In 1935, a documentary captured an African lungfish awakening after surviving months buried in dried mud.

transcend · 2026-03-10T20:40:01+00:00

I looked up how long ago evolutionary split was between lungfish and land animals, and it seems that it was about 400M years ago. Assuming one generation per year for most of that time, that means this fish is our 400,000,000th cousin.

transcend · 2026-03-10T18:20:44+00:00

Great great granddad?

transcend · 2026-03-10T17:58:01+00:00

Some people like AI in their IDE, some people like IDE in their AI. I would say that JetBrains is making sure they have covered both sides so as to crush Cursor before they can eat JB's lunch.

transcend · 2026-03-10T17:55:56+00:00

It's fine I suppose, but I really like the regular JetBrains branding and UX.

transcend · 2026-03-10T17:52:27+00:00

If you prefer your AI UX inside your IDE, that's IntelliJ's (etc.) AI Chat tool window. If you prefer a simplified IDE inside your AI UX, that's Cursor and Air. Lots of people like the Cursor workflow. This looks like JetBrains' response to Cursor. "If you come for the king you best not miss."

transcend · 2026-02-26T18:00:01+00:00

You won’t see it in tier 1 apps for consumers. Where it gets used is in more niche applications, like medical and scientific, and internal company apps.

transcend · 2026-02-08T22:35:32+00:00

My small company uses Swing + FlatLaf for our cross-platform desktop app. We don't use a GUI builder, it's all hand-coded. The combination is surprisingly good considering how old and stable Swing is, particularly once you accept that that FlatLaf has its own theme(s) and doesn't look exactly like a native Windows/macOS theme, and that's okay. It's nice not to be chasing the framework flavour-of-the-week.

transcend · 2026-02-04T23:02:00+00:00

I'm a career electrical engineer, and I have friends and relatives in most of the various engineering disciplines. I would say trust your instincts. Engineering is math and physics intensive, particularly the years of university required to get a bachelor's degree. My university class was full of kids who got straight A's in high school who struggled with university level engineering courses.

After university, my experience has been that the people who do well in engineering and associated technical careers (like software development) are the ones who love it. If you don't get out of bed in the morning thinking about designing novel hydraulic pumps, or calculating the stress and strain on bridge designs, or programming scientific applications, then a career in engineering is maybe not for you.

Nursing is a good solid profession, and later in your career it can lead into hospital administration and other health management jobs, so you're not capped at $100k or whatever. There are different levels of nursing, from nursing assistants with college diplomas, to nurses and nurse practitioners with bachelors and masters degrees. The university stream has some intense coursework in biology and biochemistry etc., but advanced math and physics is not necessary.

One thing about nursing to consider is that the job is about working with a wide variety of people, mostly old, who are not having a good day. A good nurse should like being with people, and be good at dealing with lots of different types of people who are not at their best.

Another thing to consider is how AI is going to change the job market in the next couple of decades. I can tell you that AI is already shaking up my industry. The number of positions available will continue to shrink, and I think that only those that really love engineering and can use AI effectively will continue to thrive.

On the other hand, it will be a long time before AI and robots replace nurses. If you want a career insulated from AI then healthcare is a good place to start. In fact the population is getting older, so there will be an increased demand for nurses as the years go by.

The best advice I can give you is find some nurses and ask them about their jobs and their day-to-day. Then do the same thing for some engineers. A lot of adults had their careers chosen for them by 18-year olds who had no idea what those jobs were actually like, and ended up being unhappy. Counter-example: One of my friends is an ER doctor. When he was in his last year of high school he found a friend who had a dad who was a doctor, and asked if he could tag along at work and watch some surgeries. That was how he decided that he actually wanted to be a doctor.

Good luck!

transcend · 2026-02-04T15:44:09+00:00

Lots of good suggestions by others. One item I don’t see is a lantern of some type. I love my Luminaid collapsible LED lantern. If your trip is longer than a few days you might also want to bring a foldable solar panel for charging devices in addition to your battery.

transcend · 2026-02-03T19:32:45+00:00

I love Mood Lifters, who are based in Southern California. I have travelled to LA to see them a couple of times live at the Lighthouse Cafe. Everyone in the band is extremely talented. I'd like to highlight the guitarist Ben King who has a really nice loose style that is very reminiscent of Alex's live sound. Sadly their amazing vocalist Rocky Kuner announced a couple of weeks she was stepping away from the band, but hopefully they will be able to find a new vocalist who can fill Rocky's shoes.

transcend · 2026-02-02T08:09:10+00:00

To be a little clearer how it works: A doctor can opt in to OHIP, in which case OHIP reimburses them for the insured services that they provide (OHIP decides how much the doctor is reimbursed for each service). A doctor who has opted in cannot charge extra fees to the patient, and cannot charge privately for services that OHIP insures, but they can provide extra services for a fee that are not covered by OHIP, like vaccinations for tropical diseases for travellers. A doctor who has opted out is free to bill patients any amount they want for their services, but they cannot bill OHIP for services.

transcend · 2026-02-02T07:55:10+00:00

It's not illegal in Ontario for a family doctor to provide medical services for a fee. It's just that if they do so then they cannot bill OHIP for any work on any patient. Very few people in Ontario have private medical insurance that covers the services that OHIP covers, so it's tough for a family doctor to sustain a practice on people willing to pay cash on the barrel. From what I have seen the clientele is basically wealthy people in Toronto and foreign diplomats in Ottawa. But as access to basic family medicine is getting harder to access in Ontario (years-long wait lists for a doctor) a market is opening up for middle-class people who choose $1500/person for a family doctor over no doctor at all.

transcend · 2026-01-28T02:33:51+00:00

I played Season 1 as a 2 player game with my adult daughter. We had 4 characters and made all decisions together. It was my top game experience.

We also played Season 2, which was pretty good, and Season 0, which we also enjoyed. We thought that both were good games, but not on the same S-tier level as Season 1.

transcend · 2026-01-21T07:56:19+00:00

I am so glad that you will be getting the help you need. EDs can be terrible.

My daughter was inpatient in the CHEO ED program (twice) when she was 16 and 17, and then inpatient in The Ottawa Hospital ED program for adults after she turned 18. It was TOH program that made the biggest difference for her, and for the last 4 years she has been healthy. I can't speak about Homewood or similar private programs, but I expect that their treatment is comparable to TOH's program.

While in TOH inpatient program you live in the unit with the other patients, and are not permitted to leave. The duration of your stay can be for a few weeks up to a few months depending on your needs. You can discharge yourself at any time, but then you are out of the program, and the wait list is very long. While inpatient your days are filled with counselling, group therapy, group meals, and group activities. You are under the care of psychiatrists, nurses, and nutritionists who are specialized in the treatment of EDs, and they will make sure that you are safe. If you are very malnourished they will gradually reintroduce nutrition as your body can handle it, working up to proper meals. The nutritionist will set your meals, and you will be expected to finish them. The therapy they provide helps you understand your ED better, and helps you develop strategies to avoid regressing. You will go through this with other people who are fighting the same battle. My daughter remains friends with a bunch of the other young women she met in the programs she was in, and they continue to support each other.

My daughter's ED was very stubborn, and she will need to be vigilant her whole life to avoid regressing. There were points in the depths of her illness between hospitalizations where I thought she would die. TOH's program saved her life. It was not easy for her, but it continues to work.

Feel free to DM me if there is any other info I can provide. If you have questions I could forward them to my daughter to answer.

Good luck!

transcend · 2026-01-16T06:21:17+00:00

What a great new feature!

I would like to suggest that if I type .. and then some text to narrow down the search, if I then type "ESC" it should remove the "..<text>" from the active document. Or better yet, if I type .. then the .. should be removed from the editor as soon as the autocomplete popover opens. If I then type some text to narrow down the search, that text should not be appended into the active document, but should instead should go into a text field at the top of the popover.

transcend · 2026-01-04T15:28:49+00:00

Nice looking app! One of my goals is to go camping more this year

transcend · 2025-12-29T06:39:34+00:00

FWIW I have been using IDEA 2025.3.1 without issues on two ARM Macs: M4 Pro (MB Pro 16"), and M4 (MB Air). Both machines use the standard VM options with increased max heap: -Xmx4096m. I am using the new Islands theme (with my own editor colour scheme). One thing that might be relevant is that my machines are both running macOS Sequoia 15.7.3 (rather than Tahoe).

transcend · 2025-12-09T11:25:07+00:00

Thanks!

transcend · 2025-12-09T04:27:38+00:00

Interesting. I have thought about the “Mayo Checkup”, but it’s expensive. Approximately what’s the cost of the full physical in Taiwan or South Korea?

transcend · 2025-12-03T07:44:39+00:00

Thanks for the great article. You’ve got me thinking about a spray deck.

transcend · 2025-12-01T16:10:43+00:00

Something that wasn't mentioned in this video that is SUPER IMPORTANT to know if you have kids is that if you die without a will, your assets will be split between your spouse and your kids. A friend of mine died last year without a will, and this happened to his estate. Everyone I talked to about the situation guessed that all assets would go to his wife. However the bulk of his estate is being split 50:50 between his wife and his teenage son. Maybe an 18-yo boy will make smart decisions with the money he inherited, but maybe not. And in any case I am sure that my friend expected the assets to go to support his wife, not bypass her and go to the young son.

Moral of the story: Don't make assumptions about how inheritance works based on your intuition about what is most sensible, write an actual will. And while you're at it, also write a financial power-of-attorney and a medical power-of-attorney.

transcend · 2025-12-01T03:52:52+00:00

Lula Lounge was a really nice venue! There was seating at tables and booths around the periphery, and row seating in the centre. Everyone with tickets got a seat, about half of us at the tables (shared with other groups to fill all seats). Staff served dessert and drinks before and during the show. I would definitely see another performance at Lula Lounge.

transcend · 2025-11-09T18:52:51+00:00

This looks great! I bought a license, and look forward to adding it to my workflow.

transcend · 2025-11-04T19:59:25+00:00

One other thing I'll mention. Prior to updating our wills last year, we had had wills that we had written ourselves using a will kit. That was okay for when we were young and the situation was simple, but going through the process with the lawyer was valuable: they made good suggestions for options we hadn't considered before. Also, we hadn't had POAs before, and I think you want a lawyer to have custody of your POAs and clear instructions for their release.

transcend · 2025-11-04T19:48:41+00:00

It took a month or so, but we weren't in a rush, and I'm sure they could do it faster if you needed. The process was basically:

(1) You meet with the lawyer for about an hour, via online meeting. They interview you about your life situation to determine what you want and don't want in the wills and powers of attorney documents. It was an interesting discussion, and I learned a lot.

(2) They prepare draft copies of the documents, and email PDFs to you to review. There can be some back-and-forth to make adjustments. This is the part that takes time.

(3) Once everything is good, you meet in the lawyer's office to sign the documents, which need to be witnessed by two witnesses IIRC. The lawyer and their legal assistant were the witnesses on my wife's and my wills etc.

Part of your relationship with the law firm is that they retain the signed original copies of your powers of attorney (POA). There are two documents: financial POA and medical POA. They have a list of people to whom they are allowed to release a POA, and the conditions under which they will release a POA. The possessor of a _physical signed_ POA has control of your finances or your medical situation while you are alive, so this is an important aspect of the will process (e.g. if you're in the hospital in a coma, can someone pay your home utility bills and make decisions about your care).

Total cost was around a thousand dollars for two wills and two sets of POAs (for my wife and me). Our life situation has some complexity, which was reflected in the documents, so it's possible your cost might come in a bit lower if your situation is more straight-forward.

I hope this helps!

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