Getting RailDriver to work on Linux
Getting my RailDriver train sim console working through Proton on Linux so that Train Sim World 6 can read it as a native controller
Blog by Jade Michael Thornton
Blog by Jade Michael Thornton
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Responsibility Without Informed Agency: Kant do That
Responsibility for AI systems means little without informed agency, and the AI industry's pattern of opacity around training data, environmental costs, and system prompts is a structural failure to sustain it.
The Dakota War of 1862, Part Two: Six Weeks
The second of a three-part history of the Dakota War of 1862: six weeks of fighting along the Minnesota River valley, from the first attacks to the Dakota surrender at Camp Release.
The Dakota War of 1862, Part Three: The Reckoning
The last of a three-part history of the Dakota War of 1862: the military tribunals, the largest mass execution in American history, and the exile of the Dakota people from Minnesota.
The Dakota War of 1862, Part One: When Patience Ran Out
The first of a three-part history of the Dakota War of 1862: how broken treaties, fraudulent translations, and a winter of starvation brought the Dakota to the night they chose war.
StormScope: Giving Real-Time Weather Data to Your AI
An open-source MCP server that gives AI assistants access to real-time US weather data from seven sources, enabling grounded meteorological reasoning.
Weather Station Forwarder on Cloudflare Workers
How I ported a Google Apps Script weather station forwarder to Cloudflare Workers to push my Tempest readings to CWOP, Weather Underground, PWSWeather and Windy.
Business Is Not War
Frank Slootman's Amp It Up gets some things right about standards and focus, but its war metaphors and urgency obsession miss how good work actually happens.
Your AI Is Not Your Co-Author
AI coding agents have started adding themselves as commit co-authors by default, claiming a moral responsibility they cannot hold.
Why is Dodd Road Discontiguous?
A brief history of an early highway in the Twin Cities, MN: Captain Dodd's 1853 Minnesota pioneer wagon trail, its discontiguous modern alignments, and surviving gravel segments.
Walden and Bdote: Land, Protest, and the Forgotten Cost of American Freedom
 In June of 1861, a steamboat 3 carrying Minnesota's governor, political dignitaries and a group of white observers drew up at the Redwood Agency for what would become the last peaceful treaty payment to the Dakota people 4 before betrayal, starvation, and violence made such ceremonies impossible. 5 7 8 Among those present was Henry David Thoreau, the New England naturalist, whose brief visit…
Org-roam: Automatically Set Node Created and Modified Dates
Enhancing Org-roam nodes with auto-updating created and modified properties.
Connecting consult-line with isearch history
Adding the latest consult-line search term to isearch history for easy search continuation
A list of the best bug write-ups I've read
A modest list of interesting blog posts containing tech mystery stories exploring how a bug or mistake came about, how it was discovered, and how it was fixed.
Snyk Language Server in Emacs
Setting up the Snyk Language Server for use in Emacs by defining a custom server connection in LSP Mode
A Few Lesser-Known Emacs Packages
A continually updating list of my favorite lesser-known Emacs packages
Overriding project.el project root in Emacs
A short function to override what project.el thinks your project root is with a hidden file
Halfway on Main: Thoughts on Clean Architecture
Uncle Bob ignores his own advice when considering the 'Main' component, but we can improve on his thoughts and learn from them.
Remove (deinit) a Git submodule
A quick reminder of how to remove a Git submodule, because I always forget
Fix Steam 'Corrupt Update Files'
How to fix the annoying error when downloading or updating some Steam games, which reports the error 'Corrupt Update Files'
Automatically add Jira issue to commit message from branch name
When your git branch name contains an issue number (e.g. from Jira), automatically format git commit messages with the issue number at the end
Data Paradigms in TCL: Associative Arrays vs Dictionaries
Understanding the fundamental differences between TCL's associative arrays and dictionaries, and when to use each.
A Known SSH Socket for Tmux
Using a known, shared SSH socket to enable agent forwarding through an existing tmux session
TCL Wat
A collection of weird TCL edge cases and gotchas I've encountered while working at FlightAware.
What's new in http-server v0.12?
A preview of upcoming features in http-server v0.12, including Brotli compression, configuration files, and improved error handling.
Fixing cmdline for Non-Terminal Usage
A fork of the TCL cmdline package that fixes a bug preventing usage in non-terminal contexts by removing the dependency on argv0.
ClearNight Retro
Introducing a new dark, relaxed retro theme for the Atom text editor
I successfully compiled the xmr-stak miner with CUDA
After many errors and failures, I found a method to successfully compile the xmr-stak unified XMR miner with CUDA support
The Internet worm of 1988: A Tour of the Worm
On the evening of November 2, 1988, a self-replicating program was released upon the Internet. Within the space of hours this program had spread across the US.
Remove an element from an Array in Javascript
A new Javascript function to remove any element from an Array in an intuitive way, with support for negative indexing.
What's new in ECMAScript 2017
Two years ago, ES6 gave a massive update to the already powerful ECMAScript standard. This year's release, ECMAScript 2017, provides several new features and changes. Let's take a look
Duplicate IDs in HTML: What would happen?
Duplicated IDs occur both intentionally and not, so what happens when a browser tries to render them?
Set DuckDuckGo as default search in Thunderbird
DuckDuckGo can still be tricky to add to some services. However, adding it to Thunderbird is just a few short steps.
Vero: A Simple Zsh Theme
Announcing the release of Vero, a simple and informative theme for Zsh with git status, version managers, and more.
Coding a website from scratch - a timelapse
Jade creates a simple website from scratch using the Bootstrap framework
Combine multiple Excel workbooks into sheets in a single workbook
A quick VBA subroutine for combining multiple Excel workbooks into a single workbook, making ingestion into Tableau easier
Protonmail - Why I switched and you should too
ProtonMail brings email privacy to the people while maintaining a fantastic user experience characteristic of a first-class email service.
Switch Caps Lock and Escape (Linux)
For those with lazy hands like me, switching Caps Lock and Escape can avoid uncessesary effort. Making the switch is just a couple short steps.