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Dear reader,This article kicks off a two-part series, where I challenge the ever-present argument of: ”Don’t put all your eggs in the same basket." Today, I will consider the question if you should avoid storing 2FA together with your...
The irony of the compliance division being audited for compliance was met with earnest explanation by the officers conducting the audit. "It's actually the most important form of compliance," was heard repeatedly as we walked around...
Photo by Photo by Artan Sadiku Commentary about browsers and the features they support is sometimes pejorative towards pre-standardisation features. Given Apple's constriction of Mozilla's revenue stream and its own strategic...
I've been a long time user of the GNU Emacs text editor. It truly is impressive what some people are able to accomplish in Emacs. I am a programmer, so I use it to write code. CIDER - an Emacs major mode used for writing clojure code -...
External stimuli is a guide, a tool to facilitate the path of free will. Accept that life will be unfair. If you don’t know this already then here it is… You are your worst enemy… and self-discovery is a personal journey. Free from the...
Second Person Birds: The Maltese FalconWhen I heard of this month's Indie Carnival theme the first thing that popped into my mind was The Maltese Falcon.
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I did start my dry September experiment slightly early and that might justify an early finish, but to be honest that wouldn't be telling all of the story.The real story is that after three weeks I just wanted to sit down with my wife,...
tl;dr: A meandering talk that reminds us of the risks of shipping unknown build time dependencies (as from npm), and also highlights how many services now have runtime third party service dependencies. These are very serious choices...
I've been thinking the new Meta Ray-Ban augmented reality glasses. Not because they failed onstage, which they absolutely did. Or that shortly after they received rave reviews from Victoria Song at The Verge and MKBHD, two of the most...
Ohhh this is where I got hocked up last time I read this book! The SI! The Silken myths! Is like getting on a rollercoaster ride and reaching the top before the thrill of the real ride begins. Ah! This is why I love Sci-fi! ??
HappeningsHusband is on business trip, so it’s just me and the cats. That means I either drive myself to work (lazy) or take public transport (expensive). Eating alone is... fine though. Fruits, eggs, or instant noodles. (Okay, maybe...
Current read? Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. It's about the early days of Facebook and boy it paints a picture. It's the worst kind of story arc, where optimism is replaced with defeat by unnecessary cruelty.
Day 28, Do you have an /Interests page on your blog? What is on it or what would you put on one if you made it? I don’t! but I should write one up at some point. Interests are a little bit harder to think about then then simply saying...
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In this 27-minute video, I elaborate on the most important quality of the philosopher: patience. I use the example of walking as one of the best ways each of us can practice the skill of being patient. Walking is nice because it is a...
View out from Agios Georgios Beach on Naxos. Photograph by the author. I’ve just returned from a fortnight-long holiday in Greece—a long weekend in Athens, followed by ten days on the island of Naxos—and I’m feeling fully relaxed for the...
Have you played Viewfinder yet? I picked it up last night on a whim and I wasn’t prepared for how brilliantly designed and creative and straight-up weird it all is. Here’s the gist: the game is about solving little puzzles by taking...
Purpose To provide a structured self-diagnostic for romantic market positioning.Outputs: Preamble Before answering, define your dating pool: Who are the people you realistically meet and date (geography, culture, community, orientation)?...
Today has been a good day. I finally started writing a new essay today and I feel good about the progress I've made on that so far. It's a much different workflow that writing in here because with any kind of longer piece I want to...
When you can do anything, there's always that impulse to do everything. Or, at least, everything you have the means to do, whether it makes sense or not. And yes, this ties into hVmark. One of my favorite video game franchises is Max...
这篇博文记录了生活中的一系列经历和感悟。作者分享了皮肤问题就医的详细过程，包括处理疥疮、女友突发红斑以及个人囊肿切除手术的体会，强调了健康的重要性。文章还穿插了作者对雨天的喜爱与不便，以及在博客样式调整上的探索与思考，包括子标题的添加和首页目录化设计。最后，作者反思了博文发布的严谨性，并分享了一道百香果番茄酸汤牛肉的食谱。整体呈现了作者在健康、生活体验和个人创作上的点滴。
After reading – and enjoying a delicious coffee – I let my feet take me where they wanted to go. At the intersection of two roads on the Royal Mile – the heart of Old Town in Edinburgh – I turned my head right and thought about how long...
This week the Fed cut interest rates a quarter of a percent. The commentary is always about how this makes borrowing for consumers cheaper—lower mortgage rates, cheaper car loans, even a little relief on credit cards. Good news if you’re...
Good morning! 👋 Hope your fall is starting off well! We are starting to get things put away and shut down — winter is coming. Did you upgrade all your Apple devices this week? I did. I cannot resist that smell of fresh bits in my...
We now live in a throw-away society — there's no denying it. Fast fashion often dominates the news, but Tech is not squeaky-clean by any means. The current story is the imminent cessation of Windows 10 updates. Granted, your Windows 10...
This curious photograph – a silver print from a silver gelatine glass negative, dated 1885 – is titled 'The Apotheosis of Degas', and shows that artist sitting on the steps of a house in Dieppe surrounded by worshippers. Created with the...
I used the app Poop Map for over 5 years, for the memes. A tale of perseverence and triumph.
I spent the summer using the fantastic binomial technique developed by Gianni Rodari — the beloved Italian writer whose stories lit up my Bulgarian childhood — as a creative prompt for poetry, part of the larger binomial two people...
Title: Mark R. Stoneman Website: markstoneman.com RSS Feed: markstoneman.com/feed.xml A freelance historian, editor, and translator blogs about his professional and personal interests. The blog follows a mixed format, offering blogging...