And now for something completely different.
Quantum immortality is a controversial speculation supported by a handful of quantum physicists and abused by many science fiction authors. In essence, it states that the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics implies that conscious beings are immortal. In this post I’ll attempt to show [...] Continue Reading…
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Last week I invited everyone who uses my Broken Link Checker plugin to answer a user feedback survey. The survey consisted of 11 questions covering a number of topics from overall user satisfaction to feature suggestions, monetization options and questions about the user’s server configuration. In this post I [...] Continue Reading…
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If you’re a blogger, would you kindly run some numbers for me? It will only take a minute, and you might learn something interesting about your site as a result.
First, take the total number of comments made on your blog and divide it by the total number of posts. [...] Continue Reading…
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In a recent Reddit thread, one commenter made a casual remark :
There needs to be a way to link to a page on Reddit and automatically apply Readability.
That seemed like an excellent idea to me. In case you haven’t heard about it yet, Readability is a bookmarklet that can [...] Continue Reading…
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Most computer keyboards have one or more keys that see next to no use in day-to-day work. The standard 104-key Windows keyboard has a whole bunch of them – ScrollLock, Pause/Break, CapsLock, the Menu key. Depending on your typing style, even more keys – like the extra Alt and [...] Continue Reading…
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