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https://soranews24.com/2025/01/07/the-etiquette-rules-for-visiting-shinto-shrines-in-japan/

The etiquette rules for visiting Shinto shrines in Japan
There’s a whole lot of bowing involved.

AI inference chip startup Etched raised a $300M Series C led by Sequoia, with a16z, SK Hynix, others participating, at a $10.3B valuation, up from $5B in Dec. (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/ai-c…

AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors  | TechCrunch
Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model -- no GPUs required, it says.

FURBNET PROGRESS: database system has been rewritten, it's now *way* faster! MIDI previews are generated and cached on demand, as well! give it a try! https://www.furbnet.com/index.iva

Tutkijat: Euroopan metsät kärvistelevät jatkuvasti kuumenevassa ilmastossa – "Voimme yrittää auttaa metsiä sopeutumaan" https://www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi/metsa/e8bf0708-df69-4b3d-8bc0-e66dd580cdf2

Tutkijat: Euroopan metsät kärvistelevät jatkuvasti kuumenevassa ilmastossa – "Voimme yrittää auttaa metsiä sopeutumaan"
Tutkijoiden mukaan kuluva ajanjakso on kuumin, mitä Maapallolla on koettu 125 000 vuoden aikana. Jopa kolmasosa Ranskan puulajeista saattaa olla katoamisen partaalla vuoteen 2050 mennessä.

"Market effects of open educational resources on U.S. textbook pricing (2003–2024)"
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2026.103271
"[...] This work looks at whether the increase in the development and adoption of Open Educational Material between 2003 and 2024 corres…

'Farbe: Blau (kein Himmel)' #FotoVorschlag
Color blue (no sky)
Wow thanks to #immich search, I found a photo that I didn't know I took.. A lot of years ago.
#FlowersOfMastodon

Schönes Spielzeug via @…

A Bold Idea to Make Elite Colleges Affordable (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/opinion/college-cost-education-tuition-ivy-league.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.-XNv.8cY10Z2iMYXE&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260625/p39#a260625p39

"Hundreds of schools close as UK braces for record-breaking heat wave"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Education

Hundreds of schools close as UK braces for record-breaking heat wave
The UK braced for a record-breaking heat wave Tuesday as hundreds of schools closed early for the next two days and train companies slashed services.

The #AI-driven hardware crises has reached #Apple.
Apple Has Increased Prices Across Mac and iPad Models https://512pixels.net/2026/06/appl…