Tootfinder

In which I notice that AWS’s S3 is getting more and more competition all the time, and thus the object-storage space is becoming interesting, and also that there’s a #Fediverse angle: https://www.tbray.org/on…

Storage Churn

Stockholm-based Xensam, which offers AI-based software asset management tools, raised $40M from Expedition Growth Capital (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/08/bootstrapped-for-8-y…

Bootstrapped for 8 years, Xensam has now snapped up $40M for AI that manages software assets | TechCrunch
Software asset management -- an area of enterprise IT designed, in part, to help companies save money -- continues to draw a lot of money itself. In the

Revisiting Battle of Kyiv with Illia Ponomarenko: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/revisiting-battle-of.html

Freitag: Elektroroller in Wien beschlagnahmt, Videoüberwachung mit KI in London
Sicherheit von E-Scootern KI-überwachte U-Bahnstation Standards für KI-Sicherheit KI-Robocalls sind Spam Meta & TikTok gegen DSA-Gebühr BfDI-Podcast

Reach more people with Gamification: Could you be a HANDMAID ENFORCER? https://thedemlabs.org/2024/05/07/project-2025-handmaid-enforcer-gamification-reaches-more-people/

Reach more people with Gamification: Handmaid Enforcer game
Don't just preach to the choir. Use gamification to reach and engage more people.

📢 Hey, #dotnet folks! We are accepting presentations for #JetBrains .NET Days 2024. This is always a fun event, and you can submit talks of 30, 45, or 60 minutes.
As a presenter, you're not alone. We're here to support you every step of the way. You'll receive assistance from our …

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Western Australia's role in Global #Meteor Network expands with 16 new cameras installed: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-09/new-global-meteor-network-cameras-in-western-australia/103433704 - the network features more than 1000 cameras across the world. See https://www.meteornews.net/2024/02/06/global-meteor-network-report-2023/ for the GMN annual report for 2023.

Democratic mayor says no to sending in the cops.
Republican House committee threatens to drag her in front of a committee, to push her to send in the cops.
Then Republicans brag about how they made her send in the cops.
Which party is worse here?
One is worse. Let’s be real.

Keeping it all in the family: Barron Trump picked to serve as a Florida delegate at Republican National Convention
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/barron-trump-picked-serve-florida-delegate-republican-national/story…

Barron Trump picked to serve as a Florida delegate at Republican National Convention
Eric Trump will serve as delegation chair.

This absolute garbage shitshow is fueled by Microsoft’s investments into OpenAI.
I used to look up to some of the people working at Microsoft—I’ve lost all respect for them.
Are your cushy jobs worth ruining the Internet for? Something you purportedly love? https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/1124

Sixty-year-old married man has his assistant ask a 27-year-old woman to his suite for dinner.
He greets her in his pajamas. She makes him put clothes on.
When she uses the bathroom, he surprises her in his underwear.
He tries to seduce her by saying she reminds him of his DAUGHTER.
Republicans! Party of “family values”! Here is your leader.

index fund of top 500 tech companies sorted by the headcount of trans lesbians employed there

I am still endlessly amused that Listerine has an expiration date printed on it. Expiration date for that super nasty stuff, my ass. More like evaporation date!

Trump appointed judges: Let’s wait.
Non-Trump appointed judges: Let’s do this.
Any questions?

Gay teacher allegedly not allowed to return to Catholic school role
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/08/st-lukes-catholic-school-shoreline-gay-teacher/

Paul Goldschmidt’s Toughest Stretch As A Cardinal
#MLB #Baseball #MLBTradeRumors

I was on the the Mike Farwell show speaking on the 'new' cell phone and vaping school restrictions in Ontario.
I discuss the 'oldness' of this existing policy as a precursor from 2019 and the Smoke-Free Ontario Act already prohibiting this.
There is little debate on restricting use. It is necessary but insufficient (at 35:45).

Tuesday April 30th 2024
The opening monologue (0:56); Waterloo company aims to bring bike subscription service to region (19:28): Cellphone use in schools should be restricted, not banned, educators say (35:19): Noteworthy Singers spring concert is this Saturday (53:38): Smile Cookie Campaign to support school nutrition and kids with special needs (1:02:28): How not to counter the radical right […]

Do you or a loved one know of any extremism on Mastodon? 🤨

"Stunning".
#ClimatechangeisWaterchange
Stunning images show the extent of flooding in southern Brazil
https://www.reuters.c…

I reflexively cringed when I saw this ad. Not only is it wasteful, the message sent across appears to be that Apple literally crushes all the things you like to make the new iPad.
Tone-deaf.
#apple #iPad #advertising

Poll for teachers:
The dishes get done…

Tomorrow, I’ll be moderating this panel on the main stage at #RSAC. Five cyber ambassadors for one hour.
I’ll take 2-3 questions at the end of the panel. If you’ll be at the panel tomorrow, I may call on you. What would you ask them? https://www.rsaconference.com/USA/agenda/session/Tech Diplomacy Building Cyber Resilience Together

Judge Aileen Cannon scraps date for Trump Mar-a-Lago documents trial without rescheduling
The judge overseeing Trump’s prosecution on charges of retaining classified files says case is
not ready to take before jury
https://www.thegu…

@… you may but let’s circle back before we deep dive

Good article on a very tricky subject: to what extent do our tentative attempts at classification enter into feedback loops with an individual's personality and sense of identity?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/13/why-were-turning-psychiatric-labels-into-identities

Webinar-Serie: Apple-Geräte-Support, auch als Vorbereitung für Apple-Zertifikat
Vertiefen Sie Ihre Expertiese zu macOS, iOS und iPadOS. Die Webinare helfen außerdem, sich für den Apple Certified Support Professional vorzubereiten.

Armenia refuses to finance Russian-led CSTO security alliance: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/armenia-refuses-to.html

iRobot appoints Gary Cohen as its new CEO after Colin Angle resigned in January 2024 and forecasts 2024 revenue with a midpoint of $837.5M, vs. $829.8M expected (Arsheeya Bajwa/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/irobot-

Reach more people with Gamification: Could you be a HANDMAID ENFORCER? Use this game based on Project 2025.
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/05/07/project-2025-handmaid-enforcer-gamification-reaches-more-people/

Reach more people with Gamification: Handmaid Enforcer game
Don't just preach to the choir. Use gamification to reach and engage more people.

うむ、尾根が強い、了解

This absolute garbage shitshow is fueled by Microsoft’s investments into OpenAI.
I used to look up to some of the people working at Microsoft—I’ve lost all respect for them.
Are your cushy jobs worth ruining the Internet for? Something you purportedly love? https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/1124

"And the people trying to help him implement his vision were learning how quickly the new boss would abandon those principles once they didn’t work in his favor." https://archive.ph/EVFRp

Trump appointed judges: Let’s wait.
Non-Trump appointed judges: Let’s do this.
Any questions?

The perfect Mastodon moderation principle

Perpetuating myths about men's violence against women: “men—all men—live, work, play, drink, eat, and talk with men who are violent to women. Most men don’t know it. Many of them don’t believe it. “
https://tdunlop.substack.com/p/perpetuating-myths-about-…

Perpetuating myths about men's violence against women
Waleed Aly and the strawmen

MLB 2024 farm system rankings: Keith Law ranks all 30 teams, Orioles are new No. 1
#Baseball #Dodgers #TheAthletic

i just produced an object file with a 122 KB long basic block. how's your day going?

Biden will cut weapons shipments if Israel invades Rafah - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2024/05/08/biden-will-cut-weapons-shipments-if-israel-invades-rafah/

Amazon and Volvo team up on big rig electric trucks, rolling out of Southern California ports
California has laid down mandates to dump diesel trucks and replace them with lower-carbon technologies in increasing numbers until 2035,
when sale of new diesel trucks will be banned.
The aim: to get rid of greenhouse gases and other pollutants.
Already, the state has banned brand new diesel trucks from seaports in California,
although diesel trucks purchased throu…

Amazon, Volvo team up on electric trucks at Southern California ports
The rollout of Amazon's big rigs at the L.A. and Long Beach port complex is part of a shift to zero out pollution from trucking in California.

Revisiting the topic of Up and Down states in striatal spiny projection neurons after ages. Anyone have a good reference (or unpublished pet theory) on the functions they might enable for basal ganglia circuits?
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Up_and_down_states

Governor: Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia Oblast village injure woman: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/governor-russian-attacks.html

iRobot appoints Gary Cohen as its new CEO after Colin Angle resigned in January 2024 and forecasts 2024 revenue with a midpoint of $837.5M, vs. $829.8M expected (Arsheeya Bajwa/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/irobot-

Unforeseen consequences of rounded corners

I'll save you all from reading the "Schopenhauer’s Advice on How to Achieve Great Things" article. It's never directly stated, but the honest truth is step 0 is to be Schopenhauer.

誰かApplenのCyberdogの話した？

Perpetuating myths about men's violence against women: “men—all men—live, work, play, drink, eat, and talk with men who are violent to women. Most men don’t know it. Many of them don’t believe it. “
https://tdunlop.substack.com/p/perpetuating-myths-about-…

Perpetuating myths about men's violence against women
Waleed Aly and the strawmen

Giants Place Jorge Soler On Injured List
#MLB #Baseball #MLBTradeRumors

Can you answer this simple question about the C programming language?
$ cat test.c
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main() { printf("%d\n", strlen("\x01c")); }
$ cc test.c && ./a.out
What number does this program print…

‘Bleak milestone’: UN says 3 million forced to flee in Myanmar conflict | Conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/8/bleak-milestone-un-says-3-million-forced-to-flee-in-myanmar-…

‘Bleak milestone’: UN says 3 million forced to flee in Myanmar conflict
United Nations says the number displaced has jumped by 50 percent in last six months as fighting has intensified.

Europe is changing technologies, and China wants to diversify sources of gas supply: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/europe-is-changing.html

Tiny Central Coast newsroom Lookout Santa Cruz wins Pulitzer Prize
As legacy publications celebrated their Pulitzer Prize wins Monday,
bottles of champagne were also uncorked at Lookout Santa Cruz,
a fledgling 10-person newsroom based on the second floor of a former bank on Santa Cruz’s quiet, tree-lined Pacific Avenue.
“What a day!” said Ken Doctor, the Lookout’s chief executive and founder. “It’s incredible!”
The online news organization won the prize for it…

Tiny Central Coast newsroom Lookout Santa Cruz wins Pulitzer Prize
Lookout Santa Cruz has won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the 2023 flooding along the Central Coast.

Coupang reports Q1 revenue up 23% YoY to $7.1B, adjusted EBITDA up 17% YoY to $281M, vs. $283.3M est., and net income down 95% YoY including Farfetch losses (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@… Hi fennek.
It looks like the message you sent didn't reach my account on fedisnap.com. The cause is unknown.
ht…

Parliament summons Bureau of Economic Security head over alleged pressure on business: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/parliament-summons-bureau.html

“I didn't think he was gonna stop”: Cousin of infamous extremist rabbi Meir Kahane attacks student protesters with car
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/meir-reuven-kahane-columbia-student-protest-car-assault

“I didn't think he was gonna stop”: Cousin of infamous extremist rabbi Meir Kahane attacks student protesters with car
A student eyewitness tells The Handbasket what he saw.

Rangers Sign Kyle Barraclough To Minor League Deal
#MLB #Baseball #MLBTradeRumors

Jury awards leading climate scientist $1M in defamation case - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2024/02/08/jury-awards-leading-climate-scientist-1m-in-defamation-case/

Coupang reports Q1 revenue up 23% YoY to $7.1B, adjusted EBITDA up 17% YoY to $281M, vs. $283.3M est., and net income down 95% YoY including Farfetch losses (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Parliament dismisses Infrastructure Minster Oleksandr Kubrakov: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/09/parliament-dismisses-infrastructure.html

Judge Cannon's secret right-wing getaway: Why didn't we know about this? | Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2024/05/07/cannons-secret-right-wing-getaway-why-didnt-we-know-about-this/

Judge Cannon's secret right-wing getaway: Why didn't we know about this?

Amazon's hexacopter drones, planned for use in Tolleson, Arizona, can't operate when temperatures top 104°F, less than the average summer highs in the city (Paresh Dave/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-delivery-drones-heat-grounded-summer/…

Parliament passes bill allowing citizens convicted of minor offenses to serve in military: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/parliament-passes-bill.html

Never again? Again. (Photos): https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/never-again-again.html

RunPod, which offers a globally distributed GPU cloud platform for developing and deploying AI, raised a $20M seed co-led by Intel Capital and Dell Technologies (James Thomason/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/exclusive-r

Exclusive: RunPod secures $20M from Dell and Intel as demand soars for AI clouds
RunPod’s platform attracts over 100,000 developers with focus on iteration speed and ease of use.

Ukrainian Military Update 5/7-5/7/24: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/09/ukrainian-military-update.html

John Walker, a computer programmer and co-founder of 3D design software maker AutoDesk, died on February 2 at the age of 75 (Steven Sinofsky/@stevesi)
https://twitter.com/stevesi/status/1755737707857555775

Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) on X
Very sad news on the passing on John Walker, programmer and co-founder of AutoDesk. His contributions to our industry, the rise of the PC, and the modern industrialization of nearly everything were incredibly significant. I thought I would use some of John's own words to show the…

Russia attacks 9 communities in Sumy Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/09/russia-attacks-communities.html

Valeriy Pekar on signs of the collapse of Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/valeriy-pekar-on.html

A Hope for Peace from the East? Important Visit to France: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/a-hope-for.html

Court arrests State Property Fund's ex-head in absentia: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/court-arrests-state.html

Right-wing opposition wins elections in North Macedonia: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/09/rightwing-opposition-wins.html

US State Department: US preparing more aid packages for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/us-state-department.html

Update: Death toll of Russia's April 29 strike on Odesa rises to 7: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/update-death-toll.html

Austin: Too early to see effects of US aid on Ukraine's front lines: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/austin-too-early.html

Governor: 11 children brought back from Russian-occupied territory: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/governor-children-brought.html

Zelensky holds 'focused' call with Orban, invites him to peace summit: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/zelensky-holds-focused.html

FM: Kosovo supports Ukraine despite Kyiv not recognizing its independence: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/fm-kosovo-supports.html

Russian Sabotage in BERLIN! An IRIS-T Production Plant on Fire in Germany: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/russian-sabotage-in.html

Parliament restores limited access for journalists during plenary sessions: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/parliament-restores-limited.html

Russian Sabotage in Europe: Cyberwar and Disinformation Campaigns Against the West: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/214057.html

NATO military chair: 'It's not too late for Ukraine,' Russia's progress limited: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/nato-military-chair.html

Hungary's FM opposes NATO's long-term Ukraine aid plan, calls it 'crazy mission': https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/hungarys-fm-opposes.html

Ukrenergo: Imported energy won't fully cover deficit after latest Russian attack: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/ukrenergo-imported-energy.html

Military: Russian assault groups break into Krasnohorivka, blocked at local plant: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/military-russian-assault.html

President of EU Local and Regional Authorities Congress Marc Cools Visited Borodianka: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/president-of-eu.html

Media: Investigation shows Russian forces may use satellite systems made in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/media-investigation-shows.html

Ukraine has caught up with Russia in kamikaze drone production, says Ukroboronprom CEO: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/ukraine-has-caught.html

We should never take democracy for granted. Use your vote. Or others will decide for you: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/we-should-never.html

NATO to officially declare non-deployment of troops to Ukraine in July summit declaration: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/nato-to-officially.html

Update from Ukraine | Putin failed to Eliminate Zelensky | Ukraine used ATACMS in Luhanks: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/update-from-ukraine.html

Russia launches large-scale attack against Ukraine, air defenses at work across the country: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/russia-launches-largescale.html

Leaders of Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Council of Europe confirm participation in global peace summit: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/09/leaders-of-germany.html

UK to expel Russian defense attache for being 'undeclared military intelligence officer': https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/uk-to-expel.html

Chasiv Yar: 2 kilometers from Russian positions: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/07/chasiv-yar-kilometers.html

Ukraine is facing a cement crisis: Could a deal between two cement giants worsen the situation?: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/08/ukraine-is-facing.html

Nuclear blackmail: russia raises the stakes – Ukraine must intensify efforts Another meeting in the Geopolitical dialogues format was devoted to the topic, which, according to Valeriy Chaly, Chairman Source : https://uacrisis.org/en/yadernyj-shant

Russian forces launch 15 drones and aerial bomb in latest aerial assault on Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/09/russian-forces-launch.html