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So, it's really going to happen. My next book to be published by Wiley is slated for release in April.
I have analyzed some high-profile cyber incidents and mapped them to the outcomes in the NIST 2.0 Framework.
The goal is to give real-world relevance to what can sometimes be dry but absolutely necessary cybersecurity fundamentals that all defenders should take to heart.
Even more exciting is that Wiley will be offering corporate and government purchasers some intere…

I'm back and I'm here to tell you how well the Steam Deck sells or doesn't sell in the world.
What place did Steam Deck reach in what market? Results:
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Global Sellers: 22
Australia: 3 (unchanged)
UK: 2 (a bit less popular or a bit less in stock, you decide)
Looked up each other relevant country separately:
NOTHING!
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I remember the Italians LOVED the Steam Deck.
They can't buy it anymore!
STEAM DECK CRI…

The world has felt too suffocating to keep up with or comment on the last couple of weeks. Sorry.
I’ve been reading more though. Books are nice. I like books. Fiction calms me down more these days, but a lot of nonfiction feels relevant and urgent, so it spikes my curiosity.
I just like myself better when I read books every day and am disciplined enough to read most books start to finish within 1-2 weeks of starting them.

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues
Conservation and historical groups sued Tuesday,
challenging Trump administration orders removing exhibits on slavery, civil rights, Indigenous history and climate science from national parks.
A federal judge ordered restoration of an exhibit about enslaved people at George Washington’s Philadelphia home,
comparing the censorship to Orwell’s dystopian “1984.”
The removals exte…

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues
A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have forced park service staff to remove or censor exhibits that share factually accurate and relevant U.S. history and scientific knowledge, including about slavery and climate change.

Because because because because because. Because of the wonderful things he did in the last scene.
Improv teacher Steve Hoopla in today's 'story' course guided us through some "Because Games", in which scenes are to be causally connected. Each following on from prior scenes. Because that happened, this happened.
He didn't explicitly mention Pixar's "Story Spine", but the main loop in Pixar's story template is "...and because of that..." looping over and over between the introduction, call to adventure, and conclusion.
Causality is what strings a story together, gives it structure an avoids it being just a disconnected dream sequence. This scene is only happening because of the events in the prior scenes. It gives the string of scenes meaning and relevance.
So good fun to drill some of that stuff with the team and end up with sheep infestations and santa claus robot wars among other laughs.
Gonna miss next week's session due to a prior engagement, but the team is gelling well. Pretty sure we could do this show without much further guidance really. Everyone's very good.
#london #improv #hooplaImpro

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan is a non-fiction book published in 1995.
I just finished reading it and I swear to you it is as relevant today as when it was written. As if 30 years haven't passed. Humanity keeps repeating the same mistakes over and over again and again.

Podcast recommendation: Have you ever heard of OMNIX, LSX, or CROMIX? Those were early – and quite exotic – Unix distributions, long before Linux. Enjoy: https://adventofcomputing.com/?guid=5b2cf3fa-0f86-4750-b302-3fb6e362d1a9

Advent of Computing
Welcome to Advent of Computing, the show that talks about the shocking, intriguing, and all too often relevant history of computing. A lot of little things we take for granted today have rich stories behind their creation, in each episode we will learn how older tech has lead to our modern world.

Zero Carbon V2X Tariffs for Non-Domestic Customers
Elisheva S Shamash, Zhong Fan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07308 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.07308 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.07308
arXiv:2512.07308v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: With the aim of meeting the worlds net-zero objectives, electricity trading through contractual agreements is becoming increasingly relevant in global and local energy markets. We develop contracts enabling efficient energy trading using Vehicle to Everything technology which can be applied to regulate energy markets and reduce costs and carbon emissions by using electric vehicles with bidirectional batteries to store energy during offpeak hours for export during peak hours. We introduce a contract based on the VCG mechanism which enables fleets of electric vehicles to export electricity to the grid efficiently throughout the day, where each electric vehicle has its energy consumption and exporting schedules and costs.
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RE: https://mas.to/@TechConnectify/115985224639778868
Very relevant video, I really recommend watching it in its entirety