The Stochastic Game

Playing a gig at a nearby First Nation party, featuring ocean view and pork BBQ!

“CERN Physicists Find Key Piece of the Matter-Antimatter Puzzle”

<intro voice over> “Before Time, Matter and Antimatter waged war across the Void, but none could overtake the other. Then Time began, and the First Soul sided with Matter, and Antimatter was wiped out from the universe. Now, Antimatter threatens to come back, helped by the emergence of the Dark Soul. Will a Hero rise to fight for existence?”

(maybe I’m watching too many 80’s fantasy movies)

Amazing: Xena S05E16 “Lifeblood” features flashbacks of the Amazon tribe that are from a failed pilot for “Amazon High”, a series where Selma Blair is a modern-day girl sent back to the Stone Age. She tells people not to eat horses and finds caveman-Karl Urban super hot (but who wouldn’t?)

Good morning! It’s that time of the year again when I need to teach young spiders where not to build their webs… by walking through a dozen of them with the dog. I probably have a couple spiders in my hair right now. 😭

PSA: if you purchased any Dark Horse digital comics, remember that it’s shutting down any time soon. There are unofficial tools out there to download your comics. Next time, remember: DRM-free downloads or piracy, these are the only two viable options.

Fuck off Discord. I don’t want to do “quests”, get “orbs”, click on “crumfibs” to collect “wizamags” or whatever the fuck you’re going to invent next to “drive growth and engagement” or something. I just want text & video chat, plus a simple way to pay for it.

“The Media’s Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work”: this is a lengthy but very interesting dive into the use of AI in media companies. You need a subscription to 404 Media to read the whole thing but even the first (free) half is good.

A week ago I setup AdGuard-Home on my home server. After a few days trying it via my laptop, I enabled it by default for all devices connected to our Wi-Fi… let’s see if the rest of the family notices!

Just finished another one of Majuular’s great video retrospectives on the Ultima games, this time on Ultima Underworld. I love Ultima!

Here is a nice, short interview with Bernie Sanders about AI and who gets the benefits (if any) from it.