Protesters in India burn trains over military jobs plan
Protesters were angry over new short-term military scheme, where a majority of recruits will be compulsorily retired after four years with no pension benefits. ⌘ Read more
wait, is CIRL incorrigible for the same reason that utility-maximizers don’t wirehead? https://niplav.github.io/notes.html#A-Short-Example-For-Why-CIRL-Is-Incorrigible
My May ‘22 in Review
May is now over too, it feels like it has flown by. But before the month is completely over, I want to take a short look back… ⌘ Read more
“Dodecahedron Assemblies was the publication I chose to read on my way to heaven”—apparently Uriel has managed to gain short contact via the Gato agent.
Fremantle Shows Tonight and Tomorrow href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23shorts”>#shorts** ⌘ Read more
Andrew Johns’ Message to Barnaby Joyce href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23shorts”>#shorts** ⌘ Read more
Tour my minimalist desk setup href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23Shorts”>#Shorts** ⌘ Read more
My April ‘22 in Review
April is also over now, time to take a short look back. ⌘ Read more
Scomo texting during ANZAC Day Dawn Service href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23shorts”>#shorts** ⌘ Read more
Friendlyjordies Takes Melbourne! href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23shorts”>#shorts** ⌘ Read more
Scomo, Man of the People! href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23Shorts”>#Shorts** ⌘ Read more
rathole - ngrok alternative
Some time ago I tried to make my Nitter instance available on the Internet from home via Tailscale, Caddy and an own building block in between, but stopped it again a short time later because it didn’t work that well somehow. Today I found out about rathole, and what can I say? It works great and seems to be much faster than my previous solution! ⌘ Read more
Kevin Rudd Saw This Coming href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23Shorts”>#Shorts** ⌘ Read more
short story about a cancer researcher who starts murdering patients in the control group because he expects there to be a null result, but he always puts on a mask that prevents him from directly seeing the person he kills—double blind
The Company Peter Dutton Keeps href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23Shorts”>#Shorts** ⌘ Read more
My February ‘22 in Review
February, especially if it’s not a leap year, is a short month, but it’s already over now too. So time for a quick review…. ⌘ Read more
The Goldilocks Rule href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23Shorts”>#Shorts** ⌘ Read more
Nominally, my seen/read list for 2021, but I missed a lot of short readings. I may try to write more about these things this year. http://a.9srv.net/media/2021
Peter Saint-Andre: 2021 Readings
As best I can reconstruct it, here are the books I read in 2021. Not included are scholarly papers, essays, and other short works. I’ve provided links to books that are available online at my monadnock.net website for works in the public domain…. ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Short Fiction — All Quiet on the Vernal Front https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/12/05/war.html #fiction #christmas #holiday
So the evolution of my nick is as follows. I had a bicycle that had the word Zephyr written on it. Which means a western wind. That is related to the Greek god Zephyrus.
I liked words where X make a Z sound. And also had a bit of dyslexia so my firs IRC nick was Xypher swapping the y and e.. I would also use the forms Xypherius or just Xypheri.
Because its close hemming to Cypher I found the nick would get used by others.. Though that is not my origin.
Later I would sign websites I created as The X-Urban Underground (where X was short for Xypher) and that evolved to xuu. Pronounced like zoo.
Secure deployments with OpenID Connect & GitHub Actions now generally available
GitHub Actions now supports OpenID Connect for secure deployment to different cloud providers via short-lived, auto-rotated tokens. ⌘ Read more
created a short introductory video to qiudanz mode 1 | gemini://compudanzas.net/qiudanz_mode_1.gmi
Painbow Award
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On the blog: Short Fiction — The Gevkahahal https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/31/gevkahahal.html #freeculture #creativecommons #fiction #horror
13 short and scary games plus source to play (or hack) this Halloween 🎃
It’s that time of year again where I like to share seasonally spooktacular games plus source code—a goldmine of material for (a) those looking for coffee-break entertainment, (b) those interested in learning more about game ⌘ Read more
@prologic@twtxt.net I knew you were short sided from day one I saw Yarn. On desktop everything is huge, and I assumed it was to cater short-sightedness. Also, you have enabled underlines on buttons on iOS, bold and bigger fonts, etc., so that was also a give away. Sorry if I digress, but, glasses wouldn’t help? I have to wear mine all the time, otherwise I am also near blind myself!
One day short of a full chain: Real world exploit chains explained ⌘ Read more…
don’t get me wrong, I love the power of emacs. but it’s a very complex piece of software, which is inherrently brittle. not a problem in the short term, but for some of my more long term tools it’s a consideration.
Short Notice: Appearing on Millenniyule TONIGHT at 7PM New York Time ⌘ Read more…
On the blog: Short Fiction — Instant Podcast https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/27/podcast.html #fiction #freeculture #humor
The new anime season is so weird. A bunch of harem shit (yay) but all of it is short episodes (wut)
Million Short - What haven’t you found? https://www.millionshort.com/
Emotional Mechanics | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2019/03/12/39385/
There’s a tendency, when we don’t have a rational understanding of something, to classify it as only capable of IRrational understanding – i.e. pattern matching. Occasionally, this is the only practical solution in the short term.
A short history of 20th century African-American horror literature | jessnevins.com http://jessnevins.com/blog/?p=842
A Short History of Italian Horror - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJCo35gX7j0
The Avengers - Short Skirt, Long Jacket [Emma Peel] - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idtYckLIZnI
I Wrote 100 Terrible Stories That I’m Glad You’ll Never Read https://io9.gizmodo.com/5870146/i-wrote-100-terrible-short-stories-that-im-glad-youll-never-read
Not All Choice Interfaces Are Alike | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2016/05/25/not-all-choice-interfaces-are-alike/
Not Exactly Mailbag: Worldbuilding from a Mechanic | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/03/13/not-exactly-mailbag-worldbuilding-from-a-mechanic/
An Alternative Taxonomy for Interactive Stories | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2011/05/03/an-alternative-taxonomy-for-interactive-stories/
Plot-shaped Level Design | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2016/05/18/plot-shaped-level-design/
Beyond Branching: Quality-Based, Salience-Based, and Waypoint Narrative Structures | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2016/04/12/beyond-branching-quality-based-and-salience-based-narrative-structures/
Card-Deck Narratives | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2016/05/03/card-deck-narratives/
An Incomplete List of Things I’d Need to Know In Order Not to Be A Total Impostor | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/09/02/an-incomplete-list-of-things-id-need-to-know-in-order-not-to-be-a-complete-impostor/
Mailbag: Self-Training in Narrative Design | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2019/01/08/mailbag-self-training-in-narrative-design/
Save the Cat (Blake Snyder) | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling https://emshort.blog/2018/12/04/save-the-cat-blake-snyder/
Fairly reliable indicator of a bad/naive post or project: the title or short description contains the name of the implementation language, but that language is conventional, commonly-used, or ‘general-purpose’.
Short work week and about half the office is out.