Abstract_Typist

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by Abstract_Typist 18d ago
This is a nice, recent article on the Wolsztyn service, if you don't read Polish: https://railwayworld.net/2026/03/21/daily-steam-services-res... This is unrelated, but will put a smile on your face if y
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by Abstract_Typist 18d ago
This is an issue, but one Europe is acutely aware of and working on. WERO is one strand of that. https://www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2026-06-23/independence... https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com&#x2F
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by Abstract_Typist 18d ago
Ah.. SWIFT is an international cooperative, originated in Europe and based in Brussels..
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by Abstract_Typist 4mo ago
"Hell hath no fury like a vested interest masquerading as a moral principle"
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by Abstract_Typist 5mo ago
https://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/archive-042020....
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by Abstract_Typist 6mo ago
Nice analogy * I guess the current wave is going to give us Sofware Development Epicycles (SDEC?) * All analogies are "wrong", some analogies are useful
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by Abstract_Typist 7mo ago
> it will be the users sculpting formal systems like playdoh. People are pushing back against this phrase, but on some level it seems perfect, it should be visualized and promoted!
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by Abstract_Typist 7mo ago
The trees are canonical though. I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree Indeed, unless the billboards fall I’ll never see a tree at all. Song of the Open Road - Ogden Nash
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by Abstract_Typist 7mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
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by Abstract_Typist 7mo ago
The conventional wisdom is ~70% of serious security bugs are memory safety issues. https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/CSAC_TAC_Re...
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by Abstract_Typist 8mo ago
> I suppose because they resemble the abstractions that make complex language possible As in models: All analogies are "wrong", some analogies are useful.
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by Abstract_Typist 8mo ago
If you consider engineering the art of the possible. (Yes, I know it's a politician's phrase, that's because politics is the art of the plausible ... )
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by Abstract_Typist 9mo ago
Not a guy ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Stark