Today is Wednesday, October 21st. Six days ago was the tax deadline. And we’re still waiting on electronically filed returns to be accepted. Normally I’d say, “Bring me the usual…

This is a monthly newsletter about the current state of Radicle CI, what has happened recently, and near future plans. Current status Radicle CI is in production use. There are several CI nodes, and…

Overnight, Netflix shares fell 7% in premarket trading following their Q3 earnings report. Although revenues are up 12% year on year, their growth has slowed, and there have been concerns about…

It's rather intimidating the first time you listen to stations operating during the CWT. Morse code at 5 wpm can be a challenge for a newbie. Nonetheless, the elite ops running during CWT are flying…

Best Of Singapore Hawkers & Casual Dining: Papadum Papadum Nothing was sponsored, we visited as regular paying customers. Photos in this post were taken between 2000 and 2026 (across 26 years!), as…

His entire life he's been different. Now he's worried that he's just too much of a freak and a weirdo to have friends, never mind love. What can he do? via Paging Dr. NerdLove @ doctornerdlove.com

AI may not be a bubble at all. This time, technology is ahead of our stories—and human imagination is struggling to catch up.

People differ markedly in their adverse responses to vaccination, but this variation is not well understood: The gut microbiome has been implicated in adaptive immune responses to vaccination; we…

Shallow isn’t always bad. Deep isn’t always good. A simple 2 x 2 framework for sorting the influences in your life and shaping a more nourishing mix. Life is a series of inputs. You sit on a park…

Both camps of people, the "conservatives" and the "liberals", hate me equally. The "conservative" camp will make arguments about how "Muslim immigrants" must be deported because they are…

This morning I opened the fridge for milk and glanced at my three-month supply of medication. The boy I used to be could not even dream of prophylactic treatment. I think we judge our lives without…

UPD: The official patch is already out, see PHP 8.5.12 Release Announcement. But it’s not available in the Amazon Linux repositories yet. I barely had time to recover from the issue with…

Vivek Ramaswamy, whom I once regarded as an interesting, if not creditable Republican politician for the future, has probably just blown the Ohio gubernatorial race and -- aside from any future…

Yep. Fell. Again. Christian, my Filipino night caregiver, came. When he saw me, he radioed, “308 is on the floor.” And, indeed I was. Navigating around a too large ottoman (now in…

I wasn’t going to Inktober this year, but then I thought it might be fun to use the sumi ink I bought three years ago. So I had my gimmick—real ink. , This concept came easily, with the…

In which I share a “book” I “wrote” to help teach kindergartners the basic colors…

Do we need to compromise and enrich the world’s wealthiest men just so we can share our thoughts with each other?

Once upon a time, if you entered the office of an investment bank, opened your books, and showed that your business was a money pit with no chance of ever turning a profit, at best, they would have…

Join me as I take a tour around the northern reaches of England's most northerly county where, amongst the historical towns and villages, and stunning coastline, there are some rather splendid pubs…

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about how to build an alternative to today's social networks using technology that is not only free but also much simpler. Recent developments, such as…

THIS FOR THE HORDE I AM TRYING TO GET “FOR THE HORDE”, BUT I CANNOT GET IT TO SCAN CORRECTLY.. I DON’T KNOW WHY I CANNOT GET IT TO SCAN CORRECTLY, BUT WHAT I MEAN BY THIS IS THAT…

Five cool things to try during the week and other potpourri.

In Scotland, where muffet and Selina Russell lived, as autumn draws out mysterious airs begin. At first, autumn is quite ordinary; there are still late summer colours of heather and the rowan berries…

Get it cheap before hell freezeth over.

I lost most of an afternoon once to a column of addresses that would not standardize. Some had “ST” where I wanted “Street,” some wanted “Saint,” and a few…

A set of practical Kubernetes tips (or how-tos) that may help you in your day-to-day operations. Formating outputs, filtering objects, waiting for pods and more.

Closing achievement gaps by slowing down fast learners isn't "equity," say school board candidates.

AI keeps getting more capable. At some point, likely in the next 1-3 years unless we do something to stop it, we get to where AI systems are able to do everything almost anyone can do. This is often…

I’ve used Remotely Save to sync Obsidian to my phone and iPad since the first week I started using Obsidian. I told it to use Dropbox, it worked, and I didn’t think about it. That’s the greatest…

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Even in math.

Why the Version Store won’t clear if any database has open transactions Chapters 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:01:32 – Video Description and Links 00:03:15 – The Version Store…

Trump Continues to Serve Israel at the Expense of Republicans in the Midterm Elections Paul Craig Roberts “We must complete […]

One day I will be right and Analogue will announce a PlayStation FPGA console , but it is not this day. For their annual announcement, Analogue did something I would not have expected. They revamped…

You would think I’d have looked up the efficiency loss of a jack shaft before starting the Jackalope project. Oops! Could a Fold Rush be modified so its chain doesn’t become a disaster…

If anything, the whole php security thing has made me grateful for the hard work of all the @php maintainers on all levels of the chain. A situation like this makes apparent that there is a whole…

Another brilliant and under-appreciated street punk band from Indonesia? The more you dig the more you will find, and the more you find...? The more you will find that you need to dig for. 2001's…

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Beth and I had a rather spirited discussion about how we in the U.S. might be able to pay for the healthcare of our citizens. Being ever practical, and also owning the job of writing the checks that…

Today I need to show how splitting your time, can make a lot of progress but also not get a lot finished ! LOL So first a quick easy one, the B-Wing that Squirrel sent over, this was literally a…

I have a new paper that just came out (link), coauthored with Peter Doshi, Mark Jones and Linda Wastila, entitled "Transparency of clinical trials: reproducing and extending analyses". This…

The Amp Hour (my podcast) has always been a great life hack: I can convince folks to talk to me for an hour at a time every, single week. I have met some amazing people that way. As it so happens, I…

Polymarket sign-randomization skill test: flip each account's bets one event at a time, and about 3% still beat the scramble. Their volume cuts pricing error; crowd volume raises it.

As we become more experienced, we grow more confident in what we know. But expertise can also make us less willing to ask questions. An exploration of curiosity, leadership, and the lifelong work of…

According to a rather intriguing genealogy website, I appear to have some decidedly eccentric distant cousins. While researching an ancestor, General Joseph Gardner Swift, I stumbled across a website…

Philadelphia faces a bunch of questions. They answered a big one – can this collection of players actually create a good team? – with aplomb. PLUS: Mat Ishbia brings a water pistol to a knife fight.

Over-the-top, videogame-style survival horror for your theater of the mind. The post Stay Frosty Remastered (2025) appeared first on Vintage RPG.

After the side-step of Harm's Way , my journey through Star Trek: Vanguard finally reaches the last three volumes of the series which I (kind of) bought as they came out, but never got around to…

So Constans II survived the attempt by Valentinus to become emperor in 644, and ruled for another 22 years, accomplishing a few "firsts" for an eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor. He was the…

During the last year we have been doing some minor research in the world of Fe flow batteries to investigate the use of MgCl2 and CaCl2 water-in-salt (WiSe) electrolytes for all-Fe flow batteries. We…