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'We didn't get there' — Trump, Putin fail to reach deal to end war in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/16/we-didnt-get-there-trump.html

What I don't get is why does DHH even need so much funding and sponsorships for open source projects. Tens of thousands from framework, cloudflare and god knows who else.
When I made the (then) probably most popular JavaScript open source framework I got zero funding and sponsorship and was doing fine?
I'm not saying that people shouldn't get paid for work, but that dude is a fucking multi-millionaire who drives race cars as a hobby.

I need to spend some time with a USB PD analyzer and some of my hardware.
Earlier today I observed the following cursed USB-C behavior at a friend's place:
1) Laptop -> phone: charges phone
2) Power bank -> phone: charges phone
3) Wall brick -> phone: red LED on phone turns on, but OS doesn't show any indication of charging and battery level doesn't go up
4) Wall brick -> power bank: charges bank
5) Laptop -> power bank: LED flashes …

from my link log —
Coloured pencil nerd's guide to lightfastness.
https://sarahrenaeclark.com/coloured-pencil-nerds-guide-to-lightfastness/
saved 2025-07-24

Coloured Pencil Nerd's Guide to Lightfastness - Sarah Renae Clark
I found myself down a rabbit hole of learning all about how lightfast testing is done and tested 50+ coloured pencil brands to find out which ones fade first.

A look at emerging faith tech apps like Hallow that use AI chatbots for digital chaplaincy, amid concerns over data privacy and their quality of faith guidance (Lauren Jackson/New York Times)
https://www.nytime…

Finding God in the App Store
Millions of people are turning to chatbots to confess their darkest secrets and seek guidance from on high. “Is this actually God I am talking to?”

A Wheelie Good Sex Chat
Welcome to A Wheelie Good Sex Chat, a podcast aiming to open up conversations about disability and sexuality...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/a-wheelie-good-sex-chat/

Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.
A lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips were connected in ways that have not been previously reported.

In Giant Deals, U.A.E. Got Chips, and Trump Team Got Crypto Riches
A lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips were connected in ways that have not been previously reported.

Officials from various European countries took to social media to share their reactions following the Alaska summit.
"Putin got his red carpet treatment with Trump, Trump got nothing,"
German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger wrote on X.
"As was to be feared: no ceasefire, no peace. No real progress
— clearly 1:0 for Putin
— no new sanctions.
For the Ukrainians: nothing.
For Europe: deeply disappointing."
During the post-summit …

'Clearly 1:0 to Putin' — European officials react to Alaska Summit
"Putin got his red carpet treatment with Trump, Trump got nothing. ... For the Ukrainians: nothing. For Europe: deeply disappointing."

❗️"There's a very good chance" – Trump on talks with Putin and resolution of the war #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/16/quottheres-a-very-good-chancequot.html

from my link log —
Get the location of the ISS using DNS.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/get-the-location-of-the-iss-using-dns/
saved 2025-07-06

Get the location of the ISS using DNS
I love DNS esoterica. Weird little things that you can shove in the global directory to be distributed around the world instantly(ish). Domain names, like www.example.com usually resolve to servers. As much as we think of "the cloud" as being some intangible morass of ethereal Turing-machines floating in probability space, the more prosaic reality is that they're just boxen in data centres. They …