"Ptolemaic code" I'll have to remember this one. In the era of vibe coding, it's when code actually works but is based on something incorrect, which later becomes apparent when the code is expanded or used in a different situation. All the "epicycles" break down. Great analogy.
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If you use example.com in your code, you should read this: Microsoft's Autodiscover service has incorrectly routed the IANA-reserved example.com to Sumitomo Electric Industries' mail servers at sei.co.jp, potentially sending test credentials there.
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Recently, the NYT posted this article: Americans are turning against gay people. Is it really gay people they're opposing? Or just woke DEI policies? Like this example, from the Bee. Yeah, it's not the Biden/Harris era anymore, even though some people pretend that it still is. And Hollywood is especially afflcted by this poison.
Not All Sitting Is Equal. One Type Was Just Linked to Better Brain Health – the kind where you don't let your brain turn to mush. Well that's good, I suppose, seeing that so much work I do is at the computer these days. Still, this ronin should exercise more.
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Trump’s rise was fueled in part by the perception that liberal elites advanced unpopular policy agendas without seriously considering dissenting arguments. Because liberals protest more than any other political group, every additional protest that isn’t accompanied by rational conversation just endorses the image: We are the rowdy, unthinking kids uninterested in genuine engagement, more than happy to take refuge in numbers.
It took an MIT student to say it. All college kids need to read this.
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Microsoft gave the FBI keys to unlock BitLocker. Well, why should you worry if you have nothing to hide, right?
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BTW, The 1961 Literature Prize went instead to Yugoslav writer Ivo Andrić. I'm sure you've heard of him.
Cancer might protect against Alzheimer’s — this protein helps explain why. And what is that protein, you might ask? It's cystatin-C. Cystatin-C is typically used to assess renal function because it is filtered through the glomeruli like inulin (which you have to infuse), and not secreted like creatinine. It can detect cisplatin nephrotoxicity earlier than if the creatinine clearance is used. All this stemmed from the observation that "senior pathologist made an offhand comment: “If you see someone with Alzheimer’s disease, they’ve never had cancer.” But that's false. It's not cancer that affects cystatin-C levels. It's the kidney dysfunction caused by the chemotherapy they receive. Maybe cancer patients don't get Alzheimer's disease because they don't survive as long. Or that there are other reasons to attribute cognitive decline. I predict this study will go nowhere.
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The House of Representatives voted to keep the ability for cars to be turned off remotely. I guess this might be needed in some dangerous situations. This is never going to affect me. But it's interesting that this is being debated.
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Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft. Ha ha! Microsoft's own engineers would prefer to use Claude Code than their own product, Cursor. That tells you something.
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Colorectal Cancer Is Now the Top Cause of Cancer Death in Younger People. So far, the leading hypothesis is that this is caused by the colibactin toxin secreted by some bacteria, usually E coli.
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The Trump administration lowered federal income taxes, and Oregon's state income tax is linked to it. So Oregonians could see lower taxes. Except that Democrats in Oregon legislature want to decouple it, so that they can still maintain high taxes. A few legislators want to allow Oregonians to enjoy lower taxes, and they are being targeted by unions, who want to keep the taxes high. Yup, we learned from Trump's first term, that it doesn't matter who the President is. Iif you live in a Blue state, you won't see any benefit from conservative policies.
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