Tootfinder

'Rescuers flying blind' after Midwest tornadoes as Noem’s DHS lets $200,000 contract lapse - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/fema-noem/

It feels like the open source world is fracturing. It used to be if we wanted alternatives to commercial software we could look to open source, but so much of open source software today is using AI.
Sure, some maintainers are saying "I only use it to speed things up, I still review all code before it gets added." but for lots of folks that's not good enough, and they draw a hard line at the use of any AI.
Are we looking at "open source" versus "open …

A "laddige" is a ball of crushed rice pops (rice still with bran) rolled with a syrup of jaggery (cane sugar). It is a prominent daily offering to Krishna in #Udupi #India and is given/sold as "prasaada" to devotees.
Not all laddige prasaada is actually from the altar because scale.
#food

Source: OpenAI is developing an alternative to GitHub; the project is nascent, and the decision came after OpenAI engineers experienced an increase in outages (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-developing-alternative-micro…

OpenAI Is Developing an Internal Alternative to Microsoft’s GitHub
OpenAI is developing an alternative to GitHub, Microsoft’s popular code repository that lets software engineers store, share and collaborate on computer code, according to a person with knowledge of the project. The decision to embark on the new product came after OpenAI engineers, like other ...

Alternate history novel idea: a handful of people in a crowd in an outlying Roman province yell slightly louder.
The people's choice is clear.
Jesus goes free. Lacking a martyr to rally around, his disciples fade into obscurity a generation later.
Barabbas is crucified.
What happens next? Does he become the centerpiece of a new religion? Does western Europe become majority Jewish? Do the crusades etc still happen? Lots of interesting concepts to explore.

#ThrowbackThursday to attending and interviewing LTJ Bukem during the Logical Progression tour in Berlin back in '96 — my first proper DnB clubnight, mind-altering experience and one more reason to move London back then (the year after), where I became a regular at Goldie's Metalheadz @ Blue Note in Shoreditch...
Two of my alltime fave tracks from the original Logical Pro…

i implemented Ascon-Hash256 in Amaranth! (as well as laid the groundwork for the rest of Ascon family functions, including Ascon-AEAD128)
it comes at 1268 LUTs for iCE40 in the "compact" configuration, processing an average of 5.3 bit/cycle. a little expensive, but modern and cheaper than many better known alternatives

Fieldguide, which uses AI agents to automate accounting and auditing tasks, raised a $75M Series C led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives at a $700M valuation (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/02/goldman-sachs-fieldguid…

Goldman Sachs leads $75 million funding round for Fieldguide, an AI-native accounting and audit platform
Valued at $700 million, Fieldguide is combating the ‘existential’ talent crisis for the CPA industry.

I took this super closeup of the #asteroid 2024 YR4. 😉
OK OK. JK. 😜
This is a closeup of a "laddige" my wife and I received two days ago at #Udupi #Krishna Matha. The ridges are finger impressions when the "ball" was made. This particular ball had actually been offered to Krishna at the altar earlier that day, and we were #fortunate to receive it. 🙇‍♂️
About laddige: 👇
#food

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Ludwig Senfl, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Vocal Ensemble & Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Instrumental Ensemble:
🎵 Altera iam teritur bellis civilibus aetas
#LudwigSenfl #ScholaCantorumBasiliensisVocalEnsemble