PicoJool, which is developing AI data center interconnects based on vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, raised a $27.5M Series A led by Socratic Partners (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/24/pa
How to spot a psychopath
"Mitchell built a template of 20 attributes, divided into four clusters, and 25 tactics that would identify a high-functioning persistent predatory personality type. Cluster one includes a need for control; a grandiose sense of self; pathological inner response to challenge; vengefulness; refusal to compromise. Cluster two includes being predatory or exploitative; sadistic and cruel; having a low regard for laws, agreements, social and moral codes; no boundarie…
Playing around with the collection feature - here I made one about #geospatial :
https://datasci.social/collections/117169278977617494
Diese Nacht wieder mal dem #BikeStreak wegen kurz vor Mitternacht für 'ne schnelle Runde mit dem #BromptonElectricGLine #rausgeschafft. Bin am Südrand von
Where has Bears TE Colston Loveland been this season? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50044351/where-chicago-bears-te-colston-loveland-season
Your big data is only a big data set because a whole bunch of people did the insignificant, unworthy of your time, not important enough to publish, effort to build & maintain collections over the years,
which you then scooped up into your dataset for a proper "big picture" study.
-- @andyfarke@bsky.social
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How Streamplace Works: VOD (Closed Beta) https://blog.stream.place/3mnfydkktw225
from my link log —
Watching Golang's new garbage collector move through the heap.
https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/07/19/observing-gos-garbage-collector-old-and-new.html
saved 2026-07-25
A team of researchers led by Democracy Now!’s Juan Gonzšlez
at the University of Illinois Chicago
recently released an in-depth study
on how, through a program called
"Tax Increment Financing" (TIF),
Chicago has spent some $16 billion
in property taxes it collected over the past 40 years
to fund downtown development.
The money was supposed to be used to eliminate urban blight.
”TIF funding has actually exacerbated economic ine…
Nvidia stock closed up 8.74% on Thursday, adding ~$440B to Nvidia's market cap, after its revenue guidance reassured investors that AI demand remains strong (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/27/nvidia-nvda-q2-earnings.html