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Albums

Marco, ready to run the SOLA 2025
Aperol Spritz from the Auslikon Kiosk
Roses and Clematis in 2025
Leo snoozing happily on Kath
Leo sleeping on the couch
Leo lounging on the pillow
Leo grabbing Kath's leg
2025 Roses
2025 Clematis
Diabetus somewhere near Utica
Polyphemus moth on the back deck at Dad's house
Leo lies in the carrots pot
The shore of the cold Pfäffikersee at Auslikon in May
A little girl walks the shore of the Pfäffikersee at Auslikon
Brigitta and Nick hoist a bale up to Dominic, Dirk, and Raoul
Dave the llama in Heurüti
Hänki rolls around in the run
Nick, John, Dirk, and Raoul wait for the first bales
Raoul, Dirk, and Dominic place a bale
The hay loft is filled again (2025)
Marco and Leo compromise on sharing the couch
Leo's sleeping on Marco's hand and grabbing his arm
Leo is snoozing up against Marco's leg
Leo has his little arms and legs crossed while snoozing on the couch

News

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: Dung...y Matt Dinniman (2021) (read in 2025)

Published by marco on in Books

The “bust out” theory of empire

Published by marco on in Public Policy & Politics

Science: There’s nothing like proof

Published by marco on in Science & Nature

Carl’s Doomsday Scenario: Book 2 by Matt Dinniman (2020) (read in 2025)

Published by marco on in Books

An interesting look at “function calling” with LLMs

Published by marco on in Technology

The idea of MCP: “Tea. Earl grey. Hot.”

Published by marco on in Programming

Learning ain’t easy, so don’t do it

Published by marco on in Philosophy

Mark Blyth is old and has seen it all before

Published by marco on in Finance & Economy

Is our children reading?

Published by marco on in Miscellaneous

“Chain of Thought” is just more generated text

Published by marco on in Technology

Stop telling me to disable the firewal...nd antivirus and reinstall everything

Published by marco on in Technology

I wonder what a VC AI podcast thinks of AI?

Published by marco on in Technology

Ars Technica reports that Anthropic thinks Claude is indispensable

Published by marco on in Technology

We Can Remember It for You Wholesale

Published by marco on in Technology

Links and Notes for May 23rd, 2025

Published by marco on in Notes

CSS is a collection of layout algorithms

Published by marco on in Programming

Three minutes of George Carlin that won’t die

Published by marco on in Philosophy

You can’t make anyone care about anything

Published by marco on in Philosophy

Are you a writer who can no longer stay silent?

Published by marco on in Public Policy & Politics

LLMs can never be more than a mirror

Published by marco on in Technology

Projects

Recipes

Cakes > Guinness Cake recipe from Coop Magazine (Molly Malone Pub in Winterthur)

kath

Vegetables > Best Foolproof Cauliflower Pizza Crust

kath

Pasta, Rice & Grains > Lemon Rice (Greek Rice Pilaf)

kath

Eggs, Cheese and Legumes > Red Lentil Curry

kath

Christmas > Orange Jell-o Cottage Cheese Salad

kath

Christmas > Chocolate-covered Cherry Cookies

kath

Christmas > Reuben Bake Casserole

kath

Christmas > Corn Dog Mini-Muffins

kath

Christmas > Stromboli

kath

Christmas > Cranberry Shortbread Drops

kath

Miscellaneous

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