Monday, July 27, 2026
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The old Postville Courthouse in Lincoln, Illinois, via The Library of Congress. Abraham Lincoln practiced law there from 1847 to 1859. Well, as a surprise to me, my silly little Gravatar article was posted to Hacker News. This has called a lot of attention to the post, and made…
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Culture
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We all learned in science class that water freezes at 0 °C or 32 °F at atmospheric pressure. But what water, exactly? Even after you distill out all the…
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Japan has some really great bookstores, but unfortunately they have mostly been off of my radar due to my poor Japanese reading skills. I'm hoping to work on…
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Saying “Hey, watch this video that was uploaded to Facebook / Instagram / TikTok” to someone without an account on Facebook / Instagram / Tiktok is just as bad…
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The article “A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence” went viral. It was co-authored by Jacob Tsimerman, who, as the media has made…
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Things I saw on a 30-minute walk home…
Life
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“Analog Maximalism” is another way to say “Digital Minimalism.” The point is to focus more on what you’re doing and less on what you’re trying to not be doing.…
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Except when they're about pinball, apparently.
Tech
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I'm fueled by my spite to write this incoherent rambling of a madman. This is highly related to my previous post, but I can't stop thinking about this so I'll…
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There are currently thousands of repositories on GitHub that are spreading viruses. Any of you can find these repositories, and you don’t need any special…
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Yes, I’m still playing Wordle in 2026. According to Wordle, I’ve played 1,559 games, I win 99% of the time, my current streak is 107 days and my longest is…
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Today I want to provide a project update on Greppr and all of the recent optimizations I have made.
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“The capacity to face an open universe. Physically open, psychically open. No doors shut.”
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