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CSAR is a proposed EU Regulation whose purpose is "to prevent and combat child sexual abuse" (procedure 2022/0155(COD))1. Most of the public opposition to CSAR boils down to "no surveillance" as a first principle, full stop. On the other...
I've resisted the whole category of apps that nag you about breaks, posture, hydration, and eyestrain. Being told what to do by my computer felt like an insult to my judgment. The reality: my judgment about when to take a break is bad. I...
I've resisted the whole category of apps that nag you about breaks, posture, hydration, and eyestrain. Being told what to do by my computer felt like an insult to my judgment. The reality: my judgment about when to take a break is bad. I...
How to sync your Markdown docs to Microsoft Loop and vice versa¶ TL;DR - No sync! It's copy and paste, with Base64 encoding for images. Over the last months, there was an attempt by Microsoft to give plain-text Markdown formatting a bit...
Oh to be nineteen again. Oh wait, nineteen and angry? Maybe not. There’s a bit of 1950’s nostalgia in this character. The line work in the eyes and nose remind me of those “learn to draw comics” advertisements with a reference guide to...
Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️ Nothing much to talk about this week. I got a haircut and had a bunch of random thoughts about blogging and feed readers. 🤣 Of course I’d still like to make a living working on Feed Readers...
Everyone makes mistakes. What separates people isn't that they made a mistake, it's what they do once they realize. You can own the failure and work to fix it, or you can reach for an excuse and pin the outcome on something else. I've...
One of the now rare species of oysters in the Pacific Northwest is the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida, (Carpenter, 1864). While rare today, these are British Columbia’s only native oyster. Had you been dining on their brethren in the...
Months after its launch, rootring is still evolving and growing. At the time of writing, 169 blogs have joined the ring. Far more than I ever imagined! A lot has happened since launch, so I'm using this post to go over the biggest...
I’ve recently been thinking a lot about the concept of “soil horizons”, which is the idea that there are many distinct layers of soil, from topsoil all the way down to bedrock, which all combine into a soil horizon. Translating this idea...
An odd-looking vegetable still waiting for its day, kohlrabi is a living link to how humans have interacted with wild plants, nudging them over time to create something entirely new. The crisp, tender bulbs can be used in any recipe you...
Here's an explanation for why nothing gets done: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredkin%27s_paradox
Here is Tanner Linsley on React and Preact.1 One hears versions of its central claim often these days: We only treat code as the source of truth because regenerating it is expensive. Flip that cost and the model inverts: the ideas become...
For those new to CabbieBlog or readers who are slightly forgetful, on Saturdays I’m republishing posts, many going back over a decade. Some will still be very relevant while others have become dated over time. Just think of this post as...
“The reality, of course, is that attempts to integrate AI into education have been consistently disastrous. As it turns out, a technology that spits out a confident mixture of fact and fiction without challenging the user to track down...