Stories by ColinWright

Language and Personality

We Don't Have to Destroy Ourselves

Uncertainty is part of being human, so how can we learn to live with it?

The parents who insist home-education is the answer for their children

LLMs and Regular Expressions

Using Uninitialized Memory for Fun and Profit (2008)

BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline

Classic HN: The Story of Mel (1983,1992,1999,2001,2002)

A liar who always lies says "All my hats are green."

Mathematics and Art: The Large Herisson Project

Creating a generic "Log-in with Mastodon" service

Bi-elliptic transfer orbit maneuver

Out of our depth: speaking with whales

Pomaranč: "A Celestial Spectacle Captured…"

The Material Foundations of Intellectual Production

Bluesky intends their indexing to be used by third parties

The Broom Method – How NASA detects hydrogen leaks

Can a Comma Solve a Crime?

La Salle Causeway

Self Hosting Is an Unhelpful Term

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