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"Personal computing must be [...] a social project of all of us building things, trying things, learning from one another."
(Original title: Personal computing)
https://tante.cc/2026/01/08/personal-computing/

Personal computing
When computers entered the homes it was often as toys or toy-like artifacts: These machines, usually called “home computers“, were often used like gaming consoles with magazines giving you code to type in to have simple games on them. Their use was limited to people who wanted to play arcade games without losing all your […]

Bahn: Pünktlichkeit im Fernverkehr weiter unter 60 Prozent
Im Februar erreichten nur 59,4 Prozent der Fernverkehrszüge der Deutschen Bahn ihr Ziel pünktlich. Die DB bleibt damit weiter hinter ihren Zielen.
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Ahmad Batebi, a journalist with VOA's Persian service, says he was fired over a clash about VOA limiting coverage of Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (Laura Kelly/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5772307-voa-persian…

VOA Persian journalist says he was fired over coverage of Reza Pahlavi 
A journalist with Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian service said he was fired this week over efforts to limit coverage of Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. Ahmad Batebi, a prominent Iranian d…

contact: Haggle human proximity network (2006)
A network of human proximities, as measured by carried wireless devices. Each node represents a person, and an edge denotes when two people were within a certain proximity of each other, as measured by a wireless protocol (Bluetooth or Wifi). The edges are timestamped.
This network has 274 nodes and 28244 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Timestamps

X unveils a new pay-per-use pricing model for its API, replacing the earlier pricing model that required developers to pay fixed monthly fees of $200 or $5,000 (Rohit Singh/MediaNama)
https://www.medianama.com/2026/02/223-x-developer-api-pricing-pay-per-use-m…

Laurie Penny is very near the top of my list of favorite living writers. She has started a how-to-write-well series, entitled (for obvious reasons) “How to Write Like A Person”; intro here: https://open.substack.com/pub/lauriepenny/p/ho…

How to Write Like A Person
Announcing a new seminar for 2026.

BYD Blade-Batterie 2.0: Von 10 auf 70 Prozent in fünf Minuten
Am Donnerstag zeigte das Unternehmen die zweite Generation seiner Blade-Batterie. Der Akku soll in fünf Minuten von zehn auf 70 Prozent springen – und nach insgesamt neun Minuten bei 97 Prozent stehen. Damit käme das Laden eines E-Autos dem Tankstopp an der Zapfsäule erstmals sehr nahe.

BYD Blade-Batterie 2.0: Von 10 auf 70 Prozent in fünf Minuten
Der chinesische Hersteller hat eine Batterie vorgestellt, die E-Autos fast so schnell lädt wie Verbrenner tanken – allerdings nur unter einer Bedingung.

"Just write a quick note to specify something from your last article." he tought. "It'll be quick and you can be in bed early." he thought.
He's a dumbass. That's what he is. Well, here's "Personal computing"
https://tante.cc/2026/01/08/personal-c

Personal computing
When computers entered the homes it was often as toys or toy-like artifacts: These machines, usually called “home computers“, were often used like gaming consoles with magazines giving you code to type in to have simple games on them. Their use was limited to people who wanted to play arcade games without losing all your […]

Samsung erwartet historischen Rekordgewinn
Samsung prognostiziert Verdreifachung des Betriebsgewinns. Der Elektronikriese profitiert vom KI-Boom und gestiegenen Computerchip-Preisen.
https://www.hei…

2025 rund 10 Prozent deutscher Gasimporte über LNG-Terminals
Wegen des russischen Angriffskriegs auf die Ukraine hat Deutschland den Bau von Flüssigerdgas-Terminals forciert. Ihr Anteil am Gasimport steigt weiter.