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Sequoia, a16z, and other VC firms invested $1.2B into police and public safety tech startups over the past year, following the success of Palantir and others (Abram Brown/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/a

Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Add to $1.2 Billion Funding Boom for Police Tech Startups
Over the past year, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital and many of Silicon Valley’s other top venture capital firms have funneled at least $1.2 billion in funding to startups selling technology to city police departments and local public safety agencies. Those companies illustrate the technology industry’s growing enthusiasm for making software and hardware for the government and law

Officially got my CE license in my pocket (exam was last week, now I have the physical doohickey). \o/

Lots of Dutch people talking about the Northern Light popping up here...
I've been outside almost the entire night (work) and could see fuck all of it.
I feel scammed. >:(

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday he won’t step down from the central bank’s board until the Justice Department concludes a probe into his testimony regarding the Fed’s headquarters renovation.
“I have no intention of leaving the board until the investigation is well and truly over with transparency and finality,”
he said at a press conference.
He said he has not decided if he will stay on the Fed board after his term as chair concludes in May,
and t…

#FamilyAdminDay: Der Feiertag des familiären Technikbetreuers
Am 26. Dezember ist wieder der FamilyAdminDay – Tag der vielen großen und kleinen Technikhelfer, die nicht nur das Fest der Feste technisch am Laufen halten.

Timed my 3 weeks vacation perfectly.
Didn’t realize family day was a thing until it was already booked.
So I get a short week back at the office
#familyday

>People: "Why did you learn programming if you don't wanna work in IT anymore?"
>Me: "So I can make stuff that makes my life easier"
(made a little script that helps me to calculate how much wheel torque I have at redline for each gear - allowing me to calculate whether I should shift earlier or not)

>Google Allows sideloading apps anyways.
>Requires 24h "cooldown period" to enable it.
>"If we can't fully stop it, we can at least make it extremely inconvenient"

It's weird to drive home from work and see the morning rush start.