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A few months ago, youtubers reported unsolicited interventions by Google to “improve” their videos with generative AI. It appeared to be a test; now it’s official. Channel owners can disable this feature in Studio: go to Settings, Channel, Advanced settings and uncheck the two options under Video quality...
Rey y conquistador es una miniserie de BBC One que puede verse en España a través de HBO Max. Está protagonizada por James Norton y Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister en Juego de tronos) Entre el reparto y la temática no he podido evitar ver sus 8 episodios (aunque se han ido emitiendo semanalmente) Rey y […]
The Research Council of Finland has announced the new recipients of its Academy Professorship and Centres of Excellence in Research funding. Of the 15 new Academy Professors, two are philosophers: Jari Kaukua (University of Jyväskylä) and Maria Lasonen (University of Helsinki). Each will receive 2.4 million euros...
Edward Mendelson, writing in 2013 on two apparently very different novels, Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 and Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway: I have no way of knowing whether Pynchon has ever read Virginia Woolf, but it seems clear that both chose a similar problem and found a similar solution. Each...
Photos from RandyLand, Bicycle Heaven, and around town in Pittsburgh, PA. October 2025.
ON THIS DAY — 11/3/1835: Charles Louis Fleischmann is born. He and his brother founded the Fleischmann Company, America's first commercial producer of yeast, which made today’s mass production of bread possible. His mausoleum in Spring Grove is based on the Parthenon. @thisdayincincinnatiCurrently Listening: Felix...
Google has gone from the de facto search engine to mediocre, at best, and unusable at worst. Small, focused search engines are fun and useful in certain situations, but not as defaults. Kagi is neat, but let’s be real, it’s unlikely I’m going to pay for a search engine. (Donate occasionally if one is really useful?...
📷 Photographed with a Fujifilm X-T5 + XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR 🎞️ 305 mm focal length – 1/450″ at f/7.1 – ISO 2000 📍 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States – Newe Sogobia (Eastern Shoshone), Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Shoshone-Bannock, and Tséstho’e (Cheyenne) land
You know in saying that, I realise all of these entries are attached to my name and someone may be able to find it one day, but eh, I'll live. I genuinely believe that love generally brings the most joy, and brings the most sadness.
October 2025. Leicester. The last trip of the month, as we become Leicester’s tourists. Just under the hour from Sheffield, just under £25 off-peak return, and budget hotels right next to the Ale Wagon (of which more later). 36 hours, rather than a day trip, gives you a leisurely night on the cask curry, and…...
Last week was a nice week. It was not too eventful at work, had a easy time around the house. On and the weather was just perfect. Here are my notes for the week. 💻 Work Work was quiet last week. Nothing major happened which is always nice, but it also gives me some weariness about what might be coming. 😄 I was able...
If you poke around the Emacs community, you’ll quickly find some—all right, loads of—users who want to do everything in Emacs. Not just writing, not just programming, not just publishing their blog. No. They want to read and write their email in Emacs. Read their RSS in Emacs. View their PDFs in Emacs. Manage their...
Having to endure an unscheduled water supply cut that lasted more than a day was not in my 2025 bingo card, let alone having to experience it twice in the same year. In late May, my house experienced the longest unexpected water supply disruption in my life — an unexpected breakdown of the main pumps that channel...
I've done a lot of quitting in my lifetime. Most incidents of throwing in the towel were rather insignificant. A fishing trip that wasn't going well. A round of golf (I'm a terrible golfer). A new year's resolution. A book that didn't interest me. But, when is it okay to quit? How should we make that decision? I can...
I talked last week about how I planned on doing this weekly wrap up thing. I’m calling it a newsletter so that I can be pretentious about it. No sense in not being snooty about it. All of my fellow bloggers do “wrap ups,” I do a “Newsletter.” Work This was the week I found out that I’m likely not to have a job on...
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Und es war nicht wie der Käfer nichts versucht hat. Im Gegenteil, hat der Käfer alles versucht, aber nichts hat ein wahres Unterschied gemacht. Die Käfer denkte bei sich, dass sein Leben wirklich wie die Grün und Lilac hier ist: Entspannd und Intesse damals, aber nur eine Fassade. Was ist gelasst, das der Käfer...
克服的前提是察觉（写作练习） 过于执着于完成数字目标是一种完美主义 今年年初，我写下了全年参加 100 次剑道稽古的目标，上周日我参加了今年的第 80 次稽古。 当初定下这个目标的时候，我以为只要保持本来一周两次的稽古频率就会完成得很轻松。 但是在夏天最热的时候，为了在完成全马训练的同时不给身体增加太大负担，我稍微降低了稽古的频率。 9 月份的时候又因为再次感染新冠，连续两周都没能去道场。 12 月下旬又要回国，种种情况导致完成这个目标的难度大大增加。 如果我在回国之前，每一次能参加的稽古都不缺席就可以完成这个目标，但这完全没有考虑各种我无法完全掌控的因素。 导致我缺席稽古的各种完美主义...
All systems have rules. Understanding and applying the rules well is different than memorizing and obeying the rules perfectly. “Too much faith is the worst ally. When you believe in...
When you can't wait for a shiny new stuff, so you straight up upgrading to a fresh release update, and it broke the system. It is always a goo d idea to give it some time for a newly released software, but I did not hesitate. And yep, some users report few bugs and the application launcher being broken is one of...
I don’t care for AI. I don’t care for it enough, for many reasons. Most folk today are leaping over each other to claim the title of ‘prompt engineer’. I’m sure there are a few good use cases for AI; it can be a tool in situations if used in moderation, provided you’re already a subject matter expert. Take for...
On this day in 1957 a mongrel from the streets of Moscow was launched into orbit around the Earth, strapped into the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 – the first dog in space. Laika, as she was named, was never going to survive the journey, as the technology to allow safe re-entry into the atmosphere had not yet been...
For many days, I have been reflecting on a quote from Marcus Aurelius. If you seek tranquility, do less—or at least only what is essential The reason to think about it is my inability to post a written blog post frequently, at least once a week or every two weeks. Last month, I mostly posted about the content I...
A hazy feeling has caught on me lately. It's almost as if a season has changed, within myself. Only coincidentally in parallel with Autumn replacing Summer, it left me troubled and a bit on edge. Can't be exactly sure, but it feels like it goes beyond a recent loss in the family, or the flu that's been bothering me...
I’ve retraced my step trying to remember how I became such a screentime hater. It started with me not wanting to be on board with Facebook or other proprietary apps. But after a few years years of this I got so sick of being a FOSS weirdo which no-one could understand or respect or see why it was important or...
I’m someone who likes to frequently change default applications. Anyone who occasionally checks this page will have noticed that modifications happen quite often. I change default applications frequently because, in fact, I like to test, change, and try other solutions that might somehow improve my workflow, my...
As an “SQLite consultant” for my local area of Google, I often have people come to me having written SQL like: SELECT CAST(bar AS STRING) AS baz FROM foo and ask me “Why is baz always an integer?! Have I hit an SQLite bug?”. I have to again reach for my list of “odd quirks that SQLite has that people don’t know...
SSH config tends to drop out of my memory and I need a refresher from time to time. I’ve updated my cheat sheet and am making a note about ~/.ssh/config when using key files with non-standard names. I name my keys to something useful, and eventually forget all about the issues this causes when attempting to connect...
I entered the random drawing for a race entry for next year’s Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon on a whim, and to my surprise, got a slot in the first drawing. It’s a bucket list race, which involves jumping from a ship near Alcatraz Island into the icy cold waters of San Francisco Bay for a 2.4 km swim, a 29 km bike...
Life In contrast to September, October was like a long stroll along a fiery park noticing the changing of the season, mother nature dressing up in her best red gown, for her big night, before her slumber. With the growing darkness, our children grow; they are calmer, focused, though they still prove as...
本文探讨了“读书的能力”的深层含义，即通过阅读增进理解、锻炼独立思考的能力。文章指出，这种能力的丧失源于过度追求功利主义（只关注“有用”的事情）和逃避深度思考的倾向（因为深度阅读和思考是困难的）。即使是基础的阅读也能带来信息和启发，但要提升至最高层次的理解和独立思考，则需要付出类似体育锻炼般的艰辛。核心在于认识到深度阅读的价值，并愿意投入精力去践行。
I like to think about "invisible AI" in apps. It's not a great term, but by "invisible AI", I mean the kind that works quietly behind the scenes instead of showing up as a chatbot.Back at Nylas, I built an OpenAI-powered email triage prototype that categorized your inbox without ever announcing itself as “AI.” It...
The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages. -Virginia Woolf Woolf meant this as a warning. A century later, I can’t help but wonder if those same eyes might be the only thing that could set us free. Last week I posted the following on BEEW Feed calling out the absurd spectacle of people glued to their...
I'm starting a newsletter for this blog and heard good things about Buttondown. But then I got this error and couldn't sign up.
On Monday, November 3, we took possession of our new house. Of course, I managed to catch a cold on our way to Denmark, but that didn't make me appreciate the moment any less.
Part of the November 2025 bear blog carnival - what is in my inventory, an everyday carry prompt. Learn more. The post is also loosely inspired by these 1 videos 2, with some context 3 what I should stop carrying and throw awayA whole load of anxieties will for sure make my backpack a lot lighter. But I have to...