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Be skeptical of sweeping stories about China, regardless of how good or bad they portray things. The technological advancements mentioned in the news may be even more profound in reality, but not as widespread as shown. The GDP growth...
I had one real goal today. That was to visit my mother in the afternoon. While doing the morning routine over the past week, my younger daughter and I had been making sure to open the gate, just in case. It was late morning when we heard...
Nicholas… I’ve known and loved him for twenty-seven years. I adore that my friends know how to cheer me up. I am sure he could sense how down I’ve been of late, and twenty minutes ago, he sent me the above video. The way my heart perked...
The sun finally came out around 4:00 this afternoon. While that was good for the comfort of the fans, the engines prefer things to be a little cooler. I mentioned this earlier and hate being a Negative Nellie, but this was a very subdued...
Daniel Lemire speeds up binary search using parallel data-comparison instructions (\(\mathbb{M}\), see also).
She’s laying down a base of, “We come to this place… for magic.We come to Christie’s to laugh, to cry, to care.” And dusting it with some,“But square cut or pear-shaped, these rocks don’t lose their shape!” This Brancusi should sell for...
A little zine I made for fun that contains three dark fairytales I originally wrote in 2025 for the NSR Sword& zine issue #1.
Spotify rolled out a new (temporary) logo to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The internet is ablaze with rage because it looks terrible on a phone home screen, but I actually love it myself. It’s playful and fun, and we need more fun...
In the past, I’ve been measuring and reporting the spectra of the read noise in various cameras that I’ve tested. I decided to revisit those calculations and see if I could improve the presentation of the results. I’ve been using ChatGPT...
The last time I saw Gavin was at a legendary venue in Ithaca which has since been transformed into a literal parking lot. That says more about my town than it does Gavin, whose songs have been the soundtrack to the second half of my...
It stopped raining long enough yesterday for me to hack away at a cherry log in preparation for my demonstration/presentation at the Hand Tool Haven event. Early tomorrow morning, I’ll drive the mere 50 miles to Butler, PA with some …...
From the renowned cartoonist, Rebel Pepper xí tǎngpíng 习躺平 ("practice lying flat") Selected readings "'Lying flat' and 'Involution': passive-aggressive resistance" (6/4/21) "'Lying flat' and 'Buddha whatever' (part 2)" (6/24/21) [h.t. anon]
“Harvesting honey completes a circle in your yard,” said Jacques, as he was guiding me through the process of taking honey from my hive of bees which he had helped me install three years prior. He explained: You grow these plants that...