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https://www.twz.com/news-features/bunker-talk-lets-talk-about-all-the-things-we-did-and-didnt-cover-this-week-198#comments

The last convictions from Jan 6 have been reluctantly vacated by a federal judge, after the DoJ motioned that the original charges were invalid.

The judge wrote a strong opinion that he disagreed with the DoJ actions, but has no choice under the law.

"No one should mistake the Court’s granting of the Government’s motion for its agreement with those decisions.

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edburns / spotless-retry-wrapper.patch
Created July 5, 2026 14:53
Retry wrapper for Spotless check to handle transient P2 HTTP/2 failures
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-sdk-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/java-sdk-tests.yml
index d1dd9c63..b2f85188 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-sdk-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-sdk-tests.yml
@@ -75,12 +75,19 @@ jobs:
- name: Run spotless check
if: matrix.test-jdk == '25'
run: |
- mvn spotless:check
- if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
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edburns / dd-2934766-java-coding-problems-second-edition-eval-propensity.md
Created June 23, 2026 22:47
dd-2934766-java-coding-problems-second-edition-eval-propensity.md

Java Coding Problems Second Edition — Eval Propensity Assessment

This document ranks every problem in Java Coding Problems, Second Edition (Angel Leonard, Packt) for suitability as a vscbench eval scenario.

This book is available in Microsoft's O'Reilly subscription: link.

Legend

Column Meaning
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edburns / all-titles.txt
Created May 16, 2026 06:14
all-titles.txt
005.zip 005
10yard.zip 10-Yard Fight (World, set 1)
10yard85.zip 10-Yard Fight '85 (US, Taito license)
10yardj.zip 10-Yard Fight (Japan)
11beat.zip Eleven Beat
18wheelr.zip 18 Wheeler (JPN)
1941.zip 1941: Counter Attack (World)
1941j.zip 1941: Counter Attack (Japan)
1942.zip 1942 (Revision B)
1942a.zip 1942 (Revision A)
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edburns / ghcp-sp-85-docs-dialod.md
Last active May 14, 2026 23:56
## ghcp-sp-85-docs-gh-pages

ghcp-sp-85-docs-gh-pages

16:33 Prompt

This repository is the source code for the website https://docs.github.com/. I am looking for evidence of docs content in this repository that shows text interspersed with code samples. Is there any such content?

16:45 Response

Find docs with interspersed text and code

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edburns / 20260416-ep-8349-bruno-borges-agentic-sync-sequence-diagram.md
Created April 16, 2026 15:49
20260416-ep-8349-bruno-borges-agentic-sync-sequence-diagram.md
sequenceDiagram
    participant Cron as ⏰ Cron Schedule<br/>(Monday 10:00 UTC)
    participant WUS as Weekly Upstream Sync<br/>Workflow
    participant Upstream as github/copilot-sdk<br/>(upstream repo)
    participant LastMerge as .lastmerge file
    participant GHIssues as GitHub Issues
    participant Copilot as Copilot Coding Agent<br/>(copilot-swe-agent)
    participant Prompt as agentic-merge-upstream<br/>prompt
    participant Scripts as Utility Scripts<br/>(.github/scripts/)
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edburns / 20260417-moral-culpability-of-citizens-for-govt-actions.md
Created April 16, 2026 13:00
20260417-moral-culpability-of-citizens-for-govt-actions.md

Receipts

https://chatgpt.com/share/69e0dd70-38e8-8332-8592-3018c6030800

08:40 Prompt

Make me smart regarding what history's moral philosophers have written about the culpability of citizens in a democracy for the actions of their governments.

For example, to what extent are the citizens of USA morally culpable for the actions of their government in the 2026-02 war of agression against Iran?

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edburns / 20260407-irans-anti-access-and-area-denial-strategy-is-cruder-than-chinas-but-still-dangerous.md
Created April 7, 2026 17:33
20260407-irans-anti-access-and-area-denial-strategy-is-cruder-than-chinas-but-still-dangerous.md

Iran’s Anti-Access and Area Denial Strategy Is Cruder Than China’s But Still Dangerous

https://warontherocks.com/2026/04/irans-anti-access-and-area-denial-strategy-is-cruder-than-chinas-but-still-dangerous/

Anti-access and area denial is an operational effect, more precisely, a family of related effects that require different capabilities, operate at different ranges, and impose different burdens on an adversary.

Anti-access operates at the strategic-operational level. It aims to prevent or delay an adversary from entering the theater, raising the cost of transit through chokepoints and corridors until intervention becomes delayed, degraded, or politically unsustainable. In its most expansive form, anti-access also targets the infrastructure from which an adversary would mount operations: the bases, logistics nodes, command facilities, and early warning systems that enable power projection.

Area denial operates at the operational-tactical level. It aims to restrict freedom of maneuver within the theater

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edburns / 20260407-irans-anti-access-and-area-denial-strategy-is-cruder-than-chinas-but-still-dangerous md
Created April 7, 2026 17:31
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# Iran’s Anti-Access and Area Denial Strategy Is Cruder Than China’s But Still Dangerous
https://warontherocks.com/2026/04/irans-anti-access-and-area-denial-strategy-is-cruder-than-chinas-but-still-dangerous/
Anti-access and area denial is an operational effect, more precisely, a family of related effects that require different capabilities, operate at different ranges, and impose different burdens on an adversary.
Anti-access operates at the strategic-operational level. It aims to prevent or delay an adversary from entering the theater, raising the cost of transit through chokepoints and corridors until intervention becomes delayed, degraded, or politically unsustainable. In its most expansive form, anti-access also targets the infrastructure from which an adversary would mount operations: the bases, logistics nodes, command facilities, and early warning systems that enable power projection.
Area denial operates at the operational-tactical level. It aims to restrict freedom of maneuver within the theater
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edburns / 20260316-zhuokaiz-five-kinds-of-world-models.md
Created March 16, 2026 17:39
Here are, in my view, five categories of world models.

https://x.com/zhuokaiz/status/2032201769053212682

@zhuokaiz AMI Labs just raised $1.03B. World Labs raised $1B a few weeks earlier. Both are betting on world models.

But almost nobody means the same thing by that term.

Here are, in my view, five categories of world models.