«Some forgiveness can be given for a borrowed name that’s unlikely to cause a semantic collision in normal use, such as Python or Lisp. But there can be none for such abominations as Processing or Go. These are words so often used in computing contexts that not even a regex match pattern written by God could disambiguate all the indexing and search collisions.»
Author Archives: John Lusk
The Garden and the Stream: A Technopastoral – Hapgood
«What is harder to understand is how in nearly 25 years of the web, when people have told us what they THINK about local subsidies approximately one kajillion times we can’t find one — ONE! — syllabus-ready treatment of the issue.»
Of course, “can’t find” isn’t quite the same as “doesn’t exist” (unless you ask me again in an hour), but… good point.
(In case it’s not obvious, “local subsidies” is not the topic here.)
I really need to #readLater this essay on #knowledgeManagement #ontology
(I might be misusing “ontology”. Oh well.)
Or… maybe I’m ok, after all:
«Ontologies. Ontology is the newest label to be attached to some knowledge organization systems. The knowledge-management community is developing ontologies as specific concept models. They can represent complex relationships among objects, and include the rules and axioms missing from semantic networks. Ontologies that describe knowledge in a specific area are often connected with systems for data mining and knowledge management.»
https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub91/1knowledge/#:~:text=Ontologies.%20Ontology,knowledge%20management.
Found via Google search «is there an “-ology” for knowledge organization and management?»
Oh my goodness, there are at least two organizations dealing with this:
- https://www.isko.org
- https://knoworg.org/ (a private organization with a broken web site, afaict)
Hendrick’s Flora Adora Gin | Expert Gin Review and Tasting Notes
https://theginisin.com/gin-reviews/hendricks-flora-adora-gin/
This stuff is only good for one thing: a Salty Dog.
Corn Recipes for Late Summer – The New York Times
Well, here we go again:
«It was all the sign I needed that fall, with its chunky cable knits and deluge of pumpkin-spiced products, is nearly here.»
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/dining/late-summer-corn-recipes.html
(paywalled; ping me if you’re truly interested.)
The Register: USENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix
Grrreat googly moogly!
https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/30/usenet_revival/
Although I have to say: the original Usenet spam was for clean golf balls, not the green card spam.
Georgia’s Brian Kemp Rebuffs Calls To Remove Fani Willis | HuffPost Latest News
What the heck is up with Ga. Republican leaders? (I still don’t trust them, but at least they support democracy? Maybe?)
«Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, another Republican, made similar remarks in a letter Wednesday after some of his colleagues suggested they could defund Willis’ office….»
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-kemp-fani-willis_n_64f0c220e4b03bdff3ae0643
Proud Boys Joe Biggs, Zachary Rehl Sentenced For Jan. 6 Plot
The Year of Finding Out:
«Biggs wore an orange prison jumpsuit and black, thick-rimmed glasses as he spoke before Judge Kelly early Thursday afternoon, taking breaks to sob during a brief statement.
“My curiosity got the better of me and I will have to live with that for the rest of my life,” he said. “I’m so sorry.”
Judge Kelly responded with a note that the actions taken by Biggs and the Proud Boys upended not just the election process on Jan. 6, but the election process going forward.
“What happened that day … it broke our tradition of the peaceful transfer of power, which is the most precious thing we had as Americans,” Kelly said. “Notice I say had — we don’t have it anymore.”
Rehl, who bragged in communications with Proud Boys about being “proud of what we accomplished” following the Capitol attack, sobbed during his sentencing hearing.
Wearing an orange jumpsuit with shackles around his feet, Rehl stood to address Judge Kelly and expressed remorse for his actions.
“A complete lapse in judgment cost me everything,” Rehl said, according to reporters in the courtroom.»
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-joe-biggs-sentenced_n_64ef3e5de4b0efecbcb97d74
The Guardian: Gin, vermouth … chicken stock?! How did martinis get so weird – and are they more fun to make than drink?
Ok, so here’s the thing: the meaty/oily martinis should be served WARM. Pot liquor of any kind with a slug of gin (plus vermouth (or sherry), why not?) = yum.
Honestly, I’ve already posted about this.
I mean.., seriously. Skip dessert, and retire to the living room with mugs of spiked pot liquor.
PUNCH: A Forgotten Gin Cocktail, the Army Navy, Makes a Comeback
«Rich Orgeat
8 ounces almond milk
225 grams Demerara sugar
225 grams granulated white sugar
pinch of smoked sea salt
3/4 ounce Faretti Biscotti liqueur or amaretto liqueur
heaping 1/4 ounce Cognac
1 bar spoon rose water1. Bring almond milk to a low simmer; do not let it boil.
2. Add both sugars and the smoked sea salt, gently stirring until completely dissolved.
3. Remove from heat and stir in the liqueur, Cognac and rose water.
4. Allow to cool fully, then bottle and store in a cool, dark place (best not refrigerated). Keeps for about 1 month.»
https://punchdrink.com/articles/army-navy-gin-sour-cocktail/
Ok, I can do this.
“Demerara” sugar is just regular sugar with a smidge of molasses. 1/8 tsp? A drop?
“smoked” sea salt is just salt with maybe a drop of liquid smoke?
Any fool can get rose water at the local Mediterranean/Mideast grocery store, at least.
Menahan Street Band
I’m always discovering #music 20 years late.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5rzqN3D5nTCYIlXUg9t9Jq?si=T_MWBgf9RVC6HZVKCBV3pA
#MenahanStreetBand