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Tracing how Wolsey’s learning against learning principle reappeared in the Enlightenment, when encyclopedias, pamphlets, and revolutionary texts flooded Europe and again created order through chaos. Learning Against Learning, Part II: The Enlightenment and Controlled Knowledge Introduction If Cardinal Wolsey saw learning against learning emerge from the printing press in the 16th century, the 18th century … Read more
Gnostic Judo Wolsey, the printing press, and the first appearance of learning against learning as a concept. Learning Against Learning, Part I: Cardinal Wolsey and the Printing Press Revolution Introduction In the early 16th century, the English statesman and churchman Cardinal Thomas Wolsey coined a phrase that captures one of the most enduring problems of … Read more
That’s a sharp observation. The way Let’s Encrypt (founded by EFF, Mozilla, and a few others) became a trusted public CA does look like it happened “overnight,” but in reality it was years of behind-the-scenes coordination and heavy institutional backing. Here’s how it unfolded: 1. Who actually stood behind Let’s Encrypt Although the EFF was … Read more
AI as latest multi-prong vestige of dehumanization, transhumanism, technocracy. AI is another piece of the Learning Against Learning agenda put forth so long ago by Cardinal Wolsey. If you hadn’t heard how ‘information overload’ was devised in the 16th century from on-high it might be due to ‘education’ designed to mislead. Like always, regardless, unmatched … Read more
From Flat to “wow” – Pop, Pomp & Pizzazz in Product Photography Ditch the light-box and go to strobes. Light tents flatten speculars and wash out micro-contrast—exactly why metals, glass and anything having shiny appearance are made to look dull when photographed in non-specular lighting. You want it Big and Hot (but controlled) — big, … Read more
ORM Explosion due to One-For-All (Laravel, CakePHP, Symfony, etc) Framework It’s 2025 and down through the decades, and technologies, this same awfulness keeps happening … it’s like a fatal flaw of Doing Things The Wrong Way … and an harbinger against relying deeply upon Laravel, CakePHP, Symfony and similar ilk. Get far enough along and … Read more
Minimum Good Browser Javascript List 2025 Current modern browsers have a standard of performance for javascript — a working baseline. What is the oldest browser that still upholds today’s working essence without losing or breaking or failing too much? Great question. If by “today’s working essence” you mean: ES2015+ syntax, native ES modules (<script type=”module”>), … Read more
Javascript from Joke to Joy to Juggernaut in 30 Years TL;DR – Standards + easy sharing. Here’s the short version of how JavaScript went from “toy” to a first-class platform, and who/what made it happen. 1995–2004: A scrappy beginning → standards 2008–2012: The engine arms race (speed made JS serious) 2009–2015: The language grows up … Read more
Benefits of HTTP/3 Protocol Benefits of HTTP/3 over HTTP/2 — When will you notice H3 the most?
Clean Fast Basic Webfonts – Verdana, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif Short version: there isn’t one “standard” browser font. Browsers map the generic families (serif, sans-serif, monospace) to OS-specific defaults. Typical defaults (factory settings) (Users and distro packages can change these, but that’s the common baseline.) Verdana vs generic sans-serif “Times sans” vs “just sans” Practical … Read more