Coding Horror
I Fight For The Users
If you haven't been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year (if that), I...
12 hours ago
If you haven't been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year (if that), I can't blame you. There's a lot going on right now. It's a busy time. But let's pause and take
Farza's Newsletter
we bought a matcha machine and im caf'd out my mind help
what the hell is going on
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what the hell is going on
Maps Mania
The Most Popular Music in Your Town
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informal
Informal’s 2023 Gift Guide
Shift holiday shopping into high gear with our curated shortlist of stellar products from companies...
15 hours ago
Shift holiday shopping into high gear with our curated shortlist of stellar products from companies that have worked with our informal freelance collective. The people and companies we work with, ...Read More
The post Informal’s 2023 Gift Guide appeared first on informal.
The Great Discontent...
Yashas Mitta
Yashas is a creative director and ambitious connector. He was also a self-described outsider for...
11 hours ago
Yashas is a creative director and ambitious connector. He was also a self-described outsider for much of his life, and his path from Bangalore, India to New York City has been a winding one driven by sheer stubbornness and a keen instinct for creating community wherever he goes....
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bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, November 2023
The Ware for November 2023 is shown below. Thanks to “zw” for mailing me this device to take apart...
17 hours ago
The Ware for November 2023 is shown below. Thanks to “zw” for mailing me this device to take apart and share!
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Racy git magic
Exploting a long-standing git bug for my own amusement.
And I think there is one known race: the...
8 hours ago
Exploting a long-standing git bug for my own amusement.
And I think there is one known race: the index mtime itself is not
race-free.
– Linus Torvalds, Re:git
bugs, 2008
A well-known race condition skulks through git’s plumbing.
And I can demo it via a git magic trick 🪄1
$ tree...
James Cheshire
COVID inquiry heard Boris Johnson ‘struggled’ with graphs – if you do too, here are some tips
James Cheshire, UCL and Rob Davidson, UCL In March 2020, the UK government’s chief scientific...
yesterday
James Cheshire, UCL and Rob Davidson, UCL In March 2020, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, presented to the nation a graph showing “the shape of an epidemic”. The red line depicting the number of predicted COVID cases rose to a steep peak before...
Handprinted - Blog
Designing a Repeat Block by Hand
Visualising what your design will look like when printed can be the hardest thing about designing a...
yesterday
Visualising what your design will look like when printed can be the hardest thing about designing a repeat pattern. We have a good method for sketching out your initial design to see how it will work when it has been printed.
For this project, we will be using a mounted lino...
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
2 days ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
2 days ago
Understanding political violence.
Construction Physics
Could We Boost Housing Construction by Permitting ADUs Under the HUD Code?
To boost housing construction, some jurisdictions have adopted a new strategy: allowing the...
2 days ago
To boost housing construction, some jurisdictions have adopted a new strategy: allowing the construction of Accessory Dwelling Units, or ADUs. ADUs, sometimes called “granny flats,” are small, secondary housing units built on the lots of existing single family homes – things like...
Left To Write
№ 76: RIP Charlie Munger (1924-2023)
The investing legend, the goat of common sense and wisdom, and the Vice Chairman of Berkshire...
2 days ago
The investing legend, the goat of common sense and wisdom, and the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Quanta Magazine
The New Quest to Control Evolution
Modern scientists aren’t content with predicting how life evolves. They want to shape it. ...
2 days ago
Modern scientists aren’t content with predicting how life evolves. They want to shape it.
The post The New Quest to Control Evolution first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Boof
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The frustrating thing is when she's trying to get...
2 days ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The frustrating thing is when she's trying to get her crack but it's at the bottom of the purse under the boxes of tissues, pocket bible, and coupon books.
Today's News:
Sorry for the missed updates, but I am at last home! For...
Common Edge
Climate Lessons From the Floating Villages of Cambodia
Social and cultural values may be as important as hard (and expensive) infrastructure.
2 days ago
Social and cultural values may be as important as hard (and expensive) infrastructure.
99% Invisible
The Known Unknown [EPISODE]
How to honor unidentified remains has always been one of the great conundrums of war. The Romans...
2 days ago
How to honor unidentified remains has always been one of the great conundrums of war. The Romans were fond of honoring them with an empty sarcophagus. After the Civil War, the Union buried 2,111 soldiers in a mass grave in Arlington that they purposely built in the middle of...
The Rational Walk
Charlie Munger (1924 – 2023)
A life well lived
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Rozado’s Visual...
DepolarizingGPT
A Political Chatbot that Gives 3 Politically Diverse Answers to Every Prompt
3 days ago
A Political Chatbot that Gives 3 Politically Diverse Answers to Every Prompt
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Examples of Great URL Design
Here’s Kyle Aster on why thoughtful URL design is important (in 2010):
URLs are universal. They work...
3 days ago
Here’s Kyle Aster on why thoughtful URL design is important (in 2010):
URLs are universal. They work in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, cURL, wget, your iPhone, Android and even written down on sticky notes. They are the one universal syntax of the web. Don’t take...
Mazdak
The ChatGPT Revolution: A Year Later
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a large language model (LLM) that quickly captured...
3 days ago
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a large language model (LLM) that quickly captured the attention of the world. ChatGPT's ability to generate human-quality text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer questions in an informative...
Moneyness
Are central banks too reliant on SWIFT for domestic payments?
Central bank settlement systems are the the tectonic plates of the payment system: they are vitally...
3 days ago
Central bank settlement systems are the the tectonic plates of the payment system: they are vitally important to our lives, but we never see them in action. All of a nations' electronic payments are ultimately completed, or settled, on these systems. If they stop working, our...
The Marginalian
How to Apologize: Reflections on Forgiveness, Self-Forgiveness, and the Paradox of Doing the Right...
"It's permitted to receive solace for whatever you did or didn't do, pitiful, beautiful human."
3 days ago
"It's permitted to receive solace for whatever you did or didn't do, pitiful, beautiful human."
The Roots of...
Neither EA nor e/acc is what we need to build the future
Over the last few years, effective altruism has gone through a rise-and-fall story arc worthy of any...
3 days ago
Over the last few years, effective altruism has gone through a rise-and-fall story arc worthy of any dramatic tragedy.
The pandemic made them look prescient for warning about global catastrophic risks, including biosafety. A masterful book launch put them on the cover of TIME....
Society's Backend
Mastering the Art of Documentation
Documentation is really just glorified dog sitting
3 days ago
Documentation is really just glorified dog sitting
I Have No Idea What...
6 pricing A/B tests I’ve run (and which ones worked)
How pricing experiments helped me reach $6,000 MRR
3 days ago
How pricing experiments helped me reach $6,000 MRR
Rest of World -...
Building an app that uses AI to interpret dreams
Pandemic isolation inspired Coco Chen to work on the spiritual health platform Dreamore.
3 days ago
Pandemic isolation inspired Coco Chen to work on the spiritual health platform Dreamore.
Londonist
The Most Festive Christmas Afternoon Teas In London This Year
Scones and cakes with a seasonal twist.
3 days ago
Scones and cakes with a seasonal twist.
Engineer’s Codex
What developers should know from the OpenAI saga
3 key takeaways: a multi-model strategy's necessity, emerging AI infra, LLMs as abstractions.
3 days ago
3 key takeaways: a multi-model strategy's necessity, emerging AI infra, LLMs as abstractions.
Platformer
The OpenAI saga isn’t over just yet
A new board and a promised investigation could threaten Altman’s happy ending
3 days ago
A new board and a promised investigation could threaten Altman’s happy ending
GeoCurrents
The Shift Toward Rightwing Populism in the Centrist Electorate of the Netherlands
The recent Dutch election sent out political shockwaves that extend well beyond the Netherlands, as...
4 days ago
The recent Dutch election sent out political shockwaves that extend well beyond the Netherlands, as noted in media outlets both left and right. A headline in right-leaning Spiked Online reads “The Humiliation of the Dutch Establishment: The Victory of Geert Wilders Shows Voters...
Diaries of Note
The sight that met us was beyond anything one could conceive
Few archaeologists can claim to have felt the surge of exhilaration that Howard Carter did on 27th...
4 days ago
Few archaeologists can claim to have felt the surge of exhilaration that Howard Carter did on 27th November 1922, as he stood before the threshold of discovery in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. The electric lights glared down on a scene of ancient splendour as Carter and his team...
Nothing Human
Prayer over a new smartphone
Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most...
4 days ago
Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most treasured possession. I will feel your weight in my pocket every moment of every day, a presence as constant as my breath. The muscles and bones of my hand, arm, and shoulder will deform...
Andreessen Horowitz
a16z Connect/Fintech
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
4 days ago
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Nat Eliason's Essays
Make the Commitment You're Afraid to Make
The cost of looking for new mountains
4 days ago
The cost of looking for new mountains
Drew Ex Machina
NASA’s Explorer 18: The First Interplanetary Monitoring Platform
Among the greatest scientific achievements of the opening years of the Space Age was the...
4 days ago
Among the greatest scientific achievements of the opening years of the Space Age was the characterization of Earth’s magnetic field and the discovery of what became […]
Daniel Bourke
The subtle shade of the clouds
Garlic takes six to seven months to grow.
I’m still working it out.
I planted my garlic too...
4 days ago
Garlic takes six to seven months to grow.
I’m still working it out.
I planted my garlic too late.
Not the farm garlic though.
They’ve had practice.
Over a thousand bulbs this year, maybe more.
Tens of thousands of cloves.
Garlic is the biggest harvest of
nanoscale views
Noise in a strange metal - pushing techniques into new systems
Over the holiday weekend, we had a paper come out in which we report the results of measuring charge...
4 days ago
Over the holiday weekend, we had a paper come out in which we report the results of measuring charge shot noise (see here also) in a strange metal. Other write-ups of the work (here and especially this nice article in Quanta here) do a good job of explaining what we saw, but I...
The Works in...
The End of Combustion Vehicles
The final section of Ch.2 of Stewart Brand's Maintenance on Books in Progress
4 days ago
The final section of Ch.2 of Stewart Brand's Maintenance on Books in Progress
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
4 days ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week
#1 💡 “By far the worst company to emulate in Startup Make-Believe is Google / Alphabet. Google has...
4 days ago
#1 💡 “By far the worst company to emulate in Startup Make-Believe is Google / Alphabet. Google has a number of structural advantages stemming from its Search monopoly that mean that it’s able to be almost completely divorced from reality, and that has allowed it to grow in...
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
4 days ago
Beautiful Public...
Government Comic Books
Government comics have taught Americans how to prevent forest fires, survive a nuclear blast, and...
4 days ago
Government comics have taught Americans how to prevent forest fires, survive a nuclear blast, and how soldiers should handle homosexuality in the military.
NeuroLogica Blog
Hybrid Biopolymer Transistors – Implications for Brain Machine Interface
There are several technologies which seem likely to be transformative in the coming decades. Genetic...
4 days ago
There are several technologies which seem likely to be transformative in the coming decades. Genetic bioengineering gives us the ability to control the basic machinery of life, including ourselves. Artificial intelligence is a suite of active, learning, information tools....
One Useful Thing
Reshaping the tree: rebuilding organizations for AI
Technological change brings organizational change.
4 days ago
Technological change brings organizational change.
Seth's Blog
The hard part first
If you’re trying to reduce risk, do the hard part first. That way, if it fails, you’ll have...
4 days ago
If you’re trying to reduce risk, do the hard part first. That way, if it fails, you’ll have minimized your time and effort. On the other hand, if you’re looking for buy-in and commitment so you can through the hard part, do it last. People are terrible at ignoring sunk costs, and...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Let the Words Glide Through the Air'
Some years
ago, out of the blue, a reader whose name I have forgotten sent me a copy of No Earthly...
4 days ago
Some years
ago, out of the blue, a reader whose name I have forgotten sent me a copy of No Earthly Estate: The Religious Poetry of
Patrick Kavanagh (The Columba Press, Dublin, 2002) by Father Tom Stack. I was grateful because it sent me back to the Irish poet (1904-67) who seems...
Doc Pop's Blog
#SidewalkFriends: Bride Of Frankenstein
I like to keep my eye out for cool shapes during my walks and use them as inspiration for...
4 days ago
I like to keep my eye out for cool shapes during my walks and use them as inspiration for my #SidewalkFriends drawings. It’s like my version of hunting for Pokémon. A dry section of the sidewalk on a wet day was the inspiration for this week’s Sidewalk Friends sketch. A new...
ntietz.com blog
Why do companies hire people to be idle a lot of the time?
The biggest tech companies employ a lot of engineers.
In 2021, Microsoft employed over 100,000...
4 days ago
The biggest tech companies employ a lot of engineers.
In 2021, Microsoft employed over 100,000 software engineers.
That is just mind boggling scale to me.
It's roughly as many people as the whole county I grew up in.
They are paying a lot of engineers.
Some of them do very...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Let’s Talk About Obesity Drugs | Out-Of-Pocket
we're entering a new era for these treatments
5 days ago
we're entering a new era for these treatments
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Are design ethics useless?
Have you worked in digital design for a while? I bet you’ve been under pressure to apply deceptive...
5 days ago
Have you worked in digital design for a while? I bet you’ve been under pressure to apply deceptive design patterns...
Passing Time
Alpine Starts II
Or: Thanksgiving in the Mountains
5 days ago
Or: Thanksgiving in the Mountains
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
5 days ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
CONTEMPORIST
One Thousand Plants Cover The Exterior Of The ‘Landmark by Lexus’ Pavilion
Koichi Takada Architects has sent us photos of ‘Landmark by Lexus’, a showroom/pavilion that was...
5 days ago
Koichi Takada Architects has sent us photos of ‘Landmark by Lexus’, a showroom/pavilion that was presented to guests during the Melbourne Cup Carnival at the Flemington Racecourse in Australia. Drawing inspiration from the Australian landscape, Koichi Takada Architects designed a...
journal – Winnie Lim
psychological health vs physical health
Travelling keeps me sane. It is only on this trip that I realised how much my brain craves being in...
5 days ago
Travelling keeps me sane. It is only on this trip that I realised how much my brain craves being in some sort of engagement, and travelling is a way to keep it...
Electronics etc…
Analyzing the Monoprice Blackbird HDCP 2.2 to 1.4 Down Converter
Introduction
Some Words about HDCP
Inside the Monoprice Blackbird 4K Pro
The Test
Digging Deeper:...
5 days ago
Introduction
Some Words about HDCP
Inside the Monoprice Blackbird 4K Pro
The Test
Digging Deeper: UART Transactions
Decoding HDCP I2C Transactions
The Legality of It All
References
Footnotes
Introduction
I got my hands on a
Monoprice Blackbird 4K Pro HDCP 2.2 to 1.4...
A Smart Bear
The Fairytale Narrative: Structured strategic planning
Traditional fairytale structure fits naturally in our brains, and thus can guide strategic...
5 days ago
Traditional fairytale structure fits naturally in our brains, and thus can guide strategic problem-analysis, and a plan that everyone understands.
The Honest Broker
Stoicism in the Gioia Family
My brother Dana tells how our LA childhood gave us a direct connection to an ancient Roman worldview
6 days ago
My brother Dana tells how our LA childhood gave us a direct connection to an ancient Roman worldview
The Ruffian
The End of History
Academic historians are destroying their own discipline
6 days ago
Academic historians are destroying their own discipline
SatPost by Trung...
OpenAI Saga: The Best Links and Memes
PLUS: Ridley Scott's directing secret sauce.
a week ago
PLUS: Ridley Scott's directing secret sauce.
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a week ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
Bits about Money
The Bond villain compliance strategy
Jurisdictional gamesmanship is a common strategy for crypto businesses. Here is how it worked out...
a week ago
Jurisdictional gamesmanship is a common strategy for crypto businesses. Here is how it worked out for Binance and its CEO. Spoiler: poorly.
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a week ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
Spoon & Tamago
Kirie Artist Carves Playful Narratives Into Tree Leaves
“Aquarium of Leaves” A 37-year old Japanese artist who goes by the name Lito has been living with...
a week ago
“Aquarium of Leaves” A 37-year old Japanese artist who goes by the name Lito has been living with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) his entire life. Lito had been searching for an outlet where he could channel his above-normal levels of concentration and...
Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 042: sama drama
November 24, 2023.
a week ago
Old Structures...
The Big Time
We’re working on the Gothic Bridge in Central Park, seen above. Tim went to the night-before prep...
a week ago
We’re working on the Gothic Bridge in Central Park, seen above. Tim went to the night-before prep for the Thanksgiving parade and found this float: And then he watched the parade on TV and found it again, second from the end:
Arduino Blog
UNO R4 Stars: Meet Daniel Jansson
The launch of the Arduino UNO R4 marks a huge leap forward for our community. For us, it’s also the...
a week ago
The launch of the Arduino UNO R4 marks a huge leap forward for our community. For us, it’s also the chance to celebrate the people who bring our ecosystem to life with their bright ideas, radiant enthusiasm, and shining insight. That is how the UNO R4 Stars blog post series...
XO Capital - Field...
Two Weeks Into Journey.io
Happy Turkey Day! 🦃
Hope you all have taken some time off and gotten a bit of rest.
Journey is...
a week ago
Happy Turkey Day! 🦃
Hope you all have taken some time off and gotten a bit of rest.
Journey is XO's 11th acquisition. Let's take a look at what has been accomplished so far in the past two weeks.
Acquisition #11 - Journey.io (aka Don&
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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a week ago
Patrick Kayongo
When You Die
the doctors will tell your spouse and they’ll break down in grief they’ll message someone they trust...
a week ago
the doctors will tell your spouse and they’ll break down in grief they’ll message someone they trust who’ll rush to see them, as soon the time allows. your workplace will send an email and all your colleagues will be saddened whatsapp broadcasts will flood phones of those time...
The Modern House
Contrast is king at this Camberwell townhouse
a week ago
Noahpinion
Feeling strangely optimistic about Egypt
It has many of the building blocks for a successful industrialization story.
a week ago
It has many of the building blocks for a successful industrialization story.
diamond geezer
The 10,000th post
Over at Spitalfields Life, The Gentle Author kicked off his excellent blog with the following...
a week ago
Over at Spitalfields Life, The Gentle Author kicked off his excellent blog with the following promise...
"Over the coming days, weeks, months and years, I am going to write every day and tell you about life here in Spitalfields at the heart of London. How can I ever describe the...
Christopher Butler
Periodical – 6
Good morning. It is very early. Since daylight savings, my youngest has been awake an hour or two...
a week ago
Good morning. It is very early. Since daylight savings, my youngest has been awake an hour or two earlier than usual and thinks the rest of us should be as well. He’s seated next to me right now, wrapped in several blankets and watching a video about helicopters.
–
Some of my...
Seeking Wisdom
Embeddings – Part 1
This is the 8th post in my series on building a toy GPT. For better understanding, I recommend...
a week ago
This is the 8th post in my series on building a toy GPT. For better understanding, I recommend reading my earlier posts first. I love playing and watching cricket. The dominance India showed in the recently concluded World Cup is astounding. I have never seen anything like it in...
Val Sopi
AI will make humans better
<p><i>Context: Read <a...
a week ago
<p><i>Context: Read <a href="https://www.theredhandfiles.com/chatgpt-making-things-faster-and-easier/" target="_blank">Nick Cave's letter</a> first.</i></p>
<p><i></i>—</p>
<p>ChatGPT (or similar) are just tools!</p>
<p>Nothing more.</p>
<p>They're akin to when tools...
Archinect - Features
From the Editors: What We're Thankful for in 2023
In a year marked with highs and lows, the Archinect editorial team has spent another year watching,...
a week ago
In a year marked with highs and lows, the Archinect editorial team has spent another year watching, listening, and reporting on the events of 2023. With the holidays drawing near and the year coming to a close, we pause to extend our gratitude to our dedicated readership and...
Sean Carroll
Thanksgiving
This year we give thanks for a feature of nature that is frequently misunderstood: quanta. (We’ve...
a week ago
This year we give thanks for a feature of nature that is frequently misunderstood: quanta. (We’ve previously given thanks for the Standard Model Lagrangian, Hubble’s Law, the Spin-Statistics Theorem, conservation of momentum, effective field theory, the error bar, gauge...
Alex MacCaw
Unshackling Artificial Minds
Humans, by nature, seem to be drawn to pessimism. It's a tendency rooted deep within us, a product...
a week ago
Humans, by nature, seem to be drawn to pessimism. It's a tendency rooted deep within us, a product of Entropy, the law of nature that dictates it is easier to destroy than to create.
And here we are, on the cusp of creating not just something new, but
Identity Designed
Norfolk Coast
Designed by Lantern, London.
a week ago
Designed by Lantern, London.
Julia Evans
git branches: intuition & reality
Hello! I’ve been thinking about git branches a lot, and I keep hearing from
people that they find...
a week ago
Hello! I’ve been thinking about git branches a lot, and I keep hearing from
people that they find the way git branches work to be counterintuitive. It got
me thinking: what might an “intuitive” notion of a branch be, and how is it
different from how git actually works?
So in...
Mark Manson
3 Hard Truths You Need to Hear
Welcome to the realm of uncomfortable truths, where I, Mark Manson, will make you question...
a week ago
Welcome to the realm of uncomfortable truths, where I, Mark Manson, will make you question everything you've ever believed in.
Buckle up, buttercup. Let's dive into the rabbit hole of reality.
Remember the past you? The one with embarrassing beliefs and naïve ideas? Well, guess...
High Signal
Black Friday 2023 deals for entrepreneurs
Here's a list of some of the best Black Friday discounts for entrepreneurs and developers. This page...
a week ago
Here's a list of some of the best Black Friday discounts for entrepreneurs and developers. This page contains affiliate links.
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Vadim Kravcenko
Dealing with Failures and Postmortems
On August 1, 2012, Knight Capital Group suffered a severe trading loss due to a software error. A...
a week ago
On August 1, 2012, Knight Capital Group suffered a severe trading loss due to a software error. A technician’s failure […]
The post Dealing with Failures and Postmortems appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Adventures In...
Imagery basemap ready for data
Imagery is the most detailed, most literal of basemaps. You are actually seeing a picture of what...
a week ago
Imagery is the most detailed, most literal of basemaps. You are actually seeing a picture of what the ground looks like at any location. And while this sort of context can be incredibly useful, it can also wreck the way we see and understand thematic data that is draped over it....
Commoncog
Commoncog's Next Phase
Announcing the launch of the Commoncog Case Library, setting the Learning in Ill-Structured Domains...
a week ago
Announcing the launch of the Commoncog Case Library, setting the Learning in Ill-Structured Domains series free, and one more thing.
High Signal
Selling a website after learning to code with AI
Andrew Davison is a British founder who built and sold an app by learning to code with ChatGPT. He...
a week ago
Andrew Davison is a British founder who built and sold an app by learning to code with ChatGPT. He had a problem with exporting multiple tables from Airtable databases so he built a tool to help him automate the process. Andrew used new tools like ChatGPT and Replit to a)
Cheese and Biscuits
Little Cellars, Camberwell
Having enjoyed the original Peckham Cellars very much, I eagerly jumped on a very kind invitation to...
a week ago
Having enjoyed the original Peckham Cellars very much, I eagerly jumped on a very kind invitation to their new Camberwell offshoot. Little Cellars is aptly named - there's a couple of high tables for 6 in the middle of the room and 8 lower seats arranged looking out of the two...
Atoms vs Bits
The Chimp-Pig Hypothesis
My great-great-grandmother wasn't a chimp (she was a pig)
a week ago
My great-great-grandmother wasn't a chimp (she was a pig)
Citation Needed
Issue 44 – Four
The Justice Department's interest in Binance isn't just "FUD" anymore.
a week ago
The Justice Department's interest in Binance isn't just "FUD" anymore.
devonzuegel.com
A libertarian just won the Argentinian presidency – how did that happen?
If you're wondering how the heck a hardline libertarian just won the Argentinian presidential...
a week ago
If you're wondering how the heck a hardline libertarian just won the Argentinian presidential election, here's some background.
First, a key fact is that the government is printing money at an accelerating rate, resulting in 143% annual inflation as of the most recent count....
devonzuegel.com
A libertarian just won Argentina's presidency... what's going on?
If you're wondering how the heck a hardline libertarian just won the Argentinian presidential...
a week ago
If you're wondering how the heck a hardline libertarian just won the Argentinian presidential election, here's some background.
First, a key fact is that the government is printing money at an accelerating rate, resulting in 143% annual inflation as of the most recent count. The...
The Pragmatic...
The Roots of Today's Modern Backend Engineering Practices
What accidentally taking down Amazon.com in 1997 taught Joshua Burgin; tech industry veteran and one...
a week ago
What accidentally taking down Amazon.com in 1997 taught Joshua Burgin; tech industry veteran and one of Amazon’s first 100 employees
Blog - Practical...
Engineering The Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is my friend Jade,...
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This is my friend Jade, creator of the Up and Atom channel. She makes these incredible math and physics explainers that I absolutely love, and she recently got the opportunity to visit ITER (eater) in France....
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Why I run Black Friday deals (things I learned)
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A Gap in the TrustZone preset settings for the LPC55S69
We’re very excited to have announced
the general availability of our cloud computer. As part of this...
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We’re very excited to have announced
the general availability of our cloud computer. As part of this work, we
continue to build on top of the LPC55S69 from NXP as our Root of Trust. We’ve
discovered some gaps when using TrustZone preset settings on the LPC55S69 that
can allow for...
Contemporist...
A Home Filled With Rustic Italian Charm Was The Client's Request For This Renovation
Architecture and interior design studio Bradley VanDerStraeten has shared photos of a Victorian...
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Architecture and interior design studio Bradley VanDerStraeten has shared photos of a Victorian terrace house renovation in London, England, that was designed with Italian charm, and centered around a sociable kitchen and its pantry.
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Ten Pairs of Books for Christmas
This year's roundup of books to give to discerning architects for the holidays is presented in...
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This year's roundup of books to give to discerning architects for the holidays is presented in pairs. While at least one book in each pair is new, the other one isn't necessarily so — new, old, or not-so-old, it is related to the first in some manner, as explained in my...
Quantum Frontiers
The power of awe
Mid-afternoon, one Saturday late in September, I forgot where I was. I forgot that I was visiting...
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Mid-afternoon, one Saturday late in September, I forgot where I was. I forgot that I was visiting Seattle for the second time; I forgot that I’d just finished co-organizing a workshop partially about nuclear physics for the first time. I’d … Continue reading →
Irrational...
Notes on The Software Engineer's Guidebook
The Software Engineer’s Guidebook by Gergely Orosz is a broad reference book for software engineers...
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The Software Engineer’s Guidebook by Gergely Orosz is a broad reference book for software engineers that will be particularly valuable for new software engineers and those who’ve worked most of their career in a small number of companies. It doesn’t go deep everywhere, but leaves...
Tech and Tea
Seasonal Changes
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Finding space and time to sloooooow down
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated?
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated?
Evan Jones -...
Setenv is not Thread Safe and C Doesn't Want to Fix It
You can't safely use the C setenv() or unsetenv() functions in a program that uses threads. Those...
a week ago
You can't safely use the C setenv() or unsetenv() functions in a program that uses threads. Those functions modify global state, and can cause other threads calling getenv() to crash. This also causes crashes in other languages that use those C standard library functions, such as...
Irrational...
Notes on Tidy First?
Tidy First? by Kent Beck captures the spirit of Ousterhout’s A Philosophy of Software Design while...
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Tidy First? by Kent Beck captures the spirit of Ousterhout’s A Philosophy of Software Design while also recognizing the inherent tensions of developing software within a team and business. You can also read it in about two hours. Recommended!
A Philosophy of Software Design by...
mtlynch.io
A Simple Example of Calling a C Library from Zig
Zig is a new, independently developed low-level programming language. It’s a modern reimagining of C...
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Zig is a new, independently developed low-level programming language. It’s a modern reimagining of C that attempts to retain all of C’s performance benefits while also taking advantage of improvements in tooling and language design from the last 30 years.
Because Zig is designed...
Twelve Mile Circle –...
St. Mary’s (and Calvert), Maryland
County counting becomes increasingly difficult as I continue my glacially slow progress. Now it...
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County counting becomes increasingly difficult as I continue my glacially slow progress. Now it takes more than five hours to reach the closest unvisited county from my home. Fortunately I found a workaround by shifting my focus to overnight county visits. There are plenty of...
the singularity is...
Imitation Learning
7 years ago I started comma.ai with a simple idea.
Gather tons of human driving data, state action...
a week ago
7 years ago I started comma.ai with a simple idea.
Gather tons of human driving data, state action pairs: (S_t, A_t)
Train a supervised model f(S_t) -> A_t
Drive cars with that model.
The exact original formulation was a model that predicts steering angle from image, then used a...
Castles in the Sky
Those who support you may not support your art.
Castles in the Sky #43
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diamond geezer
Victoria vents in Islington
One thing every underground railway needs is ventilation and the Victoria line needs it more than...
2 weeks ago
One thing every underground railway needs is ventilation and the Victoria line needs it more than most. It runs fully underground from end to end and has lengthy distances between stations, so without atmospheric release would soon come unstuck. Engineers therefore had to include...
Noahpinion
At least five things to finish your week (#19)
Real wages, why North Korea is poor, China's stalled catch-up, the economics of social media, AI...
2 weeks ago
Real wages, why North Korea is poor, China's stalled catch-up, the economics of social media, AI takes some jobs, and a comic about rabbits
IEEE Spectrum
Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years
The Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in California has spawned many pioneering computer technologies...
2 weeks ago
The Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in California has spawned many pioneering computer technologies including the Alto—the first personal computer to use a graphical user interface—and the first laser printer.
The PARC facility also is known for the invention of Ethernet, a...
diamond geezer
Except Islington
Sorry, that was two Tower Hamlets posts in a row.
Harrow
BarnetEnfieldHaringeyWaltham...
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Sorry, that was two Tower Hamlets posts in a row.
Harrow
BarnetEnfieldHaringeyWaltham ForestRedbridgeHavering
Hillingdon
Ealing
BrentCamdenIslingtonHackneyBarking &
Dagenham
Hounslow
H'smith &
FulhamKensington
&...
Commoncog
Colin Bryar on the practice of Amazon's Weekly Business Review
Cedric talks to Colin Bryar, early Amazon executive and former shadow to Jeff Bezos, on one of...
2 weeks ago
Cedric talks to Colin Bryar, early Amazon executive and former shadow to Jeff Bezos, on one of Amazon's secret operational weapons: the Weekly Business Review.
A Beautiful Site
Thoughts on Framework Churn
I often worry about framework churn. A lot. But using a framework isn't a bad thing. After all, they...
2 weeks ago
I often worry about framework churn. A lot. But using a framework isn't a bad thing. After all, they save time. They help you build things faster.
Yes, there are costs associated with frameworks later on, especially as new versions come out and your app instantly feels like...
Working Theories
Big TAM Founders, Small TAM Startups
What's one way to maximize your startup's chance of success? Be a big TAM founder working on a...
2 weeks ago
What's one way to maximize your startup's chance of success? Be a big TAM founder working on a smaller TAM startup.
Cheese and Biscuits
The Devonshire, Soho
There's no avoiding the fact, and there's no point dancing around it. There's no need for lengthy,...
2 weeks ago
There's no avoiding the fact, and there's no point dancing around it. There's no need for lengthy, thoughtful or measured arguments; no sense in analysing the details. There needs to be no slow and steady building of a case, culminating in a grand and weighty conclusion. The...
Matt Mazur
Exploring ChatGPT’s Knowledge Cutoff
A recurring topic of discussion on the OpenAI forums, on Reddit, and on Twitter is about what...
2 weeks ago
A recurring topic of discussion on the OpenAI forums, on Reddit, and on Twitter is about what ChatGPT’s knowledge cutoff date actually is. It seems like it should be straightforward enough to figure out (just ask it), but it can be confusing due to ChatGPT’s inconsistent answers...
Many Worlds
Many Worlds Archive is Available
I had the pleasure of reporting and writing the Many Worlds column — sponsored by NASA’s NExSS...
2 weeks ago
I had the pleasure of reporting and writing the Many Worlds column — sponsored by NASA’s NExSS initiative and the Lunar & Planetary Institute — for almost eight years. But the run came to an end in October. Now an archive of the more than 400 columns is easily available at...
The Berkeley...
Ghostbuster: Detecting Text Ghostwritten by Large Language Models
The structure of Ghostbuster, our new state-of-the-art method for detecting AI-generated...
2 weeks ago
The structure of Ghostbuster, our new state-of-the-art method for detecting AI-generated text.
Large language models like ChatGPT write impressively well—so well, in fact, that they’ve become a problem. Students have begun using these models to ghostwrite assignments, leading...
Julia Evans
Some notes on nix flakes
I’ve been using nix for about 9 months now.
For all of that time I’ve been steadfastly ignoring...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been using nix for about 9 months now.
For all of that time I’ve been steadfastly ignoring flakes, but everyone keeps
saying that flakes are great and the best way to use nix, so I decided to try
to figure out what the deal is with them.
I found it very hard to find simple...
The Berkeley...
Asymmetric Certified Robustness via Feature-Convex Neural Networks
Asymmetric Certified Robustness via Feature-Convex Neural Networks
TLDR: We propose the asymmetric...
2 weeks ago
Asymmetric Certified Robustness via Feature-Convex Neural Networks
TLDR: We propose the asymmetric certified robustness problem, which requires certified robustness for only one class and reflects real-world adversarial scenarios. This focused setting allows us to introduce...
The Changelog
It’s More Important To Recognize What Direction People Are Moving Than Where They Are
I recently read a post on social media that went something like this (paraphrased): “If you buy an...
2 weeks ago
I recently read a post on social media that went something like this (paraphrased): “If you buy an EV, you’re part of the problem. You’re advancing car culture and are actively hurting the planet. The only ethical thing to do is ditch your cars and put all your effort into...
Adventures In...
Historical Topo Map Explorer (beta)
The USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer is getting an update, and you can try out this new beta...
2 weeks ago
The USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer is getting an update, and you can try out this new beta version, here: LivingAtlas.ArcGIS.com/TopoMapExplorer The United States Geological Survey has a rich history of creating exquisite topographic quadrangle maps. These topo maps are...
Archinect - Features
'Architecture Education as an Active Project': A Conversation with Mariana Ibañez, Chair of...
Academic leaders have the demanding task of steering and shaping a school's culture and pedagogy....
2 weeks ago
Academic leaders have the demanding task of steering and shaping a school's culture and pedagogy. Not only are they responsible for overseeing an institution's administrative affairs, but they are also charged with fostering environments for students and faculty to thrive.
Since...
Contemporist...
Wood Houses Appear Through The Tops Of The Trees At This Nature-Focused Resort
Stilt Studios has shared photos of a newly completed project called the Treehouse Villa, which is...
2 weeks ago
Stilt Studios has shared photos of a newly completed project called the Treehouse Villa, which is located in Grün Resort Uluwatu, a family-run nature-focused luxury boutique resort in Bali.
A Weekly Dose of...
Eight Decades of Modern Japanese Houses
A review of a new book released this week:
The Japanese House Since 1945 by Naomi Pollock, published...
2 weeks ago
A review of a new book released this week:
The Japanese House Since 1945 by Naomi Pollock, published by Thames & Hudson, November 2023 (Amazon / Bookshop)
What makes modern and contemporary Japanese houses so appealing? Much of it stems from the novelty of residential designs,...
Nela Dunato Art &...
Emotional labor in creative professions + mixed media art journal page video
Doing creative work on behalf of a client requires a tremendous amount of empathy for their needs....
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Doing creative work on behalf of a client requires a tremendous amount of empathy for their needs. This emotional labor should be recognized and valued. In this episode of Art Chat I explain the source of emotional labor and its impact on our well-being, and provide tips to...
Internal Tech Emails
"I'm on the edge of revolt"
I've been both a supporter and I believe friend to Google and its senior management through all...
2 weeks ago
I've been both a supporter and I believe friend to Google and its senior management through all these years, but I must say I'm on the edge of revolt now that Google's actions are so punitive, not just for Expedia, but also for IAC and all the players that depend upon something...
macwright.com
Placemark is going open source and shutting down
also on placemark.io/blog
The company and product side of Placemark didn’t work out.
Some fantastic,...
2 weeks ago
also on placemark.io/blog
The company and product side of Placemark didn’t work out.
Some fantastic, friendly people used it, but I couldn’t find a way to make it work
as a sustainable bootstrapped startup. Building it was incredibly fun.
Failing to find success and...
Seeking Wisdom
Neural Networks – Part 3
This is the seventh post in my series on making a toy GPT. For better understanding, I recommend...
2 weeks ago
This is the seventh post in my series on making a toy GPT. For better understanding, I recommend reading my earlier posts first. The MNIST dataset is the “hello world” of machine learning, containing images of handwritten digits that are used to train machine learning models. It...
Irrational...
Team Charters are a trap.
I’m cleaning out old lingering drafts. This one’s on why I dislike Team Charters.
Recently an email...
2 weeks ago
I’m cleaning out old lingering drafts. This one’s on why I dislike Team Charters.
Recently an email came in asking about writing team charters. I’ve worked at a number of companies that asked teams to write charters, and I think it’s an interesting project. That said, it’s not a...
Renegade Otter
Your database skills are not ‘good to have’
A MySQL war story
It’s 2006, and the New York Magazine digital team set out to create a new search...
2 weeks ago
A MySQL war story
It’s 2006, and the New York Magazine digital team set out to create a new search experience for its Fashion Week portal. It was
one of
those projects where technical feasibility was not even discussed with the tech team - a common occurrence back then. Agile...
Nelson's Weblog
Trump's plans for his second presidency
The Trump campaign and his braintrust have been very clear and open
about
their planning for a...
2 weeks ago
The Trump campaign and his braintrust have been very clear and open
about
their planning for a second presidency, mostly under the umbrella of
Project 2025.
There’s been a lot of good journalism about it. Some examples:
Sweeping
Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside...
Irrational...
Benchmarking.
Many of the most important questions for running an organization don’t have clear answers. In most...
2 weeks ago
Many of the most important questions for running an organization don’t have clear answers. In most engineering organizations, both the teams working on infrastructure and the teams working on product feel they are undersized. It’s also true that most individuals feel they are...
Irrational...
Getting lucky isn't a plan.
One piece of flippant commentary that you’ll hear occasionally is that it’s “Better to be lucky than...
2 weeks ago
One piece of flippant commentary that you’ll hear occasionally is that it’s “Better to be lucky than to be good.” On an individual level, it’s almost certainly true that being very lucky outperforms being quite good: I certainly know a number of folks who are financially...
The Map is Mostly...
Audiobooks Are Books and They’re Also Practice
Speak low if you speak love. — Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing I’m very fond of audiobooks....
2 weeks ago
Speak low if you speak love. — Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing I’m very fond of audiobooks. There is something endearing, maybe even romantic, about the act of listening. I get this same sense often in early photographs of radio listeners, that they appreciate the romance of...
Musings on Maps
Gaza, Again–and Again
The Gaza Strip’s spatiality continues to puzzle and fascinate–as much as the pressing question of...
2 weeks ago
The Gaza Strip’s spatiality continues to puzzle and fascinate–as much as the pressing question of its sovereignty. The two are of course intertwined, and the boundaries of Gaza are historically defined. The perimeter around the Gaza Strip was in a … Continue reading →
Julia Evans
How git cherry-pick and revert use 3-way merge
Hello! I was trying to explain to someone how git cherry-pick works the other
day, and I found...
2 weeks ago
Hello! I was trying to explain to someone how git cherry-pick works the other
day, and I found myself getting confused.
What went wrong was: I thought that git cherry-pick was basically applying a
patch, but when I tried to actually do it that way, it didn’t work!
Let’s talk...
diamond geezer
2X 60Y 60Z
In my quest to find London's highest-lettered house I've already found a U, V and some Ws.
18U...
3 weeks ago
In my quest to find London's highest-lettered house I've already found a U, V and some Ws.
18U Brondesbury Park (NW6 7DL)
55V The Bishops Avenue (N2 0BJ)
1W-51W Rosebery Square (EC1R 4PT)
2X Chesterford Gardens (NW3 7DE)
We're in Hampstead amid the leafy avenues on the...
Citation Needed
Issue 43 – Laser eyes
Two crypto firms emerge from bankruptcy, and a Bored Ape party turns out even worse than it sounds.
3 weeks ago
Two crypto firms emerge from bankruptcy, and a Bored Ape party turns out even worse than it sounds.
Castles in the Sky
Cathedral: A Short Story
Castles in the Sky #42
3 weeks ago
Computer Things
How do you take the average of two timestamps?
New Blog Post
A better explanation of the Liskov Substitution Principle. First new post since...
3 weeks ago
New Blog Post
A better explanation of the Liskov Substitution Principle. First new post since August! Patreon notes are here.
How do you take the average of two timestamps?
Let's send off the 6x era with something silly. Some physical units of measure, like timestamps, can be...
David Heinemeier...
The origin of Ruby on Rails
I can't thank Honeypot and Carolina Cabral enough for the producing The Rails Documentary that was...
3 weeks ago
I can't thank Honeypot and Carolina Cabral enough for the producing The Rails Documentary that was just released today. Looking back on those early, formative years of Ruby on Rails with Tobi, Jamis, Jeremy, and Jason was actually kind of profound. I usually don't spend much time...
macwright.com
Roll
I developed an old roll of film and the photos are pretty decent!
My Olympus XA-2 is
my default...
3 weeks ago
I developed an old roll of film and the photos are pretty decent!
My Olympus XA-2 is
my default walking-around camera. I love it, but its age is showing
and I’m envious of the crisp photos that people get out of later-era
SLR film cameras. Thinking about getting a lightweight...
The Pragmatic...
Asked to do something illegal at work? Here’s what these software engineers did
At FTX, Frank, and Pollen, software engineers were asked to do something potentially illegal, or to...
3 weeks ago
At FTX, Frank, and Pollen, software engineers were asked to do something potentially illegal, or to go along with what looked like fraud. They obliged in two out of three cases, landed in hot water, and now face jail time. A reminder why it’s never a good idea to go along with...
Mark Manson
How to Be Successful in Life
The internet is inundated with countless videos and advice columns promising to teach you how to...
3 weeks ago
The internet is inundated with countless videos and advice columns promising to teach you how to become more successful than 99% of the world's population.
Most of these claims revolve around setting goals, developing discipline, and eliminating distractions.
But let's face it:...
Andrew Fraknoi –...
Euclid Space Telescope Delivers Great Images
The first images are coming in from the new Euclid Space Telescope and they are spectacular.
The...
3 weeks ago
The first images are coming in from the new Euclid Space Telescope and they are spectacular.
The post Euclid Space Telescope Delivers Great Images appeared first on Andrew Fraknoi - Astronomy Lectures - Astronomy Education Resources.
Unpacked
YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax"
Though it looks like big vs small tech at first glance, poking into how ad blocker companies operate...
3 weeks ago
Though it looks like big vs small tech at first glance, poking into how ad blocker companies operate and their “whitelisting” programs will likely change your opinion
Noahpinion
Liberalism is losing the information war
Because it's refusing to fight.
3 weeks ago
Because it's refusing to fight.
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