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heise | Strom weg, was nun? Vorsorge treffen für kleine und größere Stromausfälle
Stromausfälle sind hierzulande selten, doch die Infrastruktur ist nicht unfehlbar. Um im Notfall noch Energie fürs Nötigste zu haben, kann man vorsorgen.

Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
He was born January 15, 1929.
He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
He was just 39 years old.
While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader,
he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign
to address issues of economic justice.
Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy an…

MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his “Beyond Vietnam…

Now this was a gorgeous cycling loop. Temperature was around freezing but luckily just few wind. As you see, the weather was ace. Clouds and fog stayed in the north 🌞
Also tried Knee warmers, which was just right! A very good buy!
I just need a solution against freezing toes. @… ,I bought neoprene toe warmer! The shoes are just a bit tight then, …

Roep om boycot WK voetbal groeit door optreden Trump, oproep oud-politiebaas slaat aan op LinkedIn | de Volkskrant
#Trump #WK

Sources: Google may invest $100M in Fluidstack at a $7.5B valuation and has backstopped crypto miners that are building datacenters, seeking to expand TPU use (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-is-exploring-ways…

heise | Direktvermarktung statt Einspeisevergütung: Was das für kleine Anlagen bedeutet
Ab 2027 könnte die Förderung für kleine PV-Anlagen entfallen. Was Direktvermarktung für kleine PV-Anlagen bedeutet – und warum der Markt kaum vorbereitet ist.

Dr. Gladys West,
the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology,
has died. She passed away Saturday, surrounded by her loving family. She was 95.
Born into poverty on a Virginia farm during the Jim Crow era, West grew up in a segregated South where opportunity was scarce.
Through determination and extraordinary academic talent,
she graduated first in her high school class and earned a scholarship to Virginia State College …

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

heise | Parameter in KI-Modellen: Was sie bei großen Sprachmodellen wirklich bedeuten
Sie sind die geheimnisvollen Zahlen, die hinter KI-Modellen stecken und je mehr Parameter eines hat, desto besser soll es sein. Aber was bewirken sie wirklich?

Scottish engineer and inventor,
James Watt
was born on this day
19 January 1736
"I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon. I had entered the Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street – had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking about the engine at the time and had gone as far as the Herd’s house when the idea came into my mind, that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication was made between the cyl…

Thony Christie (@rmathematicus.bsky.social)
The 18th-century, Scottish, engineer and inventor, James Watt was born 19 January 1736 #histsci #histtech https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/a-twelve-year-flash-of-genius/

heise | 20 Jahre Twitter: Was vom globalen Dorfplatz übrig bleibt
Twitter war einmal der globale Treffpunkt für den Austausch im Netz und wirkt auch unter neuem Namen noch weit darüber hinaus. Eine Würdigung.