2026-01-01 21:42:02
from my link log —
Stonebraker: one size fits none: everything you learned in your DBMS class is wrong. (video)
https://slideshot.epfl.ch/play/suri_stonebraker
saved 2023-01-29
from my link log —
Stonebraker: one size fits none: everything you learned in your DBMS class is wrong. (video)
https://slideshot.epfl.ch/play/suri_stonebraker
saved 2023-01-29
Zählt das noch als knapp verfehlt? 🧐 Teslas große Akku-Revolution bleibt vorerst aus! 🔋 Der 2023 geschlossene Milliardenvertrag mit dem koreanischen Kathoden-Hersteller L&F ist praktisch geplatzt.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11126643
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Crystal Waters:
🎵 100% Pure Love
#CrystalWaters
https://waldodj.bandcamp.com/track/crystal-waters-100-pure-love-waldo-remix-2023
https://open.spotify.com/track/0dfQwyoZoS9LgQiU6AJO7f
Guatemala’s eco defenders reel from surge in killings and persecution
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/guatemalas-eco-defenders-reel-from-surge-in-killings-and-persecution/
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.comD-Ticket-App endlich mit Apple-Wallet-Support – wenn man weiß wo
Seit 2023 hatten Nutzer der D-Ticket-App von HanseCom auf Apple-Wallet-Unterstützung gehofft. Nun ist sie da – nach etwas Suchen.
https://www.…
RE: https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe/115825823351632755
Top-3 warmest years globally, out of 135:
1. 2024
2. 2023
3. 2025
Starting the year with a drive-by contribution to the hamster time tracker.
I find that noteworthy because I'm going back to the time tracker I enjoyed using until 2018, when due to the project announcing EoL (IIRC) I switched to charmtimetracker.
Now that too is EoL since 2023, but hamster development did continue after 2018, so hey, could have saved myself a lot of annoyance by sticking with the software I like and patching it up where needed.
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comÖnskar er alla ett gott nytt år, där sådana här ”snällare”, konstruktiva utrymmen, som på #Mastodon, får fler motsvarigheter också ute i den kalla fysiska verkligheten. Sköt om er!
spanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 291 nodes and 5535 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish
Ministry - Goddamn White Trash (Official Music Video) - Premiered on 17 Aug 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8imYWda6MOs
A live view of the #ArtemisII stack on the pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCrPD7tfcr0 - where the countdown for the Wet Dress Rehearsal has begun at 1:13 UTC; see https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/01/31/countdown-begins-for-artemis-ii-wet-dress-rehearsal/ for the timeline and https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/generalprobe-wet-dress-rehearsal-fur-artemis-ii/ for maaany Artemis-related links going back to 2023.
In the last, guttering hours of the year, it’s tradition to look back on the last 12 months’ #TTRPG activity and reflect. You can read last year’s summary at https://dice.camp/@davej/113747664699824381…
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@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.comDiarycast - Year In Review (2023) - The rollercoaster thrills and spills of 2023 at EOU Towers... #podcast #yearInReview - https://www.
Cowboys Head Coach Sheds Light On Trevon Diggs Release https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/brian-schottenheimer-comments-trevon-diggs-release/
“NPR’s board members were excited in the fall of 2023 when they found Ms. Maher. She had worked for the World Bank and HSBC. As the chief executive of the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia, she oversaw a sprawling, complicated community of volunteer editors. And she was prepared.”
https://www.nytimes.com/…
Grubhub plans to remove delivery and service fees on restaurant orders over $50 starting Feb. 2; Grubhub's US market share fell to ~4% in 2025 from 10% in 2023 (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-…
spanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 105 nodes and 1426 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish
'What Did We Do?': Black Truckers Say They Were Denied Service Before White Server Called Cops to Remove Them from South Dakota Denny’s Restaurant Allegedly Because of Their Race
https://atlantablackstar.com/2023/09/05/dennys-is-under-fire-again-for-allegedly-refusing-to-serve-two-black-men/
Das #Bundesverwaltungsgericht hat entschieden, dass das #Klimaschutzprogramm der #Bundesregierung aus dem Jahr 2023 nicht ausreicht, um die gesetzlichen Ziele bis 20…
I noticed only now that the ubiquitous Costa Coffee in Poland is no longer owned by Coca Cola, it's French since 2023 (Lagardère).
From our classic "No Logo" nemesis to a billionaire-controlled #copyright cartel: not sure how I feel about it.
It's one of those chains where a #vegan g…
from my link log —
Normalcy bias: it's not cool to overreact.
https://www.okdoomer.io/its-not-cool-to-overreact/
saved 2023-08-22 https://
Ach sieh mal an.
Merz, als er zu Zeiten der Ampel noch in der Opposition war: Es drohe „Anfang nächsten Jahres ein Blackout“ (gemeint war 2023), falls die Regierung am Atomausstieg festhalte, nämlich wenn die Gasspeicher leer seien und die Leute auf Stromheizung umsteigen würden.
Und, wurden die Gasspeicher leer?
Aktuell hingegen - wo Merz am Ruder ist:
https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Deutsche-Gasvorraete-reichen-theoretisch-noch-fuer-rund-sechs-Wochen-id30306387.html
fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…
@axbom@axbom.meHome Insulation Works: Barriers to Installation (2023) - Doing the right thing is hard, and insurers do not help! #insulation #netZero #futureReady -
Many Amazon climate disasters are missing from official records, study finds https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/many-amazon-climate-disasters-are-missing-from-official-records-study-finds/
Outtake, which uses autonomous AI agents to help companies detect and remove cyberthreats, raised $40M led by Iconiq, after a $16.5M Series A in April 2025 (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/outtake-cyber-openai-ai-raise.html
Canada says it is talking to Meta to restore news to Facebook and Instagram as the Online News Act is put on the table as part of trade negotiations with the US (Marie Woolf/Globe and Mail)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/a
Grundsatzurteil für den #Klimaschutz: Bundesregierung muss das #Klimaschutzgesetz nachschärfen
"Wir haben in allen Punkten gewonnen und der Präsident des Bundesverwaltungsgerichtes hat der Bundesregierung eine schallende Ohrfeige gegeben.“
J. Resch,
DUH-Bundesgeschäf…
"2025 was third-warmest year on record, research shows"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https:/…
from my link log —
Mac keyboard layout configuration with hidutil.
https://amitp.blogspot.com/2023/04/mac-keyboard-with-hidutil.html
saved 2023-04-13
📢 Israel meldet Fund der sterblichen Überreste der letzten Geisel des Massakers vom 7. Oktober
Die israelische Armee hat im Gazastreifen die sterblichen Überreste von Ran Gvili gefunden. Er war die letzte noch vermisste Geisel, die am 7. Oktober 2023 von der Terrororganisation Hamas verschleppt wurde.
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I am thinking that we are getting close to a domestic version of the March 31, 2004 Fallujah ambush but with ICE goons in lieu of Blackwater goons.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iraqi-ambush-americans-made-mockery-mis…
Erster OLED-Monitor fällt unter 400 Euro
PC-Monitore mit farbstarken OLED-Bildschirmen kommen in der Mittelklasse an. Die Preise sind seit 2023 erheblich gesunken.
https://www.heise.de/news/Erster-OL…
Bardentreffen Nürnberg: London Afrobeat Collective beim Bardentreffen 2023 - #ARD #BR
#Afrobeat #Bardentreffen
Public service journalism: data on the Dublin November 2023 rioters
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/01/19/the-dublin-rioters-who-are-they-and-what-82-prosecutions-tell-us-about-those-involved/
IMF chief visits Kyiv for the first time since 2023 amid deepening energy crisis: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/15/imf-chief-visits-kyiv-for.html
Insider Predicts What It Will Cost For Cowboys To Re-Sign Brandon Aubrey https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/brandon-aubrey-contract-george-pickens/
#vereinfachteSprache
Im Jahr 2023 loderten verheerende #Waldbrände in den nördlichen Wäldern. 🌲🔥
Diese Brände setzten sehr große Mengen #Kohlendioxid frei und versch…
Diarycast - Year In Review (2023) - The rollercoaster thrills and spills of 2023 at EOU Towers... #podcast #yearInReview - https://
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comJets Insider Reveals Ex-Raiders HC Jon Gruden’s Big Decision https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/jets-insider-reveals-jon-gruden-big-decision/
Canada says it is talking to Meta to restore news to Facebook and Instagram as the Online News Act is put on the table as part of trade negotiations with the US (Marie Woolf/Globe and Mail)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/a
The article is from a few years ago, but the problem still persists. The Robert Roberson case in Texas is a perfect example. "Everybody knows" that shaken baby syndrome kills kids. But the reality is that the science isn't settled. But it's painfully difficult to break the throttlehold that some things have on the court system.
“The US State Department’s Font Flip-Flop: Guest Article by Dr. Aina G. Irbe on A Step Backward for Accessibility”
https://www.lflegal.com/2026/01/font-flip-flop/
The guest author worked for the State Department when it replaced Times New Roman in 2023.
Currently retrieving my old blog.rmendes.net data from the internet archive 2020-2023 with the intent to migrate it to this place !
2025 was third-warmest year on record, research shows https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/2025-was-third-warmest-year-on-record-research-shows/
Law and Order im Ländle:
„Der „nachhaltige“ Rechtskampf der fünf Freiburger:innen gegen das Verbot sei außerdem als Indiz gewertet worden, dass diese die ursprüngliche Plattform weiterbetreiben wollten und damit Teil des verbotenen Vereins waren.
Das Landgericht sieht auch hier eine „bedenkliche Argumentation“, die Personen von „zulässigem juristischen Vorgehen“ abhalten könne.“
Durchsuchungen in Freiburg: Razzien wegen
Call for Participation für den transform_D Summit (18. bis 19. Juni 2026 in Berlin)
Der transform_D Summit 2026 lädt Innovator:innen der Zivilgesellschaft ein, eigene Impulse einzubringen. Ob Digitalisierung, gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt oder Klimaschutz – auf der Bühne habt ihr die Chance, Akzente zu setzen und eure Themen mit nachhaltigen Lösungen in einem 60-minütigen Format zu präsentieren.
Bewerbungsphase bis zum 23. 01. 2026
“To keep the power in the hands of developers and honor its deep roots in open source, Netlify is committed to being good stewards of the Gatsby open-source project”
February 2023
https://www.netlify.com/press/netlify-acqu
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.comfrom my link log —
Open Props: sub-atomic CSS.
https://open-props.style/
saved 2023-10-14 https://dotat.at/:/IXDBZ.html<…
I was violently snatched on March 21, 2023, from the outskirts of Baghdad, where I had been conducting fieldwork for my Ph.D. at Princeton University.
When my kidnappers delivered me to my cell, they cut the restraints they’d placed around my arms and legs, and lifted the cloth bag off my head.
The secret prison where I was brought was run by Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi militia backed by Iran.
Four men searched my mouth for implanted tracking devices.
I had told them I …
Shares of Zoom jump 10% after analysts at Baird estimated that Zoom's 2023 investment in Anthropic could be worth $2B to $4B, depending on dilution (Nate Wolf/Barron's Online)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/zoom-anth
Dutch far-right leader Wilders is losing ground. After his failed government coalition, followed by an election defeat for his PVV (going from 37 seats in 2023 to 26 in 2025), 7 out of his 26 MPs are now jumping ship. That leaves 19, half the number of 2.5 years ago.
https://nos.nl…
Who is Jarrett Stidham, the Broncos backup QB who will take over for Bo Nix? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6979876/2026/01/17/jarrett-stidham-bo-nix-broncos-backup-qb/
Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, syndicated to ~2K newspapers at its peak and dropped after he made racist comments in 2023, has died at 68 (Richard Sandomir/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/arts/scott-adams-dead.html
fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…
Excellent analysis and well-argued analysis of the current rupture in Spanish anarcho-syndicalism. Definitely worth your attention:
https://anarchistunionjournal.org/2023/12/07/a-new-rupture-in-spanish-anarcho-syndicalism/
“Gatsby as a framework will continue to evolve and grow. We’ve always shared with Netlify a mutual commitment to open-source and have never been more excited about Gatsby’s future. Many of Gatsby’s core contributors will join Netlify and continue to maintain the Gatsby framework.”
February 2023
https://www.…
Sources: Ledger is working with banks on a US IPO that could value the French cryptocurrency company at more than $4B; it was valued at $1.5B in 2023 (Financial Times)
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@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com#vereinfachteSprache
#Deutschland erlebte 2023 viel #Regen und hohe Temperaturen.
Der Deutsche Wetterdienst sagt, dass 2023 das wärmste Jahr seit 1881 war. Es gab 20 Prozent me…
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@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.comfrom 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://
Filings: WBD projects CNN will generate $1.8B in revenue and $600M in adjusted EBITDA for FY 2026; docs show CNN had revenue of $2.2B in 2021 and $1.8B in 2023 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Cisco warns of critical SD-WAN bug that was actively exploited in zero-day attacks since 2023, as CISA and international partners issue emergency directives (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu
from my link log —
The linguistic registers of Rust.
https://without.boats/blog/the-registers-of-rust/
saved 2023-03-08 https://
Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1211359 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der
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@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comAdobe's stock has slumped more than 45% since the end of 2023, reflecting analyst concerns over the threat of AI-driven disruption to SaaS companies (Ryan Vlastelica/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
from my link log —
That's FAR-out, man: a kernel infoleak in Mac OS xnu.
https://blog.dfsec.com/ios/2023/11/19/thats-far-out-man/
saved 2023-12-05
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@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comOpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says the company's compute grew from 0.2 GW in 2023 to ~1.9 GW in 2025 and annualized revenue grew from $2B in 2023 to $20B in 2025 (Sarah Friar/OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/a-business-that-scales-with-the-value-of-intelligence
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.comfrom my link log —
XTerm control sequences.
https://invisible-island.net/xterm/ctlseqs/ctlseqs.pdf
saved 2023-08-23 https://
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@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.comFIFA says parts of 2026 World Cup soccer games will be broadcast live on TikTok and some creators will get access to press conferences and training sessions (Jessica Hopkins/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6954078/2026/01/08/world-cup-tikto…
Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks agrees to acquire accounting platform TRES Finance, sources say for $130M in cash and equity; TRES raised $11M in 2023 (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/07/fireblocks-tres-finance-acquisition-130-million/…
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com