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Following 1998, when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers was established, many were concerned that it might become a force for censorship. Critics asked: would ICANN remain the neutral technical steward it was...
I got on the road a little after 0600, heading north to Highland Hardwoods in New Hampshire. It was a nightmare driving up there. 95 and 495 had several log jams I had to deal with and I don't do good in traffic. Especially so when...
Death is the Master of this WorldOut 8th July on New Era Productions From the mind of Jan Kruitwagen of Sammath and Kaeck fame comes this new dark ambient project. Split neatly into two fifteen minute segments, in essence what we are...
The days of asking AI a question, or pasting a config file in, and then pasting (or typing) the updated file back, are no longer needed. I have over 47 running docker containers, with almost as many stopped, and when I want to create a...
Welcome to this week's Link Dump!IS EVERYBODY HAPPY???What the hell was the Whitechapel Mount?Fair play for cannibals.The "wonderful year" 1759.The mysterious Great Serpent Mound.Why the number 17 was not popular in ancient...
Finished reading One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. Thanks to @jaheppler for reminding me of it. As I read it, the phrase kept rolling through my mind, “the empire must die.” Selfishly, for my family’s sake, I hope its...
It's an interesting moment in time to be teaching first year students. I mean that in a broad sense, but I also mean it in a "teaching the first week of classes during this particular week in August of 2026." Let me unpack that statement...
Sanderlings at the beach (photo from Wikimedia) 14 August 2026 Going to the beach? You’re certain to see shorebirds but who are they? They may be difficult to identify if they’re not in breeding plumage. To give you some practice, check...
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As I described in my latest quarterly update, a perfectly routine firmware update managed to turn my Star Labs StarBook Mk VI (AMD) into an expensive paperweight. I had simply copy-pasted the curl ... | bash one-liner from Star Labs'...
My diagnosis story was crazy. I was misdiagnosed as a type 2 and, consequently, the treatments did nothing for me. I was walking 4+ miles a day on the treadmill just to bring my A1C down from ~10.5 to ~8.9 over a year and a half. There...
Really interesting and relatable post, with stories that unfortunately sound eerily familiar. I really appreciate when folks like Brett take a principled stance on AI – it’s incredibly hard to publicly go against the grain, and while...
Circa 1910, a postcard of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Morningside Heights: There’s only one problem: that’s not what the cathedral looked like then or looks like now. The biggest difference is that the crossing tower was...
You can see the discarded pile of memorials that have been removed from the graves and leftin a pile. (click to enlarge)Not too far away from where I live is an old, abandoned and now derelict building that I believe was originally an...
We had a family trip to Regina recently to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of my wife's aunt and uncle. I gladly spent the time with family and friends, but I woke up early on Sunday to do a tiny bit of railfanning.