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Letter to a Jewish voter in Pennsylvania Election Day Update: For anyone who’s still undecided (?!?), I can’t beat this from Sam Harris. When I think of Harris winning the presidency this week, it’s like watching a film of a car crash run in reverse: the windshield unshatters; stray objects and bits of metal converge; and defenseless

Steven Rudich 1961-2024 I was sure my next post would be about the election—the sword of Damocles hanging over the United States and civilization as a whole. Instead, I have sad news, but also news that brings memories of warmth, humor, and complexity-theoretic insight. Steven Rudich—professor at Carnegie Mellon, central figure of theoretical

Reading at Whim I believe a quiet morning with a cup of coffee and a good book to be one of life’s greatest pleasures. Unfortunately, life is short, such mornings (as a parent) are rare, and there are far too many good books out there. All this inevitably raises the question: What to

Ranging over functions in Go 123

LTTs Precision Screwdriver - better than iFixit LTT’s Precision Screwdriver - better than iFixit? Two years ago, Linus Sebastian released a general purpose ratcheting screwdriver tailored towards PC building and IT needs. I reviewed the LTT Screwdriver, and found it to be a good tool that

Weeknotes Monthnotes for October

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You can now run prompts against images audio and video in your terminal using LLM

Finding a servers BMC IPMI IP address with ipmitool Finding a server’s BMC / IPMI IP address with ipmitool I test servers on a temporary basis a lot, and many enterprise servers don’t have as user-friendly external port indications, or little OLED displays to provide useful information. They’re