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There is some racist language in the place names below. The article is from 1892. - MF STICKING LABELS ON TOWNS. A Queer Mixture of Languages in Alameda County Names. SPANISH, INDIAN, ENGLISH AND IMPROPRIETY. …

A list of toolkits or resources for people that are new to advocacy and campaigning, or organisations that are considering starting work in this area. The Changemakers’ Toolkit this year especially for those new to …

Picked up The Way Things Work (David Macaulay, rev. 2023) and Thing Explainer (Randall Munroe, 2015), along with Matthew Inman’s new game Horrible Therapist. The Way Things Work holds a special place in my heart. …

This is probably going to be short as this year is perhaps the most unproductive year I've ever had.As usual, I start this off with a compilation of monthly "highlights" that I've already listed in …

I recently left my job at Netlify and have been looking at what's next. At Netlify I became very interested in the power of ML, AI and LLMs in particular, and that's the area I've …

500 Social has been around for a few months now and things are going well. Here’s what’s been happening… I announced 500 Social back in July and since then things have been going really well. …

A while back, I wrote about the perils of using cheap membrane: specifically, using it under shingle, not because it's less efficient at quashing weeds, but because it's horrible to work with. I've had a …

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Many things have been said about the Andromeda Galaxy, arguably the most majestic galaxy that amateur astronomers can image due to it's sheer size in the sky—many times larger than the Moon appears to us, …

The new Kino app recording ProRes Log with a custom preview LUT. Yes we’re still talking about shooting video on iPhones. But I also want to talk about digital cinema shooting in general, in a …

This is my user manual. If we are working together (or planning to), please read it carefully. You will learn how to deal with me productively and avoid misunderstandings. I initially wrote this for my …

The following piece was written months ago, right after the “We Are Developers World Conference” took place in Berlin. So far I have not been reached out to for providing feedback to the conference, and …

If you ever run into instructions that tell you to do this: pip install flash-attn --no-build-isolation Do not try to do this. It is a trap. For some reason attempting to install this runs a …

Hace dos días me hackearon la cuenta de Instagram que me abrí hace 14 años, cuando vivía en Ámsterdam. Llevo tanto tiempo usando esta app que conservo emails reportándole fallos a Josh Riedel, el primer …

No, I’ve never been to the World Series, and yes, I’m still annoyed about it. Back in 1996, in the days where people would have to buy tickets in person, I waited on line at …