glenn mcdonald
@glennmcdonald.bsky.social
Music, furia.com, everynoise.com, books, soccer, food, civilization, running, technology, music. Bridges.
I am convinced.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I am convinced.
Our Lady of Vigilance
October 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Our Lady of Vigilance
Today's BlueSky vibe summary via furia.com/skyq/skyq.html:
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today's BlueSky vibe summary via furia.com/skyq/skyq.html:
A. And yet, B. I don't feel like I'm being unreasonable.
October 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A. And yet, B. I don't feel like I'm being unreasonable.
Without context, this looks metaphorical. With context, same.
October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Without context, this looks metaphorical. With context, same.
When the little free library is next to the Sloan School.
September 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
When the little free library is next to the Sloan School.
I didn't not get a picture, although I may have been visible on the livestream for a fraction of a second. But here, instead, is a forlorn hot-chicken mascot a couple blocks away an hour later.
September 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I didn't not get a picture, although I may have been visible on the livestream for a fraction of a second. But here, instead, is a forlorn hot-chicken mascot a couple blocks away an hour later.
But of course it's true that E is the most-often repeated letter in 7-letter words. Wait, is it? Yes.
dactal.org/Scrabble.htm...
dactal.org/Scrabble.htm...
August 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
But of course it's true that E is the most-often repeated letter in 7-letter words. Wait, is it? Yes.
dactal.org/Scrabble.htm...
dactal.org/Scrabble.htm...
Replacing
..count
with
..(:E;count=2.~2E);count
in this query shows us that there are still more 7-letter words with a non-E repeat than with no repeats.
..count
with
..(:E;count=2.~2E);count
in this query shows us that there are still more 7-letter words with a non-E repeat than with no repeats.
August 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Replacing
..count
with
..(:E;count=2.~2E);count
in this query shows us that there are still more 7-letter words with a non-E repeat than with no repeats.
..count
with
..(:E;count=2.~2E);count
in this query shows us that there are still more 7-letter words with a non-E repeat than with no repeats.
The Scrabble app just told me to "Avoid duplicated letters. A balanced mix is best!" But is it? I can check. Here's the distribution of bingos by tile-count combinations:
dactal.org/Scrabble.htm...
dactal.org/Scrabble.htm...
August 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The Scrabble app just told me to "Avoid duplicated letters. A balanced mix is best!" But is it? I can check. Here's the distribution of bingos by tile-count combinations:
dactal.org/Scrabble.htm...
dactal.org/Scrabble.htm...
I agree, though, that there's a dangerous level of lawlessness in DC at the moment, and squatters absolutely ruining certain neighborhoods. I suggest focusing the additional law-enforcement resources in this area:
August 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I agree, though, that there's a dangerous level of lawlessness in DC at the moment, and squatters absolutely ruining certain neighborhoods. I suggest focusing the additional law-enforcement resources in this area:
Torment Nexus → Ender's Game
July 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Torment Nexus → Ender's Game
And certainly the list of things that have been revolutionized by computation, at many different levels of complexity, is long. But as you allude, the "AI is..." assertions are usually grander claims about more-general technology.
July 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
And certainly the list of things that have been revolutionized by computation, at many different levels of complexity, is long. But as you allude, the "AI is..." assertions are usually grander claims about more-general technology.
Adding this gallery mode required only one line of HTML with one JS call, and a little block of CSS.
June 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Adding this gallery mode required only one line of HTML with one JS call, and a little block of CSS.
Got images? Need a gallery mode.
June 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Got images? Need a gallery mode.
I was going to ask you if the deck imagery was accessible, but I see you gave the image files obvious card names, which means it's even possible to deal them into the query!
June 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I was going to ask you if the deck imagery was accessible, but I see you gave the image files obvious card names, which means it's even possible to deal them into the query!
@ryanhwalsh.bsky.social suggests dealing random 13-song sets from Hallelujah the Hills' DECK, and you can do that in Curio.
furia.com/log/514
furia.com/log/514
June 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
@ryanhwalsh.bsky.social suggests dealing random 13-song sets from Hallelujah the Hills' DECK, and you can do that in Curio.
furia.com/log/514
furia.com/log/514
Like a wargame with ants. Update:
June 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Like a wargame with ants. Update:
"query language" and "programming language" invoke different mindsets.
100....numbers
||mod3=[=number % 3],
mod5=[=number % 5],
replacement=(
.(:mod3=0;mod5=0.~FIZZBUZZ);
(:mod3=0.~FIZZ);
(:mod5=0.~BUZZ);
number
)
100....numbers
||mod3=[=number % 3],
mod5=[=number % 5],
replacement=(
.(:mod3=0;mod5=0.~FIZZBUZZ);
(:mod3=0.~FIZZ);
(:mod5=0.~BUZZ);
number
)
June 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"query language" and "programming language" invoke different mindsets.
100....numbers
||mod3=[=number % 3],
mod5=[=number % 5],
replacement=(
.(:mod3=0;mod5=0.~FIZZBUZZ);
(:mod3=0.~FIZZ);
(:mod5=0.~BUZZ);
number
)
100....numbers
||mod3=[=number % 3],
mod5=[=number % 5],
replacement=(
.(:mod3=0;mod5=0.~FIZZBUZZ);
(:mod3=0.~FIZZ);
(:mod5=0.~BUZZ);
number
)
So many terrible headlines, and yet every once in a while there's a glob of terribleness wrapped in a flimsy layer of rueful satisfaction. Wrapped in more terribleness, but still...
June 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
So many terrible headlines, and yet every once in a while there's a glob of terribleness wrapped in a flimsy layer of rueful satisfaction. Wrapped in more terribleness, but still...
There, that's better.
May 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
There, that's better.
Query language syntax introspection.
May 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Query language syntax introspection.
Shoes, vs a shoe-shaped desperate attempt to take advantage of your aspirational uncertainty.
April 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Shoes, vs a shoe-shaped desperate attempt to take advantage of your aspirational uncertainty.
Oh great, now when I get an ungrammatical PayPal "invoice" with three different names and two different addresses in the header alone, I'm no longer sure whether it's spam or I've been accidentally CCed on one of JD Vance's cosmetics orders.
April 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Oh great, now when I get an ungrammatical PayPal "invoice" with three different names and two different addresses in the header alone, I'm no longer sure whether it's spam or I've been accidentally CCed on one of JD Vance's cosmetics orders.