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Programming language tradeoffs.
https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/language-tradeoffs

Programming language trade-offs
This article is also available in Serbo-Croatian This article is also available in Dutch There has been much discussion of late in Drupal about Object-Oriented Programming. That's not really surprising, given that Drupal 7 is the first version that has really tried to use objects in any meaningful way (vis, as something…

Pathway, which is developing AI models based on what it calls its "Post-Transformer" BDH architecture, raised a $30M seed at a $500M valuation (Antoine Tardif/Unite.AI)
https://www.unite.ai/pathway-raises-new-funding-at-500m-valuation…

Pathway Raises New Funding at $500M Valuation to Scale Post-Transformer AI
AI research company Pathway has secured additional funding at a $500 million valuation, bringing its total seed financing to $30 million as it prepares to scale a new generation of models built around its post-Transforme...

Consistency-Robustness Tradeoffs for Online Bipartite Allocation with Multiple Stages
Alexander Lindermayr, Nicole Megow, Lauren Paul
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15837 https://…

We now have wildfire layers for maps… sigh.
Happy to see it, angry that we need it.
https://theradavist.com/ride-with-gps-new-wildfires-layer-see-fire-smoke-and-wind-before-you-ride

Ride with GPS: New Wildfires Layer – See Fire, Smoke, and Wind Before You Ride
Fire season doesn't have to mean guessing. Available across web, iOS, and Android, RWGPS' new Wildfires Layer shows you exactly where fires are burning, so you can avoid wildfire smoke while cycling and adjust your plans before you take off on a ride or extended tour... New Wildfires Layer The Wildfires Layer shows active fire perimeters across the US and Canada, refreshed every hour. That means you're never looking at stale data when you're deciding whether a route is worth riding. On the map,…

Age-related restrictions are developing quickly around the world.
While they differ radically across jurisdictions, in the past year, we’ve witnessed a sharp uptick toward mandatory age assurance for social media access
but also for other high-risk digital services.
What happens to people who cannot verify their age?
This is particularly a problem when users are required to prove their age with identity documents.
The Access Problem
Age verification laws…

When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification and the Right to Access Information
Age verification proposals are often presented as a simple tradeoff: sacrifice a little privacy to better safeguard children online. But that framing overlooks a more fundamental question. What happens to people who cannot verify their age at all?

Just got home and checked my email.
OMG!
Just moments ago, whistleblower David McBride walked out of prison after more than two years behind bars.
David was granted parole this morning. He has released a statement that you can read below, including news of a treatable cancer diagnosis for which he will receive treatment immediately.
#DavidMcBride

from my link log —
SLOG: cheating the low-latency vs. strict serializability tradeoff.
http://dbmsmusings.blogspot.com/2019/10/introducing-slog-cheating-low-latency.html
saved 2019-10-07

Well, well...he finally can truthfully say he's a farmer. Grape farmer, but whatever...
Former Truth Social CEO Opens California Winery - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/08/former-truth-social-ceo-opens-california-winery/

On biotech and neurotech in China, Q3 2026 https://milan.cvitkovic.net/china_notes_q3_2026/

Notes from China, Q3 2026
Context: I recently spent 2.5 weeks in China visiting universities, research institutes, clinical sites, companies of all sizes, and investors. Most meetings focused on biotech, neurotech, and AI. Conventional wisdom my trip corroborated US cities feel medieval compared to Chinese cities. I was expecting the cleaner, safer, greener cities with better trains, EVs, consumer electronics, etc. But I was surprised that Chinese cities didn’t feel bleak. I thought that would be the required tradeoff…

AI CRM software startup Lightfield raised a $47M Series A led by a16z; formerly Tome, it had raised $80M across earlier Series A and B rounds (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)
https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/ai-sales-startup-lightfield-raises-47m

AI CRM Startup Lightfield Raises $47M Series A Led by a16z
CEO Keith Peiris took Lightfield from a painful pivot as Tome to 5,000 business customers, and 400% net dollar retention for his 'business world model.