In a previous post, “Generating Random Values For Other Integral Types In C# & .NET”, we looked at the additional gymnastics needed to generate random values for other integral types, given that…

I finally hit 1,000 days of doing math daily! Early on in my journey I was a lot more aggressive with my XP targets, but settled into a low-volume rhythm as my goals evolved. I worked from MF1 (Math…

Max Kozlov for Nature: Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants. The plot to murder American science in the style of Rasputin (poisoned, shot, shot again) is well under way, and…

Don't get dizzy The Leucanthemum vulgare is considered in some places to be an invasive species. That does not prevent one from taking a closer look at the spiraling floret of the ox eye daisy.

i wish i may, i wish i might...

When Jesus taught his disciples how to pray in Matthew 6, he began with these important words: “Our Father.” Consider that very carefully. Why “Our Father”? Father is…

Why Samsung Can't Beat Sony's Image Sensors: Interview with Eric Fossum: Eyeo webinar: China’s Newest Tech Billionaire Made His Fortune From Developing Image Sensor Chips For Robotics:

Exploring an overly-complicated way to transfer designs to an eraser for lino-style carving using a plotting cutter and a pencil. The post Making Eraser Carving Design Transfers with a Plotter and a…

The June release of Power BI Desktop includes a preview of a new Power BI slicer configuration – Date Picker. It’s meant to solve two issues with report design. The […]

The kindness that's aware of itself is usually a performance.

After writing my previous blog post, I ended up walking around the town center of Novigrad and met up with Ervin at the Fish Food Bila stand for dinner. Ervin was so nice and paid for my fish and…

Our best cyberweapon is unavailable as open Chinese AI models forge ahead. The post Welcome to the AI-cybersecurity cold war appeared first on Cautious Optimism.

ECSA President Helienne Lindvall argues that Europe's AI future depends on protecting authors' rights, transparency, consent, and the value of human creativity.

Plus! AI, Globalization, and Comparative Advantage in Lobbying; Media M&A; Retaliatory Tariffs; Capex; Pivots

Save Up for Portlemouth Down This is another of our "must walks" in The South Hams. Salcombe Town lies on one side of the Kingsbridge Estuary. It's all winding streets, artisan gin and equally…

Today’s announcement that RocketLab is acquiring Iridium represents a bolt from the blue, not because Iridium is being sold (which had been the subject of speculation for several months), but…

This. “If you’re not looking to culture as the foundation and the root cause of much of what ails you and your organization, then you’re not looking deep enough – you’re not actually thinking…

Friday's release post introduced the new crash-protection system. This post is the detailed version: why it exists, what it does on the device, and how to turn it on. What is Codename One? Codename On

Companies hoping to reduce the environmental impact of their purchasing should tailor relationships with suppliers to different types of products, rather than relying on a single procurement…

* You don’t need cooking skills. You don’t need much of a budget. You need three fish and a reason to start. Sardines come in a can, cost almost nothing, and deliver more protein per…

The more I think about it, the more I think it was self defense. The post Chomp appeared first on nerd's eye view.

Why the odd look for this area of interest with the 10% X on the edge of the yellow circle? Simple, its in the process of fully coming off the coast of NC as the front plops into the water near the…

All of us are familiar with the red squiggles that appear under spelling errors when we’re writing text. They appear in Emacs buffers and probably most other applications as well. One place…

There’s a wasp’s nest hanging from the upper sash of one of the windows outside my bedroom. I think it has been long since abandoned, but I haven’t taken it down. Perhaps I am mistaken and it hasn’t…

Some of my projects end in disappointment, but this one is a nice success. I was scrolling AliExpress, as one does, when I came across a little 4-inch touchscreen with an ESP32 built right into the…

A Beijing lab just shipped the #1 open model on Earth at a sixth the cost of the frontier. The closed labs own the top of the index and are right that they own it. In 1969 the steel giants owned the…

As I have been playing a lot of Classic Traveller lately, I have been reading over all the interpretations of various mechanics that changed over the editions. One that seems to be fairly entrenched…

my dreams have been very confusing lately but i’m like 97% sure that last night i dreamt i was either DOING or DEALING cocaine with all my friends i’ve ever had, and that for some reason…

This is my retrospective of TacoSprint 2026 that took place in June 2026 at La Saladita, Guerrero, Mexico.

You signed the LOI, completed confirmatory diligence, and the deal closes in six weeks. Now someone on the operating team asks the question that should have been answered before the term sheet: which…

In December 1916, with German and Austro-Hungarian armies closing in on Bucharest, the Romanian government made a decision that must have felt entirely sensible at the time. Romania had gambled its…

There are times when we're surrounded by people. We're engaged in plenty of conversations. Yet we walk away dissatisfied. As if we couldn't say what we wanted to say. There's this nagging feeling…

Hyperwired caught my eye in recent showcases. It’s a twin-stick shooter with the twist that you’re flying around with a giant plug hanging from your ship. When you get low on power, you have to plug…

There is a certain innocence in Powys’s assumption that behind all our various disguises and antics we are really at heart so many introverts of his own sort, to be saved by long solitary…

Heute darf ich euch einmal Physical Graffiti näher bringen. Habe ich schon länger auf dem Schirm und erschreckenderweise festgestellt, dass ich sie hier auf dem Blog noch gar nicht gefeatured habe.…

Ambiguity is the enemy of security. An ambiguous font? It's a recipe for disaster.

I noticed a pretty neat UI interaction in Ayah for iOS that I wanted to see if I could replicate in Android. Your browser does not support the video tag. You’ll notice a few different things…

I love a beautiful craft-room solution as much as the next person, but not every problem needs a specialty product. Crafting systems do not need to be overly precious to be helpful. Here are three…

This lot dates back to March of last year, when a group of us had our Christmas breakfast and 'show and tell' a tad late, well, a quarter of a year late! Anyway, while indulging in friendship, good…

It's been roughly 23 years since my path virtually crossed with Alan's. And this week? They crossed in real life.

‘At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon.’ —Edgar Allan Poe (The Sleeper) June gets sunnier every year but two things ensure I look forward to this wonderful month despite…

I will now explain why at least 50% of your team finds your current All Hands to be a waste of their time. They believe: Now, I will describe how to build an All Hands that will exceed their…

I have been seeing a lot of news about geothermal energy recently. This is partly because of the Geothermal Research and Development Act – which was passed with bipartisan support. Trump does…

AI will not let you post possibly defamatory material. However it is not possible to defame the dead. AI won’t let you post possibly defamatory images of Jeffrey Epstein. Therefore, AI believes…

Technical Reading List

When Bezos went to space in a cowboy hat, someone had to laugh. Space Junk magazine (256 pages, Bottega Veneta ad) is making the case that the cosmos belongs to everyone. Even the people who can’t…

Note: This review, as with all content I write on this site, is my opinion. It does not reflect the opinion of others, including the American Knife and Tool Institute (AKTI), the cutlery trade group…

For as long as I can remember I’ve wrestled with Major Depressive Disorder. It was fairly predictable when I was a kid. But then puberty hit and suddenly…