Here is our snack. Every bit of produce came from the garden except for the (spectacular) nectarines, which came from Andy Mariani's orchard. It was delicious.
Joshua Bloch
@joshbloch.bsky.social
Effective Java author, API Designer, CMU Prof, Swell guy.
True. We call it "stupidity" coupled with "ignorance" and "hubris." We further note that it demonstrates the "Dunning-Kruger effect." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Science Has a Name for What’s Plaguing the Reflecting Pool
Testing reveals that efforts to suppress one algal bloom seem to be fueling another.
theatlantic.com
He is more Versailles-tile than you thought. (Sorry, I'll show myself out now.)
Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2mo agowww.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
The squares may appear to shift vertically or horizontally, but they are actually stationary and perfectly aligned in either vertical or horizontal positions. References Flynn, O. F. & Shapiro, A. G. (2018). i-Perception, 9(6), 1–6.
Score: Josh 1, O2 sensor 0. This is the carcass of a post-cat sensor that spent 188K miles in Cindy's E46 wagon. It was pretty well fused to the bung & I rounded it trying to remove. One muffler shop refused to touch it, & another made a valiant effort. In the end I had to pull the exhaust manifold
"The plans for “Trump-class” battleships are a mixture of the fictional and the vulnerable, which does reflect the man. The notion is to invest untold amounts of money into a kind of weapon has been understood to be obsolete since 1943." –Timothy Snyder snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
snyder.substack.com
This is how you govern when all you know how to do is build tarty hotels and act in mediocre reality shows.
Oh, we understand. In fact we understood as soon as he was elected.
This serves as your reminder to keep a human in the loop, no matter how smart you think your AI is. www.livescience.com/technology/a...
'I violated every principle I was given': AI agent deletes company's entire database in 9 seconds, then confesses
An AI agent designed to speed up a company's coding instead wiped out its customer data in seconds, showing potential weaknesses in AI programming.
livescience.com
As my pilot friend Mike used to say "this reads like the beginning of an FAA accident report."
Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4mo agoMake this make sense.
How is “viewpoint diversity” not just affirmative action for people with bad ideas
The Harvard Crimson@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 4mo agoSCOOP: Harvard is quietly asking donors for $10 million gifts to establish endowed professorships in a bid to reshape faculty under the banner of “viewpoint diversity,” according to two people familiar. Hugo C. Chiasson and Elise A. Spenner report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
This article is very sad. My first new car was a 1983 Toyota Tercel, purchased on a grad student stipend. Today, this would be utterly impossible. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Where Did All the Affordable Cars Go?
This is how cars got so ridiculously, forbiddingly expensive.
nytimes.com
I'm just saying, people in tech pubs should call themselves docworkers. (I'll show myself out now.)
A fun trivia question: Whose version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah appeared in the (2001) movie, 𝘚𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘬? (Don't look it up until you come up with an answer.)
Also, when you're an airline CEO and no one who has any choice in the matter is flying, just remember that it's happening because of that guy.
I trust that the homeowner gets to keep the meteorite? www.cbsnews.com/news/possibl...
And the girl in "Hey Nineteen" becomes eligible for medicare this year. Now she has other reasons for not remembering the Queen of Soul.
Carat Beta 2 is out. If you're into Atmos multichannel audio and you have a local digital music library, check it out: github.com/jbloch/carat...
R.I.P. Tony Hoare (11 January 1934 - 5 March 2026). It's a good day to read (or re-read) his wonderful 1980 Turing Award lecture. It's every bit as relevant today as it was in 1980. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
The emperor's old clothes | Communications of the ACM
dl.acm.org
In the unlikely event that any of you are immersive audio fans with digital music libraries, this should make your lives much easier: github.com/jbloch/carat/