Okay, finally took the plunge and just booked a #camping trip this upcoming week instead of waiting for everything to just fall in place. We haven't been camping since before COVID.
I've got to go through all our gear to make sure everything's still in working order.
Just for fun, I decided to look into how to use an abacus the other day. I have no practical use for this whatsoever, it was just something I was curious about. Learning this of course made me want to buy an abacus. I know myself well enough to know that while it would probably be an inexpensive purchase, it'd only end up collecting dust on a shelf within a week.
Then I thought about programming a virtual abacus that I could then play around with. I know this to be an absolutely absurd idea, but that absurdity only kinda makes me want to do it even more.
Cast your ears back to the time I was given the chance to interview the legendary Jon Atack LIVE on stage at Crimecon UK. An experience I won't soon forget, and
Just started down the rabbit hole that is the Japanese electrical system. At a glance, it actually seems to make the North American system look sane. That's an impressive feat.
They aren't quite as deterministic as we might like them to be these days. I think some CPUs have a quantum randomness source, and task-scheduling across multiple computation units often _feels_ non-deterministic to me.
Plus, I do believe the term "Heisenbug" can be applied to bugs that go away when you turn on debugging/profiling/tracing or any other type of monitoring system that might be useful to diagnosis, even if everything is perfectly deterministic.
I mean, there is a basement floor and there is a hallway we could use down there in a worst-case scenario. Fortunately, the storm seems to be letting up.
@erin (she/her) You know, it's funny (in a not funny way). We've had a number of tornado warnings in recent years. In my childhood, I can only ever remember that happening once.
In this episode I speak with activist Evvie about their experiences in the Church of Christ. Evvie talks us through their activist work, parentification, and ho
In this episode I speak with activist Evvie about their experiences in the Church of Christ. Evvie talks us through their activist work, parentification, and ho
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I'm pretty sure they're doing maintenance work at night.
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