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Arabic Proverbs
13 Aug 18:37 • عياد حمد بن يدر

Money is like flowing souls الدراهم أرواح تسيل

الدراهم أرواح تسيلMoney is like flowing souls-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------«الدراهم أرواحٌ تسيل» يُقال في بيان شدة تأثير المال ونفوذه؛ فالمال كأنه روحٌ تسري في شؤون الناس، وبوجوده تتحرك المصالح وال...

Arabic Proverbs
13 Aug 18:34 • عياد حمد بن يدر

Stop slandering chaste women, and your mothers will be safe. دعوا قذف المحصنات تسلم لكم الأمهات

دعوا قذف المحصنات تسلم لكم الأمهاتStop slandering chaste women, and your mothers will be safe.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------«دَعُوا قَذْفَ المُحْصَناتِ تَسْلَمْ لَكُمُ الأُمَّهَاتُ» معناه: لا تتعرضوا لأعرا...

Arabic Proverbs
13 Aug 18:30 • عياد حمد بن يدر

Stop arguing, even if you are right. دع المراء وإن كنت محق

دع المراء وإن كنت محقاStop arguing, even if you are right.--------------------------------------------------مقابل «دَعِ المُراءَ وإن كنتَ مُحِقًّا» هو: “Avoid arguing, even when you are right.” لكن كـ مثل أو حكمة إنجليزية، فأقرب ما يؤدي المعنى: “It is better to be wise than ...

Weak Notes — The Everything Feed
13 Aug 18:09

Blog - The Road to FIRE - Stress Testing My Plan Against History

There is no guarantee what the future will hold, so when planning for our financial future, we can look back at history and replay our finances in that context and see what would happen. In this post I will answer whether my retirement will survive 111 years of historical...

John's World Wide Wall Display
13 Aug 16:54 • john

Life in Links 68

montages of screenshots of 8 webpages that are linked to in the article.

Some interesting links I've picked up recently. Topics include: IndieWeb, X, Butterflies, WordPress, micro.blog & A.I. in education.

matizeta
13 Aug 15:52 • matizeta

Es mejor optimizar el software que sumar más hardware

Y eso es lo que Google aprendió a la fuerza con sus nuevos teléfonos Pixel.

A Node on the Web
13 Aug 15:36

Cross-browser Micropub client extension. Post to your IndieWeb blog from any pag...

Cross-browser Micropub client extension. Post to your IndieWeb blog from any page.

rmdes.github.io/plume/ - now with Draft support, right in your browser of choice !

Weak Notes — The Everything Feed
13 Aug 15:06

Ways - How to switch off generative AI training on Twitch

Twitch have recently opted-in every streamer into Amazon’s generative AI training. You have to explicitly opt-out manually. Twitch now uses streamer content — VODs, clips, stream chats, and channel text/images — to train Amazon’s generative AI models. Opting out will st...

TheBenMeadows — site releases
13 Aug 14:54

The nsite section names the machinery that is now mine (#103)

Site release 2426449: The nsite section names the machinery that is now mine (#103). Every build ships a signed manifest; see /mirrors/ for verification.

Scripting News
13 Aug 14:48

WordPress in a nutshell

I wrote something candid on Twitter last week and felt it was worth repeating here. It is a bit judgmental, and for that I apologize. But I couldn't keep the meaning without all the words. Shaking my head thinking can't the people of WordPress see that what it needs is a s...

Scripting News
13 Aug 13:15

Make America America Again

The press is freaking out about Democratic Socialist candidates winning elections all over the country. They can relax, because the government of the United States thrives on different points of view, and thus -- compromise. The Democrats can have any combination of points ...

Nothing important
13 Aug 10:27

Square peg? Yeah, ethics does not belong in OpenAI. LOL futurism.com/artificia…

Weak Notes — The Everything Feed
13 Aug 07:18

Blog - What to do when you fill your S&S ISA in the UK in 2026?

According to FT Adviser 2.5 million were able to fill their ISAs (both cash and stocks and shares) in the tax year to April 2023. So What do you do when you have filled your ISA? Pre-requisites Lets assume those able to fill their ISAs and realise the tax free allowanc...

A Node on the Web
13 Aug 06:12

I need to fix duplicate webmentions 1 is coming from legit webmention 2 is comin...

I need to fix duplicate webmentions

1 is coming from legit webmention
2 is coming from fed.brid.gy

I need to think about how to fix this

A Node on the Web
13 Aug 06:12

really glad to hear that :)

Weak Notes — The Everything Feed
13 Aug 06:06

Daily - Daily Rundown for 2026-08-13

Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing… On Thursday, 13 August 2026 The average temperature today is 20.79˚C, With highs of 21.96˚C and lows of 19.11˚C, It may feel like 20.41˚C with clear sky The wind speed is 1.34m/s and visibility is 10000m The pressure i...

Karn Wong
13 Aug 05:33 • Unknown

2026-08-13

Aaaaand this is what happens when the lower stack relies on c. Partly why I find using linux full time easier because I can repro the ci build steps locally without going through emulation on mac.

https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/27/the-c-shaped-hole-in-package-management.html

ในเมื่อทุกคนพึ่ง c มันก็จะประมาณนี้ ทุกวันนี้ใช้ linux แล้วชีวิตดี เพราะไม่ต้องลุ้นว่า build ที่ต้องทะลุไปหา c จะพังใน ci มั้ย

https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/27/the-c-shaped-hole-in-package-management.html

Scattering
13 Aug 05:15 • Mark Taylor

Eclipse

Having slept through the eclipse, Daniel resolved to blot out the sun. He would darken the whole world – but that proved impossible. So he swore to bring night to the country, the city, the street. It was all too much. And even with his curtains closed, the light sprayed through

TheBenMeadows — site releases
13 Aug 05:03

Document the second DNS provider (#102)

Site release f055b76: Document the second DNS provider (#102). Every build ships a signed manifest; see /mirrors/ for verification.

Music of Sound
13 Aug 03:51 • tim

Phasing as Musical Technique

Keen for discussion and to learn of other examples of use of phasing as a musical technique. I don’t mean phasing like a Mutron BiPhase phaser etc, I’ll sight the examples I know & love: Steve Reich – It’s Gonna…