Ouch. “We are 4 years into this ‘revolution’ and the industry has almost nothing to show for it. Software has not improved in quality, got faster, become cheaper to produce (when you exclude the mountain of poor-quality demoware that no… Read More »Why I remain a skeptic
Hard to conquer place like that. “After 900, only about two foreign invasions of the Pannonian Basin succeeded. One was none other than the Mongols.” https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/why-is-hungary-so-small
Find what countries a point on a map belonged to throughout history. https://hanshack.com/point-in-history/#1.78/36.3/8.3
How countries go broke.
But towards whom? If you are responsible at work, sometimes you do more than will be appreciated and your family might suffer. But if you do not do it, your colleagues might suffer because something will not work properly. It… Read More »Being Responsible
Nowadays it is quick to get a summary of what happened using LLMs coming back from vacation. But what you miss by that is how it happened. How it got around to the state you have came back to. Seeing… Read More »Coming Back
Are some people counting on stuff like this so much that we do not do much now to cut emissions? “If pulling CH4 from the ground is only getting more expensive, and the energy needed to pull it from the… Read More »Solar Energy Solves Global Warming
If you have ever wondered. “The diplomat’s goal is to build a correct, if boring, model of the world, continuously update it, and prepare decision-makers to hold to that model with the right level of confidence.” https://asteriskmag.com/issues/15/how-diplomats-see-the-world
Is this where Fremen Mirage comes from? “While it’s difficult for a lowland people to attack through mountains, it is easier for amountain-based people to descend onto the plains. This dichotomy between mountain people and plains people was evident as… Read More »Iran
Ice ice baby. “In the late 1700s, Russia had been on a mission of imperial conquest for 600 years. One of the main reasons is because of ice, which makes Siberia inhospitable, so it was relatively easy for Russia to… Read More »How Ice Sculpted Canada