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ive once again been exposed to the video of that professor SHOCKING gen z students by speaking fluent zoomer, and i must now publicly state that he'll never come close to the delightful energy of this gentleman

This is a delightful segment on RNZ (nights with Emile Donovan) talking about 'perfect pitch'... https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2018993777/shower-thoughts-what-is-perfect-pitch

OK, this seems interesting.
https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-fediverse-experience/

delightful fediverse experience
Delightful curated lists of free software, open science and information sources.

Finished "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway last night. For me, it was a gripping and absolutely delightful read. I can recognize that I'm absolutely unequipped to judge whether it authentically reflects the experiences of many or few of the people whose situations are similar to the protagonists', but I find myself fervently hopeful for the former, even as I recognize such hopes in the part of people like me can be part of ultimately harmful publishing selection feedback loops. (If anyone reading this happens to have read the book and found it distasteful, I'd love to hear that.) Notwithstanding my probably overcautious uncertainty, I'll definitely be seeking out more books by Benway. At the very least, I really enjoyed her little joining and framing metaphors, and the pacing and plot construction were good, with lots of nicely interwoven implications arising through the buildup, and an ending that left me satisfied (albeit, I'm an inveterate optimist, YMMV).
#AmReading

Watching MURDERBOT ( the TV show )
It's not the books
But it's pretty fun. Particularly love the Preservation team, who are adorable goofballs, every one.
Still has the delightful combination of emotional competence porn (on the part of Preservation) and miltech competence porn (on the part of Murderbot)
They need each other in ways they don't know.

"Symbols & Signs: Decoding Medieval Manuscripts": delightful examples in the article at https://www.getty.edu/news/can-you-crack-these-medieval-codes/ & an exhibition until 10 Aug at the Getty Center in LA.

Oh wow, MacOS's new liquid glass themes look genuinely cool. I hope the ricing community picks it up.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/06/apple-introduces-a-delightful-and-elegant-new-software-design/

Gosh I would love to make the things I create more expressive and delightful, while being instantly familiar...

De taart staat in de oven:
NYT Cooking: Blueberry Crumb Cake
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015511-blueberry-crumb-cake?smid=ck-recipe-android-share
> It’s easy to find an occasion to serve this cake — b…

Blueberry Crumb Cake Recipe
It’s easy to find an occasion to serve this cake — breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or snacktime will do. The dominant flavor here is the berries. Don’t be tempted to increase the amount of walnuts in the topping — scarcity makes them even more delightful.

USC professor Allison Marsh writes this delightful short article for IEEE Spectrum about Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert's British counterparts in Cambridge and how, in their case, a document (the Lighthill Report) precipitated cuts in British AI research funding in ways similar to how funding was temporarily cut in the U.S. following MIT's publishing of Minsky and Papert's "Perceptrons" in 1969.
"Freddy the Robot Was the Fall Guy for British AI"

Freddy the Robot Was the Fall Guy for British AI

Its creator lost a power struggle that led to an AI winter in the 1970s

What a delightful little tool to remove duplicates in IMAP mailboxes
https://github.com/quentinsf/IMAPdedup
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ — would use it again

GitHub - quentinsf/IMAPdedup: IMAP message de-duplicator
IMAP message de-duplicator. Contribute to quentinsf/IMAPdedup development by creating an account on GitHub.