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Given we are approaching that time of the year, my big piece from years back on the 1983 Cold War Crisis (and the role of Stanislav Petrov in it) over onto authory as a free-to-read. Over the years, the myth of what happened has been simplified. The reality was scarier. Because: Ronald Reagan.

The Day the World Didn’t EndAt the height of the Cold War, with alarms screaming, one Soviet officer stopped to think. It cost him his career. It may also have saved the world. The morning of the 26th September 1983 had started ...authory.com

And the point: 'Because to be able to identify the mechanism does not invalidate the mechanism.' That resonates with me because of my weird training. One part growing up with an English teacher parent, one part Radio 4 audio drama, one part close up magic

(I am a horrible pedant who knows the exact footnote in Appendix A that covers this. I should probably have spent more time outdoors as a kid.)

Now I just need to find the right whisky to pour… www.ptbrewco.com/merch/the-co...

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obsessed with the font on IKEA's clam chowder packaging. this is what's in the freezer on the Nostromo

Cringing with fear, the monsters of Ignorance turned in flight and, with anguished cries too horrible ever to forget, returned to the damp, dark places from which they came. The Humbug sighed with relief, and Milo and the princesses prepared to greet the victorious army.

Write-Optimized B-Trees [2012] By: Michael A. Bender, Martin Farach-Colton, Rob Johnson, et al. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love/refs/heads/main/data_structures/b-trees-write-optimization.pdf #paperswelove #research #compsci

"But there's so much to learn," Milo said, with a thoughtful frown. "Yes, that's true," admitted Rhyme; "but it's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters."

🔭 Barnards Loop over Twin Volcanoes Image Credit & Copyright: Gonzalo Laserna Vargas ap260728

the sky above the port was the color of a wine-dark sea

"I warned you; I warned you I was the Senses Taker," sneered the Senses Taker. "I help people find what they're not looking for, hear what they're not listening for, run after what they're not chasing, and smell what isn't even there.”