Gotta go by the bridge ...
I found something amusing about this pic I can't put into words. Think of it as a little party game of "who do you think this is?" (afaik this is from the 80s, and he was in his early…
Agam Brahma
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An internet of spam
Filing this under "seen on Hacker News today" Clearly we didn't think this through back then. It should have been obvious to us that it is easier to create noise than it is to create s…
Brilliant Fun
Embarked on the "Complex numbers" series at Brilliant, highly recommend. Spend maybe a minute or two daily, not a lot. There's quite a lot you can pick here, and unlike me, you might w…
Monthly recap: March 2024
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Major update India trip (Wasn't going to go, but went, Holi w/ fam, shopping) Bad habits sleep-wise , a regression ... Minor updates(s) * Visited Nvidia GTC * Miraculously updated to busine…
On Languages being all wrong
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An extract from David Moon's presentation of "Lunar": Most current-day programming languages seem to be based on the idea that computation is slow, so the user and the compiler must wor…
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
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One of my favorite songs of Simon and Garfunkel was Scarborough Fair/Canticle I recently came across a song that clearly is the original It was interesting to listen to it, and contrast the lyrics,…
Presidential Bromance
A “blast from the past” 1 , that should feel quite surreal today. For any younger readers who are not familiar with the early 00s, this is George W. Bush, with Vladimir Putin, just two months after t…
Monthly recap: February 2024
Minor update(s) * Meeting a few people after a long time * Had a cold that lingered a long time (but, ended up having a few hot toddies for it) * Hiking in Sanborn County Park * A visit to half-m…
Shogun
Watched the first three episodes of this show, pretty good. I was unaware how much this was based on real events! Saw a review in the WSJ:…
Relax, UFOs aren’t real
What do I even make of this headline?! This would’ve been an Onion piece a decade ago. Still, good to know ……
Programming in “Thonny”
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We live in an age of abundance, in many respects. There are more ways to learn things than ever before. In my case, I was looking through options for my daughter to play around with. We previously…
Warfare as Reality Show
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I have been following the Russia-Ukraine conflict for several months now (not since the beginning, but since perhaps October 2022). The show I’m not going to get into the political who-did-what-and…