“Our energies are directed far more toward war. Hypnotized by mutual mistrust, almost never concerned for the species or the planet, the nations prepare for death. And because what we are doing is so horrifying, we tend not to think of it much.”
— Carl Sagan
A screenshot of an email, in which Microsoft communicates that its Publisher application will no longer be part of Microsoft 365 after September.
End of an era. #rip #mspublisher
Fantastic news! Best wishes to him for continued improvement.
The four astronauts of Artemis II standing at the base of the rocket that will carry them to the moon
I'm too young to have witnessed the Apollo moon missions, but I can remember the early missions of the space shuttle. This Artemis launch event is giving that same anticipatory energy. Godspeed to the Artemis II crew!
Photograph of two computer 9-pin serial connectors attached side by side on a PCB. The one on the left has a red finish and it's labelled Serial Port. The one on the right is green and labelled Serial Starboard.
Stayed pretty true to the book, bout necessarily skipped over a lot of detail.
A promo image from the TV show "The West Wing", with actors Martin Sheen, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Allison Janney, and others.
Given the crazy state of the world these days, I've decided to undergo another round of virtual therapy.
A banner reading "2026 Opening Day", celebrating the first official day of the Major League Baseball regular season.
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
A screenshot of a TikTok comment says “never seen a cybertruck at the library”
Seven-word death punch
Gotta make room for the ads.
Korean MLB advertising with slogan “it’s big ball chunky time”
MLB’s Korean marketing slogan used to be “It’s big ball chunky time”, and I will never stop thinking about it
And the fact that they have the steroid-tainted Barry Bonds as a key part of the broadcast isn't a good look.
I love that #mlb baseball is back tonight, but watching live sporting events on Netflix is just insufferable.
Glad to hear there were fewer complications this time. Godspeed on your journey to remission.
Project Hail Mary: 13/10. Absolutely crushed it. Amaze, amaze, amaze!
Absolutely. One of my top 5 favorite Zimmer scores.
An image of the album soundtrack from the movie "Backdraft", with a firefighter emerging through the doorway of a burning building.
This afternoon's code is co-written by Hans Zimmer.
For its time, DTS was a fantastic product.
What a coincidence. My psychic told me the same thing!
New @Simple_Talk s podcast with Tim Mitchell
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho8m...
😆We still do a lot of SSIS, but proportionally it's smaller than it was a decade ago. SSIS is so ingrained into the fabric (little "f") of on-prem data that it may have a longer tail than COBOL.
Ask again later
that’s what you get for documenting your work
This week hasn't turned out anything like my magic 8-ball said it would.
Wait, what?! Grammarly made an AI persona of me and all these other journalists?!!!!!
Thank you @caseynewton.bsky.social for shaming them into at least offering a paltry optout— although obviously that is not enough.
www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...
Hugo, thanks for sharing, though this is not the news we'd hope to hear. My thoughts are with you as you step back into the fight once again. Godspeed, my friend.
as a data person, my Google searches vary widely from "how do i round the edges of a shape in ppt" to "how do i set up my Google Maps API."
A man holding up a sticker reading, "I Voted"
Have you voted yet? Get to it!
