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All of my budgeted blogwriting time is going to Logic for Programmers. Should be back early 2025. (I’m still writing the weekly newsletter.)

Vaulting, an abstract of a leaf. ©2024 Daniel Sroka. Some leaves seem to stay in motion even after they’ve landed on the ground. When I found this leaf last fall, I was first struck by its intense color — a red so deep it was almost black. But then I noticed something else. The leaf was twisting around its core, like a pole vaulter preparing to clear the crossbar. So …

More people came to Carol’s funeral than there were seats in the crematorium chapel: our families, her friends and mine, some of whom had travelled a long way. The funeral directors, P B Wright and Sons, took care of the arrangements kindly and professionally. Catriona Miller, the humanist celebrant, conducted the service and delivered a warm and accurate tribute to Carol. I spoke about Carol’s life with me, and Michael …

Does he know what his sentence is?” “No,” the officer said, wanting to continue with his explanations, but the traveler interrupted him: “He does not know his own sentence?” “No,” the officer repeated, pausing briefly as if to insist that the traveler should give a more specific reason for his question, and then said: “There would be no point in announcing it to him … He will come to

My Prized Possessions 11 September, 2024 After reading this post at 47Nil, my thoughts slowly turned to the items that mean the most to me. Even though I identify as a small m minimalist, I’m not against owning stuff. It just has to be the right stuff, and not too much of it. Most material things come and go, but there are certain items that stick with us for the …

In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-assisted software development, a new category of tools has emerged: repository-to-prompt converters. These utilities address the growing need to feed entire codebases into Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini. Let’s delve into the technical aspects and implications of these tools. Core Functionality At their heart, these tools perform a seemingly simple task: they traverse a directory structure, typically a Git repository, …

So, I don’t really write here any more. I write at drafts.interfluidity.com instead. Please follow that feed or subscribe by e-mail. I do still offer periodic roundups here of what I’ve been up to! And it’s been a busy few months. Without further ado. Unless it is remedied soon, the Supreme Court has rendered an end to liberal democracy in the United States nearly inevitable by their decision in Trump …

At least in the indie music genre, people are advised to make music videos in order to fulfill a requirement of publicity. The music video needs a certain degree of polish, which creates a natural economic filter weeding out musicians that have less economic resources. (Paying someone to make a suitable music video can easily cost $5K for a video – a price I was quoted by a certain indie …

This summer, a new video game came out that changed the way we think about comedy in games, becoming an instant smash hit in the process. That’s right, I’m talking about Thank Goodness You’re Here! from Coal Supper. Ok, yeah, sure, I work for Panic and we published the game, so I was contractually required to write that opener, but I assure you, it’s very good and very funny. Thank …

For once, I have managed to continue on with the ongoing craft projects without starting any new ones for, ooh, must be nearly a couple of months now. Most of the crafting time has been devoted to the cross-stitch project I mentioned back in July. Despite a break for my holiday—because it’s too large to go in the luggage—I’ve got on quite a way with it. Here’s the progress to …

September is a month of fullness in the garden and the pantry with the crops at their peak and all … Harvest time Read More »

After reviewing some recent posts about Jung and his anagram on Jungian fanboy sites, I do now think a solution has been found to the Seven Sermons to the Dead topic. In German, you can put date descriptions together in different ways, much like we can describe "1916" in English as "one thousand nine hundred and sixteen" or "nineteen hundred sixteen". And using "I" for "J" follows medieval German usage …

Charli XCX and Lorde's 'The Girl, So Confusing Version with Lorde' is the winner of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize. Charli's first Twenty Quid nomination was in 2014… The post Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize appeared first on Popjustice.

Week #707 As one project wanes another waxes. The amount of time we’ve been spending on the Miami project has decreased. They’re in good shape; onboarding customers and prepping for raising a round of investment. The features, bugs and tasks are at a minimum as they want to be stable and get customer feedback. Which means we have more time for some VR projects. The video team has handed over …

‘NO WOMAN’S LAND’ has been awarded the prestigious 14th Carmignac Photojournalism Award and will be exhibited at the Réfectoire des Cordelieres in Paris this autumn. A few months ago, photojournalist Kiana Hayeri and researcher Mélissa Cornet travelled to the Mawoud Academy school in Kabul. It was a heavy journey – Hayeri had previously visited the school under heartbreaking circumstances. “I first reported on it for the New York Times after …