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| Jan 17, 2026 | » | Babel, or the Necessity of Violence
21 min; updated Jan 17, 2026
body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/kuang-babel.jpg'); } Babel, or the Necessity of Violence. An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution. R. F. Kuang. en.wikipedia.org . Aug 23, 2022. ISBN: 9780063021426 . Accessed Jan 17, 2026. On Language Language was always the companion of the empire, and as such, together they begin, grow, and flourish. And later, together, they fall. “Translate, please.” This all hinged on him, Robin realized.... |
| May 19, 2020 | » | Chrome vs. Everybody
3 min; updated Feb 12, 2023
Browser Market Share Worldwide (2009 - 2020). Source: [statcounter | GlobalStats](#browserShare20092020) At the very least, Chrome is worth studying. Something worked out. I’m biased, I only plan to deeply explore Chromium-based browsers and Firefox. Stability, Testing and the Multi-Process Architecture In a single-threaded browser, devs use asynchronous APIs - which may sometimes hold the browser up. Instead of multiple threads, Chromium chose multiple processes: isolation, independent crashes, better asymptotic memory management, identifying expensive sites, etc.... |
| Jul 8, 2016 | » | 1. The 3 Rules of Epidemics
2 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
The Law of the Few From 1995 to 1996, the # of children born in Baltimore with syphillis increased 500%. CDC blamed it on cocaine and reduction in clinics. In 100k+ Colorado Springs town, the gonorrhoea epidemic tipped because of the activities of 168 people living in 4 small neighbourhoods, frequenting the same 6 bars. Gaëtan Dugas, an Air-Canada flight attendant, is [mis?]regarded as “Patient Zero” for AIDS in the US.... |