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I know AutoIt is not the most modern programming language. It is not trendy, it is not something people usually mention next to Rust, Go, Python, or C#. But I still use it, and for the kind of small Windows tools I build, it still makes...
People keeping asking me variations of "what do you think about what is going on in Maine" and so I'm just going to write it down. I never liked Platner as a person, and was wary of him from the get-go. He has always reminded me of every...
Farewell party at the kindergarten today. Only one more week! 😱 Immich update: Processing of the files finished sometime today. The facial recognition is mixing up my daughters quite a bit, which I have to fix manually, I guess. I...
If you had to point at your body where your self is located, where would you put your finger? Logic dictates on the brain, but is that where you feel it? Besides, research shows that reactivating a brain won't revive its former owner's...
There is significant unmet demand for bus services. Boost service on a existing popular (but underserviced) bus route and usage will rise in proportion. Higher frequency and longer hours induce new demand, just like the 200% rise in...
Death is a rather big part of life, so it makes sense that author Haralambi Markov kept writing about it, whether that was intentional on his part or not. In the Big Idea for his newest collection of short stories, Markov talks about his...
There’s a new bug in the YouTube TV app for Google TV that is so utterly stupid that I need to rant about it. When you play a video and press back on the remote, it should jump back 10 seconds. Well, now it now jumps back 10 seconds… and...
I shouldn't be surprised really. I dislike working with hefty platforms that target consumers directly. This is because they often do so at the expense of more advanced requirements that someone may need further down the line. In this...
Nice essay from Zachary Kai with many quotable bits! Social media platforms rise and fall like ancient empires sped up a thousand times. Yet email endures. Like the postal service or the printed book. Is it any coincidence these...
Cole Adams Under Review:The Playful Lem: A Short Story Sampler. Stanislaw Lem, translated & edited by Michael Kandel. MLA, July 2026. Although Stanisław Lem was a pioneer of many of the conventions we invoke when we discuss “science...
ONE OF THE BEST TO TAKE THE BUMP: Justin Verlander announces his retirement at the end of this season.
Farage, Immigration and reality.
What happens if you're better than everyone else? Or, at least, if there's something special about you that it would be indecent not to nourish at any cost? What if you're young, and that special part of you is undeveloped, and you don't...
Awake at 5:30, stow sleeping gear and boom tent. At the coffee shop as they open at 6:30 for a blueberry muffin and iced tea. Cast off Beaufort docks 7:00, sails up 7:10 off the Duke marine lab on Pivers Island. It the beginning of the...