I am working on a proposal to let any callable be written between two backticks as an infix binary operator: x `f` y means exactly f(x, y). It is borrowed from Haskell, it desugars to an ordinary…

I 've been spending some video time lately looking at the late 1960s, at what a divisive and changed time it is. That's one reason why I'm struck looking at the listings for this Saturday morning,…

I took a brief walk this morning, on our 4th wedding anniversary, also the first day of my vacation, a period I like to call retirement rehearsal. It was a wonderful walk; the cool air filled me with…

Factorio did not predict the AI software factory. It trained the people who would build it, and its mechanics encode the architecture the industry is still fumbling toward. The agent is the item on…

About to go camping at Presque-Ile.

Trigger warning: this is a blog post with detailed description of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. You can pass on this one if you're not feeling well or if you don't want to be triggered. I'm…

We've made some accessibility and usability improvements to Webri.ng!

Geographic Arbitrage is the most underrated risk-management tool in early retirement, and could help you shave years off your FI journey! Read more → The post Your ZIP Code Is a Bigger FIRE…

Announcement before we begin: I’m excited to welcome PierSight as a returning sponsor of my independent space writing for another year! 🌙 Ahmedabad-based PierSight is building a constellation of SAR…

The weather has broken (again). Once again, thunder, lightning and normal temperatures. We had 10 members and the honourable auditor at today’s meeting. Bit of an Underground afternoon….. I ran…

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The other day I was watching a youtube video about models such as Fable and the host of podcast mentioned people from China, Russia or Iran may distil these models and make their own versions and…

June has been a busy month—113 links below for your enjoyment and delectation. I’m going to share one extra link up here with you though, but it’s not my fault if it wrecks your productivity! My…

Sometimes you get to known more of yourself and an issue by arguing the opposite site of what you believe in. I believe in (A): a free (as in speech) and anonymous global web is a net (no pun…

In 2005, I drew a cartoon with a consumer and a brand tying the knot in a wedding ceremony. In her vows, the consumer says: “And I promise to be loyal, forsaking all other brands, unless your…

Looking for D&D merchandise that feels made for your character rather than just the game? Here's why I designed fifteen class collections instead of one generic fantasy range.

This newsletter treats you to the extraordinary sight of people paying for a free newsletter. Why would anyone do such a thing? Read on.

sonicfangamebot: ‘Half-Life Scientist’ (2021) by Gomynola (SRB2 Mod)https://mb.srb2.org/threads/half-life-scientist-character-pack.29794/

One of the easiest things to do is grab a new place and hide or shun entirely what you did before. Like none of that mattered or somehow starting from a blank slate is better. But I say, if you want,…

Should you have the time, this 18th Century English poem as expertly sung by the Askew sisters below will help you settle in to this post: Although Deborah's poem is also a great response to…

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The mega blog post series on portfolio optimisation continues! A couple of posts ago, here , I looked at using the idea of formal testing for structural breaks in parameter estimates. Important…

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In a way that actually matters, that is.

Can humans remain in control with superintelligent AI (ASI)? | Dark design music video redone | What are normal people saying about AI? | My hero: Dr. John M. Carroll of IBM Research | Finally, a…

Someday real soon, most of us — starting with young adults — will carry an always-on AI. This agent will help us navigate our journeys, answer our questions, tutor and teach us new skills, remember…

This entire homelab rack took less time to cut than a set of these Lab Rax corner pieces take to 3D print. Today, we’re going to find out whether laser cutting is a good alternative to 3D printing…

It’s true at work as much as it is at home – model the behavior you want to see more of, fight for what you believe in, and hope for the best. ✊

The air was thick as I stepped outside. It wasn’t raining, but it felt like the sky could open up at any moment. It was quiet. The world hadn’t fully awoken to greet the day. On mornings…

Pam Hogg’s name will be familiar to anyone who enjoys reading about other people’s parties. A nightlife personality and a party girl with trademark highlighter-yellow hair, she might be…

This is a blog about RPGs, but I want to talk about something else and I have no other platform for long-form content. If you’re looking for an RPG article, skip this post. Check out the root ring ,…

Imbolc † Age of Wolf So much pomp and circumstance, punctuated by the harmed and the feared. Bullywugs. Suspicion and pitchfork. Tattered flags and fanfare. Inside the city walls, the Trees shiver.…

My first morning in Rouen, I went with Jean-Christophe to sketch the Rouen Cathedral. It is the most elaborate decorated piece of architecture ever. As we began to draw, we thought maybe we bit off…

By Michael Kelley There’s an interesting phrase that appears in Colossians 1. Perhaps “interesting” isn’t even the right word; at first reading, it doesn’t just sound interesting - it sounds…

Isaac Asimov (from a 1988 interview), providing a different perspective on trust, incentives, and guardrails: It’s insulting to imply that only a system of rewards and punishments can keep you a…

As AI shrinks engineering teams and the EM role splits in two, the Technical Program Manager could be the most overlooked answer hiding in plain sight.

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I Read Games reviews are me reading games when I have nothing better to do, like read a module or write or play a game. I don’t seriously believe that I can judge a game without playing it, usually a…

How I built and run Reframe, an AI product-photo app for Shopify merchants: the architecture decisions that let one person operate a GPU pipeline in production, how session recordings drove churn…

>- Complete guide to securing your OpenClaw AI assistant. Learn how to implement firewall rules, file permissions, tool allowlisting, and automated security monitoring for production deployments.

By Javier Medina ( X / LinkedIn) TL;DR Hardened perimeters mask HTTP replies, causing false positives or false negatives on standard scanners. This post shows how we mapped plugins from an updated…

Few recent technological innovations were better poised to become a productivity slam dunk than the personal computer. Spreadsheets, word processors, databases, presentation software, email – ...…

Connie Francis & Harve Presnell. When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965). What possessed a Hollywood producer to pitch a 1960s update of the George and Ira Gershwin stage musical Girl Crazy starring…

Issue 395: Everything bleeds into everything – Read the full issue in the archive.

While looking for a old keyboard in store room , I found my old notebook from high school. Going thought the notebook I realized that , I'm not a curious person anymore. That notebook is full of…

The month June I can describe best as hot, hot, hot and slowing down. We had 2 weeks of uninterrupted rain and 2 weeks of heatwave. Talk about contrast! Maybe the longest heatwave the Netherlands…

If Obsession got under your skin, you don't want more gore, you want more of that squirm. These nine movies, from Curry Barker's $800 debut to a Satoshi Kon classic, live in the same discomfort.…

Ten startups, forty top-tier investors, and more than one hundred strategic connections forged in a single room. As Ruhbir , one of our volanteers and startup founder who pitched, aptly noted, the…

I write a Flutter app in a container on a Hetzner box and build it on my Mac. Mutagen copies each change to the Mac over SSH, not Docker.