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"And even if you found yourself in some prison, whose walls let in none of the worldâs sounds â wouldnât you still have your childhood, that jewel beyond all price, that treasure house of memories? Turn your attention to it." Rilke - from the first letter in Letters to a Young Poet
This 404 report justly been getting considerable coverage.Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazonâs book buying operation, which hasnât been previously reported, by placing a tracking...
I love it when two news from the same day collide. In this case it's how experience in a domain helps or hinders when using LLMs.First up, Cory Doctorow in The Nerve (4 August 2026), discussing the positive results from experienced software engineers:Thanks to their skill and experience, these workers possess...
âPride is not the opposite of shame, but its source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.â | Uncle Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender Iâve loved Uncle Irohâs depth of wisdom. This was another one that hit hard.
An Australian's answers to the questions Americans keep asking: no, it won't all kill you, the food's worth the trip, and there's far more here than red dust. This is another title trade with the lovely James (we're up to three or four now.) He suggested a few, and the one that most piqued my interest was 'what...
A soft shimmer of rain at dawn, increasing as the light grows. By sunrise itâs drowning out the wrenâs song. A mosquito sings in my ear.
Down the road a bit (and by road I mean overgrown single track with grass in the middle) from the ogham stone is the Ardgroom stone circle and the only other stone circle I got to see on this trip. Seriously atmospheric, in the shadow of mountains and the two drumlins ( DromĂĄrd, and Drombeg) that give it its name in...
In a previous video, I talked about role play in FFXIV and what you can do to get started. I also touched on what causes people anxiety when considering RP, especially from a shy or new player perspective. In the comments of that video, I asked other folks for their RP tips, and boy did I get them!
Following the blog post on how to self-host a PDS (Personal Data Server) for atproto, having your accounts live on your own server, while still being able to interact with apps like Bluesky and pckt.blog, I wanted to write a little about how to do the same for Tangled. Caveat: the Tangled team are working on a new...
A small, undersized Thoroughbred race-seahorse named Landbiscuit has taken prediction market platform Polymarket by storm this week, attracting millions in gambling volume ahead of his historic match race against War Admiral.Landbiscuit, who stands at a paltry 3.2 inches tall with a crooked dorsal fin and knobby...
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