Leo R. Comerford
@leocomerford.bsky.social
I am Leo Richard Comerford. Did you know ... rats *cannot* be *sick*?
Would it also have responsibility for gallowglasses?
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Would it also have responsibility for gallowglasses?
Van Morrison *shudder*
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Van Morrison *shudder*
She’s looking extra UPA today.
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
She’s looking extra UPA today.
TSP being narrative-heavy is ironic given that it’s a condemnation of “story-based” gaming.
October 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
TSP being narrative-heavy is ironic given that it’s a condemnation of “story-based” gaming.
Is that why car bodies started turning to marshmallow from about the late '90s, too?
October 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Is that why car bodies started turning to marshmallow from about the late '90s, too?
Where “Song 2” and “Kernkraft 400” are still fighting it out in the top 10. youtu.be/gbcG2TI4GBk
Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (Original Version)
YouTube video by Salito
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Where “Song 2” and “Kernkraft 400” are still fighting it out in the top 10. youtu.be/gbcG2TI4GBk
Well, quick to anger.
October 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Well, quick to anger.
@shadowtodd.bsky.social Sorry if it's on the list already, but "Becoming Pigs" by Neru, at 0:55: "Don't stop, [music stops] keep moving, [music stops]"
youtu.be/Z9DXOZUbmJ4?...
youtu.be/Z9DXOZUbmJ4?...
Neru - 豚になってyeah yeah (Becoming Pigs Yeah Yeah) feat. Kagamine Len
YouTube video by Neru OFFICIAL
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
@shadowtodd.bsky.social Sorry if it's on the list already, but "Becoming Pigs" by Neru, at 0:55: "Don't stop, [music stops] keep moving, [music stops]"
youtu.be/Z9DXOZUbmJ4?...
youtu.be/Z9DXOZUbmJ4?...
You wouldn't even have to take away Internet access altogether: you could instead provide a Web browser w. disabled JS, a blacklist, comprehensive logging & rate limiting. That wldn't be sure to catch the most determined attempts at steganography but shld hopefully make it harder than just studying.
October 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
You wouldn't even have to take away Internet access altogether: you could instead provide a Web browser w. disabled JS, a blacklist, comprehensive logging & rate limiting. That wldn't be sure to catch the most determined attempts at steganography but shld hopefully make it harder than just studying.
But is it any good? Don't worry, there is a full review online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=coh_...
Keyboard Waffle Iron keyboard review
YouTube video by Chyrosran22
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
But is it any good? Don't worry, there is a full review online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=coh_...
Empty list is fairly close though.
October 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Empty list is fairly close though.
Hydrologist George Bugliarello en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_... was also a fan: ouci.dntb.gov.ua/en/works/4Ov... , scholar.google.com/scholar?cite... .
George Bugliarello - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hydrologist George Bugliarello en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_... was also a fan: ouci.dntb.gov.ua/en/works/4Ov... , scholar.google.com/scholar?cite... .
Two more citations of "Some observations concerning large programming efforts": in "Systems Management Applied to Large Computer Programs in BUIC III; Review of Experience" from Systems Development Corporation, June 1969 apps.dtic.mil/sti/citation... (BUIC being en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-Up...) ...
apps.dtic.mil
September 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Two more citations of "Some observations concerning large programming efforts": in "Systems Management Applied to Large Computer Programs in BUIC III; Review of Experience" from Systems Development Corporation, June 1969 apps.dtic.mil/sti/citation... (BUIC being en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-Up...) ...
The Institute for Defense Analyses www.ida.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institu... seems like a bit of a RANDesque revolving door.
Institute for Defense Analyses - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Institute for Defense Analyses www.ida.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institu... seems like a bit of a RANDesque revolving door.
(I assume that some of the other people at the "Command and Control" session at the 1964 SJCC had a general, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_M.... etc., had at least a general idea of what the score was, too.)
Ruth M. Davis - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
(I assume that some of the other people at the "Command and Control" session at the 1964 SJCC had a general, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_M.... etc., had at least a general idea of what the score was, too.)
AGILE IS AN NSA OP, got it. Seriously though, quite likely Daniels didn't happen to leave before 1953, and quite likely at least some of the software work which he drew from his experience of was in fact rather secret.
Institute for Defense Analyses | IDA
Home page for Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) website describes IDA and provides photos and links to recent research, publications, and the IDA-at-a-glance infographic.
www.ida.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
AGILE IS AN NSA OP, got it. Seriously though, quite likely Daniels didn't happen to leave before 1953, and quite likely at least some of the software work which he drew from his experience of was in fact rather secret.
@martinfowler.com, were any of the Snowbird people etc. familiar with Almon Daniels and the "Some observations concerning large programming efforts" paper, so far as you know? bsky.app/profile/hill...
I was doing some software history research and stumbled on this absolutely FASCINATING letter from 1964: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Some random defense contractor writes in to say "You should deliver a minimal prototype as fast as possible to get feedback and involve users at every stage of labor"
Some random defense contractor writes in to say "You should deliver a minimal prototype as fast as possible to get feedback and involve users at every stage of labor"
Some observations concerning large programming efforts | Proceedings of the April 21-23, 1964, spring joint computer conference
dl.acm.org
September 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@martinfowler.com, were any of the Snowbird people etc. familiar with Almon Daniels and the "Some observations concerning large programming efforts" paper, so far as you know? bsky.app/profile/hill...
(He also seems to have had an undergraduate maths scholarship at UIUC in 1937: uihistories.library.illinois.edu/REPOSITORYCA... Someone named "Almon E. Daniels" also appears to have done US genealogy work: I don't know if it's a different person or not.)
uihistories.library.illinois.edu
September 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
(He also seems to have had an undergraduate maths scholarship at UIUC in 1937: uihistories.library.illinois.edu/REPOSITORYCA... Someone named "Almon E. Daniels" also appears to have done US genealogy work: I don't know if it's a different person or not.)
A US FOI request might help: see 🧵: bsky.app/profile/leoc...
FWIW (& you may know these already), a few other bits and pieces about the "Some observations concerning large
programming efforts" paper. It did get some attention: it's listed in William E. Riddle's 103-page 1972 "Annotated Bibliography of Software Architecture" slac.stanford.edu/vault/collva... …
programming efforts" paper. It did get some attention: it's listed in William E. Riddle's 103-page 1972 "Annotated Bibliography of Software Architecture" slac.stanford.edu/vault/collva... …
slac.stanford.edu
September 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A US FOI request might help: see 🧵: bsky.app/profile/leoc...
Is Almon E. Daniels something close to the Clifford Cocks of Agile, I wonder?!
(He's also mentioned in one other place, apparently: "US Wargaming Grows Up" by Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi @sharonhelsel.bsky.social scholar.google.com/scholar?clus... )
(He's also mentioned in one other place, apparently: "US Wargaming Grows Up" by Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi @sharonhelsel.bsky.social scholar.google.com/scholar?clus... )
scholar.google.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Is Almon E. Daniels something close to the Clifford Cocks of Agile, I wonder?!
(He's also mentioned in one other place, apparently: "US Wargaming Grows Up" by Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi @sharonhelsel.bsky.social scholar.google.com/scholar?clus... )
(He's also mentioned in one other place, apparently: "US Wargaming Grows Up" by Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi @sharonhelsel.bsky.social scholar.google.com/scholar?clus... )
That's document A68814 in the NSA's (William F.) "Friedman Documents" collection www.nsa.gov/Helpful-Link... , Panel, Committe and Board Reports section: www.nsa.gov/Helpful-Link.... This suggests that a new FOI request might release some more information about Daniels' software-engineering work.
www.nsa.gov
September 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
That's document A68814 in the NSA's (William F.) "Friedman Documents" collection www.nsa.gov/Helpful-Link... , Panel, Committe and Board Reports section: www.nsa.gov/Helpful-Link.... This suggests that a new FOI request might release some more information about Daniels' software-engineering work.
… well, it appears that in 1949, at least, he was a member of an NSA precursor organisation: no. 2 in the Methods & Prod. Section of the Operations Division. www.nsa.gov/portals/75/d...
www.nsa.gov
September 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
… well, it appears that in 1949, at least, he was a member of an NSA precursor organisation: no. 2 in the Methods & Prod. Section of the Operations Division. www.nsa.gov/portals/75/d...
As to why the author, Almon E. Daniels, doesn't have more publically-visible publications www.hillelwayne.com/post/algdt-h... ...
A Very Early History of Algebraic Data Types
Been quiet around here! I’ve been putting almost all of my writing time into Logic for Programmers and my whole brain is book-shaped. Trust me, you do not want to read my 2000-word rant on Sphinx post...
www.hillelwayne.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
As to why the author, Almon E. Daniels, doesn't have more publically-visible publications www.hillelwayne.com/post/algdt-h... ...