You have my sympathies.
Still able to do productive work at 99 is the way to go; but still a great loss.
I am truly heartbroken to say that the great Peter Green just passed away this morning at age 99 here in Iowa City. He truly was one of the greatest classicists to have lived and was finishing a Herodotus translation until his last days. S·T·T·L
Really interesting article on the ethics of data deletion by Simson Garfinkel (whose name I had to fight autocorrect over): mit-serc.pubpub.org/pub/fesqymtr
System designers must decide if they wish to implement systems that never delete anything, that delete local copies but leave remote backups, if they truly delete sensitive data everywhere, or if the ...
Every NYT interview with undecided voters is the "production for use" scene from His Girl Friday.
We didn't have free school lunches when I was a kid. When I heard about it, my first thought was "I didn't have lunch when I was a kid & I was fine." Then I remembered that I compulsively overeat because I am subconsciously terrified I won't find food again. Anyways, kids should get free lunches.
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