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I don’t remember how I came across it, but this is one of the most exciting papers I’ve read recently. The authors train a neural network that tries to identify the next in a sequence …

At the risk of becoming a bit repetitive: how can it be October already? It’s definitely getting darker outside. I’ve eaten several baked potatoes. I already have one (1) pumpkin. 🎃 MORE ON BEEPS: when …

Министерството на носталгията предупреждава: този продукт може да съдържа печени чушки. Както лошото време отминава и е неразделна част от природата, така и лошите моменти от миналото са важна част от живота. Според Защото обичам …

I like it when the skyline gets orange and pink in the fall and winter, though it was slightly concerning this was like 4pm 😂 The house next door is a short term rental and …

The last 35 miles of The Beacons Way. Helicopters. Sugar Loaf Circular in the cloud. OS Map and Stats: The Beacons Way Tuesday – woke to heavy rain, not the best conditions for embarking upon …

One specific activity kept me pretty busy during September – getting the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map up to date! Over the years, every update has taken a little longer to pull together. This …

There we were, Lucie and I wandering along at the start of our morning walk, when out of an orchard wandered two Roe Deer followed a minute or so later by a third. A totally …

Covering musical selections from Enola Gay, Midwife, Thom Yorke, The Jesus Lizard, Death Grips, The Cure, Lungfish, Japanese Breakfast, Washed Out, MIEN, Teen Mortgage, The Murlocs, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Chat Pile, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, …

Mother Jones today has an excellent story on Arlie Russell Hochschild’s book “Stolen Pride.” This quote in particular: “We live in both a material economy and a pride economy, and while we pay close attention …

Comments on Ryan Barrett’s plan to create a “bridge” between the Fediverse and Bluesky, with reference to defaults, consent & moderation. Kind of a geeky post coming up! I was going to put it as …

There is a space between renting woes and property sales that is often unseen. On the one hand, we read stories of students renting places with black mould and being taken to the tenancy tribunal …

Posted on September 11, 2024 Tags: madeof:atoms, craft:sewing, FreeSoftWear I’ve been influenced again into feeling the need for a garment. It was again a case of multiple sources conspiring in the same direction for unrelated …

Just in my inbox is an email from DeployHQ – my favoured deployment tool since as long as I can remember – telling me that they’ve been bought by DeployBot. My first reaction whenever this …

No notes. As qualitative validation all but erodes, the only form of validation left is quantitative. Miles run. Books read. Movies watched. Songs streamed. Beers bought. Fantasy wins. We have turned competition into connection because …

Oregon Department of Transportation is repaving portions of Main Street in Ashland. And when I say “portions” I mean it. They are just repaving the strips where the rubber meets the road. So far they’re …

Last week, I hesitantly soft-launched a new paid section on my email blog. That same day, six people signed up to become paid subscribers to my blog, and I almost fell out of my chair. …

Working on getting access to a static site, found a way to move it outside PHP and into Apache

The snow is still here from yesterday. It is enough snow to close some schools, but not others. The kind of snow a seasoned winter-ist would scoff at – just a dusting! The kind of …

Tuesday A new month. In the city there are blue coats, black coats, tan coats and a boxy fake fur jacket with shoulders so wide it could be concealing an actual box. Question: Who grew …

7976/20917No sitcom hijinks today. The writers are slipping. Bin day tomorrow and obviously I had an excess of rubbish after the move (I'd already filled the bin at the old house and put a binbag …