Fri Sep 11
There ain’t no Brontosaurus, bonehead^[Pachycephalosaurus]. Or, rather, there was, but then there wasn’t, even if everyone thought there still was. American Natural History Museum signage said so for like nine decades. And then there’s the whole Apatosaurus skull swap debacle at the Carnegie Museum of Natural...
Ich habe keine Ahnung von Mathematik und vielleicht noch weniger Ahnung davon, was ein Problem ist. Ich gebe trotzdem meinen Senf dazu, der Blog heißt ja nicht umsonst so. Terence Tao schreibt über die Probleme die Auftauchen, wenn LLMs große mathematische Probleme lösen. Er differenziert zwischen gelösten und...
Surfers in the lineup south of the Manhattan Beach Pier. サンセット・ライド マンハッタン・ビーチ・ピアの南側、ラインアップにいるサーファーたち。
🎵 Listening to Live in Washington Sq Park by New Jazz Underground. I really liked listening to this set by this jazz trio. There was something really beautiful about the organic, candid cinematography. And all three musicians were sharp.
Justin Vernon celebrates the breaded treats of Minnesota’s Howard’s Bar in a terrifically, terrifyingly jaunty tuneAbsolutely incredible.
Omarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab. If you don’t know what Omarchy is here’s the short summary. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of RubyOnRails, owner of a software business and millionaire, decided a few months ago to go all in on Linux and – because that’s just his MO – thought that...
Even though my friends tease me for my apocalyptic mindset, my ability to see dystopia lurking around every development, I am not always quick to see immediate, personal danger in world developments. I remember a leadership team meeting in early February of 2020, when our college president mentioned this strange new...
Finally I took the time to read OpenAI’s post about their GPT-Live Realtime system. If you’re interested in how to build such low-latency systems, I definitely recommend to check it out. But what I also had in mind while reading the article was the “no one needs programmers anymore in the age of AI” … […]
OverviewThis week did not leave much room for leisurely patch testing. Attackers are already chaining MikroTik RouterOS flaws to take over internet-exposed routers, Microsoft fixed two Windows privilege-escalation bugs under active exploitation, Google shipped another Chrome zero-day update, and Cisco confirmed that...
Over almost a decade, starting in 2007, I conducted a series of empirical studies (mostly collaboratively with Joshua Rust) on the moral behavior of ethics professors. We consistently found that ethicists don't behave better than professors specializing in other areas of study. What is the philosophical import of...
I have three strokes of luck, in my view. Among others, mind you; and then think about it: I’m a man, white, heterosexual, western, bourgeois in practice, and there are millions of people in the world who can’t afford to have strokes of luck. I get to grumble, plenty of others don’t. Anyway, I was saying, I’m lucky....
espresso tonic at peixoto coffee roasters - chandler, az This morning I am taking a few minutes, over an espresso tonic, to review my week. Song of the Day: Send in the Fishermen - Caamp Published this week: lunch money faith (anne lamott): getting through the day when the world feels heavy a few thoughts on taking...
The dates of art book fair Between Books 2026 have been living in my calendar since they’d gotten released and another visit after our phenomenal debut visit last year was a paramount duty! J and I visited yesterday and you—given that a spontaneous trip to Düsseldorf is a practical possibility—should visit, too;...
Esto es parte de las cosas que tuve que hacer para poder recuperar la YogaBook. Al menos debería funcionar el teclado bluetooth, ¿no? Este Post pertenece a la categoría RESOLUCIÓN DE PROBLEMAS Puedes encontrar todos los artículos en orden cronológico en la etiqueta YogaBook Introducción Como parte de la recuperación...
Tumbleweed es una distribución de GNU/Linux «Rolling Release» o de actualización contínua. Aquí puedes estar al tanto de las últimas novedades. openSUSE Tumbleweed es la versión «rolling release» o de actualización continua de la distribución de GNU/Linux openSUSE. Hagamos un repaso a las novedades que han llegado...
The marines organized a stair climb event this morning to commemorate 9/11. Climbed 3 floors 38 times. They had their flaks on and one of them even had a gas mask on. I was breathing hard at the end of the 10th lap. Legs felt quite jelly by the 20th. Started sipping water from the 25th lap and finally finished...
The power of science is staggering! Every day we're making new advancements in the field of generative artificial intelligence via judicious application of large language model inference technology. However, as we approach the next critical threshold in capability, we must look forward to ensure that we're not...
. Published by AHE. on 12th September 2026 I haven't sat down and written anything in a while: this is in large part due to the backlog of monthly updates I still have to get through, and the prospect of revisiting a bunch of failed auditions is a bit depressing, but a book I bought on a whim has made me want to...
In praise of “the gaiety of those who have nothing more to lose and so excel at giving.” The weather has seeded our earliest myths, inspired some of our greatest art, and even affects the way we think. In our divisive culture, where sharped-edged differences continue to fragment our unity, it is often the sole...
Welsh metalheads Dream State dropped a new single of sparkling synths cut through with dirty guitar and Jessie's voice builds from naive cut glass to the shrieking of avenging angels — "Forever in View". From the warping bass opening note to the sustained wash synth that closes "I've Never Felt So Hated", Chloe...
Violence is complex. It requires systems of thought, rationalizations. Violence requires the redirection of suffering, and the obfuscation of this redirection. Compassion is simple. It thrives on attention. It is always already here. Compassion arises in the empty mind, the present moment. It requires no theories or...
I’ve spent a day test-driving that Emacs minor mode for spellchecking using an LLM that I wrote the other day. I went through all the posts on the Total Eclipse blog (all 260 of them) to see whether the thing works or not. And, yes, it works now, but it took some tweaking. Well, I rewrote the mode. Twice. My...
The day before yesterday I was walking around the Samuel Johnson birthplace museum with my brother and walking friends (their first time, and they were impressed). One of the interactive attractions caught my eye – 'Your Letters to Samuel Johnson'. Visitors were invited to take a sheet of paper headed 'Dear S.J.',...
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Fresh off of credit feeding my way through a batch of Toaplan hits, I’m back with another explosive and ridiculously low-priced shmup for your collection. Super XYX is a love letter to Toaplan that you can easily sink a few hours into. This game reminded me of so many things, though, not just Toaplan. It’s almost as...
Various old computers had their keyboards adorned with unique symbols. Companies like Commodore, Atari, Amiga, or even – in its previous life – Apple chose to put their company logos on keys, and there were other weird and obscure keys on weird and obscure keyboards. But it was Apple’s recent push to move their...
Team Fortress 2 is a great game. It is also a deeply unserious one. I’m not sure how much value can be extracted from the gameplay statistics of an online multiplayer experience where it is not uncommon to killbind for a laugh or to decide not to kill anyone for an entire match and instead chill with the enemy. Team...
Many moons from now This is my contribution to the IndieWeb Fiction Carnival of September 2026, hosted by James. The topic is “Moonlight”; I’m joining the Carnival for the first time. Many thanks to Juhis and Maartje for feedback on the first draft. You arrive early at the food forest: the sun is only just starting...
This site allows you to draw the life of a random person among all 100 billion who have ever lived on this planet, based on statistics and historical fragments of each period. I thought it was cool to analyze the lives of people who lived centuries or millennia ago and then trace my own profile.
Luego de unos meses, vuelvo con esta entrega de 10 lecturas que me parecen interesantes para compartir. ¿Por qué extrañamos décadas que no nos tocaron? Anemoia y nostalgia imaginaria | PijamaSurf La nostalgia por un pasado que nunca vivimos. Adiós a (mi) Proton | Resistencia Carpincha La experiencia luego de un año...
A few years ago, I read an article about an impending anniversary of 9/11 (I don’t remember which one specifically), and what I remember from it is a quote from one of the children of someone who died in the collapse of the twin towers. Essentially, this person said that there is never any long-term healing from the...
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Twenty-five years ago the world changed. An already, perhaps, fragile innocence teetering precariously on a knife edge, was easily shattered like unknowingly weakened glass. What should’ve been a peaceful sunny morning, with people going about their day, dreaming their dreams, living their lives, was anything but....
2026-09-11Hello!I've analyzed my preferred focal length for casual photography, my preferred exposure technique for monochrome images, and now I want to talk about my preferred composition.I've mentioned before that the edges of the frame must not contain any distractions, and that's still the most important...
The Lombard conquest of Ravenna and how the Venetians saved the Exarchate (730s or 740s), excerpt from the "Istoria Veneticorum" by John the Deacon.
I hired a handyman to help my parents fix up some stuff around the house. My mom is slightly senile and talks too much, so I spent most of my time wrangling her and trying to keep her from bugging the guy. The handyman was very curt and professional with me and did his job well. I left for a second to use the...
When I woke up this morning, just like every other day this week, I felt like going back to sleep and not going birding. Once I get out of bed, I feel well-rested, but if I skip birding, that usually means I get two more hours of sleep. Well guess what. I finally went birding today! I'm so glad I didn't stay in,...
September 2026. Manchester. Catching up with Mrs RM in Manchester after our respective trips I really wanted a proper meal, on a plate, with a pint, in a glass, in a pub. Sometimes pub food in Manchester can mean pizza or bao buns or crisps, which is why the Abel Heywood is such a gem. The local family brewers have...
Lately most of my posts have been pretty dour. Let's set that aside for some positive stuff. This one's about how it's still possible -- in spite of everything going on -- to live the FOSS Academic Lifestyle Dream.
Read on the website: Can you Lisp without being strapped in to the Torment Nexus Machine? (re-hosting of Zyd’s page)
Perché mi sento a disagio a parlare di videogiochi su LinkedIn? Riflessioni su maschere social, cultura pop, soft power e la rubrica videogiochi di Dagospia.
This is the sixth post in my 'hitting the digital brakes'-series. These are the previous posts in this series: the joys of imperfection Do we really need the latest tech My e-reader made me a worse reader Not everything needs to be in the cloud Anti AI? Be Pro Human! I have a highly curated feed on Instagram, and...
since i’m still locked, y’all can drop this whenever wherever idc. i deeply apologize for my comments on 9/11. these are inexcusable things i said. i’ll work on self-control later. however, you must realize the perspective from which i came to this conclusion. in 1999, the united states ordered an illegal invasion...
Make sure to read the first adventure of this journey!. Six months after the first campaign. We finally sat around the table once again, and played Land of Eem! for the second time. We had set a couple of dates before to meet up, and even a session zero where some of my players made new characters, but we didn’t get...
Un Canon de cuarto oscuro, Enrique Vila-Matas Enrique Vila-Matas está de vuelta con un libro jubiloso que nos sumerge en las obsesiones de la figura del escritor. Nacido en Barcelona en 1948, traducido en todo el mundo, galardonado con múltiples premios, Vila-Matas ya había hecho esta puesta en abyme de la escritura...
The "digital-only" format was a huge misstep and I'm glad they're finally correcting Today in Wizards of the Coast's State of the Formats blog post, they announced a few things but the notable one is that the Alchemy format is being retired. I'm not objective here. I know this. I accept this. I am pretty happy about...
It’s been a hectic week. I had quite a bit of work both at work and at home. I’m still lagging on my home TODO list. Monday is a holiday, so I should be able to cover it. Uma picking flowers It’s been an okay week for physical activity. I did one run and one game. Since we played singles, it was a bit intense. I had...
A couple of months ago, after reading this review by Erin (which is chock-full of all my catnip triggers), I grabbed both stories in the duology (see footnote 1) Beware: non-quite-explicit sex on page between two consenting adult men. “Moderating Love” by Jax Calder This novella is one of those stories that have no...