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Why can’t you build it? Because you aren’t allowed to build it. Not in the place you want to build it. Or at least, not the way you want, to the extent you want it, at any sane price and … Continue reading →
Dear Constant Reader, Happy Friday! I hope you are going to have a lovely weekend! Here’s your tip: You may not have signed on for this, but you are an ambassador of burlesque. As a burlesque performer, whomever you meet is a potential...
Read the full post at - I Am A Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter is possibly one of the best science books I've ever read — even though I'm not entirely sure I understood half of it.
I’ve worked in libraries for a decade, much of that time at a public info desk answering people’s questions. And do you know what drives me absolutely crazy? Whenever someone starts their question with “This might be a stupid question,...
The post Words to Abolish: “Choice Rider,” “Captive Rider” appeared first on Human Transit.
A stylized take on the wolf mask Princess Mononoke wears carved into a standard pink eraser to make a lino-syle stamp. The post Hand-Carved Princess Mononoke Mask Eraser Stamp appeared first on Evermore Stud.io.
Keeping a Postgres queue healthy — PlanetScale Simeon Griggs explains the challenges and dynamics of queue workloads in Postgres. A job queue in Postgres is desirable because of transactionality, and because it spares you from...
I started my home lab in 2021. It began with some basic Home Assistant automations and, over the last few years, has spiralled into a proper stack of VMs and containers. I’m self-taught, which is a polite way of saying I’ve learned most...
This week, I've been randomly listening to rare Bright Eyes deep cuts.
Healing a nasty road rash I got on my bicycle.