2026-01-09 21:24:42
Looks like my Markdown piece has been submitted to Hacker News; if you frequent the orange site, I guess please upvote? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46556695
Looks like my Markdown piece has been submitted to Hacker News; if you frequent the orange site, I guess please upvote? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46556695
'I'd take Putin,' UK Defense Sec says when asked which world leader he'd most like to kidnap: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/09/id-take-putin-uk-defense.html
dachte bei der überschrift erst es ginge um mastodon
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/buntes-kurioses/id_100989374/swipen-war-gestern-troeten-ist-heute.html
Touch ID in separater Box: Bastler schlachten Apple-Tastatur aus
Wer ein mechanisches Keyboard nutzen möchte, muss auf Apples Touch ID am Mac verzichten. Doch der Sensor lässt sich auch entnehmen.
https://ww…
This is really funny futuristic HN frontpage post reach HN frontpage and delivers gold satire 😅 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205632
In its home market Germany 🇩🇪 , the Volkswagen ID.3 is now cheaper to buy than the Golf (€29,330 vs €29,365).
Lower operating costs and more features. Is the nostalgia of a generation holding back the breakthrough?
https://www.electrive.net/2026/01/07/vw-bi
Universal scale-free representations in human visual cortex https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013714 "revealing a universal high-dimensional spectrum of visual information that emerges despite individual differenc…
Looks like my Markdown piece has been submitted to Hacker News; if you frequent the orange site, I guess please upvote? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46556695
Panthers LT Ekwonu exits game with knee injury https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47573869/panthers-left-tackle-ickey-ekwonu-ruled-knee-injury
jerry garcia's tiger guitar expected to go for $1-$2 million. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47541709/jim-irsay-memorabilia-collection-auction-photos
Haven't seen this on Mastodon yet - the #royalsociety #musk saga continues: …
Trump Prosecutor Jack Smith to Launch Firm With Ex-DOJ Lawyers | On Tuesday, the Department of Education announced that it had reached a settlement with the state of Missouri to end the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) program, which allowed more than 7 million mostly low-income Americans to reduce their federal student loan payments.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-jack-smith-special-counsel/2025/12/09/id/1237718/
Zum Thema wiederaufgetauchtes Raubgut: HHStA-Direktor Thomas Just hat drüben auf Bluesky dankenswerterweise auf diesen Akt zu den Steinen des Anstosses verlinkt: "Temporäre Entnahme des Allerhöchsten Privatschmuckes aus der Schatzkammer" 1.11.1918: https://www.archivinformationssystem.at/de
En natuurlijk gaat dit Commissie debat niet meer alleen over Venezuela maar ook over Groenland.
https://www.tweedekamer.nl/debat_en_vergadering/commissievergaderingen/details?id=2026A00010
Deutsche Autobauer dominieren den heimischen Elektroautomarkt! 🚗⚡
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11135418
one of the admins of a discord server i'm in added a "scatman john" bot that posts a random scatman john lyric every day and i would like to also have this on fedi
side note: i managed to figure out how to get a link to invite the bot myself so if you wanna do that here you go https://disc…
When "self-driving" cars were first getting some hype back in ~2015 or so, I told people who asked me that I didn't think they'd be safe, and that I wished the same money were being invested in driver-assistance systems instead.
At the time, advocates were claiming that self-driving cars would be safer than human drivers.
We now have both self-driving cars and some nifty new driver assistance things, and it turns out that the self-driving cars are in fact being developed by corporations whose attention to the bottom line results in danger to others on the road pretty regularly. I don't actually have stats here for whether they're "safer than human drivers" or not, but the opportunity for one bad software update to make *all* self-driving cars dangerous at once kinda makes me doubt that.
Here's an example of Waymo cars getting "more aggressive" as they try to balance between being too timid and obstructing traffic (including emergency vehicles) and being too dangerous:
https://archive.ph/JJuGv
Here's another example of passing stopped schoolbusses leading to a software recall:
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/waymo-issue-voluntary-software-recall-after-close-calls/story?id=128207776
In the first article, Waymo claims 91% fewer serious accidents per mile. Obviously an independent audit would be actually trustworthy, but even if we take that claim at face value, it's meaningless if an update tomorrow causes 100,000 accidents.
Note that they could be using better engineering practices, and the fact that they aren't shows that they don't care enough about the risks. They could be deploying new software versions incrementally and slowly, letting new versions rack up lots of miles only on a few vehicles before pushing them to a fleet. The should also have the equivalent of a simulation unit test for "schoolbus is stopped, what do?" and if a software version fails that test, it doesn't make it to the fleet. Clearly they don't have that.
I feel pretty vindicated in my earlier prediction that this tech is a bad idea in the hands of the current advocates.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Etta James:
🎵 I'd Rather Go Blind
#EttaJames
https://a1-bhmg.bandcamp.com/album/etta-james-id-rather-go-blind-flip
https://open.spotify.com/track/1kPBT8S2wJFNAyBMnGVZgL
New review on H-Migration:
Jordi Tejel, Ramazan Hakkı Öztan, eds. Regimes of Mobility: Borders and State Formation in the Middle East, 1918-1946
https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=59428
»Passwortmanager — Test offenbart Sicherheitslücken bei Nutzerdaten:
Passwortmanager im Test - Nur drei von zehn Produkten verschlüsseln alle Daten komplett. Bei einigen können Hersteller auf Passwörter zugreifen«
Ein Argument mehr um dem Open-Source Passwort-Manager @… & Co zu vertrauen. Immer noch wird dis verhältnismässig von wenigen priv. &am…
Optimistic Panthers show fight, focus on future https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47576647/panthers-proved-were-ready-real-playoff-football
Harbaugh to limit interviews to just a few teams https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47573091/john-harbaugh-limit-coaching-interviews-teams
Bills rule out WR Palmer; Coleman likely active https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47571567/bills-rule-wr-joshua-palmer-wild-card-game-vs-jags
Ex-QB Ryan named Falcons' president of football https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47569910/falcons-great-matt-ryan-named-team-president-football
Stafford, Garrett, Nacua top NFL All-Pro Team https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47569391/stafford-garrett-nacua-smith-njigba-headline-nfl-all-proteam
Chargers RB Hampton plans to return vs. Patriots https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47562782/chargers-rb-omarion-hampton-ankle-play-vs-patriots
Commanders promote Blough to OC, source says https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47564396/washington-commanders-promote-david-blough-offensive-coordinator
49ers' Williams, Pearsall among six questionable https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47563711/ot-williams-wr-pearsall-6-listed-questionable-49ers
Ravens' Monken: 'Didn't coach Lamar well enough' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47555255/oc-todd-monken-faults-self-lamar-jackson-ravens-decline
Stafford shows 'MVP stuff' in Rams' clinching drive https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47576521/matthew-stafford-shows-mvp-stuff-rams-go-ahead-drive
Rams stave off Panthers in wild-card thriller to advance https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47572175/nfl-carolina-panthers-los-angeles-rams-bryce-young-matthew-stafford
Cards' Trey Benson out for rest of season (knee) https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47267517/cardinals-trey-benson-season-knee-injury
Ex-CB Jammer: Played NFL games while drunk https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47258393/ex-chargers-cb-quentin-jammer-says-played-drunk
Jaguars' all teal, Panthers' all black lead NFL wild-card weekend uniforms https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47541798/nfl-2025-wild-card-uniforms
U.S. House passes bill to combat stadium drones https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47266975/us-house-passes-bill-help-stadiums-combat-drones
NFL wild-card round's best arrivals, featuring Bryce Young, Puka Nacua https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47554790/nfl-wild-card-weekend-fashionable-arrivals
Kelce: Stumped trying to find fix for performance https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47267191/chiefs-travis-kelce-just-find-answers-season
Bucs activate receivers Evans, McMillan from IR https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47269056/bucs-activate-receivers-mike-evans-jalen-mcmillan-ir
Ex-NFL commissioner Tagliabue dies at age 84 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46905612/former-nfl-commissioner-paul-tagliabue-dies-age-84
Tomiln: Metcalf shouldn't miss Dolphins game https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47257833/steelers-wr-metcalf-miss-dolphins-game-tomlin-says
Herbert: Hand sore but X-rays were 'mostly clean' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47271404/chargers-herbert-x-rays-eagles-win-mostly-clean
Jeanty: Optimism not quite as high as Carroll's https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47270236/ashton-jeanty-hopeful-spark-reeling-raiders-comes-soon
Browns' Sanders focused on Bears, nothing else https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47267573/browns-qb-shedeur-sanders-focused-bears-not-final-four-games
Sirianni on possibly benching Hurts: 'Ridiculous' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47266056/eagles-sirianni-hurts-absolutely-start-qb-vs-raiders
Follow live: Colts, Falcons trading scores in Berlin https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46892190/best-plays-moments-touchdowns
Sources: Jets stick with Fields at QB vs. Browns https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46904494/sources-jets-start-justin-fields-qb-vs-browns
Follow live: Rams strike first in Carolina on Stafford-to-Nacua TD pass https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47569608/nfl-wild-card-highlights-best-plays-moments-touchdowns
Rivers an option to start; Colts in wait-see mode https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47267938/philip-rivers-anticipated-colts-call-daniel-jones-injury
Sources: QB Rivers unretiring to sign with Colts https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47257581/sources-qb-philip-rivers-unretiring-sign-colts
Jets honor late Mangold with tribute before game https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46906394/jets-honor-late-nate-mangold-field-tribute-game
Texans safety Stewart carted off with leg in cast https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46907259/texans-mj-stewart-carted-leg-cast-vs-jaguars
Police arrest suspect in shooting of Jets' Boyd https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47257417/police-arrest-20-year-old-suspect-shooting-jets-boyd
Sirianni plans to stay involved with Eagles offense https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47259374/nick-sirianni-plans-stay-involved-eagles-offense
NFL memo outlines priorities for new referee CBA https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47270473/with-referees-union-cba-set-expire-end-nfl-outlines-priorities-memo-teams
Broncos QB Bo Nix, wife Izzy Nix announce pregnancy https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46555700/bo-nix-denver-broncos-izzy-nix-first-child-pregnancy-announcement
How Mike Vrabel turned fumble-prone Rhamondre Stevenson into a playoff-ready RB https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47563741/new-england-patriots-rhamondre-stevenson-postseason
Bolts laud injured Herbert's gritty effort in OT win https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47253923/justin-herbert-shows-grit-chargers-ot-win-vs-eagles-one-week-hand-surgery
Chargers pull ahead in OT to defeat Eagles in tight MNF win https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47248778/los-angeles-chargers-defeat-philadelphia-eagles-week-14
Inside Washington's quiet collapse in 2025 and the decisions defining its offseason https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47552291/washington-commanders-2026-offseason-changes-firings-kliff-kingsbury
The remote path for Dak Prescott, Cowboys to make playoffs https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47246805/nfl-dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott-brian-schottenheimer-playoffs
How Liam Coen got the Jaguars to the playoffs: 'It makes us want to fight for him' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47518705/nfl-playoffs-jacksonville-jaguars-coach-liam-coen-coach-year-buffalo-bills
Giants' Robinson, Eluemunor and Flott set for big pay days https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47246420/new-york-giants-wandale-robinson-jermaine-eluemunor-set-big-pay-days
NFL Week 10's fashionable arrivals, featuring Raiders DE Maxx Crosby https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46874989/nfl-week-10-fashionable-arrivals-2025
What Bryce Young's late-game magic means for Panthers' postseason: 'Nothing really fazes him' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47560739/nfl-carolina-panthers-bryce-young-playoffs-rams
Berlin debut: Scenes from Falcons-Colts on NFL's stage in Germany https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46878112/nfl-berlin-germany-falcons-colts-scenes-week-10-2025
NFL playoff clinching scenarios: Which teams can secure a berth in Week 15? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47268898/nfl-playoff-picture-2025-clinching-scenarios-division-races
Overreactions, big questions off NFL wild-card games: Did the Panthers expose issues for the Rams? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47571772/nfl-playoffs-wildcard-round-nfc-afc-big-questions-overreactions-2026
Offseason guide for eliminated NFL teams: Key free agents, draft outlook, priorities and predictions https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47454831/2026-nfl-offseason-guide-every-team-priorities-free-agents-draft-predictions
'There's an energy and a competitive spirit to Stef': Why Diggs has boosted Patriots https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46886093/new-england-patriots-stefon-diggs-leadership
Solak: How to fix the Chiefs' offense and why the Jaguars should be taken seriously https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47246444/nfl-week-14-lessons-fixing-chiefs-jaguars-class-afc-south-trends-watch
A dramatic end to the Ravens '25 season: A tenured coach fired, a difficult quarterback, and playoff dreams dashed https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46348460/balitmore-ravens-end-2025-nfl-season-john-harbaugh-fired-lamar-jac…
Rico Dowdle, Aaron Jones both stop short of Hingle McCringleberry celebration https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46906738/rico-dowdle-pump-carolina-panthers-aaron-jones-minnesota-vikings-hingle-mccringle…
60K club: What does Philip Rivers coming out of retirement mean for the all-time passing list? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40919095/60k-club-passing-yards-quarterback-nfl-history
What we learned in Week 10: Despite wins, can Colts and Broncos find more consistency? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46871735/nfl-week-10-2025-season-questions-takeaways-lessons-stats-recap-every-game
Updated NFL Power Rankings: New 1-32 poll, plus the most shocking statistics of the 2025 season https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47189899/nfl-week-15-power-rankings-poll-32-teams-2025-most-shocking-statistics
Free agents: Lawrence and Packers WRs among top options https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/47268055/nfl-eliminator-challenge-week-15-survivor-pool-strategy-advice-picks-predictions
Buzz: Rams historically large road favorite; Packers-Bears, Bills-Jags evenly bet https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/40159558/betting-buzz-latest-sports-betting-odds-updates-changes-line-moves-industr…
NFL draft order for Round 1: The first 19 slots are set, and the Raiders will pick at No. 1 https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/47444785/2026-nfl-draft-order-first-round-top-32-picks-needs
Irish will push to keep Freeman amid NFL interest https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47258216/notre-dame-ad-push-retain-freeman-amid-nfl-interest
Betting Steelers-Chargers: Picks for Justin Herbert, DK Metcalf and more https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/46859088/nfl-week-10-odds-lines-spread-betting-picks-sunday…
NFL draft risers, questions and notes: Do we finally have a clear QB1 in the class? https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/45531306/2026-nfl-draft-notebook-questions-latest-updates-risers-cfb-prospects…
Consider the facts about these seven players and feel bold setting a playoff lineup https://www.espn.com/fantasy/football/story/_/id/47265711/fantasy-football-start-sit-add-week-15
Fantasy football buzz: What to expect from Taylor, other Colts if Rivers starts https://www.espn.com/fantasy/football/story/_/id/40699880/fantasy-football-injuries-position-battles-nfl-news-analysis
Panthers expect G Hunt to start playoff opener https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47551329/panthers-coach-very-optimistic-return-g-robert-hunt
Commanders corner Lattimore arrested in Ohio https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47551858/commanders-marshon-lattimore-arrested-weapon-charges
Sources: Bucs fire OC Grizzard, QB coach Lewis https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47550211/sources-buccaneers-fire-oc-josh-grizzard-qb-coach-thad-lewis
Colts GM believes in Jones 'near and long' term https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47551551/retained-gm-chris-ballard-backs-daniel-jones-colts-future
Falcons to interview ex-QB Ryan for new prez role https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47551376/falcons-interview-ryan-prez-role-eager-talk-harbaugh
Sources: Dolphins fire McDaniel after 7-10 season https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47550188/sources-dolphins-fire-coach-mike-mcdaniel-7-10-season
Rams G Dotson (ankle) remains out vs. Panthers https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47551768/rams-g-dotson-ruled-te-ferguson-wr-whittington-uncertain
Bears ' Odunze set to return, hopes to be 'asset' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47552131/bears-odunze-expected-back-vs-packers-5-game-absence
Newest layer in the Packers-Bears rivalry? Cheese grater hats https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47546611/foam-cheese-grater-hats-bears-packers
Why Todd Bowles, Buccaneers had to shake up coaching staff https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47550473/tampa-bay-buccaneers-todd-bowles-coaching-staff-shakeup-grizzard
Browns locked in for 'next 120 days': Coach, draft and a QB https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47542421/cleveland-browns-locked-next-120-days-head-coach-nfl-draft-quarterback-free-agency
Sources: Colts to work out retired QB Rivers https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47251067/sources-colts-work-retired-qb-phillip-rivers
Mike McDaniel fired: Why Dolphins made move and could John Harbaugh be next? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47550212/mike-mcdaniel-fired-faq-next-dolphins
Bengals waive embattled WR prospect Burton https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47250476/bengals-cut-ties-embattled-wr-prospect-jermaine-burton