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May 16, 2026 from Chuniversiteit

I’m not sure what to make of Google’s Pixel 10 Pro

The Pixel 10 Pro is supposed to be Google’s flagship phone, but it certainly doesn’t feel like one.

May 16, 2026 from Hackaday

Inside the Heathkit Factory

If you are a certain age, you doubtlessly remember Heathkit. They produced a wide array of electronic kits that were models of completeness and clear instructions. They started with surplus …read more

May 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Blast From The Immediate Past

Read Blast From The Immediate Past One night, about ten minutes after the fireworks ended, I had a guest come up to me and ask: Guest: "What time will the fireworks be?" Read Blast From The Immedia...

May 16, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Hundreds of rose bushes in bloom at Tokyo’s off-the-beaten-path, next-to-the-tracks flower street

Local road goes from trash dump to treasure. One of Tokyo’s largest and most beautiful collections of roses is in bloom right now. However, you won’t find them blooming inside a park or private gar...

May 15, 2026 from Above the Law

Selective Viewing — See Also

Ken Paxton Sets His Sights On Suing Netflix: Less to do with consumer protections and more with handling Trump's enemies. Davis Polk Is Committed To California: They're looking to build out a full-...

May 15, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

S. Ct. Denies Stay of Virginia Supreme Court's Redistricting Referendum Decision

Today's order is here; the application that was denied is here. The state's argument for a stay, which the Court… The post S. Ct. Denies Stay of Virginia Supreme Court's Redistricting Referendum De...

May 15, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

No PAL, No NTSC, Just LP

Read No PAL, No NTSC, Just LP A young guy comes over holding a vinyl album: Customer: "Is this region specific?" Me: "Region specific? You mean, like region locked?" Read No PAL, No NTSC, Just LP

May 15, 2026 from Hackaday

Adding Capabilities to Inexpensive Solar Modules

Solar power has gotten cheap enough that putting up panels is among the cheapest ways of providing energy. This isn’t just the case for bulk electricity on a power grid, …read more

May 15, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

Google is shrinking free storage from 15GB to 5GB unless you add a verified phone number

Google has reportedly introduced a new policy for free storage on newly created accounts. Some users have reported that newly created accounts now start with only 5GB, instead of the 15GB that was ...

May 15, 2026 from Kev Quirk

Replacing my ISP router with a UniFi Cloud Gateway Max

So I recently upgraded my home internet to full fibre, after which I also decided to upgrade my router as there were some things I wanted to do with my network that my ISP-provided router wasn't ca...

May 15, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 15 May 2026

Octopole Edition Top Story AMD has announced FSR 4 upscaling support for Radeon RX 6000 and 7000 cards. (Tom's Hardware) A year after it was released for the 9000 series, and eight months after the...

May 15, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria

the salary arrived. so did the sinkhole.

It is Friday, May 15th, 2026.Five days since I wrote that all roads lead to rot, and unfortunately, the road has not developed better civic planning since then. It is still the same road. Same poth...

May 15, 2026 from Suffix

Rubycon

A trip to the Rubycon conference and the east coast of Italy.

May 15, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-15-26

After two missed days due to having many work assignments, I return with a new edition of my Pook-Emu Bee links. Of course, there are no Pook-Emu Bee links tomorrow because of the newsletter and Su...

May 15, 2026 from SIGPLAN Blog

The Transformation of Documents: Repositories Are the New Unit of Knowledge Work

How will documents evolve when AI agents become ubiquitous? In a world of AI agents, does the repository become the source of truth—where humans declare intent, agents turn it into executable artif...

May 15, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Studio Ghibli’s president is leaving the company. Will it change how they make anime?

Three years after being acquired by Nippon TV, there’s a shakeup at the top levels of Ghibli’s leadership. Between its unparalleled commitment to anime artistry and larger-than-life creative keymen...

May 15, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Edmund's Second Wife

After returning to England from failed Crusade attempts, Edmund had to deal with some unrest. His father, Henry III, died on 16 November 1271. The succession passed to Edward, who was still returni...

May 15, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A Physician’s Case Found in Pompeii Among the Remains of a Victim of the A.D. 79 Eruption

More than six decades after the excavation work carried out in the so-called Orto dei Fuggiaschi (Garden of the Fugitives), a new analysis of the materials recovered at the time has succeeded in as...

May 15, 2026 from Thejesh GN

Weekly Notes 20/2026

We are in Thrissur. We left at around 2 AM and reached by 11 AM, with two breaks. The drive was comfortable. The traffic was friendly this time. Echo is getting old, and Uma is more active now. So ...

May 15, 2026 from It's FOSS

Heavy Community Backlash Blocks Fedora's AI Developer Desktop Initiative

Two council members have retracted their approval votes after people raised concerns.