Friday, November 28, 2025

Explaining the finances of OpenAI remains a job for Patrick Boyle

›
Does OpenAI expect a Government Bailout As always, the excerpts don't Boyle justice -- you need to watch the whole thing -- but here...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

"As God as my witness..." is my second favorite Thanksgiving episode line [Repost]

›
    If you watch this and you could swear you remember Johnny and Mr. Carlson discussing Pink Floyd, you're not imagining things. Hu...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving Eve

›
Any excuse to post McCay.    Little Nemo in Slumberland 1905-11-26 (from the good people at Wikimedia ).    
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Apologies in advance but I just have to share this one

›
A less consequential but far funnier follow-up to yesterday's post.    We all knew that Elon Musk was a sad, hollow man whose craving fo...
2 comments:
Monday, November 24, 2025

Elon really, really doesn't think things through

›
Over on X, they just rolled out the public feature that reveals where accounts are located. I've found several major Elon Musk fan acc...
Friday, November 21, 2025

The funniest part of the latest XKCD cartoon isn't on XKCD

›
Don't get me wrong, it's a funny gag ...  ... but not as funny as this detail about the strip revealed in the Explain XKCD blog.   ...
1 comment:
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Cacti, Goats, Charcoal -- we do it all

›
There are lots of questions about scalability and the best way to take advantage of this, but at the very least, if you live in the Southwes...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

After you've cleaned your room, you can go outside and play with Foamy.

›
Christina Cauterucci writing for Slate: But opposition to pet vaccines seems to have risen since the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts say that s...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Edison on the power grid of the future

›
Edison (who never learned to drive) loved riding in fast cars but hated the fuel that powered them.  From a 1910 interview . … said Edison a...
1 comment:
Monday, November 17, 2025

Actually a P/E ratio of 200 would be an enormous improvement

›
   As we've said before, anyone with even a passing interest in business, finance, or the economy should sign up for Allison Morrow'...
Friday, November 14, 2025

Finally, a piece of data visualization that truly captures the moment.

›
   Given that this is from the Financial Times, it’s very probable the intent here is satiric. Unfortunately, these are very strange times,...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

We really should set aside more time for cool math

›
One of the disadvantages of having so much to talk about (literally thousands of items in the draft folder waiting for completion) is that s...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Reason 53 Why Wikipedia Is Better Than Mainstream Media: They Actually Fix Their Mistakes

›
A few days ago, we did a post about an absolute train wreck (spaceship wreck? Hyperloop wreck?) of a book review/essay in The New Yorker tha...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

More from the vaunted fact-checkers of the New Yorker

›
[See here and here for previous examples of us watching the New Yorker watchmen.] Calling to mind the great Dianne Wiest line from Parenth...
Monday, November 10, 2025

One of the most challenging parts of living in profoundly abnormal times is avoiding a false sense of normalcy.

›
    We’ve said before that it’s essential to take note of these Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether moments—not only because of their real signi...
1 comment: