Thanks to all for the condolences.
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Today was the last day of classSo does this mean @shirokuro will be house hunting near @bernard soon?
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One of the consequences of aging......is that you keep losing lifelong friends.
We got word a few days ago from the daughter of one of our good friends that he passed away. Wasi and I commuted on the same train every day starting back in the 1980s when Mr wtg and I moved here. We got to know each other because I used to kibitz the bridge game on the train. We would walk several blocks heading home; my car was parked not too far from Peg's and his house. The four of us went out for dinner a few times and we hit it off very well, becoming close friends.
Peg was a phenomenal cook and gardener, and Wasi's barbecued spare ribs were to die for. We explored the cuisines of many cultures together, at their home and ours and at restaurants, eating and drinking and laughing a lot. We lived through Peg's rheumatoid arthritis and knee replacements and Wasi's kidney dialysis, then transplant, and his later in life back problems.
They decided to sell their house in 2014 and move to Madison, WI to be close to their daughter. I actually found the house they ended up buying by looking at listings online! We kept in touch and managed to visit them a few times. When Peggy died some four or five years ago, Monya and Wasi put together a a "book" about her. It was a PDF that chronicled her life in text and photos.
Wasi sold their home and moved to a condo after Peggy died. We talked on the phone but between COVID and Mr wtg's health problems in recent years, we never got to see him again.
Their daughter Monya sent us a card a few days ago announcing his October 2025 passing and inviting us to a celebration of life later this summer. Monya put together a Google Earth slideshow, a link to which was on the card that she sent. It uses maps and Wasi's own photos and remembrances as the basis for walking you through Wasi's life. He was born in Assam to a Muslim family, was orphaned at a young age, moved to East Pakistan (later Bangladesh) as a child after the Partition, went to school in British Columbia, and Madison, WI...and on and on. I knew he was Bangladeshi but had never heard the details of his life story.
I don't know if anyone is interested, but I thought I'd share the link to the slideshow. @big_al , you might be interested in the wanderings of a fellow engineer. He had a PhD in mechanical engineering, was a PE, and worked on nuclear reactors when he was at Sargent and Lundy.
I had a bit of trouble navigating the slideshow on my iPad; it was much better on my laptop. After Google Earth loads, just click on Wasi's Story and start the slideshow.
Wasi loved his martinis:
Here they are sitting on the patio in their backyard.
Goodbye to our friends Wasi and Peg. You will live on in our memories.
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Piano recording: jury prep@ShiroKuro Well done!
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Ultra stainless steelA team at the University of Hong Kong has developed a new “super steel” that can survive the harsh conditions needed to make green hydrogen from seawater. The material uses an unexpected double-protection mechanism that resists corrosion far better than conventional stainless steel. Even more impressive, it could replace costly titanium parts used in today’s hydrogen systems..
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260510030950.htm
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Like most any tool AI can be used for nefarious purposesGoogle said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group’s attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company’s previously unknown digital vulnerability, adding to heightened worries across government and private industry about AI’s risks for cybersecurity.
Google shared limited information about the attackers and the target, but John Hultquist, chief analyst at the tech giant’s threat intelligence arm, said it represents a moment cybersecurity experts have warned about for years: malicious hackers arming themselves with AI to supercharge their ability to break into the world’s computers.
“It’s here,” Hultquist said. “The era of AI-driven vulnerability and exploitation is already here.”
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Canvas data breachI haven’t seen a reliable source saying that, but it’s certainly plausible.
The company acknowledged the ransom payment
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Anyone use Incogni?I looked into Optery, which is a similar service. I did the free plan, which provides a report that lists where your info is stored. It originally located 60+ sites, and I manually submitted requests to a bunch of them, requesting deletion of my info. Optery still sends me occasional emails and now it says I'm only on 30 sites. I may do some more manual deletion requests; I haven't pulled the trigger on a paid subscription.
PC Mag does a comparison:
https://www.pcmag.com/comparisons/incogni-vs-optery-which-data-removal-service-comes-out-on-top
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Sharing the wealthIf true, how fortunate for the workers to be able to share in his rich guy tax saving strategies!