Tootfinder

Are standup scooters bicycles because they have 2 wheels?
Well, depends on the definition of bicycles, right? You might call any single-person ground vehicle with 2 wheels a bicycle, & perhaps this is useful to you. After all, definitions serve purposes & are not ends to themselves.
What matters is that you test all candidates equally & truthfully against your definition. The actual problem arises if you invent or disregard characteristics of a candidate just to make …

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

TourdeFrance is feitelijk voorbij, spanning is weg, na etappe 6 van de 21. Geen sportliefhebber kan hier blij mee zijn. Al kun je Pogacar niets verwijten.
#wielrennen #tourdefrance

The cyclists should have to carry their own repair kits and do their own repairs. #TourDeFrance

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Art Of Noise:
🎵 Moments In Love
#NowPlaying #TheArtOfNoise
https://open.spotify.com/track/2bsczk82MWGPmTbe6IWYsa

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,…

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.

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

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…

If you thought you would be missing the Tour de France in the UK this year. Highlights will be on Channel 5, but all stages of the race will be shown live on S4C at 2pm every day, with a highlights programme every night. Follow all the action on S4C, S4C Clic, BBC iPlayer and S4C’s YouTube. #TourDeFrance #LeTour