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Dec 07, 2025 from Personal Log at usebox.net

Learning OCaml

I know I said I wanted to write more Haskell in 2025, and I failed (almost) completely. I don’t think is Haskell. It is a bit what it has been my mood this year, that I haven’t found anything that ...

Dec 07, 2025 from Tim Hårek

Do something about it

We have all seen it, read it, experienced it. Lately on the interwebs, people have been complaining a lot about how things was better before, and how everything is turning to shit now. I even made ...

Dec 06, 2025 from Paul's Weblog

DevFestMN 2025

Today was my 3rd year volunteering at DevFestMN which is a small annual tech conference put on by the local Google Developer Group. I wrote about volunteering last year. I was able to attend a coup...

Dec 06, 2025 from Jasco's Website

Work thoughts

I complain about work

Dec 06, 2025 from Matthew Brunelle's Blog

NeurIPS 2025 - Friday Notes

Today at NeurIPS 2025 was a bit of a late start. This is common as conference go on. I saw some interesting medical data set talks, and posters... so many posters.

Dec 05, 2025 from Bobby Hiltz

Overhead Projector #1: You Can't Tame a Zebra

A post about jumping on the bandwagon

Dec 05, 2025 from Bobby Hiltz

Overhead Projector #1: You Can't Tame a Zebra

A post about jumping on the bandwagon

Dec 05, 2025 from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part IIIa: An Archaic Phalanx?

This is the third part of our four-part series (I, II) discussing the debates surrounding ancient Greek hoplites and the formation in which they (mostly?) fought, the phalanx. Last week, we looked ...

Dec 05, 2025 from Matthew Brunelle's Blog

NeurIPS 2025 - Thursday Notes

On Thursday at NeurIPS 2025 I focused less on technical talks and more on some philosophical talks. There was a really good pool of sessions to attend. They dealt with democratization of AI, regula...

Dec 05, 2025 from Palladium

The Bronze Age of Globalization

Continent-spanning supply chains that sustained the advanced technology needed by civilization were set up thousands of years ago and then collapsed. It might happen again. The post The Bronze Age ...

Dec 05, 2025 from ttntm.me - Blog

App Defaults - 2025

It’s that time of the year again: here’s my extended “frozen /uses page” for late 2025. Whenever multiple applications are listed, p marks private use, w marks software that I (have to) use at work...

Dec 05, 2025 from Chris Short

Pony Famous

Pony Famous is the strange reality of being genuinely famous within a niche community. You've got fans and influence — just within a very specific bubble.

Dec 05, 2025 from Heitor's log

Betting on the Lottery with Bash and /dev/urandom

Trying to win the lottery with pure Linux RNG magic.

Dec 04, 2025 from The Public Domain Review

Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer Maqāmāt (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)

Illustrations of Abū Zayd and his adventures in double meaning.

Dec 04, 2025 from Benny Powers: Web Developer

Introducing The Custom Elements Dev Server

An opinionated development server for HTML and custom elements. Like Storybook, but it's all about HTML - no framework required. Auto-generated knobs, smart reload, and manifest-driven demo discovery.

Dec 04, 2025 from Matthew Brunelle's Blog

NeurIPS 2025 - Wednesday Notes

I'm back at another conference. This times NeurIPS 2025 in San Diego. I took lots of notes again to summarize and share.

Dec 03, 2025 from LifeDev.net

What is Mind Mapping? 7 Practical Advice on This Powerful Tool

Mind mapping serves as a dynamic visual technique that organizes information in a way that aligns with the brain’s natural associative processes. Developed by Tony Buzan in the 1970s, this method t...

Dec 02, 2025 from Improve Something Today

Going wrong, going great: notes for December 2025

2½ readings on seeing failures & responding to them. Celebrating my accomplished & wonderful pals.

Dec 02, 2025 from The Linkfest

Linkfest #42: Phytomining, Adversarial Poetry, and Popping A Wheelie for 93 Miles

Hello! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, a collection of the most interesting items in science, culture and technology I could find during a complete A-to-Z reading ...

Dec 02, 2025 from The Public Domain Review

Luke Howard’s Essay on the Modification of Clouds (1865)

First cloud taxonomer and a poem by Goethe.