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(A series in which I ramble some personal perspective on ICYDAK's "30 Proven Tactics to Resist Authoritarianism in Daily Life," because most of this stuff is just default daily life to me.) ICYDAK: 30 Proven Tactics to Resist...
2025-02-23（月・祝） 因为感冒刚好，就自觉戴上了口罩（运动用布制）稽古，结果喘不上气差点晕过去…… 这一次没再被指出挑剑尖问题，但是依然感觉自己的面还是慢，不是速度慢，是反应慢。 本次最大的收获来自 TM老师的指导。打击的最后一瞬间要把注意力集中在剑尖，可以打出更快的面。我还发现这样可以最大限度避免落剑尖。 KH老师指出我在打击动作比较早的阶段就开始身体前倾，但其实只要稍微注意一下我就能做得很好，如此可见还是需要多多进行刻意练习。 2025-02-28（土）...
I’ve seen a lot written on the unexpected dangers of letting LLMs run amok in society. Some of the consequences of opening Pandora's box include: AI-induced psychosis, the break-down of truth, proliferation of slop, disregard of human...
(image courtesy of an unknown artist, on pinterest) i was planning to write more. i apologise (to no one) in advance. this afternoon and evening, for a few hours, i totally and utterly lost sight of my identity. i was floundering,...
We had a lot asks this week, which is rare and fun. AsksOrdered by question, with links where possible.Q: What's the whole OpenAI vs Anthropic vs DoD thing?There's no way for me to recap it here and it's going to continually change...
For years I’ve tried to have a digital-only note system, but it’s difficult. It’s easy to have an organized archive for quick-reference in digital form, but for daily on-the-go notes nothing beats the availability of pen and paper. Paper...
Bear blog supports Embedding blog post lists, for example displaying the latest posts: {{ posts|limit:5 }} However, it does not support displaying random posts. Then, I created a small plugin that replicates the official layout while...
Interesting tech talk. I like the approach of committing code review comments and making small fixes on behalf of your teammates as part of code review, which is a (more) superior approach than telling them to do those fixes themselves....
A philosopher often praised for the accessibility of his writing, when asked about it (he often took part in advice sessions for younger academics), would say that he is not writing for today, but for the future. What he meant was that...
A particle bounces inside an enclosed court. If the court’s walls are curved in just the right way — a stadium shape, a square with a circular obstacle — the particle’s classical trajectory becomes fully chaotic: exponentially sensitive...
I had the absolute pleasure to be joined by the great Protesilaos Stavrou for a conversation about emacs, minimalism, life philosophy, interconnectedness, and infinite depth. Come along for the ~2 hour journey! As always, God bless, and...
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Quoted Mallard Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (allaboutbirds.org) The oldest known Mallard was a male, and at least 27 years, 7 months old when he was shot in Arkansas in 2008. He had been banded in Louisiana in...
ನಿತ್ಯಾನಂದ ಬಿ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿಯವರ ‘ಅಳವು ಅರಿಯದ ಭಾಷೆ’ ಪುಸ್ತಕಕ್ಕೆ ಇಸ್ಮಾಯಿಲ್ ಅವರು “ಕೇಡಿನ ಭಾಷೆಯೇ ಆಡುಭಾಷೆಯಾದಾಗ…” ಲೇಖನದ ಮೂಲಕ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಿಸಿದ್ಡಾರೆ. ಸಮಯ ಸಿಕ್ಕಾಗ ಓದಿ. ಆ ಲೇಖನದ ಈ ಎರಡು ಪ್ಯಾರಾಗಳು ನನ್ನ ಮನದಲ್ಲಿ ಉಳಿದಿವೆ. ಆ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕರಾವಳಿಯಿಂದ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದ...
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” In 1957, Albert Camus (November 7, 1913–January 4, 1960) became the second youngest laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded to him for...
Now, after yesterday’s dark post, here’s a post about a chair. Living in the age of excessive consumerism definitely has its sweet side. On one hand, I have endless options to fully enjoy my passions and hobbies. If I like something and...
I passed and am now certified as a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). Now what?I got the opportunity to go through the CISA course and pass ISACA's CISA certification. It was quite a long journey, and I carefully prepared...
Llevo un tiempo aprendiendo italiano. Empecé con Duolingo, donde llegué a tener una racha de más de un año. Luego cambié Duolingo por Babbel, aprovechando que pude hacerme con una suscripción de por vida (ya sabemos cómo va eso), y...
I really like having Jason Gorman’s blog posts in my RSS reader. Especially when he’s highlighting some critical issues with AI assisted coding. This paragraph for example really made me smile: For example, a common strategy they use...
A note before you read—this is an experiment. I've spent years accumulating ideas, learning, and ways of thinking about risk, ego, the body, the noise in your own head, the difference between a life you choose and one that chooses you....
I’m trying out a ton of design and art software at once (which I might write a blogpost about), and today I got into Pixelmator Pro, and when figuring out the Effects panel, I was overjoyed at this design detail: You could hang your...
Hi friends, In February, Scour scoured 647,139 posts from 17,766 feeds (1,211 were newly added). Also, 917 new users signed up, so welcome everyone who just joined! Here's what's new in the product: 🔮 Inferring Interests from RSS FeedsIf...
I really didn’t get what I needed from Healing Together this year. There’s usually a calm, breath of fresh air feeling. I’m able to relax because I’m surrounded by others that either have DID or OSDD themselves or are therapists that...
Why your mutex wrapper should accept a closure for mutation instead of a plain value, with examples from the standard library and Tailscale.
I’m back with Part 5 of the Everyday Defense track in my CybersecKyle Security How-To Series. Here’s what we’re going to cover: the pressure patterns scammers lean on, the exact one-minute routine to follow, and the safest ways to verify...
The town of Kitzbühel, Austria, from high up in the mountains. A four-day working week with a long weekend away at the end. I needed it. At the start of the week I noted that I felt as though I was going through a tough period, but one...
A few years ago, while recuperating from our at that time “favourite” dreaded lurgy,1 I stumbled across StreetComplete, an Android app to update OpenStreetMap data in a fun and easy way. It’s reminiscent of games such as Pokémon Go. But...
I found my fairbuds, finally! For a second there, I thought I had lost them for good. They just fell out of my jacket pocket in the closet, though. *breathes sigh of relief* This means that I can now go back to listening to...
Ah, randomness. A favorite of the average ADHDer. Today I bring you a little bit of that on one of my past times: hyper specific facts about dead languages and/or word etymology. I have no intention of deep diving or learning...
Brian flicked his tail against the cool glass of his aquarium, watching the same plastic castle and rubber plants bob in the current he created. For two weeks, the world beyond his tank had been silent—no Mark, no cheerful "Good morning,...
I had a ~2-hour chat with Joshua Blais, a fellow Emacs user, over at the @JoshuaBlais YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JoshuaBlais. We covered Emacs at length and also talked about general life issues. The first topic we cover...
In February, my gratitude subscription was expressed with a donation ($10) to Johan Sanneblad, lead developer of Notebook Navigator. Notebook Navigator is an excellent plugin from Obsidian that made me fall in love with Obsidian all over...
See the series post for an overview of all the episodes. Notes 00:00 Introductions. 05:00 A first look at expressions in the context of the new Declarative Constraints feature. 06:00 An overview of CDS and the languages within the CDS...
On my way from Germany to our new home in Denmark, I spent a couple of hours in AMS, capturing airplanes. This was my last airplane photography session in the foreseeable future, so it was a bittersweet experience. I've never had much...
(Read part one here, where I discuss my month with Qobuz.) I started with a free month of Qobuz and then used two months to try out Deezer. Let’s run down the list of my observations of how Deezer stacks up against Spotify (with some...
Catch up!Matthew BurbridgeThe story so far:Issue #1Issue #2Issue #3Issue #4Issue #5Issue #6Issue #7Issue #8Issue #9Issue #10Issue #11Issue #12
I recently stumbled across a writing tool, which has somewhat changed the way I write — for the better. I Write Like is a web based app, describing itself as "a writer-focused text processor equipped with a suite of tools to analyse and...
Leviathan es un anime de estética steampunk y ciencia ficción que presenta una versión alternativa de la Primera Guerra Mundial. En esta serie, que consta de doce episodios, adapta los libros de la trilogia escrita por Scott Westerfeld....
Red Rising; Thoughts on the Society I recently finished reading through the full Red Rising series, completing Light Bringer just a few days ago. After sitting with all of these wonderful books, I wanted to dig into some of the bigger...
I met Brandon 42 years ago. Today we gathered for lunch and introduced each other to the folks that make us better. ⊕Currently Listening: Francis, & Her Fawn “Cold Water / Midnight”Reply via email
Das Allgemeine Syndikat Freie Arbeiter:innen Union (FAU) Köln hatte Interessierte in das Naturfreundehaus in Kalk zum Vortrag „Anarchistischer Antimilitarismus“ von Dr. Bernd Drücke eingeladen. Herr Drücke—seit 1972 Redakteur der...
Doing okay. Everything just feels 'meh' and I just want to have a long lie down. I want to do things well (like this fucking challenge) but it's as though I'm half asleep in my own body.
MacBook Neo. Apple has announced a new entry-level MacBook. Colorful and equipped with an iPhone chip (A18 Pro), it starts at USD 599 (without Touch ID, available only in the most expensive version). Will it be a hit? Vykar Backup. The...
When the forecast gets it wrong (complimentary) The weather alerts for yesterday morning were really (and I cannot stress this enough) really on the fence about if it would rain or not throughout the course of the day; variations of...
I finally got you. You were much trickier than the curious Robins of the last few days. Either my reactions are getting quicker with practice, or you were milliseconds more generous with your perching time than usual. This wasn't a JPG...
Here, to lower the tone, is a little something that Philip Larkin wrote on the, er, challenges of personnel management...AdministrationDay by day your estimation clocks upWho deserves a smile and who a frown,And girls you have to tell to...
Why read the book? Chris Voss wrote Never Split the Difference. He spent many years as an FBI hostage negotiator. Voss shows how the same skills work in normal life. He says people do not think only with logic. Emotions drive most...
A few days late just means there is more to cover, right? Programming and Scripting This week I worked on my homepage quite a bit. I added a ListenBrainz widget and fixed quite a few bugs that have been bugging me for a while. I also...
February 2026. Downham Market. £9.30 “invested” on an old person’s evening out in Downham Market, and all I had to show for it were some blurred photos from the Crown, which I’m out to convince you is a great pub. Perhaps I can borrow...
This post was written for this month's Bearblog Carnival. Thanks to Suliman for hosting this event! What happens if a blonde woman and a white cat meet each other? They just start fighting for the spectacle in the Internet world. This is...
Welcome, to the Soft Metal Lounge, a portal for time travel between the past and future. My name is Elle and I'll be your timesplitter. The Soft Metal Lounge is my life or at least reclaiming the life I thought I lost. I woke up one day...
Oh boy. The pollen allergy season is in full swing already. And of course I forgot to order my antihistamines. Reply by email
I am something of a packrat. I derive comfort and pleasure from the artifacts of my past. My parents’ house is still full of material remnants of my youth, from art projects to my physical music collection to once-beloved items of...
Go to English translation La pequeña e inocente mandarina no se esperaba terminar en el estado en el que se encontraba en estos momentos, junto con cadáveres de pedazos desechados de otras frutas y verduras de los dueños de aquella casa....
Tengo una fijación con el clima, tiene mucho que ver con mi estado emocional en curso, justo en el momento de escribir algo de índole personal. Algunos prefieren las frases, otros las emociones, yo prefiero el clima. El viejo y poco...
i'll spend my whole life looking for the next best thingbut when I finally find it, i’ll be too busy lookingfor the next best thingI had spent half of the day travelling and the other half looking at art. Whenever I am going anywhere, I...
(Nota bene, each entry has a review using Seth’s proprietary three-point Good-OK-Bad scale, with emojis representative of something that stood out to me about the work; please do not tell Seth, I am very scared of him) (R: Re-read; B:...
Lately, I've been feeling a certain staleness in writing these entries. This is mostly because my emotions have been stable, and while it's a welcome season in my life, I can't help but feel like I've lacked a certain visceral emotional...
I need to do better at recognizing the tremendous blessings in my life and acknowledging God's hand in all of them. A favorite hymn among Latter-day Saints is “Count Your Blessings”. It's fun to sing and has a good message. (1) When upon...
Looking over some brush along the Yodo River at the Umeda Sky building and other Umeda high rises. 淀川沿いの葦原越しに、梅田スカイビルやその他の梅田の高層ビル群を眺めている。
The people at Mastodon recently released a share button for websites! and I think it works rather well, as it remembers the instance you selected for the next time you use it somewhere else. I added the following button to the bottom of...