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You can’t cancel a JavaScript promise. There’s no .cancel() method, no AbortController integration, no built-in way to say “never mind, stop.” The TC39 committee considered adding cancellation in 2016, but the proposal was withdrawn after heated debate. Part of the … Read more

Short answer: because math. Longer answer: because prime numbers don’t divide into each other evenly. [embedded content] To understand what follows, you need to know some facts about the physics of vibrating strings: When you pluck a guitar string, it … Read more

Artificial intelligences opt for nuclear weapons surprisingly often Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical crises. Kenneth Payne at King’s College London set three … Read more

I like things that are strange and a bit obscure. It’s a habit of mine, and a lot of this blog is to document things I haven’t heard of before, because I wanted to learn about them. I mean, jeez, … Read more

Microsoft won’t let you dismiss the upgrade notification So support for Windows 10 has ended. Yes, millions of users are still on it. One of my main laptops runs Windows 10. I can’t update to Windows 11 because of the … Read more

You can’t fool the optimiser Written by me, proof-read by an LLM. Details at end. Sometimes you’ll step through code in a debugger and find a complex-looking loop… that executes as a single instruction. The compiler saw through the obfuscation … Read more

Farley complained that “we don’t have trade schools anymore,” reports Avi Zilber in the New York Post. The Ford CEO’s grandfather was one of the company’s early employees, hired to work on the Model T. “We are not investing in … Read more

Published: 14/11/2025 6 minute read Disclaimer: This tells my personal experiences with Grafana products. It also incudes some facts but your experience may entirely vary and I would love to here your take. I started my work life at a … Read more

An error fare to Iceland pops up. It’s cheap enough to feel like a typo and most likely will be gone in minutes. I’m moderately obsessed with ways to travel on budget, so I keep an eye on these.Before I … Read more