I’ve had to rewrite a bit of the Comics Aggregator code to be able to add Alexandra Petri to it. Because this involved switching from one third-party library to another in code that doesn’t just impact Alexandra Petri, I may have broken something. I did some testing and everything seems to be working, but I… Read More: Some Comics Aggregator internals changed, let me know if you… »
I’ve added the humor columnist Alexandra Petri, who previously wrote for The Washington Post and now writes for The Atlantic, to the comics aggregator. If you don’t feel the need to read her stuff Right Away When It Comes Out, then I would encourage you to use the “1-day delay” variant of her entry in… Read More: Alexandra Petri added to comics aggregator »
All my posts prior to today about my participation in a clinical trial for a truly revolutionary cholera vaccine.
You can use Wise to convert dollars into foreign currency at a very competitive rate, then transfer the converted currency into an HSBC Expat account, if you have enough liquidity to open one.
I made some mistakes, it cost me some time and a bit of lost data, and I’ve taken steps to make sure if it happens again I’ll lose less time and less data.
Look back on simpler times, when the GOP pretended that lying about an affair was sufficient grounds to remove a president from office. Look, and despair.
We encounter bits and pieces of micro-shittiness all day, every day, because people don’t care about the quality of their work, people don’t take responsibility for fixing things that are broken, and people don’t think any of it matters, even though it does, very much, actually.
My insurance company screwed something up, and after many online messages, letters, and phone calls, it’s still not 100% certain that it’s resolved, and even if it is it’s going to take another month to be properly fixed.
I got a much faster computer for much less than it would have cost if I had bought something pre-assembled.
Boston has robust plans in place to ensure that Poll Pad failures will not compromise an election, but I still have some concerns.