Well, aside from the development focus, this article resonates strongly with me: I love Linux, but I can’t quit Windows. Linux friction is unpredictable. … The friction isn’t necessarily higher in total, but the unexpected issues are more likely to cost me an entire afternoon rather than a few seconds.
I won’t rehash Microsoft’s fuckery, despite spending most of my technological life on Windows (with a not-too-infrequent use of Macs). But this “AI” nonsense (it’s not AI, it’s a statistical sentence construction machine that frequently lies) has given Microsoft levers I can’t unpull. And, while I find some utility in limited use of LLMs, what […]
Finally the end of restrictions on liquids on flights? At least at Heathrow, yes. Fun Mastodon accounts
I recently turned 50. In my more honest moments, I did not expect to make it to 50. I almost didn’t. But, here I am, likely in the best shape of my life since I was a teenager, down 60 pounds since the heart attack, numbers on medical tests are good (mostly), and I can […]
For some conferences, it is surprisingly affordable (in terms of what weddings cost). The Sickos Newsletter did the work. Only $125/hr for WMU. Seems like the University of Michigan is leaving money on the table by not having a mascot.
“Unparalleled Misalignments, pairs of non-synonymous phrases where the words in one phrase are each synonyms of the words in the other.” Fantastic New Tron! (ug, Jared Leto though). The first single from Nine Inch Nails (Apple Music) is a bop, too. Want something written like it’s from Star Wars? Aurebesh translator!
Tiny Undervalued Hardware – Adapters, Hubs, and more. What a great compilation I’ll also link to Monoprice’s 1ft extension cables. These are fantastic for getting things into your power strip or UPS when everything is a brick. If you’re looking elsewhere for these, make sure to get NEMA 5-15P to NEMA 5-15R to comply with […]
Drippings from the web for today
Not so much a Links post as random thoughts. Plus links New music! Digging around in my basement (neighborhood garage sale is coming), I stumbled onto a set of prints I’d purchased for my partner in 2016 (photos below). I could not for the life of me remember when and from where I’d bought them. […]
How to truss a chicken without string TIL the name Madison as a given name was almost unheard of prior to the mid-1980s when Splash! came out. [Tumblr post]