2026-04-16T04:25:28Z https://yabu.me Rod Van Meter https://yabu.me/npub1mqskefwe4zwfzuzpqgfqvnqxky6qr97xf0yjajjahh8glnwnxy3qw6pkrm https://cdn.famichiki.jp/accounts/avatars/109/302/393/301/700/659/original/ed3a9f6292350ed6.jpg https://cdn.famichiki.jp/accounts/avatars/109/302/393/301/700/659/original/ed3a9f6292350ed6.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszq8gw2qj769k6dkpj8yslr2eu6nl6d466lcatxz6vg6ge560pj9gzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy96f0z7 Today I learned: if you translate the Japanese word for ambergris one kanji at a time, it&#39;s &#34;dragon drool smell&#34;. 2026-01-23T08:58:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszkkk8pdq9nntsjrzl5fwycsxns9cgkhf6qkjzv5t6tahs4es0ntgzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyayvk80 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs06x3z4j0ytpnqegletc99e3vyj2z59kha3uv5nq2x2gllk6fk8ucm7qjuw'>nevent1q…qjuw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>with only 130 tenure-track faculty, we offer over 600 separate courses, and overall about a thousand including the numerous sections (in American lingo) of a few core courses, so the office has a lot of legwork to do, including classroom scheduling and chasing me down when I haven&#39;t done my syllabus on time or haven&#39;t fixed something they asked me to. 2026-01-12T22:58:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs06x3z4j0ytpnqegletc99e3vyj2z59kha3uv5nq2x2gllk6fk8uczyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyr20m6m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswen5qa34acrvdrl86vglz9ajlytjttxgkldyhatdkgx24utj2lfcz4w9y9'>nevent1q…w9y9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>big items the office is looking for are student screening method for limited-enrollment courses, whether there is a final exam, whether you have announced language support (Japanese or English as main language and support for those who prefer the other language), and whether there are filled-in topics for all fifteen lectures. 2026-01-12T22:54:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswen5qa34acrvdrl86vglz9ajlytjttxgkldyhatdkgx24utj2lfczyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyvk0fh7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgjfcvs4u0gzsec2kusfc08nakyrpap68c2523ylmzkuvs4l0r02c6dcayt'>nevent1q…cayt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh, and my class doesn&#39;t start until April, but we have to submit syllabuses by end of this month. The office goes through them looking for various administrative bits (which are more automated now than they used to be as the syllabus system has more separate fields that must all be filled in than it used to). They don&#39;t evaluate content at all.<br/>Then syllabuses are published to students sometime between end of the month and start of classes 2026-01-12T22:50:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjfcvs4u0gzsec2kusfc08nakyrpap68c2523ylmzkuvs4l0r02czyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy4jtttj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0njxfpcxh04lq9taw038z30qvv5qv4w3pnurv8544m3g0203398cc76mvm'>nevent1q…6mvm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Active Networks and all that.<br/>That&#39;s particularly relevant to my research, since our RuleSet approach to quantum networking is more than just SDN. 2026-01-12T22:46:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0njxfpcxh04lq9taw038z30qvv5qv4w3pnurv8544m3g0203398czyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyxckxaf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq8yvwsh5wcmlrn3vyrm5h3hf6j09cl9yz2ufj7ueyluuh7mhntfgxaalpd'>nevent1q…alpd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks for the introductions. Nice to meet you both!<br/>The boundary between distributed and parallel is sometimes fuzzy. My class is mostly distributed, but we cover topics like Chandy&#39;s snapshots. What interests me about Vera Rubin is the in-network computation, which arguably goes back to Dave Tennenhouse and others (Randy Katz, maybe?) in the 1990s. 2026-01-12T22:45:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszdee4fpduy6cahkxadqrn44walksc6k6jm5cea7v4yjgq3sn0nuqzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy2a0wm3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszhazzmn365q3vnu0vt3fsnh09v4kn6ly5ff64tmkr79w4hkaflvcj6fd5p'>nevent1q…fd5p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m thinking about adding something on achieving performance at data center scale.<br/>It&#39;s not software, but the Jupiter networking papers from Google really catch my attention.<br/>And I&#39;d love to have something on the distributed in-network computation of inference a la the new Nvidia Vera Rubin. 2026-01-12T05:18:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszhazzmn365q3vnu0vt3fsnh09v4kn6ly5ff64tmkr79w4hkaflvczyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyy7erzx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gevrvjtwvhm4j63vgk93263exy6x88w8zfme73r624t5js3j28s89fenf'>nevent1q…fenf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>while I have your attention, it&#39;s syllabus season again for Design and Implementation of System Software, my master&#39;s-level seminar-format class where we read about thirty key papers from the history of distributed systems. Any new suggestions? 2026-01-12T05:16:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gevrvjtwvhm4j63vgk93263exy6x88w8zfme73r624t5js3j28szyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyt54pc4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspjrg2dpjtmp3f3jrxs3ev8lcv68rzhmvjhg0qsx9ecqg7q37sm7c68wxh5'>nevent1q…wxh5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>trying to remember why snorerot13 thinks I know gait researchers...<br/>Our campus has a sports tech guy who researches the forces on Olympic hammer throwers and trampoline athletes, but doubt he&#39;s interested in the socks of middle-aged non-athletes.<br/>Or maybe there is more to Ethan than I remember? 2026-01-12T05:13:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdn2x9x0wmw4n8mtgc8rfv9qlkjsgw9vpnfn8a6ynga6f24l4sm7gzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy4qj7n6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfr6quh7ek4zh3crghava8u3rg97r2xk800yylv0m6t6azu03s3tseec23w'>nevent1q…c23w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what&#39;s past Centrum Silver? Gold, Platinum, Frankincense and Myrrh? I&#39;m probably up at Myrrh.<br/>First live action SF movie I saw in a theater was likely Escape from Witch Mountain. 2025-02-10T11:15:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsydw6vd0lp25wxvfu453uvy3y5eqjjw6gskkav6dcqkj4zdqnhzjgzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjygttr3y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8jm4dstev7w77nm3rvm4gt6cannuw5cuu83spqjjmuh7tdkfm50swgf32j'>nevent1q…f32j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was whelmed by her first book, but she clearly has a lot of potential. 2025-02-09T18:01:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf05whv5ul2ysr7q8gslgmsn9alhefdft8mxm4datvnjhn08spypszyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjynfeaw4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs93wejdhnap7tg8rtmh3lq22c6y83hmr304yagf4lzuyyupyrdecqh4pmng'>nevent1q…pmng</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when that happens to me, it usually means either I either hate the characters or the writing. Newitz can definitely write, so... 2025-02-09T17:58:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxexgqgfg3vs6x7ws0svqmma3npvmq72gtuhaymzlmmu3larpl0tczyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjycax34x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsft85v0fus3m8dqgswyhqy3fnqsqrhgn43dd9a66p4d7cvjf7h4ygdesjhz'>nevent1q…sjhz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Trying to tie AI to humanity&#39;s biggest leaps is a valiant goal, but they just uncritically ascribe almost arbitrary powers to future AIs, which makes any analysis trite.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t expect that trio to write a technical deep dive, but saying AI will find alternatives to fossil fuels, solve fusion, and build great cities is just nonsense. 2025-02-09T15:15:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsft85v0fus3m8dqgswyhqy3fnqsqrhgn43dd9a66p4d7cvjf7h4ygzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyf46hvc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd466e8wyrj0dznyhm60jjv79fccts4nrxq07fam7gpg0zcdvkplc5sa3ml'>nevent1q…a3ml</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s really only about 20% about AI, the rest is either context or fluff, depending on your point of view. Chinese history, Magellan, Middle Eastern history, von Neumann, Einstein. 2025-02-09T15:14:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd466e8wyrj0dznyhm60jjv79fccts4nrxq07fam7gpg0zcdvkplczyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyxw44k5 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> I skimmed Genesis, the book by Kissinger, Craig Mundie (Microsoft, former CTO?), and Eric Schmitt (Google). Published posthumously, but it really does read like it was written by everyone&#39;s favorite war criminal. 2025-02-09T15:13:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsft28gcjejtfjh6yvek6vnzvl06254rnewqpcctpmjp9gtu4jq5fczyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyy2nnwm <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> Annalee Newitz&#39; Autonomous was a win, thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nqdduwza5t7f0wm2u4qavkdmeu6vgqps0pwzgukerr6j22k0u9vsdw42m6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ted Faber</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nqd…42m6</span>)</a></span> for the rec. It started out feeling a little shallow, but just kept building depth. Thought provoking and well written, with mostly good characters, plot and dialog. I would have liked just a touch more back story on the main villain. This world has a lot to explore, if Newitz wants to go there again. 2025-02-09T15:12:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0djth6qsxav9ejl790k62cv97f4v3ss9wgrk4777edffhu43ck9szyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyqehww7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9ass3mekl5wjcpgukrxzex9a9uxuy6y9v5ts3083nx9gwdv4wqgqu7u0s'>nevent1q…7u0s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I already had the sample of that downloaded, but hadn&#39;t read it and it fell off my radar. Will give it a shot! 2025-02-01T13:53:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszwasdgrsh9kqypgulhavx0ht0j63jh3yr6a29tc3c4ymra38e0jgzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjynuzd7j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx3unt99vuzvrs4mg6tfjkt77a99a77zvtzghrks70d8whd8v2xvgsxzwx9'>nevent1q…zwx9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I reread A Fire Upon the Deep last year, and it was good, and I read another of his that&#39;s considered a definitive cyberpunk (Something Names), and that&#39;s enough Vinge for now.<br/>(I met him once. He was the CS prof of a friend of mine in San Diego. Nice guy.) 2025-01-31T11:52:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfr3hh04nm0zttlq6f952kty5the9nex8exm8tyjnz62y0gy2935qzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy8arrrv I need a good cyberpunk novel. (Not something I often say.) Recommendations?<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-31T10:09:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs84nr5qmtj5rf8e467t2h5tyjrkvgmy5w7uc30lunz2mw3vpvzfwqzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjynzl2h3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8jvqysakrfufrxntqew4940k3l2yg3ln9fk2j5lnrtc86wv9whwqahr5w7'>nevent1q…r5w7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that said, the cost in dollars, time, carbon, and wear and tear on the body is tremendous, and everyone knows it. There are constant discussions about the long-term future of the meetings and how to do better. 2025-01-26T22:11:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8jvqysakrfufrxntqew4940k3l2yg3ln9fk2j5lnrtc86wv9whwqzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyu8m3gg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8k6dnnakyhypjvntle0ntjn05hmzmrw7vex24k2n7ncn8amzszygepun4r'>nevent1q…un4r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as an example of serendipity, our latest paper, on the Q-Fly interconnect, was literally triggered by me learning about the Dragonfly interconnect in an IETF session a few years ago.<br/><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09299">https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09299</a><br/>#quantumcomputing 2025-01-26T22:09:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8k6dnnakyhypjvntle0ntjn05hmzmrw7vex24k2n7ncn8amzszygzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy0r4mpp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgkaq2h5dadgw5jyfpjjt2mx3qvzf5nfz90tysjw8yl5t47v9fnwqrhkm3p'>nevent1q…km3p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the value of being there in person is the constant interaction in the hallways, receptions, breakfasts, lunches, dinners and bar sessions. It&#39;s an intense week, with lots of relationship building, franker discussion complete with body language (most good, some bad), and quite a bit of serendipity and unexpected learning. 2025-01-26T22:06:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgkaq2h5dadgw5jyfpjjt2mx3qvzf5nfz90tysjw8yl5t47v9fnwqzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyge4e52 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw6489h63n8ymjn46fx9adt7adzrgy3e2235y2kkhv09yme0h3gsc6lqxsd'>nevent1q…qxsd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>so the working group meetings themselves are about as good as they could possibly be, thanks to a small company called MeetEcho. 2025-01-26T22:02:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw6489h63n8ymjn46fx9adt7adzrgy3e2235y2kkhv09yme0h3gsczyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy0n347q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqzsyy8c8d6ag958sp4cvcgru5dk6p2jp2w7sffx8kkxeute3cxqqexny0k'>nevent1q…ny0k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t remember exactly, but I think typically about a third of registrations are for remote participation. 2025-01-26T22:01:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqzsyy8c8d6ag958sp4cvcgru5dk6p2jp2w7sffx8kkxeute3cxqqzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjylqws6m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqyem92wvpqfcek75mewsnqehf3xgn3qgr8fh9tk249vt5q2wkfvcsantt0'>nevent1q…ntt0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>IETF busts its collective butt to make the meetings as accessible as possible across many axes, with real-time, highly accurate captions on a screen in the room as well as online, and the best suite of tools for hybrid meetings I have ever seen. Even the mic line for discussion/questions is integrated between onsite and off-site. 2025-01-26T22:00:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsphyv3eu44c97nqxkwp30rj0j2pec0ra7usnn20up6g2camw9fgcqzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy29c5ca In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0mntnpkvzq8qkm8d5pz9u09uypn94dg2ue5e9cwelwqwfgl4hq2cdlcu8a'>nevent1q…cu8a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>so, what to do...<br/><br/>Not a problem with an easy answer. 2025-01-25T22:23:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0mntnpkvzq8qkm8d5pz9u09uypn94dg2ue5e9cwelwqwfgl4hq2czyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjywv0qx8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspv9y0t578ta42yhegj6y4lvtc57jh8q2lfh5ey0xa7zkur7u2wegzlysw2'>nevent1q…ysw2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and of course censorship and limited Internet access is a no-go for many. 2025-01-25T22:22:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspv9y0t578ta42yhegj6y4lvtc57jh8q2lfh5ey0xa7zkur7u2wegzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyece6xs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswx7lvx5aqz7022ucgamrxa33l46t2l6wfrhw3ys846flmt7nmx7gt5y48a'>nevent1q…y48a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>IETF, to the best of my knowledge, has never been to the Middle East because of Israeli-Arab visa issues. 2025-01-25T22:22:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswx7lvx5aqz7022ucgamrxa33l46t2l6wfrhw3ys846flmt7nmx7gzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyrhs3nf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgjz44s0789hq3rwn87xmav6nrv04slfzw23xqktmcagd26tzlysgr207a8'>nevent1q…07a8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and the other meetings are tricky for legal reasons. In some countries, you can be arrested for being gay, or if you are gay and travel with a spouse or child who needs medical care, you might be refused parental or spousal rights at the hospital. 2025-01-25T22:20:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjz44s0789hq3rwn87xmav6nrv04slfzw23xqktmcagd26tzlysgzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy6mqge6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswgm7k9g8ue0wckupam46w0828c7mn6plu03x0950dylh8rv6eaesncgs4g'>nevent1q…gs4g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and there are a limited number of venues and local hosts willing and able to do the work to host a thousand people. 2025-01-25T22:18:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswgm7k9g8ue0wckupam46w0828c7mn6plu03x0950dylh8rv6eaeszyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy0eadpe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdt3stmsu9x4qm5kvxauntluu6v794lulmduawj4jwqfknkh7w7zg94gcpy'>nevent1q…gcpy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this has been a problem since 9/11.<br/>But just moving to Canada isn&#39;t a perfect solution. People with certain immigration status in the US can&#39;t LEAVE the US without govt permission that generally isn&#39;t forthcoming, so they get left out. 2025-01-25T22:17:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdt3stmsu9x4qm5kvxauntluu6v794lulmduawj4jwqfknkh7w7zgzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjypxzwtg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2hvkeluckmq6fmv6x0fmnrjvfvm8dnkhu7qn94neduhz7s5l7xgnj0lx6'>nevent1q…0lx6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there are no easy answers on this. IETF, which meets 3x/yr (usually once in North America, once in Europe and once in Asia), struggles to find the right balance. 2025-01-25T22:14:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrqzfesc8j4n3y0cehd8cvsuueuj9ez26taksca6c84x9rshvl25szyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyta0hvs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0n2ww3ne3dkg8v08vtlw2jra4uaap2nsh8g6dltvfaqfdmum3z2sddqg8x'>nevent1q…qg8x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m on my phone and I don&#39;t see that. Will double check when I have my laptop open. 2025-01-15T02:26:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsve9chmh2tpjz9afya5kuh4769f9nfm4fkz5gqnmtz7rfa5krrlaszyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjypkktca In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxv6xwccjm8znj8qldl00qk9ju88cd9x49k6mtuhrvlsxca8jwudsvd9jxd'>nevent1q…9jxd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks. So it&#39;s not possible for people to identify by eye that it&#39;s RSS enabled on Blogger? I suppose I should add something to the profile or something then. 2025-01-14T23:45:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspdjpaf89qmz7jpy9675pp763jhx5ft2rz3m46rdcj55nuvnqkefqzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyxflchh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszut9gz2kcth7pw5mw9ssz90npz7dqts6h3fqll726t5tkdmgkmdsq3c8dw'>nevent1q…c8dw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>mine&#39;s available, according to my Settings, but how you can tell from looking at it, I dunno. I&#39;m in favor of RSS but simply never got hooked on it.<br/><a href="https://rdvlivefromtokyo.blogspot.com/">https://rdvlivefromtokyo.blogspot.com/</a> 2025-01-14T23:02:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvfx5ycp7rxzt7j2f07uwrkmaqltxfau0hn49hvznllgewerwsj9czyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy8ru6s4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszdryycsz3rqzacxe5ngp3a8zxe9vsywmwyvvtxa57y5n2zk02h2c79ew0y'>nevent1q…ew0y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the audio reading may be by the author himself, and it&#39;s perfect. 2025-01-10T14:30:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszdryycsz3rqzacxe5ngp3a8zxe9vsywmwyvvtxa57y5n2zk02h2czyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjy2njw3w <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> I&#39;m listening to Ben MacIntyre&#39;s A Spy Among Friends, and it&#39;s equal parts hilarious and horrifying. 2025-01-10T13:34:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs09agm0z8qu4933czr3jlh7zn82kwc4kmdjty9untqxsw8gmsakpszyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyldswpe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5cx7yp8rjcnekrgny89kuteudftfr84w94s7v2fecht489eqkwc3k8e0r'>nevent1q…8e0r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I thought Embassytown was good, but definitely took effort. Kraken was an easier read but not as much my cup of tea.<br/><br/>The City and the City, though? One of my favorite novels of all time. 2024-12-23T13:48:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszq7fjlwuyfkp3qxg38448xfxq6fck0syy7qn4cmjnu5u2dzzqqaszyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyjlud6v PSA: single photons are absolutely stone cold lunatic. 2024-11-23T02:45:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2phn5xnqy60ehxtfthc3vzg73x7myeaw2ex3w3jdaz04r2ycknqgzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyk0fr2k All right, all right, I&#39;m getting the pattern here... -町 -cho... -cho... -cho... ...-cho...<br/>...got it...<br/>.<br/>.<br/>.<br/>-machi.<br/><br/>Wait, what?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/113/520/307/795/501/724/original/9e96b228cd69fb07.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-21T09:47:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqygssu2k8uxc3xgyaqlafh598gmm9u65k26naj2ayvy20qjd395gzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjytmmycg Wow, a great quote:<br/>&#34;The most profound technologies are<br/>those that disappear. They weave<br/>themselves into the fabric of everyday<br/>life until they are indistinguishable<br/>from it.&#34; Mark Weiser 2024-11-14T01:38:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8cq4h7s2s9v9suaxq45mpgq688ae6l4uxmd0hzvu626q78egq8uczyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyf0xq7h THEY DISCONTINUED THE ENGLISH SUICA APP???<br/><br/>Trying to help some visiting friends make their lives a little more convenient, and failing...<br/><a href="https://kevinchen.co/blog/create-suica-for-apple-pay/">https://kevinchen.co/blog/create-suica-for-apple-pay/</a> 2024-10-23T01:52:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx8m2gfv7ahzscjghmla6vsqn7xpr3te92rcm8ur4kux8guleut5czyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyfawhwc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp4umregthwwqgnxynwz687x90md0cpjpjd08unulfjy476cfufms9uspcn'>nevent1q…spcn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yep. So hard to find the local save anymore! 2024-09-04T00:12:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs25hjcgangkgdnjvkt3ehrxkgrzf6edqg2zvet3vsc3g76xcjhr6gzyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyj4jqel Apparently, Athens, Ohio has a Tim Horton&#39;s and they have sweetened ice tea. Cultural fusion! 2024-09-01T13:48:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf2wq5wupfne4900p5agqk3tve0742m0d7lnvnvw2dxjv0h83jyyczyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyhgqknt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstdzygwyp640tnfqmsj7q42qqwy0prjh6yjjrkkx2act79050fumgcxzpkm'>nevent1q…zpkm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I post probably 80% of what I read on Goodreads, but with minimal reviews. It&#39;s one of the few things I have done fairly consistently. I like having the list. 2024-09-01T01:12:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszscydxpmke4ejuwctfkmtfvp2yp4pyr4jlwnjj7g8dd9p5fpndmszyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjyhzlnz6 Anybody here on either Bookwyrm or Storygraph? I&#39;m tired of how badly Goodreads sucks. If Bookwyrm, suggestions for an instance? 2024-09-01T00:52:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfjgjm6uxded9rakdxen8c2m6y0y5xnq6m5trfenqw4dh6gn7v0xczyrvzzm99mx5feytsgyppypjvq6cngqvhce9ujtk2tk7uar7d6vcjykjpezg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqevtend26paatetkt873jgjz4aa3dfr767vypwrah5mv5dps97cdhg0nx'>nevent1q…g0nx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the men won bronze, silver and gold in 1964, 1968 and 1972, then completely cratered for approximately five decades.<br/><br/>Ishikawa is the best individual Japanese man in decades, but Sekita drives that team like a Formula 1 car. He&#39;s gotta be one of the best setters on the planet, and at 175cm he can actually block, as he showed in the penultimate point last night. 2024-07-31T22:21:51Z