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The Twilight of Statcounter and Google, or the Demise of Passive Web Analytics

Discussions citing Statcounter data to claim a rapid surge in Linux users in the United States have been making waves. However, taking these figures at face value is premature. In fact, checking the telemetry of sites under my own administration reveals that Non-Browser traffic in Netlify’s Observability has reached 62.5%. Linux user share in the US exceeds 18% (Gigazine, Japanese) Data from Cloudflare Radar exhibits a similar trend. ...

September 3, 2026 · 8 min · 1695 words · gorn

What Is This Crappy Pipeline?

There are simply no words to describe how utterly hopeless this is. Test, “aaaaa” mistakenly published on official Sunrise “MAO” website (ITmedia, Japanese) “I wouldn’t know! I know nothing of fail-safes! Humanity merely self-destructs through the pipelines they build themselves!” “Splendid, isn’t it?! Pouring endless budget and time like water, only to finish a switch that broadcasts ‘aaaaa’ to the entire world!” “Sunrise itself has broadcast Providence to the whole world!” “This is humanity’s dream, humanity’s hope, humanity’s karma!” ...

August 31, 2026 · 2 min · 425 words · gorn

The Gemini Illusion: Returns

Revision History 2026-08-14: Added analysis from the perspective of objective function optimization (shortcuts / reward hacking). The “Gemini Illusion” phenomenon, which seemed to have quieted down for a while, is resurfacing once again. Using a real conversation example, I will analyze the structural issues behind this latest error. I entered a prompt containing context from the following news article: Ahead of the cabinet reshuffle scheduled for September, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is wrestling with difficult decisions. (remainder omitted) ...

August 13, 2026 · 5 min · 859 words · gorn

Figures Don't Lie, But Liars Do Figure

The ZDNET Japan article titled “Linux on Desktop market share exceeds 10% – nearly doubling in one year” has a major flaw. The underlying data for this article has already been called into question by other media outlets. For instance, CNET’s article “Linux traffic spikes in North America: Why?” captures the core issue brilliantly, including its headline—accurately identifying “Linux traffic spikes in North America” as the fundamental cause behind the metric shift. ...

August 7, 2026 · 3 min · 462 words · gorn

The Curse of 'Human-Centricity': The Truth About AI That Elon Musk Overlooks

According to the Gangnam Times article “Musk Declares Arrival of ‘Robot Civilization’ at Davos: ‘Within 5 Years, Humans Will Step Down from the Lead Role’”, Elon Musk stated: “There is a possibility that an AI more intelligent than any human will appear by the end of this year or next year at the latest.” “By around 2030 or 2031, AI will reach a level of intelligence higher than all of humanity combined.” ...

February 22, 2026 · 4 min · 827 words · gorn