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Remember all the complaining I did last weekend about the empty battery? Yeah, that was no joke. An work week that was both unsatisfying and stressful didn’t help at all.(And frankly, this weekend isn’t much better, even though it is...
A person is a perpetual ongoingness perpetually mistaking itself for a still point. We call this figment personality or identity or self, and yet we are constantly making and remaking ourselves. Composing a life as the pages of time keep...
When the revolution against the Crescent Empire for limiting access to magic got out of hand and the fires reached the Great Library of Alyssium, the librarian Kiela and Caz–a sentient spider plant–took as many books as they could with...
Plurivers, un dictionnaire du post‑développement. Composition responsive de l’ouvrage édité par Wildproject. Plurivers Lien vers “Plurivers” # « Aujourd’hui, il est plus que jamais nécessaire, non seulement d’empêcher la destruction du...
Book review: The Living Gita The Bhagavad Gītā is close to my heart: it’s one of my favourite books. That means I’m in luck: there are a lot of different translations and commentaries available. I’ve listed the ones I’ve read so far...
Just went to linkedin — I log in like every few months. I see a post of someone I know, super smart and energetic, her own walking brand. Then I read what she posted to increase her customers — she's freelance — which at first looks...
They put stickers?? on my food??
It's been a while since I added a new page to the site. My Basic programming section now has one of notes about various obscure dialects that are still around and worth a look despite their age and limited reach.
finally summer is starting to lessen it's effect. fall is taking it's place. i love fall. i love the rain puddles, cozy temperatures, jackets—JACKETS I LOVE JACKETS!! they feel like a soft hug of fabric and i miss that feeling. i miss...
Something that I have a hard time with, every time that I start up a new distro, is getting my xbox controller working without a cable. It is never easy, and at no point does it seem like something any of the distros I frequent will fix...
Title: Newcastle Eats Website: newcastleeats.co.uk RSS Feed: newcastleeats.co.uk/rss Newcastle Eats is an independent food blog dedicated to Newcastle upon Tyne’s dining scene. It has focused on honest, independent restaurant reviews...
the real power of LLMs is natural language interfaces, not making content.
They're dredging the lake to reduce layers of sediment and reset the ecosystem at Sharon Woods. + photos
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Vergüenza. El título de la serie no puede estar mejor puesto: cada capítulo me ha hecho sentir todavía más vergüenza ajena que el anterior. Y no tengo dudas de que es exactamente lo que pretende la serie. Me ha llamado mucho la atención,...
I’m writing this as there is about 1 minute left in the Tampa Bay vs Philadelphia Eagles game. I’ve been an Eagles fan for almost 30 years. I’ve loved sports most of my life. I’ve never been very good at watching my teams, however. I...
Previously. Now, instead of a shell function, it evolved to a dedicated script in pancake. In my opinion it’s quite user-friendly: % pritunl_login.sh stark-industries 'op://Employee/x9zm2kddpq4nvbwrfhgtsjloey/password' Connecting to...
ℹ️ Esta postagem fala de nerdices relacionadas ao Linux e se não entender nada o problema não é você, sou eu. Quando o assunto é distribuições do Linux, há uma lista interminável que vai das figurinhas carimbadas até nomes completamente...
Okay before we get into it, for people not familiar with my review style: I’m not really doing good “consumer advice” here on which board game you should buy. I’m doing reviews more for other design nerds like myself who like to pick...
not another manic Monday...
A direct, professional breakdown of what it takes to be a trusted software architect in high-stakes environments.
In October, as the days grow shorter and the air turns sharper, many people naturally shift their focus from the creative energy of summer to the quieter work of maintenance. It’s the season of clearing gutters, deep-cleaning corners of...
I finished all three of my local half marathons for the first time, a neat little milestone.
Semi-random notes on my ongoing experience of living in the (tech) past. After taking the plunge, Mavericks keeps on giving. I created a brand new Set-up page featuring a probably incomplete list of everything I'm using. I'll be adding...
I’ve set up my parents with an awesome business quality managed network - since I’m the one managing it. Recently my mother mentioned not being fully happy with the network connectivity and speed though, which surprised me. I went and...
You browse Linux, productivity, or programming discussions online enough and I feel like you will come across some discussion about why Emacs, vim, or neovim is the best program ever created or something. Dozens of "this config unlocked...
这篇文章介绍了如何利用 Emacs 和 org-protocol 自动化生成个人听歌排行页面。通过结合 Tampermonkey 脚本解析网易云音乐数据，并利用 Emacs 的 capture 功能，用户可以轻松将格式化后的歌曲列表保存至博客文章中。核心方案是使用 org-protocol 在浏览器和 Emacs 间进行数据传递和操作触发，实现高效的数据捕获与内容更新。即便不使用 Emacs，文章也提供了获取数据的通用思路，帮助读者构建个性化的听歌记录。
It's not often that I wake up on a Sunday and the first thing my brain thinks of is a leetcode problem from two years ago. In fact, it's never. Until today. I woke up and found myself mulling over a "gotcha" that I left unaddressed back...
¡Blog!¡Blog! es un directorio de bitácoras en español creado por el argentino matizeta. El directorio empezó a funcionar el pasado mes de agosto y tras varios ajustes y mejoras está cerca de las 100 bitácoras registradas. Como ya comenté...
"Veduta delle due Chiese di S. Nicolò e S. Giuseppe di Castello" from the "Gran Teatro di Venezia", published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
Philosopher John Searle, well-known for his work on philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, has died. John Searle wrote extensively consciousness and the mind, intentionality, and speech act theory. He is especially well known for...
Data en de democratische rechtsorde. Ik dacht, ik begin eens goed pompeus. Bij de AIVD werkte ik mee aan het afluisteren van mensen, later heb ik daar software voor gemaakt en allemaal heel interessante dingen gedaan. Nog later weer werd...
September 2025. Teddington. Every £25.50 trip to London needs a new GBG tick and a classic or two, plus a Spoons if I haven’t done it before. Teddington doesn’t have a Spoons, which either adds or takes £100k off average house prices....
I discuss some lovely-sounding reverbs that make echo densities build up over time, as in a real room. They're available in my VST/AU plugin, and I link to Max/MSP versions as well.
A binary stellar system consisting of a Wolf–Rayet (WR) star, and a larger main sequence star, known as V Sagittae, are predicted to erupt in a massive explosion, possibly before the end of the century*. Presently the WR body is...
I am back at the Starbucks, big chilling and feeling good after trying that new protein foam stuff. I don't shill for Starbucks (or anyone else) but having the extra protein in my little drink helps me with staving off pre-dinner hunger....
It’s been a while, huh? Season 2 of week notes coming right up. Learning Typescript with a new project I started a new web-based fediverse-related programming project recently. It’s nothing too serious right now and is mostly an excuse...
Day 31, Is there a particular country other than your own that fascinates you? Why? Canada. I love hiking, reading and biking. Yamaska National Park near Quebec holds a long time ache in my heart as id read about it in a national...
HappeningsThree consecutive weeks have been filled with sad news, and with my husband away on business trip during all three. This week has been a blur of work, cat care, exhaustion, and endless back-and-forth. Even though nothing major...
Life, Work et al This week has been a stress-fueled blur, with the end-of-quarter rush engulfing my attention. Every waking moment has felt torn between competing demands, and the line between home and work has all but dissolved. I’ve...
Notational Velocity on OS X Mavericks The Linkdump No 74 on 82MHz had a nice introduction to the blogpost Getting Ready for the Winter. Part 1, Switching Technology on the blog Minutes To Midnight by Simone Silvestroni. In this great...
Here’s some stuff I’ve experienced lately (and not necessarily only new releases)...
La página 24 del libro "The Orwell Diaries", que se corresponde con la introducción al Diario 31 de Enero de 1936 - 25 de Marzo de 1936, empieza con el siguiente párrafo (traducido libremente por mí): "Después de que Orwell hubiera...
A late-night withdrawal throws a wrench in competition plans, until a surprising update brings unexpected relief.
A review of David Hoon Kim's Paris Is a Party, Paris Is a Ghost