Done Since 2025-07-27

[mdlbear]

It has not been a very productive week, but I did manage to take a walk every day except Friday. Monday's was short, but other than that I've been getting to the nearest cross street North, for a total of 1.2km (3/4 of a mile) round trip. Sometimes, like today, just barely. But still.

And I've been getting quite a lot of cat cuddle, though that's also contributed to what I suspect is chronic sleep-deprivation. Thank you, Bronx. :/ Wednesday G and I raised a glass in honor of the lovely Desti, our household's incarnation of Bast, who crossed the Rainbow Bridge two years ago.

In a couple of news articles I linked to last Sunday, Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, new UN report finds: 'The sun is rising on a clean energy age', and The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive, thanks to a perfectly understandable desire for digital sovereignty.

On the other hand, Tom Lehrer is dead. But even if his website, where he dropped all of his songs into the public domain, goes away, his legacy will live on at The Internet Archive

On the gripping hand, if you haven't tried "vibe coding", enjoy this website of AI Coding Horrors, of which this is one of the worst examples. If you have been vibe coding, good luck with that.

Notes & links:
0727Su  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 4:30ish
  * up 6ish; ; Dutch
  % lots of cat cuddle.  Ticia in bed, Bronx while sitting in the white chair
  * drugs:  first am 07:24; rest am 12:08; pm 20:46
  * walk:  Erasmusweg 08:15, 1.2km, 1hp, 29mm, 2280st, 35min
  @ A snapshot of relativistic motion: visualizing the Terrell-Penrose effect|CommPhy
  @ The Truth About Vibe Coding and Why You Should Be Cautious | by Dylan Cooper
  @ AI Breaks the Chinese Room. LLMs render Searle’s famous thought… | by Paul Siemers
  & cut the transfer short when it started copying Downloads/ISOs; skipped to vv/web. 
    Doing it with git and skipping mm/videos and vv/var would have way faster
  @ Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, new UN report finds: 'The sun is rising
    on a clean energy age' (ysabetwordsmith)
    " Fifteen years ago, solar power was nearly four times the cost of fossil fuel
      alternatives. "
  & downloaded tundra/python2-tk, but charm barfed on an https URL.  :P
    -> posted by hand
  @ A heat wave hit New England's grid. Clean energy saved… | Canary Media
  @ The Core of Fermat’s Last Theorem Just Got Superpowered | Quanta
  @ Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97 - The New York Times
  @ The European Union Linux desktop • The Register
    " True digital sovereignty begins at the desktop "
  @ Four hidden types of autism revealed — and each tells a different genetic story

0728Mo  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 3:30ish
  * up 6:30ish; ; laundry, Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 7ish; rest am 08:02; 2*coffee; pm 
  : no N" today -> that'll be a problem; the garbage can in my room is pretty full
  % came downstairs and immediately fell down a couple of rabbit holes
  % 08:22 don't feel like moving.  But it's stopped raining, so...
  * _short_ walk:  first bridge 2hp, .4km, 8mm, 700st.  Miserable.
    % but I was hurting pretty badly by the time I got back, and feeling unstable
  @ prank played by Tom Lehrer while he was working at the NSA.  Undiscovered for 60y 
    The Gambler's Ruin with Soft-Hearted Adversary 1957 -- see reference 3
  @ wyld_dandelyon | A Dream Becoming Real
  @ Tom Lehrer Lyrics and Sheet Music : Free Download and Streaming : Internet Archive
  % 21:05R knee has been hurting at least all afternoon.  -> ibuprofen
  * load drugs
  * low on simvastatin (new scrip needed) and doxazosin (refill needed) -> email sent
  * order folic acid  -> arrives We

0729Tu  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 5:30ish; did not go back to sleep.  Cats.
  * up 6ish; ; Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 7:26; rest am 08:30; 2*coffee; pm 20ish
  * walk:  7:49 Erasmusweg, 1.2km, 28min, 27mm, 5hp, 2145st
    ! was not hurting, dragging, or feeling unstable when I got back home.  Could probably
      have gone another few hundred meters.  -> Next week, if all goes well.
  : prescriptions for simvastatin and doxazosin refilled; appt 0807Th, blood draw before
  & create account on the Frame.work forum.
  * pm expect call from Haga
    -> making an appointment for an iron infusion.  -> 0815Fr

0730We  Desti (2y)  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 1:30ish, 5ish
  * up 6am; ; exercises, ... Dutch; 23:09 ibuprofen 400
    % cuddled with cats, first Ticia then Bronx, while doing leg exercises
  * drugs:  first am 7am; rest am 08:03; pm 21:30ish
  * walk: 8:30 Erasmusweg 07:53; 1.2km, 7hp, 24mm, 2200st, 27min
  @ 8.8-magnitude earthquake sets off Pacific tsunami | AP News
  * noonish J' expected.  Ordered out (Allie's Lebanese Sandwiches) for lunch
  * raised a glass in Desti's honor, with G

0731Th  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 2ish, 5ish
  * up 6:40ish; ; 
  * drugs:  first am 6:50; rest am 08:13; pm 22:34
  * walk: Erasmusweg 08:10: 1.2km, 3hp, 24mm, 2000st, 26min.
    % upper thigh muscles tight.  Gait pretty reasonable -- not shuffling or stumbling
  @ How Netflix Slashed Their Cloud Costs With This One Architecture Decision (That No
    One Talks About) | by Sohail Saifi | Jul, 2025 edge servers in local ISPs
  @ The case for memes as a new form of comics - Ars Technica
  @ This Is What Censorship Looks Like in a National Park: The First Park Sign That Came
    Down | by Elizabeth Villano | Jul, 2025 | Medium
  @ Landing on Linux, part 1 -   Tested Technology, part 2 part 3, part 4, part 5
    part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10
  * pick up drugs; find out that the lab's hours are 8-10.
    - went past the turn at Erasmusweg and got quite confused.`

0801Fr  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 1:30ish, 5ish
  * up 7am; ; Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 7ish; rest am 08:04; 2*coffee; pm 
  @ This AI Deleted Everything, Lied About It, Then Created 4,000 Fake People to Cover
    Its Tracks | by Amaresh Adak | Jul, 2025 | Medium
  * 8:35 leave to go back to clinic for blood draw.  Lab sheet in sling.  lab open 8-10
    -> back 10am  -> skipping walk because lateish
  @ Meta Turned Your Phone Into a Spy — Here’s How | by AI Rabbit | CodeX | Jun, 2025
  % I seem to have a small, painless blister on my R forefinger just to the L of the nail
    ... and now 11:14 there's an itchy spot on mt L thumb; R. side.
  * guitar:  Wheelin', Desolation Row

0802Sa  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 1ish, 4:30ish;  Bronx kept me awake; dozed for a few minutes and he scratched
    % my brain wouldn;t shut up, either, and I couldn't find a comfortable temperature
  * up 6:45; ; bath, ... Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 7ish; rest am 08:39; pm 8ish?
  @ The robot that ate Google’s profits: AI’s silent advertising apocalypse
    the AI summary makes people less likely to click on ads.
  @ What Does a Truly Ethical Tech Platform Look Like? | by Dr. Alex Bowyer Geens
  * walk:  Erasmusweg 10:45, 1.2km, 12hp, 26mm, 2725st, (gFit says 11min, more likely 20)
    % didn't feel like that much more effort, but apparently it was.  WTF?
    % shuffling a little at times.
  @ Just Like with Canva… The Annoying Tailwind-ification | by Arnold Gunter | Medium
    " Sometimes, vanilla CSS and a bit of discipline is all you need.
      Sometimes, the best “framework” is just knowing your craft. "
  @ Here’s how I’m stopping AI-generated comments dead in their tracks with a poisoned
    watermark. | by Jim the AI Whisperer | The Generator | Jul, 2025 | Medium
    AICodingHorrors | The price of AI-assisted coding, literally!
  % 22:23 falling asleep.  Should go to bed

Comments

[cellio]

I wondered if that link was going to be the Replit story. What a mess! How are those people still in business after this?