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@chrysn@chaos.social
2026-10-03 10:24:17

The filter settings of Android allow specifically selecting whether or not test alerts from competent authorities are to be shown.
This is an acknowledgement of the fact that incompetent authorities send their test alerts with threat alert metadata.
The whole thing is confusing because the #Austria|n authorities are relatively competent, given that they use the cellular network's bu…

Screenshot of the Android "Wireless emergency alerts" settings. All switches ("Extreme threat", "Severe threat" etc) are ticked, "Test alert" (detailed as "Test alerts from competent authorities") is not.
Screenshot of Android "Emergency alert history" view.

History goes back to 2024, all with German text indicating test alerts ("PROBEALARM" and similar), classified variously as "Emergency alert", "Threat information" and (2024) as "Extreme threat".
@DieGesellschafterinLang@swiss.social
2026-09-03 16:14:01

Film-TiPP in der #ARD #Mediathek
"Petra Kelly – Act Now!"
Porträt einer engagierten, sensiblen, unbeirrbaren #Frau – ausgezeichnet 2025 mit dem Deutschen Filmpreis (LOLA) als bester

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-09-27 17:42:02

from my link log —
How I use git worktrees.
notes.billmill.org/blog/2024/0
saved 2024-03-06

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-28 17:46:03

Google says it will migrate Gems, which let users create custom versions of Gemini, to "skills", starting Nov. 17; Google introduced skills with Gemini Spark (Abner Li/9to5Google)
9to5google.com/2026/09/27/gemi

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-09-17 16:23:03

Jahrhundertfund: Größter neuer Krater des Sonnensystems auf dem Mond entdeckt
2024 ist ein Asteroid auf dem Mond eingeschlagen und hat einen Krater erzeugt, wie er in dieser Größe dort weniger als einmal pro Jahrhundert entsteht.

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-08-29 17:42:02

from my link log —
ChatGPT is bullshit.
link.springer.com/article/10.1
saved 2024-06-29

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-07-17 14:01:03

Cyberkriminalität: Männer für Angriff auf Londoner Verkehrsbetrieb verurteilt
Bei dem Angriff im Jahr 2024 entstand ein Schaden von mehreren Millionen Euro für die Londoner Verkehrsbetriebe.

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-08-20 11:42:03

from my link log —
Formal methods: just good engineering practice?
brooker.co.za/blog/2024/04/17/
saved 2024-04-18

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 03:06:48

Aided by AI, young people in China launched 7M one-person startups in 2025 to escape a bleak job market, up ~42% from 2024, as they face fierce competition (Wall Street Journal)
wsj…

11,000% Return:
Trump’s $1 Billion Offer Could Yield $110 Billion Windfall for Big Oil
A 2024 analysis explored the possible payout if fossil fuel companies
—who have already shown a willingness to put a price tag on the value of planet Earth
—agree to the presumptive Republican nominee’s election year “quid pro quo” deal.

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-07-14 17:37:03

WIPO-Report: Patentboom bei generativer KI – Deutschland führt in Europa
2024 und 2025 wurden weltweit mehr Patente für Systeme generativer KI angemeldet als im gesamten Jahrzehnt davor. Deutschland überholt Großbritannien deutlich.

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-09-27 11:42:02

from my link log —
Unexplanations: SQL is syntactic sugar for relational algebra. (not!)
scattered-thoughts.net/writing
saved 2024-03-23

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-07-17 14:42:03

from my link log —
Rink: an open source unit-aware calculator.
rinkcalc.app/
saved 2024-04-30 dotat.at/:/6J32N.html

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-07-17 20:42:05

from my link log —
Earth rotation records spur October vote to avert negative leap second.
techtimes.com/articles/320185/

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-07-06 17:42:03

from my link log —
CO2 helps viruses stay alive longer in the air.
statnews.com/2024/06/04/co2-ve
saved 2026-07-06