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Mutable statics in Rust have scary superpowers! Do not use them!
https://blog.kodewerx.org/2021/07/mutable-statics-have-scary-superpowers.html
saved 2021-08-20

Mutable statics have scary superpowers! Do not use them
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Bank accounts held by President Donald Trump were closed by Capital One in 2021
-- after it flagged financial activity that had characteristics of money laundering, the bank disclosed in a court filing over the weekend.
The court filing is tied to a lawsuit filed against Capital One by one of Trump’s financial holding companies shortly after he was sworn into office a second time.
Trump alleges that Capital One illegally closed his accounts for political reasons, following …

Trump accounts at Capital One were closed in 2021 over money laundering concerns
Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering. The bank disclosed this in a court filing over the weekend. Trump has sued Capital One, alleging the closures were politically motivated following the Jan. 6 Capitol attacks. Capital One seeks to dismiss the lawsuit, stating the closures followed months of analysis by its anti-money laundering team. Trump has also sued JPMorgan Chase, claiming similar political m…

On Website Technicals (2021-04) - Tech updates: Ds are good, more tweets vicar?, Ds are fiddled with, moar, less, 2%, 2 brews, phone, MBA too, JXL, max green?, all zeroes. - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-47.html

On Website Technicals (2021-04)
Tech updates: Ds are good, more tweets vicar?, Ds are fiddled with, moar, less, 2%, 2 brews, phone, MBA too, JXL, max green?, all zeroes.

The AI frenzy has divided the VC market, as the gap between top and bottom performers has more than doubled for 2024 funds compared to funds from 2017 to 2021 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-04/big…

Interview mit Sigrid Schulze aus dem #mittemuseum in #Berlin #Gesundbrunnen:

»Seit einer Gesetzesänderung im Jahr 2021 sei die Übernahme einer zwei Sekunden langen Tonsequenz aus der Kraftwerk-Tonaufnahme „Metall auf Metall“ im Wege des Samplings als sogenanntes Pastiche zulässig, entschied der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH).«

BGH klärt Sampling-Streit um Kraftwerk-Beat
Seit fast einem Vierteljahrhundert beschäftigt der Rechtsstreit um eine zwei Sekunden lange Tonfolge Gerichte. Erneut hat der BGH eine Entscheidung getroffen.

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Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 29.06.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Capital One Financial hit back on Friday against a lawsuit over its ⁠decision to close the Trump ⁠Organization’s bank accounts years ago, stating that it did so after a review by anti-money-laundering experts.
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump’s family business.
Capital One is seeking to dismiss the case by casting doubt on claims of illegally debanking – or denying services on religious or political grounds – t…

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump

from my link log —
Using a SmartCard HSM for DNSSEC with BIND, Knot DNS, and LDNS/NSD.
https://jpmens.net/2021/06/04/using-a-smartcard-hsm-for-dnssec-with-bind/
saved 2021-06-07

from my link log —
ECFiber: building a fibre-to-the-premises network in rural Vermont.
https://blog.apnic.net/2021/02/18/building-your-own-fibre-to-premises-network/
saved 2021-02-18

Building your own Fibre-to-Premises Network: The ECFiber Story | APNIC Blog
How to build and operate a FTTH network when existing infrastructure, topography, and low population all work against the need for fast Internet

Noam Shazeer leaves Google to join OpenAI as lead for architecture research; he rejoined Google in 2024 as part of the Character.AI deal and was Gemini co-lead (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/star-google-ai-researcher-shazeer-j…

Star Google AI Researcher Shazeer Joins OpenAI
Noam Shazeer, the Google DeepMind researcher whose work underpinned the generative AI boom, is joining OpenAI, the AI firm told some staff Wednesday. Shazeer, who left Google in 2021 to cofound a chatbot startup, Character.AI, rejoined Google’s AI team DeepMind in 2024 as part of a $2.7 billion ...

➡️ The easiest way to solar charge an electric bicycle (even at night!)
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from my link log —
PostgreSQL is a great pub/sub and job server.
https://webapp.io/blog/postgres-is-the-answer/
saved 2021-12-18 https://

Postgres is a great pub/sub & job server
If you need a publish/subscribe or job server at any point in your project, try using Postgres. It'll give you lots of data integrity and performance guarantees, and it doesn't require you or your team learning any new technology.

from my link log —
GhostCell: separating permissions from data in Rust.
http://plv.mpi-sws.org/rustbelt/ghostcell/
saved 2021-05-23 https://