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Soumith Chintala, who co-created the PyTorch ML framework at Meta and left the company this month, has joined Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab (Pranav Dixit/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-soumith-chinta…

A top Meta AI researcher has joined Mira Murati's hot new startup, Thinking Machines Lab
Thinking Machines Lab, led by Mira Murati, hires Meta AI veteran Soumith Chintala as it rapidly expands its team and prepares for major funding.

Missing Link: Taxi vs Uber – Lösen Mindesttarife für Mietwagen den Streit?
Die Taxibranche fordert Mindestentgelte für Mietwagenfahrten, um unfairen Wettbewerb einzudämmen. Heidelberg und Essen reagieren, doch die Debatte geht weiter.

from my link log —
The missing datacenter OS.
http://addxorrol.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-missing-os.html
saved 2020-09-16 https://

The Gustav Klimt portrait of Elisabeth Lederer,
which was looted by the Nazis and nearly destroyed in a fire during the second world war,
sells for $236.4m,
making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction

The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China (Karl Bode/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok

TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticis…

Apart from being cruel this is probably a criminal act - not much different then sitting on a sidewalk and shooting passer-by with a BB-gun.
My city (Santa Cruz) installed these machines to drive homeless people away from some tunnels where assaults had been happening. I went there - but the version used there was tuned to be detectable only by ears younger than my own, but I did get the queasy sensation.
In any case, I would consider these to be a form of criminal (and also civ…

Early winners in 2026 NFL free agency: Eight players making bank with contract-year performances https://www.nfl.com/news/early-winners-in-2026-nfl-free-agency-eight-players-making-bank-with-contract-year-performances<…

MHRV (Mechanical Heat-Recovery Ventilation) and HR25H Review - Is MHRV right for you? Learn from our years with the Vent-Axia humidistat HR25. #frugal #cutCarbon -

MHRV (Mechanical Heat-Recovery Ventilation) and HR25H Review
Is MHRV right for you? Learn from our years with the Vent-Axia humidistat HR25. #frugal #cutCarbon

The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China (Karl Bode/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok

TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticis…

Meta stellt den Facebook Messenger für Windows und Mac ein
Die eigenständige App des Facebook Messengers für Windows und Mac wird noch in diesem Jahr eingestellt. Das hat Meta bestätigt.
https://www.