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[$] Vendor hooks in the Android kernel

Since Android's inception, the kernels it has used have diverged significantly from the mainline. While many of those differences have been resolved over time, and the move to the generic kernel image has helped to bring Android closer, current devices still carry a lot of out-of-tree changes. The preferred form for such changes is by way of vendor hooks . At the 2026 Linux Plumbers Conference ,…

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PERA Announces Jobs

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"In Betrieb" Is Not "Free". Live Connector Status Across Five European Countries.

Every European country now publishes where its public charge points are. That was the easy half, and the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation is the reason it happened: since April 2024…

  • EU mandates machine-readable data for public EV charging stations since April 2024.
  • Germany's registry shows 154,210 active charging records but only 116,422 with availability status.

A confidence number your model reports is not a measurement

A confidence number your model reports is not a measurement The prompt line is almost universal: Answer the question, and also report your confidence as a number between 0 and 1. The model obliges.

  • Confidence number is not a genuine measurement.
  • Measured numbers come from recorded outcomes in a database.
  • Decorative numbers remain constant regardless of question difficulty.

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