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Serendipitously Stupid

Yeah, I'm stupid—serendipitously stupid. Oh, life's rigged? Okay then, just be so stupid that you come out on top; that's easy enough. People talk about horseshoe theory regarding political radical...

Asteroid Mission

It’s Time To Stand Up For Judges — See Also

New Report Begs Lawyers To Defend Judges -- Ask The Florida Bar How That's Going: A new study wants the profession to step up for a judiciary under siege, a nice idea, if the bar could be bothered....

How to Avoid Getting Arc Flashed

After getting called out in the field to troubleshoot a large PV solar installation, [Derek] found himself suddenly in the midst of an arc flash, causing burns all over his …read more

Even A Wrong Customer Is Right Twice A Day

Read Even A Wrong Customer Is Right Twice A Day Customer: "Aren’t you sure you're not supposed to be in school?" I look down at the clock and see it’s 6 PM. I look at him, confused, and say: Me: "N...

If You Replace the 13 Arrows on the U.S. Great Seal with a Modern Rifle, Make Sure You Depict a 50-Round Magazine

Plus Mozambique.

Daily News Stuff 3 September 2026

Fonted Edition Top Story A group called Nexus is advertising 153 million US drivers licenses for sale on Russian exploit site Exploit. (Krebs On Security) They advertised this with a photo of the d...

Vivaldi 8.2 brings address bar calculator and easier PWA installation to its web browser

Vivaldi has released version 8.2, arriving three months after the browser's major 8.0 update. The release adds address-field tools and makes progressive web app installation more visible. For calcu...

Kyoto temple bans visitors from wearing kimono

Visitors to 600-year-old temple prohibited from wearing traditional garment following problems caused by those prioritizing cool social media photos over basic manners. Seiraiin is a temple in Kyot...

Nazi Ahnenerbe Organization Made More Than 200 Exact Copies of Scandinavian Bronze Age Rock Art: What Were the Casts For?

In the 1930s, the German Nazi regime launched an ambitious archaeological research program with a clear goal: to prove that Germanic culture was the oldest and most superior in the world. To achiev...

2026-09-03 14:47: Why do so many calendar apps offer Sunday as the first day of the week?...

Why do so many calendar apps offer Sunday as the first day of the week? It's not the first day of the week, it's the last. Why is that even an option FFS? Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS ...

FOSS Weekly #26.36: Debian CERN Win, Faster Firefox, Free Bash Course, Grub Customization and More Linux Stuff

A faster Firefox is a better Firefox.

Belisarius and Narses

The outcome of the insubordination of John the Sanguinary created a dangerous precedent. General Narses disagreed with General Belisarius' approach to the conquest of Italy from the Ostrogoths, and...

Arrogant Ineptitude

Fuck self-redemption. I can't do this shit alone. I hate this world, but I love the people in it enough to stick around. I guess that's why God lets us be so stupid—excuse me, lets me be so stupid—...

Your Agent Speaks MCP. Give It a Computer.

Sprites are disposable cloud computers. They appear instantly, always include durable filesystems, and cost practically nothing when idle. They’re the best and safest place on the Internet to run a...

Remember Who Your Clients Are — See Also

Representation Fail: Bankruptcy filing accused firm of representing the estate while really working for the guy who put it in bankruptcy. Now the partner involved has vanished from the firm's websi...

Doubling Thermal Printer Resolution by Wiggling

Thermal printers are still extremely common today, using small heating elements in combination with temperature-sensitive paper to create a dot matrix-like effect without messing with ink ribbons a...

The Login And Short Of It

Read The Login And Short Of It A customer signed up and got a store credit for signing up their relative as well. I added the credit to their account, and a couple of days later I got a message on ...

No TRO Against Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as to Publishing of Data Center Plans

From KARK (Alex Kienlen) today, reporting on a decision by Judge Lee Rudofsky (E.D. Ark.) in Entergy Arkansas LLC v. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette… The post No TRO Against Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as ...