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Jerome Powell was Chair of the Federal Reserve from February 2018 to May 2026. Of course, the Fed Chair does not have dictatorial power over setting monetary policy: instead, such policy is set by a vote of the 12-member Federal Open...
The Research Team is a serie of blog post about preserving the history of web game that are no more. “Help the head of HR of Regenere (?) to put his hands on the creas (???). Watch out! DC-Donkey may become violent.” This is a...
I was disconcerted to see a Bluesky thread gushing about an unexpected US artist whose work is an obvious blend […]
Whilst it’s been 9 years since I worked there, I’d bet good money that Boots The Chemist’s POS (Point of Sale) system hasn’t changed. In which case, every time it changes from GMT to BST or back again, all the staff have me to thank me...
Truly, it’s quite frightening when you stop to think about it, organised religions are nothing short of zombie cults. Nearly everyone of them promotes and pushes the premise of us all being resurrected at some future point, to the...
Cabel Sasser found a great easter egg in the new Lego Batman game. (Audio on!) For anyone who grew up with a Commodore 64, this is perfect nerd sniping. I transcribed the C64 BASIC code from Cabel’s video for you to try yourself. Just...
Hope you had blessed Solemnity of the Most Precious Body and Blood of Jesus! ♥️✝️🕊️🙏 Time for another Catholic Meme Monday. That’s all I have this week. Stay tuned for next week’s Catholic Meme Monday. Receive updates straight to your...
xAI is renting huge amounts of GPU capacity to Anthropic and Google. Financial engineering ahead of the SpaceX IPO, a real compute shortage, or a genuine datacentre advantage? Probably all three.
This case involves a Texas statute (Senate Bill 2420, the App Store Accountability Act) requiring app stores to age-authenticate their users and obtain parental consent (among other requirements). I oppose this law and all other online...
Apple’s Developer conference in 2026 is happening and it’ll be the last one when Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple as he already named John Ternus as his successor. Even though Tim Cook built a 4 trillion empire as Apple Inc, one of the...
From distributed locks to request coalescing: techniques for coordinating cache rebuilds and preventing cascading failures.
📷 132/365 - Boy in the box. My sons still enjoy playing cardboard. The bigger the box, the better 😄
Although a lot of jazz can sound like a rotating cast of performers busying themselves with complex parts playing roughly in time [...], The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady is full of mood and structure shifts where you understand...