Don’t verify email addresses by sending spam to them
Don’t verify email addresses by sending spam to them 23.06.2026 Much have been said about futility of trying to validate email addresses. Generally accepted advice is that you should just send verification link and don’t care about trying to validate it beforehand. But what if you were really hell-bent on having validation step, and at […]
Underarm Bowling Incident of 1981
Australia’s Trevor Chappell bowls underarm to New Zealand’s Brian McKechnie while being observed by keeper Rod Marsh and non-striker Bruce Edgar The underarm bowling incident of 1981 is a sporting controversy that took place on 1 February 1981, when Australia played New Zealand in a One Day International cricket match, the third in the best-of-five […]
Anthropic updates their terms to verify age or identity
This policy was published on June 8, 2026 with an effective date of July 8, 2026. Anthropic is an AI safety and research company working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and process your personal data when you use our website, Claude.ai, or other […]
AI Hiring Tools Yield Racial Bias and Systemic Rejection; 26% Black & 15% Asian
Algorithmic monocultures can give rise to systemic rejection We also study new concerns brought about by the shared dependence on a single hiring vendor. In our prior work, we theorized that algorithmic monocultures in which many employers came to rely on the same algorithmic recommendations could lead to some people being shut out from jobs. […]
Jerry’s Map
The Layers The Map is expressed, over time, in successive layers, each one replacing its predecessor. The process of developing and revising a panel results in several iterations of that panel. The Base Layer is divided into four phases: A. The blank page is an 8 by 10 inch patchwork of paperboard or is a […]
In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words
I recently learned of the passing of someone whose work nearly everybody knows, but nobody knows his name. Tony Krueger is remembered in Wikipedia as the person who ported the game Chip’s Challenge to Windows for the Windows Entertainment Pack.¹ But that’s probably not the code he wrote that touched the most people. Tony worked […]
New satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours
That is apparently what happened last week. Rocket Lab had another launch on its schedule for a commercial customer last week, but the company announced a postponement last Tuesday “to conduct additional checkouts,” without offering any additional details. Safety notices began to appear on aviation and maritime websites a couple of days later, just hours […]
FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model
FUTO Swipe Fast, accurate swipe typing system. Use it today in FUTO Keyboard, our fully offline Android keyboard app. Or download the models and build with it. This is a serverside demo to keep this webpage small. In production, it runs on-device, with much lower latency. For a long time, good mobile swipe typing was […]
The truth about being a manager
I vividly remember most of my own journey into engineering management over the years. Throughout my career, I’ve also mentored several people taking the step from engineer to engineering manager. It’s a challenging and often lonely journey, and here are a few truths most new managers realize the hard way. (If you aren’t a manager […]
My Steam Machine Is a 50ft HDMI Cable
You can now pre-order Valve’s Steam Machine! Fortuitous timing as I drafted this as a follow up to my post from December where I wrote about using Linux for PC gaming. At that time Steam ran well on my desktop and I chipped away at lighter games on the Deck. I ended that post by […]