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Internetprovidervertreterscam Episode 2

Schon wieder stand so ein angeblicher Telekomvertreter vor der Tür. Ein anderer als gestern, aber dieselbe Masche.

Linus Torvalds Spent Years Dismissing AI, Only to Vouch for It

A chronological look at how Linux's creator went from "90% marketing" to telling AI critics to fork the kernel or walk away.

Cup Noodle (Cold Edition) in Japan

SoraNews24, which covers news from Japan, is a long-time member of my feed collection and a regular article contributor to the “Around the Web” secution of my weekly newsletter. They cover some “ne...

Over-Medicated

The last few days have been intense, haven't they? Well, thankfully, my personal barometer is reading a bit lower today. Some days, I have a decent idea of what I want to write here and can follow ...

Latitude and Longitude

Learning a few things about running SQLite

Hello! I’ve been working on a Django site recently, and I decided to use SQLite as the database. When I was getting started with using SQLite as database for a website I read a bunch of blog posts ...

EU Sanctions Expose Funding Mechanism Behind Pro-Russian Influencer

Schuyler Van Tassel

Second Amendment Roundup: Seventh Circuit Decides Barnett

After the Supreme Court grants cert on the identical issue, the circuit court offers a last hurrah

Biglaw Layoffs Are Never A Good Sign – See Also

LAYOFF ALERT: K&L Gates lays off roughly 10 percent of staff. Cravath Keeps Associates Waiting On Cash: Six weeks! This firm has made almost everyone wait for six weeks to match Milbank's money! Ka...

A Toss-Up

Read A Toss-Up Customer: "Well, I have an allergy." I wait. No further information is forthcoming. Me: "An allergy to...?" Customer: "That's what I'd like to know!" Read A Toss-Up

A USB Port by Any Other Color…

[Dr. Gough] bought a generic USB 3.0 hub on an Asian website. Surely, USB 3 is mature enough that even the cheapest hub will have some IC in it that …read more

Vivaldi 8.1 launches with more customization features and more options for Android users

Vivaldi has released version 8.1 of its web browser for both Android and iOS users, following last week’s desktop update. This update introduces a range of enhancements, with Android users receivin...

Daily News Stuff 16 July 2026

Disclaimer-Free Edition Top Story The latest scandal of a fatal failure of Tesla's FSD (full self-driving) system turns out to have been another case of PTTMCDISEH-STTW. (Tech Crunch) Pedal-to-the-...

Internetprovidervertreterscam

Ein angeblicher Telekomtechniker hat heute an meiner Haustür geklingelt und unter Vorspielung falscher Tatsachen versucht, mit einen Vertrag zu verkaufen.

Hatsune Miku collaborates with Hokusai’s art in new Vocaloid ukiyo-e illustration series [Pics]

The styles of six virtual idols, one modern-day illustrator, and one legend of Japanese art history come together in beautiful ways. Earlier this week, we took a look at a new project for Hatsune M...

Vocalinux Turns Your Speech Into Text Without Giving Away Voice Data

The 0.14 beta adds many new upgrades. Stick around until the end for a quick hands-on!

The Scythians Had So Many Horses That They Afforded the Luxury of Burying Healthy Specimens in Their Prime Alongside Fallen Warriors

A team of Russian archaeologists and zoologists has managed, for the first time with such extensive material, to determine the age and sex of the horses that the Scythians sacrificed and buried in ...

📝 2026-07-16 17:05: Anyone using Pop!OS with Cosmic? I tried it when it was first released, but I...

Anyone using Pop!_OS with Cosmic? I tried it when it was first released, but I looks like they've done a lot of dev work to it and it's improving all the time. Considering installing it again... Th...

Making A Locked Down WHOOP Wearable Work Without A Subscription

“The goal of the so-called OpenStrap project is not to re-create the WHOOP app. Rather, the algorithms and processing methods are developed from scratch, based on public research. It’s all calculat...

Lincoln's Shame

One of the most famous cases of anti-semitism took place in Lincoln in 1255.On 31 July 1255, a nine-year-old named Hugh disappeared in Lincoln. A month later, on 29 August, his body was discovered ...