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@nemobis@mamot.fr
2026-01-13 13:44:54

Bloomberg News: «There is still a very real gap in the current value, or stock, of all the investments that the US and China have out in the world. At the end of 2024, the total value of US companies' long-term physical investments overseas was some $6.8 trillion», 5 more than China.
archive.is/WR8NN…

To be sure, American capital isn’t abandoning the world outside entirely and Chinese investment continues to be greeted with suspicion in many countries. There is still a very real gap in the current value, or stock, of all the investments that the US and China have out in the world. At the end of 2024, the total value of US companies’ long-term physical investments overseas was some $6.8 trillion, almost $4 trillion of which was in Europe according to official US data. China’s FDI stock in the…
annual investment in electricity generation rising from just over USD 500 billion over the last five years to more than USD 1 600 billion in 2030, before falling back as the cost of renewable energy technologies continues to decline. Annual nuclear investment rises too: it more than doubles by 2050 compared with current levels. Annual investment in fuel supply however drops from about USD 575 billion on average over the last half‐decade to USD 315 billion in 2030 and USD 110 billion in 2050. Th…
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-01-13 03:00:34

I bought a pair of 25' Intellitron stainless steel whip antennas from GigaParts while they were on sale ("two is one and one is none" and the second one tipped me me into "free shipping" making its marginal cost pretty low). On removing them from the packages, however, loose roll pins fell out, and the bases fell off the antennas. Both of them.
A roll pin is an inappropriate fastener to use to connect two concentric thin-walled tubes, so this is a design failure. And the roll pins are …

A view into the bottom end of a whip antenna, showing yellow metal tabs for better electrical connections between the concentric sleeves, stops preventing collapsing the antenna too far, and a set of holes. An out-of-focus roll pin is in the background.
close-up view of roll pin. Only one end is tapered, and the pin is not straight.
External view of base sleeve that fell off the whip. It has flat sides where the holes for the roll pin go, and is tapered from the base where a 3/8-24 threaded stud is visible towards the open end at the lower left.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2026-03-13 11:54:14

This can't be repeated enough, forget the fairytales about the US being an ally of the EU. And therefore the US is also NOT an ally of the member states that think the EU is important for their prosperity and safety.
euromaidanpress.com/2…

"They don't like the EU": Europe's top diplomat says Washington wants to divide Europe - Euromaidan Press
Kaja Kallas told the Financial Times that the United States "does not like the European Union" and has been "very clear" it wants to divide Europe — a charge she levelled as Washington launched new trade probes against the bloc this week.

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-02-12 02:38:14

Rare Colours Blues II🔷🔷
稀有的色彩蓝 II🔷🔷
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Harman Phoenix 200 II (FF)
#filmphotography #Photography #Art

Harman Phoenix 200 II (FF) English Alt Text: A construction crane hook hangs suspended in the sky, attached to two steel cables that extend upward beyond the frame. The hook is centered against a clear blue background, emphasizing its height and isolation. Below, treetops and the upper part of a building with antennas and windows are visible, grounding the scene in an urban environment. The composition highlights the scale of construction work, contrasting the heavy industrial hook with the op…
Harman Phoenix 200 II (FF) English Alt Text: An interior hallway features orange wall panels and a glossy floor that reflects the light and color. A dark vertical structure casts a shadow across the scene, creating contrast. In the background, a small sign with Chinese characters and the word “EXIT” is mounted on the wall, partially obscured by the shadow. The geometric design of the panels and interplay of light and shadow give the corridor a modern, architectural feel. Chinese Alt Text: 室内走…
Harman Phoenix 200 II (FF) English Alt Text: Two mannequins stand in a storefront display. One wears a long gray sleeveless coat layered over a cream turtleneck sweater, accessorized with sunglasses. The other mannequin is dressed in a bright orange jacket and matching skirt, holding an orange handbag. Behind them is a brick wall with white-framed windows and a lantern-style light fixture. To the left, a vivid orange British-style telephone booth with the words “LONDON CALLING” and a spider gr…
Harman Phoenix 200 II (FF) English Alt Text: A woven basket planter hangs from the ceiling, filled with lush green foliage that cascades downward. Behind the plant, a green illuminated emergency exit sign with white Chinese characters is partially visible, slightly obscured by the leaves. The combination of natural greenery and functional signage creates a striking contrast between decoration and utility in the interior space. Chinese Alt Text: 一个编织吊篮悬挂在天花板上，里面种满了茂盛的绿色植物，枝叶向下垂落。植物后方有一个绿色发光的紧急…
@cdarwin@c.im
2026-02-13 04:36:13

From where I was sitting Wednesday, it looked like
the attorney general pretty much dared the House Democrats to impeach her.
Here’s how the New York Daily News put it, summarizing the AP’s coverage of her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee:
"Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a passionate defense of President Donald Trump Wednesday
as she tried to turn the page from relentless criticism of the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epste…

Pam Bondi is daring the Democrats to impeach her
The reasons for her contempt are secondary to the contempt itself.

@pbloem@sigmoid.social
2026-02-13 13:36:00

New preprint!
Predicting integers from continuous parameters
arxiv.org/abs/2602.10751
We study the problem of integer distributions that have continuous parameters. This is important for distributions that are tuned by backpropagation, like those that sit at the top of neural networ…

A colorful line plot. The horizontal axis is labeled mu, and the vertical axis log of gamma raised to the f plus gamma raised to the c. It shows that this quantity (the penalty term) goes to zero at the integers and get high the further mu is from integer values.
A diagram explaining how the expected value of the Dalap distribution can be computed from its paramters gamma and mu.
Test set results on various tabular datasets, showing that Dalap gets good performance in bits.
Image generation results for Dalap, Dlogistic and Bitwise using an autoregressive pixel model. Dalap is shown to be competitive with the baseline (Dlogistic), while Bitwise performs poorly.
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.social
2026-03-13 17:50:32

When you are a Swift godot user, every day is xmas!
forums.swift.org/t/pitch-emscr

[Pitch] Emscripten Target Support for Swift
Swift already runs in the browser today. Using the WASI target with JavaScriptKit and browser-side WASI polyfills, the community has built projects ranging from ElementaryUI (a SwiftUI-inspired web framework) to real-time graphics with WebGPU. The WebAssembly vision document noted that "browser-specific use cases remain to be addressed in a separate document." This pitch proposes adding the Emscripten target (wasm32-unknown-emscripten) to the Swift toolchain, complementing the existing WASI ta…

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-03-12 17:08:13

Remember folks, if you’re against Israeli soldiers sodomising Palestinian prisoners using knives, you’re antisemitic.
Hey, asshole… yeah, you… got an “antizionism” meme for this one? Just leave it in the replies, you sick prick.
apnews.com/article/israel-…

Israeli military drops charges against soldiers charged with abusing Palestinian prisoner
The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an encounter partially caught on camera. The army announced the decision at a time when time when much of the country’s attention is focused on the war with Iran. The leaked video of the abuse was aired last year by Israel’s Channel 12 and purported to show an incident in which the soldiers sodomized the Palestinian detainee from Gaza. Israel’s move to arre…

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-01-12 21:42:01

from my link log —
The road to the Erlang JIT.
blog.erlang.org/the-road-to-th
saved 2020-12-01 dotat.at/:/BQA2J…

The Road to the JIT - Erlang/OTP
The official home of the Erlang Programming Language

@cyrevolt@mastodon.social
2026-03-12 13:28:06

A change in #UEFI leadership:
linkedin.com/posts/dongweimba_

I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Mark Doran for his exceptional service as President of the UEFI Forum since 2005. For more than two decades, Mark has provided steady leadership, deep… | Dong Wei, MBA | 21 comments
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Mark Doran for his exceptional service as President of the UEFI Forum since 2005. For more than two decades, Mark has provided steady leadership, deep technical insight, and unwavering dedication to the Forum’s mission. His contributions have left an enduring mark on the firmware industry and the UEFI community. I have had the privilege of serving as Vice President of the UEFI Forum, working closely with Mark, the Board of Directors, and our mem…