Frezik
wumpus-cave.net
Frezik
@wumpus-cave.net
Programmer, handpan enthusiast, failed amateur race car driver. Writer of "Programming the Raspberry Pi with Perl".

https://wumpus-cave.net
January 26, 2026 at 7:16 PM
January 26, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Minnesota has a size 877
January 22, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Americans would rather eat burgers every day than have clean energy.

Like, just eat one less burger per week. One. There will be plenty of land for clean energy.
January 21, 2026 at 1:47 PM
And this is a sine wave
January 20, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Sine waves go negative, and have a specific shape. No, the demand curve is not a sine wave.

This is a typical demand curve:
January 20, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Below is a graph of megaprojects and how they go over budget and schedule. At the top are the worst offenders, which is topped by nuclear. Way at the bottom are the best, which includes wind and solar.

Money people look at this and know exactly where to go.
January 20, 2026 at 9:26 PM
There's only one way to do Laura Croft
January 16, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Cosmo writes a lot of bad sex advice. I nominate this for their worst sex advice of all time. Even by Cosmo standards, this one sticks out as uniquely terrible.
January 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
See also: the OG police report on George Floyd
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Putting these two together for no particular reason
December 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Checkmate, liberals
October 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The NY state "young" Republicans were robots controlled by Pinky and the Brain. Brain has Pinky make an internal chat as part of the ruse. Pinky uses Grok for it, and it spits out a bunch of racist shit. Brain's plan is foiled again by Pinky's stupidity.

Look at this pic and tell me it's not true.
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
March 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Build the kind of world where Kalashnikov would be known for his tractors
November 27, 2024 at 12:45 PM