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Artemis II Supercut
An 8 minute video using the hi-rez images and video from NASA. (h/t J. Kottke)
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Bruce Schneier: Should You Use AI for a Task? Work and the Gym
Whether or not to use AI–and for what tasks–is a question most of us answer on a regular basis. This article presents a new way to think about it. I’m not sure if I agree with it as a foundational way to decide, but it does add another thought to the mix. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/should-you-use-ai-for-a-task-heres-a-simple-way-to-decide.html
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“I’m retired but not really”
“What I’m doing each day is what I’m choosing to do.”
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Baking for the County Fair
Joyce enters stuff into her childhood county fair every year. Mostly baked goods and photography. The photo is of this year’s entries. Everything she bakes has extra: at least one extra loaf of bread, lots of cookies, bars, donuts, lefse, pies (which I have mentioned in another post), etc. It is all very delicious, especially…
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Running Aces
We went to the horse track the other day. Harness Racing is the feature at this track. We brought some friends of ours. The amusing thing is that two people loved horses and two people loved betting and there was only some overlap between those two things. Since I was the only one that wasn’t…
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Challenging Scrabble Day
I’ve mentioned before about the regular scrabble game I play with my mom and her friends. The image is of my first-draw letters for the first game this week. Not a great start. I have not memorized all of the vowel only words so I was stuck connecting consonants other people played. I did not…
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Pies for the county fair
My wife is baking for the county fair competition up north. Last night was fruit pies. The best part was that she took all the left over filling, combined it, and made a, well, I’m not sure what to call the kind of pie she made. Perhaps “delicious” is the best phrase to use. I…
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Questions that really are Directives
“Are you going to wear that shirt?” “Are you going to take the trash out?” “Are you taking the dog for a walk?” “Will you fix the garage door tomorrow?” “Will you call the shop about the camper?” These are not questions regardless of who asks them.
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Pretend Moving
I remember a comment my dad made when I was in my early teens. People should move every few years to clear their houses of stuff they don’t need. This came up again when we were talking to friends of ours that are moving. They did a deep clean/toss/donate of their house and are very…
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“It’s time to start Christmas shopping”
My wife uttered this phrase today as we were in a coffee shop (of all places). She was making a perfectly serious comment about a little something she saw that would be good for someone in our family (sorry, kids, no hints). She is one of those people that is very good at getting the…
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Spamwich!
Yes, it was good. No, I don’t feel guilty. Yes, I will buy it again. #spam #spamspamspam I toured the Hormel plant where they make Spam in southern Minnesota a bunch of years ago. We didn’t see the production floor (obviously–visiting a food factory is now a terrorist prevention zone), but they had a big…
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Solid State Batteries explanation
https://open.substack.com/pub/constructionphysics/p/why-is-everyone-trying-to-build-a
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Goldilocks Zone: Filename version
https://x.com/i/status/2082728893820395554
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Spray cheese
There is no good reason for spray cheese. Except it is very tasty and very convenient. I’m sure it is an affront to cheese lovers everywhere. I don’t care because it is delicious. Especially with the Chicken in-a Biskit. Another tasty thing that snobs turn their nose up at.
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How to make your AI coding prompts better
Dave Plummer is a software developer who has been around since the early days of Microsoft Windows. He has retired and not maintains a chunk of old computers (especially the PDPs which are close to my heart). Very smart. Very humorous (“and whatever dark pact your printer made with the devil”). While this video may…