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geo/acc Slag heap debris on the English coast has apparently been fusing into a new kind of sedimentary...
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Slag heap debris on the English coast has apparently been fusing into a new kind of sedimentary rock. A team of geologists studying the beach recently “found a series of outcrops made from an unfamiliar type of sedimentary rock. The beach used to be sandy, so the rock must have...
Spoon & Tamago
Joe Hisaishi’s ‘Summer’ Reimagined as a Short Film Originally composed as the main theme for Takeshi Kitano’s 1999 film Kikujiro, Joe Hisaishi’s...
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Originally composed as the main theme for Takeshi Kitano’s 1999 film Kikujiro, Joe Hisaishi’s timeless piece “Summer” has long been cherished in Japan as the soundtrack of nostalgic summer memories. Now, this beloved masterpiece is reimagined as a short film. Set in a high school...
Irrational...
Moving from an orchestration-heavy to leadership-heavy management role. For managers who have spent a long time reporting to a specific leader or working in an organization...
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For managers who have spent a long time reporting to a specific leader or working in an organization with well‑understood goals, it’s easy to develop skill gaps without realizing it. Usually this happens because those skills were not particularly important in the environment you...
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vite /rollup manualChunks When building a large web app it’s possible to split the .js bundle into chunks and lazy load...
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When building a large web app it’s possible to split the .js bundle into chunks and lazy load certain parts only when needed. For example, in Edna I use markdown-it and highlight.js library only in a certain scenario. By putting it in it’s separate chunk, I save almost 1 MB of...
Blog - Mac Pierce
And around we go... Making We're So Over, We're So Back The process of making an single purpose art PC that uses an aluminum casting as the radiator for a...
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Irrational...
Advancing the industry, part two. I’m turning forty in a few weeks, and there’s a listicle archetype along the lines of “Things I’ve...
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I’m turning forty in a few weeks, and there’s a listicle archetype along the lines of “Things I’ve learned in the first half of my career as I turn forty and have now worked roughly twenty years in the technology industry.” How do you write that and make it good? Don’t ask me. I...
Cheese and Biscuits
El Molí de l’Escala, L'Escala I have eaten at El Moli a number of times over the 40 or so years I and my family have been visiting...
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I have eaten at El Moli a number of times over the 40 or so years I and my family have been visiting this part of the world. The first couple of visits were pre-blog and pre-camera phone and I don't remember much about it other than being sat in those same ancient vaulted rooms...
the singularity is...
The World After Wireheading Hold my hand, grow my skin Erica Western Geiger Counter Do you have any addictions? You may not...
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Hold my hand, grow my skin Erica Western Geiger Counter Do you have any addictions? You may not register them as such, perhaps because they don’t lead to anything you consider harmful consequences. But you have them. In some ways, all your behavior is compulsive. What would the...
Drew Ex Machina
The Soviet Zond 3 Lunar Flyby: Revealing the Rest of the Far Side Naturally, the early history of space exploration is filled with firsts. Just six decades ago at...
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Naturally, the early history of space exploration is filled with firsts. Just six decades ago at this time, the world watched as NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft […]
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
Increase software sales by 50% or more This is re-post of How to Permanently Increase Your Sales by 50% or More in Only One Day article by...
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This is re-post of How to Permanently Increase Your Sales by 50% or More in Only One Day article by Steve Pavlina Of all the things you can do to increase your sales, one of the highest leverage activities is attempting to increase your products’ registration rate. Increasing...
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PSA: part of your Kagi subscription fee goes to a Russian company (Yandex) Today I learned that Kagi uses Yandex as part of its search infrastructure, making up about 2% of...
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Today I learned that Kagi uses Yandex as part of its search infrastructure, making up about 2% of their costs, and their CEO has confirmed that they do not plan to change that. To quote: Yandex represents about 2% of our total costs and is only one of dozens of sources we use. To...
Spoon & Tamago
In a New Pop-Up Exhibition, Erica Ward Presents Tokyo as a Living, Breathing Organism all images courtesy the artist | used with permission Erica Ward is a California-born ink and...
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all images courtesy the artist | used with permission Erica Ward is a California-born ink and watercolor artist who has called Tokyo her home for over 10 years. Inspired by Japanese designs and imagery, as well as the ever-changing landscape of Tokyo, Ward reinterprets everyday...
Product Identity
head on the cloud, feet on the ground A conversation with Sari Azout of Sublime
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Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
File sync is very slow I’m working on a Go library appendstore for append-only store of lots of things in a single file. To...
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I’m working on a Go library appendstore for append-only store of lots of things in a single file. To make things as robust as possible I was calling os.File.Sync() after each append. Sync() is waiting until the data is acknowledged as truly, really written to disk (as opposed to...
AI Snake Oil
Could AI slow science? Confronting the production-progress paradox
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GeoCurrents
The Controversial Expansion of Gray Wolves in the United States As discussed in the previous post, the gray wolf has made a remarkable but controversial recovery in...
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As discussed in the previous post, the gray wolf has made a remarkable but controversial recovery in Europe. The same is true in the United States. In the mid twentieth century, wolves were found only in Alaska, far northeastern Minnesota, and the western half of Michigan’s Upper...
Confessions of a...
A Programmer’s Guide to x86-64 Assembly (Series Overview) Welcome to my ongoing series on x86-64 assembly programming, designed for programmers who want to...
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Welcome to my ongoing series on x86-64 assembly programming, designed for programmers who want to peel back the abstraction and understand how code really runs at the machine level.
tonsky.me
Gaslight-driven development Any person who has used a computer in the past ten years knows that doing meaningless tasks is just...
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Any person who has used a computer in the past ten years knows that doing meaningless tasks is just part of the experience. Millions of people create accounts, confirm emails, dismiss notifications, solve captchas, reject cookies, and accept terms and conditions—not because they...
99% Invisible
Neil Young’s iPod Killer Neil Young is one of the most decorated and popular musicians of the 20th century. But he’s much...
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Neil Young is one of the most decorated and popular musicians of the 20th century. But he’s much more than a legend of classic rock. In fact, he’s taken some pretty big swings throughout his storied career. He’s filled an entire California ranch house with model trains. He’s made...
Mazdak
Google’s New AI Summaries in Discover: The Next Blow to Publishers? If you work in media or publishing, brace yourself — another platform update from Google is quietly...
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If you work in media or publishing, brace yourself — another platform update from Google is quietly shifting the ground beneath us.
Tech and Tea
9 Things from My Summer (So Far) Mama summer camp, Monopoly, a summer roadtrip, long bike rides, and more!
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Blog - Practical...
The Hidden Engineering of Floating Bridges [Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] In the early 1900s, Seattle...
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[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] In the early 1900s, Seattle was a growing city hemmed in by geography. To the west was Puget Sound, a vital link to the Pacific Ocean. To the east, Lake Washington stood between the city and the farmland and...
Fonts In Use – Blog...
Fonts In Use is not active on Instagram Contributed by Nick Sherman Fonts In Use. License: CC BY-SA. The Fonts In Use staff was never...
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Contributed by Nick Sherman Fonts In Use. License: CC BY-SA. The Fonts In Use staff was never especially enthusiastic about maintaining our account on Instagram. The platform is antithetical to so much of the what we love on the web: hyperlinks, web feeds (e.g., RSS),...
Farza's Newsletter
my homie told me drink electrolytes and now my name is static shock and i have super powers Sup everyone.
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James Cheshire
The Library of Lost Maps Really thrilled to announce that The Library of Lost Maps will hit bookshops this autumn! I will...
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Really thrilled to announce that The Library of Lost Maps will hit bookshops this autumn! I will share more details over the summer, but you can pre-order and subscribe for updates here: https://libraryoflostmaps.com/
AFAR Media - Travel...
52 of the Best Places to Visit in the U.S.
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Blog of Simple...
Google is tracking you even when you use DuckDuckGo
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Working Theorys
Encore Anxiety Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing...
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Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing nobody at all.
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How a Hibernate deprecation log message made our Java backend service super slow It was time to upgrade Hibernate on that one Java monolithic1 backend service that my team was...
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It was time to upgrade Hibernate on that one Java monolithic1 backend service that my team was responsible for. We took great precautions with these types of changes due to the scale of the system, splitting changes into as many small parts as possible and releasing them as often...
GeoCurrents
Mapping the Return of Wolves in Europe As I was preparing to resume posting on GeoCurrents after a short hiatus, I decided to examine...
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As I was preparing to resume posting on GeoCurrents after a short hiatus, I decided to examine recent posts on the fascinating but unfortunately named Reddit site called “MapPorn.” As always, I was struck by many contributions, but what really caught my eye was a five-map...
Contemporist...
Modern Craftsmanship Meets Family Living in This Rebuilt California Home What began as a small repair job turned into a complete architectural reinvention. Designed by...
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What began as a small repair job turned into a complete architectural reinvention. Designed by boutique Northern California firm Medium Plenty, this three-story family home reflects a deep collaboration between the architects and a creative couple with two young kids. Originally...
Daniel Bourke
A dog called Seven Our crazy neighbours had a dog called Seven. And we had our dog Bella. Bella and Seven would yell at...
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Our crazy neighbours had a dog called Seven. And we had our dog Bella. Bella and Seven would yell at each other and sometimes say something nice like hello how was your day by sniffing each other through the gaps in the fence. One day my younger brothers opened the
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Prefab, But Make It Joyful: Inside a Colorful Modular Escape In the green hills of Ibiúna, a quiet rural town about 90 minutes from São Paulo, architect Rodrigo...
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In the green hills of Ibiúna, a quiet rural town about 90 minutes from São Paulo, architect Rodrigo Ohtake has built a family retreat unlike any other. Designed for weekends away with his wife Ana Carolina and their three children, the home is both a restful hideaway and a bold...
Contemporist...
Inside a Houseboat That Feels Like a Home Blatto Boat is a newly constructed Floating On Water Residence (FOWR) located on the north end of...
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Blatto Boat is a newly constructed Floating On Water Residence (FOWR) located on the north end of Seattle’s Lake Union. Designed by Seattle studio GO'C, the houseboat is built within the exact footprint of an existing 12-by-40-foot vessel, making efficient use of every available...
FIRE v London
June 2025: Show times I really want to stop mentioning Trump. Even when he sends troops into LA, one of my favourite...
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I really want to stop mentioning Trump. Even when he sends troops into LA, one of my favourite cities. But when he launches 30kt bombs on Iran, it is very hard to avoid talking about him. In the context of what Trump’s been up to, the welfare reform screw-ups by the Labour...
The Rational Walk
What I’ve Been Reading This post is a list of books that I read in the second quarter of 2025, including The Snowball, The...
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This post is a list of books that I read in the second quarter of 2025, including The Snowball, The Haywire Heart, Plato's Republic, and the King James Bible
AFAR Media - Travel...
7 Events + Festivals Near Yosemite National Park to Attend
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Contemporist...
A Look Inside A Home That Feels Like Living in a Forest Sanctuary Just off the coast of Seattle, a young family found their rhythm on Orcas Island, a lush, bluffside...
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Just off the coast of Seattle, a young family found their rhythm on Orcas Island, a lush, bluffside site in Deer Harbor where the forest meets the horizon. With the help of Syndicate Smith, a Washington-based architecture firm known for its sensitive, site-specific work, they...
Contemporist...
A Mid-Century Modern Home Renovation with Asian and Nordic Influences In Montreal’s lush Outremont district, a 1950s home by architects Morin & Cinq-Mars has undergone a...
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In Montreal’s lush Outremont district, a 1950s home by architects Morin & Cinq-Mars has undergone a transformative expansion. Atelier Chardonnat and Salem Architecture led the renovation, preserving its Frank Lloyd Wright–inspired heritage while introducing Japanese and...
99% Invisible
Roman Mars’s Guide to San Francisco In this bonus episode sponsored by GetYourGuide, Roman shares some of his favorite stories about San...
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In this bonus episode sponsored by GetYourGuide, Roman shares some of his favorite stories about San Francisco, the city in his backyard, starting with the most famous building in the city. Over the course of the tour, we’ll visit the once-hated, now-largely-beloved Transamerica...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Why Spring and Fall Are the Best Seasons for a Yosemite Trip
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Spoon & Tamago
Haneno Suzuki Brings Playful Lines to Shibuya Tokyo-based artist Haneno Suzuki has a way of turning something everyday as paper into something...
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Tokyo-based artist Haneno Suzuki has a way of turning something everyday as paper into something completely unexpected in her solo exhibition “Playful Lines“, currently on view at (Place) by Method in Shibuya. Running from July 4th to 19th, 2025, the show invites visitors to...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Announcing…our next event this fall!!! And other fun stuff!! | Out-Of-Pocket Calling all the builders
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Christian Selig
You should repaste your MacBook (but don't) My favorite memory of my M1 Pro MacBook Pro was the whole sensation of “holy crap, you never hear...
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My favorite memory of my M1 Pro MacBook Pro was the whole sensation of “holy crap, you never hear the fans in this thing”, which was very novel in 2021. Four years later, this MacBook Pro is still a delight. It’s the longest I’ve ever owned a laptop, and while I’d love to pick up...
Contemporist...
Inside the Forest Home That’s All About Light, Space, and Simplicity Tucked into the misty woods of North Bend, Washington, Forest Pavilion blurs the boundary between...
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Tucked into the misty woods of North Bend, Washington, Forest Pavilion blurs the boundary between shelter and site. Designed by Signal Architecture + Research for a pair of professional landscapers, this home doesn’t impose on its environment, it folds into it. A structure of...
Contemporist...
A Kitchen Island That Feels More Like Modern Furniture In Montreal’s leafy Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood, a 1905 home has been reimagined by...
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In Montreal’s leafy Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood, a 1905 home has been reimagined by RobitailleCurtis for a young doctor couple seeking more space and flow. What began as a pandemic purchase evolved into a sensitive expansion, making way for a growing family and a lifestyle...
Spoon & Tamago
Earth, Reimagined on the Shores of Ishigaki Sou Fujimoto’s newest project, Earth, is a vacation home that nearly disappears into the landscape...
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Sou Fujimoto’s newest project, Earth, is a vacation home that nearly disappears into the landscape of Ishigaki Island. Built for NOT A HOTEL, the circular villa is topped with a green roof and designed to feel like part of the land itself. From above, it reads more like a natural...
Blog of Simple...
German court rules Meta’s tracking tech violates GDPR
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New Edna feature: multiple notes I started working on Edna several months ago and I’ve implemented lots of functionality. Edna is a...
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I started working on Edna several months ago and I’ve implemented lots of functionality. Edna is a note taking application with super powers. I figured I’ll make a series of posts about all the features I’ve added in last few months. The first is multiple notes. By default we...
charity.wtf
Thoughts on Motivation and My 40-Year Career I’ve never published an essay quite like this. I’ve written about my life before, reams of stuff...
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I’ve never published an essay quite like this. I’ve written about my life before, reams of stuff actually, because that’s how I process what I think, but never for public consumption. I’ve been pushing myself to write more lately because my co-authors and I have a whole fucking...