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To extract text between two regular expressions, use sed -n '/first_regex/second_regex/p'. For instance, to ad-hoc extract the function definition of the test tsync_override_log_subdomains_off, use: sed -n '/TEST_F(audit,...
I was listening to the Ezra Klein podcast the other day and I think he read out one of the credits as "Executive Producer of Opinion Shows". That's a thing, I thought, maybe I'll do an opinion show.Probably the most satisfying bits of
Thoughts 🧺 My home office is a mess. It's really just been a catch all for all my stuff that doesn't have a place in the rest of the house. I really want to do a complete remodel of my office but that's going to come a lot later when we...
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I still ask “AI” questions about me from time to time, just to see what it knows about a moderately notable science fiction author and whether it will still make up things when it doesn’t know something, and as of May 8, 2026, the answer...
It’s been a ride…
It’s been a ride…
Few hours before sunset we hoisted the anchor and left the beautiful, but crowded anchorage. The distance to Nuku Hiva is enough that you can’t do it during the daylight hours, so we opted for a night sail. The sound between Hiva Oa and...
Back in 2000, the rule of thumb at Microsoft was that each employee needed to average roughly $600K in top-line revenue. Inflation adjusted, that is about $1.1M to $1.2M today. Microsoft was a high-margin software monopoly at peak, so it...
Zachary Gillan Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation builds to a question: “What does the border look like?” In a series full of striking scenery and uncanny doppelgangers, it’s a reminder that some of its most unsettling concepts dwell off the...