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Whenever I have Claude do something for me, I feel nothing about the results. It feels like something happens around me, not through me. That's the new level of abstraction: you stop writing code and start describing intent. You stop...
I find it interesting how people have made such a big deal out of this book online. It looks like it is so deep in philosophy. But in reality, while well done, anyone who has read enough fiction or movies on such themes should be able to...
After trying Qobuz, I've decided to ditch that and I am testing Deezer.
Previously. Ingredients In order, add to a glass: coconut milk (1/2 cup) chia seeds (2 tbsps) maple syrup / honey (sweetener) vanilla extract cinnamon a pinch of salt Preparation Whisk everything. Let it soak overnight in the fridge. Top...
Something interesting – and perhaps concerning – when comparing my current ISP to my previous provider is how many websites Virgin Media blocks by default. The blocks appear to be over and above court-mandated blocks in the UK. I...
The Heat center, who is known as one of the league’s best defenders, entered Tuesday with a career scoring average of just 16 points per game and has only averaged more than 20 points per game once in his career (20.4, in the 2022–23...
Finding Your Dharma or Living the Dharma? mtift Tue, 03/10/2026 - 07:52 The No Kings protest is coming up again. You may have heard about it, and perhaps you feel some pressure to attend. In the past, I organized groups to go, so people...
I tried to keep this short. I failed. I had intentions of coming on here to talk about work-related topics and how my entire life is probably about to change. It just goes to show that I never really have any idea what's going to happen...
"These desires for distance and distinction underwrite man's ancient investment in sight, and the evidence of his eyes."
Justo cuando en el sueño está por pasar algo interesante, se percibe un movimiento de aire en el ambiente, como si se abriera la puerta. Escucho una voz que dice “Pa… PAA! Ya va a ser la hora”, e irremediablemente me levanto para cumplir...
It seems like everybody else is either saying that LLM technology is either true artificial intelligence and we should all bow down to it (it is not, and fuck that noise) and we'd best get used to it, or that it's going to destroy...
He tenido problemas con mi Nintendo Switch 2. Compré una tarjeta microSD Express hace un mes, la instalé, y ya me costó algunos intentos mover algunos “programas” de la memoria interna a la externa; esto debería haber sido aviso...
“There is no description of a life without an account of the changes that are possible within it,” Adam Philips writes in his superb meditation on our ambivalent desire for change — ambivalence brilliantly rendered in the Vampire Problem...
Deploy a Matrix server using Conduit and Cinny on FreeBSD in the homelab Here is a small post about deploying a Matrix server in the homelab. The goal is a Matrix server running on a FreeBSD jail that can be used from the web browser on...
Rina wakes before the bell. Always does. Anna’s face is fifteen centimeters away on the shared pillow, mouth slightly open, one hand curled near her chin. Rina counts the breaths. Seventeen per minute. Yesterday was fifteen. The day...
My 2.3 regular readers might remember when I disavowed solarpunk a couple weeks ago: cyberpunk gardening? isn't that just solarpunk? (no) ...well, ya girl has been doing some reading since. Especially because there are a LOT of literary...
Me gusta explorar la biblioteca. Se que hay una computadora donde se pueden buscar los títulos, pero me parece divertido husmear por mi cuenta, claro que cuando busco un libro en específico sí lo busco primero en la computadora para ver...
This might be my favorite picture from the bird festival. It was from the pelagic bird watching trip. When we were back in the marina, this guy jumped onboard hoping we’d brought back some fish. I love the contrast of the Snowy Egrets...
(mlisp (chapter (p-intro America loves their millionaires. But what if they were a bunch of twats? ) ) (chapter (p-accent (cite Tender is the Night) is a classic American novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. We've all read (cite The Great...
I unexpectedly got a new phone yesterday, a Google Pixel 10. No, I didn't install Graphene OS on it, or any OS. I can't -- it's contracted. I'm de-Googling the best I can by turning off all the slop and bloatware and using FOSS apps. The...
Why read the book? Milton Friedman wrote Capitalism and Freedom. He was a leading economist who won the Nobel Prize. The book came out in 1962. Friedman says economic freedom and political freedom are closely linked. He explains why free...
As a teacher in the world of Software Development, AI is a given. It's something that cannot be ignored. And it's something that provides opportunities as well, both for my students and for myself. Therefore I'm continuously looking for...
My main helper these days has lived and worked in the US for many years, but he’s a native of Fiji. I call him Isaac in my postings, but his actual personal name is the Fijian version of the name, Aisake, and the syntax of his native...
In its 2023 and 2025 surveys, Academic Philosophy Data & Analysis (APDA) asked current PhD students to rate their satisfaction with their financial situation. [collage by Mark Wagner]In a post at the APDA site, co-director Kino Zhao...
When I first got into skincare a few years ago, I read a lot about sunscreen. And despite any potential conspiracy by Big Skin™, sunscreen is pretty magical stuff.1 As part of that research, I also learned how much sunscreen people...
让博客的代码高亮适配主题 我的博客是用 org-publish 生成的，后面我给博客添加了主题切换（见 给博客添加 dark mode）， 当时留下了一个问题 ⸺ org-publish 生成的代码高亮是内联在 HTML 标签里的，我没法通过 light-dark 去设置亮色/暗色主题下不同的颜色，只能选择一种代码高亮主题，要么是亮色，要么是暗色。 关于博客的构建见： 使用 org-publish 发布博客 结合 denote 和 org-publish 写博客...
I’ve been toying for a few months now with the idea of a pithy aphorism, something along the lines of “the curse of sentience is its desire to be self-indulgent”. It’s not a commentary on craving chocolate, but this idea that somehow, in...
I’m going to be exhibiting two pieces of my artwork as part of Hastings Arts Forum’s “New Members 2026” group exhibition. The exhibition runs from 18th to 29th March 2026 at the Hastings Arts Forum gallery at 20 Marine Court, St Leonards...
I collect cool, interesting links spread all over the web and share them here in daily posts. Hope you enjoy! More of them in the archive. Jay Graber Steps Down as Bluesky CEO, WeDistribute. She remains in the company, now as director of...
Release presentation Numbers the 273rd release8 changes63 days (total: 10,712)264 bugfixes (total: 13,640)538 commits (total: 38,024)0 new public libcurl function (total: 100)0 new curl_easy_setopt() option (total: 308)0 new curl command...
I have this fear of a growing complacency among more peaceful days in my life. Things have been going well, and for some reason that makes me suspicious. I might be inadvertently preparing for something bad to happen, but honestly, I...
Wednesday morning, listening to jazz and eating breakfast. It's been a long time since I last listened to jazz, actually. I brought it out in a last-ditch effort to get myself to wash the dishes when I woke up before dawn this morning. I...
The vibe Motivated by the return of racing while navigating a few rough nights and a busy week of security work. Highlights This week kicked off the new season of F1! I have been waiting for this for a few month now. This season beings...
Went home early from work yesterday because I felt kinda icky. Stayed home today because I was up all night with stomach issues. :(
(image courtesy of Henrik Uldalen) dear universe, i have a question for you. likely one that, in all of your infinite wisdom, has a stunningly simple answer. but such an answer has eluded me for more than 9 weary, long years. the...
Title: João Pedro Almeida - Just The Photos Website: justthephotos.joaopedroalmeida.com RSS Feed: justthephotos.joaopedroalmeida.com/feed.xml One photo a day, at most RSS users are my people 🫶 If you appreciate what I'm doing consider...
I read Jason Snell’s review of the MacBook Neo this morning and was struck by this section on its two USB-C ports: So Apple has done the work to put two USB-C ports on the Neo—and those ports reveal a bit more of the struggles Apple had...
Mood: System Overload (Cute Variation). > WELCOME TO ZORK: DISABILITY EDITION (v 2.4) > Copyright (c) The Universe Is A Glitch. > All rights reserved. No visual drivers installed. Audio/Haptic Engine set to MAXIMUM. > BRIEFING You are...
Added an additional glossary for traditional clothing (link in the glossary page). Added a page for the world pillar, Sammas, as well as tietäjä in cosmology. In deities, I added an additional essay of mine on the supposed "wife of...
March 2026. Balham. London. A second London pub tick in quick succession, the Southeastern service presumably making a request stop just for me at Balham, where I had a restorative double espresso in a cute station obssessed with the...
Kleberg Avenue, Kingsville, Texas A hectic week of travel. On Monday I came back from Austria where I’d spent a long weekend in the skiing town of Kitzbühel with colleagues. On Tuesday I worked from home, with my day packed full of...
I enjoy having long talks with loved ones. It's a wonderful way for us to connect, share experiences and perspectives, and to “think out loud” – to talk through and crystallize thoughts that have been bouncing around in our brains but...
Replied to Why This Blog Uses RSS (Not a Newsletter) by Sebastian Sastre (Selective Creativity) I’m not against newsletters. They work for many goals. But for this blog — a conceptual stream, not a growth funnel — the goal is different....
This seems so long ago yet I remember the reasons. I had been living in Da Lat Vietnam for awhile. Enjoying the central highlands and the coffee and nature and just the wonderful cooler temperatures. I had escaped once on the bus to Nha...
The other day my Google Pixel 8 Pro just decided that neither Bluetooth nor WiFi were things it needed anymore. Apparently it’s a common issue with Pixel handsets. In any case, it put a real damper on the phone’s usefulness to me. I was...
You can read the previous post in this series here. Backing Up All The Things In One PlaceI've finally gotten it right and now I can at last transfer my 500gb of data from OneDrive to my external HDD... and then I'll have all. My. Stuff....
My folks live in an apartment complex. We have a security guard, and here in India, they’re called the “watchman”. Their days are uneventful. They ensure shady characters don’t wander into the apartment compound, they ensure the lights...
I’ve spent more time over the last 20 years working on front-end asset pipelines than I’d care to admit. One thing that kept coming up when inheriting older codebases was CSS full of vendor prefixes that hadn’t been necessary for years -...