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Teuer, veraltet, wenig sinnvoll: Hat Apple den Mac Pro abgeschrieben?
Der einstige Vorzeige-Mac im Tower-Gehäuse fristet schon lange ein Schattendasein. Angeblich plant Apple aktuell nicht, ihn mit dem M5 Ultra aufzurüsten.

TW.nl: Wetenschappers verhogen waterstofproductie met 40%: simpele, schaalbare en goedkope oplossing
https://tw.nl/wetenschappers-verhogen-waterstofproductie-met-40-simpele-schaalbare-en-goedkope-oplossing/

da nach weihnachten ja vor weihnachten ist:
"5 schnelle Sketchnotes-Symbole, die du im Dezember überall verwenden kannst (mit Anleitung)"
https://sketchnote-love.com/schnelle-sybmole-dezember-anleitung/

Just so you can guess where the "AI" thing is headed, look at this listing from a local community college
"AI made simple for everyday life"
... And look at what comes next:
"Flaggers certification"
The exciting thing (for bosses) is the idea that knowledge workers will be as interchangeable (and precarious) as DOT flaggers
#YouDeserveAUnion

It'll be interesting to see how long this takes to cover the whole UK train network - basically allowing anyone with a contactless payment to travel without buying tickets in advance.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/simpler

Simpler train travel to London airports as tap-in, tap-out expanded across south-east England
Buying tickets will be more convenient, more accessible and more flexible, ensuring passengers can get the best fares.

The case of this Maine woman’s tick bite shows how prior authorization rules can block coverage for even simple, medically necessary care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/11/16/tick-bite-prior-authorization/

A doctor directed her to a clinic for a tick bite. Her insurer refused to pay.
The case of one Maine woman shows how prior authorization rules can block coverage for even simple, medically necessary care.

from my link log —
Software architecture is overrated, clear and simple design is underrated.
https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-architecture-is-overrated/
saved 2019-09-19

Software Architecture is Overrated, Clear and Simple Design is Underrated
I had my fair share in designing and building large systems. I've taken part in rewriting Uber's distributed payment systems [https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/distributed-architecture-concepts-i-have-learned-while-building-payments-systems/] , designing and shipping Skype on Xbox One and open-sourcing RIBs [https://github.com/uber/RIBs], Uber's mobile architecture framework. All of these systems had thorough

ICE assaulting a pregnant woman.
Covering their license plates with fake spray-on snow to hide the numbers.
Getting pelted with snowballs by the crowd and responding with pepper spray — which only increased the snowballs.
Just this afternoon’s local news.
Video of the snowballs (CW: person being assaulted, dragged)
(UPDATE: video attached in case FB blocks; source URL is https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ZaUBtkGCZ/)

ClickHouse, a Snowflake challenger that offers an OLAP database management system, raised $400M led by Dragoneer at a $15B valuation, up from $6.35B in May 2025 (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-…