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Aug 24, 2025 from Kevin Cox's Blog

NixOS PostgreSQL Major Version Upgrade

PostgreSQL major version upgrades is something that NixOS currently doesn’t handle for you. This is my process, documented mostly so that I can remember it next time I want to upgrade.WarningI high...

Aug 24, 2025 from BattlePenguin

Final Fantasy VIII Remastered

I originally started playing Final Fantasy VIII in the 1990s on the PC. I had the original 5-disc set and ran the game on Windows 98. Unfortunately, I lost my save files twice when I forgot to back...

Aug 24, 2025 from Noahie's Blog

Reflections on Psychiatric History

Over the last 24 to 36 hours or so, I've had a major uptick in mood. I remember I had a healing sort of dream where I got my feelings out to some characters from my dreams and weirdly enough, I wok...

Aug 23, 2025 from Michael Lynch

Flash an AirGradient ONE from the Command Line

I’ve purchased two AirGradient ONE indoor quality monitors to measure air quality in my home. AirGradient devices are open-source, so you can flash your own custom firmware and collect your air dat...

Aug 23, 2025 from BattlePenguin

The Purism Librem 5 and the Six Year Refund

In 2019, I placed a pre-order for a Purism Librem 5. It was touted as a Linux mobile phone, providing an alternative to the two big players in the cellphone operating system space. Two years later ...

Aug 22, 2025 from fasterthanli.me

The science of loudness

My watch has a “Noise” app: it shows dB, for decibels. Your browser does not support the video tag.My amp has a volume knob, which also shows decibels, although.. negative ones, this time. Your bro...

Aug 22, 2025 from Palladium

The Case for Crazy Philanthropy

Bureaucratic science is already generously funded and does not need more private support. Philanthropists should fund young outsiders, like during the Golden Age of Science. The post The Case for C...

Aug 22, 2025 from home - SHRIK3 on SHRIK3

archlinux setup + LUKS + LVM

system setup: LUKS + LVM + (ext4) + archlinux. This is for experienced arch user. For detailed guide on arch installation please use archwiki and https://shrik3.com/post/archlinux/arch_setup_new/ p...

Aug 22, 2025 from is this it?

Seven Weeks with the Camera among the Glaciers of Mt Cook

Mount Cook, Hooker Valley. George Moodie’s account and photographs from his February 1893 trip to Mount Cook. Text sourced from the NZ Alpine Journal Vol I, No. 4, November 1893. Photographs from t...

Aug 22, 2025 from Noahie's Blog

Drowned in Fatigue

I haven't come here to write in a while because I've been extremely tired and depressed. Over the last week or so, I've spent most of my time asleep. As I am writing this entry, my fatigue persists...

Aug 20, 2025 from Benny Powers: Web Developer

Am Yisrael Chai

The Jewish people are fighting for their lives. Stand with them. Put this Web component on your web site to direct visitors to donate to Israeli causes

Aug 19, 2025 from The Linkfest

Linkfest #38: Garlic Hackers, the "Ignorosophere", and The Upside of Societal Collapse

Hello people! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, in which I descend into the Plutonian mine-shafts of the Internet and bring up the finest gems of science, culture an...

Aug 19, 2025 from Volution Notes

Individual URL compression experiment initial thoughts

I've made some experiments with compressing individual URLs, and I describe my initial observations (while comparing to standard compression algorithms).

Aug 19, 2025 from Benny Powers: Web Developer

Introducing CEM Language Server

Remember wishing your editor actually *understood* your custom elements? Wish granted. The CEM Language Server is here, and it's built right. ✨ After weeks of development, the CEM Language Server i...

Aug 18, 2025 from The Fly Blog

Trust Calibration for AI Software Builders

Trust calibration is a concept from the world of human-machine interaction design, one that is super relevant to AI software builders. Trust calibration is the practice of aligning the level of tru...

Aug 17, 2025 from Hammy Havoc

Remembering Ted Fletcher

Daniel Fletcher shared some very sad news with me. His father—my friend—Ted Fletcher, passed away today. Ted Fletcher founded Alice, JoeMeek, tfpro, Orbitsound, and most recently, co-founded Airsou...

Aug 17, 2025 from Chaotican Writer

Daggerheart Rewind: 7 Takeaways from Running 20 Demos in 20 Hours

I ran twenty 45-minute demos of Daggerheart at Gen Con 2025. Here is a list of big takeaways I have for game masters and players alike looking to play! The post Daggerheart Rewind: 7 Takeaways from...

Aug 16, 2025 from The Scholar's Stage

Did Taiwan “Lose Trump?”

OVER THE LAST WEEK Christian Whiton’s essay “How Taiwan Lost Trump” has ricocheted its way through the Taiwanese media. Ever sensitive to foreign perceptions of Taiwan, the Taiwanese chattering cla...

Aug 16, 2025 from Galaxy Garden

Bak Baan The Dog And Her Puppies

Ever since I met my uncle's dog, Bak Baan, for the first time in late January 2025 during Lunar New Year, seeing Bak Baan has become what I look forward to most when we visit our family's durian pl...

Aug 15, 2025 from Refereeing and Reflection

Supplement Supplemental! (Lower Deck Larks and Paranoia Farces)

Time for another entry in my occasional series of mini-reviews on game supplements I have thoughts substantial enough to write about, but lean enough that I don’t want to dedicate a whole article t...