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Creating a subset of Go that translates to C (which I named Solod) was never my end goal. I liked writing C code with Go, but without the standard library it felt pretty limited. So the next logical step was to port Go's stdlib. At some...
George Bellairs set a few of his mysteries on the Isle of Man such as Death of a Tin God (1961) and Half-Mast for the Deemster (1953). Today’s read is also another example of this setting in use.
Paul the Deacon assembled information from some of the greatest scholars and historians and his own observations to assemble his Historia Langobardorum. Written between 787 and 796CE, he recounts the mythical origins of the Lombards.In...
Tree on a Mound, John Chrome, etching, 13 x 12 in. ( 34 x 32 cm), in the collection fo the National Gallery of Art, DC. English landscape painter John Chrome, who was active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, evokes a wooded...
RIP Frank Beard
TIL my Tumblog (which reposts my posts from here) turned 17 years old back in March. Tumblr was quite a place in its time. I remember starting The Watercolor Gallery there and it exploding in growth (did you know I’m slowly restoring...
I’m trying to finish up the OpenZFS Mastery chapter on disk space use today. Well, my part of it. I’m planning to dump–delegate, delegate–the section on deduplication to Allan. When you have a co-author expert, use them. Zstd offers...
Omniscient Reader's Viewpointby singNsongGenres: Fantasy, Horror, Light Novels Pages: 259 Series: Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (light novel) #3 Rating: Synopsis: Dokja has been able to step one step ahead in the apocalypse thanks to his...
The final album by the Spanish war metal horde didn't diverge even to the slightest from delivering exactly what was expected, and exactly at the same manner: bestial chaos in reverb and echo. As daring this style inherently is,...
I like eggs. I like all sort of eggs. Hard-boiled, sunny-side-up-ed, poached, fried, omelette-d, scrambled, salted, steamed, benedicted, soft-boiled, and even centuried. I used to dislike century eggs, but as I get older, I get to...
This 404 report justly been getting considerable coverage.Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon’s book...
"And even if you found yourself in some prison, whose walls let in none of the world’s sounds – wouldn’t you still have your childhood, that jewel beyond all price, that treasure house of memories? Turn your attention to it." Rilke -...
I love it when two news from the same day collide. In this case it's how experience in a domain helps or hinders when using LLMs.First up, Cory Doctorow in The Nerve (4 August 2026), discussing the positive results from experienced...
“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but its source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.” | Uncle Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender I’ve loved Uncle Iroh’s depth of wisdom. This was another one that hit hard.
An Australian's answers to the questions Americans keep asking: no, it won't all kill you, the food's worth the trip, and there's far more here than red dust. This is another title trade with the lovely James (we're up to three or four...