Monthly mean temperature anomaly in March 2026 in Europe. Figure downloaded from http://www.karstenhaustein.com/climate.

Incredibly warm March after such a cold Jan-Feb.

The month will go down in history as the first March in Finland with nationwide mean temperature above freezing (0 °C).

Practically all weather stations will set new March mean temperature record, except those located further out in the Baltic Sea.

It is kind of comical that by pushing the GenAI hype, Microsoft caused the RAM to become so expensive that they have to reduce the GenAI hype (by removing GenAI from a part of Windows 11 applications).

Kuten uutisessa sanotaan:
“Matkustajien täytyy maksaa 2300 euroa maksava kotiutuslento itse, samoin ”vajaa 100 euroa” maksava bussimatka.”

Veronmaksajat eivät siis maksa koko kustannusta, vaan UM joutuu käyttämään rahaa lennon tilaamiseen, jotta tavallinen kansalainen voi ostaa siihen ~2.3k€ lipun.

FUN FACT: The UK has nearly twice as many public EV chargers as fuel pumps

www.gov.uk/governmen...

Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest A University of Alaska student was charged with a misdemeanor for eating another student's AI-generated art in protest.

Look for the helpers

print out of a duck at a printer

a small rubber duck encased in a globe ice mold

a duck hidden on a microwave

There are a few things I'm proud of this year, and on this list is the fact that I pranked everyone on my office floor by leaving a new rubber duck around for each day of the Winter quarter. 🐤

Some of the ducks were metaphysical. One was encased in ice. All were discreet.

merry christmas

Aerial satellite photo labelled in bright yellow letters: 1. Forbidden Ketchup

MASINT #42098 from SBIRS GEO-5 (UNCLASSIFIED)

1. Forbidden Ketchup

US plans to start checking tourists’ social media over last five years The proposal would be part of the screening process for travellers entering the US under the Visa Waiver Program

US plans to start checking tourists’ social media over last five years

Gramsci's Nightmare: AI, Platform Power and the Automation of Cultural Hegemony - Ethan Zuckerman Large language models lock values into place, making it hard to challenge the cultural hegemony of a particular form of western culture

Ethan Zuckerman writes about the problems of text generators:

"LLMs are inherently conservative technologies, instantiating the historic bloc that created LLMs into code that is difficult to modify, even for ideologically motivated tech billionaires."
ethanzuckerman.com/2025/12/05/g...

#GenAI

Kulttuurileikkaukset ovat aina bkt supistusta, velkasuhteen vaikeutusta ja hyvinvoinnin heikennystä (jutusta):

“The economic impact these wonderful attractions have unquestionably makes a huge difference to the city each and every year, but just as important is the social value our sites have --,"

News | Museums give city economy multi-million pound boost The city’s council-run museums and galleries have given a massive £47.3m boost to the local economy over the past year, new figures have revealed.

Leeds has really been focusing on showing how much impact museums can have for the local economy.

"every £1 invested in museums and galleries in turn generates £9 for the city."
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/news-museums...

#UK #museum #Leeds

Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.

The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.

The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.

At first they would only take live food when I wasn’t looking, but now they eat straight from my hand. Too cute. 🐟💙

🫧 ͛.* #invertebrates

Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish!

You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧‪

3D-printed Subnautica underwater base in a real aquarium

This #subnautica inspired aquarium is gorgeous:
www.reddit.com/r/subnautica...

"Sleeper" Browser Extensions: How a 7-Year Campaign Turned Chrome and Edge into Spyware A practical breakdown of the ShadyPanda browser extension campaign that quietly hijacked 4.3M Chrome and Edge users, and how to audit and lock down your own extensions.

Reduce amount of web browser extensions:
www.kylereddoch.me/blog/sleeper...

#infosec

India faces backlash over government cyber safety app mandate Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Tuesday the system was optional and denied the app could be used for monitoring

Absolutely awful things happening with India's mass surveillance of over 700 million mobile devices.
therecord.media/india-faces-...

#infosec #news #India

Decreasing Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days Let’s Encrypt will be reducing the validity period of the certificates we issue. We currently issue certificates valid for 90 days, which will be cut in half to 45 days by 2028. This change is being m...

"Most users of Let’s Encrypt who automatically issue certificates will not have to make any changes. However, you should verify that your automation is compatible with certificates that have shorter validity periods."
letsencrypt.org/2025/12/02/f...

#WebDev #infosec

It's also a strength that you have the long background from tech side, since it helps to understand companies from more different viewpoints.

Tuo on kuitenkin yleensä seurausta siitä kun aikuiset ovat opettaneet vihamieliset asenteensa lapsille. Lapset kyllä seuraavat esimerkkiä mitä aikuiset ensin sanovat ja tekevät.

Tuo on myös ihan fiksua, että kirjailija säästää tulevaisuuden varalle, koska kirjatulot harvemmin kestävät kovin pitkälle tulevaisuuteen jos ei säännöllisesti saa aikaan huippuluokan myyntiä.

Keskimäärin suomalaisten kirjailijoiden vuositulot ovat alle ~2000 €, jolla ei saa kuin muutamat laskut...

Inflation calculator screenshot

If we compare the 2025 movie's revenue to what it would have been in 1987 dollars, it's basically similar to the first Arnold movie.

2025 movie would have got:
$60,766,419.20 USD in 1987

Cumulative rate of inflation:
-65%

Essentially whoever was writing that IGN blog post totally skipped economics class at school.

Inflation calculator screenshot

It's even worse the other way:

$173,740,607 revenue in 2025 is...
$134,321,067.12 revenue in 2018.

Cumulative rate of inflation:
-22.7%

Inflation Calculator screenshot

Inflation Calculator
www.usinflationcalculator.com

If in 2018 movie got:
$160,542,134.00 USD

then in 2025 that would be worth:
$207,656,836.02 USD

Cumulative rate of inflation:
29.3%

So they made a comparison that isn't a comparison? 😂 Putting numbers next to each other without not inflation correction is like comparing a salary from 30 years ago to today, and wondering why people get less food with it.

Tuokin on jotenkin erikoinen sanonta, koska lapset käyttäytyvät monesti paljon fiksummin ja kohteliaammin kuin aikuiset ihmiset. 😅

Kaavio otsikolla: YTK (Yleinen työttömyyskassa) jäsenmaksu Jäsenmaksun määrä vuosittain: YTK Työttömyyskassan jäsenmaksu 2021: 119 € 2022: 115 € 2023: 99 € 2024: 105 € 2025: 102 € 2026: 102 €

YTK jäsenmaksu 2021–2026

Datalähde: fi.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...