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There’s long been a disconnect between concerns about the massive impact of AI data centres on electricity demand and claims by Sam Altman and others that the impact is really modest. Ed Zitron recently posted a summary of OpenAI’s 2025...
Katherine Schwarz was born in April 2001. She grew up in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, with her sister, Maddy (five years older), her mom, Lucy May, and her dad, Christopher Schwarz. “Both of my parents have just been the best ever when it...
I don’t do lie-ins but somehow it was 10am when I stirred this morning…I suppose I see them as indulgent and I have responsibilities. Dogs don’t walk themselves, during the week work doesn’t make itself! I think this responsibility has...
♡ after a long social media and creative break, I set up my online portfolio again and even made new art! ➜ thedoodlenoodle.com. ♡ despite being in a heatwave, our living room temperature never rose above 25/26 degrees. win! upstairs in...
This is a report of my visit to an intimate and very private chalkstream barely outside Greater London, in the county of Hertfordshire. So private that I was asked not to say very much else about its whereabouts. I took the train,...
Great games come with LAN co-op. Even greater games allow you to directly enter the game lobby's IP address. Saints Row: The Third doesn't and relies on UDP broadcasts, instead. And because WireGuard doesn't transmit UDP broadcasts, you...
I feel lucky to be here, writing at the desk that came to me from my grandparents, safe in my mountain home. It was a harrowing drive home yesterday.At first it was lovely. I put gas in the car and was on the road by 7 a.m., which was 45...
I got an email this week from my online Japanese school that I’ve been learning from for the last 4 or so years. I had taken a class from the head teacher years ago and at the end of it, she started up a more formal company. Recruiting...
Marauding cockatoos thwarted by bin lid invented by men's shed — I understand how annoying and frustrating dealing with this kind of problem is, but I can’t help but love how long it took to thwart the little avian engineers. 'WELCOME...
Hello all. It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these. It’s been a while since I’ve posted much of anything. I’ve even stopped posting so much on Mastodon. What have I been doing instead? I don’t know. In short, surviving. I have...
Went swimming in the Ruhr river yesterday. My first time! The neighbors showed us a great spot with very slow current. I was a bit surprised my kids actually went into the water with me (they are a bit on the squeamish side when it comes...
RSPB Lochwinnoch flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license
For much of the 20th and 21st century (to date), the opportunity to go back in time and undo the mistakes of one’s life has been a favourite topic of stage and screen. With such a concept, there tonally lies a myriad of possibilities –...
This month's Field Notes flows from Formula 1 commentary to a Studio Ghibli stage adaptation to an elaborate royal dolls' house. What connects them all is craft, care, and people who refuse to cut corners. | Read full post >>
Great games come with LAN co-op. Even greater games allow you to directly enter the game lobby's IP address. Saints Row: The Third doesn't and relies on UDP broadcasts, instead. And because WireGuard doesn't transmit UDP broadcasts, you...