Looks like you could build a reasonable simplified version of a World Chase Tag quad using that.
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Looks like you could build a reasonable simplified version of a World Chase Tag quad using that.
One of these days I'll get ye to watch some World Chase Tag.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
One of these days I'll get ye to watch some World Chase Tag.
Surely there has to be some room for Fairytale of New York in that battle?
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Surely there has to be some room for Fairytale of New York in that battle?
J. Draper has a great video about American Girl Dolls, even though her usual focus is London. (She manages to make it be a video about London, by dint of sheer force of will.)
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
J. Draper has a great video about American Girl Dolls, even though her usual focus is London. (She manages to make it be a video about London, by dint of sheer force of will.)
I see a very clear Ben with the bright colours. Not sure about the other two.
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I see a very clear Ben with the bright colours. Not sure about the other two.
Ah. I went poking around his YouTube, because that's the only place I'm aware he posts. I'll have a quick look, because I'm curious to see what he thinks of it.
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Ah. I went poking around his YouTube, because that's the only place I'm aware he posts. I'll have a quick look, because I'm curious to see what he thinks of it.
I've seen it in action, in the place I used to work.
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I've seen it in action, in the place I used to work.
Where a building is broken up into separate residences or offices, the building as a whole gets an eircode, and so does each individual apartment or office within, even if they all share a letterbox.
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Where a building is broken up into separate residences or offices, the building as a whole gets an eircode, and so does each individual apartment or office within, even if they all share a letterbox.
The main reason is that there are a lot of houses built to no obvious pattern, so the random system doesn't get out of sync as new houses are built. And the routing keys are also weird because the country is bilingual, so they aren't drawn from either language.
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The main reason is that there are a lot of houses built to no obvious pattern, so the random system doesn't get out of sync as new houses are built. And the routing keys are also weird because the country is bilingual, so they aren't drawn from either language.
Taskmaster AU's studio is in Australia, but the house is in New Zealand. (It's made by the same production company as TMNZ, and uses the same set.)
October 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Taskmaster AU's studio is in Australia, but the house is in New Zealand. (It's made by the same production company as TMNZ, and uses the same set.)
I loved this, but am hurt that your discussion on "the best form of tag" never mentioned my beloved World Chase Tag.
September 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I loved this, but am hurt that your discussion on "the best form of tag" never mentioned my beloved World Chase Tag.
Definitely. Typst's sane syntax is a massive boost.
August 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Definitely. Typst's sane syntax is a massive boost.
Julian's withering put downs were magnificent.
August 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Julian's withering put downs were magnificent.
Taskmaster is unusually good at giving chances to less-known comedians. If 1 in 5 are from Oxbridge, that's probably far less than other panel shows.
August 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Taskmaster is unusually good at giving chances to less-known comedians. If 1 in 5 are from Oxbridge, that's probably far less than other panel shows.
Croissants, if they fit the rules. They're fairly light..
August 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Croissants, if they fit the rules. They're fairly light..
I honestly think I have watched one single episode of scripted TV ever in my life. (It was Matt Smith's first episode of Doctor Who.) I watch films occasionally. I tend to be of the opinion that plot belongs in books, and TV is for panel shows and quiz shows.
July 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I honestly think I have watched one single episode of scripted TV ever in my life. (It was Matt Smith's first episode of Doctor Who.) I watch films occasionally. I tend to be of the opinion that plot belongs in books, and TV is for panel shows and quiz shows.
Extracting text from PDFs is actually really, really difficult, and I'm not sure that LLMs would reliably help.
www.marginalia.nu/log/a_119_pdf/
www.marginalia.nu/log/a_119_pdf/
PDF to Text, a challenging problem
The search engine has recently gained the ability to index the PDF file format. The change will deploy over a few months.
Extracting text information from PDFs is a significantly bigger challenge than...
www.marginalia.nu
July 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Extracting text from PDFs is actually really, really difficult, and I'm not sure that LLMs would reliably help.
www.marginalia.nu/log/a_119_pdf/
www.marginalia.nu/log/a_119_pdf/