Who were the best -- and worst -- coaching hires since 2021? And how do the Super Bowl coaches stack up? We ranked all 37 moves.

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-01-28 15:42:02

from my link log —
How we made Typerighter, the Guardian's style guide checker.
theguardian.com/info/2021/jan/
saved 2021-01-29

The Guardian Engineering Blog - How we made Typerighter, the Guardian’s style guide checker
Lots of regular expressions, and a timely demonstration by an editorial colleague, led to a two year side-project that eventually ended up in production

@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy
2026-02-28 08:55:23

Bizarrely warm end of the winter, here in the Netherlands: average temperature in the last part of February (21-28/29) was more than a full degree higher than the previous record set just five years ago:
10.5°C, that's warmer than the already warmed 1991-2020 average for April!
Peak was above 17°C.

Table showing #1 2026 10.55 #2 2021 9.53 #3 1997 9.09
@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-04-04 17:42:01

from my link log —
The case of the curiously slow shader.
raphlinus.github.io/gpu/2021/0
saved 2021-04-29

The case of the curiously slow shader
These days, a significant amount of my time and energy is getting piet-gpu, a compute-focused 2D rendering engine, to run well on mobile hardware. Not too long ago, I got it running on Pixel 4, and breathlessly waited for the performance numbers, which turned out to be… disappointing. I was able to figure out why, but therein lies a story.

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-29 22:54:36

Saleh plans to call defensive plays for Titans espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/477706

Saleh: Play-calling, Cam Ward among priorities with Titans - ESPN
Robert Saleh said Thursday he will call the defensive plays for the Tennessee Titans, something he didn't do in his first go-round as head coach of the New York Jets from 2021 to '24.

@publicvoit@graz.social
2026-01-29 16:32:38

I've got a #QMK mod for my #Kinesis #Advantage2 LF #keyboard:

Kinesis Advantage2 LF Keyboard: My Custom QWERTY Layout, Touch-Typing, Dampening, Switches
Kinesis Advantage2 LF Keyboard: My Custom QWERTY Layout, Touch-Typing, Dampening, Switches

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-01-25 09:42:07

from my link log —
Why is the S combinator an S?
blog.plover.com/2021/08/28/
saved 2021-08-29 dotat.at/:/DITQG.html

Why is the S combinator an S?
From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus