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As described here: Use browsers not apps. Use Firefox or, if you are concerned about their recent turn, at least a Mozilla and not Chromium-based browser. Hit ctrl-alt-r for Reader mode (Cmd-alt-R on MacOS). ⊕ [Note: Per Doctorow:...
This week the UK got a new Prime Minister called Andy Burnham. He took over from Keir Starmer who had to stand down because of reasons. Weeks before this happened, the media - especially the TV news and BBC News in particular - were...
As discussed in a previous post, I have been working for a while on running Tailwind CSS without a Node.js dependency. That meant porting its CSS generation to OCaml and checking the output against the JavaScript original, byte for byte....
Exhausted today. Took this around 8:30pm and that was my first opportunity to take a picture all day.168 words · 1 image
Despite three intense heatwaves in rapid succession, it’s been nice and cool at our factory. This is because we’ve spent a small fortune over the years installing air-conditioning throughout the premises. So much so that it’s almost a...
Drax asks: what do you think makes something “arcadey” since that’s a label i see getting thrown around a lot
Adam Thirlwell has a wonderful LRB review essay (25 June 2026; archived) of a book I keep meaning to read, Gorky’s Reminiscences of Tolstoy, Chekhov and Andreyev (the review is of the new translation by Bryan Karetnyk). It opens...
Chad Miller has launched Grain, described as: […] a photo-first social app. Post galleries, share 24-hour stories, and browse feeds by following, For You, camera, or location. The most obvious comparison is Instagram, but without videos....
The sampler collaborations between Musica Jazz and ECM Records grew from a partnership woven into European jazz history. Founded in 1945, Musica Jazz is the world’s second-longest-running jazz magazine, and since November 1981, it has...
as of today, i've moved the bitsy and bitsybox repositories from github to codeberg. bitsy has been on github since i first released it almost a decade ago (!), so you may be wondering what this is all about. i'll try to answer what i...
The Wife Comes Firstby Lv Ye Qian HeGenres: Fantasy, Light Novels Pages: 396 Series: The Wife Comes First #1 Rating: Synopsis: As his life flashes before his eyes, self-obsessed Prince Cheng has a moment to reflect on something curious....
Cancellation on concurrent tasks is tricky to get right. I doubt I’ve ever succeeded.In the last few weeks I’ve re-learned that: cancellation (interruption) is a request, and you don’t know when it’ll land; and you need to defer...
Totally forgot that I had taken a couple of images today, when I just remembered that I had to post something here. Taken on my way home from the office. This particular construction site is really annoying and there's no end in sight....
I’m not a morning person by any means. Most of the time I wake up tired and don’t get up until I really have to. But today was different. I woke up this morning and I felt amazing. A feeling I hadn’t felt for a long time. I smiled. “I...