I was playing piano for the first time in a while the other day and noticed: I didn’t feel any RSI. Maybe a bit and some tenderness, but not much at all. And no, I don’t mean recursive self improvement … Read more
For the first time in decades, the market is changing for the humble oat. Long overlooked in favor of more profitable and prolific row crops like corn and soybeans, demand for oats is growing, thanks in part to the popularity … Read more
Written by nyanpasu64on December 29, 2024 I dual-boot my desktop between Windows and Linux. Over the past few years, Linux would often crash when I tried to sleep my computer with high RAM usage. Upon waking it would show a black … Read more
John Graham-Cumming doesn’t ping me often, but when he does I pay attention. His day job is the CTO of the security giant Cloudflare, but he is also a lay historian of technology, guided by a righteous compass. He might … Read more
At least until the spring of 1221, Merv, now in Turkmenistan, from which the tiny eggs of Bombyx mori had moved to Persia and the lands to its west, was still a most splendid city. Around March 6 of that … Read more
Twenty-five years ago, 75-year-old Bob Dole — former Republican presidential candidate and U.S. senator from Kansas — went on “Larry King Live” and declared himself to be sexually impotent. Later that year, he became an official pitchman for Viagra, which … Read more
Much has changed in the world of cyberspace since Jan. 1, 1983, the date often called “the birthday of the internet.” Yet the internet’s fundamental architecture—the communications protocol that allows computer networks all over the world to talk to each … Read more
A couple years ago, a good friend of mine, who was in charge of operations at a food delivery company, got laid off after a merger – they kept the guy from the other side. He decided to start his … Read more