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Albums

Marco reading by Lago Maggiore after freezing his feet in it
Lentils, rice, and squash, all cooked on the induction plate
Kath cooking rice on the induction plate
Kath cooking lentils on the induction plate
Frank and Louise causing trouble on the campsite
Ducks at rest by the shore of Lago Maggiore
Fancy duck ta the beach near Camping Tamaro
Frank and Louise causing trouble at breakfast
Camping Mappo washing and cleaning center
Via alle Gaggiole 6 has changed (grandma's old house)
White-capped mountains behind a sculpt...s of the museo civico villa dei cedri
The well-remembered entry to Via alle Gaggiole 6 (grandma's old house)
Vecchio di profilo dal Baldo Carugo
Kath's poke bowl at Ristorante-Bar Piazzetta
Inverno decorativo (St-Moritz) dal Remo Patocchi
Laughing lady
Laughing lady and a head study
Entrance to the museo civico villa dei cedri in Bellinzona
Front door of the Libreria Taborelli in Bellinzona
Il cotto dal Max Ramp
Four pencil drawings of trees (the last one's a Rembrandt)
Marco is bundled up in the ermergency blanket at camp
Marco at breakfast at camp
Marco reading with the emergency blanket at camp

News

Links and Notes for March 21st, 2025

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Pankaj Mishra: The World After Gaza

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Omar El Akkad: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Published by marco on in Philosophy

Links and Notes for March 14th, 2025

Published by marco on in Notes

Replacing the SSD in a late-2015 Apple iMac

Published by marco on in Technology

Response to a request for a UI/UX design review

Published by marco on in Design

Smug: Censorship, canceling, scolding, and pigeonholing for idiots

Published by marco on in Public Policy & Politics

U.S. liberals insist on message discipline on Russia

Published by marco on in Public Policy & Politics

The algorithm’s purpose is to guide you, but to where?

Published by marco on in Technology

Some thoughts on LLM reliability and alignment

Published by marco on in Technology

Apple’s continued decline in software quality

Published by marco on in Technology

Using LLMs to monetize every keypress

Published by marco on in Technology

tsc is going native

Published by marco on in Programming

Pointers for large files and repositories in Git

Published by marco on in Programming

Charisma is an oft-unnoticed stat

Published by marco on in Philosophy

Richard Wolf explains Marxist Economics (again)

Published by marco on in Finance & Economy

Narrowing types to avoid primitive obsession

Published by marco on in Programming

The right to free speech is not negotiable

Published by marco on in Public Policy & Politics

Glenn Greenwald interviews Alexander Dugin

Published by marco on in Public Policy & Politics

Vijay Prashad on NATO and Europe

Published by marco on in Public Policy & Politics

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

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Miscellaneous

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