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Unfortunately the term has been used for different time units across many domains and 20+ orders of magnitude.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Unfortunately the term has been used for different time units across many domains and 20+ orders of magnitude.
Which is to say, I saw the movie a couple of times about 35 years ago. I listen to some of the music most mornings (ideally with Pruit Igoe just starting as the train doors open at Liverpool Street).
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Which is to say, I saw the movie a couple of times about 35 years ago. I listen to some of the music most mornings (ideally with Pruit Igoe just starting as the train doors open at Liverpool Street).
“There’s a movie?”
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
“There’s a movie?”
The Emacs and elisp part of the story is just … normal?
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The Emacs and elisp part of the story is just … normal?
This is definitely the best part of a very entertaining read.
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is definitely the best part of a very entertaining read.
The Welsh are, of course, British.
Though this may often be a matter of some regret for everyone concerned.
Though this may often be a matter of some regret for everyone concerned.
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The Welsh are, of course, British.
Though this may often be a matter of some regret for everyone concerned.
Though this may often be a matter of some regret for everyone concerned.
Do you have a cite for this specific image? I found a SuperK paper with a neutrino image of the Sun, but it wasn’t this one. And I saw this one in a paper on the arxiv that read like AI slop.
November 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Do you have a cite for this specific image? I found a SuperK paper with a neutrino image of the Sun, but it wasn’t this one. And I saw this one in a paper on the arxiv that read like AI slop.
IIRC there are a couple of thousand. There are genealogy nerd sites obsessively tracking it. Bless.
November 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
IIRC there are a couple of thousand. There are genealogy nerd sites obsessively tracking it. Bless.
Presumably an image of the _core_ of the Sun?
November 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Presumably an image of the _core_ of the Sun?
Why did nobody tell me this account existed? Insta-follow.
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Why did nobody tell me this account existed? Insta-follow.
Every game show and reality show should be replaced with C in a B.
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Every game show and reality show should be replaced with C in a B.
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This is what you get when you let an AI produce a tourist guide to a small hamlet on the Norfolk coast. www.townandvillageguide.com/Norfolk/Cali...
Town and Village Guide - California in Norfolk - United Kingdom
Welcome to California, a hidden gem waiting to be discovered! Nestled in the heart of Norfolk, this picturesque village offers a serene escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. From delightful ...
www.townandvillageguide.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is what you get when you let an AI produce a tourist guide to a small hamlet on the Norfolk coast. www.townandvillageguide.com/Norfolk/Cali...
“Fire”, possibly with an intensifier, but I’ve lost track of the intensifiers.
5 years ago, “peng”, or perhaps “bear peng”.
10 years before that, “banging”.
5 years ago, “peng”, or perhaps “bear peng”.
10 years before that, “banging”.
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Fire”, possibly with an intensifier, but I’ve lost track of the intensifiers.
5 years ago, “peng”, or perhaps “bear peng”.
10 years before that, “banging”.
5 years ago, “peng”, or perhaps “bear peng”.
10 years before that, “banging”.
Pulitzer, surely.
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Pulitzer, surely.
A very familiar chart in this screenshot.
I did anothr version of my "Saga of Mulicore OCaml" talk, but this time, nerve-wrackingly, the authors of the original paper were all there!
Here's the link to the talk, which is found towards the end of the recording for the whole session.
t.co/FQTmsFWji0
Here's the link to the talk, which is found towards the end of the recording for the whole session.
t.co/FQTmsFWji0
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A very familiar chart in this screenshot.
Saw this post on my feed and assumed it was about Musk.
October 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Saw this post on my feed and assumed it was about Musk.
… but mostly they sat down and started singing about gold.
October 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
… but mostly they sat down and started singing about gold.
October 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is probably the second-worst bit of US pronunciation. After “solder”.
October 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This is probably the second-worst bit of US pronunciation. After “solder”.
300/14 = *21ish; 6 hours. Still appalling.
September 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
300/14 = *21ish; 6 hours. Still appalling.
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LaTeX : TeX :: C++ : C
September 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
LaTeX : TeX :: C++ : C
Reading it at the moment. It’s a hot mess car crash of a book, with about four great stories struggling to fight free of it.
September 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Reading it at the moment. It’s a hot mess car crash of a book, with about four great stories struggling to fight free of it.
The case against “ultra-processed” food as a broad category is pretty weak. I tend to avoid fake meats because I don’t like them much, but when I’ve had Beyond burgers they’ve been Ok.
September 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The case against “ultra-processed” food as a broad category is pretty weak. I tend to avoid fake meats because I don’t like them much, but when I’ve had Beyond burgers they’ve been Ok.