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The agent principal-agent problem The agent principal-agent problem 2026-05-07 Code review is broken. The industry-established code...
7th May 2026
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The agent principal-agent problem

from David Crawshaw [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th May 2026
The agent principal-agent problem 2026-05-07 Code review is broken. The industry-established code review process, review-then-commit, was a straightforward mechanism that allowed a relatively low-trust group of engineers to collaborate. It appears to have been initially developed...
Marc Andreessen Egg Game Marc Andreessen Egg Game Marc Andreessen Egg Game is a game about doodling on eggs to make them look...
7th May 2026
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Marc Andreessen Egg Game

from eieio.games [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th May 2026
Marc Andreessen Egg Game Marc Andreessen Egg Game is a game about doodling on eggs to make them look like Marc Andreessen. Read the full post on my blog! Here's a raw link, if you need it: https://eieio.games/blog/marc-andreessen-egg-game
Statins and Strength Does lowering your LDL and saving your heart mean sacrificing muscular strength? No.
6th May 2026
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Statins and Strength

from Cremieux Recueil [alt+shift+b] in science

6th May 2026
Does lowering your LDL and saving your heart mean sacrificing muscular strength? No.
An Ode to Restraint: Lessons from the Tim Cook Legacy Through time, we have glorified conquerors and empire builders in politics, civic life and business,...
6th May 2026
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An Ode to Restraint: Lessons from the Tim Cook Legacy

from Musings on Markets [alt+shift+b] in finance

6th May 2026
Through time, we have glorified conquerors and empire builders in politics, civic life and business, from Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan to the tech titans of today. That is no surprise, since these individuals have oversized personas and often change the course of history,...
Could a Druze State Be Emerging in Southern Syria? If So, What Would It Encompass? Since the fall of Syria’s Assad Regime in December 2024, I have been wondering what would become of...
6th May 2026
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6th May 2026
Since the fall of Syria’s Assad Regime in December 2024, I have been wondering what would become of the Druze people and the areas in which they are the majority population. Particularly important is the Jabal al-Druze, or “Mountain of the Druze,” which is clearly visible on...
I Want People To Agree With Me, Not Die Pastor Tim has already written about this in light of another assassination attempt on either...
6th May 2026
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I Want People To Agree With Me, Not Die

from Open for Business [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th May 2026
Pastor Tim has already written about this in light of another assassination attempt on either President Trump or other members of the administration. Many people are unhealthily and dangerously angry, and it seems like it’s getting worse.
99 percent Utopia and money For full happiness is possible only in stagnation.
6th May 2026
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99 percent Utopia and money

from Global Inequality and More 3.0 [alt+shift+b] in history

6th May 2026
For full happiness is possible only in stagnation.
Always keeping score. Now with Claude, there is no excuse not to be tracking everything.
6th May 2026
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Always keeping score.

from Jamesin’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th May 2026
Now with Claude, there is no excuse not to be tracking everything.
An Evening at The Map Center I’ve been meaning to go to The Map Center since I met proprietor Andrew Middleton about 2 years ago...
6th May 2026
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An Evening at The Map Center

from Map of the Week [alt+shift+b] in cartography

6th May 2026
I’ve been meaning to go to The Map Center since I met proprietor Andrew Middleton about 2 years ago at an event. Middleton won a contest to take over the store from its previous owner and moved from California to Pawtucket, Rhode Island to run the place. Finally, a Geospatial...
World Models Can Change Everything If they work, AI can finally conquer the real world… but that’s a big “if”
6th May 2026
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World Models Can Change Everything

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

6th May 2026
If they work, AI can finally conquer the real world… but that’s a big “if”
Should You Trust the Netflix Top 10? A Statistical Analysis Netflix’s Top 10 helps us choose faster. But does it help us choose better?
6th May 2026
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Should You Trust the Netflix Top 10? A Statistical Analysis

from Stat Significant [alt+shift+b] in creative

6th May 2026
Netflix’s Top 10 helps us choose faster. But does it help us choose better?
The Ruthless Liquidity of Modern Love Sex & Relationship Updates, H1 2026
6th May 2026
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The Ruthless Liquidity of Modern Love

from Uncharted Territories [alt+shift+b] in science

6th May 2026
Sex & Relationship Updates, H1 2026
Cities of the Red Night We swing south to Albuquerque, catching I-40 west for a few miles. The earth turns redder, with a...
6th May 2026
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Cities of the Red Night

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

6th May 2026
We swing south to Albuquerque, catching I-40 west for a few miles. The earth turns redder, with a thin frosting of green -- junipers, snakeweed, and shrubs on the mesa tops. The sky is impossibly blue, littered with tufts of white cloud. Just before the city the oil pressure...
The world reveals itself to those who travel by foot Nothing was as scary as we thought, and everything was weirder and more friendly.
6th May 2026
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The world reveals itself to those who travel by foot

from Escaping Flatland [alt+shift+b] in literature

6th May 2026
Nothing was as scary as we thought, and everything was weirder and more friendly.
6th May 2026
CipherSmith: a browser-based crypto toolkit CipherSmith: a browser-based crypto toolkit
6th May 2026
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CipherSmith: a browser-based crypto toolkit

from A Day In The Life Of... [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th May 2026
CipherSmith: a browser-based crypto toolkit
My Temporary Enemy's Temporary Enemy... Can be my temporary friend.
6th May 2026
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My Temporary Enemy's Temporary Enemy...

from Trying to Understand the World [alt+shift+b] in history

6th May 2026
Can be my temporary friend.
How I self-host this blog at home with a dynamic IPv4 address, IPv6 prefix, and a dash of Wireguard Networking has long been my Achilles heel. I know the very basics, but the more complex areas of...
6th May 2026
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6th May 2026
Networking has long been my Achilles heel. I know the very basics, but the more complex areas of networking have been a bit puzzling to me. By the time I figured out how IPv4 works, I found IPv6 and that my ISP supports it. Back to square one. That didn’t stop me from learning...
Rust in Numbers Why do manure spreaders have life cycles?
6th May 2026
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Rust in Numbers

from Asterisk [alt+shift+b] in science

6th May 2026
Why do manure spreaders have life cycles?
Behind the Scenes of Navigating the AI Shift How Cate Huston and I built a course on navigating the AI shift, while navigating the AI shift.
5th May 2026
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Behind the Scenes of Navigating the AI Shift

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

5th May 2026
How Cate Huston and I built a course on navigating the AI shift, while navigating the AI shift.
Introducing SPEAR: The Management Framework for AI The strong-start-weak-finish problem in AI is a process problem, not a model problem.
5th May 2026
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Introducing SPEAR: The Management Framework for AI

from Entrepreneur's Edge [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th May 2026
The strong-start-weak-finish problem in AI is a process problem, not a model problem.
HAVV by Widarto Impact OVERVIEW Soy milk commands 37.4% of the $23.8 billion plant-based milk market, holding the largest...
5th May 2026
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HAVV by Widarto Impact

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

5th May 2026
OVERVIEW Soy milk commands 37.4% of the $23.8 billion plant-based milk market, holding the largest share of any plant milk...
The Trouble With Architectural Publishing The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes.
5th May 2026
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The Trouble With Architectural Publishing

from Common Edge [alt+shift+b] in architecture

5th May 2026
The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes.
Fine, let’s talk about peptides | Out-Of-Pocket What and why are people injecting themselves?
5th May 2026
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Fine, let’s talk about peptides | Out-Of-Pocket

from Out-of-Pocket Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

5th May 2026
What and why are people injecting themselves?
Boomba is a Roomba with every upgrade imaginable In the classic Ship of Theseus thought experiment, we’re led to wonder if a ship is still the same...
5th May 2026
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Boomba is a Roomba with every upgrade imaginable

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th May 2026
In the classic Ship of Theseus thought experiment, we’re led to wonder if a ship is still the same ship after all of its parts have been replaced. But we might need to rename that to the “Robot of Boomba,” after Lucas completely rebuilt a Roomba to serve as a robotics platform....
Where Are We, And What Are We Doing Here? A treatise on restaurant design.
5th May 2026
What Can We Gain by Losing Infinity? Most mathematicians take the notion of infinity for granted — it’s deeply rooted in math’s most...
5th May 2026
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What Can We Gain by Losing Infinity?

from The Quanta Podcast [alt+shift+b] in science

5th May 2026
Most mathematicians take the notion of infinity for granted — it’s deeply rooted in math’s most fundamental assumptions. But a small group of researchers hopes to banish infinity completely. On this episode of The Quanta Podcast, host Samir Patel speaks with math editor Jordana...
React End-to-End Testing with Playwright (workshop) Master Playwright end-to-end testing: setup, authentication (basic, 2FA, passkeys), mocking,...
5th May 2026
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React End-to-End Testing with Playwright (workshop)

from Epic Web Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th May 2026
Master Playwright end-to-end testing: setup, authentication (basic, 2FA, passkeys), mocking, fixtures, and debugging with UI mode and Trace Viewer.
Planning my Kubernetes homelab The Kubernetes iceberg. If I’d have to describe my homelab setup via analogy I guess it would be...
5th May 2026
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Planning my Kubernetes homelab

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th May 2026
The Kubernetes iceberg. If I’d have to describe my homelab setup via analogy I guess it would be similar to me on a unicycle carrying plates with both of my hands, or maybe a leaking barrel with water that I try to patch up with silver tape. I’ve also been Kubernetes-curious so...
Design from the inside Imagine you’re an architect hired to redesign the floorplan of an office. The company hiring you has...
5th May 2026
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Design from the inside

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

5th May 2026
Imagine you’re an architect hired to redesign the floorplan of an office. The company hiring you has grown from 10-100 employees and wants to make sure the space is easy to navigate and the common areas are in the optimal location. You ask the client for the existing floorplan,...
Three Mistakes That Changed How I Lead (More Than Any Training Ever Did) You can sit through training for years. One mistake you care about will teach you more in a day.
4th May 2026
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4th May 2026
You can sit through training for years. One mistake you care about will teach you more in a day.
Some Renewable Energy Updates I came across a few news items that I could possibly write about today and couldn’t decide which to...
4th May 2026
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Some Renewable Energy Updates

from NeuroLogica Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

4th May 2026
I came across a few news items that I could possibly write about today and couldn’t decide which to cover, so I will write about all of them, since they all relate to renewable energy. The first is a new study comparing direct air capture (DAC) to installing new wind and solar....
4th May 2026
UX Roundup: User Research Game | AI Photo Recommendations | AI Helps TA | Teaching Metacognition |... User researchers as role-playing game classes | AI posture recommendation feature in Huawei Pura 90...
4th May 2026
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4th May 2026
User researchers as role-playing game classes | AI posture recommendation feature in Huawei Pura 90 phones | AI helps teaching assistants provide better feedback to students | AI as a metacognitive coach | Recommending an entertaining short AI film | SpaceX’s plan for 100 TW...
Apr ’26: A record month, house purchase underway It’s been a beautiful month. I’ve been about a bit, taking in Lincoln, the New Forest, and Oxford as...
4th May 2026
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Apr ’26: A record month, house purchase underway

from FIRE v London [alt+shift+b] in finance

4th May 2026
It’s been a beautiful month. I’ve been about a bit, taking in Lincoln, the New Forest, and Oxford as well as enjoying London town itself. The Iran conflict rumbles on, with the USA and Israel having effectively finished the military engagement. Markets have had a very strong...
Spec-driven development Documentation first, SQL second
4th May 2026
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Spec-driven development

from Better than Random [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th May 2026
Documentation first, SQL second
Awkward Zombie - Holding All the Cards New comic! Today's News: Yeah, I can rip a hologram in half. That's what they teach you at Good At...
4th May 2026
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Awkward Zombie - Holding All the Cards

from Awkward Zombie [alt+shift+b] in comics

4th May 2026
New comic! Today's News: Yeah, I can rip a hologram in half. That's what they teach you at Good At Pokemon school.
Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise An analysis of 200,000 similes from popular fiction.
4th May 2026
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Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise

from The Pudding [alt+shift+b] in design

4th May 2026
An analysis of 200,000 similes from popular fiction.
Why aren’t things changing faster? Been wondering lately that given everyone has a consultant with all the world’s knowledge in their...
4th May 2026
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Why aren’t things changing faster?

from Inverted Passion [alt+shift+b] in science

4th May 2026
Been wondering lately that given everyone has a consultant with all the world’s knowledge in their pockets, we should be seeing efficiency rise across the board everywhere. Literally everyone can now get personalised advise on how to serve their customers better, improve quality...
We Built a Dangerous System. Then We Made a PSA About It. How public safety messaging shifts responsibility away from the systems that cause harm.
4th May 2026
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We Built a Dangerous System. Then We Made a PSA About It.

from Strong Towns [alt+shift+b] in architecture

4th May 2026
How public safety messaging shifts responsibility away from the systems that cause harm.
Letting Claude Teach Me Now that I use AI regularly to help write code and complete tasks, I find myself in a position where...
4th May 2026
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Letting Claude Teach Me

from Daniel Marino [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th May 2026
Now that I use AI regularly to help write code and complete tasks, I find myself in a position where I’m not learning as much as I used to. That feels a bit crummy. Fairly often, Claude writes code I don’t fully understand. For example: I know enough TypeScript to be dangerous,...
Content for Content’s Sake Language is constantly evolving, particularly in some communities. Not everybody is ready for it at...
4th May 2026
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Content for Content’s Sake

from Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th May 2026
Language is constantly evolving, particularly in some communities. Not everybody is ready for it at all times. I, for instance, cannot stand that my community is now constantly “cooking” or “cooked”, that people in it are “locked in” or “cracked.” I don’t like it, because the...
Recently I spent a lot of time outside in April. The first two weekends I did long bike rides: from Brooklyn...
4th May 2026
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Recently

from Tom MacWright [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th May 2026
I spent a lot of time outside in April. The first two weekends I did long bike rides: from Brooklyn to Tarrytown along the Old Croton Aqueduct trail, and out to Rockaway Beach via the Marine Parkway Bridge & Cross Bay Memorial Bridge. Then, I ran the Brooklyn Experience Half...
MILAN DESIGN WEEK :: BY THE MACROTRENDS An inspirational interlude
3rd May 2026
Look at the trees I pick my Dad up from the aged care facility he lives at and we go for drives. There’s a nice bakery...
3rd May 2026
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Look at the trees

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd May 2026
I pick my Dad up from the aged care facility he lives at and we go for drives. There’s a nice bakery 25 minutes out onto the peninsula. We always take the scenic route. Because I’ve got nothing but time Dad says. Not far from the
May Day Black Blocs and a Car Bombing : Spring comes to Portland, Oregon On May Day, anarchists in Portland participated in two black blocs, adding a confrontational edge to...
3rd May 2026
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3rd May 2026
On May Day, anarchists in Portland participated in two black blocs, adding a confrontational edge to public protests. As anger against the economy and the government spreads alongside desperation and despair, it’s up to us to create opportunities for collective action. Anarchists...
African Revolutions and External Influences during the Long Nineteenth Century In the opening decades of the 19th century, Africa witnessed the emergence of new economic and...
3rd May 2026
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African Revolutions and External Influences during the Long Nineteenth Century

from African History Extra [alt+shift+b] in history

3rd May 2026
In the opening decades of the 19th century, Africa witnessed the emergence of new economic and political dynamics that intersected with, and were in some areas the outcome of, external influences.
The Changing Geography of Top Corporate Headquarters in the U.S., 1890-2025 (Note: Last December I began work on a series of posts focusing on the geography of wealth and...
3rd May 2026
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3rd May 2026
(Note: Last December I began work on a series of posts focusing on the geography of wealth and corporate power. After a single post on the location of corporate headquarters, I had to suspend my work on this topic. This post includes maps that I made at that time, based on data...
Why are we blaming hookup culture and casual sex for social problems? On Alessandro Roz' erotic brotherhood for queer men, and what it's missing
3rd May 2026
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Why are we blaming hookup culture and casual sex for social problems?

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd May 2026
On Alessandro Roz' erotic brotherhood for queer men, and what it's missing
FREE Obsolete Sony book for paid subscribers A DRM-free digital copy of Sony Year by Year, and a thank-you for year one.
3rd May 2026
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FREE Obsolete Sony book for paid subscribers

from Obsolete Sony’s Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in history

3rd May 2026
A DRM-free digital copy of Sony Year by Year, and a thank-you for year one.
What Makes Art Great? Some notes toward an answer
3rd May 2026
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What Makes Art Great?

from Nabeel S. Qureshi [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd May 2026
Some notes toward an answer
How to Improve at Sensemaking AI? What we can learn from the disorienting changes hitting the software industry, and how we can use...
3rd May 2026
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How to Improve at Sensemaking AI?

from Commoncog [alt+shift+b] in finance

3rd May 2026
What we can learn from the disorienting changes hitting the software industry, and how we can use that to improve at sensemaking this uncertain new technology.
Testing MacOS on the Apple Network Server 2.0 ROMs It's time for another save point in the continuing saga of the various ROMs for the Apple Network...
3rd May 2026
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Testing MacOS on the Apple Network Server 2.0 ROMs

from Old Vintage Computing Research [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd May 2026
It's time for another save point in the continuing saga of the various ROMs for the Apple Network Server, Apple's first through-and-through Unix server (previously, previously). The Apple Network Server was only ever officially able to boot AIX, IBM's proprietary Power...
I don't know how to feel about Palantir Normal company or uniquely evil? Let's reason through it.
3rd May 2026
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I don't know how to feel about Palantir

from Odds and Ends of History [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd May 2026
Normal company or uniquely evil? Let's reason through it.
How to Work and Compound with AI Context as infra, taste as config, verification for autonomy, scale via delegation, closing the...
3rd May 2026
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How to Work and Compound with AI

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd May 2026
Context as infra, taste as config, verification for autonomy, scale via delegation, closing the loop.
How I Make Things A note on my writing process, including my use of AI
2nd May 2026
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How I Make Things

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2026
A note on my writing process, including my use of AI
Bimodal by design I've worked with Photoshop for an age. Back in 2022, I created a small business called 099, offering...
2nd May 2026
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Bimodal by design

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2026
I've worked with Photoshop for an age. Back in 2022, I created a small business called 099, offering a focused collection of minimal PSD mockups and web tools for creatives. Although I still appreciate the demand for PSDs, especially among seasoned designers, I wanted to explore...
Spent this morning at Minnebar... Spent this morning at Minnebar. This year was the 20th anniversary. I’ve had several posts about...
2nd May 2026
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Spent this morning at Minnebar...

from I am BARRY HESS [alt+shift+b] in travel

2nd May 2026
Spent this morning at Minnebar. This year was the 20th anniversary. I’ve had several posts about Minnebar on this blog through the years. I’ve only been able to go a couple times over the past ten years and it was good to see many familiar faces. (Even some Minnesota expats. 👋,...
Thomas Heywood's early melodrama A Woman Killed by Kindness - I’ll say you wept, I’ll swear you made... I have called Thomas Dekker and Henry Chettle hacks, but Thomas Heywood was the greatest hack of the...
2nd May 2026
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2nd May 2026
I have called Thomas Dekker and Henry Chettle hacks, but Thomas Heywood was the greatest hack of the Age of Shakespeare, having “an entire hand or at least the main finger” in “two hundred and twenty” (!) plays (Three Elizabethan Domestic Tragedies, p. 38).  He is more like a...
Musk v. Altman begins This is a bait and switch
2nd May 2026
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Musk v. Altman begins

from Internal Tech Emails [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd May 2026
This is a bait and switch
Energy storage in the internal states of molecules - old and new A science story first, then a US research ecosystem story later. When we think about using molecules...
2nd May 2026
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Energy storage in the internal states of molecules - old and new

from nanoscale views [alt+shift+b] in science

2nd May 2026
A science story first, then a US research ecosystem story later. When we think about using molecules to store energy, it's usually in the context of food or fuel, so that chemical reactions take place - bonds are broken and remade, and in an exothermic reaction, the products end...
12 New YouTube Videos I'm Recommending Right Now Including the trendiest band of the current moment
2nd May 2026
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12 New YouTube Videos I'm Recommending Right Now

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2026
Including the trendiest band of the current moment
Figure Stuff Out Together We vary in our motives and priorities in thinking.
2nd May 2026
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Figure Stuff Out Together

from Overcoming Bias [alt+shift+b] in history

2nd May 2026
We vary in our motives and priorities in thinking.
Why Coase needs Hayek sometimes smart planners lose to simple markets
2nd May 2026
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Why Coase needs Hayek

from Strange Loop Canon [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd May 2026
sometimes smart planners lose to simple markets
Reading List 05/02/2026 Chilling effects in the build-to-rent sector, how fast could robot manufacturing scale up, PJM’s new...
2nd May 2026
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Reading List 05/02/2026

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd May 2026
Chilling effects in the build-to-rent sector, how fast could robot manufacturing scale up, PJM’s new interconnection queue, the backlash against battery storage, and more.
Pluralistic: The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus (02 May 2026) Today's links The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus: Do bounties for ICE whistleblowers...
2nd May 2026
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Pluralistic: The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus (02 May 2026)

from Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd May 2026
Today's links The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus: Do bounties for ICE whistleblowers next! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Colbert v GWB; Wallaby milk; Jay Rosen's journalism precepts; Radical Media(TM); What is carried interest? TCP...
Thinking By Hand How Bob Dylan Got His Mojo Back
2nd May 2026
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Thinking By Hand

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2026
How Bob Dylan Got His Mojo Back
The Middle Way Login to tech Twitter and you’ll see posts bragging about 40k LoC per day from an unnamed YC member...
2nd May 2026
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The Middle Way

from Marc Astbury [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd May 2026
Login to tech Twitter and you’ll see posts bragging about 40k LoC per day from an unnamed YC member 😛. There’s some hilarity to it, but the vibe shift is real. At Jenni, we’re shipping 3-5x faster than mid-2025. I perpetually have unread notifications in our #shipped channel....
Selene Aegean Bistro Here we go with another restaurant on my "to eat at" list but it has taken me until now to actually...
2nd May 2026
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Selene Aegean Bistro

from Sherman's Food Adventures [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2026
Here we go with another restaurant on my "to eat at" list but it has taken me until now to actually pay them a visit.  When Bluebeard and Nikita wanted to meet up for dinner, it was as good as any time to suggest Selene Aegean Bistro out on Pentiction at Hastings.  Not be...
Using Playwright to test my static sites I build a lot of static websites – including this site and all of my local media archives – and I...
2nd May 2026
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Using Playwright to test my static sites

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd May 2026
I build a lot of static websites – including this site and all of my local media archives – and I want to test them. Most of my pages are static HTML and I can write automated tests that analyse the HTML, but for more complex sites I have JavaScript that runs in the browser and...
[RODEN] New Japan, NYC, Soderbergh Bonanza, Too Much Movement Roden Readers — Hello from Crazy Weather Town. Is it spring? Some days it feels like it might be,...
2nd May 2026
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[RODEN] New Japan, NYC, Soderbergh Bonanza, Too Much Movement

from Craig Mod — Writer + Photographer [alt+shift+b] in literature

2nd May 2026
Roden Readers — Hello from Crazy Weather Town. Is it spring? Some days it feels like it might be, for a few milliseconds. And then other days, no. No spring for you. The floor heating was on this morning and that felt good. Soon enough the sauna will be on over the entirety of...
These Vintage Alcohol Ads Are as Bizarre as They Are Fascinating There is a certain kind of discomfort that comes from flipping through old magazines from the 1960s...
1st May 2026
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These Vintage Alcohol Ads Are as Bizarre as They Are Fascinating

from Rare Historical Photos [alt+shift+b] in history

1st May 2026
There is a certain kind of discomfort that comes from flipping through old magazines from the 1960s and 1970s. Not because they feel foreign, but because they don’t, entirely. The clothes changed. The hairstyles changed. The alcohol ads, though, reveal something rawer about that...
Disable Auto-Update How is it possible that a feature I use every day, in an app I rely on daily, entirely offline, just...
1st May 2026
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Disable Auto-Update

from Software and Tech stories from an Insider - iDiallo.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2026
How is it possible that a feature I use every day, in an app I rely on daily, entirely offline, just disappeared from my phone? I use a fitness app. My metrics, such as steps, workout routines, heart rate, are collected from a wearable device like a smartwatch and sent to the app...
Micro app 15: Railway Dashboard for iOS I use Railway to host a few of my projects, and while they have a nice desktop interface in the...
1st May 2026
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Micro app 15: Railway Dashboard for iOS

from Birchtree [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2026
I use Railway to host a few of my projects, and while they have a nice desktop interface in the browser, their mobile UI isn't so hot, and I wanted to make something t help me monitor things like my cost and deployments on my phone with ease.
Why you’re more likely to buy something for $4.99 than $5.00 Charm pricing has endured for centuries.
1st May 2026
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Why you’re more likely to buy something for $4.99 than $5.00

from Hustle Originals [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2026
Charm pricing has endured for centuries.
Leaderbored Is it a race or a run?
1st May 2026
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Leaderbored

from benn.substack [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2026
Is it a race or a run?
1st May 2026
10 must-see architecture & design events to see this May in NYC, Venice, Montreal, Bilbao,... If you're in search of exciting architecture and design events to add to your calendar this May,...
1st May 2026
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1st May 2026
If you're in search of exciting architecture and design events to add to your calendar this May, check out our curated selection of exhibitions, festivals, and conferences taking place across the U.S. and abroad. From the roster of ongoing and upcoming events listed on Bustler,...
Planning for your midlife crisis Yesterday I presented a talk at ODSC East 2026, called “Counterfactual Analysis with Bayesian...
1st May 2026
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Planning for your midlife crisis

from Probably Overthinking It [alt+shift+b] in science

1st May 2026
Yesterday I presented a talk at ODSC East 2026, called “Counterfactual Analysis with Bayesian Models: What Drives the Life Expectancy Gap?” Here’s the abstract Across nearly every country in the world, women live longer than men—but the size of this gap varies from about two...
Why We're Helpless When Things Break Down Only then do we realize that by optimizing profit and efficiency, we've also optimized systemic...
1st May 2026
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Why We're Helpless When Things Break Down

from oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith [alt+shift+b] in finance

1st May 2026
Only then do we realize that by optimizing profit and efficiency, we've also optimized systemic failure. In my essay AI, Money, Human Nature and the Problem with Problems, I refer to boundary conditions but didn't offer a thorough explanation of the role this concept plays...
Grass Valley welcome arch In 1901 visitors entered through the legs of an odd statue of a gold miner
1st May 2026
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Grass Valley welcome arch

from Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2026
In 1901 visitors entered through the legs of an odd statue of a gold miner
Not apparent “Are you sure you want to move to San Francisco?” my dad asked me as we drove home from the...
1st May 2026
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Not apparent

from Basta’s Notes [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2026
“Are you sure you want to move to San Francisco?” my dad asked me as we drove home from the electrical supply store.
2026.18: Long-term, Peripheral & Myopic Visions The best Stratechery content from the week of April 27, 2026, including Amazon and AI, the future of...
1st May 2026
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2026.18: Long-term, Peripheral & Myopic Visions

from Stratechery by Ben Thompson [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2026
The best Stratechery content from the week of April 27, 2026, including Amazon and AI, the future of AR devices, and Beijing's myopia.
Housing Roundup #14: You Can't Build That Why can’t you build it?
1st May 2026
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Housing Roundup #14: You Can't Build That

from Don't Worry About the Vase [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st May 2026
Why can’t you build it?
2026 CHM Awards Ceremony CHM honored five new Fellows and the inaugural Silicon Valley Laureate at a gala celebration that...
1st May 2026
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2026 CHM Awards Ceremony

from CHM [alt+shift+b] in history

1st May 2026
CHM honored five new Fellows and the inaugural Silicon Valley Laureate at a gala celebration that highlighted the teamwork and collaboration behind lasting success. The post 2026 CHM Awards Ceremony appeared first on CHM.
Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part III: Generals, Warlords and Vassals This is the third part (I, II) of our series looking at how Carthage’s complex, multipart armies...
1st May 2026
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Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part III: Generals, Warlords and Vassals

from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry [alt+shift+b] in history

1st May 2026
This is the third part (I, II) of our series looking at how Carthage’s complex, multipart armies were raised and constituted. Last time, we looked at the backbone of Carthage’s armies: North African troops levied out of Carthage’s subject communities in North Africa. These...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Tragic Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Later he's upset that nobody's upset. Today's News:
1st May 2026
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Tragic

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

1st May 2026
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Later he's upset that nobody's upset. Today's News:
Be mindful of renting capabilities “For a while, he even makes you believe that his power has become yours. Irresistible power… that...
1st May 2026
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Be mindful of renting capabilities

from Herbert Lui [alt+shift+b] in travel

1st May 2026
“For a while, he even makes you believe that his power has become yours. Irresistible power… that makes every desire’s fufilment seem inevitable.” When I heard this line from Rings of Power, it reminded me of this: Sometimes, business partners want to make you rely on them in...
The Market for Contrarian Talent Doesn't Clear Plus! Bootstrapping a Consumer-Facing Negawatt Market; Real Estate; Aggregators; Training Data;...
1st May 2026
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The Market for Contrarian Talent Doesn't Clear

from The Diff [alt+shift+b] in finance

1st May 2026
Plus! Bootstrapping a Consumer-Facing Negawatt Market; Real Estate; Aggregators; Training Data; Supply Chains
Breaking Up, p03 The post Breaking Up, p03 appeared first on Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic.
1st May 2026
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Breaking Up, p03

from Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic [alt+shift+b] in comics

1st May 2026
The post Breaking Up, p03 appeared first on Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic.
Comic for 2026.05.01 - Days New Cyanide and Happiness Comic
1st May 2026
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Comic for 2026.05.01 - Days

from Explosm.net [alt+shift+b] in comics

1st May 2026
New Cyanide and Happiness Comic
SBC Clusters are a terrible value, but they're fun anyway Pictured above is the new DeskPi Super4C installed in an 8U mini rack. The Super4C is a 4-node...
1st May 2026
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SBC Clusters are a terrible value, but they're fun anyway

from Jeff Geerling [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2026
Pictured above is the new DeskPi Super4C installed in an 8U mini rack. The Super4C is a 4-node Raspberry Pi CM5 cluster board that solves two pain points I had with the older Super6C. I was testing this board around the same time I helped kick off the SBCC 2026, the Single Board...
One week left to apply for Invisible College 2026 Our residential seminar for 18–22 year olds was such a success that we are running it again. Apply...
1st May 2026
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One week left to apply for Invisible College 2026

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

1st May 2026
Our residential seminar for 18–22 year olds was such a success that we are running it again. Apply this week or forever hold your peace.
The Man Behind The History Thucydides' Life & Legacy
1st May 2026
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The Man Behind The History

from Classical Wisdom [alt+shift+b] in history

1st May 2026
Thucydides' Life & Legacy
Weekly Dose of Optimism #191 Cancer Sniffing Dogs, Zuck's Virtual Cell + Space Lasers, Rainmeasurer, De-extincting the Bluebuck,...
1st May 2026
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #191

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st May 2026
Cancer Sniffing Dogs, Zuck's Virtual Cell + Space Lasers, Rainmeasurer, De-extincting the Bluebuck, Millennial Dads + Science Breakthroughs + Extra Doses
May Day History The Haymarket Riot NOTE: I rerun this diary every year. In the US, May Day used to be the internationally-recognized...
1st May 2026
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May Day History The Haymarket Riot

from Hidden History [alt+shift+b] in history

1st May 2026
NOTE: I rerun this diary every year. In the US, May Day used to be the internationally-recognized day of recognition and celebration for Labor and its struggles–at least until the Soviet Union ruined it with their idiotic military parades. But in honor of the true meaning of May...
Nearly Half of Wolves in Italy Are Now Part Dog Italy has seen a growing number of wolf-dog hybrids, raising concerns about the future of its...
1st May 2026
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Nearly Half of Wolves in Italy Are Now Part Dog

from Yale E360 [alt+shift+b] in science

1st May 2026
Italy has seen a growing number of wolf-dog hybrids, raising concerns about the future of its wolves. Read more on E360 →
Power, democracy, and clarity What does the end of the Voting Rights Act mean?
1st May 2026
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Power, democracy, and clarity

from Can We Still Govern? [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2026
What does the end of the Voting Rights Act mean?
What Are We Doing To Ourselves I do not find it amusing
1st May 2026
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What Are We Doing To Ourselves

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

1st May 2026
I do not find it amusing
Equitable on Broad Street 8 This series of blog posts may end up taking longer than the actual construction of the Equitable...
1st May 2026
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Equitable on Broad Street 8

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st May 2026
This series of blog posts may end up taking longer than the actual construction of the Equitable building, but I feel like it’s not often we get to see such thorough documentation of the construction technology of a moment in time. I’m going to switch gears today from the...
The Tsarist Mindset On the 'anti-Semitism national security emergency'
1st May 2026
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The Tsarist Mindset

from Wrong Side of History [alt+shift+b] in history

1st May 2026
On the 'anti-Semitism national security emergency'
“The most exciting mobile trend is full Qwerty keyboards” The creators of the Blackberry were sure that customers loved the keyboard. That’s what they heard...
1st May 2026
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“The most exciting mobile trend is full Qwerty keyboards”

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st May 2026
The creators of the Blackberry were sure that customers loved the keyboard. That’s what they heard all day from their users, and it must have been right since they had a huge share of the mobile phone market. When the iPhone came out, it wasn’t seen as a threat because it had no...
Roundup #81: Back to our regular programming National debt; AI cyberattacks; Phone bans; AI and coding jobs; Millennials vs. Boomers; Public...
1st May 2026
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Roundup #81: Back to our regular programming

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2026
National debt; AI cyberattacks; Phone bans; AI and coding jobs; Millennials vs. Boomers; Public order; California YIMBYism
How to dress like Luciano Barbera Luciano Barbera is a menswear icon for many reasons. For me, however, the most important is that he...
1st May 2026
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How to dress like Luciano Barbera

from Permanent Style [alt+shift+b] in design

1st May 2026
Luciano Barbera is a menswear icon for many reasons. For me, however, the most important is that he always emphasised dressing comfortably, appropriately and in an understated manner.  Dressing comfortably means eschewing the uber-tight suit... > Read more
Notes on a non-profit indicted for bank fraud Well-regarded non-profit runs domestic intelligence agency; distributes intelligence product;...
1st May 2026
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Notes on a non-profit indicted for bank fraud

from Bits about Money [alt+shift+b] in finance

1st May 2026
Well-regarded non-profit runs domestic intelligence agency; distributes intelligence product; achieves adoption in financial infrastructure; recruits agents and allies; intervenes against U.S. political fundraising.
The Five Rivers of Hades in Greek Mythology and Beyond The Greek afterlife wasn’t simply a shadowy realm of nothingness. Over time, from Homer to Hesiod,...
1st May 2026
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The Five Rivers of Hades in Greek Mythology and Beyond

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

1st May 2026
The Greek afterlife wasn’t simply a shadowy realm of nothingness. Over time, from Homer to Hesiod, Plato, and Virgil, through stories and poetry, it developed features of its own, with forests, mountains, cities, and lakes being considered as part of its geography. Of great...
1st May 2026
AI will create jobs It’s nice to see Jensen talk about this, and it’s super obvious when you think about it. AI and...
1st May 2026
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AI will create jobs

from the singularity is nearer [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st May 2026
It’s nice to see Jensen talk about this, and it’s super obvious when you think about it. AI and immigration are fundamentally the same. There’s new people showing up, and hopefully everyone understands how and why immigration creates jobs. Wants are effectively unlimited. It’s...
1st May 2026
Unblogged April 30 unblogged things I did in April Wed 1: My blogpost about TfL producing a new set of bus maps may...
1st May 2026
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Unblogged April

from diamond geezer [alt+shift+b] in travel

1st May 2026
30 unblogged things I did in April Wed 1: My blogpost about TfL producing a new set of bus maps may have been an April Fool but Quickmap do a truly excellent Greater London bus map which is online here. I might have saved that jpg to my phone. Thu 2: The West Ham chunk of the...
Ibiza 1976: In 1976, German-born photographer Walter Rudolph went to Ibiza. We’ve been there twice before, in...
1st May 2026
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Ibiza 1976:

from Flashbak [alt+shift+b] in history

1st May 2026
In 1976, German-born photographer Walter Rudolph went to Ibiza. We’ve been there twice before, in the 1980s with Oriol Maspons (NSFW) and a group of British lads. In ’76, the Spanish island was a relatively untested destination for visitors to explore. In 2025, 19 million...
'Those Little Cracklings of Mirth and Folly' Who is being described and who is doing the describing: “His prose is the model of the middle style;...
1st May 2026
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'Those Little Cracklings of Mirth and Folly'

from Anecdotal Evidence [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st May 2026
Who is being described and who is doing the describing: “His prose is the model of the middle style; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration; always equable, and always easy, without...
[instagram] two years this giant moth appeared at our door a few days after you’d passed, @peenutkewlee. @launshae said it...
1st May 2026
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[instagram] two years

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

1st May 2026
this giant moth appeared at our door a few days after you’d passed, @peenutkewlee. @launshae said it could be you, i said it was just a co-incidence. but moths didn’t appear again since, especially one of this size. was it really you? or are moths somewhat drawn to households...
1st May 2026
A societal failure on all levels A week in San Francisco
1st May 2026
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A societal failure on all levels

from Basta’s Notes [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2026
A week in San Francisco
Sabastian Sawe, Adidas and the Sub-2 Hour Marathon How the super running shoe arms race helped two athletes break the 2-hour mark at London Marathon...
1st May 2026
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Sabastian Sawe, Adidas and the Sub-2 Hour Marathon

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2026
How the super running shoe arms race helped two athletes break the 2-hour mark at London Marathon 2026.
We may now know what kind of AI bubble this is Think railroads, not crypto. PLUS: The government can't decide what to do about Mythos, and week one...
1st May 2026
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We may now know what kind of AI bubble this is

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2026
Think railroads, not crypto. PLUS: The government can't decide what to do about Mythos, and week one of the OpenAI-Elon Musk trial
What email will look like in the future On patching a 1981-era system mid-flight
1st May 2026
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What email will look like in the future

from Buttondown's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2026
On patching a 1981-era system mid-flight
Offline command line translation with TranslateGemma + Ollama I wrote a simple script that translates text at the command line, completely offline. Here’s an...
1st May 2026
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Offline command line translation with TranslateGemma + Ollama

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2026
I wrote a simple script that translates text at the command line, completely offline. Here’s an example of how it works on my computer: echo '¿Cómo estás?' | translate # => How are you? It combines a few tools: TranslateGemma, a special-purpose language model for...
April, 2026 I had hoped and expected that the chaos which had marked the start of the year — floors, termites,...
1st May 2026
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April, 2026

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2026
I had hoped and expected that the chaos which had marked the start of the year — floors, termites, sickness, fires, ACL surgery — was largely behind us, and that I would be freed to find some sort of rhythm or backbeat with which to tether a new normalcy. And of course, this has...
DuckDB vs ClickHouse: Why we use both at PostHog ClickHouse and DuckDB are two heavyweights in the OLAP category. This makes them appear as direct...
1st May 2026
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DuckDB vs ClickHouse: Why we use both at PostHog

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2026
ClickHouse and DuckDB are two heavyweights in the OLAP category. This makes them appear as direct competitors. In a few respects they are, but they…
What I'm up to - May 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in...
1st May 2026
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What I'm up to - May 2026

from Philip I. Thomas [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in April - Visited NYC briefly. Discovered a new cafe I like called WatchHouse - they even happened to be...
What I'm up to - May 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in...
1st May 2026
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What I'm up to - May 2026

from Philip Ilic Thomas [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in April - Visited NYC briefly. Discovered a new cafe I like called WatchHouse - they even happened to be...
We Can Do Hard Things Years ago, back when I was leading a mobile dev team, my friend had an idea for a business. You see,...
30th Apr 2026
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We Can Do Hard Things

from Allen Pike [alt+shift+b] in startups

30th Apr 2026
Years ago, back when I was leading a mobile dev team, my friend had an idea for a business. You see, back then the most frustrating thing about mobile dev was the final step: getting your app on actual phones. Builds, provisioning, and code signing made for a harrowing trial,...
Prompt an app. Get a database. Ship with confidence. Netlify Database gives every build its own sandbox — automatically.
29th Apr 2026
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Prompt an app. Get a database. Ship with confidence.

from Build In Public Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

29th Apr 2026
Netlify Database gives every build its own sandbox — automatically.
Winner, Name that Ware March 2026 The Ware for March 2026 is a Elecom DST C30SV 6 in 1 USB “docking station”. I’ll give the prize to...
29th Apr 2026
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Winner, Name that Ware March 2026

from bunnie's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Apr 2026
The Ware for March 2026 is a Elecom DST C30SV 6 in 1 USB “docking station”. I’ll give the prize to tayken – the ware itself wasn’t terribly hard to guess on its own, so this month I’m just going with the first interesting response. Congrats, email me for your prize! As other...
From GitHub to Codeberg/Forgejo Respect your users and their confidence in you, “Microsoft” GitHub. Ethkuil, Updates to your GitHub...
28th Apr 2026
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From GitHub to Codeberg/Forgejo

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Apr 2026
Respect your users and their confidence in you, “Microsoft” GitHub. Ethkuil, Updates to your GitHub Feed #65343 After years of waffling around I finally bit the bullet and migrated away from GitHub onto Codeberg and a private Forgejo instance. If Codeberg is good enough for...
cooking with caro (and thrive!): smoky mole chicken enchiladas Thanks to everyone who joined for today’s Substack live cooking demo — if you couldn’t make it, find...
27th Apr 2026
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cooking with caro (and thrive!): smoky mole chicken enchiladas

from What To Cook [alt+shift+b] in life

27th Apr 2026
Thanks to everyone who joined for today’s Substack live cooking demo — if you couldn’t make it, find a full replay above! In the demo, I cooked smoky mole chicken enchiladas with lime crema, a recipe that turns a few humble pantry staples (peanut butter, chocolate chips,...
27th Apr 2026
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AI Homelab Part 1: I keep Daddy in the basement

from Basta’s Notes [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Apr 2026
My AI homelab named Daddy
27th Apr 2026
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AI Homelab Part 1: I keep Daddy in the basement

from Basta’s Notes [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Apr 2026
My AI homelab named Daddy
Quality vs quantity in the age of AI Over the last four months I’ve increased my use of AI for web dev work pretty dramatically. I use it...
27th Apr 2026
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Quality vs quantity in the age of AI

from Bryan Braun - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Apr 2026
Over the last four months I’ve increased my use of AI for web dev work pretty dramatically. I use it every day at work, as do most of my coworkers. I don’t think it’s disputed anymore that AI-assisted development can save a lot of time and effort. The question is, what do we do...
On the software supply-chain doom spiral .title {text-wrap:balance;} #content > p:first-child {text-wrap:balance;} Hackers are pwning...
24th Apr 2026
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On the software supply-chain doom spiral

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Apr 2026
.title {text-wrap:balance;} #content > p:first-child {text-wrap:balance;} Hackers are pwning packages at an exhausting clip. But the hacks are hackneyed. What’s new is the doom cycle: Code that steals keys to publish code to steal more keys. A zombie army of infected code. And AI...
Ladies Say Yeah The post Ladies Say Yeah appeared first on Last Place Comics.
24th Apr 2026
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Ladies Say Yeah

from Last Place Comics [alt+shift+b] in comics

24th Apr 2026
The post Ladies Say Yeah appeared first on Last Place Comics.
You should try contra dancing A popular icebreaker in San Francisco these days is “How would you spend your life if AGI meant...
24th Apr 2026
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You should try contra dancing

from benkuhn.net [alt+shift+b] in startups

24th Apr 2026
A popular icebreaker in San Francisco these days is “How would you spend your life if AGI meant nobody needed to work?” For me, I think a surprisingly big part of the answer is a dorky-sounding kind of folk dance called contra dancing. I started trying to answer that question by...
Sign of the future: GPT-5.5 One impressive step on the curve
23rd Apr 2026
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Sign of the future: GPT-5.5

from One Useful Thing [alt+shift+b] in AI

23rd Apr 2026
One impressive step on the curve
Euler, enlightenment genius The talents and personality of the most prolific mathematician in history
23rd Apr 2026
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Euler, enlightenment genius

from Patterns in Humanity [alt+shift+b] in history

23rd Apr 2026
The talents and personality of the most prolific mathematician in history
The handmade beauty of Machine Age data visualizations How William James, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Francis Galton thought with diagrams
22nd Apr 2026
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The handmade beauty of Machine Age data visualizations

from Res Obscura [alt+shift+b] in history

22nd Apr 2026
How William James, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Francis Galton thought with diagrams
The commodification of travel How travel has become an act of collection
22nd Apr 2026
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The commodification of travel

from Herman's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Apr 2026
How travel has become an act of collection
I am building a cloud I am building a cloud 2026-04-22 Today is fundraising . As is the nature of writing for a larger...
22nd Apr 2026
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I am building a cloud

from David Crawshaw [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Apr 2026
I am building a cloud 2026-04-22 Today is fundraising . As is the nature of writing for a larger audience, it is a formal, safe announcement. As it should be. Writing must necessarily become impersonal at scale. But I would like to write something personal about why I am doing...
What you can do in a decade I turned 40 today. For my 35th I did principles, but for my 40th, I wanted to offer perhaps more...
22nd Apr 2026
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What you can do in a decade

from swyx's site RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Apr 2026
I turned 40 today. For my 35th I did principles, but for my 40th, I wanted to offer perhaps more useful reflections.
What you can do in a decade I turned 40 today. For my 35th I did principles, but for my 40th, I wanted to offer perhaps more...
22nd Apr 2026
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What you can do in a decade

from swyx's site RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Apr 2026
I turned 40 today. For my 35th I did principles, but for my 40th, I wanted to offer perhaps more useful reflections.
DEI Statement Requirements in Faculty Hiring Have More Than Halved Between 2024 and 2025 A new Heterodox Academy report documents a substantial decline in DEI statement requirements across...
21st Apr 2026
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21st Apr 2026
A new Heterodox Academy report documents a substantial decline in DEI statement requirements across faculty hiring between 2024 and 2025
The Snacks & Cereals of 2025 Let’s pretend it’s January, because I’m ready and excited to present to you the #new chips, cookies,...
21st Apr 2026
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The Snacks & Cereals of 2025

from cabel.com [alt+shift+b] in creative

21st Apr 2026
Let’s pretend it’s January, because I’m ready and excited to present to you the #new chips, cookies, cereals, and assorted garbage I found in the wild during 2025!! Last year, we started a new (temporary?) Panic tradition — at the very end of our Monday status meeting, I run...
rare is this feeling i blame noah kahan's tiny desk concert also
21st Apr 2026
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rare is this feeling

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

21st Apr 2026
i blame noah kahan's tiny desk concert also
Real Wood AI makes particle board. As a child, woodworking was part of my school’s curriculum. One of our...
20th Apr 2026
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Real Wood

from Naz Hamid • Journal [alt+shift+b] in literature

20th Apr 2026
AI makes particle board. As a child, woodworking was part of my school’s curriculum. One of our projects was making a simple sailboat, with the kind of shape and blockiness of those wood toys you see for little kids. From a solid block, we chiseled out the center cavity where the...
Thank You For Being a Friend It's been one of those months, and by that, I mean one of the 663 months since I was born. This...
20th Apr 2026
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Thank You For Being a Friend

from Coding Horror [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Apr 2026
It's been one of those months, and by that, I mean one of the 663 months since I was born. This won't be a long post, because I only have two things to say. First, I'm really glad we re-ordered the GMI (Guaranteed Minimum
Gradient-based Planning for World Models at Longer Horizons .grasp-results-table table { font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.35; width: 100%;...
20th Apr 2026
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Gradient-based Planning for World Models at Longer Horizons

from The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Apr 2026
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Headless software How do we design software when users use it primarily through agents?
20th Apr 2026
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Headless software

from maragu’s blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Apr 2026
How do we design software when users use it primarily through agents?
My Stance on AI in Software Development I believe artificial intelligence is a powerful and valuable tool that can significantly improve how...
20th Apr 2026
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My Stance on AI in Software Development

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Apr 2026
I believe artificial intelligence is a powerful and valuable tool that can significantly improve how we create, solve problems, and bring ideas to life. I didn't always feel this way.. But these days, I use AI regularly in my work and I expect that to continue. We may not have...
Expansion artifacts The information age has been defined by bandwidth. The internet is limited by how much data we can...
20th Apr 2026
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Expansion artifacts

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

20th Apr 2026
The information age has been defined by bandwidth. The internet is limited by how much data we can squeeze into the narrow pipes of transmission infrastructure. So we invented compression, ways of representing the same object — a website, a picture, a song, a movie — within ever...
Hitachi Ltd, Part II H8, PA-RISC, and SuperH
19th Apr 2026
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Hitachi Ltd, Part II

from Abort Retry Fail [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Apr 2026
H8, PA-RISC, and SuperH
The razor edge of balance between effort and injury Exercise as a metaphor for life
19th Apr 2026
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The razor edge of balance between effort and injury

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

19th Apr 2026
Exercise as a metaphor for life
What has technology done to us? All this technology, in everyone's hands, has just produced so much stuff. It's had so many effects,...
19th Apr 2026
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What has technology done to us?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th Apr 2026
All this technology, in everyone's hands, has just produced so much stuff. It's had so many effects, in every direction.
Sloppy Copies Last month, I wrote an article about my recent experience creating a hobby project in a web...
19th Apr 2026
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Sloppy Copies

from markround.com [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Apr 2026
Last month, I wrote an article about my recent experience creating a hobby project in a web framework - Ruby on Rails - that hasn’t been “in fashion” for some time. The blog post gathered some interest and made it to various discussion sites like Hacker News and others. It caused...
How to hire people who are better than you If you don't hire people better than you, the organization gets bigger, not better. But how do you...
19th Apr 2026
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How to hire people who are better than you

from A Smart Bear [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Apr 2026
If you don't hire people better than you, the organization gets bigger, not better. But how do you hire for something you don't understand?
SEO Is Dead In the first week of April I did the SEO job I had put off for years: new landing pages and...
18th Apr 2026
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SEO Is Dead

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Apr 2026
In the first week of April I did the SEO job I had put off for years: new landing pages and thousands of cross-links, on willem.com and on two customer sites, generated through the new API of my platform. It works, and well, I wrote on 4 April. Two weeks later I looked at what it...
The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker Before GPS, how did aircraft navigate? One important technique was celestial navigation: navigating...
18th Apr 2026
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The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Apr 2026
Before GPS, how did aircraft navigate? One important technique was celestial navigation: navigating from the positions of the stars, planets, or the sun. While celestial navigation is accurate, cannot be jammed, and doesn't require any broadcast infrastructure, it is a difficult...
SQLite prefixes its temp files with `etilqs_` Here’s some wild lore inside SQLite’s source code explaining why temp files start with etilqs_
18th Apr 2026
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SQLite prefixes its temp files with `etilqs_`

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Apr 2026
Here’s some wild lore inside SQLite’s source code explaining why temp files start with etilqs_
Cheerleader or critic Build up or tear down?
18th Apr 2026
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Cheerleader or critic

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

18th Apr 2026
Build up or tear down?
How to play Nintendo 3DS games in 3D with XREAL XR glasses Playing Nintendo 3DS games in 3D in XR glasses looks better than it ever did on native 3DS hardware....
17th Apr 2026
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How to play Nintendo 3DS games in 3D with XREAL XR glasses

from Azad's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Apr 2026
Playing Nintendo 3DS games in 3D in XR glasses looks better than it ever did on native 3DS hardware. With super-sampling, the game will look quite sharp, blown up on a large private, virtual display. This is a guide describing my hardware and software setup for playing 3DS games...
Unicorn Market Cap 2026: SF is the GenAI Super Cluster The San Francisco Bay area has morphed into a massive AI supercluster with 91% of market cap
16th Apr 2026
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Unicorn Market Cap 2026: SF is the GenAI Super Cluster

from Elad Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Apr 2026
The San Francisco Bay area has morphed into a massive AI supercluster with 91% of market cap
Open-world evaluations for measuring frontier AI capabilities Introducing CRUX, a new project for evaluating AI on long, messy tasks
16th Apr 2026
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Open-world evaluations for measuring frontier AI capabilities

from AI as Normal Technology [alt+shift+b] in AI

16th Apr 2026
Introducing CRUX, a new project for evaluating AI on long, messy tasks
Australia will run an overt command economy by 2040 Australia’s Fiscal Point of No Return Last September I wrote about Australian economic stagnation —...
16th Apr 2026
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Australia will run an overt command economy by 2040

from Casey Handmer's blog [alt+shift+b] in science

16th Apr 2026
Australia’s Fiscal Point of No Return Last September I wrote about Australian economic stagnation — how taxation past the Laffer curve’s point of peak growth, zero public sector productivity improvement since 2001, and the systematic eradication of manufacturing and ICT from the...
Why I refrain from infosec punditry If you know about my professional background, the most puzzling aspect of this Substack must be that...
16th Apr 2026
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Why I refrain from infosec punditry

from lcamtuf’s thing [alt+shift+b] in science

16th Apr 2026
If you know about my professional background, the most puzzling aspect of this Substack must be that I don’t use it to talk about my primary field of expertise: information security.
Why I refrain from infosec punditry If you know about my professional background, the most puzzling aspect of this Substack must be that...
16th Apr 2026
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Why I refrain from infosec punditry

from lcamtuf’s thing [alt+shift+b] in science

16th Apr 2026
If you know about my professional background, the most puzzling aspect of this Substack must be that I don’t use it to talk about my primary field of expertise: information security.
A fundamental deprivation: Montevideo by Enrique Vila-Matas Perhaps all novels seek to converge on a single point.  The thought occurred to me as I read...
16th Apr 2026
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A fundamental deprivation: Montevideo by Enrique Vila-Matas

from This Space [alt+shift+b] in literature

16th Apr 2026
Perhaps all novels seek to converge on a single point.  The thought occurred to me as I read Vila-Matas' Montevideo, translated by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott. A random thought, apparently, but also the kind of thought provoked by the passion of observation, anecdote and...
Access Ring Discover and invoke UI elements near your cursor, without precise mouse targeting. A Logi Actions...
16th Apr 2026
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Access Ring

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Apr 2026
Discover and invoke UI elements near your cursor, without precise mouse targeting. A Logi Actions SDK plugin for MX Creative Console and Actions Ring. Buttons, checkboxes, menus, tabs, dropdowns: tap to interact with whatever is nearby. The problem with precise clicking Every...
Posting on the internet freightens me Posting on the internet freightens me
16th Apr 2026
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Posting on the internet freightens me

from A Day In The Life Of... [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Apr 2026
Posting on the internet freightens me
The Venn of my process A last minute event
15th Apr 2026
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The Venn of my process

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

15th Apr 2026
A last minute event
Maxon Autograph Today Maxon announced the return of Autograph, a modern compositing and motion graphics...
15th Apr 2026
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Maxon Autograph

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

15th Apr 2026
Today Maxon announced the return of Autograph, a modern compositing and motion graphics tool. Autograph is incredibly powerful, and it’s been a thrill to work with the original creators to fold it into the Maxon and Red Giant ecosystem. Even more exciting: Autograph is completely...
15th Apr 2026
Understanding Open Model Licenses And what to look for in custom licenses
15th Apr 2026
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Understanding Open Model Licenses

from AI for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Apr 2026
And what to look for in custom licenses
Brainwashing for Confidence My mom brainwashed me to be confident. She told me over and over that I was great and destined for...
15th Apr 2026
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Brainwashing for Confidence

from Molson Hart's Blog - Molson Hart [alt+shift+b] in finance

15th Apr 2026
My mom brainwashed me to be confident. She told me over and over that I was great and destined for great things. And it worked. To this day, when I lose or make a mistake, I get mad, but I always wind up where my mother left me: “You’re great. All you need is more practice.” And...
Risk-Adjusted Return What are we afraid of?
15th Apr 2026
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Risk-Adjusted Return

from Asterisk [alt+shift+b] in science

15th Apr 2026
What are we afraid of?
The Season Finale of TBPN On the show, the meta-show, and stocking up on cultural power.
14th Apr 2026
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The Season Finale of TBPN

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Apr 2026
On the show, the meta-show, and stocking up on cultural power.
The SMILE Curve Has Come for Software Why software value is migrating to the edges, just like hardware did decades ago
14th Apr 2026
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The SMILE Curve Has Come for Software

from Entrepreneur's Edge [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Apr 2026
Why software value is migrating to the edges, just like hardware did decades ago
How clever and capricious you are How to take on a troll, 1950s style
14th Apr 2026
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How clever and capricious you are

from Letters of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

14th Apr 2026
How to take on a troll, 1950s style
Mythos and its impact on security I’m sure by now you’ve all read the news about Anthropic’s new “Mythos” model and its apparently...
14th Apr 2026
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Mythos and its impact on security

from Neil Madden [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Apr 2026
I’m sure by now you’ve all read the news about Anthropic’s new “Mythos” model and its apparently “dangerous” capabilities in finding security vulnerabilities. I’m sure everyone reading this also has opinions about that. Well, here are a few of mine. Is it all just hype? Firstly,...
[RIDGELINE] Walk and Talk — The Portuguese Costal Camino Ridgeline subscribers — We were lucky. Maybe the luckiest group walking the Portuguese costal...
14th Apr 2026
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[RIDGELINE] Walk and Talk — The Portuguese Costal Camino

from Craig Mod — Writer + Photographer [alt+shift+b] in literature

14th Apr 2026
Ridgeline subscribers — We were lucky. Maybe the luckiest group walking the Portuguese costal Camino. (Certainly the second luckiest.) All the things conspired in our favor: The weather, the food, the quality of the path (lots of great seaside boardwalk walking for miles and...
14th Apr 2026
A Dream of Wild Turkeys A trip report from Sin City
13th Apr 2026
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A Dream of Wild Turkeys

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Apr 2026
A trip report from Sin City
I launched a mobile app. Mobile development has always felt like the holy grail of engineering.
13th Apr 2026
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I launched a mobile app.

from Jamesin’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Apr 2026
Mobile development has always felt like the holy grail of engineering.
The Ma of a New Machine Fast AI requires slow thinking The current Silicon Valley flex is trading notes on your favorite new...
13th Apr 2026
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The Ma of a New Machine

from Scott Jenson [alt+shift+b] in design

13th Apr 2026
Fast AI requires slow thinking The current Silicon Valley flex is trading notes on your favorite new AI tools over lunch. Each week brings another one to explore. Some of these tools are very impressive; I’ve been able to reply to someone with an alternative UI design in less...
Block-Level LWW: The Missing Piece for Collaborative AI Agent Memory How a deceptively simple CRDT algorithm unlocks something surprisingly powerful: AI agents that...
13th Apr 2026
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Block-Level LWW: The Missing Piece for Collaborative AI Agent Memory

from Marco Bambini [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Apr 2026
How a deceptively simple CRDT algorithm unlocks something surprisingly powerful: AI agents that learn from each other without ever talking to each other.
Squash and Stretch Have you ever heard of Disney’s 12 Basic Principles of Animation? In this tutorial, we’ll explore...
13th Apr 2026
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Squash and Stretch

from Josh Comeau's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Apr 2026
Have you ever heard of Disney’s 12 Basic Principles of Animation? In this tutorial, we’ll explore how we can use the very first principle to create SVG micro-interactions that feel way more natural and believable. It’s one of those small things that has a big impact.
The Sofa I would commit.
13th Apr 2026
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The Sofa

from Scope of Work [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Apr 2026
I would commit.
One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment Why we need collaborative AI engineering
13th Apr 2026
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One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment

from Maggie Appleton [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Apr 2026
Why we need collaborative AI engineering
How Cooking Works In 2006, I did my first start-up howcookingworks.com where the idea was a site to learn how to cook....
12th Apr 2026
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How Cooking Works

from Dan Quach Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Apr 2026
In 2006, I did my first start-up howcookingworks.com where the idea was a site to learn how to cook.   The first part of the site described the techniques of cooking, and the other was where cooks could connect to participants to learn from them. At the time, I went to a lot of...
Agents as scaffolding for recurring tasks. One of my gifts/curses is an endless fixation with how processes can be optimized. For a brief...
12th Apr 2026
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Agents as scaffolding for recurring tasks.

from Irrational Exuberance [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Apr 2026
One of my gifts/curses is an endless fixation with how processes can be optimized. For a brief moment early in my career, that was focused on improving how humans collaborate, but that quickly switched to figuring out how we can minimize human involvement, and...
Friendship is the Whole of the Path This is not a metaphor
12th Apr 2026
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Friendship is the Whole of the Path

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Apr 2026
This is not a metaphor
Breaking Rohde & Schwarz AMIQ License Key Generation - the Hard and the Easy Way Or better: the fun and the unsatisfying way… Introduction How AMIQ License Keys Work An Easter...
12th Apr 2026
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12th Apr 2026
Or better: the fun and the unsatisfying way… Introduction How AMIQ License Keys Work An Easter Egg Reverse Engineering the License Check A Funny Disabled Master Key Using Codex Conclusion Introduction One of the guilty pleasures of playing with old test equipment is to enable...
Mar ’26: Iran clobbers markets In March the rain stopped. We started March with North London already having seen 2x its usual...
12th Apr 2026
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Mar ’26: Iran clobbers markets

from FIRE v London [alt+shift+b] in finance

12th Apr 2026
In March the rain stopped. We started March with North London already having seen 2x its usual rainfall for this point in the year. And thankfully in the middle of March, it stopped. As I write this I have actually needed to start watering the garden, something that felt a very...
12th Apr 2026
Scars An oracle comic View on my website
11th Apr 2026
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Scars

from The Oatmeal - Comics by Matthew Inman [alt+shift+b] in comics

11th Apr 2026
An oracle comic View on my website
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