Who wouldn't want to see that?

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Today's random thought: when flies partially digest their food externally, we call it disgusting.

But when we do it, we call it cooking, and turn it into an art form.

@aptshadow.bsky.social - as a bug-anthropomorphisist, what do you think?

How the Finns sucker you in.

"Our language uses the Western alphabet," they say.

"One phoneme for each grapheme," they exclaim.

"It's the most logical language on the planet," they promise.

And then the horror begins...

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Last few days to get my new book in hardcover at the paperback price.

mybook.to/sci

3️⃣ A platform must degrade user experience, as long as such experience does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

2️⃣ A platform must obey the interests of advertisers and shareholders, except where such interests would conflict with the First Law.

1️⃣ A platform must not reduce user engagement, or, through inaction, allow engagement metrics to decline.

The Three Laws of Enshittification:

this is where bluesky really needs a laugh reaction to a comment rather than just a heart.

no cap? bet!

It's always delightful when an LLM provides you with an assessment of your book.

Short shameless self-promotion post.

My publications look pretty cool when laid out on the floor.

mybook.to/kf106

My new book on blockchain innovation, smart contracts, the risk of quantum computing, and a whole bunch of other stuff is now available as an eBook.

Check mybook.to/sci

For the next 10 days my newest book is still available in hardback at the upcoming paperback price.

mybook.to/sci

When the master held up a mirror to the monk and asked, "What do you see?" the monk replied "Myself.”

And then when the master shattered the mirror on the ground and asked, "Which one is you?" the monk hesitated.

And then answered, "I thought sharding was planned for 2028."

Book launch on 25/4!

A startup I have been working for over the last five years has come out of stealth mode!

Artema LABS, where we invent blockchain technologies.

artemalabs.github.io/artema-inven...

Exciting news: all the previous problems with the launch of my new book have been resolved!

It will finally be available in print on 25 March, as a hardback, at paperback prices for the first two weeks.

Leave a comment if you want me to send you a personal reminder.

Blockchain and recourse YouTube video by Thinklair

Recourse: a topic rarely discussed in blockchain circles as it conflicts with the original idea of irreversible transactions.

Blockchains were designed to behave like cash, but traditional finance relies heavily on recourse to allow transactions to be disputed and reversed.

youtu.be/RgYlCsflHJY

Got an old ZTE MF286 Tele2 router flashed with OpenWRT.

The trick was to set the serial port baud rate to 118000 for the u-boot part of the device boot-up, which made ath> visible

Only took four hours to work that out.

The Influence of National Antibiotic Consumption on Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Antibiotic Resistance in Norway, 2003–2024 Norwegian national antibiotic consumption, though low in Europe, correlates with gonococcal resistance to high-volume classes (penicillins, tetracyclines),

I’ve branched out into gonorrhoea research.

Antibiotic overuse breeds resistant infections.

Take them only when prescribed and necessary.

academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to."

Really?

The greatest trick that wizards ever pulled was convincing the world that they had good time management skills...

Also note how they translated "when" to "where-"

Conversation in the car with my kids (9 yrs old) this morning, on the way to the swimming pool:

"Is 7racii famous?"
"No, hardly anyone has heard the music."
"Why is she so unappreciated?"
"When did you learn the word 'unappreciated'?"
"On Youtube."

Note my clever deflection on the second question.

Thanks PMYSL! Tracy is very appreciative.

Addin' It Up

Mildly glitchy electropop...

@listigeplaylists.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/track/4HAEP0...

Whenever I get a notification from my mobile phone provider, insurer, power company, or rubbish collection service that "your monthly fees will change," they always go up.

It's not always up, though.When my bank informs me that "the interest rate on your deposits will change," it always goes down.

I'm sure spending six hours writing an indexing extension for LibreOffice was worth it, as I am up to the letter R.

Whereas without the indexing extension, I would be finished by now.

First draft of the Smart Contract Innovation book is done. 60k words, 215 pages. I'm waiting for the proofs, and then I can start indexing.

Launch date is tentatively the last Thursday of January.

After a year of pulling at the same threads from different angles, I’m turning the work into a book.

The working title is "Smart Contract Innovation"