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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
First they came for the Copy Editors. . .
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Apologies for abusing the famous Holocaust poem in the title, I noticed today that the genAI bubble is making enormous progress at replaci...
Monday, February 17, 2025
Travel
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I enjoy leisure travel. As I mentioned previously here , I want not only to see the sites when I travel, but also smell the diesel fumes, ...
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Poor Charlie's Almanac by Charles Munger & Peter Kaufman (2008)
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Fantastic! I don't care about stock picking or investing, but the wit and wisdom of Charles Munger in these engaging dialogs and speech...
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Trusted Execution Environments and Byzantine Fault Algorithms
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After Reading Martin Kleppman 's famous book I became fascinated by Byzantine Faults and algorithms. These concepts and applications ar...
Backyard Starship by J.N. Chaney and Terry Maggert (2021)
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One of the genAI chatterbots recommended this series based on my reading history and ratings so I read the first book in the series. The se...
Thursday, February 13, 2025
The Lessons of History by Will & Arielle Durant (1997)
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This extremely dense collection of aphorisms and pearls of wisdom is a very thin shell of the 11 volume The Story of Civilization that won ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Attack Surface by Corey Doctorow (2020)
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Fun thriller with odd twists and turns but I found the characters and events contrived and unrealistic. I do not recommend this one. Doctor...
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Lawvere's Fixed-point Theorem blows my mind
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Lawvere's fixed-point theorem explains why self-reference is unavoidable in any system that allows for functions to be applied to thems...
1 comment:
Fwd: Miss Moriarity, I presume? by Sherry Thomas (2022)
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I am enjoying this series. This book is another fun adventure that includes the mysterious super-villain (Moriarity). 5/5 Stars.
Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (2024)
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I almost always enjoy Gladwell's stories and books. This one is fantastic and highly recommended. 5/5 Stars.
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