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Over the last month or so I’ve been feeling tired and fed up. Feeling a bit down. Physically sore, stiff and sensitive. This is not depression. There is no benefit - to me anyway - in pathologising what I am feeling with a medical term....
In anticipation of the second edition of Data Visualization, which is coming later this year from Princeton University Press, version 2.0.0 of my socviz package is now on CRAN. The update removes some functions that aren’t needed anymore...
This is the biggest update Bazzite has ever seen. gardinerbryant.com The headline change here is that they replaced their old stack with a fully SteamOS-aligned one. That means they're now using: InputPlumber for controller handling,...
Blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1167/monthly-production-report-for-july-2026
Generative AI has turned into the kind of arms race we normally associate with doping in sports. By which I mean: the companies involved make a legal product and a bunch of people try to figure out when another bunch of people have used...
Rock sandpiper flock over the mudflats of Kachemak Bay, Alaska (photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS via Wikimedia) 21 August 2026 When migrating shorebirds evade a falcon they form very tight flocks that twist and turn in the air to make the flock...
Welcome to the Link Dump, where this week, our Strange Company HQ staffers give a shout-out to Clarence, Iowa!Well, why not. I'm sure it's a charming place.Where the hell is the Pedro Mountain Mummy?The tomb of King Midas' father.Graham...
Game title: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Plaform: pc Rating: 4.25/5 I have fond memories of playing the original Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag. I barely remember the story, but I remember playing countless hours chasing other...
Games that play themselves are like using AI for writing, drawing, and thinking, or, at the risk of making many people angry, watching others playing with balls on TV instead of playing yourself and rediscovering the pleasure of physical...
Talk about the division of labor: large language models can write your term papers and grade them too! https://x.com/pickover/status/2082654566219198642
If you're anything like me, you're a sucker for a good romance. And you've also got a bit of a morbid fascination. Not exactly a "peanut butter and chocolate" type of combination, but we all contain multitudes, don't we?But as I was...
The historic Dixie restaurant. This was the only possible photo of the entrance I could makedue to automobiles parked directly in front of it. The sidewalk was narrow so even an ultrawide angle lens would not work well. I think the front...
Chris Wayan's Planetocopia is one of my favorite things on the internet. The author made up fictional planets with weird geology. And he tried to give them scientifically plausible climates and biospheres, along with beautifully weird...
Becoming a manager changed the way I experienced customers. I was no longer only the employee who pointed toward the Drama section or checked a tape back in. When a situation became confusing, ridiculous, or angry, I was increasingly the...
During an apartment renovation in a converted 1860s loft building, a view of one of the cast-iron columns that makes up the front facade, as seen from inside: As is typical of these buildings, there’s a column between every pair of...