The Stochastic Game

Good morning lovely people!

I don’t think the sleazy people at Google care about what the W3C is saying, but it’s nice to have a clear message from the Technical Architecture Group about 3rd party cookies.

Apparently “bee heists” are an actual thing? It’s not just something you see in cartoons and indie TTRPGs featuring ambitious anthropomorphised bears?

In case you needed more reasons to block ads on the internet, an ad company is now arguing that blocking them “infringes on their copyright”.

I keep learning new terrible things Canada did to the First Nation people over the last century. Today: enfranchisement in the 1940s and the loss of the Indigenous status!

“TransLink warns funding shortfall may lead to deep service cuts”: I’m just spitballing here but maybe they could start by cutting the private police force and marketing department, both of which are pretty, ahem, “unique” compared to other cities.

“The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins”: ah, the good old days of the early internet…

Somehow we had never been to the Richmond Night Market until this weekend (I’m as shocked as you)

Downsides: way too many people.

Upsides: BBQ pork belly, mango sticky rice, and crepe creme brulee!

We have recently changed our living-room TV from using a Roku to using an Apple TV, and let’s just say the family isn’t really impressed by the new gadget…

Life lessons from dog:

Find your stick, the thing you can chew on

Find your ball, the thing you love to play with

Find your puddle of water, where you can relax and have a drink

Find your bed, where you feel safe and can sleep soundly