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Well, mostly I was thinking about code, and aside from the specific exceptions of trading algorithms (which I was trying to get at when I said hedge fund strategies), and now PhD t…

I'm curious about specific consequences of this. I tend to think the importance of code secrecy has always been exaggerated (there are specific exceptions like hedge fund strategie…

For some reason I find symmetrical DNS names fun, so I made the Society for Universal Name Symmetry. “Symmetrical” could mean several things. Maybe a single name that is a palindro…

They've got a new web viewer in this issue that can be used to link to individual articles and might be nicer than reading a PDF on some screens: https://pagedout.institute/webview…

The recountings of the generosity of strangers reminded me of this post: https://kk.org/thetechnium/how-will-the-miracle-happen-today... Maybe there is some generosity in western c…

In my homelab, I wanted LDAP users and groups, and especially changes to group membership, managed via files I checked in to Git. I didn't find anything else that could do this for…

Archive link: https://archive.is/2024.08.01-162440/https://www.latimes.com...

I am kind of syntax agnostic and would be happy to use more complicated syntax in exchange for more power. (I have a lot of HTML inside my Markdown files, too.) However, my use of …

The notes on browser privacy imo are too significant to have been relegated to a footnote: As part of the drafting of the 2015 finding on Unsanctioned Web Tracking, the then-TAG (m…

I can't replicate on mine. If this is due to nested styles, I think you are behind on your software updates :). But also, maybe I need to hold off a bit longer before moving to nes…

Ohhh interesting. To anyone hitting this, I'm curious what specific browser you're using - I thought it was available ~everywhere now? https://caniuse.com/css-nesting

Oh man, you're right, I didn't realize they worked this way. This basically means there is no compromise at all, I'm going to update the post. Thanks!

Ohh, interesting, I have never heard of SMIL. For this post I was thinking mostly of static styling (... and got a little carried way with interactive stuff in the diagram...) but …