Category: Featured
Why the smart ones don’t lead?
I was asked recently the following questions: Why intelligent people are not allowed to rule and get the world out of its dire situation? Why capable people are not permitted to have power and organize or manage things…
By Cezar
Stolen & Published
How I discovered that someone stole one of my infographics and published it without giving credit.…
By Cezar
Stubby Bee Apiary at Rath Farms - October Update
This is the end of the 2024 season. I was neglectful in keeping up with his blog this year. I will try harder next season. …
By prstebbi
The Heart and The River
London, the night, the river... All passing in their own time. The great city - by day a vast tumult of activity, By night the dark city; shadows and light; romance and mystery. The river ebbs and flows beneath bridges,…
By toomuchrose
The beginning of a story
I have already shown something about this cluster, in a recent post, but this time, I can guide you to enter right into – so to speak – its heart. The heart, that is, of the young cluster of stars called NGC…
By mcastel
Could the Faroes Help Scotland?
This video… about tunnels in the Faroes sparked off my interest:
By lonm
Forget Snap and Flatpak, I use Vivaldi tarballs
The advantages/disadvantages of classic tar packages Back in the old days (long before Snap, Flatpak or AppImage), if a software producer wanted to offer a "universal Linux package" they would offer a tar package…
By ruario
Does Mastodon Have A Future?
On 2024-09-23 I read that another Mastodon instance is calling it quits. StrangeObject.Space will shut down at the end of the year. You can read their post at…
By publicwolf
AI Programming has completely missed the mark
I recently read an article about outages from AI generated code, and I have read similar stories in the past year about failings in quality metrics when AI generated code is used. When I was researching Developer…
By lonm
A comprehensive review of common search engines
Hello and welcome to yet another technology-fuelled rant from yours truly! Today’s topic is search engines, those little websites all browsers use that allow you to find other websites, given a query by the user (that’s…
By willuk
Cards Against Humanity is suing SpaceX for trespassing on its ‘pristine’ property - The Verge [2024-09-20]
Cards Against Humanity sued SpaceX for allegedly trespassing on and damaging its property in Texas. The company behind the card game is asking for $15 million in damages, according to its complaint against SpaceX, filed…
By canadianguy
The Things That Shaped Me
We are all the product of our life's experiences. Everything that touches us changes us. Everything in which we train shape our brain, both literally and figuratively.…
By publicwolf
