2026-02-10 04:07:00
Deutsche Telekom erhöht DSL-Tarife für Bestandsverträge von vor April 2023
Die Deutsche Telekom hebt Preise an. Betroffen sind DSL-Verträge, die vor April 2023 geschlossen wurden.
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Deutsche Telekom erhöht DSL-Tarife für Bestandsverträge von vor April 2023
Die Deutsche Telekom hebt Preise an. Betroffen sind DSL-Verträge, die vor April 2023 geschlossen wurden.
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A YouGov survey estimates 9% of UK adults, or 4.7M people, watched sports via illegal streams in the six months to October, about 200K people more than in 2023 (Adam Leventhal/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6742752/2025/11/09/illegal-stream…
The EU's General Court reduces a 2023 EU antitrust fine on Intel to €237.1M, down from €376.36M; the EU fined Intel a record €1.06B in 2009, then overturned (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
2025 wird voraussichtlich eines der drei heißesten Jahre seit Beginn der #Wetteraufzeichnungen.
Der November lag global 1,54 Grad über dem vorindustriellen Niveau und damit über dem Ziel des #PariserAbkommens.
Zwischen 2023 und 2025 könnte erstmals ein Dreijahresze…
Von 300 auf 3000 Klicks pro Tag bei Google.
Ich habe 2023 den Wordpress Blog von @… einmal komplett neu aufgebaut. Blogposts thematisch zusammengelegt, eine Struktur basierend auf den Ländern Südostasiens aufgebaut und von der Startseite aus verlinkt.
Seitdem haben sich die Zugriffen über Google zum Teil verzehnfacht. SEO ist oft viel einfacher als man …
On Sep 10, 2023 I watched
𝗕𝗔𝗬𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 1x1 “𝗣𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁” 30 Sept 95 #DavidHasselhoff #GregoryAlanWilliams #AngieHarmon
A YouGov survey estimates 9% of UK adults, or 4.7M people, watched sports via illegal streams in the six months to October, about 200K people more than in 2023 (Adam Leventhal/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6742752/2025/11/09/illegal-stream…
Cowboys DC Search: Raheem Morris Defenses from 2020-2023 https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-dc-search-raheem-morris-defenses-from-2020-2023
Beyond Revenue and Welfare: Counterfactual Analysis of Spectrum Auctions with Application to Canada's 3800MHz Allocation
Sara Jalili Shani, Kris Joseph, Michael B. McNally, James R. Wright
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08106 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.08106 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.08106
arXiv:2512.08106v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Spectrum auctions are the primary mechanism through which governments allocate scarce radio frequencies, with outcomes that shape competition, coverage, and innovation in telecommunications markets. While traditional models of spectrum auctions often rely on strong equilibrium assumptions, we take a more parsimonious approach by modeling bidders as myopic and straightforward: in each round, firms simply demand the bundle that maximizes their utility given current prices. Despite its simplicity, this model proves effective in predicting the outcomes of Canada's 2023 auction of 3800 MHz spectrum licenses. Using detailed round-by-round bidding data, we estimate bidders' valuations through a linear programming framework and validate that our model reproduces key features of the observed allocation and price evolution. We then use these estimated valuations to simulate a counterfactual auction under an alternative mechanism that incentivizes deployment in rural and remote regions, aligning with one of the key objectives set out in the Canadian Telecommunications Act. The results show that the proposed mechanism substantially improves population coverage in underserved areas. These findings demonstrate that a behavioral model with minimal assumptions is sufficient to generate reliable counterfactual predictions, making it a practical tool for policymakers to evaluate how alternative auction designs may influence future outcomes. In particular, our study demonstrates a method for counterfactual mechanism design, providing a framework to evaluate how alternative auction rules could advance policy goals such as equitable deployment across Canada.
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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION> University of Toronto, Department for the Study of Religion & The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies
https://ift.tt/0GzPZnT
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
via Input 4 RELCFP
SAG-AFTRA contract negotiations with Hollywood begin for actors; the 2023 post-strike deals are set to expire on May 1 for writers and June 30 for actors (John Koblin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/business/media/hollywood-ac…
from my link log —
Bounded flexible arrays in C.
https://people.kernel.org/kees/bounded-flexible-arrays-in-c
saved 2023-01-24 https://
Flock of Pelicans flying over the beach. Moonstone Beach, Cambria, California, USA. May, 2023. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 12-40 F2.8. #moonstonebeach #pelican #birds
In opening statements in New Mexico's suit against Meta, state prosecutors argue Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms, as Meta's attorney pushes back (Morgan Lee/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/meta-new-mexi…
i find it extremely annoying that MacOS 26 screwed up folder icon caching. (2023 M3 iMac w/ 24 GB of RAM and no memory pressure)
this happens not every time but multiple times a day
#GrumpyOldMan
Weighing fifth-year options for 2023 NFL Draft's first-round selections https://www.nfl.com/news/weighing-fifth-year-options-for-2023-nfl-draft-s-first-round-selections
How the insurance crisis overtook California
Insurance Commissioner Lara’s 2023 regulatory overhaul promised to ease California’s insurance crisis
but instead delivered major concessions to the industry.
Under Lara’s watch, the state’s insurer of last resort exploded
from 123,657 policies in 2019 to over 645,000,
leaving January wildfire victims underinsured.
Six of nine insurers filing under new rules
add zero new policies in high-risk zones
-…
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION> University of Toronto, Department for the Study of Religion & The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140643/postdoct…
Débat de 2023 sur les victimes de sectes, de l’emprise Š la reconstruction. Quels sont les mécanismes Š l'oeuvre, comment identifier le discours sectaire, comment trouver de l'aide pour s'en sortir et se reconstruire ? https://chardonsbleus.org/debat-victim
Cyclo-logistique en Belgique
- plus de 5 millions de colis livrés Š vélo en Belgique, soit 70 % de plus qu’en 2023
- 10 millions de km parcourus par des coursiers Š vélo, soit 30 % de plus
- 4112 tonnes de CO₂ évitées et 12 millions € de coûts externes économisés
https://
Filings: X's UK revenue fell 58.3% YoY from £69.1M in 2023 to £28.9M in 2024; pre-tax profits fell from £2.2M in 2023 to £767,000 in 2024 (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
Filings: X's UK revenue fell 58.3% YoY from £69.1M in 2023 to £28.9M in 2024; pre-tax profits fell from £2.2M in 2023 to £767,000 in 2024 (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comWho Calls 1-800-GAMBLER? Around Big Sports Events, It’s Often Young Men. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/us/sports-gambling-addition-super-bowl.html
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.comFIFA says parts of 2026 World Cup 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-tiktok-fifa-…
LOL Münster. LOL Germany.
Der Spiegel hat (schon 2023) den Vergleich der deutschen Top-Fahrradstadt Münster mit der internationalen Top-Fahrradstadt gemacht und - Captain Obvious be prepared - der Vergleich ist 2. Liga gegen Championsleague. Allein schon der für Deutschland typische Brückenfail zeigt, wie schlampig hier gearbeitet wird.
Münster ist qualitativ dichter an Stuttgart als an Utrecht.
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comHow Israel destroyed Gaza’s health system ‘deliberately and methodically’
"The devastation and lack of access to medical care have killed thousands of Palestinians, experts say.
"For example, there were 1,244 kidney patients in Gaza before the start of the war in October 2023. Now that number stands at 622, ..."
| Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
On Jun 10, 2023 I watched
𝗕𝗔𝗬𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 Season 3 Episode 18 “𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵” 21 Feb 1993 starring #DavidHasselhoff #NicoleEggert #PamelaAnderson
Anselm Hannemann has largely come to the same conclusions as I in his post “Tools won’t solve it entirely for you” (and used some LLMs):
https://helloanselm.com/writings/tools-won-t-solve-it-for-you
I’ve linked it from my 2023 post comparing automated testing to…
In 2022, the Japanese team participated in the Aufguss World Match for the first time and won the first in 2023.
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@perceptiveconstructs.comJust updated our server's downtimes for 2025 and for all-time. Although datasci.social had a downtime of over 10 hours in 2025, our all-time uptime is still way above 99.9%. 🤓
https://community.datasci.social/docs/server/
Harry Dunn was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal in 2023, the second-highest civilian honor, which was presented to him by former President Joe Biden.
"I once told Congress,
'I did my job, now you do yours,'"
Dunn says in his announcement video posted Wednesday.
"Well, I'm done waiting."
Dunn will face a crowded field for the Democratic nomination to replace Hoyer,
including established Maryland politicians Del. Adri…
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'`,…
Redebeitrag zum 12.10.2023 von der Gira Zapatista Gruppe Hamburg
Redebeitrag zum 12.10.2023 von der gira zapatista Gruppe Hamburg
12.10: GLOBALER AKTIONSTAG GEGEN NEOKOLONIALISMUS
Es gibt nichts zu feiern! Seit dem Massenmord durch die spanische Besatzung von Abya Yala, auch Lateinamerika genannt, wird die offizielle Geschichte von 1492 bis heute mit dem Blut indigener Pueblos auf der ganz
Leerzaam experiment met polderrijst - Universiteit Leiden
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2023/10/leerzaam-experiment-met-polderrijst
De rijstoogst van dit jaar mag dan vrijwel volledig mislukt zijn ... De onderzoekers houden de moed er in. 🙂
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
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comI 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…
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…
Mit meinem kindgerechten #Magnificat grüße ich euch von der #FediKirche an diesem 1. Weihnachtstag https://
#Lübeck beendet zum #Jahreswechsel das Projekt #FahrscheinGegenFührerschein.
Seit 2023 konnten Bürger ihren
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com“The case for upzoning is relatively solid but deeply underwhelming as a standalone position. The upshot is that everyone is at least partly right: Upzoning can address the shortfall in supply. But it won’t come close to solving the housing crisis alone. Re-enter: public housing.”
https://
Nicht vergessen: morgen beginnt der FAIR February mit einer Paneldiskussion zum Thema Nachnutzung von Forschungsdaten in digitalen Editionen. 📚👾📖
Am 18.02. folgt dann eine Sitzung (die ich mit hoste 👋) zum Thema Vernetzung (von Forschungsdaten). 🌐🪡🧵💾
Wie überschneiden sich FAIR und LOD? Und wie sieht das in Hinblick auf Forschungsdaten aus? Für mich aktuell recht relevant: BEACONs. Was ist der Status quo und was geht da noch?
Link zur Veranstaltungsseite ( Anmeldung):
…
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comEin Klassiker, den man oft bei WordPress-Blogs sieht: Das Datum in der URL🫣
domain.de/2023/10/mein-artikel
Das wirkt im Moment logisch, ist aber langfristig Gift. ☠️
Wenn man den Artikel 2026 aktualisieren will, steht da immer noch "2023" in der URL.
Das signalisiert dem Nutzer in den Suchergebnissen sofort: "Alter Kaffee."
URL ändern heißt Weiterleitung bauen (nervig).
Deshalb: URLs immer zeitlos halten (/mein-artikel). Dann bleibt der…
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
Uruguay used to rely heavily on oil & gas-based power.
But as the economy grew and electricity demand threatened to overtake supply from the early 2010s,
it needed to add additional generating capacity, and fast.
New hydro wasn’t an option as it had already made the most of that resource.
To chart the way forward, the president appointed Ramón Méndez Galain,
a particle physicist from the private sector,
as the country’s director of energy
— a pos…
In 2023, China was Venezuela’s second largest trading partner, accounting for almost 10 percent of its total exports, half of which were petroleum coke.
Podcast : La Secte OKC : ils racontent leur vie dans la secte bouddhiste belge
Presque 15 ans d'écart entre nos deux protagonistes et pourtant tellement de point commun quoi qu'en dise "l'évolution de l'éducation des enfants" selon la OKC
https://
Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…
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@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comHas anyone tried Stark’s accessibility checker extension lately? I haven’t touched it since its 2023 beta, and it was underwhelming:
https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109911142248566696
Reviews are still meh and I’m wary of investing time again. But someone asked me and now I’m curi…
Netflix says Southeast Asian content on the platform grew nearly 50% from 2023 to 2024 and 40 Southeast Asian titles were in its Global Top 10 in 2025 (Zac Ntim/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-southeast-asian-content-1236632912/
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.comThe Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees
has been sentenced to 14 years in prison
for a case in which he was convicted of funnelling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former US president Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.
In April 2023, a federal jury convicted Michel of 10 counts,
including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.
The trial in Washington DC included testimony from the act…
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.comA profile of Cursor CEO Michael Truell, a 25-year-old who started building the AI coding tool in 2023, as some question Cursor's reliance on third-party models (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/milli…
from my link log —
XTerm control sequences.
https://invisible-island.net/xterm/ctlseqs/ctlseqs.pdf
saved 2023-08-23 https://
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.comJährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
Neros, which makes low-cost, military FPV drones in the US, raised $75M led by Sequoia, bringing its total funding to $121M, and won a US Army contract (Farah Stockman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/business/neros-military-drones.html
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year:
smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts.
But before you give one, think twice about what you're opting that person into.
One big problem with giving these sorts of gifts is that you're opting another person into a company's intrusive surveillance prac…
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com#vereinfachteSprache
Im Jahr 2023 loderten verheerende #Waldbrände in den nördlichen Wäldern. 🌲🔥
Diese Brände setzten sehr große Mengen #Kohlendioxid frei und versch…
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comSouth Carolina already ranks 8th nationally in highest maternal mortality rate,
and MAGA extremists are vying to become #1.
Now, for the third time since 2023, MAGA Republicans in South Carolina have introduced
S 323, also known as
The Unborn Child Protection Act.
South Carolina Senate Bill 323 is one of the most extreme pieces of legislation we’ve seen.
It proposes changing the legal definition of the word “person” to include an unborn fetus.
Th…
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comKumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comTo people who didn’t vote for Trump, his sweaty panic over the Epstein files is perplexing.
The president’s enthusiasm for sexual violence is no secret.
It’s been nine years since the release of the “Access Hollywood” video, in which he bragged about how he liked to “grab them by” the genitals.
In 2023 and 2024, two civil juries found that journalist E. Jean Carroll told the truth when she said Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.
The president has also made …
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comLe Dalaï-lama était informé dès 1997.
Il promettait de retirer sa lettre de légitimité si Spatz était condamné.
Spoiler : rien n’a bougé.
Il faudra attendre 2023, après des mois de lobbying et un documentaire ARTE, pour qu’une reconnaissance soit enfin suspendue.
temporairement.
Aber nur ein bisschen. 🤪
Wir wollen das ja nicht überdramatisieren.
Schliesslich wissen wir alle seit 2023: „Morgen geht nicht die Welt unter“.
Man sieht das ja auch: Das dauert echt viele Jahre, bis der boreale #Nadelwald abgebrannt, der #Amazonasregenwald ne Savanne …
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comDutch public broadcaster Nos quits X, citing the "amount of hateful responses and disinformation" on the site; The Guardian quit in 2024 and NPR in 2023 (Bart Meijer/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
GM is adding native Apple Music to select vehicles, and rolls out support for digital keys, after it started phasing out CarPlay in 2023 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/844697/gm-cadillac-chevy-apple-music-native
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.com
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.comThe Food and Drug Administration rarely uses its authority to pull dangerous medical devices off the market
and is so poorly staffed that it’s sometimes unable to make sure companies are taking critical steps to protect patients during health emergencies,
according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
The inquiry by the congressional watchdog was requested nearly two years ago by top members of the Senate
in the wake of an investigation about the 2…
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-…
@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@perceptiveconstructs.com