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RFC 3514 “evil bit” header flag to the rescue: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3514/

It seems like a simplified prisoners’ dilemma: it’s missing the negative weight if everybody presses red.

“The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labor lies.” The Aenid, …

Multi-paragraph quotation repeats the opening quote in every paragraph, but closes the quote only once.[0] Traffic signs repeat after every intersection, similarly. It's a great he…

"I think this was a powerful lesson on the dangers of AI. Which by the way means 'love' in Chinese." Elon Tusk, Rick and Morty, S4E4: https://youtu.be/xQHCz9ZZorA?t=129

I was curious, and you’re right. It would be Cargo Culting then, if we believed the ritual actually had an effect on Pratchett in the afterlife.

Does “saying the name lest he be forgotten” classify as Cargo Cult?

Urbit, is this you?

It’s neat. I wonder if someone attempted detecting a graph coloring problem to replace it with a constant.

Plot twist: this universe (planet) was created in order to reverse engineer what the prompt of the previous one was.

Agree. > cargo-culting Stack Overflow What do you mean by this? I understand “cargo-culting” as building false idols, e.g. wooden headphones and runways to attract airplanes that n…

Valid. Maybe something can be learned from using them more frequently, either by the maker or by the user.

“The office according to The Office” by Venkatesh Rao has the “clueless” act as gatekeepers between “sociopaths” and “losers”: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-pri…

“The Datasaurus Dozen”: https://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/05/the-datasaurus-...

Would the license help to prevent an AI training on the example code?

Your blog reminded me of “Linear RPG”: you run along a line to collect XP. It’s a flash game. https://sophiehoulden.com/games/thelinearrpg/

Reminds me of Aftertext, which uses backward references to apply markup to earlier parts of the data. Think about how this could be done recursively, and how scoping could work to …

I do the same. Doing HR’s job is not my job. And yet, some how I do. If I rated any satisfaction metric below 80% my manager’s manager would have him talk to me; there would be flo…

If your mitochondria have bird DNA and your nucleus has bird DNA, then you’re a bird. There’s an easier way. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that only and rarely is observed…

Yes. Afaik from Nick Lane’s “Oxygen” the Cytochrome Oxidase made from the mitochondrial DNA have to match the Cytochrome C made from nuclear DNA. Even slight mismatch seems to lowe…

Reminds me of Urbit. Maybe a HURD server, too.

I see the mountain of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” coming into view. The approach replaces Confluence instruction pages with semi-interactive walkthroughs (the consc…

Thank you. I used to fancy MFFAM for it’s seeming cleverness. But tobacco taxing basically does the same. And you could literally pave a road with its residue of good intentions. W…

Link to examples: https://gitlab.com/rosie-pattern-language/rosie/-/blob/maste...

> “Please describe your greatest weakness“ I memorized to reply with “I have a weakness for Italian pasta.” Even though you may be tempted to reply with “You fight like a cow.”