How To Be Logical
logical-minds-only
Logic is not natural to humans in this system, but it is natural to us and the more we learn to think logically, the less entrapped in this system of things we will be.
Thesis ~ The Strangest of All Attractors || CH. 4, Pages 99-105
robotkinz
The next set of present day scenes for Chapter 4. The title of this chapter is Between the Lines.
14 Wern Fawr Road
grumpy-welshman
La vara clavada en la tierra
jesusrrodriguez
Creemos que la técnica es neutra, la misma en cualquier lugar del mundo. Pero basta ver a un hombre ajustar una compuerta de riego mirando la sombra del sol sobre una cresta de la montaña, sin necesidad de pantalla alguna, para saber que no es así.
Can a robot assuage a family’s grief?
Robert Denerstein
The loss of a child is serious business, but director Hirokazu Kore-eda treats the subject gently in Sheep in the Box, a fable bolstered by a touch of sci-fi. Kore-eda's screenplay involves a humanoid, a robot child that enters the movie to ease the pain of two grieving parents (Daigo Yamamoto and...
‘The Dink’ is bland — but cheerful
Robert Denerstein
The Dink, a movie about a former tennis wiz reduced to playing pickleball, is a cheerfully bland comedy about a game that has swept the country. Jake Johnson plays Dustin Boyd, a loser who works as a junior tennis instructor at a country club run by his father (Ed Harris). A tough old bird,...
The Space Between Seeing and Knowing
joeychung
"My Dear Stalker..." Day 4
slwriter
Buddha Goes to the Movies: 'The Straight Story'
story-architects
David Lynch's film upends standard Western ideas about storytelling. It's not the conflict, stupid. It's dealing with the accumulation of problems, starting with ego and resentment.
Briefing
alobbs.com
Russian state hackers exploited a Zimbra zero-day to steal NATO emails; CISA warned many servers remain vulnerable. Iran-linked threat actors expanded targeting of US industrial control systems. Tesla spent $1 billion on chips and robots, with unproven Optimus and Robotaxi. Sony will end physical...
ADTs (Algebraic Data Types) in Java
Big ball of mud
Ruidos Habituales en el Coche 🚗y Sus Causas
jlmc
One-Shot Winners
birdmilk
(Header image from Zachary Kadolph on Unsplash) “What games are good for one-shots?” is a very common refrain in my circles, and I love to hear it. It means people are branching out, trying new things. It’s also a difficult question to make a generic response to. Often it is dependent on table...
#The Vertical Takes No Energy
prasangika-matters
El mito de la excepcionalidad
miquel-tort
Vivimos en una sociedad que ha convertido la excepcionalidad en obligación moral, cuando estructuralmente solo puede alcanzarla una minoría ínfima.
The Coward Hardens
djrivard
We call the people who feel nothing strong. We have it backwards. On why hardening is the coward's reflex and gentleness the bravest risk you'll take all day.
The Very Minor Acomplishments with Vibe Coding
robotkinz
A follow-up to an earlier article, about my "Misadventures" with Vibe Coding
Commitment Part IV
gregoryadamsfiction
“Yes.” Casper says with a smile. “I was dwelling on Pangea and making the most of it, when the Big Man appears suddenly on his long climb up from Hell, set on his plan to tempt man away from God. I can see it now.” Casper tells us, his eye taking on a distant look.
The Camera of the Future Already Exists. It’s Called a Smartphone.
Aurel Manea
The camera of the future is already here.It’s called a smartphone.But it is not the camera photographers actually want.Smartphones have already won the imaging race. They won through scale, billions […] The post The Camera of the Future Already Exists. It’s Called a Smartphone. appeared first on...
"My Dear Stalker..." Day 3
slwriter
Briefing
alobbs.com
Yope raised $12.3M seed for its algorithm-free private social network, now with ~15M users. Cashea, Venezuela’s largest fintech, secured $100M across Series A and B. Meta named Assaf Keren as new CISO, replacing Guy Rosen. The White House alleged Moonshot AI stole Anthropic’s Fable model via...
El peaje del estrecho
jesusrrodriguez
Un análisis del ajedrez geopolítico de la administración Trump entre Venezuela e Irán, la fractura silenciosa con Israel, el ascenso de Vance, el aislamiento de Machado y el realineamiento del Caribe tras la caída de Maduro.
Even if you’ve played the game for years...
fb1066
The game is the Casino and vice versa; playing becomes being played by the game.
The Story on how 10 Years Ago I Built Romania’s First VR App
Aurel Manea
Exactly ten years ago, I decided to make a virtual reality application. I did not know Unity. I did not know C#. I learned enough of both in approximately two […] The post The Story on how 10 Years Ago I Built Romania’s First VR App appeared first on Dystalgia - Aurel Manea Art.
#The Ascetic Is an Engineer
prasangika-matters
What Changes When You Start Planning Trips Around Food Instead of Landmarks
beyondborders
When you start planning trips around food instead of landmarks, travel transforms into something richer and more personal. You discover the heart of a place through its markets, kitchens, and tables, creating deeper memories and a more relaxed, satisfying journey.
Outsourcing 2.0 – Thinking For Yourself
Anthony Isola
Be careful what you outsource. American’s health and wealth is being hijacked on a massive scale. Outsourcing is a wonderful tool if you entrust the right people. We often don’t. Americans suck at outsourcing. Most of our problems are of a fiduciary nature. The people we pick to look out for our...
Shopping Is Not a Category
Chris Banes
Hermes connected my marketplace order emails to Actual Budget, turning opaque Shopping transactions into useful item-level categories.
Cuando el riesgo avanza más deprisa que nuestra conciencia
miquel-tort
Los seres humanos tendemos a proyectar el futuro a partir de la experiencia reciente. Si ayer pudimos hacer la compra, utilizar nuestro vehículo o planificar nuestras vacaciones, asumimos que mañana probablemente será igual.
OMI Physics Extension for glTF
Mike
I had Claude code up an OMI Physics package using Numpy. It's up on pypi as omi_physics. This follows the OMI extensions to glTF pretty closely to create an engine with the common features you need. It's not trying to be real-world physics, it's just a game engine style simulation. The core is...
Briefing
alobbs.com
Cisco released two open-weight AI models, Antares-350M and Antares-1B, that detect software vulnerabilities for under $1 per scan and rival GPT-5.5’s performance. The US Marines deployed an AI turret with standard machine guns to autonomously engage drones and ground targets. Intel’s foundry...
"My Dear Stalker..." Day 2
slwriter
Odyssey Is a Masterclass in Surrender
undercurrently
Most people do not fail because they surrender too early. They fail because they surrender too late.
The Advantage of Not Turning Every Disagreement Into a Deep Conversation
beyondborders
Many couples assume every disagreement needs to become a deep conversation to show they care. In reality, choosing not to turn every small difference into serious processing can bring lightness, preserve energy, and create a more enjoyable, sustainable relationship.
Growth
strongest
Pasted up on the base of a light pole, framed by silver steel, is this hand painted flower. Quick and dirty, alive with the rush of creation. The magenta center dot is the only thing that feels considered. The rest is all organic and emotion. The sticker addition is also quite respectful. It’s not...
The Floating Spirit
fb1066
The floating spirit is looking over your shoulders and feels what you feel and more intimately than love.
#The Third Lens
prasangika-matters
El rey que cena en la colina
jesusrrodriguez
La Ilustración Oscura no ataca la democracia con un puño, la ataca con una hoja de cálculo. El rey vuelve a la escena, pero con traje de director ejecutivo.
Se Te Olvidan los Nombres al Instante... No Es Falta de Memoria
jlmc
Briefing
alobbs.com
Attackers are actively exploiting a critical WordPress vulnerability, with dozens of public proof-of-concept exploits. Scammers impersonate the FBI on social media to prey on crime victims, warns the IC3. An AWS customer suffered a major outage after an expired payment card, spam filter, and...
La Teoría de la Pesca y los Robots: por qué la Baja Natalidad no se Arregla con Dinero
jlmc
Why Your Agent Needs Data Isolation: Building Safe Multi-Tenant AI Systems
Brian McQuay
Point an LLM at your database and tell it to respect tenant boundaries, and you've swapped a deterministic security control for a probabilistic one. Here's why data isolation has to be enforced structurally—through database-level or API-level controls—and never left to the model.
Is SEO Still Useful?
Erik L. Arneson
The majority of search engine optimization (SEO) experts continue to say that original content is the most impactful in moving your website up in search engine rankings.1 For years, writing for SEO has involved artificially jamming as many search keywords as possible into web copy, creating some...
The Productivity-Experience Paradox
Annie Vella
This is the second post in a series I’m writing about the most interesting findings from my Masters research on the impact of AI on software engineering, as well as some of the thoughts I’ve had since. This one is about how AI made engineers feel more productive, and why that productivity might be...
You Only Have 47 Seconds
djrivard
Your attention span isn't broken; it's operating on specifications you never agreed to. Why 47 seconds might be exactly enough time to reclaim your presence.
Azeroth With Context - Episode I
lunarhades
The beginning of a (hopefully long running) series, where I take a look at one of gaming's deepest worlds, through the lens of a character we are playing as
#You Have Already Withdrawn
prasangika-matters
Living with desire
the-quiet-journal
Time, aging, and feeling late
the-quiet-journal
The idea of a partner
the-quiet-journal