Almost Spring
The wiring on the last photo says "The floor is LAVA". The only way to proceed safely is to jump from one white dot to another. Minecraft.
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Almost Spring
The wiring on the last photo says "The floor is LAVA". The only way to proceed safely is to jump from one white dot to another. Minecraft.
The Edge by Lucy Goacher, Book Review
Clementine's sister, Poppy, has supposedly taken her own life. For six months Clementine accepts it as suicide and lives with the grief of not picking up the phone right before it happened. Then new information surfaces, and it starts to look a lot more like a…
Sunny Sofia
I did 17k steps today, which included more than 1h of playing football with kids between 1st and 6th grade. We finished 6-6, which was not easy to the youngest and oldest participants. The youngest one saved a kick that was too strong and now wears an elastic stripe. The oldest had to…
The Revenge of the Damned, Book Review
The Revenge of the Damned is something like the closing act of the story arc about Sten fighting against the Taan empire. Over the course of the previous books, Taan had the upper hand - more military power and superior leadership. However, the Empire had a…
Model Kittyzen
It's not that the focus or the quality of the photo is that great but I think this is one of my best cat photos lately. Such a charming cat. She's one of the yard cats next to our co-working space. Here's the kitten with a friend, who I previously featured here. They're probably…
Commentary on Brandolini’s Law
Brandolini defined the following law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. It normally applies to arguments and misinformation. Now that generating content with AI is so easy, the orders of…
Roar
We almost never see large aircraft visiting the Sofia Airport. When I heard the roar, I thought it's a helicopter or some US military aircraft with a hundred propellers. Looked up, and I was genuinely surprised to see a Jumbo Jet. We had A380 landing here once and it made it to the news. This…
Two Reps
This is my first documented pull-up with my feet not touching the ground even slightly. When I set an annual goal of one pull-up, it felt like a stretch goal. Doing it in 2027 was quite fine for me. I haven't been to the gym since 2019, more than 6 years ago. I haven't done any upper body…
February in Books
February didn't bring any particularly interesting books to my shelves. I was tempted to skip the monthly summary this month but it would break a long tradition. My alternative idea for a blog post was to write about 4-dimensional spheres. Unfortunately, that idea needs more…
Knee
I did my first true long walk since I bumped my knee into a concrete trash can a week ago. 10K steps in one go and the knee held well. I dodged a bullet this time. However, I lost my shape, feeling as if I did 20K, not 10K. The bin is now out of the way, hopefully it doesn't hurt anyone else.…
Criticism
In How to Win Friends & Influence People, Dale Carnegie argues that criticism is futile. Criticism opens the gates to hell, little devils fly back, criticize, gossip, and destroy morale. Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement. And yet, walking around all day…
Rusty the cat
A story about the 33-year-old cat Rusty took Reddit by storm. Rusty passed away at the age of 33, making him into top 10 of the oldest cats in the recorder cat history. The poster submitted proof to the mods of r/cats that Rusty was real. People rushed to update Wikipedia's list of…
Fluff
Fluff from 5 posts ago moved 5 meters to the right, proving he can move if there's a warmer surface nearby.
Fleet of the Damned by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole
The resourceful captain Sten joins the navy and leads a small group of spaceships in the battle against the Tahn. The genre is a retro space opera with dumb computers and ships that need hundreds of people to be operated. The story takes a sharp…
Muted Reddit’s auto-subscription after it became intolerable
Reddit somehow detected that I'm interested in AI and Data and auto-subscribed me to several hundred AI and Data subreddits. This turned their feed to an endless slop machine. Every single pre-IPO hype post or or doom prophecy would pop…
Arch Enemy has a new lead singer, Lauren Hart
Sounds like the departure of Alissa White-Gluz worked well for both parties. I already blogged how Alissa's new work feels more like her, fresh and different. And here we are, Arch Enemy with Lauren Hart, performing as if she's always been there. Their…
Limping Park
I managed to do 3K steps today. My knee is better, only hurts when walking. The pain at rest is gone. However, I think I won't be able to do the daily steps challenge for another week or so. Meanwhile, the winter decided that it's not over yet and surprised us with snow. The weather…
Why so serious
I had a health scare today. Bumped my knee into a concrete trash can right outside a playground. I suspect making steps won't be possible for some time but at least nothing is broken, other than my plans. I moved the damn trash can out of the way. Whoever put it right at the exit of…
Berlin meowall
I find myself unable to blog about anything other than cats these days. Thanks for your patience 🙂
Trabant
A Mercedes is trying to overtake a Trabant on the highway. The speed is high, way over the limit. The Mercedes is in the red, driving parallel to the Trabant. At the last moment, the Trabant slows down slightly. The Mercedes driver rolls down his window and shouts to the Trabant driver:…
Rep
I set myself a goal to do one pull-up by the end of the year. I made some progress yesterday. My one rep is not a clean pull-up. The grip is neutral, and my legs are touching the ground from the moment I started pulling. I didn't jump, but it's not entirely clear from the video if I really…
me_irl
So, the big question here is: do I remove the Apple Watch before going to the bathroom or not?
AI Singularity
I'm a software engineer. My job mostly boils down to three things: Understanding a requirement and turning it into tasks Implementing those tasks or monitoring the implementation by others Querying data about the project - events, stats, trends and such About a year ago, I switched…