Sony reports Q4 revenue of $19.4B, above ~$18.4B est., operating profit of ~$1.06B, below ~$1.7B est., and forecasts FY 2027 net profit to rise 13% to ~$7.4B (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/sony-q4-earnings-ps5-gaming-sales-memory-…
Warmest 3 months of April on record, globally:
1. April 2024
2. April 2025
3. April 2026, 1.43°C above the estimated pre-industrial level (together with 2016 and 2020)
https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-temperature-april-2026
pam bondi screaming that oil is above $100 right now, and that's now we should be talking about - not epstein!
Just curious - do Yanks say 'aye' when not being pirates?
As a Derby person, if someone asks me something informally, I'll often respond with, "Oh aye!" Or, if they're bullshitting, "Oh aye?"
I'm guessing seppos would say "Oh yeah!" or "Oh YEAH?" but let's have a poll. Yaaay!
If you are a USAmerican, do you say 'aye' in the manner described above?
Last night I had to do some above-the-OS work on a machine that's in the homelab "rack" (read: shelves).
I plugged in my @… and it was actually really helpful. Last time I tried this, it was right after the kickstarter (and shipping), and it was definitely not-quite-ready then. But with the updates in the meantime, it was actually really nice fo…
The thing I love about this pic, even above other old pictures of people communally watching events?
You know that almost every single person in this picture has a smartphone.
Watching this way is a *choice*, and it’s so cool to me.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7z4uf
This is not the first, and certainly not the last, collaboration of this kind: a Dutch solar park developer and a developer of charging hubs for heavy-duty vehicles are set to join forces: synergy through improved remuneration and, above all, they will avoid many grid-related (cost) issues
https://www.
Saturday, riding home with a loaded trailer, had a brief mutual admiration society with the guy on the one-wheel carrying a not-small shrubbery in one arm, the rest angled over his shoulder, behind and above him.
Me "NICE!"
Him [makes shaka sign]
He was hauling more stuff on one wheel, than most people do on four.
Prof Sir John Curtice, on the English council election results based on key wards:
"A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance."
"It should be remembered that Labour may often lose seats to Reform because it is losing votes to the Greens, while the Conservatives are losing votes to Reform. The net effect can be that Labour end up losing a seat to Reform."
I love how slowly the coins appear above the buildings, giving a moment of calm and contemplation after the battle
#BadNorth #IndieGame
Trader Joe’s had flank steak and I thought I’d make fajitas and good grief I forgot how many pots and pans and plates you need.
Same Place 🗿
同一個地方 🗿
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Why does Canada’s $20 bill look like it has a scene from a horror flick on it?
Nintendo reports Q4 revenue of ~$2.60B, below ~$2.75B est., net profit of ~$416M, above ~$403.68M est., and forecasts a decline in FY 2027 Switch 2 unit sales (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/nintendo-switch-2-price-hike-sales-fa…
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After hitting $115 this night, the oil price is now at $103 per barrel, up from around $65 before the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
Big impact on the world economy, and hopefully on the energy transition too.
It's an incredible thing to have something in my head and then in my hands, or seeing myself wear it in a mirror. It was even more surreal to imagine a space and then be standing in that thing from my imagination.
It still feels a bit hard to believe seeing photos from #Neotropolis last week - this place that people have these cool photos from is the place that previously existed onl…
lmao!
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AltText: A NYTimes-style headline in the usual NY Times font. The headline reads : "You Were In For a Dipshit Take As Soon As You Saw This Font." Above i…
Block reports Q1 revenue up 5% YoY to $6.1B, vs. $5.9B est., and raises its 2026 gross profit forecast above estimates; XYZ jumps 7% after hours (Isabelle Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/dorse…
So far #kitsunekamen has the rule that we only talk with the mask up until we've got a voice ready which is 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 different
#photo #photography
This is insane. I read few days ago how Dawa Sherpa was left behind on Everest. He was considered dead and nobody was sent to rescue him because the mountain had been closed already (late in season).
He found his way back alone after 6 days
#everest
Happy Confederate Surrender Day
a reminder that the bastards can be beaten (which we did)
But also that you have to make sure to crush their bullshit completely, (which we didn’t and are still paying for that).
At first, sexual harassment lawyer Megan Thomas just wanted to put up a modest ad above a garbage can in the back of a New York airport terminal to advertise her law firm's services.
It read:
“When HR called it harmless flirting … we called it exhibit A."
But when the airport authority rejected the ad copy and asked her to tone it down, she filed a lawsuit claiming her free speech rights under the U.S. constitution had been violated
A judge agreed,
and …
Anyone good in statistics who can quickly answer a question? Assume I have an n-digit random binary number (for IT people: a bitstring). I calculate the number of 1s vs. 0s ("Hamming weight"). Expected to be usually ~0.5/50%. How does one calculate the probability for a given length n that it's above or below a certain value, i.e. <=40% or >=60%? And how many inputs would one on average need to get at least one such outlier?
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I inherited my copy of Plato's Republic from my father, and I have always assumed he got it while he was at university. He probably did. But I assumed he bought it new, and he didn't. He's written his name on the flyleaf, but above it someone else has written 'A H Pearce, Jan 88' (very nice handwriting). The title page dates it to 1881.
So this wee book is probably one hundred and forty five years old. It's in remarkable condition.
(Yes, I implicitly ranked Phantom Menace above Rise of Skywalker. My reasoning is simple: they’re both quite bad, but if you watch Episode I dubbed in a language you don’t speak, it’s a visual treat. I can’t even say that for RoS.)
We've seen a lot of rocks above and below the earth. A lot of beautiful forests and some castles.
And we've been soooo lucky regarding the weather so far! 🍀
Btw: the "here we go" app seems to be a good replacement for Google maps w.r.t routing to places.
The slope of Buena Vista Park above Haight Street has some beautiful shrubs and forbs, including natives, but there was also a lot of invasive Oxalis in this spot. Now there’s not 😎
Steps Into The Unknown (2025)
(Actually a lie, since this was taken on the way back, just before sunset, but it was "into the unknown" a six hours earlier... These steps of the only partially secured path are leading up to around 100 meters above/along the increasingly more steep and narrow canyon. The rocks/slopes on the left go up almost another 2000m [out of view, of course]...)
#FootpathFriday
DoorDash reports Q1 revenue up 33% YoY to $4.04B, vs. $4.14B est., and forecasts Q2 marketplace gross order value above estimates; DASH jumps 11% after hours (Koyena Das/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-tra
A blessed Cinco de Mayo to all who celebrate!
#CincoDeMayo
How it started / how it's going
(Climbed Ben Ledi, a Scottish mountain that is not a Monro, fortunately the top was above the fog and clouds!)
#Scotland #BenLedi #Hiking
Some of my favourites from the Whistler exhibition at Tate Britain. It's pretty cool to see all these in person. Whistler's mother is there too, but you know what that one looks like, right? #art #painting #exhibitions…
From a recent vacation, a battery-powered trolley recharging at stations. It does not spend much time doing this, and yes, these things exist.
#kitsunekamen with the mask up would tell you CDMX TACOS is the closest thing he's seen to a Los Angeles street taco outside Los Angeles
#photo #photography
What the company had to say - #Starlink satellite incident: "On Sunday, March 29, Starlink satellite 34343 experienced an anomaly on-orbit, resulting in loss of communications with the satellite at ~560 km above Earth.
Latest analysis shows the event poses no new risk to the @Space_Station, its crew, or to the upcoming launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission. We will continue to monitor the satellite along with any trackable debris and coordinate with @NASA and the @USSpaceForce.
The event also posed no new risk to this morning’s Transporter-16 mission, which was designed to avoid Starlink with payload deploys well above or well below the constellation. The SpaceX and Starlink teams are actively working to determine root cause and will rapidly implement any necessary corrective actions."
Greetings from #Cologne #Köln
Today we welcomed Dr. Ramanuj Banerjee, Counselor for Science and Technology at the Indian Embassy in Germany, and representatives from Göttingen International at the University of Göttingen to MPS. It was a wonderful opportunity to present our research and discuss collaborations between scientists from India, Göttingen, and within the Max Planck Society. Thank you very much for visiting!!!
In the photo, from left to right: Netra Bhandari (Director of the India Office, University of Gö…
Urban Illusions and Fallacies - A Day In The Park VII ⛲️
城市的幻影和谬误 - 公园的一天 VII ⛲️
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I keep seeing #HamRadio antennas using all sort of huge devices to create links between band segments. Alligator clips. Wago blocks. Mueller clips. Mostly with the antenna wire tied to something stiff that makes it hard to roll up neatly, rather than using flexible cord. I keep looking for and not finding examples of my approach to linking.
My solution is so simple, neat, and tidy…
Anyone good in statistics who can quickly answer a question? Assume I have an n-digit random binary number (for IT people: a bitstring). I calculate the number of 1s vs. 0s ("Hamming weight"). Expected to be usually ~0.5/50%. How does one calculate the probability for a given length n that it's above or below a certain value, i.e. <=40% or >=60%? And how many inputs would one on average need to get at least one such outlier?
@… so you increase the count of the comment right above it warning you for this? 😜
Another beautiful cloudless day
(TF2 heavy nom noise)
I was explaining to GF last night about all the science that #NASA does above & beyond just shooting stuff into space. Things like "how do you get x ppl to live in a confined space for years without going insane or killing each other". One of the things that experiments like #BioSphere (despite not bein…
Our republic rests on a clear premise:
No branch of government possesses absolute authority,
and no individual is above the law.
In a single stroke, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has dismantled this foundational understanding.
By executing a sweeping settlement with Donald Trump, Blanche committed an unprecedented dual assault on the Constitution,
usurping Congress' power of the purse while shattering the structural boundaries of executive appointmen…
New 8TB HDD arrived. Mini PC has been tasked with dd'ing the old drive to the new one. Old drive is SMR IIRC but since I'm just reading from it, transfer speeds are up above 150 MB/s so this should only take...until tomorrow morning. Fair enough.
Lot's of rocks again... Below and above the surface - and learnt about the middle ages in Europe. Now.. Reading 📚
Vacation could be worse 😉
AMD reports Q1 revenue up 38% YoY to $10.25B, Data Center revenue up 57% to $5.8B, and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates, as AI chip demand stays strong (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/amd-forec
Perfection Because It Doesn’t Exist 🌅
完美因为完美不存在 🌅
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Pastel Fog Rise
(Watching the sunrise and a dramatic fog rise on an early summer morning near Zugspitze, 2024. The summit is partially visible through the clouds...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography
City Vibes 🎀
城市律动 🎀
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We are at war.
Gas prices are climbing above $5 per gallon across much of the country.
The political apparatus of the country is rife with division, infighting, and bureaucratic chaos that threatens to further upset 250 years of historical precedent.
But look at Marco Rubio over there, getting his groove on.
DJ at a wedding! What a lovely time.
The secretary of state was pictured this weekend behind the turntables at a family wedding queuing up Calvin Harris’ …
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Samsung reports preliminary Q1 operating profit of ~$38B, up more than 8x YoY and above ~$27B est., a record, and revenue up 68% YoY to ~$88B (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sus
March was the first month above 430 ppm atmospheric CO₂ of this year, and only the second in about 15 million years!
The first one was May 2025; many more to follow, unfortunately.
Based on daily values at Mauna Loa, the average was ~430.2 ppm, that's 2.0 ppm higher than last year.
Instacart reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.02B, above $1.01B est., GTV up 13% YoY to $10.3B, and orders up 10% YoY to 91.2M, as users focus on affordability (Nicholas G. Miller/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.
Close shot of runner with Kennedy Hall in background
#photo #photography #running #flrc
What does the money machine eat?
It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and,
above all, it eats creativity.
It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.
-- William S. Burroughs
https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1352864
Mistakes and None Thereof IV ❌
错误和当中没有错误 IV ❌
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Super Micro reports Q3 revenue up 123% YoY to $10.24B, vs. $12.33B est., forecasts Q4 revenue and adjusted profit above estimates; SMCI jumps 17% after hours (Juby Babu/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/super-micro-misses-quarterly-revenue…
GlobalFoundries reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.63B, in line with est., and forecasts Q2 revenue and adjusted earnings above estimates; GFS closes up 9.28% (Patrick Seitz/Investor's Business Daily)
https://www.investors.com/news/technology/gfs-sto…
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人类踪迹 🚶
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'Fair Share' outpaces other revenues
The Fair Share surtax is a 4% tax on annual income above $1 million in Massachusetts,
which was approved by voters in 2022
The funds are dedicated to public education and transportation.
As of 2026, it has generated over $2.3 billion for these purposes.
The new forecast from the Executive Office of Administration and Finance anticipates that the Commonwealth will collect a total of $44.9 billion in revenue this year,…
Grab reports Q1 revenue up 24% YoY to $955M, above est., and a $154M adjusted EBITDA, vs. $146.3M est., helped by resilient demand for ride hailing and delivery (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
Apple forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates and reports Q2 results above projections in China but below expectations in the Americas and Europe regions (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-30/ap…
Shopify reports Q1 revenue up 34% YoY to $3.2B, above est., GMV up 34% YoY to $100B, and forecasts weaker Q2 revenue growth; SHOP falls 11% pre-market (Ignacio Gonzalez/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
STMicro reports Q1 revenue of $3.10B, above $3.04B est., $171M operating income, above $165.8 est., and forecasts $3.45B revenue for Q2, above $3.21B est. (Nathan Vifflin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/stmicroelectronics-repor…
Pinterest reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $1B, vs. $966M est., MAUs up 11% YoY to 631M, and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates; PINS jumps 17% after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/pinterest-pins-q1-earnings-report-2026.html…
Twilio reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to $1.41B, vs. $1.34B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates; TWLO jumps 17% after hours (Reinhardt Krause/Investor's Business Daily)
https://www.investors.com/news/technology/twilio-stock-twlo-twilio-earni…
Western Digital reports Q3 revenue up 45% YoY to $3.34B, vs. $3.25B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates; WDC drops 7% after hours (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/western-digital-f…
Liftoff Mobile raised $437M in its US IPO, selling 19M shares for $23 each, above its marketed range of $20 to $22, valuing the company at $3.83B (Natalia Kniazhevich/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-…
Quantinuum raised $1.68B in an upsized US IPO, selling 28M shares for $60 each, above its marketed range of $53 to $55, valuing the company at $15.6B (Carmen Reinicke/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-…
CoinGecko: Hyperliquid-linked HYPE token is up ~180% YTD, lifting its market value above $16B and pushing it into the top 10 digital assets by market cap (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-03/a-180-cry…
Broadcom reports Q2 revenue up 48% YoY to $22.19B, vs. $22.27B est., and forecasts Q3 semiconductor revenue from AI below estimates; AVGO drops 12% after hours (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/broadcom-forecasts-quarterly-rev…
Palo Alto Networks reports Q3 revenue up 31% YoY to $3B, including $388M from CyberArk and Chronosphere, vs. $2.94B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above est. (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/02/palo-alto-networks-panw-q3-earnings-2026.html
Source: Cerebras priced its IPO at $185 per share, above the expected range of $150 to $160, raising at least $5.55B and valuing it at $56.4B fully diluted (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/13/cerebras-prices-ipo-above…
HPE reports Q2 revenue up 40% YoY to $10.7B, vs. $9.74B est., Server revenue up 33%, forecasts revenue for FY26 and FY27 above est.; HPE jumps 30% after hours (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0…
Meituan reports Q1 revenue up 5.6% YoY to ~$13.5B, above ~$13.4B est., and a ~$1B net loss, its third straight quarter of losses amid a food delivery price war (Tracy Qu/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/e…
Sandisk reports Q3 revenue up 251% YoY to $5.95B, vs. $4.72B est., consumer revenue below est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above est.; SNDK drops 5% after hours (Britney Nguyen/MarketWatch)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sandisks
Apple reports Q2 revenue up 17% YoY to $111.18B, vs. $109.66B est., net income up 19% to $29.6B, and EPS up 22% to $2.01, above $1.95 est. (Apple)
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260430987304/en/
Reddit reports Q1 revenue up 69% YoY to $663M, vs. $611M est., DAUq up 17% to 126.8M, vs. 125.9M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/30/reddit-rddt-q1-2026-earnings-report.html
Lenovo reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $21.6B, above $18.7B est., net profit up 479% to $521M, above $271M est., as the PC maker pushes into AI server markets (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/lenovo-q4-revenue-tops…