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The prolific publisher behind The Witcher and Cyberpunk franchises, CD Projekt, has rebranded itself as CD Projekt Red. Some of you might be confused, but until June 23rd, CD Projekt was the…

What is the actual state of AI? I guess, it depends on who you ask. On the one hand, Google (and obviously others) is forcing AI to the absolute limit, replacing the default search behavior because…

Lester, it’s okay, he’s already dead. Lester. LES! You can stop now!!! Thanks to the patrons for supporting this comic which, unlike Compass Guy, is still very much alive and not getting…

A few reality blurred updates, including a fun new page you might not have noticed if not for this fun site update!

I’ve been writing ruby and rails for nearly 20 years. A couple weeks ago, I had gotten code snippets from copy-paste in a chat window, but I hadn’t even experimented with Claude Code or…

Yarrow is a Tarot reader that runs on Astro, Tailwind, and Svelte, with an LLM doing the reading.

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Or: How to Get Rich Selling the Dream of Getting Rich There is a method. It is simple. It is clear. It unfolds in numbered steps. It will, with admirable confidence, produce $10,000 every month. The…

Did you know NASA JPL has a service called Horizons which lets you look at mission statistics, here we try to predict the orbit and compare with Artemis I stats.…

Learn how to build a simple and effective 40-10m Off-Center Fed (OCF) Dipole antenna. This guide covers the design, the crucial 4:1 balun, and construction tips for your ham radio station.…

as you can probably tell from my website's design, i've been told to "be myself" a few too many times growing up, so i take expressing myself very seriously. thus, whatever customization options i…

In this post, we show Lemma 2.1 of Step 2 that proves (4.5): \( |\sigma_-(\mathcal{M})| < 3^\beta \gamma |\sigma_+(\mathcal{N}) ||\) seeing the description figure given…

Sparked by an old favorite from Panda Express, these Beijing Beef-Inspired Tofu Bowls are loaded with crispy tofu that’s tossed in that signature sweet and savory sauce, stir-fried with veggies, and…

A badly written romance that draws you in with really strong fantasy that quickly peters out

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Omphalos. San Francisco, 2025.

LaraPlugins rolled out security advisory scanning for Laravel packages , then found a 2-month sync gap. Here's what broke, what we fixed, and how to add a health badge to your plugin README.

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ICYMI Arizona – Arizona held a special election to fill in a vacancy for AZPP Lookout/Outreach Director. Their IT committee also met to…

74 today. Data from my family tree indicates that I’m doing all right by still breathing: I’ve lived longer than any man in my paternal line going back to one Johann Andreas Duntemann 1729-1808. He…

I came to Nepal with a pictures of mountains in my head, and left with so much more - so much in fact I decided to split the blog of this trip into two parts. This is the first one, covering the…

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Two weeks ago I quit my job. I had been working as a staff engineer at this startup for the last 2.5 years. The people, pay, and workload were all good but it was time to move on. I have worked with…

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Heya all. So, once more I feel the need to blog something but didn’t have any singular impactful event, so here’s a bunch of shit that happened to me recently. Feel free to skip around. I’m almost…

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There are plenty of circuit simulators available, that give detailed analysis of circuits with capacitors, inductors and semiconductors, and these can be used to simulate a purely resistive circuit…

Self-promotion of my day job may have waned, but I’m still out here designing rad icons! In case you’ve been living under a sadly icon-less rock, we’ve been pushing out brand new Icon Packs regularly…

Let’s talk vanity metrics for a moment. Vanity metrics are what I call non-zero metrics. If they’re zero, you’re in deep 💩. Followers on social media? Sure, that’s not a…

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Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband. BEAD was designed as an ambitious program to bring broadband to underserved communities and close the digital divide. Under Trump it has become a…

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A heavier week personally, but still one with site polish, privacy page work, practical security how-to posts, hiring thoughts, AI liability writing, and a little macOS 27 beta weirdness.

Well, you knew we'd eventually get to Mark Driscoll if we started talking about deconstructing and reconstructing my faith, right? [insert heavy sigh here] Postmodernity In the spring of 1997, I…

nikitonsky: Things I learned today: - Websites can override Cmd+R - Google Sheets uses it to replace current cell with the cell on the LEFT #GoogleSheets #Shortcuts

Project link This toolbox is a collection of small utilities that solve common annoyances on macOS. Demo Features Game Launcher – Launch Steam games more conveniently, especially when using…

The Complete Kubrick is coming, and for anyone fascinated by the relationship between cinema and interiors, this may be one of the most exciting home entertainment releases of the year. Released on…

While Tacoma troubles may have prevented me reaching the summit of Waucoba Mountain on the first day of my trip, my failure to reach the top of Mt. Tom on the second day had me hoping for a bit of…