Transcript of conversation with Glenn Diesen, 28 August 2025
Transcript submitted by a readerGilbert Doctorow (Armageddon Newsletter)
Studio of Edme Bouchardon (1698 - 1762), French, born Chaumont-en-Bassigny
Red chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
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Token Design for the Royal Treasury: CRESCENT HOC SYDERE FRUCTUS | Harvard Art Museums
The sun in the form of the laureate head of Apollo shines over a grove of palms, and three laurel trees.Harvard Art Museums
Public Key for Bob Cromwell
PGP Public Key for Bob Cromwell: How to contact me securely via electronic mail.Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
Inside UMass Lowell: How to Create a University Pipeline to War Profiteering - Working Mass
By: Nate Foster LOWELL, MA – UMass Lowell (UML) has always had deep ties to American industry. Located in a city that was founded to manufacture textiles during the Industrial Revolution, the university can trace its roots back to the Lowell Textile …Deputy Managing Editor (Working Mass)
New comic strip found: Crankshaft - 2025-08-29 gocomics.com/crankshaft/2025/0…
Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for August 29, 2025 | GoComics
Read Crankshaft—a comic strip by creator Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis—for today, August 29, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!www.gocomics.com
Millions of Yemenis rally in support of Gaza, condemn desecration of Quran
SANAA, Aug. 29 (YPA) -Millions of Yemenis took to the streets of the capital, Sanaa and many other cities for mass rallies held in solidarity with the people of Palestine amid the ongoing US-“Israeli” genocide in Gaza.The rallies were held under theعماد (Yemen Press Agency)
Flunking my Anthropic interview again
Link: taylor.town/flunking-anthropic
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The Curious Case of Flunking My Anthropic Interview (Again)
I didn't misclick any buttons. My best wasn't good enough. I'm not good enough.taylor.town
Erdogan Condoles Flood Losses in Call to Shehbaz | The Daily CPEC
Erdogan condoles flood losses in call to Shehbaz, assuring Türkiye’s support as both leaders reaffirm strong brotherly ties and cooperation.News Desk (The Daily Cpec)
Events for the 30th of August from Wikipedia:
• 2014: Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Thab…
• Birth (1929) of Ian McNaught-Davis, English mountaineer and television host (d. 2014) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McNa…
• Holiday: Independence Day (Tatarstan, Russia not formally recognized) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National…
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Apple's Xcode 26 beta 7 adds support for GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4, which developers can use by signing into their paid Claude account (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
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New Xcode beta now available with GPT-5 and Claude support - 9to5Mac
Apple has released a new beta of Xcode 26 for developers today with a pair of notable changes. There’s now...Chance Miller (9to5Mac)
Essential Coding Theory
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WIne 10.14 Ships With Updated Mono, VKD3D 1.17 & Ping Support For IPv6
Wine 10.14 is out to end August as the latest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for enjoying Windows games and applications under Linux and other platforms...
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Buste van dr. Nicolaas Beets (1814-1903), letterkundige met sokkel van Rosso Asiago kalksteen, Cornelis Beets, 1894
Gift of M. Crommelin, Utrecht
marble (rock), h 88cm × w 56cm × d 36cm × w 175kg
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Sources: Meta Superintelligence Labs' leaders have discussed using Google or OpenAI's models to power Meta AI and other AI features in Meta's social media apps (The Information)
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Sources: Meta Superintelligence Labs' leaders have discussed using Google or OpenAI's models to power Meta AI and other AI features in Meta's social media apps
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USS Chaumont (AP-5) — Panama Canal Zone and Shanghai — More Photos
Pictures of the USS Chaumont (AP-5), later recommissioned as hospital ship USS Samaritan (AH-10). Photos from various sources.Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
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Israel inicia ocupação da Cidade de Gaza
Cerca de um milhão de pessoas serão deslocadas; Hamas afirma que reféns 'correm mesmo risco que palestinos'Redação Opera Mundi (Opera Mundi)
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EUA negam visto para autoridades palestinas
Medida bloqueia e revoga vistos de membros da Autoridade Palestina e da Organização para Libertação da PalestinaRedação (Opera Mundi)
artist: William Page, born Albany, NY 1811-died Staten Island, NY 1885
source: Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Filing: Intel says its funding deal with the US loosens its requirements under the CHIPS Act, including removing the need to meet certain project milestones (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)
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Filing: Intel says its funding deal with the US loosens its requirements under the CHIPS Act, including removing the need to meet certain project milestones
By Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
Fwupd 2.0.14 Adds Support for Framework QMK Devices, SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P - 9to5Linux
Fwupd 2.0.14 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P and Framework QMK devices.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
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Do the simplest thing that could possibly work
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Do the simplest thing that could possibly work
When designing software systems, do the simplest thing that could possibly work. It’s surprising how far you can take this piece of advice. I genuinely think…www.seangoedecke.com
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SQLite's Durability Settings Are a Mess
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SQLite's Durability Settings are a Mess
Is SQLite durable by default? What settings guarantee durability? The documentation and even comments from its creator give conflicting answers.www.agwa.name
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Top 100 AI consumer apps: Gemini ranks #2 behind ChatGPT on mobile with ~50% of its MAUs, with Grok at #4; on the web, Gemini has ~12% of ChatGPT's visits (Andreessen Horowitz)
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The Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps – 5th Edition
Which AI apps are people actively using? What’s actually making money, beyond being popular? We analyzed the data.Olivia Moore (Andreessen Horowitz)
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Mercado, a última parada do Ocidente patriarcal? | Outras Palavras
Ele aprisionou a cognição humana. Talvez, após o controle pela força e pela fé, seja a última encarnação da insensatez humana que arrasta o planeta para o colapso socioambiental e o risco nuclear.Antônio Sales Rios Neto (Outras Palavras)
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