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Landed by Ian Strange (2014) https://cms.pinabausch.org/static/post-videos/PBE-UnJour_WebVersion_Master_v2.mp4 Wrote most of this in YUL airport in anticipation of the horrible jetlag I’m suffering from. Past me was smart. I don’t really...
The great silence: why haven’t we found any aliens yet? is a great read. We have precisely zero evidence of advanced life in the universe beyond Earth. At the same time, there is growing evidence that simple life forms are likely to...
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. Steve Watson at Stack Magazines is finalising the programme for a day of talks about magazines on Friday 18 September. Reading Magazines: 300 Years of Magazine Evolution will take place at the St Bride Foundation, just off Fleet...
Back when Balatro was still new, I heard a whole lot about this deck-building Poker roguelike. I mean, a lot a lot about it. It was, and still is, rated overwhelmingly positive on Steam.
School's back! Yay!!Now, how do we sign these bakers up? (Or at least you were.) Yes, really. Another one. And a special shout-out to all of you heading off to college, like Andy here: Congrats on being "excepted"!!! Thanks to Cindy C.,...
(Caroline Foty's first fountain pen was a 1970s Sheaffer No Nonsense that still writes perfectly. Since she discovered pens by independent makers, she wants "one of each, please" and wants to meet all the makers. Maybe you do, too. She...
When I was in grad school, I was briefly friends with the students in the year above me. For some reason, my year was full of people who didn't want to get together and do things, and I wanted to do things, so I hung out with the "older"...
I resigned. My last company, which worked in regulated industries (e.g. Defense) projects, became AI-first late December. Regular readers know my tiredness for genAI, its ethical failings, and how I think those tools are more destructive...
Samuel Spewack was a Ukrainian-born American journalist, Hollywood screenwriter and novelist who penned two detective novels, The Skyscraper Murder (1928) and Murder in the Gilded Cage (1929), before abandoning the genre – leaving behind...
Lubin Manufacturing Company in 1911 Introduction Lubin Vault Fire Fox Vault Fire MGM Vault Fire National Archives Vault Fire Universal Studios Fire Still Confusing Conclusion Introduction Tom’s Hardware published an article about Nine...
Web Authentication Level 3 is now a W3C Recommendation! This post covers the new features in L3 to support passkeys, advanced deployment scenarios, improved developer ergonomics, and a peek at what’s next in Level 4.
Work continues on the new house. Hopefully, we'll be pouring concrete on Monday. The weather has been fantastic and they're making good progress. This level is more demanding than the basement because there are more window bucks and they...
I am famous for saying how today is just another day above the dirt. And it is. And that’s all this is for most of us. Today is just another day above the dirt.This is always so for those of us who are alive and breathing and living to...
hey everybody, autumn is here! i think? it kind of snuck up on me. we've gone straight from Heatwave to a 12C minimum and 22C maximum temperature, cool and rainy. it's been a couple of such days already and it doesn't seem like much will...