Bill Janssen
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Liverwurst and onion on rye -- is there a better sandwich?
April 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Liverwurst and onion on rye -- is there a better sandwich?
"Nice little congressional seat ya got there. Be a real shame if someone challenged you in the next primary, wouldn't it?"
February 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"Nice little congressional seat ya got there. Be a real shame if someone challenged you in the next primary, wouldn't it?"
The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2024
Plus a few recently unearthed treasures from the archives.
slate.com
January 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Fantastic overview. For those without much time to read (or desire to read), just read the brief ending parts, starting with "knowledge is incredibly unevenly distributed."
Here's my end-of-year review of things we learned out about LLMs in 2024 - we learned a LOT of things simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/...
Table of contents:
Table of contents:
January 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Fantastic overview. For those without much time to read (or desire to read), just read the brief ending parts, starting with "knowledge is incredibly unevenly distributed."
I love that Paul Krugman calls Seattle "sort of a secondary technology cluster". Take that, Redmond!
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-u...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-u...
Why Does U.S. Technology Rule?
Maybe it's just in the right place
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:54 PM
I love that Paul Krugman calls Seattle "sort of a secondary technology cluster". Take that, Redmond!
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-u...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-u...
Spent a little time hacking elisp today to bring code to Emacs 29 standards. Immensely satisfying!
October 28, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Spent a little time hacking elisp today to bring code to Emacs 29 standards. Immensely satisfying!
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Here is my 4 month winter outlook from September. We are still in line to have a significantly lower peak than last winter!
Here is my 4 month winter outlook from September. We are still in line to have a significantly lower peak than last winter!
October 19, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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Here is my 4 month winter outlook from September. We are still in line to have a significantly lower peak than last winter!
Here is my 4 month winter outlook from September. We are still in line to have a significantly lower peak than last winter!
"And the race is still essentially tied."
Calling it a "race" is part of the problem. This is not a sporting event or an entertainment of any sort. It's an impending disaster, and the element of suspense is whether we can avoid it or not.
Calling it a "race" is part of the problem. This is not a sporting event or an entertainment of any sort. It's an impending disaster, and the element of suspense is whether we can avoid it or not.
October 7, 2024 at 8:42 PM
"And the race is still essentially tied."
Calling it a "race" is part of the problem. This is not a sporting event or an entertainment of any sort. It's an impending disaster, and the element of suspense is whether we can avoid it or not.
Calling it a "race" is part of the problem. This is not a sporting event or an entertainment of any sort. It's an impending disaster, and the element of suspense is whether we can avoid it or not.
A bit alarming to know that your TV is watching what you watch, and reporting back to the big data aggregators.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.
TV software is getting loaded with ads, changing what it means to own a TV set.
arstechnica.com
August 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM
A bit alarming to know that your TV is watching what you watch, and reporting back to the big data aggregators.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
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We have no clinical test to assess our immune system status. The case for an immunome
erictopol.substack.com/p/why-we-nee...
erictopol.substack.com/p/why-we-nee...
Why We Need an Immunome
How can we know the primacy of our immune response for health yet be unable to measure it?
erictopol.substack.com
July 22, 2024 at 2:52 PM
We have no clinical test to assess our immune system status. The case for an immunome
erictopol.substack.com/p/why-we-nee...
erictopol.substack.com/p/why-we-nee...
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Wow!
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wapo.st/43XOcnB
Frescoes buried by volcano uncovered in ancient dining room in Pompeii
Archeologists in Pompeii, Italy, found a banquet hall with stunning frescoes showing mythological figures including Helen of Troy and Apollo. Here are photos.
wapo.st
April 12, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Wow!
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This is such a fantastically composed and historically meaningful final photo of Ingenuity, taken by Perseverence before it drove away, that I want to make it my phone background but also I don't want to cry every time I look at my phone screen. 🥺
February 6, 2024 at 4:19 PM
This is such a fantastically composed and historically meaningful final photo of Ingenuity, taken by Perseverence before it drove away, that I want to make it my phone background but also I don't want to cry every time I look at my phone screen. 🥺
Movies for this weekend:
The 23rd: Either "Rare Exports" or "Die Hard 2".
Christmas Eve: Either "The Shop Around the Corner" or the 1951 "Scrooge".
Christmas Day: "A Christmas Story".
The 23rd: Either "Rare Exports" or "Die Hard 2".
Christmas Eve: Either "The Shop Around the Corner" or the 1951 "Scrooge".
Christmas Day: "A Christmas Story".
December 23, 2023 at 6:13 PM
Movies for this weekend:
The 23rd: Either "Rare Exports" or "Die Hard 2".
Christmas Eve: Either "The Shop Around the Corner" or the 1951 "Scrooge".
Christmas Day: "A Christmas Story".
The 23rd: Either "Rare Exports" or "Die Hard 2".
Christmas Eve: Either "The Shop Around the Corner" or the 1951 "Scrooge".
Christmas Day: "A Christmas Story".