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Although it seems more characteristic of earlier times, cavalry remained active until the mid-20th century. We’re not referring to the modern concept, in which the name has been adopted by tank and/or attack helicopter units, …

Online readingFirst, novelist Thea Lim on the many harms of algorithmic systems and the stultifying context their corporate owners want us all to be stuck in, where “every notification ping holds the possibility we have …

How does Magic content get made? Just like how human babies get made, it isn't cheap. Rich's new column takes a high level look. The post An Overview of the Economics of Magic Content in …

I guess this is goodbye. I thought we still had a little time. Even though I said it was okay to go, I held onto a spark of hope that I could squeeze your hand …

Finally managed to (re)watch the film Love and Human Remains on DVD, a favourite of mine since 1993 that I haven't seen in a very long time. Eager to compare my memories of it with …

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The universe, points out economist Noah Smith, is always trying to kill us, whether through asteroids hurtling through space or our every-few-hours hunger pains. Why, then, should we expect anything but a gravitational pull toward …

Hello to the visitors coming from the Hongs Lab article about authors using AI to produce new creative works. I don’t have any stats or tracking on my site, but noticed an increase in free …

After taking a long break from working on belief systems(and writing a book in the meantime), I think it’s time to get back to belief system. The problem that got me stuck was how to …

Factorio Space Age came out today, so I’m playing it. Factorio is my second most played video game (by time), and I’ve been writing about it for the better part of a decade, so the …

Hank Green, who lives in Montana, spotted something weird with his mail-in ballot: in all categories, the Democrat candidate was listed last. That seemed odd. So he looked it up: Since every district — and …

Would you like to become better at crafting pull requests and reviewing code? Here are the 13 tips from my latest book that you can use in your daily developer activity.

[Web master's note: Northern California film critic Derrick Bang — the eldest, youngest and only son of this site's primary jazz guru, Ric Bang — has surveyed the holiday jazz scene for more than a …

Some notes on freedom of speech TL; DR – To unlock the promise of freedom of speech, we need to pair it with the duty to be constructive. Without thoughtfulness, we have a less free, …