Overheard: Although I'm bald, I still own a comb. I just can't part with it.

Microsoft quietly revealed that WordPad, the basic word processor that’s been included with Windows since 1995, is being retired. https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-11/288088/rip-wordpad

"First, it sounds as though it was written by a robot. That was drunk. Or possibly high." https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/01/gannett-stops-using-ai-to-write-articles-for-now-because-they-were-hilariously-terrible/

"Burning Man conditions are bordering on disaster with over 70,000 people trapped and sheltering-in-place after rains turned the playa into an undrivable mud pit." https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/no-access-after-burning-man-rain-storm-18344393.php

“For Christ sake write and don’t worry about what the boys will say nor whether it will be a masterpiece nor what. I write one page of masterpiece to 91 pages of shit. I try to put the shit in the wastebasket.” —Ernest Hemingway, Letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald, 28th May 1934

Norfolk Police Division responded to a call of a man driving eastbound on 275 with a Watusi bull in his passenger’s seat. https://northeast.newschannelnebraska.com/story/49572004/norfolk-police-pull-over-man-and-bull-riding-shotgun

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Yeah, this is cool. https://www.core77.com/posts/125639/Boss-Move-This-Corner-Office-from-1939-is-an-Elevator

This isn't quite like mansplaining the pope, but it approaches it.

I remember seeing this map when it was new.
https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~315658~90084441:Silicon-Valley

Why old books smell so good https://scienceswitch.com/2023/08/19/why-do-old-books-smell-so-good/

Um if you thought your company had a toxic culture, this may be a “hold my beer” story. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/axon-taser-exposures/

Every reader would ignore the warning at the start of each book that you cannot go back once a decision is made
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/27/how-choose-your-own-adventures-helped-me-win-the-booker-prize

Charles Martinet, 67, was the original voice of the Italian plumber, starting with the 1996 installment Super Mario 64. https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/aug/22/voice-of-mario-charles-martinet-retires-nintendo

Explore the benefits of the new #Redis implementation of the #Triton Caching API, including advice for using Redis to supercharge your NVIDIA Triton instance.
https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/how-to-build-a-distributed-inference-cache-with-nvidia-triton-and-redis/

Cache eviction involves determining which cache entries to retain and which to discard when a cache fills up. Here’s how it works in #Redis.
https://redis.com/blog/cache-eviction-strategies/

King of condoms: The man trying to make contraception sexy. #Longread https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/27/man-who-wants-to-make-condoms-sexy-durex

Tools for keeping an eye on Hurricane #Idalia, via @researchbuzz

As usual, she is brilliant, kind, and knowledgeable
https://researchbuzz.me/2023/08/30/keeping-an-eye-on-hurricane-idalia/

The ancient art of Japanese Noh mask making https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-noh-mask-maker-summons-a-lifelike-face-from-a-single-block-of-wood