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Autumnal Equinox 2015 #code#earth#equinox#autumnal Catfood Earth render of the Autumnal Equinox 2015 including clouds and the extent of day and night.)
Catfood Weather 2.20 #code#weather Catfood Weather 2.20 is a critical update that fixes the forecast and also corrects the ignore alerts feature.
Updated on Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Catfood Weather 2.20 fixes a problem with the forecast failing to update (the National Weather Service changed the URL of the web service that Catfood Weather uses and while they were kind enough to put a redirect in place it was a form of redirect that didn't play nicely with WebClient so a patch is needed).
In addition this release should fix the ignore alerts feature. It's one of those cases that after not having looked at the code for a couple of years I suddenly realized that the implementation was fatally flawed (bordering on idiotic) and could never have worked. Should be better now.
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Catfood Weather 2.20 #code#weather Catfood Weather 2.20 is a critical update that fixes the forecast and also corrects the ignore alerts feature.)
New Normal #photo#drought Photo of changes brought by the drought impacting San Francisco, California and the whole of the western United States. Get used to succulents.
Updated on Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Photo of a fresh planter of succulents as we adapt to the lack of water in San Francisco (and the western United States in general).
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New Normal #photo#drought Photo of changes brought by the drought impacting San Francisco, California and the whole of the western United States. Get used to succulents.)
The Atrocity Archives (Laundry Files, #1) by Charles Stross
4/5
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
4/5
I really enjoyed it but the timescale is so long and so much happens that it feels a bit rushed until the last section of the book. I wish this had been teased out into a trilogy.
A vacation based proof of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics #etc#quantum Is it possible to prove the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics just by going on vacation?
Updated on Sunday, May 2, 2021
It's a well known fact that whenever you go on holiday your home town experiences once-in-a-generation levels of good weather while you sit inside with increasingly insane children watching unseasonably torrential rain.
As this is a universal experience it has to be more than bad luck.
Every time anyone takes a vacation a parallel universe must be created where the traveler inflicts stormy weather on one branch and summer continues as normal on the other.
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A vacation based proof of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics #etc#quantum Is it possible to prove the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics just by going on vacation?)
Hope for Hulu? #marketing#hulu#tivo#ott I nailed the cost of an ad-free Hulu experience, but it's still the one streaming service I'll never pay for.
Updated on Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Probably not.
I tore into Hulu last year for the miserable user experience, dreary ads and vanishing content.
Back then I estimated that Hulu could ditch the ads for another $6 a month. TechCrunch is reporting today (via the Wall Street Journal) that Hulu is considering an ad free tier for $12-$14 a month. $14 would be a $6 bump over current pricing. If they can fix the UX as well I'll be back in. And I still want my OTT TiVo.
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Hope for Hulu? #marketing#hulu#tivo#ott I nailed the cost of an ad-free Hulu experience, but it's still the one streaming service I'll never pay for.)
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Doyle Drive: Before and After #photo#presidio Doyle Drive: Before and After in the Presidio of San Francisco, California - photos.)