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Turning an old Amazon Kindle into a eink development platform.
https://blog.lidskialf.net/2021/02/08/turning-an-old-kindle-into-a-eink-development-platform/
saved 2021-02-09

Turning an old Amazon Kindle into a eink development platform
I fancied getting an eink screen to use for future projects. I bought a wee one with a raspberry pi “hat” attached. However, I realised later that I could maybe just re-purpose an old A…

Leaked Thrive deck: $26.8B in AUM as of June 30, 2025, deal value peaked in Q4 2021, positive DPI for four early funds, including 2.4x for 2016's Thrive V, more (Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)
https://www.newcomer.co/p/exclusive-thrive-netted-24x-dpi-from

SCOOP: Thrive Netted 2.4x DPI from 2016 Fund. Here's Thrive's $10 Billion Pitch.
We've got an inside look at Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital's performance

Study reveals hidden climate impact of digital industries #climate

Study reveals hidden climate impact of digital industries
Digital technologies are widely viewed as drivers of efficiency, growth, and innovation. However, their contribution to climate change is significantly greater than previously understood. A new study published in the journal Communications Sustainability shows that digital industries were responsible for about 4.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2021. The bulk of these emissions were not captured by existing emissions accounting standards or official climate assessments.

Where would Fernando Mendoza rank among QBs drafted in Round 1 over the past five years? https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/48016742/nfl-draft-ranking-first-round-quarterbacks-2021-2026-prospects-fern…

Weiterer toller Aspekt von #calisthenics
Durch die #Altbausanierung hab ich so viel Holz und Metallreste und entsprechend Werkzeug um Sportgeräte selber zu bauen (so zumindest der Plan)
Z.B. diese Liegestützgriffe (also die Anleitung ist nicht von mir):

A recent study conducted by Crosstown LA, examining vehicular collisions in Los Angeles intersections,
found that some are far more perilous than others. 
According to the numbers, the intersection at Figueroa and Slauson is the most dangerous in the city.
The study utilized data collected by the Los Angeles Police Department
Per the data, between 2021 and 2025 alone, that intersection was subject to some 66 traffic accidents. 
The intersection of Sepulveda and R…

The most dangerous intersections in Los Angeles
Over the past decade, the city’s streets have become significantly more lethal…

Coupang reports Q1 revenue up 8% YoY to $8.5B and a net loss of $266M following a 2025 Korean customer data breach, its largest loss since Q4 2021 (The Korea Herald)
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10731616

Coupang swings to net loss in Q1 amid fallout from data breach - The Korea Herald
US-listed e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a net loss in the first quarter amid fallout from a massive customer data breach in South Kor

from my link log —
Speculating the entire x86-64 instruction set in seconds with this one weird trick.
https://blog.can.ac/2021/03/22/speculating-x86-64-isa-with-one-weird-trick/
saved 2021-03-26

Speculating the entire x86-64 Instruction Set In Seconds with This One Weird Trick
As cheesy as the title sounds, I promise it cannot beat the cheesiness of the technique I’ll be telling you about in this post. The morning I saw Mark …

Chinese prosecutors raise alarm about growth of domestic IP theft https://therecord.media/china-domestic-ip-theft-crackdown

Does Order Matter : Connecting The Law of Robustness to Robust Generalization
Himadri Mandal, Vishnu Varadarajan, Jaee Ponde, Aritra Das, Mihir More, Debayan Gupta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.20971 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.20971 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.20971
arXiv:2602.20971v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Bubeck and Sellke (2021) pose as an open problem the connection between the law of robustness and robust generalization. The law of robustness states that overparameterization is necessary for models to interpolate robustly; in particular, robust interpolation requires the learned function to be Lipschitz. Robust generalization asks whether small robust training loss implies small robust test loss. We resolve this problem by explicitly connecting the two for arbitrary data distributions. Specifically, we introduce a nontrivial notion of robust generalization error and convert it into a lower bound on the expected Rademacher complexity of the induced robust loss class. Our bounds recover the $\Omega(n^{1/d})$ regime of Wu et al.\ (2023) and show that, up to constants, robust generalization does not change the order of the Lipschitz constant required for smooth interpolation. We conduct experiments to probe the predicted scaling with dataset size and model capacity, testing whether empirical behavior aligns more closely with the predictions of Bubeck and Sellke (2021) or Wu et al.\ (2023). For MNIST, we find that the lower-bound Lipschitz constant scales on the order predicted by Wu et al.\ (2023). Informally, to obtain low robust generalization error, the Lipschitz constant must lie in a range that we bound, and the allowable perturbation radius is linked to the Lipschitz scale.
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Dementia is tragically common among the elderly.
In 2021 57m people worldwide were thought to have the condition.
Ageing is a risk factor for many other ailments too,
ranging from chronic inflammation to a decline in organ function.
A growing body of work, however, suggests that simply taking a course of the #shingles

Raiders name Mike Sullivan Quarterbacks Coach https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-name-mike-sullivan-quarterbacks-coach

from my link log —
Spotting fake face masks. (FFP2/N95/KN95)
https://bda.org/advice/Coronavirus/Documents/spotting-fake-face-masks.pdf
saved 2021-12-23

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British Dental Association website

from my link log —
What if the Flu isn’t “just the Flu?”
https://theair.substack.com/p/what-if-the-flu-isnt-just-the-flu
saved 2021-12-27

What if the Flu isn’t “just the Flu?”
The true death toll of flu points to the vast challenges of endemic Covid.

Raiders name Matt Robinson Safeties Coach https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-name-matt-robinson-safeties-coach

Le oui pour l’imposition individuelle a chuté de 24 Š 8 entre le premier et deuxième sondage GfS. Le projet risque de suivre le même sort que la loi CO2 en 2021 et d’être refusé Š l’urne. Tous les partis qui sont pour le projet doivent revenir vers leurs partisans.
Le Centre spécule avec le non pour mettre en avant leur solution avec les impôts Š option. Mais c’est un jeu Š haut risque: leur initiative coûterait tellement cher qu’elle n’arrivera pas Š réunir une majorité. #chvote

from my link log —
Container networking is simple.
https://iximiuz.com/en/posts/container-networking-is-simple/
saved 2021-01-21 https://…

How Container Networking Works: Building a Bridge Network From Scratch | iximiuz Labs
Begin with the basics to understand Docker and Kubernetes networking: learn how to create and interconnect Linux network namespaces using only command-line tools.

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 —
What engineers can teach (and learn from) programmers.
https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/crossover-project/what-we-can-learn/
saved 2021-01-22

"China expects up to 287 GW of new PV capacity additions in 2026"
#China #Energy #SolarPower #Renewables

China expects up to 287 GW of new PV capacity additions in 2026
China’s PV industry expects 238 GW to 287 GW of domestic capacity additions in 2026 as it pivots away from volume-led growth after a loss-making year driven by overcapacity and sharp price declines. The shift follows rapid expansion in 2021-25 that lifted cumulative capacity above 1.2 TW, annual additions beyond 300 GW and exports over $180 billion.

Raiders, big events fuel Allegiant Stadium growth despite Vegas downturn https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/stadium/raiders-big-events-fuel-allegiant-stadium-growth-despite-vegas-downturn-3620736/

from my link log —
Google Chrome reduces its root DNS traffic.
https://blog.verisign.com/domain-names/chromiums-reduction-of-root-dns-traffic/
saved 2021-01-07

Chromium’s Reduction of Root DNS Traffic - Verisign Blog
As we begin a new year, it is important to look back and reflect on our accomplishments and how we can continue to improve. A significant positive the DNS