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June 12, 2026
In the Newsletter this weekAnalysis: SNCF would sooner leave passengers stranded than make simple timetable adjustmentsBullshit Meter: Beograd - Zagreb - Ljubljana trains back and faster by 2029Good week: New Cottbus - Legnica service...
“Some Cavalry weapons.” Left to right: M1913 Saber, M1903 Rifle, M1917 Browning Machine Gun, M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, and M1911 pistol. Taken at the Cavalry and Light Artillery School, Fort Riley, Kansas, between 1919 and 1934....
Soooooo…what about that dub-dub this year? Like I said Monday in my first impression of WWDC26, “Meh.” , I’ve thought about what Apple announced and remain non-plussed. Two reasons: the new stuff wasn’t really huge, and it doesn’t matter...
Carrier Strike Group Twelve just posted some great images of the mission symbol nose art applied to some of the birds of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) Eight as they returned on USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) following an historic and successful...
The Pakistan Navy yesterday welcomed “home” the first specimen of the 249-foot/2,800-ton S26 class submarine, PNS Hangor, an export derivative of the Chinese Type 039A SSK, which is currently operated by the PLAN. Built at CSOC in China,...
I’m calling it now, the adoption of AI agents into software development will be one of the most costly mistakes in the field’s history. Agents cannot program, and it’s taking longer and longer to realize that they can’t. They are a...
We find these examples in the actions of good men, which implant an eager rivalry and a keen desire to imitate them in the minds of those who have sought them out…. …. Fortune we prize for the good things that we may possess and enjoy...
Unimportant administrative note: I’ve imported the posts from my original blog back in 2001–2005, when the site was called the slate and, later, Blank Slate. (The posts were in a handful of PHP files I left behind and forgot about when I...
Kate Towner Under Review:Vile Lady Villains. Danai Cristopoulou. Union Square & Co, May 2026. In Danai Cristopoulou’s debut novel Vile Lady Villains, readers meet Lady Macbeth and Klytemnestra, villains from Shakespeare and Aeschylus,...
My younger sister graduated with a CompSci degree a few years ago. I've been behind her, motivating her and demystifying the world of programming from the very beginning. There was a piece of advice I repeated everyday, trying to make...
It’s a common misconception that a great idea makes a great story. The truth is that most great stories come down to execution. A great idea with poor execution rarely works, but a great writer can breathe new life into even the most...
Today's SMBC presents a new take on Moravec's Paradox: Mouseover title: "Once I realized this, all those inept AI laundry-folding videos became hilarious." The AfterComic: This may also help explain HR AI's work-to-rule "efficiency"…