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I've never seriously played an MMORPG. I played maybe an hour of World of Warcraft during its heyday at a friend's urging, but found it immediately boring. Nor am I much for shooters, especially in a competitive context; I played a bit...
Now, a new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, argues this isn’t just poetic musing; it’s a fundamental neurocognitive phenomenon. According to researchers, our brains have quietly “scaffolded” consciousness on...
There is certainly quite a bit more to optimise in local inference–Simon got around 72% more throughput from MTP speculative decoding–even if most readily available (and not hugely overpriced) consumer hardware still can’t quite get to...
Part of me hesitates to write and share these thoughts because they sound silly. Naïve, even. A mix of too much and too little confidence. And in the end, everything in my head was all abstract, so what's the point in overanalyzing...
...and I don't think it was particularly good, and it just made me want to watch The Emperor's New Groove again!!! Look - I'm glad I finally took the time to watch The Sweatbox. It's been recommended to me many times in the past, but it...
I really enjoyed this discussion between @astrokatie.com and @hankgreen.bsky.social in an episode of Hank’s podcast, Humans. It’s a wonderful perspective of science and discovery:
An update of my ratings, first checked in 2025. WCAG 2.2 https://www.accessibilitychecker.org/ Still to do. Speed Index https://pagespeed.web.dev/ Rating: 96 - 100 - 100 - 100 Blacklight https://themarkup.org/blacklight Rating: Perfect...
So, now you’re looking at a desktop inside your desktop. Unless, if you’re using your phone, you are looking at a desktop on your phone. Sorry. Hey, I heard you like desktops It started with an idea. I was busy being unhappyish about the...
Daily writing promptWhat’s a moment when you realized you were officially an adult?View all responses Yesterday’s Daily Prompt from WP.com community was an interesting topic. So I decided to participate and give my little opinion on...
What would the world look like if countries were resized according to the number of people living in them? You can explore that question in Gapmover, an map that shows how the relative size of countries has changed from 1800 and is...
Perfume PosseApologies, but … It’s cool, grey and still early in the morning. So far that doesn’t last into the day, though, with temps rising and the sun coming out later. Still, it’s so so pleasant and much easier to manage. We all...
As I was writing this series that is unintentionally turning into a “women photographing war” series, I’ve been thinking about Catherine Leroy. She’s a French photographer I heard about a very long time ago when I was a kid, and I was...
Prompt 2: What was the last thing you did that made you feel like a ‘human being’, rather than a ‘human doing’? I sat under a tree and watched the world go by. It was the last thing I did that made me feel present and alive. From where I...
I don't know about you but I've spent the last 10 days in Spain. One minute was to see the total eclipse and the rest of the time was a long holiday. BestMate'sOther Half is from the Basque Country so I've had the perfect tour guide,...
Widowed at thirty-three years old, she thought. As if her age mattered. As if anything did. Her name was Rebecca Haugen, née Parry and perhaps now Parry again. Her husband’s name was — or had been — Daniel. He had lived for thirty-seven...