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It will become clear by the end of this sentence that I am not bragging about this, but there was a time when I felt like I knew how to read a David Brooks column. This is absolutely not a valuable skill, and not really a skill at all—proclaiming "don't worry, I know my way ...

Sitting outside at the hotel, drinking so much water and Gatorade. I always seem to get sick while traveling. 😷

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Jay Cutler spent 12 years in the NFL. Eight of those were with the Bears, where he threw for 23,443 yards and 154 touchdowns; he also threw 107 interceptions and had a .500 career record. Even in the season when Cutler took the Bears to the NFC title game, he was still sacke...

The new header graphic is gift from Stan Krute at Fresh Art Daily.

He smol #Plushtodon

If someone manages to create a content blocker for MacOS/iOS that prevents all the content that mentions either AI or vibe coding to reach my screen, I’d buy it in a heartbeat. I am so goddamn tired of reading about AI, GPT models, and people vibe-coding. I get it, it’s fun tech, but it’s exhausting. It’s the crypto/NTF craze on steroids.

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My thanks to Dekáf Coffee Roasters for sponsoring last week at DF. Dekáf believes that people who drink coffee for its flavor are the true connoisseurs. While other roasters treat decaf as a side project, they’ve made it their entire mission. They’re dedicated to creating ex...

We're in the doldrums of summer. It's hot and muggy, but I am where you want to be this time of year, in the Catskill Mountains, where there's lots to do outdoors, the peaches are fantastic right now, apples coming soon. I'm working a few hours a day on the integration of writing and timelines built around feeds. Instead of using Bluesky or Mastodon, with their limits, we use WordPress for storing posts. It has none of their limits, has a high performance open source server back-end, not without problems, but far ahead of where the competition is in terms are reliablity and ease of implementation. To be part of this network, all you need to do is a way of producing an RSS feed. Seems pretty openly billionaire-proof wouldn't you say.

This year’s International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC) returned after a four-year hiatus, saw a record 23 winning entries due

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You’re hunched over your desk and phone for hours. We rounded up gadgets, a DIY trick, and even some yoga advice to help you straighten up.

The Bluetooth tracker maker is adding free and paid SOS features to its products, including emergency contact alerts, silent alarms, and real-time location sharing.

Modeled on a 1960s home movie camera, this cheap, stripped-down digital Super 8 is a laid-back antidote to the spec-chasing rat race of modern videography.

The force between electrical charges is kind of a big deal—without it, the universe would be a primordial soup and you would not exist. That force is determined by the electric constant.

Artificial intelligence software is designing novel experimental protocols that improve upon the work of human physicists, although the humans are still “doing a lot of baby-sitting.”

These toppers will transform your mattress into exactly what you need, whether that's a super-plush pillow top, memory foam, or targeted back support.

Whether you saved some cash with the Pixel 9a or went big with the Pixel 9 Pro XL, we’ve got a selection of cases—MagSafe included—to kit out your new Android phone.

Sam Graham-Felsen never imagined being lonely. Throughout his childhood and as a young man his life revolved around his friends. But when Sam got married and then had kids, going out with his friends almost felt like a luxury. After years of focusing on everything in his lif...

Have a great idea? Prove it by finding ten customers ready to hand over cash. Everything else is avoiding the truth.

“God is dead” Nietzsche famously proclaimed. Humanity’s desire to be ruled by god, by contrast appears very much alive. Our latest hope for salvation rests with Artificial Intelligence. Climate crisis? AI will cool the planet. Death and disease? AI will make us immortal. War? AI will bring about peace. Machina deus ut deus ex machina (with apologies to my Latin teacher and asking for help from anyone who can come up with the right idiom; update: "Deus machinae ut deus ex machina" has been pro...