Wonder, Wonderful, Wunderschön
nearly everything sounds better in German, even Deutsche
nearly everything sounds better in German, even Deutsche
UnitedHealthCare [1], somehow worse than United Fruit's "Nico death squads[2]"
An early morning log of conscious considerations upon waking up
Is our memory illusory? Are the vector maps of neurotransmitter mixtures changing over time? .. Perhaps that malleability of memory is the most beautiful quality..
Ever wondered how The World Bank's open source software contributions have shaped global economics, financial markets, and generally been used for all manner of really quite fascinating insights into data science? How about the ways in which The World Bank's usage of Ai and LLMs have
Sometimes there's a reminder, an initiator of memory and emotions, which occurs upon opening my passport booklet. "Oh look! It's millions of Colones!, and with such a uniquely beautiful design. Every time this occurs it provides an unexpected reminder of my favorite country, Costa Rica.
At airport gate, waiting. Originally, a dawn departure. Hilton at ORD decides that rooms do not need the usual bathroom items, and prefers the full plastic half-assed attempt at a capsule pod coffee maker. Substantial displeasure occurs, events transpire, and now we're rebooked on flight a few hours
Goodbye Chicago, It was mostly Not.
Memories of Japan are easy to get lost in, the time period was often a blur. Capsule hotels, bullet trains, insomnia, and several neuro-cognitive mods offering symbiotic boosts to perception. Stimulated by a then-unknown cranial passenger, a surging PRL level resulted, HPG-axis thrown off course, thyroid blasting T3 in feedback-loop,
ZFS sync from box to box, impatience, performance, routines
Staring at this board, mentally converting PCIe lane count to device requirements, only to consider that yet again... It's 2025. We're still using the PCIe slot standard for most motherboards, even on enterprise boards. Who's doing this right, at least marginally so? ASRack (brain,
The vast and varied subject of Women's Safety Online is a topic which impacts many facets of daily life, including emotional and physical well-being. This post is not a primer on the concepts, rather it offers a short timeline to explain why I am no longer on LinkedIn