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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in "Twins" (1988)

People and Clothes

Some people’s clothes have a way of riding up in unfortunate places, in a way that seems almost willful. It’s as if the clothes are sentient, and cloth and wearer are … »

Cutting Firewood at Side Camp in Magalloway Township, Maine (1939)

What Should We Optimize Away?

Optimize away optimizing away … »

Llama.cpp's llama-server web UI in action, running Qwen 3.6 35B A3B

How to fit Qwen 3.6 35B A3B into 16GB of VRAM, & run it with Llama.cpp on an RTX 3080

The belly hangs over the belt, but it fits … »

Let’s call ‘em “aigents”

Let’s call ‘em “aigents”

The portmanteau is overdue … »

Treat People as Flowers

Treat People as Flowers

Sometimes people say goodnight by saying, see you in the morning, if that’s expected. This bugs me.[1] While I certainly hope to see them in the morning, and consider it highly … »

The search for a good offline dictionary for Linux

The search for a good offline dictionary for Linux

… proved longer than expected … »

Bookmarklet: Copy Ghost Post ID to Clipboard

Save several milliseconds with two lines of JavaScript … »

Backpack Activation Energy

Backpack Activation Energy

Portrait of a gumption trap … »

20 years of Linux and I finally started using job control

And it’s amazing … »

How to drain pasta without a colander, without burning yourself

How to drain pasta without a colander, without burning yourself

A cooking tip for unusually bright cave people … »

All Polymarket temperature markets have disappeared

All Polymarket temperature markets have disappeared

Along with the money bet on them? … »

Order book depth chart (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Order_book_depth_chart.gif)

The bid-ask spread on used physical goods

For most of my life I fundamentally misunderstood buy & sell prices … »

The art of getting back on one’s horse

The art of getting back on one’s horse

It’s a long process … »

Delusional Optimism & the Art of Sneaking Up on Your Goals

Delusional Optimism & the Art of Sneaking Up on Your Goals

You can succeed, but you can't fail — because you aren't officially trying … »

Feynman during a lecture

Bothering to understand

First it makes you slow, then it makes you fast (maybe) … »

Curation and its side effects

Curation and its side effects

Some fundamentals about how it works, and what to do when it doesn't … »