Law and Order
Came across this Slavoj Zizek article recently (direct link; archived link), some highlights: The author's claim: … violent rebellion is unlikely to end with any kind of progressive settlement f…
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Hmph. Have to re-jig categories here, turns out my usage is pic-posting of different sorts.…
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Monthly recap -- Jun 2023
Major update(s) * Weekend trip to Yosemite * Tenaya Lodge * Tara's first time in the park * Small hikes Minor update(s) * Wee…
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A comforting headline
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Layers
From this HN thread: So you have LLM-based English prompts as an interop layer to Python + PySpark, which is itself an interop layer onto the Spark core. Also, the generated Spark SQL strings inside…
Random extract #032590
From this Substack post Was this an attempted coup? No one beside Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Alexander Lukashenko, and maybe CIA director William J. Burns or director of national intelligenc…
Over-humanity
From a recent library book:…
Jacobin
Watched this Youtube video (titled “What’s wrong with the left?”) I ended up liking this way more than I thought I would ! Very insightful, sharing a lot of ... well, truths, and despite everything,…
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Deep-sea creatures are insane https://www.reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/comments/14fy71q/deep_sea_creatures_alienlike_transformation/…
A tale of two airports
I pass through SJC (San Jose airport) pretty frequently, and I was at SAN (San Diego airport) recently, and found a stark difference between their "main piece of lobby art". In San Jose, we…