Archive - Scientific Journal of Objective Truths and Proof

Evan with Open Street Map versus the New York Times

Unhappy with the NYT's map, I spiced up Open Street Map. Now OSM is running circles around NYT.

4 hrs ago •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

June 2025

Is Mamdani just hot air like Obama? No.

I understand the hesitation and skepticism, but Mamdani is not Obama and he's not AOC.

Jun 30 •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

High school and the Iraq War

when the military came to recruit

Jun 19 •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

Why I criticize Democrats more

No, I'm not a Republican, but here is why I criticize Democrats disproportionately.

Jun 4 •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

No, Trump didn't cut the trade deficit in half

A better narrative compares the trade deficit to the 3 year average, or to the pre-election levels.

Jun 3 •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

May 2025

A black comedy: Genesis Steakhouse in Meyerland to rebrand

A hyper-local confluence of rhetoric, religion, drama, and acceptance.

May 20 •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

Voting for a presidential candidate is not unlike buying a car

Reject the sales pitch and get what you need.

May 8 •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

claude-code: Anthropic's CVSS 9.x "by design"

Claude code executes code on your computer and sends your files to Anthropic.

May 2 •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

April 2025

A lesson in informing users of your shortcoming

Retro: own your product's shortcomings, a tale of oauth-proxy

Apr 28 •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

Kubernetes needs a real --force

For ten million years developers have created and used tools with --force options. Kubernetes message is clear: those days are over.

Apr 26 •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

What does the speedometer read in empire collapse?

Rome took 400 years. Britain collapsed in a couple of decades. The USSR almost overnight. What is your prediction?

Apr 21 •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

Things politicians and pundits say about death

To celebrate or not: Brian Thompson vs al-Baghdadi

Apr 18 •

Evan Carroll (Chief Editor)

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