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What is Dave wearing today? Dave is wearing a slate-blue T-shirt, olive-green shorts, and white socks. How does Dave feel today? Dave feels poorly. What are the factors affecting Dave's mood? Dave's stomach hurts, and he assumes it has...
There’s been a bit of discussion this week on Bluesky about academic book chapters; the fact that they are often disparaged (especially in relation to the REF, especially by disciplines where the only ‘serious’ venue for research is the...
I've shared a few posts recently talking about how I'm using Cursor to learn and employ agentic development. Primarily that work has all been done via our Agent view, but this is just one of the surfaces you can use with the platform. I...
Hi everyone! Today’s prompt for #SoCS is “starts with ‘gl'”. I immediately thought of the word “glimmer”. This is a beautiful word with an even more beautiful meaning. It is the positive counterpart to a trigger. That is, well, in...
What I'm...Working on Chasing course issues in our online content packages. That's again the majority of my time this week Getting a bike rack installed on our Venue Rehearsing Sides for an audition of Significant Other Eating The...
We don’t need no stinking DRM I found a book in Amazon Kindle format that I wanted to read. I couldn’t find it anywhere else, and I had some Amazon credits, so I bought it. The problem is, I don’t have a Kindle and don’t want one. I knew...
I'm used to seeing pigeons, crows, mynahs, and gulls as the most populous species in cities. But coming to Bangalore, I realised that black kites are such a common sight. They are so well-established that I saw 15-16 kites thermalling...
On the evening of Thursday, August 27th, a beautiful eclipse of the Moon will be visible throughout North America. In a lunar eclipse, the Moon and the Sun are exactly opposite each other in our sky, and the Earth gets between them. This...
This is an EP with a set of rare mid-10s-era remixes of k.h.d.n. tracks; some very dark techno, definitely among their darkest sound. These are rare enough I didn't have an easy time finding a version of the music I could share here as...
“Mathematicians have to grapple with being replaced by AI.” This has become a constant refrain among the media and concerned mathematicians alike. For example, the article “THE CRISIS OF AI-GENERATED MATHEMATICS” (all caps) went viral,...
Great news for whiny piss-babies who can’t wait five fucking minutes for an actual human to make their coffee. Source, via the Superhuman newsletter.
I received a message from an ex-client; he demanded me to answer his questions. Two weeks back, him and the committee made me wait for an hour to present the renewal quote. When was my turn to present, the whole committee left with the...
It started in early 2024, or so. I didn’t follow any sports besides Hockey, and figured I would dabble in hockey sports cards. I’d mainly collected some nonsport cards at other times in my life, such as superheroes (I’ve always loved...
Made my way down to Shelburne and the local brewery of course! Time for a small flight. I’m at: Boxing Rock Brewery, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Location map: https://misterchrisjones.ca/location/chris/7324/ Note tags: checkin, shelburne,...
Obit: Poemsby Victoria ChangGenres: Poetry Pages: 123 Rating: Synopsis: After her mother died, poet Victoria Chang refused to write elegies. Rather, she distilled her grief during a feverish two weeks by writing scores of poetic...