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A UI shouldn’t lose your inputs.If you are typing, each and every key should result in a letter in order. No characters should e mssig or rerodeerd.If I switch windows with Alt+Tab and then type, the events must always go to the newly...
Thus far this week (see here and here), we have seen Adam Smith’s survey of two historic overseas trading firms organized as joint-stock companies: the Royal African and Hudson’s Bay companies. Today, we turn to Smith’s survey of the...
Opens with convincingly real and unrehearsed news interviews, which they empasize are real and unrehearsed, but is the interview guy not aware that he’ll be in a movie? Why’s he gotta be so dry? From this drab beginning, the movie gets...
This is such a niche topic, but can we combine our knowledge about the drinks packages on cruises? For those of you who are where I was ten minutes ago: it seems that cruises charge extra for drinks such as soda, interesting coffee...
The “Yentervention” is the key to understanding everything at stake: Matt Dines takes us through the carry trade, Treasury demand, Fed liquidity tools, and Japan’s role in the next U.S.-aligned AI and industrial system.
It’s pretty rare for me to find an anthology in which I love every story, but this one really hit it out of the park! Here are my per-story reviews: Intro: Getting Martha Wells to write the intro is an amazing get! She also does a great...
⚠️ This review contains spoilers! Book review for Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. I rated it 4 stars. Yesteryear follows a woman named Natalie who is raising her six children on a farm, while broadcasting her family's more traditional...
Simon Hanselmann is a skilled creator of comics. Many of his works involve the witch known as Megg, the talking cat, Mogg, and their roommate (in some continuities), Owl. Oh, and good ol' Werewolf Jones. Sometimes Hanselmann's yarns with...
I’ve loved dinosaurs ever since I was a kid. I find it fascinating that millions of years ago, these gigantic, colossal creatures actually walked this planet. Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. I think it all started with The...
The Short Leash AI Coding Method For Beating Fable The author describes staying in the loop as the AI writes code, steering constantly. One thing I’d add to their toolkit: ask the AI to produce diagrams. ERDs, state diagrams, sequence...
I'm a huge John Carpenter fan. I mean, Halloween pretty much created my horror fandom at a young age, and for that I'll be forever grateful. I had a blast exploring his movies through my teen years, and revisiting them over and over...
I use GBoard on my Pixel 10 Pro. I’ve been a GBoard user for several years. It has all the smartness that makes typing a breeze. However, it’s missing one setting - smart punctuation. Let me explain. Whenever I type fast and keep hitting...
Join me for tea and cakes freshly baked to recipe of 1720 served in a 300 year old house. Click here for tickets for next Saturday’s tour of Spitalfields . You only walk in the alleys if you have a strong stomach and stout shoes, if you...
Met up with friend Leonard Since we didn't know where to eat at, Leonard suggested we go to Et Al, Foodland's restaurantLeonard had their burger : Honolulu Meat Co. beef patty, La Tour sesame bun, fontina, Maui onion bacon jam, gochujang...
Abbe Lane, the singer and actress who performed with her husband Xavier Cugat and appeared in both movies and on television, died on April 25, 2026 at the age of 93.Abbe Lane was born Abigail Francine Lassman on December 14, 1932, in...