@deinstein.bsky.social
Ooooh clever!!
January 10, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Ooooh clever!!
You're welcome to go the Cromwell route. I hear the Irish love him.
January 10, 2026 at 3:08 AM
You're welcome to go the Cromwell route. I hear the Irish love him.
When I am in an optimistic mood I see parallels with the "tory reaction" of the 1680's and have hope that something like the Glorious Revolution can (mostly) peacefully resolve the situation. Unfortunately there seems to be no politician of the skill of William of Orange on the horizon.
January 10, 2026 at 2:08 AM
When I am in an optimistic mood I see parallels with the "tory reaction" of the 1680's and have hope that something like the Glorious Revolution can (mostly) peacefully resolve the situation. Unfortunately there seems to be no politician of the skill of William of Orange on the horizon.
For a small fee I will hold a place in line. I don't particularly want to get angry at Tom, but I wouldn't miss watching you.
January 1, 2026 at 3:28 AM
For a small fee I will hold a place in line. I don't particularly want to get angry at Tom, but I wouldn't miss watching you.
I see that the size of time_t is unspecified. I had always treated it as 32 bits (but that was probably just sensibly defensive in the days of lots of 32 bit systems). I assume that compilers use whatever is available.
I'd bet that there are a number of databases where the time field is 32 bits.
I'd bet that there are a number of databases where the time field is 32 bits.
January 1, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I see that the size of time_t is unspecified. I had always treated it as 32 bits (but that was probably just sensibly defensive in the days of lots of 32 bit systems). I assume that compilers use whatever is available.
I'd bet that there are a number of databases where the time field is 32 bits.
I'd bet that there are a number of databases where the time field is 32 bits.
Aggh. Twelve. NYE refreshment and arithmetic don't mix.
January 1, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Aggh. Twelve. NYE refreshment and arithmetic don't mix.
Fourteen years and 19 days. I just fear that they'll just use AI to check the codebases, and even if it is 99% correct it will still be a mess.
January 1, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Fourteen years and 19 days. I just fear that they'll just use AI to check the codebases, and even if it is 99% correct it will still be a mess.
A vaguely related paper from the AMM www.jstor.org/stable/40391... on Domestic Harmonic Analysis (the analysis of domestic harmony). This also looks at patterns in binary sequences, started on social media (usenet), and was a lot of fun to write.
On Sara's Dove Bar Habit on JSTOR
D. M. Einstein, C. C. Heckman, T. S. Norfolk, On Sara's Dove Bar Habit, The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 116, No. 9 (Nov., 2009), pp. 831-835
www.jstor.org
December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A vaguely related paper from the AMM www.jstor.org/stable/40391... on Domestic Harmonic Analysis (the analysis of domestic harmony). This also looks at patterns in binary sequences, started on social media (usenet), and was a lot of fun to write.
The report is at ourworldindata.org/does-the-new... .
Does the news reflect what we die from?
What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?
ourworldindata.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The report is at ourworldindata.org/does-the-new... .
I mean, say what you want about the tenets of Chinese Communism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
December 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I mean, say what you want about the tenets of Chinese Communism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
Is there any evidence that the supply side is even being affected? Certainly not enough to offset the focus of law enforcement away from drugs and towards making brown people suffer. It seems to be nothing but photogenic cruelty.
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Is there any evidence that the supply side is even being affected? Certainly not enough to offset the focus of law enforcement away from drugs and towards making brown people suffer. It seems to be nothing but photogenic cruelty.
Cornwell's Sharpe novels (particularly the early ones) do a good job of explaining how the system worked. The novels are somewhat cheesy, but if you like that sort of thing are entertaining.
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Cornwell's Sharpe novels (particularly the early ones) do a good job of explaining how the system worked. The novels are somewhat cheesy, but if you like that sort of thing are entertaining.
As I understand it the sale of commissions was an outgrowth of the the English Civil War(s). It was intended to keep rabble like Lilburne and Cromwell from fouling things up again.
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
As I understand it the sale of commissions was an outgrowth of the the English Civil War(s). It was intended to keep rabble like Lilburne and Cromwell from fouling things up again.
Also, one of his coworkers somewhat famously said “Unless they told me he had a heart attack, I never would have known he had a heart”. That is keeping your day job separate from your life.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Also, one of his coworkers somewhat famously said “Unless they told me he had a heart attack, I never would have known he had a heart”. That is keeping your day job separate from your life.
That explains www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeAn...
BAHFest East 2017 – James Propp: Dinosaur Extinction Caused By Gravitational Reversal Event
YouTube video by BAHFest
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
That explains www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeAn...
This is like "The nine billion names of God" but with the universe ending not because humanity succeeded with its assigned task but because they failed so miserably at it.
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is like "The nine billion names of God" but with the universe ending not because humanity succeeded with its assigned task but because they failed so miserably at it.
Show him Threads, he will likely be less bemused.
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Show him Threads, he will likely be less bemused.
Why were they firing live rounds? The training rounds are cheaper and immune to accidents like this.
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Why were they firing live rounds? The training rounds are cheaper and immune to accidents like this.
The surprising fact, considering his experience, is that he is wrong. One of the many lessons of @dsquareddigest.bsky.social s "Lying for Money" is that the skills needed to commit fraud are pretty much the same ones needed to run a legitimate business.
October 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The surprising fact, considering his experience, is that he is wrong. One of the many lessons of @dsquareddigest.bsky.social s "Lying for Money" is that the skills needed to commit fraud are pretty much the same ones needed to run a legitimate business.
But they use it wisely.
October 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
But they use it wisely.
Do you have any recommendations for references on the early years of political/ financial support of science?
e.g.
Why did Frederick II support Tycho Brahe so extravagantly?
Why did Charles II grant the Royal Society a charter?
What convinced Parliament to fund the longitude prize?
e.g.
Why did Frederick II support Tycho Brahe so extravagantly?
Why did Charles II grant the Royal Society a charter?
What convinced Parliament to fund the longitude prize?
September 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Do you have any recommendations for references on the early years of political/ financial support of science?
e.g.
Why did Frederick II support Tycho Brahe so extravagantly?
Why did Charles II grant the Royal Society a charter?
What convinced Parliament to fund the longitude prize?
e.g.
Why did Frederick II support Tycho Brahe so extravagantly?
Why did Charles II grant the Royal Society a charter?
What convinced Parliament to fund the longitude prize?
Genuine frontier gibberish.
August 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Genuine frontier gibberish.
Convince him to read americanliterature.com/author/mark-... while maybe not completely accurate historically it predates Hearst by a good bit, and is a good description of the relation between journalism and politics in the U.S.
Journalism In Tennessee
Journalism In Tennessee by Mark Twain
americanliterature.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Convince him to read americanliterature.com/author/mark-... while maybe not completely accurate historically it predates Hearst by a good bit, and is a good description of the relation between journalism and politics in the U.S.
I would be surprised if noone had attempted to tell it.
July 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I would be surprised if noone had attempted to tell it.
He unfortunately does not go into the origins of the laboratories, just their effect in amplifying economic acceleration.
I suspect that there is a story that starts around the Longitude rewards, goes through the 19th and 20th century and ends with the system currently being dismantled.
I suspect that there is a story that starts around the Longitude rewards, goes through the 19th and 20th century and ends with the system currently being dismantled.
July 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
He unfortunately does not go into the origins of the laboratories, just their effect in amplifying economic acceleration.
I suspect that there is a story that starts around the Longitude rewards, goes through the 19th and 20th century and ends with the system currently being dismantled.
I suspect that there is a story that starts around the Longitude rewards, goes through the 19th and 20th century and ends with the system currently being dismantled.