Welcome!
This is the personal site of Dominic Ricottone.
You can also find me on GitHub, GitLab, SourceHut, Bluesky, and LinkedIn.
Here are my most recent blog posts.
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Japanese Romanization, posted on 2025-06-25
I fell into a Wikipedia rabbit hole about romanization standards. And in the process, I’ve realized that the way I write my wiki is… not exactly the norm.
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Installing Arch Linux ARM on a Pinebook Pro, posted on 2025-06-02
A series of notes for future me, regarding the installation of Arch Linux ARM on a Pinebook Pro. First, installing a new OS.
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Madison, posted on 2025-05-05
I recently spent a long weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. This is a part of a larger effort I’m making this year to see more of the Midwest.
I occasionally post on Bluesky, mostly about concerts and music.
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Now listening to:
Sub Urban live at Cobra Lounge
(also shout out to Madelline, who opened, but sadly I arrived late and missed her performance)
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Now listening to:
joan, Blonde Redhead, and Bloc Party live at the Salt Shed
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They are Bonfire, an AC/DC cover band!
AC/DC themselves will of course be playing here in just 12 hours. I'm sure that playing the same venue on the same day is a pretty cool thing for a cover band to experience. (I will *not* be here for that show.)
My most listened to music of the last 30 days. See more on LastFM.
- Man of the Year by Lorde
- This Void Can Be Satiated by Sub Urban
- SKINNY LOSER by Sub Urban
- What You Sow by Sub Urban
- Clip thru U by Sub Urban
Articles from around the internet I would recommend reading.
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From: Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Date: June 25, 2025
Subject: Why are primary elections hard to predict?
From my article from 2011 on the above topic: Presidential general election campaigns have several distinct features that distinguish them from most other elections: 1. Two major candidates; 2. The candidates clearly differ in their political ideologies a…
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From: Drezner’s World
Date: June 25, 2025
Subject: Trump: Even More Wrong!
So much for the quick and painless airstrike.
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From: Imperfect notes on an imperfect world
Date: June 23, 2025
Subject: Fragments
Collection #27
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