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A lesson we can derive from Rust’s error handling and async libraries, and Haskell’s effect system libraries, is that languages need to have opinionated (and efficient, flexible) interop features. If not and the language is flexible enough (with an expressive type system, and maybe also with metaprogramming...
Experiments with getting usable outputs out of local models on a standard Macbook
Selected readings "Crab raccoon" (9/1/24) "Crab raccoon, part 2" (9/2/24) "Commas matter, Oxford and otherwise" (4/17/22) — lengthy bibliography on commas
This is not the fizziest 1930s detective novel I’ve ever read, but it’s worth keeping, and I enjoyed it. It has an appreciable quality of whodidit, making me read on for the unmasking. Caryl Brahms and S J Simon were both keen ballet fans (balletomanes in their contemporary slang, but I cannot work out how …...
I created the website OpenMentions so there would be a collection of topics you could freely mention to tell other people you wrote something about a topic they are interested in. Anyone can use it. OpenMentions has been around for a while, but I thought I’d bring it up again to get the word out.
Weakliem writes: In 2016, Donald Trump lost the popular vote to a weak candidate, although the mysterious workings of the Electoral College gave him the presidency. During his first term, he never reached a 50% approval rating. In the 2020 … Continue reading →
Vitals Robert De Niro as Lloyd Barker, slow-witted bandit and junkie Kentucky, Summer 1933 Film: Bloody Mama Release Date: March 24, 1970 Director: Robert Corman Wardrobe Credit: Thomas Costich WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Happy Mother’s Day! One of the more infamous mothers in criminal and cinematic history...
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