Good morning, Today is the first Friday of 2025. I spent the New Year’s holiday in a backcountry hut with friends and family, reflecting on 2024 and what I’m hoping for in 2025. One of the things I’m most excited about in 2025 is to explore this intersection of technology and humanity more through the lens of science fiction. I hope you’ll indulge me for an extra TCIP edition this week to share.

How do you design user-friendly APIs in Rust? The answer is easy: you use them! Let’s build a simple Rust CLI tool using what I call the “magic function” approach.

In this living document, I will document reactions to uses of homomorphic encryption by members of the public. By “member of the public,” I mean people who may be technical, but are not directly involved in the development or deployment of homomorphic encryption systems. This includes journalists, bloggers, aggregator comment threads, and social media posts.

Dr. Phil Lackey is retiring from Wake Forest University School of Medicine after many years of service to the school and the community. True to his amazing character, he was on service during his final week of work. Dr. Lackey has been an instrumental part of expanding our activities in High Resolution Anoscopy(HRA) and has been a great mentor to many of our students, residents, and fellows.

Esta entrada inaugura una nueva serie sobre la que llevo pensando algún tiempo, dedicada monográficamente al léxico empleado en la edición de textos.

As always around the turn of the year, I reflect on the past (or passing) year and the new (or upcoming) year in my blog. A look back at 2024 and ahead to 2025 is crucial for understanding the trends and changes that have impacted me. First, I want to mention that I moved my website from the domain scidebug.com to pulse49.com. The name scidebug was too similar in name to the company scidecode , in which I am involved.

MeatEater Mini-Crossword: Whitetail, Vol. 2 Are you a crossword enthusiast who also loves the outdoors? If so, you’ll be thrilled with the latest installment of MeatEater Mini-Crossword: Whitetail, Vol. 2. These puzzles are not only entertaining but also uniquely tailored for those who appreciate the beauty of nature and the thrill of the hunt. H2: What Sets This Crossword Apart?

(Previously: 2022, 2023.) #1. Baldassar Castiglione, The Book of the Courier This book gets cited from time to time as a sort of historical guide to "being cool," since the characters spend some time discussing the idea of sprezzatura , basically grace or effortlessness. More interesting to me was the differences between Renaissance conceptions of virtue, character, &

What are the best Go books this year? Read my (relatively) unbiased recommendations for the Go books you should absolutely buy and read right now, whether you’re a beginner or expert Gopher.

Happy new year to those who observe the Gregorian calendar. I will write a post on the observations that test the predictions discussed last time. It has been over a quarter century since Bob Sanders correctly predicted that massive galaxies would form by z = 10, and three years since I reiterated that for what JWST would see on this blog. This is a testament to both the scientific method and the inefficiency of communication.

TL;DR: The Papermill Alarm has grown to become a comprehensive mix of methods for detecting organised research fraud and simplifying a complex problem. But there’s something new. Something bigger and better from Clear Skies.