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The Marginalian
The Majesty of Mountains and the Mountains of the Mind Mountains are some of our best metaphors for the mind and for the spirit, but they are also living...
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Mountains are some of our best metaphors for the mind and for the spirit, but they are also living entities, sovereign and staggering. I remember the first time I saw a mountain from an airplane — forests miniaturized to moss, rivers to capillaries, the Earth crumpled like a...
The Ruffian
Britain's Peculiar Brand of Patriotism, In Three Ads Heroes To Zeroes
a year ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Who is responsible for the impact of innovative products? How can it be that a) all products are designed, b) designers want to create something good for the...
a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
Lululemon's $50B+ Apparel Innovation Chip Wilson launched the athleisure industry by solving the "camel-toe problem" (via breakthroughs...
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Chip Wilson launched the athleisure industry by solving the "camel-toe problem" (via breakthroughs in materials and sewing methods).
Diaries of Note
I have seen something splendid It was towards the end of his life in 1979 that John Cheever told his son, Benjamin, about his...
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It was towards the end of his life in 1979 that John Cheever told his son, Benjamin, about his journals, and of his wish for them to be published after his death. These journals comprised twenty-nine looseleaf notebooks filled with entries that, in Cheever’s inimitable style,...
Explosm.net
Comic for 2025.07.21 - Foreplay New Cyanide and Happiness Comic
a month ago
TheCollector
How Julius Caesar Changed Time Named after the famous Roman general Julius Caesar, who sponsored and promoted its widespread...
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Named after the famous Roman general Julius Caesar, who sponsored and promoted its widespread implementation, the Julian Calendar was introduced in 45 BCE, replacing a lunar calendar that had become highly inaccurate. The adoption of a solar calendar represented a significant...
FIRE v London
Aug ’23: … A belated write-up of the month of August. Thinking back a month, two stories pop out for me. One...
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A belated write-up of the month of August. Thinking back a month, two stories pop out for me. One was the death of Russian mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin – a larger-than-life modern day warlord, responsible for the ‘little green men’ at the start of the Russian/Ukraine war in 2014,...
Common Edge
Confessions of a (Mostly) Analog Architect The fit between digital design and the hands-on world of construction.
a year ago
Old Structures...
Future Site An 1890 view of the south side of the intersection of 23rd Street, Broadway and Fifth Avenue, the...
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An 1890 view of the south side of the intersection of 23rd Street, Broadway and Fifth Avenue, the narrow triangular block that would, a dozen years later, be the site of the construction of the Flatiron Buidling. My first thought was “would you really want a dentist who...
Wuthering...
there is no wisdom in me; and that is true enough - what is knowledge? - Theaetetus and Parmenides The epistemological crisis of Greek philosophy has surprised me.  The early attempts to...
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The epistemological crisis of Greek philosophy has surprised me.  The early attempts to systematically understand, without the help of the revealed truth of religion, difficult concepts like existence and virtue led, almost immediately, to the question of whether anyone can...
The Roots of...
Do we get better or worse at adapting to change? Verner Vinge, in a classic 1993 essay, described “the Singularity” as an era where progress becomes...
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Verner Vinge, in a classic 1993 essay, described “the Singularity” as an era where progress becomes “an exponential runaway beyond any hope of control.” The idea that technological change might accelerate to a pace faster than we can keep up with is a common concern. Almost three...
Arduino Blog
Arduino’s Alvik Robot shortlisted for the Bett Awards 2025 in the AV, VR/AR, Robotics, and Digital... We’re thrilled to announce that Arduino Education has been shortlisted for the Bett Awards 2025,...
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We’re thrilled to announce that Arduino Education has been shortlisted for the Bett Awards 2025, this time in the AV, VR/AR, Robotics, or Digital Device category with our Alvik robot! This recognition highlights our dedication to innovation, inclusivity, and the advancement of...
Roberto Vitillo's...
Monoids for analytics This is a short post on the elegance of using abstract algebra for analytics in Scala. A monoid is...
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This is a short post on the elegance of using abstract algebra for analytics in Scala. A monoid is a set that is closed under an…
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art. Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bad Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Somehow it became God week on SMBC. Today's News:
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version. Wunderland...
Essays - Benedict...
What kind of disruption? Software ate the world. Uber and Airbnb didn’t sell software - they disrupted and redefined...
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Software ate the world. Uber and Airbnb didn’t sell software - they disrupted and redefined markets. But what kind of disruption are we talking about ?
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973 These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
xkcd.com
Predicament
3 weeks ago
Cremieux Recueil
Preregistration Is No Panacea Stopping scientific cheaters requires setting up systems that can't be gamed
9 months ago
Asterisk
Half A Million Kinksters Can’t Be Wrong The story of how one independent researcher conducted the largest-ever survey on fetishes, and what...
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The story of how one independent researcher conducted the largest-ever survey on fetishes, and what it has to teach us about sex, pleasure, and social science methodology.
Wait But Why
The Big and the Small I have a surprise for you. The post The Big and the Small appeared first on Wait But Why.
over a year ago
TheCollector
What the Book of Nahum Says About the Fall of Nineveh Nahum prophesied about the imminent destruction of Nineveh and, by extension, the Assyrian Empire,...
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Nahum prophesied about the imminent destruction of Nineveh and, by extension, the Assyrian Empire, though he did not prophesy directly to them. Instead, he brought his message to an audience in Judah that gained much hope from the news that Nineveh was about to fall. The Kingdom...
CONTEMPORIST
A Pair Of Wellness Cabins Perched Among The Trees Thirtyone Design + Management has shared photos of a pair of green wellness cabins that they have...
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Thirtyone Design + Management has shared photos of a pair of green wellness cabins that they have completed for the Grand Hotel Timeo in Taormina, Italy. Designed as part of the hotel’s celebration of the iconic property’s 150-year anniversary, the cabins unveil a partnership...
xkcd.com
Ingredients
11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Egyptian Gods Adopted by the Romans While the Romans persecuted Christians early in the rise of Christianity, Roman religion was, in...
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While the Romans persecuted Christians early in the rise of Christianity, Roman religion was, in fact, very open and adaptable. When the Romans encountered new people and their gods, they often incorporated these foreign deities into their religious practices, either as new gods...
Astral Codex Ten
OpenAI Nonprofit Buyout: Much More Than You Wanted To Know ...
6 months ago
FIRE v London
Jan ’25: Trump 2.0 begins Was it just me, or was the media relentless in January? We had a remarkable fracas about the...
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7 months ago
Was it just me, or was the media relentless in January? We had a remarkable fracas about the so-called “Pakistani grooming gangs” scandal here in the UK, with Elon Musk weighing in. At the time it seemed remarkable but one month later, as I write this, I am pleased to say I can’t...
Quanta Magazine
The Unraveling of Space-Time This special issue of Quanta Magazine explores the ultimate scientific quest: the search for the...
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11 months ago
This special issue of Quanta Magazine explores the ultimate scientific quest: the search for the fundamental nature of reality. The post The Unraveling of Space-Time first appeared on Quanta Magazine
TheCollector
Three Ancient Egyptian Tombs Unearthed in Luxor Three more tombs have been discovered at an ancient Egyptian burial complex in Luxor. The excavation...
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Three more tombs have been discovered at an ancient Egyptian burial complex in Luxor. The excavation site, located near the famed Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings, has revealed hieroglyphs and artifacts that point to three senior statesmen from the New Kingdom period.  ...
Calculated Risk
Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week: House Price Index Up 3.9% year-over-year in February At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week: Click on graph for larger...
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4 months ago
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week: Click on graph for larger image. Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 3.9% year-over-year in February Freddie Mac House Price Index Mostly Unchanged in March; Up 3.0% Year-over-year Fannie and Freddie: Single Family...
Tech + Economics +...
A reminder. We are living through the first year of pretending the pandemic never happened and that everything...
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We are living through the first year of pretending the pandemic never happened and that everything is back to normal. Nobody has had a chance to heal, and this holiday season is going to break a whole lot of people. Be kind.
anderegg.ca
The “Home Alone” / “NiGHTS into Dreams” connection NiGHTS into Dreams is one of those games I tend to think about when Christmas rolls around. It’s one...
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9 months ago
NiGHTS into Dreams is one of those games I tend to think about when Christmas rolls around. It’s one of my favourites from the Saturn lineup, and it also had a free Christmas version. In it, there’s a song I really love that plays on the level select screen called Gate of Your...
Seth's Blog
An end to pop Pop culture depends on scarcity. When there are only a few TV stations or a dozen radio stations,...
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Pop culture depends on scarcity. When there are only a few TV stations or a dozen radio stations, it’s likely that many of us watch or hear the same thing at the same time. And so a popular TV show or song from fifty years ago probably reached twenty times as many people as a […]
Andrew Fraknoi –...
Injecting Caution Into Media Reports of Northern Lights as far South as California Friday, May 10, there was a lot of discussion on the news, on social media, and on different web...
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Friday, May 10, there was a lot of discussion on the news, on social media, and on different web sites about storms on the Sun that are unleashing great outbursts of radiation and particles, some of them toward Earth. The fact that we are seeing such “space weather” now certainly...
Jonas Hietala
Giving the blog a facelift When I rewrote the blog in Rust I tried not to touch any of the styling, but some things annoyed...
a year ago
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a year ago
When I rewrote the blog in Rust I tried not to touch any of the styling, but some things annoyed me: It wasn’t pretty (even ugly in some parts). No dark mode support. Some elements were broken, for instance images or code blocks overlapping the header when it was floating to the...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.0.9 We’re in the thick of our release schedule this week! Like what you see and self-hosting? Update ...
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We’re in the thick of our release schedule this week! Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. First our updates and new features…
Seth's Blog
The clamp and the mallet While building a project, I found that a key part was stuck. I tapped it with a mallet, then harder,...
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While building a project, I found that a key part was stuck. I tapped it with a mallet, then harder, and eventually whacked at it. No luck. Then I got smart and put three clamps around the part, gently turning each one, increasing the pressure, until it simply popped out....
Calculated Risk
Friday: Retail Sales, Industrial Production Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Retail sales for...
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Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Retail sales for January is scheduled to be released.  The consensus is for a no change in retail sales. Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for January. The consensus is for a 0.3%...
Calculated Risk
Housing Starts Decreased to 1.289 million Annual Rate in November Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Housing Starts Decreased to 1.289 million...
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Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Housing Starts Decreased to 1.289 million Annual Rate in November A brief excerpt: Total housing starts in November were below expectations, however, starts in September and October were revised up slightly, combined. Total...
UX Collective
Story of a button Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
11 months ago
Birchtree
➕ iPhone 16e review in progress: photography Here's a peek behind the scenes as I work on my iPhone 16e review.
6 months ago
Oykun
Design Process is Messy! as it should be. Meticulously structured design courses are valuable. Study them, learn them, but if you ever get...
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over a year ago
Meticulously structured design courses are valuable. Study them, learn them, but if you ever get overwhelmed (and you will), bear in mind that the real work environments are not that strict, you will have room to break the rules you learned, explore and make your own rules.
NeuroLogica Blog
How Were the Pyramids Built? The Egyptian pyramids, and especially the Pyramids at Giza, have fascinated people probably since...
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The Egyptian pyramids, and especially the Pyramids at Giza, have fascinated people probably since their construction between 4700 and 3700 years ago. They are massive structures, and it boggles the mind that an ancient culture, without the benefit of any industrial technology,...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Confession Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: She'd actually be into it if he didn't always wear...
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Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: She'd actually be into it if he didn't always wear those yellow crocs. Today's News: Monday
Grant Slatton
Binary IQ A model of LLM capability
11 months ago
Blog posts of...
Q-Codes; Or… Stop repeating yourself ⌨️ I use apple’s keyboard “text” shortcodes to setup a lot of things i have to type regularly. It’s...
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I use apple’s keyboard “text” shortcodes to setup a lot of things i have to type regularly. It’s easily one of my favorite productivity hacks!
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker: Aurore Swithenbank Hiya, I’m Aurore Swithenbank, a printmaker living in South East London with my partner and cute cat....
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Hiya, I’m Aurore Swithenbank, a printmaker living in South East London with my partner and cute cat. I moved to London when I was 10 from France and haven’t looked back since.  Describe your printmaking process.  My printmaking method is linocut. I plan most of my designs with...
Old Structures...
Travelog: Far From Home Traveling to another country usually gets you views of a built environment that is in some respects...
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Traveling to another country usually gets you views of a built environment that is in some respects fundamentally different than the one you’re used to. London is, for a New Yorker, the worst place in the UK to get that feeling because of the many similarities between the two...