Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
Top Categories > all
#all #programming #history #startups #technology #science #life #literature #architecture #travel #creative #design #comics #cartography #finance #AI #indiehacker Muted Categories [alt+←][alt+→]
Anecdotal Evidence
'Companionable Room' I had a minor problem with the university library’s catalog. When I requested two books stored...
11 months ago
13
11 months ago
I had a minor problem with the university library’s catalog. When I requested two books stored off-site in the Library Service Center I got this message: “No items can fulfill the submitted request.” That made no sense and I couldn’t figure out a way around the roadblock, so I...
Stephen Diehl
Facebook Libra is Architecturally Unsound
over a year ago
On the Arts
How do you actually create AI art? A Walkthrough of Using Midjourney, a Popular AI Art Creation App
a year ago
Ink & Switch
10 · Beyond prose We experiment with bringing lightweight branching, diffs, and a chat-like history to diagramming and...
8 months ago
53
8 months ago
We experiment with bringing lightweight branching, diffs, and a chat-like history to diagramming and spreadsheet tools.
Grow With Less
Here Is What a Disappointing Experiment Taught Me About Headline A/B Testing After reading about the huge conversion boosts many bloggers got after A/B testing their headlines,...
over a year ago
19
over a year ago
After reading about the huge conversion boosts many bloggers got after A/B testing their headlines, I assumed A/B testing the headlines of 73 articles I have published on my language learning blog French Together would be a no brainer. I could already picture myself writing a...
TokyoDev
Progress and Challenges: Reflections of a Working Mother in Japan The result of [TokyoDev's International Developers in Japan Survey...
a year ago
5
a year ago
The result of [TokyoDev's International Developers in Japan Survey 2022](/insights/2022-developer-survey) revealed that the country is still struggling to close the gender gap in the workplace in the tech industry. As a Japanese woman and a mother of two children, I was very...
ntietz.com blog
What I tell people new to on-call The first time I went on call as a software engineer, it was exciting—and ultimately...
3 months ago
41
3 months ago
The first time I went on call as a software engineer, it was exciting—and ultimately traumatic. Since then, I've had on-call experiences at multiple other jobs and have grown to really appreciate it as part of the role. As I've progressed through my career, I've gotten to help...
swyx's site RSS Feed
The UX of Proving Our Humanity To Machines What happens when we can't convince machines that we are human?
over a year ago
Mazdak
The ChatGPT Revolution: A Year Later On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a large language model (LLM) that quickly captured...
a year ago
64
a year ago
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a large language model (LLM) that quickly captured the attention of the world. ChatGPT's ability to generate human-quality text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer questions in an informative...
Open Culture
Isaac Asimov Predicts the Future of Online Education in 1988–and It’s Now Coming True “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Though that line probably originated...
7 months ago
22
7 months ago
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Though that line probably originated with  a Canadian novelist called Grant Allen, it’s long been popularly attributed to his more colorful nineteenth-century contemporary Mark Twain. It isn’t hard to understand why it...
Maps Mania
Trees are Moving North
a year ago
CONTEMPORIST
Reflecting Ponds And Concrete Lily Pads Help Create Tranquility At This Modern Home Kor Architects have shared photos of a home they completed in Indian Wells, California, for their...
6 months ago
39
6 months ago
Kor Architects have shared photos of a home they completed in Indian Wells, California, for their clients who desired a contemporary residence with a thoughtfully designed entrance that seamlessly integrates indoor and outdoor areas. Upon arrival at the home, there’s a carefully...
Dan Slimmon
Don’t fix it just because it’s technical debt. Why should we only spend part of our time doing work that maximizes value, and the rest of our time...
a year ago
6
a year ago
Why should we only spend part of our time doing work that maximizes value, and the rest of our time doing other, less optimal work?
Noahpinion
We’re entering a golden age of engineering biology A guest post by Joshua March and Kasia Gora
10 months ago
Math Is Still...
A New Map of the Universe, Painted With Cosmic Neutrinos Physicists finally know where at least some of these high-energy particles come from, which helps...
a year ago
22
a year ago
Physicists finally know where at least some of these high-energy particles come from, which helps make the neutrinos useful for exploring fundamental physics. The post A New Map of the Universe, Painted With Cosmic Neutrinos first appeared on Quanta Magazine
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha? undefined
a year ago
Letters of Note
I miss you so very much, Ryan In December of 1984, 13-year-old Ryan White was given 6 months to live after contracting AIDS during...
over a year ago
18
over a year ago
In December of 1984, 13-year-old Ryan White was given 6 months to live after contracting AIDS during a contaminated treatment for hemophilia, a blood condition with which he had lived since birth. By June of 1985, keen to resume as normal a lifestyle as possible, Ryan attempted...
The Rational Walk
Warren Buffett’s Evolving Estate Plan Warren Buffett has revised his will to leave his remaining assets at the time of his death to a new...
5 months ago
42
5 months ago
Warren Buffett has revised his will to leave his remaining assets at the time of his death to a new charitable trust run by his children.
The Modern House
Time-honoured materials and 21st-century sensibilities meet in a bothy on Mull
9 months ago
Common Edge
Away From Old Architecture: What Corbu Really Meant Rethinking the meaning of Le Corbusier’s groundbreaking manifesto.
a year ago
mtlynch.io
What Got Done - Month 3 Highlights I’m shelving What Got Done, as customers seem uninterested in the idea. Zestful has...
over a year ago
30
over a year ago
Highlights I’m shelving What Got Done, as customers seem uninterested in the idea. Zestful has become my greatest challenge in not sweating the small stuff. Is It Keto continues growing in the background, with a 22% increase in revenue and a 35% rise in traffic. Goal Grades...
Applied Cartography
Grace notes I'm not loving Unreasonable Hospitality, but it did supply me with a phrase that I've been looking...
7 months ago
3
7 months ago
I'm not loving Unreasonable Hospitality, but it did supply me with a phrase that I've been looking for: Eventually, that gesture became one of our steps of service. The host would ask guests, “How’d you get here tonight?” If they responded, “Oh, we drove,” he’d follow up with,...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Nothing Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: And that man's name was Job. Today's News:
a year ago
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will undefined
a year ago
Identity Designed
The Other House Designed by DesignStudio, London.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Billionaires Build
over a year ago
the jsomers.net blog
More people should write More people should do what I’m doing right now. They should sit at their computers and bat the...
over a year ago
4
over a year ago
More people should do what I’m doing right now. They should sit at their computers and bat the cursor around — write full sentences about themselves and the things they care about. I have a selfish reason for my demand: I have a lot of friends who are thoughtful, but keep their...
journal – Winnie Lim
in the mountains at chiang mai After spending a while in the city we moved to the mountains for a bit. Previously I had avoided any...
a week ago
17
a week ago
After spending a while in the city we moved to the mountains for a bit. Previously I had avoided any trips that involved long vehicle rides because of covid risk, but I...
The Gradient
The Artificiality of Alignment This essay first appeared in Reboot. Credulous, breathless coverage of “AI existential risk”...
a year ago
35
a year ago
This essay first appeared in Reboot. Credulous, breathless coverage of “AI existential risk” (abbreviated “x-risk”) has reached the mainstream. Who could have foreseen that the smallcaps onomatopoeia “ꜰᴏᴏᴍ” — both evocative of and directly derived from children’s cartoons —
Coffee with an...
A simple description The structural exploration reflects the dichotomy of the diametrically opposed forces creating...
7 months ago
59
7 months ago
The structural exploration reflects the dichotomy of the diametrically opposed forces creating intrinsic tension within the interstitial forms which have been bifurcated and articulated throughout the design exploration phases resulting from the pedological rigor employed...
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias? undefined
a year ago
TokyoDev
Not setting up Find My bricked my MacBook At the beginning of the year, I bought a new M2 MacBook Air for ¥220,800 (about 1,500 USD) on Apple...
a year ago
5
a year ago
At the beginning of the year, I bought a new M2 MacBook Air for ¥220,800 (about 1,500 USD) on Apple Japan’s online store. Thanks to me not bothering to set up Find My, it’s now a worthless brick. To add insult to injury, I had paid ¥77,619 (500 USD) to have said brick returned to...
lcamtuf’s thing
Shining light on photodiodes Photodiodes are incredibly versatile, but commonly misused and misunderstood.
2 months ago
Seth's Blog
Defending the apostrophe Does it need defending? The sign on some bushes near a park in my town says, Beware: Bee’s. A local...
a year ago
16
a year ago
Does it need defending? The sign on some bushes near a park in my town says, Beware: Bee’s. A local merchant adds a note to some receipts that says, Your awesome. It’s tempting to speak up and point out that the sky comma is showing up where it shouldn’t. And missing when it...
abdz.do - Have you...
Telsón Tequila — a bold tequila brand with aspirational swagger Telsón Tequila — a bold tequila brand with aspirational swagger ...
a year ago
55
a year ago
Telsón Tequila — a bold tequila brand with aspirational swagger abduzeedo0125—23 Vicarel Studios website shared a case study with us detailing the branding and visual identity work done for Telson Tequila. Tequila is one of the fastest growing...
Platformer
What I learned in year three of Platformer Has the Substack revolution come and gone? PLUS: What's changing in year four
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian The Death of Einhard the Historian JamesHoare Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt undefined
a year ago
The Modern House
The Green Series: how to re-create the five principles of Passivhaus design on a budget If The Modern House had a Word of the Year, then Passivhaus would probably be it. Passivhaus emerged...
a month ago
22
a month ago
If The Modern House had a Word of the Year, then Passivhaus would probably be it. Passivhaus emerged as a set of design principles in the 1980s and has come to represent the world-leading standard in energy-efficient homes. It guarantees a happy balance of sustainability […]
xkcd.com
Cold Air
3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
Math Is Still...
The Two Faces of Space-Time A mysterious phenomenon known as duality often leads to new discoveries in physics. This time,...
2 months ago
19
2 months ago
A mysterious phenomenon known as duality often leads to new discoveries in physics. This time, space-time itself can sometimes be two things at once. The post The Two Faces of Space-Time first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Christopher Butler
object – Wooden Task Lamp I made this in just a couple of hours. We needed just a little bit more light on the desk. I...
10 months ago
68
10 months ago
I made this in just a couple of hours. We needed just a little bit more light on the desk. I made a quick sketch for a lamp I could make at home that would also look fun — if I didn’t screw it up. I gave myself a budget of about $25, which was enough to pick up a utility...
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art undefined
8 months ago
Seth's Blog
The community orchestra There are people who get paid to play the flute or bassoon. There are far more people who volunteer...
a year ago
12
a year ago
There are people who get paid to play the flute or bassoon. There are far more people who volunteer to participate in a community orchestra. For many, rehearsals or performances are the high points of their day. The metaphor is powerful, because it teaches us that we all benefit...
One from Nippon
The Surprising Roots of Japan's Indian Curry It's been a while since our last post - life got in the way. A big thanks to everyone who reached...
a year ago
4
a year ago
It's been a while since our last post - life got in the way. A big thanks to everyone who reached out! We are now restarting our articles, though we might not always write once a week. If we don't think it's interesting, we
TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings undefined
9 months ago
Calculated Risk
NAHB: Builder Confidence Unchanged in December The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported the housing market index (HMI) was at 46,...
6 days ago
6
6 days ago
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported the housing market index (HMI) was at 46, unchanged from 46 last month. Any number below 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as poor than good. Builder sentiment held steady to end the year as high home...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Illusion Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I got this idea from a story I can't remember, only...
a year ago
12
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I got this idea from a story I can't remember, only that it had the line 'I will show you the power of illusion' and was, possibly, from the Hindu tradition. Anyone know it? Today's News:
TokyoDev
8 Proven Strategies for Making Every Candidate Fall in Love with Your Company Hi there! I am Luke Wilson, a veteran Tech Recruiter with over 15 years of experience in the Japan...
a year ago
4
a year ago
Hi there! I am Luke Wilson, a veteran Tech Recruiter with over 15 years of experience in the Japan market. My recruitment career has taken me across both agency and in-house roles, with the most recent one being at [Indeed](https://www.tokyodev.com/companies/indeed) (a proud...
xkcd.com
Matter
4 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught? undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome? Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Clement of Rome? undefined
11 months ago
Beautiful Public...
A Rover's First 590 Days* on Mars I downloaded 60,000 images to experience what NASA's Perseverance rover has been seeing since...
over a year ago
48
over a year ago
I downloaded 60,000 images to experience what NASA's Perseverance rover has been seeing since landing there in Feb. 2021.
Seldo.com
The case for frameworks
a year ago
Castles in the Sky
What it feels like to be in love Vignettes #2
8 months ago
Infinite Scroll
Weekly Scroll: The Squirrel Gestapo Dead Squirrels, Community Notes, and Good Frog Energy
a month ago
seangoedecke.com RSS...
Writing good technical explanations Software engineering is mainly learning. There is a great demand for technical explanations, and...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
Software engineering is mainly learning. There is a great demand for technical explanations, and many thousands of books, talks and blog…
Anecdotal Evidence
'And Hears of Life's Intent' “. . . I’ve had it. No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more...
a year ago
11
a year ago
“. . . I’ve had it. No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be square. Etc.”  Louise Bogan is writing to her friend Ruth Limmer on October 1, 1969, announcing her retirement as poetry reviewer from The New Yorker after...
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors undefined
10 months ago
Val Sopi
Quitting when I sense “the grind” <p>One change I’ve made recently in my product making process is that I stop as soon as I sense that...
over a year ago
38
over a year ago
<p>One change I’ve made recently in my product making process is that I stop as soon as I sense that I am “pushing it”.</p> <p>I quit immediately.</p> <p>Right there and then.</p> <p>If I don’t feel fresh, my work will look stale.</p> <p>I hit more “in the zone” states this...
David Perell
Where the Liberal Arts Went Wrong We’ve lost touch with the ultimate purpose of education: to transform our being and improve our...
a year ago
36
a year ago
We’ve lost touch with the ultimate purpose of education: to transform our being and improve our character. The liberal arts are the ends, not the means.   The post Where the Liberal Arts Went Wrong appeared first on David Perell.
Simply Explained
ESP32: Tips to increase battery life Running an ESP32 on a battery is a tricky operation. The chip is a powerhouse, and with power comes...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
Running an ESP32 on a battery is a tricky operation. The chip is a powerhouse, and with power comes great responsibility. In this post, I’ll outline how I got an ESP32 to run for over 15 weeks (and counting) on a single 1000mAh battery.
99% Invisible
The Chinatown Punk Wars [EPISODE] The most recognizable feature of LA’s Chinatown is its Central Plaza. It’s an outdoor pedestrian...
a year ago
23
a year ago
The most recognizable feature of LA’s Chinatown is its Central Plaza. It’s an outdoor pedestrian mall that is almost overwhelmingly colorful.  Brightly painted buildings are topped with sweeping pagoda style roofs, and then accented with fluorescent neon lacing. For decades...
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Whole Hog Barbecu'd!' I was surprised to see that Alexander Pope was familiar with the most popular cuisine served in...
2 months ago
31
2 months ago
I was surprised to see that Alexander Pope was familiar with the most popular cuisine served in Texas: barbecue. You’ll find his reference in “The Second Satire in the Second Book of Horace Paraphrased”: “Oldfield, with more than Harpy throat endu’d, Cries, ‘send me, Gods! a...
Louwrentius
IKEA $50 VINDSTYRKA vs. $290 Dylos air quality monitor This is a brief article in which I compare the IKEA VINDSTYRKA $50 air quality monitor (PM2.5) with...
a year ago
3
a year ago
This is a brief article in which I compare the IKEA VINDSTYRKA $50 air quality monitor (PM2.5) with a $290 air quality monitor made by Dylos to see if it's any good. Context If you care about indoor air quality, you may already own a CO2 to determine if it's time to ventilate...
Josh Comeau's blog
Effective Collaboration with Product and Design How we work with design can have a tremendous impact on our overall output, and yet we don't always...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
How we work with design can have a tremendous impact on our overall output, and yet we don't always treat it as very important. A look at how collaborating with design can supercharge our own productivity.
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008 undefined
a month ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sacrifice Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: There should be an ipad news app that just shouts...
a month ago
10
a month ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: There should be an ipad news app that just shouts the news in handwritten letters. Today's News:
swyx's site RSS Feed
Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS Tutorial on Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS
over a year ago
TheCollector
How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth undefined
10 months ago
Irrational...
The Engineering Executive's Primer. See on O’Reilly’s website for The Engineering Executive’s Primer. In 2019, I worked with Stripe...
a year ago
50
a year ago
See on O’Reilly’s website for The Engineering Executive’s Primer. In 2019, I worked with Stripe Press to publish my first book, An Elegant Puzzle, which captured many of the lessons I’d learned as an engineering manager in fast growing Silicon Valley companies. In 2021, I decided...
TheCollector
Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires undefined
2 weeks ago
Old Structures...
Close By From Angelo Rizzuto, a view of the Brooklyn Bridge from June 1954. It was not taken from Woolworth,...
6 months ago
48
6 months ago
From Angelo Rizzuto, a view of the Brooklyn Bridge from June 1954. It was not taken from Woolworth, as the angle is slightly wrong. The bridge was in a transition period, with one major renovation just completed and another about to start. Between 1950 and 1954, the bridge...
TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens undefined
4 months ago
Maps Mania
The Hezbollah Map
a year ago
NeuroLogica Blog
Meteostat-12 Meets Flat Earthers I know this wasn’t the purpose of sending up a €4.3bn satellite into geostationary orbit, but...
a year ago
44
a year ago
I know this wasn’t the purpose of sending up a €4.3bn satellite into geostationary orbit, but tweaking flat earthers is a fun side effect. European countries have collaborated on this project, having weather satellites in orbit since 1977. The latest iteration is Meteostat-12,...
Essays - Benedict...
Vision Pro What has Apple built, what is it for, what does it mean for Meta, and why does it cost $3,500?...
a year ago
53
a year ago
What has Apple built, what is it for, what does it mean for Meta, and why does it cost $3,500? Check back in 2025.
Paolo Amoroso's...
Forty years since my traditionally published book <![CDATA[Forty years ago these days, in November of 1983, my book Saturno: nubi, anelli e lune was...
a year ago
5
a year ago
<![CDATA[Forty years ago these days, in November of 1983, my book Saturno: nubi, anelli e lune was released by the small Italian publisher Italy Press. Early that year I had started writing this astronomy book about the planet Saturn. The paperback book "Saturno: nubi, anelli e...
Math Is Still...
The Quest to Decode the Mandelbrot Set, Math’s Famed Fractal For decades, a small group of mathematicians has patiently unraveled the mystery of what was once...
11 months ago
19
11 months ago
For decades, a small group of mathematicians has patiently unraveled the mystery of what was once math’s most popular picture. Their story shows how technology transforms even the most abstract mathematical landscapes. The post The Quest to Decode the Mandelbrot Set,...
Blog - Practical...
When Natural Gas Had No Smell [Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] Excitement and hope permeated...
5 months ago
60
5 months ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] Excitement and hope permeated the crowds gathered in a dusty farm carved from the piney woods in east Texas. The rumor was that Columbus Joiner had struck oil. At 70 years old, Joiner had already won and lost...
./techtipsy
Anything's a portable speaker if you're brave enough I hate buying things that are single-purpose, which is why I ended up with this setup. Take a...
a year ago
55
a year ago
I hate buying things that are single-purpose, which is why I ended up with this setup. Take a speaker, a battery, put them together, and what you now have is a portable speaker. Since I had access to both, I felt no need to buy a separate portable speaker for use in social...
computers are bad
2023-11-25 the curse of docker I'm heading to Las Vegas for re:invent soon, perhaps the most boring type of industry extravaganza...
a year ago
72
a year ago
I'm heading to Las Vegas for re:invent soon, perhaps the most boring type of industry extravaganza there could be. In that spirit, I thought I would write something quick and oddly professional: I'm going to complain about Docker. Packaging software is one of those fundamental...
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Quick Tip: docx is a zip Archive Microsof Office's docx files are actually zip archives with a bunch of XMLs and all the attached...
over a year ago
5
over a year ago
Microsof Office's docx files are actually zip archives with a bunch of XMLs and all the attached media. Super useful, everyone should know it! When I tell my colleagues, friends, or students about it, they don't take me seriously the first time. So, here we go again. If you have...
Paul Graham: Essays
Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas
over a year ago
Mazdak
Information Overload? Don't Be Fooled! In today's world of instant access and information overload, we often find ourselves bombarded with...
a year ago
23
a year ago
In today's world of instant access and information overload, we often find ourselves bombarded with conflicting opinions and dubious advice. It can be a challenge to distinguish genuine expertise from misleading claims and unqualified opinions. This issue of our newsletter offers...
Liz Denys
Butternut squash with cinnamon sage brown butter I don't blog that much about savory food: savory food for me is even more technique-based than...
over a year ago
9
over a year ago
I don't blog that much about savory food: savory food for me is even more technique-based than recipe-based, so I find it limiting to discuss one dish because it's a particular combination of techniques on a very particular set of ingredients. But I really enjoyed this particular...
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ... Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
6
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - New Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Now eat your goals of green thing! Today's News:
a year ago
watchTowr Labs -...
Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom - RCE via Arbitrary File Write (CVE-2024-50623) We were having a nice uneventful week at watchTowr, when we got news of some ransomware operators...
a week ago
6
a week ago
We were having a nice uneventful week at watchTowr, when we got news of some ransomware operators using a zero-day exploit in Cleo MFT software - namely, LexiCom, VLTransfer, and Harmony - applications that many large enterprises rely on to share files securely. Cleo have a...
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review ‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review JamesHoare Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
6 months ago
Platformer
Meta restores Trump Three scenarios for what happens next
a year ago
RhysTranter.com
Green Fashion at the Green Man Festival 2023 In late August, Jenn and I attended the Green Man Festival in Wales, UK. While representing the...
a year ago
12
a year ago
In late August, Jenn and I attended the Green Man Festival in Wales, UK. While representing the Fashion Department of the University of South Wales, Jenn, her colleague Emma, and several of their students facilitated upcycling workshops with industry partners Hiat Denim and...
Blog - Practical...
Why Locomotives Don't Have Tires [Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] Formula 1 is, by many...
10 months ago
45
10 months ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] Formula 1 is, by many accounts, the pinnacle of car racing. F1 cars are among the fastest in the world, particularly around the tight corners of the various paved tracks across the globe. Drivers can experience...
Jake Zimmerman
Bug squash: An underrated interview question
4 months ago
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
Retail Design Blog
Hourglass Cosmetics Retail Concept in Selfridges, London by Checkland Kindleysides Checkland Kindleysides debuts a new, visually-arresting cosmetics counter for Hourglass, bespoke to...
3 months ago
24
3 months ago
Checkland Kindleysides debuts a new, visually-arresting cosmetics counter for Hourglass, bespoke to Selfridges London. Hourglass is a global leader in...
AI Snake Oil
AI existential risk probabilities are too unreliable to inform policy How speculation gets laundered through pseudo-quantification
4 months ago
The Marginalian
Of Wonder, the Courage of Uncertainty, and How to Hear Your Soul: The Best of The Marginalian 2023 Hindsight is our finest instrument for discerning the patterns of our lives. To look back on a year...
12 months ago
14
12 months ago
Hindsight is our finest instrument for discerning the patterns of our lives. To look back on a year of reading, a year of writing, is to discover a secret map of the mind, revealing the landscape of living — after all, how we spend our thoughts is how we spend our lives. In...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
ARISE ERISA | Out-Of-Pocket Levity in the time of Coronavirus
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Steve Jobs on problem solving When you start looking at a problem and it seems really simple,  you don’t really understand the...
over a year ago
10
over a year ago
When you start looking at a problem and it seems really simple,  you don’t really understand the complexity of the problem.  Then you get…
The Ruffian
Notes on Radiohead The weirdest success story in pop
11 months ago
The Modern House
Our guide to North Norfolk: spectacular wildlife, unspoiled beaches and stargazing
a year ago
Liz Denys
Hearts, stars, and trumpets: the things I 'favorite' but don't 'like' Twitter recently changed "favorites" to "likes". We want to make Twitter easier and more rewarding...
over a year ago
15
over a year ago
Twitter recently changed "favorites" to "likes". We want to make Twitter easier and more rewarding to use, and we know that at times the star could be confusing, especially to newcomers. You might like a lot of things, but not everything can be your favorite. It's true - not...
The American Scholar
For Want of Touch The astonishing breadth of our passions The post For Want of Touch appeared first on The American...
3 months ago
35
3 months ago
The astonishing breadth of our passions The post For Want of Touch appeared first on The American Scholar.
Seth's Blog
Did we give up before AI arrived? Plenty of creative pundits are decrying the speed and cost of creating pretty good work with an AI....
6 months ago
36
6 months ago
Plenty of creative pundits are decrying the speed and cost of creating pretty good work with an AI. It can often draw, write and compose as well as a mediocre freelancer, sometimes better. But why were there mediocre freelancers? The system that pushed us to turn our writing into...
Making software...
Audio Hotkeys on Linux Mint Audio Hotkeys on Linux Mint 2020-06-14 I recently switched out the OS on my old 2011 MacBook Air...
over a year ago
14
over a year ago
Audio Hotkeys on Linux Mint 2020-06-14 I recently switched out the OS on my old 2011 MacBook Air with Linux Mint. It's a distro I've used a few times in the past, but never set it as one of my main daily drivers until now. Setting up all my go-to applications (Sublime, LocalWP,...
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 Massviews Analysis is a super useful free tool to identify niche trends, whether you’re trying...
11 months ago
31
11 months ago
#1 💡 Massviews Analysis is a super useful free tool to identify niche trends, whether you’re trying to research content ideas or doing research on business opportunities. You can put in any Wikipedia category, and it will show you what pages inside that category are most...
Open Culture
Explore the World’s First 3D Replica of St. Peter’s Basilica, Made with AI In the trailer below for the world’s first 3D replica of St. Peter’s Basilica, Yves Ubelmann speaks...
a month ago
14
a month ago
In the trailer below for the world’s first 3D replica of St. Peter’s Basilica, Yves Ubelmann speaks of using “AI for Good,” which isn’t just an ideal, but also the name of a lab at Microsoft. Microsoft and Ubelman’s digital-preservation company Iconem were two of the participants...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Summit Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I will never close that paren. Never. In fact,...
a year ago
46
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I will never close that paren. Never. In fact, here's an open one: ( Today's News:
High Signal
How to make a $200k a year business - Mike Cardona interview Mike Cardona is a solo founder who has managed to build a $200k online business by specialising in...
a year ago
142
a year ago
Mike Cardona is a solo founder who has managed to build a $200k online business by specialising in automation content and consulting
Londonist
Dive Into This Free Exhibition About Billingsgate Fish Market Living the bream.
10 months ago
swyx's site RSS Feed
Fight Link Rot with Server- and Client-side Redirects (Netlify and Gatsby) Why you need redirects on clientside and serverside and how to set that up with Gatsby and Netlify
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
SpaceX's 5-Step Design Process How rapid failure and iteration will get Starship to orbit and beyond.
a year ago
McMansion Hell
texas gothic revival Sometimes I just want to get on my hobbyhorse, which for about a year now has been the middle ages...
6 months ago
15
6 months ago
Sometimes I just want to get on my hobbyhorse, which for about a year now has been the middle ages but surely will soon be something else. (Please hyperfixation gods, make it financial literacy.) Anyway, I meandered around the nation (online) in search of another opportunity to...
Stephen Diehl
How to Destroy Bitcoin
over a year ago
diamond geezer
Far From Super Loop On bus shelters across London TfL are keenly advertising the Superloop. The poster shows a bus, a...
11 months ago
3
11 months ago
On bus shelters across London TfL are keenly advertising the Superloop. The poster shows a bus, a rainbow burst of pastel colours and the legend The Superloop Is Coming. The given date is Spring 2024 and it's described as a commitment by the Mayor to improve public transport in...
Arduino Blog
DexteriSync lets you walk a mile in the gloves of a user with manual disability Good designers prioritize the user experience — particularly the experience of users with...
a month ago
14
a month ago
Good designers prioritize the user experience — particularly the experience of users with disabilities that affect their perception and fine motor skills. A young person without disabilities, for example, may feel that jars are easy to open, while an elderly person with reduced...
The Ruffian
Leslie's Razors Nine Rules of Thumb For Life
11 months ago
bt RSS Feed
Setting Up Fathom Analytics with Netlify Setting Up Fathom Analytics with Netlify 2021-01-19 It’s no secret that I’m passionate about open...
over a year ago
4
over a year ago
Setting Up Fathom Analytics with Netlify 2021-01-19 It’s no secret that I’m passionate about open source software, but I’m also extremely adamant about protecting the privacy of all users across the web. So when I decided to implement analytics on my own personal website, I ended...
Open Culture
Destino: The Salvador Dalí — Disney Collaboration 57 Years in the Making In 2003, Disney released a six minute animated short called Destino, finally bringing closure to a...
a month ago
13
a month ago
In 2003, Disney released a six minute animated short called Destino, finally bringing closure to a project that began 57 years earlier. The story of Destino goes way back to 1946 when two very different cultural icons, Walt Disney and Salvador Dalí, decided to work together on a...
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels undefined
4 months ago
diamond geezer
Where's Gail's? The bakery chain Gail's has been busy spreading its sourdough tentacles across London over recent...
4 months ago
22
4 months ago
The bakery chain Gail's has been busy spreading its sourdough tentacles across London over recent years. It had been doing this successfully and also quietly until it dared to suggest opening a branch in Walthamstow Village whose residents promptly set up a petition to campaign...
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Onions Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Drawing all those stupid onions was worth it for...
5 months ago
52
5 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Drawing all those stupid onions was worth it for the phrase keystone onion. Today's News:
Christopher Butler
Gestalt Principles of Design – Similarity When objects look similar to one another, the mind perceives them as a group or pattern. The...
a year ago
59
a year ago
When objects look similar to one another, the mind perceives them as a group or pattern. The Gestalt Principles of Design are a set of concepts and guidelines drawn from gestalt psychology, which theorizes that the mind tends to process organized groups of things as a whole,...
Maps Mania
Global Burning
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator? undefined
9 months ago
Londonist
Trooping The Colour 2024: When Is It? What's It About? And Other Questions Answered Pomp and ceremony cranked up to 11.
9 months ago
Liz Denys
The shape is everything: sun-dried tomato and pesto pane bianco I've been getting into baking bread a lot lately instead of focusing more on the sweet and pastry...
over a year ago
11
over a year ago
I've been getting into baking bread a lot lately instead of focusing more on the sweet and pastry side of things. While I've been enjoying making fresh sourdough from fresh sourdough starter and love the end results, I sometimes find that basic breads are a lot of kneading (read:...
Rest of World -...
Scale AI is on a hiring spree for speakers of under-represented languages But some languages pay a lot better than others.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Industrial policy doesn't have to succeed right away Progressive approaches need to fail before they can change.
a year ago
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903) journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
Prolost
Linear Light, Gamma, and ACES Imagine a digital 50% gray card. In 0–255 RGB values, it’s 127, 127, 127. On the RGB parade scope,...
over a year ago
7
over a year ago
Imagine a digital 50% gray card. In 0–255 RGB values, it’s 127, 127, 127. On the RGB parade scope, the card is a perfect plateau at 50%. Now imagine increasing the exposure of this scene by one stop. “Stops” of light are an exponential scale, meaning that subtracting one stop is...
NeuroLogica Blog
How Humans Can Adapt to Space My recent article on settling Mars has generated a lot of discussion, some of it around the basic...
11 months ago
43
11 months ago
My recent article on settling Mars has generated a lot of discussion, some of it around the basic concept of how difficult it is for humans to live anywhere but a thin envelope of air hugging the surface of the Earth. This is undoubtedly true, as I have discussed before – we...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
The New Price Transparency Laws And Turquoise Health | Out-Of-Pocket Are we actually moving to a healthcare shopping experience?
9 months ago
One Useful Thing
Magic for English Majors Programming in prose in an AI-haunted world
a year ago
Seth's Blog
Can’t wait The urgent problem might actually benefit from a short cooling-off period. But important challenges...
a year ago
46
a year ago
The urgent problem might actually benefit from a short cooling-off period. But important challenges can’t wait. Today is a good day to remember that better is possible, and that we shouldn’t wait for the problem to become easy or fade away. Better begins with each of us, but it...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #219 Roth IRA Conversions, Net-Nets, Margin of Safety, SpaceX's Triumph, The Dystopia of Smartphones, Sam...
2 months ago
34
2 months ago
Roth IRA Conversions, Net-Nets, Margin of Safety, SpaceX's Triumph, The Dystopia of Smartphones, Sam Zell, UK Bargains, Gregorys Coffee, Free Speech Under Assault, Dopamine and Addiction
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Thermo Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: +10 Internet points if you can identify all...
a year ago
Seth's Blog
The color-coded wires Have you ever wondered what the wiring layout behind the control panels at Abbey Road studios was...
8 months ago
22
8 months ago
Have you ever wondered what the wiring layout behind the control panels at Abbey Road studios was like? Neither have I. The Beatles recorded some of their best work there, and I have no idea if it was a rat’s nest of tangled wires, or if each wire was labeled, coded and perfectly...
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection undefined
a year ago
Old Structures...
Travelog: Far From Home Traveling to another country usually gets you views of a built environment that is in some respects...
9 months ago
31
9 months ago
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...
The Convivial...
Care, Not Control The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 11
a year ago
xkcd.com
Moon
a year ago
Seth's Blog
The perils of doing it live [Relevant aside: If you get this blog by email, apologies for the glitches of the last few days...
8 months ago
19
8 months ago
[Relevant aside: If you get this blog by email, apologies for the glitches of the last few days caused by my provider. If you ever see a broken link or something that doesn’t render, you can visit the blog. It always has the latest version, typos fixed. It’s much easier to fix...
The Works in...
Links in Progress: Expanding the Mediterranean's busiest port Plus: New tunnels, monorails, canals, small modular reactors, and horseless carriages
a month ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Designing products for single and multiplayer modes The first million people who bought VCRs bought them before there were any movies available to watch...
over a year ago
14
over a year ago
The first million people who bought VCRs bought them before there were any movies available to watch on them. They just wanted to “time…
Steve Blank
Why Large Organizations Struggle With Disruption, and What to Do About It Seemingly overnight, disruption has allowed challengers to threaten the dominance of companies and...
4 months ago
52
4 months ago
Seemingly overnight, disruption has allowed challengers to threaten the dominance of companies and government agencies as many of their existing systems have now been leapfrogged. How an organization reacts to this type of disruption determines whether they adapt or die. I’ve...
Old Structures...
Finding Something Nice To Say Howe trusses look backwards to me. Structural logic generally says that compression members should...
3 weeks ago
14
3 weeks ago
Howe trusses look backwards to me. Structural logic generally says that compression members should be stockier than tension members because, while the gross stresses are the same (force divided by cross-sectional area), compression members may buckle and tension members will not....
Steve Klabnik
DayZ
over a year ago
Weighty Thoughts
Who’s Winning the AI War? All of us, except the AI startups and VCs—unless a real war breaks out
11 months ago
Louwrentius
Achieving 220 MB/s network file transfers using Linux Bonding I wrote an article about the subject of getting beyond the limits of gigabit network file transfers....
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
I wrote an article about the subject of getting beyond the limits of gigabit network file transfers. My solution is to use multiple gigabit network cards and use Linux interface bonding to create virtual 2 gigabit network interfaces. The solution is to use mode 0 or round robin...
Noahpinion
Biden should run on a message of abundance Things are going pretty well in America, and Biden's policies have largely helped.
10 months ago
Escaping Flatland
Integrity Intensely Human, No 3
10 months ago
Handprinted - Blog
Drypoint - Which plate is right for my project? Drypoint is a fantastic intaglio technique as it requires limited equipment to create a plate. It's...
7 months ago
61
7 months ago
Drypoint is a fantastic intaglio technique as it requires limited equipment to create a plate. It's a great way of creating a printed drawing and is one of the printmaking techniques where the positive mark is the one that prints (unlike relief printing for example). There are...
Roberto Vitillo's...
Understanding Distributed Systems 1.1 Coordination is expensive as it reduces the availability and performance of distributed applications...
over a year ago
11
over a year ago
Coordination is expensive as it reduces the availability and performance of distributed applications (PACELC theorem). I have extended…
The Modern House
Luke Edward Hall: the artist and designer pulls back the curtain to reveal his colourful life story A boundless creative with a uniquely romantic, rainbow-hued aesthetic, Luke Edward Hall has...
6 months ago
48
6 months ago
A boundless creative with a uniquely romantic, rainbow-hued aesthetic, Luke Edward Hall has reinvigorated our appetite for English Country House Style – and embroidered velvet slippers. For this week’s episode of Homing In, Matt Gibberd gets the invitation we’ve all been waiting...
A Beautiful Site
Icon Finder: an awesome search engine for icons I came across a really awesome icon resource awhile back, but never got a chance to write anything...
over a year ago
13
over a year ago
I came across a really awesome icon resource awhile back, but never got a chance to write anything about it. If you're a web designer or developer who always has use for quality icons — especially ones with GPL or similar licenses — this is the website for you. It's essentially a...
Max Rozen
Strangers from the internet paid for my MacBook Air: on my 4th year of indiehacking In which I finally make money from strangers off the internet.
over a year ago
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam undefined
8 months ago
The Ruffian
Len vs Glenn How Leonard Bernstein turned a crisis into a productive disagreement
a year ago
Blog posts of...
The simplest and most important dashboard for early stage startups. This blogpost is part of a small series of posts that cover the basics of startup metrics. My...
over a year ago
Posts on Made of...
A Go/C Polyglot Writing a Go/C polyglot Someone on a Slack I’m on recently raised the question of how you might...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
Writing a Go/C polyglot Someone on a Slack I’m on recently raised the question of how you might write a source file that’s both valid C and Go, commenting that it wasn’t immediately obvious if this was even possible. I got nerdsniped, and succeeded in producing one, which you can...
Posts on Made of...
BlackHat/DEFCON 2011 talk: Breaking out of KVM I’ve posted the final slides from my talk this year at DEFCON and Black Hat, on breaking out of the...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
I’ve posted the final slides from my talk this year at DEFCON and Black Hat, on breaking out of the KVM Kernel Virtual Machine on Linux. Virtunoid: Breaking out of KVM from Nelson Elhage [Edited 2011-08-11] The code is now available. It should be fairly well-commented, and...
Old Structures...
The Uniform of the Chief Engineer From the UK, 1879, a picture of what the well-dressed chief naval engineer should wear. Perosnally,...
11 months ago
11
11 months ago
From the UK, 1879, a picture of what the well-dressed chief naval engineer should wear. Perosnally, I’m not very good at keeping clothing this good-looking for more than about ten minutes after I put it on, but I wouldn’t mind the sword. Below, the 1879 launch of HMS Agamemnon,...
Data Boutique
Network Effects: When Value Comes from Others Joining in ... and Data Boutique Partnership Program launch
a year ago
Irrational...
Using systems modeling to refine strategy. While I was probably late to learn the concept of strategy testing, I might have learned about...
a month ago
29
a month ago
While I was probably late to learn the concept of strategy testing, I might have learned about systems modeling too early in my career, stumbling on Donella Meadows’ Thinking in Systems: A Primer before I began my career in software. Over the years, I’ve discovered a number of...
A Beautiful Site
Tips for the aspiring web developer So you want to be a web developer...excellent choice! It's a very rewarding position that can be a...
over a year ago
9
over a year ago
So you want to be a web developer...excellent choice! It's a very rewarding position that can be a lot more fun than most other programming jobs. However, before you take the plunge into a career in web development, there are a few things you should probably consider. A different...
Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice “The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
9
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin   Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
swyx's site RSS Feed
The End of Localhost > This post was originally published on my new dedicated DX site:...
over a year ago
11
over a year ago
> This post was originally published on my new dedicated DX site: https://dx.tips/the-end-of-localhost
Maps Mania
You Don't Know Africa
a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - The Universe Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Thank you everyone! I would love to keep bringing...
a year ago
8
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Thank you everyone! I would love to keep bringing more of these, and your support makes that happen :) Today's News:
There are two types...
“My Open Letter to NYC DOT Commissioner Rodriquez” Dear Commissioner Rodriquez, I’m writing to you because I just signed up for a workshop to improve...
over a year ago
19
over a year ago
Dear Commissioner Rodriquez, I’m writing to you because I just signed up for a workshop to improve Canal Street that your department is running tonight. I met you when you were a Councilman. I know you care deeply about making … Continue reading → The post “My Open Letter to NYC...
The Rational Walk
Berkshire Hathaway’s 2024 Q&A Session Warren Buffett answered over thirty questions in a five hour marathon session in the first annual...
7 months ago
55
7 months ago
Warren Buffett answered over thirty questions in a five hour marathon session in the first annual meeting after Charlie Munger's death.
Paul Graham: Essays
The Real Reason to End the Death Penalty
over a year ago
Louwrentius
ZFS performance on HP Proliant Microserver Gen8 G1610T I think the HP Proliant Microserver Gen8 is a very interesting little box if you want to build your...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
I think the HP Proliant Microserver Gen8 is a very interesting little box if you want to build your own ZFS-based NAS. The benchmarks I've performed seem to confirm this. The Microserver Gen8 has nice features such as: iLO (KVM over IP with dedicated network interface) support...
Noahpinion
Five things to be optimistic about in America today Enough doom and gloom, let's allow ourselves a moment of happiness.
8 months ago
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,...
a month ago
23
a month ago
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...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sympathy Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: This'll be even funnier once SMBC is infinite...
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Maps Mania
The Spookiest Places in the USA
a year ago
Home on Erik...
The software engineering rule of 3 Here's a dumb extremely accurate rule I'm postulating* for software engineering projects: *you need...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
Here's a dumb extremely accurate rule I'm postulating* for software engineering projects: *you need at least 3 examples before you solve the right problem*. This is what I've noticed: Don't factor out shared code between two classes.
Rest of World -...
A former fish farmer’s startup is flourishing during a tech downturn Gibran Huzaifah’s eFishery made a case for tech companies solving rural issues.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem? undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
Read the Uncompromising Letter That Steve Albini (RIP) Wrote to Nirvana Before Producing In Utero... Today, Steve Albini, the musician and producer of important albums by Nirvana, PJ Harvey, the Pixies...
7 months ago
65
7 months ago
Today, Steve Albini, the musician and producer of important albums by Nirvana, PJ Harvey, the Pixies and many others, passed away in Chicago, at the all-too-early age of 61. In tribute, we’re bringing you this classic 2013 post from our archive.  Journeyman record producer Steve...
Common Edge
Explaining NYC’s Arcane, and Possibly Unconstitutional, Planning and Approval Process It’s the “City of Yes”—even if you say “NO”!
6 months ago
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
UI=f(org): UI is a Function of Your Organization The Domino’s “Pizza Tracker” is an intriguing piece of UI. As an end user, it provides the precision...
10 months ago
14
10 months ago
The Domino’s “Pizza Tracker” is an intriguing piece of UI. As an end user, it provides the precision of detail you want in tracking your order: Your order has been received Your pizza is being prepped Your pizza is in the oven Your pizza is being checked for quality by...
Map of the Week
The Climate Impact of Your Neighborhood This latest New York Times interactive map shows how people who live closer in to city centers have...
over a year ago
24
over a year ago
This latest New York Times interactive map shows how people who live closer in to city centers have a relatively small carbon footprint, while those who live further out have some of the largest footprints in the nation. While that may not be surprising by itself there are some...
37signals Dev
The radiating programmer You are an individual contributor at heart. You like writing code and solving technical problems....
a year ago
3
a year ago
You are an individual contributor at heart. You like writing code and solving technical problems. You dislike meetings and ceremony. Here’s what you can do to maximize what you like and minimize what you don’t: radiate information. The daily standup meetings that Scrum...
TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots undefined
a year ago
David Heinemeier...
The law of the land Affirmative action is right up there with abortion and gun control among the highest-profile,...
a year ago
4
a year ago
Affirmative action is right up there with abortion and gun control among the highest-profile, longest-running social fissures in America. So of course the recent ruling from the Supreme Court making its use in college admissions illegal was going to light a political fire. The...
Identity Designed
WHEN Designed by Universal Favourite, Sydney.
a week ago
Joel Gascoigne
Ratio thinking * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Something I’ve...
over a year ago
9
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Something I’ve found difficult to completely embrace, but which understanding has been super important, is the idea that there is a ratio for everything. I’ve started to call this Ratio Thinking,...
The American Scholar
Survival Situation The debate over evolution and its discoverer The post Survival Situation appeared first on The...
6 months ago
22
6 months ago
The debate over evolution and its discoverer The post Survival Situation appeared first on The American Scholar.
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art? undefined
9 months ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Do we just have a common cold? Our children have been coughing for over a week and have been tested negatively for covid five or...
over a year ago
33
over a year ago
Our children have been coughing for over a week and have been tested negatively for covid five or six times...
alexwlchan
Two examples of hover styles on images I enjoy adding :hover styles to my websites. A good hover style reminds me of how fast and...
2 months ago
34
2 months ago
I enjoy adding :hover styles to my websites. A good hover style reminds me of how fast and responsive our computers can be, if we let them. For example, I add a thicker underline when you hover over a link on this site, and it appears/disappears almost instantly as I move my...
Atoms vs Bits
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Can audio engineering ideas help us deal with life in the city?s
7 months ago
The Turn Signal RSS...
Is Gesture Interaction a Valid Alternative To Touch Interaction in Cars? Interacting with in-car controls requires drivers to divert visual attention from the road to the...
over a year ago
10
over a year ago
Interacting with in-car controls requires drivers to divert visual attention from the road to the dashboard. For example, adjusting the…
The Changelog
Review of Reputable, Functional, and Secure Email Service I last reviewed email services in 2019. That review focused a lot of attention on privacy. At the...
7 months ago
72
7 months ago
I last reviewed email services in 2019. That review focused a lot of attention on privacy. At the time, I selected mailbox.org as my provider, and have been using them for these 5 years since. However, both their service and their support have gone significantly downhill since,...
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
6
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
Vadim Kravcenko
🔥 Battling daily procrastination 🔥Procrastination is a serious threat. But what keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do?...
over a year ago
7
over a year ago
🔥Procrastination is a serious threat. But what keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do? What […] The post 🔥 Battling daily procrastination appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
ToughSF
The Expanse's Epstein Drive We aim to take a fictional propulsion technology from The Expanse, and apply the appropriate science...
over a year ago
5
over a year ago
We aim to take a fictional propulsion technology from The Expanse, and apply the appropriate science to explain its features in a realistic manner. This also applies to other SciFi settings that want a similar engine for their own spacecraft. The Epstein Drive Title art...
macwright.com
Competition For the last few jobs, I’ve kept a private are.na board of competition. Every time I saw something...
a year ago
24
a year ago
For the last few jobs, I’ve kept a private are.na board of competition. Every time I saw something that looked like it was competing with Observable, or Placemark, or val.town I’d add it to the list. Eventually I’d have a big gallery of screenshots of all the other companies and...
Diaries of Note
One feels as if one is dissolved into Nature Albert Einstein’s trip to the California Institute of Technology in December 1931, for the first of...
a year ago
16
a year ago
Albert Einstein’s trip to the California Institute of Technology in December 1931, for the first of three annual visiting professorships, marked a crucial juncture in his life. The rise of the Nazi party in Germany, with its vehement anti-Semitism, was forcing the physicist to...
journal – Winnie Lim
surprising myself with my self I have always thought of myself as an open-minded person, but in recent years due to increasing self...
a year ago
24
a year ago
I have always thought of myself as an open-minded person, but in recent years due to increasing self awareness I realised I can be very set in some patterns of my thinking,...
The Tao Of Wealth
Sri Patalathri Nrisimha Perumal Stuti Patalathri, commonly known as Singaperumal Koil is a very famous Narasimha Kshetra situated in...
over a year ago
6
over a year ago
Patalathri, commonly known as Singaperumal Koil is a very famous Narasimha Kshetra situated in Chengalpattu District, Tamilnadu. This place houses a beautiful rock-cut Narasimha temple, which is situated on a small hill. The name of the place, ‘Patalathri’ also gives a similar...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How we justified quitting our jobs and financing PostHog early on Let me tell you a story of the financial pressures that face new founders and how that pressure...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
Let me tell you a story of the financial pressures that face new founders and how that pressure motivated Tim and me to make an epic pivot leap…
Commoncog
Introducing Xmrit Some free software to create, modify, experiment with and share XmR charts. Unlock the ability to...
8 months ago
82
8 months ago
Some free software to create, modify, experiment with and share XmR charts. Unlock the ability to become more data driven today.
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970 In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
40
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
Retail Design Blog
Pergas Cafe by SAD Office & AMA Studio Pergas Cafe is located in the busy Armenian neighborhood of Jolfa, Isfahan, and the location of the...
7 months ago
29
7 months ago
Pergas Cafe is located in the busy Armenian neighborhood of Jolfa, Isfahan, and the location of the property has its...
TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit undefined
a month ago
Unpacked
Instagram Threads: The Problem With The "Everything for Everyone" Approach In recent times, Twitter has been through a roller coaster of events. What started with Elon Musk's...
a year ago
8
a year ago
In recent times, Twitter has been through a roller coaster of events. What started with Elon Musk's turbulent acquisition has now been followed up by a series of controversial product decisions. To list a few: Twitter limited the number of daily tweets
Seth's Blog
The Coney Island problem Disney theme parks created more than 20 billion dollars in revenue last year. Coney Island, not so...
6 months ago
26
6 months ago
Disney theme parks created more than 20 billion dollars in revenue last year. Coney Island, not so much. Coney Island is dozens of small honky tonk vendors and attractions, an ecosystem, not a corporation. Independent local stores got hammered by the more organized stores in the...
The American Scholar
American Modernism’s Lost Boy-King The late, great Paul Auster on Stephen Crane The post American Modernism’s Lost Boy-King appeared...
7 months ago
30
7 months ago
The late, great Paul Auster on Stephen Crane The post American Modernism’s Lost Boy-King appeared first on The American Scholar.
ntietz.com blog
Surveillance, Schools, and Our Children In 2010, the news broke that Harriton High School, in a suburb of Philadelphia, was activating...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
In 2010, the news broke that Harriton High School, in a suburb of Philadelphia, was activating webcams on student laptops1. When they were at home. In their bedrooms. They captured photos while students were in private spaces, where they never expected to be watched. A few days...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - HUGE Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: On second thought this comic is way funnier without...
a year ago
25
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: On second thought this comic is way funnier without the caption. Today's News:
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Perpetual Fountain of Fun' “It was not only in the best company he uttered his best things. He was a perpetual fountain of fun;...
5 months ago
30
5 months ago
“It was not only in the best company he uttered his best things. He was a perpetual fountain of fun; an improvisatore, who raised upon some shrewd comment wild edifices of exaggeration. His talk ascended from rational wit to buffoonery; yet his towerings never daunted others. He...
Grow With Less
9 Inspiring Examples of Successful Blogs (And How They Got There) Looking at blog income reports from popular blogs, you could think that the only way to make money...
over a year ago
17
over a year ago
Looking at blog income reports from popular blogs, you could think that the only way to make money blogging is to blog about blogging. Luckily, you would be mistaken. The reality is that there are successful blogs in all kinds of niches. You simply hear more about the make money...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Raising money is less stressful than bootstrapping Since PostHog raised Venture Capital (VC), we've had far less stress, and far more fun. There are...
over a year ago
4
over a year ago
Since PostHog raised Venture Capital (VC), we've had far less stress, and far more fun. There are lots of myths around what it's like run a business…
Words and Buttons...
The simplest possible smooth contouring algorithm The algorithm that takes a distance function and makes a smooth contour out of it in three steps.
over a year ago
Seth's Blog
Sincerity is expected Well, not always. That’s why it’s so important. We don’t expect an actor to tell the truth. That’s...
a month ago
14
a month ago
Well, not always. That’s why it’s so important. We don’t expect an actor to tell the truth. That’s their job. Musicians and other performers are playing a role. And social niceties encourage us to put on a smile and share appreciation, even in situations where it might not be...
abdz.do - Have you...
Stunning 3D Illustrations for Primavera Stunning 3D Illustrations for Primavera AoiroStudio0424—23 ...
a year ago
45
a year ago
Stunning 3D Illustrations for Primavera AoiroStudio0424—23 Mathieu L.B is a French art director and 3D artist who has created some stunning 3D illustrations for Primavera, his work features a unique blend of abstract shapes and bold, vivid...
The Honest Broker
How We Lost the Ability to Listen In this extract from my book 'Music to Raise the Dead' I look at how texts replaced songs as sources...
10 months ago
27
10 months ago
In this extract from my book 'Music to Raise the Dead' I look at how texts replaced songs as sources of wisdom and guidance
Seth's Blog
Is it possible to care at scale? After 25 years, I stopped using a certain credit card for business. It was easily millions of...
a year ago
54
a year ago
After 25 years, I stopped using a certain credit card for business. It was easily millions of dollars worth of transactions over that period. Did anyone at the company notice? Did anyone care? I still remember losing a client in 1987. Small organizations pay attention and care...
ntietz.com blog
The only two log levels you need are INFO and ERROR Logging is a critical tool for maintaining any web application, and yet we're getting it wrong. With...
8 months ago
5
8 months ago
Logging is a critical tool for maintaining any web application, and yet we're getting it wrong. With great logs, you can see what your application is doing. And without them? Things can be broken left and right without you ever finding out. Instead, you wonder why your customers...
Londonist
London's Curious Collection Of Golden Statues Golden wonders.
a year ago
Nela Dunato Art &...
How can selling services be easy? I find selling easy, but it has nothing to do with my “ability to sell”. I’m not a good sales...
a year ago
17
a year ago
I find selling easy, but it has nothing to do with my “ability to sell”. I’m not a good sales person. I’d hate doing a sales job for a living. But I happen to do a lot of other things that remove all the pressure from the sales conversation. I do the hard work in the marketing...
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Alpine Charms and Traditions of Bregenzerwald
a year ago
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic undefined
8 months ago
Acko.net
Fuck It, We'll Do It Live How the Live effect run-time is implemented In this post I describe how the Live run-time...
a year ago
38
a year ago
How the Live effect run-time is implemented In this post I describe how the Live run-time internals are implemented, which drive Use.GPU. Some pre-existing React and FP effect knowledge is useful. I have written about Live before, but in general terms. You may therefor have...
The Codist
If You Don't Give A Crap, This Is the Shit That You Get Being retired after four decades as a programmer, there is nothing more irritating than seeing...
11 months ago
18
11 months ago
Being retired after four decades as a programmer, there is nothing more irritating than seeing broken or poor functionality in web and mobile apps. I always cared about what we were putting out, even if it was sometimes unimportant to my employer. When I see things that are easy...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Pensieve: 11 Mar 2024 - AI Lifestory app back to my personal weight lows!
9 months ago
Retail Design Blog
POPSOCKETS Pop up Store As a temporary pop-up space, under the current situation of the venue and budget constraints, we...
a week ago
4
a week ago
As a temporary pop-up space, under the current situation of the venue and budget constraints, we hope to create a...
Rest of World -...
Latin American startups embrace OpenAI, but at what cost? The region’s early-stage startups get less funding than their U.S. counterparts, making AI...
a year ago
6
a year ago
The region’s early-stage startups get less funding than their U.S. counterparts, making AI tools-for-hire an onerous new expense.
The Marginalian
Octavia Butler on Religion and the Spirituality of Symbiosis "On many levels, we wind up being strengthened by what we join, or what joins us, as well as by what...
a year ago
Rest of World -...
2023 Impact Report The global reach and impact of our journalism in 2023
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus? undefined
6 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
40
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
Vitalik Buterin's...
In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism
over a year ago
Old Structures...
Odd One Out Two views of the Queensboro Bridge… First, a HAER photo I’ve used before: Second, a view from an...
6 months ago
38
6 months ago
Two views of the Queensboro Bridge… First, a HAER photo I’ve used before: Second, a view from an early 1900s edition of King’s Views of New York, showing a rendering of the bridge before it was completed (on top), paired with a photo of the just-completed Williamsburg Bridge...
Charles Chen
Using useMemo and useCallback to Save the Past from React Langoliers If you're confused about useMemo and useCallback and you have 10 minutes and nostalgia for 90’s...
a year ago
5
a year ago
If you're confused about useMemo and useCallback and you have 10 minutes and nostalgia for 90’s sci-fi? You came to the right place!
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The importance of investor signaling in venture pricing Suppose there is a pre-profitable company that is raising venture financing. Simple, classical...
over a year ago
16
over a year ago
Suppose there is a pre-profitable company that is raising venture financing. Simple, classical economic models would predict that although…
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free undefined
9 months ago
Maps Mania
Attacks on the Press Map 2023
9 months ago
Steve Klabnik
Community Versions for Rust
over a year ago
Seth's Blog
Jump in the lake The waters of Buck Lake are cool and clear and restorative. All summer, it’s tempting to go for a...
10 months ago
47
10 months ago
The waters of Buck Lake are cool and clear and restorative. All summer, it’s tempting to go for a swim. But it’s also a hassle. You need to change your clothes, find someone to guard, bring a towel and most of all, gasp at the transition when the cold water hits. And yet… no one...
Maps Mania
The 10 Day Fall Color Forecast
a year ago
Articles - Alex...
How to ride a recession A storm is coming. In 2020 Britain suffered its deepest recession in over 300 years. Two years...
over a year ago
11
over a year ago
A storm is coming. In 2020 Britain suffered its deepest recession in over 300 years. Two years later and the UK’s economic picture is not much prettier. This article argues that whilst recessions are a threat to some businesses, they are an opportunity for others. It argues...
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware April 2023 The ware for April 2023 is an X-rite DTP22 spectrophotometer. This one almost made it through the...
a year ago
18
a year ago
The ware for April 2023 is an X-rite DTP22 spectrophotometer. This one almost made it through the month without being guessed, but congrats to cpresser for figuring it out in the last week! email me for your prize. Here’s some more context images of the ware. The colored filter...
David Heinemeier...
The premise trap The hardest part for me about collaborating with junior programmers, whether it's in open source or...
a week ago
17
a week ago
The hardest part for me about collaborating with junior programmers, whether it's in open source or at work, is avoiding the premise trap. That's where the fundamental assumptions baked into the first draft of the code aren't questioned until you've already spent far too long...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville? undefined
4 months ago
Tinloof - Blog
How to get a taste of ReasonML by building something useful ReasonML, a programming language that compiles to JavaScript, was built by extending the functional...
over a year ago
8
over a year ago
ReasonML, a programming language that compiles to JavaScript, was built by extending the functional programming language OCaml, leveraging powerful and safe types smartly inferred by default. Reason’s official documentation is clear, yet covering the theory with “Hello World”...
Old Vintage...
Ward Christensen dies There was initially some issue verifying this, but there appears to be direct confirmation now that...
2 months ago
31
2 months ago
There was initially some issue verifying this, but there appears to be direct confirmation now that Ward Christensen passed away October 11 at the age of 78, co-founder of the pioneering Computerized Bulletin Board System in February 1978 with Randy Suess — now believed to be the...
Jonas Hietala
The Coinparty hackathon, take two In December I declared that I would enter a Bitcoin Cash hackathon and I was excited to give my...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
In December I declared that I would enter a Bitcoin Cash hackathon and I was excited to give my procrastination a kick in the balls. Unfortunately the hackathon was postponed to January just an hour later. Maybe the organizers didn’t think my project was exciting enough or...
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements undefined
11 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
How the Paris 2023 Protests are Impacting Travel
a year ago
David Gerrells
how to save $13.27 on your sAAs bill Vercel has a decent entry level analytics product which I cannot afford so I am going to build my...
4 months ago
Musings on Markets
Earnings and Cash Flows: A Primer on Free Cash Flow It is never pleasant to be in the midst of a market correction, but a market correction does operate...
over a year ago
12
over a year ago
It is never pleasant to be in the midst of a market correction, but a market correction does operate as a cleanser for excesses that enter into even the most disciplined investors' playbooks in the good times. This correction has been no exception, as the threat of losing...
Steve Klabnik
Nobody understands REST or HTTP
over a year ago
Daniel Miessler
News & Analysis | NO. 350
over a year ago
AI Snake Oil
Does the UK’s liver transplant matching algorithm systematically exclude younger patients? Seemingly minor technical decisions can have life-or-death effects
a month ago
the singularity is...
There is no hard takeoff Back in 2014, Elon Musk referred to AI as summoning the demon. And it wasn’t hard to see that view....
a year ago
6
a year ago
Back in 2014, Elon Musk referred to AI as summoning the demon. And it wasn’t hard to see that view. Soon, Go agents would beat top humans learning from self play. By the end of 2017, the same algorithm mastered Chess and Shogi. By 2020, it didn’t even need tons of calls to the...
Probably...
Reject Math Supremacy The premise of Think Stats, and the other books in the Think series, is that programming is a tool...
a week ago
18
a week ago
The premise of Think Stats, and the other books in the Think series, is that programming is a tool for teaching and learning — and many ideas that are commonly presented in math notation can be more clearly presented in code. In the draft third edition of Think Stats there is...
Jonas Hietala
Home office renovation When we moved back to our childhood community and bought a house I had one pretty big requirement: I...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
When we moved back to our childhood community and bought a house I had one pretty big requirement: I had to have a home office as I need to work remote. There simply isn’t any software development work for me here. So the later part of 2018 and early 2019 we’ve renovated an old...
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964) Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
39
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961. Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
Seán Barry
What is TypeScript and why should I use it? A beginner's guide to TypeScript. What is TypeScript? What problems does it solve? Why should I use...
over a year ago
Strange Loop Canon
No, LLMs are not "scheming"
4 days ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Shell Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Two minutes includes 47 seconds of clothing...
a year ago
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906 A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Orthodox Privilege
over a year ago
Seth's Blog
What’s new at purple.space? There are now 1,000 of us in this online community that’s not a social network. Proudly a millionth...
a year ago
9
a year ago
There are now 1,000 of us in this online community that’s not a social network. Proudly a millionth the size of some other online experiences. It includes the original Creative’s Workshop, with hundreds of people working through it, side by side. And just added, access to the...
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October? undefined
2 months ago
Out-of-Pocket Blog
How should physicians get paid? | Out-Of-Pocket Should money and care be separate?
a year ago
A Smart Bear
"It's a Balance" isn't always the answer Resolve decision-making conflicts by selecting the right approach: Make a bold choice, synthesize a...
6 months ago
39
6 months ago
Resolve decision-making conflicts by selecting the right approach: Make a bold choice, synthesize a new solution, or find the balance.
Lighthouse Blog
How to organize content
6 months ago
Society's Backend
AI Reading List 3: Meta's Self-Taught Evaluator, AI for Cancer Diagnosis, and a Technical... Society's Backend Reading List 10-21-2024
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire? undefined
a year ago
37signals Dev
Solid Queue 1.0 released We’ve just released Solid Queue v1.0.0, right before speaking about it at Rails World. This version...
2 months ago
3
2 months ago
We’ve just released Solid Queue v1.0.0, right before speaking about it at Rails World. This version has come a long way since we published the first version, 0.1.1, back in December 2023, with 132 merged pull requests and 126 closed issues, and the help of multiple...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Spidey Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: We are assuming for the sake of argument that all...
a year ago
30
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: We are assuming for the sake of argument that all bits of human are equivalent, which is basically correct. Today's News:
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #43: An awesome drone trial in central London, legalised e-scooters at last, and... And yes, I am on Bluesky.
a month ago
Strange Loop Canon
State of the Canon Onwards
11 months ago
Writing - Andreas...
Care about how the work is done High performers care deeply not just about doing the work but how it’s done.
11 months ago
The Ruffian
The Orangutan Theory of Intelligence Why Thinking In Pairs Is Powerful and What It Tells Us About AI
2 months ago
Rest of World -...
Google’s Gemini problem will be even worse outside the U.S. It’s hard to keep a stereotyping machine out of trouble.
9 months ago
The Berkeley...
Virtual Personas for Language Models via an Anthology of Backstories Anthology, a method for conditioning LLMs to representative, consistent, and diverse virtual...
a month ago
26
a month ago
Anthology, a method for conditioning LLMs to representative, consistent, and diverse virtual personas by generating and utilizing naturalistic backstories with rich details of individual values and experience. --> We introduce Anthology, a method for conditioning LLMs to...
Maps Mania
The 3rd Hour of the 1 Hour AI Map Challenge
11 months ago
diamond geezer
Fog
a month ago
AVC
A Conversation With Mike Zamansky Mike Zamansky is the person who got me interested in K12 Computer Science Education in NYC, a cause...
a year ago
52
a year ago
Mike Zamansky is the person who got me interested in K12 Computer Science Education in NYC, a cause I have now contributed almost fifteen years of my life to. Our family’s public charity, Gotham Gives, has been funding the work we do in K12 Computer Science Education in NYC for...
Uncharted...
Desalination: a Future of Infinite Water Desalination is finally cheap, and it’s only getting cheaper. Will this usher a world of plentiful...
a month ago
4
a month ago
Desalination is finally cheap, and it’s only getting cheaper. Will this usher a world of plentiful water everywhere? Will we be able to build in the Sahara?
./techtipsy
I looked at this site on the Wayback Machine Yesterday was election day in Estonia and the results are in, which is why I remembered that one...
a year ago
60
a year ago
Yesterday was election day in Estonia and the results are in, which is why I remembered that one time I looked at my website on the Wayback Machine. This domain used to point to a Wordpress site that hosted content for a candidate in the local elections, at least around...
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower j.hoare Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
Simply Explained
Make Your Garage Door Opener Smart: Shelly 1, ESPHome and Home Assistant I've been adding more and more devices to my smart home lately, so naturally, my garage door opener...
over a year ago
3
over a year ago
I've been adding more and more devices to my smart home lately, so naturally, my garage door opener had to follow. But instead of swapping it out for a new unit, I used a Shelly 1 and a cheap door contact sensor to make it smart for less than $20!It runs ESPHome (open-source, no...
Elad Blog
Startup Markets, Summer 2022 Edition About a month ago, I wrote a tweet storm on the changing startup financing and employment...
over a year ago
13
over a year ago
About a month ago, I wrote a tweet storm on the changing startup financing and employment environment. This blog captures aspects of that tweet storm and some of its predictions and extends them further. Like all predictions this is what I view as a highly likely scenario versus...
CONTEMPORIST
A Complete Renovation Was Given To This 1980s Plaster Clad House Michael Cooper Architects has shared photos of a 1980s plaster-clad home in Auckland, New Zealand,...
a year ago
5
a year ago
Michael Cooper Architects has shared photos of a 1980s plaster-clad home in Auckland, New Zealand, that they renovated to bring it up to today’s standards. The house needed a re-design inside and out, with the clients requesting a contemporary design. The clients also wanted a...
Musings on Maps
Fifteen Two-Hundred Pound Bombs Dropping at least fifteen two hundred pound bombs equipped with precision guidance systems–bunker...
2 months ago
39
2 months ago
Dropping at least fifteen two hundred pound bombs equipped with precision guidance systems–bunker busters that could penetrate deep underground and flatten built structures–that killed Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and much of his high command follows a terrifying explosion of...