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David Heinemeier...
Cookie banners show everything that's wrong with the EU Companies have spent billions on cookie banner compliance only to endlessly annoy users with no...
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4 months ago
Companies have spent billions on cookie banner compliance only to endlessly annoy users with no material improvement to their privacy, but this unsightly blight is still with us (and the rest of the internet!). All because the EU has no mechanism for self-correcting its...
diamond geezer
Notes from the SL1 Notes from the SL1 Route SL1: North Finchley - Walthamstow Central Length of journey: 10 miles, 50...
a year ago
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a year ago
Notes from the SL1 Route SL1: North Finchley - Walthamstow Central Length of journey: 10 miles, 50 minutes • The SL1 is the second new Superloop route, as opposed to a rebrand. It's also the first, numerically speaking, although nobody has ever satisfactorily explained why...
Rest of World -...
How well do you know global food delivery? Test your knowledge of the world’s favorite delivery apps and most-ordered dishes.
4 months ago
mtlynch.io
Per-Project Development Environments with Nix Nix is a broad product with a steep learning curve. It’s capable of everything from installing a...
a year ago
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a year ago
Nix is a broad product with a steep learning curve. It’s capable of everything from installing a single package to managing every file and application on your OS. One useful thing you can do with Nix, even as a complete beginner, is manage your dev environments. Nix lets me have...
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...
a year ago
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a year ago
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,...
Paul Graham: Essays
A Fundraising Survival Guide
over a year ago
Map of the Week
Water Taxis of Paris Here is a nice map of the water taxi system in Paris, circa 1900. Boats pulled by horses or with...
a year ago
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a year ago
Here is a nice map of the water taxi system in Paris, circa 1900. Boats pulled by horses or with oars or sails were eventually replaced by steam powered boats in the 1800's. They were a large part of the Paris transportation network before the railroads took over in the early...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe? undefined
a year ago
Bits about Money
Fiction and Finance Recommendations of works of fiction of interest to financial practitioners or enthusiasts.
2 months ago
TheCollector
Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop undefined
11 months ago
Mazdak
The Grim Outlook for Offices in 2024 The future of your workspace is facing some serious turbulence.
a year ago
Retail Design Blog
AKILA store by 22RE Although founded in Los Angeles in 2018 by seasoned designer Chris Mart, eyewear brand AKILA‘s first...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Although founded in Los Angeles in 2018 by seasoned designer Chris Mart, eyewear brand AKILA‘s first standalone store opened its...
Evan Jones -...
Random Load Balancing is Unevenly Distributed This is a reminder that random load balancing is unevenly distributed. If we distribute a set of...
a year ago
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a year ago
This is a reminder that random load balancing is unevenly distributed. If we distribute a set of items randomly across a set of servers (e.g. by hashing, or by randomly selecting a server), the average number of items on each server is num_items / num_servers. It is easy to...
Louwrentius
Corsair CM PSU-750HX seems ok I had to replace my Coolermaster PSU and after some searching on the interweb, I chose the Corsair...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I had to replace my Coolermaster PSU and after some searching on the interweb, I chose the Corsair CMPSU-750HX. One of the reasons is that Corsair states that this PSU can withstand 50 degree Celcius in continuous operation on full load. The package is very, clean, with all the...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Fun Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I'm like 4 comics away from the Clown Book. Today's...
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960) Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
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a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
Maps Mania
The Taco Bell Interstate Map
2 days ago
Maps Mania
The Future for Trees
9 months ago
Common Edge
Architects Must Resist the AI “Revolution” No technological advance can match the power, memory, and creativity of the human brain.
a year ago
Wuthering...
Ovid's Metamorphoses, Cantos II and III - or just III, it turns out - And Cole and Swift, and little... A month ago I wrote about the first Canto of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.  Now I will move through the...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
A month ago I wrote about the first Canto of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.  Now I will move through the Cantos two or three at a time, just leafing through the books, really, with luck getting at what Ovid is doing.  Cantos II and III today. Ovid established his cosmology and created...
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Let Tim Cook Last week, Apple announced “Apple Intelligence,” a suite of features coming to iOS 18 (the next...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Last week, Apple announced “Apple Intelligence,” a suite of features coming to iOS 18 (the next version of the iPhone’s software) in a presentation that FastCompany called “uninspired,” Futurism called “boring,” and Axios claimed “failed to excite investors.”  The
Old Structures...
Not Famous Is Good Theater fires were among the worst building-related events of the nineteenth and early-twentieth...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Theater fires were among the worst building-related events of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries in the US. The Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago killed over 600 people; closer to home, the Brooklyn Theater fire killed about 280. I serious do not recommend reading about...
Sarah Parmenter
Celebrating the Power of Female Friendships with Adobe XD This quarter I got to work on a really exciting project in collaboration with Adobe XD. The brief...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This quarter I got to work on a really exciting project in collaboration with Adobe XD. The brief was slightly open to interpretation and one of the themes put forward back in February was “Celebrating the good in the world” by creating content that speaks to a cultural trend or...
Math Is Still...
Simple Equation Predicts the Shapes of Carbon-Capturing Wetlands To calculate the amount of carbon stored inside peatlands, researchers developed a unified theory of...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
To calculate the amount of carbon stored inside peatlands, researchers developed a unified theory of “bog physics” applicable around the world. The post Simple Equation Predicts the Shapes of Carbon-Capturing Wetlands first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Ed Zitron's Where's...
How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome Last week, Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro, a $3500 “spatial computer” that is its first...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Last week, Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro, a $3500 “spatial computer” that is its first real “new” thing since the Apple Watch, and arguably its most notable release since the iPad or iPhone. Ming-Chi Kuo, one of the few truly reliable Apple analysts, estimates
diamond geezer
Summing up 2023 The last day of the year is an excellent time to tot up what you've been doing all year... assuming...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
The last day of the year is an excellent time to tot up what you've been doing all year... assuming you've been counting, which obviously I have. Cue my Counts of 2023. (If you don't count these kinds of thing, look at all the fun you're missing out on) the number of London...
Max Rozen
A Walkthrough of migrating MaxRozen.com from Gatsby to Next.js I recently migrated MaxRozen.com from Gatsby to Next.js, in this article I'll detail the steps it...
over a year ago
Retail Design Blog
Good Morning Sunshine bakery design by studio SAY The design of the cafe was carefully curated to reflect the brand’s values and create a warm,...
a month ago
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a month ago
The design of the cafe was carefully curated to reflect the brand’s values and create a warm, inviting atmosphere. Natural...
Blog System/5
Code reviews: A success story A tale on how a strict code review process helped ship a bug-free feature
a year ago
alexwlchan
My favourite books from 2023 I read 75 books this year, which is slightly up on previous years (2022, 2021). I’m pleased with...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
I read 75 books this year, which is slightly up on previous years (2022, 2021). I’m pleased with that number, although overall I found it a slightly disappointing year for reading. Although I read more books, there were less that I really loved – less of the sort of book that...
CONTEMPORIST
This Modern House Was Made From Locally Sourced Stone Architecture firm ARGDL has shared photos of a home they completed in Tapalpa, Mexico, that’s built...
a year ago
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a year ago
Architecture firm ARGDL has shared photos of a home they completed in Tapalpa, Mexico, that’s built using stone, wood, and glass. Local stone was used to generate the main volumes of the home, while the regional pine can be seen in the roof structure as well as the window and...
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion? undefined
3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
ntietz.com blog
The origin and virtues of semicolons in programming languages While working on the grammar for my programming language, Lilac, I was exploring different choices...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
While working on the grammar for my programming language, Lilac, I was exploring different choices for statement terminators. . is very appealing, or !. Ultimately, I might make the "boring" choice of using either ; or significant whitespace. But that had me asking: why is it...
The Pragmatic...
Twitter vs Instagram Threads: two different approaches to throttling Twitter throttled access to its platform while Meta launched Threads, a rival to Twitter with no...
a year ago
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a year ago
Twitter throttled access to its platform while Meta launched Threads, a rival to Twitter with no signup or other throttling in place. Two approaches: but there will likely be only one winner.
latest projects -...
Talking Tines [Concept] Tuning forks that talk
5 months ago
TokyoDev
Hiring a Japanese Virtual Assistant As someone [running a small business in Japan](/articles/creating-company-japan), I've hired several...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
As someone [running a small business in Japan](/articles/creating-company-japan), I've hired several Japanese virtual assistants to help me with various small tasks. Especially if you're not a fluent Japanese speaker, knowing where to look for one can be tricky, so I'll share my...
Blog - Mac Pierce
Decreasing the F.Q. - A talk on Facial Recognition and the Opt Out Cap Links to a talk I gave on the Opt-Out cap and the state of surveillance via facial recognition.
over a year ago
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle undefined
a year ago
Andrej Karpathy blog
Short Story on AI: A Cognitive Discontinuity. p { text-align: justify; } The idea of writing a collection of short stories has been on my mind...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
p { text-align: justify; } The idea of writing a collection of short stories has been on my mind for a while. This post is my first ever half-serious attempt at a story, and what better way to kick things off than with a story on AI and what that might look like if you...
Aaron's Essays
VCs are Scared When They Should be Greedy I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on July 6, 2022. I've...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on July 6, 2022. I've read a lot of the advice that venture capitalists have given founders on the current state of the markets. Most of that advice focuses on how founders need to adjust to survive the...
watchTowr Labs -...
Palo Alto - Putting The Protecc In GlobalProtect (CVE-2024-3400) Welcome to April 2024, again. We’re back, again. Over the weekend, we were all greeted by...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Welcome to April 2024, again. We’re back, again. Over the weekend, we were all greeted by now-familiar news—a nation-state was exploiting a “sophisticated” vulnerability for full compromise in yet another enterprise-grade SSLVPN device. We’ve seen all the commentary around the...
AVC
What Happened In 2023 I like to bookend the New Year holiday with two posts, one looking back at the year that is ending...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
I like to bookend the New Year holiday with two posts, one looking back at the year that is ending (What Happened) and one looking forward to the year ahead (What Will Happen). This is the first of these two posts. The second one will run tomorrow. I ended my What Will Happen In...
Rest of World -...
How Shein and TikTok Shop are trying to shake the ‘Made in China’ reputation Chinese platforms came for global customers. Now they want global sellers.
a year ago
One Useful Thing
Now is the time for grimoires It isn't data that will unlock AI, it is human expertise
a year ago
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour Ronald Reagan’s European Tour JamesHoare Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Seth's Blog
Two chicken jokes “Why did the chicken cross the road” tells us a bit about jokes. It’s a joke about jokes. The first...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
“Why did the chicken cross the road” tells us a bit about jokes. It’s a joke about jokes. The first half is a setup, reminding us that an absurd question creates tension, which is then relieved by the punchline. But the second half undoes this by refusing to release the tension....
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
LLMs and Naming Things In Simon’s talk around practical use of LLMs, he quotes the famous saying about there being two hard...
a year ago
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a year ago
In Simon’s talk around practical use of LLMs, he quotes the famous saying about there being two hard problems in computer science: 1) cache invalidation and 2) naming things. Then he unapologetically says the “naming things” problem is solved with LLMs. Here’s Simon: [When asking...
Inverted Passion
Review of 2023 Time is strange – 2023 simultaneously felt too long and too short. It was short because I remember...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Time is strange – 2023 simultaneously felt too long and too short. It was short because I remember recently writing my 2022 review, and it was long because I ended up packing a lot of stuff into it. ✅ Train 5 days a week (including Mixed Martial Arts) I did manage to train 5...
The Ruffian
Why You Should Ignore All the Polls They Aren't Telling Anything You Need To Know
a month ago
Light from Space
Lagoon and the Hourglass A view of the center region of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8, Sharpless 25). There's several other...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A view of the center region of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8, Sharpless 25). There's several other objects visible, notably the Hourglass Nebula and open star cluster NGC 6530, as well as numerous Bok globules (the small dark clouds, that will one day form new stars). Click...
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution undefined
a year ago
Passing Time
Don't Tell Me This Town Ain't Got No Heart; Or, Sphere and Loathing Dead and Co and Authenticity at the Sphere
5 months ago
FIRE v London
April ’24: Juggling cash as new UK tax year begins The temperature in the Middle East got even hotter in April, with Israel and Iran trading attacks on...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
The temperature in the Middle East got even hotter in April, with Israel and Iran trading attacks on each other’s sovereign buildings/territory. Somehow World War III has never really seemed in danger of breaking out but it is a reminder that only change is constant. Over in New...
Diaries of Note
Blood, sweat and tears Sir John Colville served three Prime Ministers as private secretary, most notably to Winston...
a year ago
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a year ago
Sir John Colville served three Prime Ministers as private secretary, most notably to Winston Churchill during the tumultuous years of World War II, and in this capacity had a front-row seat to some of the most consequential decisions and events of the 20th century. His diaries,...
markround.com
Amiga Systems Programming in 2023 Discussion on Hacker News Discussion on lobste.rs If you ever get a chance to look through the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Discussion on Hacker News Discussion on lobste.rs If you ever get a chance to look through the classic Amiga OS source-code still floating around some murky corners of the internet, it is a thing of beauty and astonishing capabilities. It’s an inspirational piece of computing...
The Honest Broker
The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College Our problem is in the real world—not the ivory tower—and so is the solution
8 months ago
Quantum Frontiers
Film noir and quantum thermo In four months, I’ll embark on the adventure of a lifetime—fatherhood. To prepare, I’ve been honing...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
In four months, I’ll embark on the adventure of a lifetime—fatherhood. To prepare, I’ve been honing a quintessential father skill—storytelling. If my son inherits even a fraction of my tastes, he’ll soon develop a passion for film noir detective stories. … Continue reading →
The Pragmatic...
Speakers for Amsterdam / Netherlands Tech Events I (Gergely) sometimes get reachouts to do talks at events in Amsterdam (where I am based,) the...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
I (Gergely) sometimes get reachouts to do talks at events in Amsterdam (where I am based,) the Netherlands, or somewhere in Europe. Unfortunately, rarely do talks – I do one conference per year. However, I asked around in the community about tech professionals who do paid talks...
the singularity is...
Three Class Society I heard something during the trucker protest in Canada along the lines of: “Most people here don’t...
a year ago
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a year ago
I heard something during the trucker protest in Canada along the lines of: “Most people here don’t want to live in a free society. A free society requires personal responsiblity. People here want to be managed. They want a ruling class.” I heard something similar once from a...
The Honest Broker
Tell Us About the Person Who Inspires You Most It's Open Mic Day at 'The Honest Broker'
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House? undefined
a month ago
Mazdak
Regulating Crypto Eighteen states are suing the SEC over Biden's crypto crackdown. Is this the beginning of the end...
a month ago
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a month ago
Eighteen states are suing the SEC over Biden's crypto crackdown. Is this the beginning of the end for crypto, or a necessary step towards mainstream adoption?
The Works in...
History is in the making It's technology and ideas, not politics, that change our lives the most. History should reflect...
3 weeks ago
Vadim Kravcenko
Where do I find technical co-founder for my startup? Starting a business can be a daunting task. It’s even more difficult when you’re doing it alone and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Starting a business can be a daunting task. It’s even more difficult when you’re doing it alone and you’re not […] The post Where do I find technical co-founder for my startup? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Software is What We Learned Along the Way Trent absolutely nails it: [the why is] where I provide the most value as a designer. I am not...
a year ago
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a year ago
Trent absolutely nails it: [the why is] where I provide the most value as a designer. I am not merely the picker of fonts, the dropper of shadows, the executor of deliverables. My greatest value as a designer lies in orchestrating the process and gathering insights — applying...
Diaries of Note
Why have children or plant trees? M.F.K. Fisher was an accomplished author and gastronome who brought the art of food writing into the...
a year ago
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a year ago
M.F.K. Fisher was an accomplished author and gastronome who brought the art of food writing into the realm of literature. From the age of nineteen she kept a journal, and this entry comes thirteen years down the line as she cared for her beloved husband, the writer and artist...
Tinloof - Blog
10 Shopify SEO best practices with Sanity and Remix Ecommerce competition keeps increasing - for each product you now have dozens of alternatives. As a...
a year ago
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a year ago
Ecommerce competition keeps increasing - for each product you now have dozens of alternatives. As a result, CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost) increases, pushing ecommerce business owners to look for more affordable lead generation strategies. SEO is one of them. Online store...
devonzuegel.com
Field notes: Panamá, SEZs, & biotech I just spent a week in Panamá City, and figured I'd share my observations in case they're useful to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I just spent a week in Panamá City, and figured I'd share my observations in case they're useful to anyone else interested in similar questions. The purpose of the trip was to research locations for a gene therapy/stem cell clinic that my friend is planning to start. I also...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Ambition Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: You can't see it but he's wiping his eyes on...
a year ago
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a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: You can't see it but he's wiping his eyes on Georgia O'Keeffe originals. Today's News: Of all the compliments on the new book so far, kind words from Jonathan McDowell mean the most. Or, well, anyway, tied with the nice stuff Mary...
Birchtree
When do the Trump flags come down? (members post) The flags are still flying, celebrating the man, not the country. Why is this something that happens...
a week ago
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a week ago
The flags are still flying, celebrating the man, not the country. Why is this something that happens now, and why is it something only happening on one end of the political spectrum?
Seth's Blog
Working with problems They’re everywhere we look. Here are a few thoughts on the ones that won’t go away: First, is it a...
a year ago
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a year ago
They’re everywhere we look. Here are a few thoughts on the ones that won’t go away: First, is it a problem or a situation? Problems, by definition, have solutions. You might not like the cost of the solution, the trade-offs it leads to, or the time and effort it takes, but...
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death j.hoare Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
computers are bad
2023-02-17 something up there pt II As we discussed previously, the search for UAP is often contextualized in terms of the events of...
a year ago
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a year ago
As we discussed previously, the search for UAP is often contextualized in terms of the events of 2017: the public revelation of the AATIP and alien-hunting efforts by Robert Bigelow and Tom DeLonge. While widely publicized, these programs seem to have lead to very little. I...
Nat Eliason's...
Avoiding the Prep Trap: A Key to Rapid Learning And why so much "rapid learning" is bullshit
2 months ago
Mark Manson
How to Be Successful in Life The internet is inundated with countless videos and advice columns promising to teach you how to...
a year ago
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a year ago
The internet is inundated with countless videos and advice columns promising to teach you how to become more successful than 99% of the world's population. Most of these claims revolve around setting goals, developing discipline, and eliminating distractions. But let's face it:...
Neil Panchal
Favorite Perfumes A quick condensed list based on over 15 years of exploration in the world of perfumery. I didn't...
a year ago
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a year ago
A quick condensed list based on over 15 years of exploration in the world of perfumery. I didn't include obvious classics such as Polo Green and Aramis. If I were to pick 3 perfumes to wear for life, it would be: Hermes Bel Ami, Chanel Antaeus and Serge
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Alone Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: God runs a comedy club in heaven and everyone is...
a year ago
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a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: God runs a comedy club in heaven and everyone is obligated to laugh at his disturbingly alien sense of humor. Today's News: Thanks to everyone who came for BAHFest and congrats to our winner of the Hennig Brand trophy, Esther...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Open source is eating SaaS Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fatigue is real. Open source has several key advantages, which make B2B...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fatigue is real. Open source has several key advantages, which make B2B SaaS companies look and feel traditional. Here's…
NeuroLogica Blog
Being Trans Is Not A Mental Illness On the current episode of the SGU, because it is pride month, we expressed our general support for...
a year ago
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a year ago
On the current episode of the SGU, because it is pride month, we expressed our general support for the LGBTQ community. I also opined about how important it is to respect individual liberty, the freedom to simply live your authentic life as you choose, and how ironic it is that...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Steve Jobs single-handedly restructured the mobile industry With the introduction of the iPhone, Steve Jobs achieved something that might be unique in the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
With the introduction of the iPhone, Steve Jobs achieved something that might be unique in the history of business: he single-handedly…
The Marginalian
Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity "The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state."
6 months ago
Tom Blomfield
Taking Risk I just spent a week talking with some exceptional students from three of the UK’s top universities;...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
I just spent a week talking with some exceptional students from three of the UK’s top universities; Cambridge, Oxford and Imperial College. Along with UCL, these British universities represent 4 of the top 10 universities in the world. The US - a country with 5x more people and...
Christopher Butler
Persuasion Good design requires persuasion. might be persuasive on its own; the notion that a thing “just...
a year ago
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a year ago
Good design requires persuasion. might be persuasive on its own; the notion that a thing “just works” implies that its function, however novel, is an intuitive leap from its form. This is what Apple is known for. Apple products are renowned for their simplicity, which is what...
Rest of World -...
Brazil’s flood disaster set off a torrent of AI misinformation Platforms like Instagram and Facebook are failing an early test of misinformation safeguards.
7 months ago
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
Matt Mullenweg
I Voted! It was a huge pain in the butt, because my mail-in ballot didn’t register properly, but I found a...
a month ago
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a month ago
It was a huge pain in the butt, because my mail-in ballot didn’t register properly, but I found a last-minute flight to Houston and this morning walked over to Congregation Emanu El and voted. It is our most sacred duty as a citizen. I encourage every American to vote.
Seth's Blog
What does reality look like? Not what we see when we’re present, but what do we see when we imagine we’re present? In the early...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Not what we see when we’re present, but what do we see when we imagine we’re present? In the early days of photography, the world was black and white, and sort of flat. It’s worth noting that no one who saw these pictures complained about the fact that they didn’t exactly match...
Contemporist...
A Contemporary Interior Was Given To This Victorian Era Home Richard Beard Architects and The Wiseman Group has sent us photos of a project they recently...
a year ago
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a year ago
Richard Beard Architects and The Wiseman Group has sent us photos of a project they recently completed in San Francisco, California, that involved updating a historic Victorian-era home.
Old Structures...
A Moment Captured This sketch is labelled ‘Architectural drawing for a customs house (“United States Custom House”),...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
This sketch is labelled ‘Architectural drawing for a customs house (“United States Custom House”), New York, New York’ on the Library of Congress website. It’s not clear if that title was somehow written on the sketch or is a librarian’s interpretation of the content. It’s...
Maps Mania
Cryptic Crossword Map
2 months ago
Ryan Mulligan
Center Items in First Row with CSS Grid Imagine the following section on a website: A collection of elements, like a series of cards with...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Imagine the following section on a website: A collection of elements, like a series of cards with marketing information, are presented in a grid display. The elements are arranged in rows of three. When there are an odd number of elements left over, they will be center-aligned...
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae Registration *Now* Open
9 months ago
Articles - Alex...
The Millennial myth It seems that a day doesn’t pass without another article hitting the headlines exposing the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It seems that a day doesn’t pass without another article hitting the headlines exposing the shortcomings of the Millennial generation. It seems we are obsessed with the concept of demographic cohorts. Or, to put it more specifically, we are obsessed with the idea that...
Maps Mania
How Long Will You Live?
a year ago
Joel Gascoigne
Pricing your product: It doesn't have to be so complicated * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * In the last week...
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* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * In the last week I’ve talked with a few early stage startup founders about pricing. It seems pricing is often a large block for many. It’s understandable, since there are so many decisions to...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Georgeade as a Summer Drink' While looking for something else I blundered on an Anglo-American writer and cartoonist new to me...
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a year ago
While looking for something else I blundered on an Anglo-American writer and cartoonist new to me whose name and one-time popularity long ago evaporated: Oliver Herford (1860-1935), author, co-author and illustrator of more than sixty books for adults and children. There was a...
Seth's Blog
Effect vs affect In a culture fascinated by attitude, gloss and performance, it’s easy to believe that adopting an...
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a year ago
In a culture fascinated by attitude, gloss and performance, it’s easy to believe that adopting an affect is precisely what you need to make a difference. In fact, the persistent, generous work that happens when no one is looking is what actually makes a difference. Looking the...
Old Structures...
Amusing Until It’s Not This story turns ugly rather quickly. From the New York Public Library scrapbook, The Hippotheatron...
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4 months ago
This story turns ugly rather quickly. From the New York Public Library scrapbook, The Hippotheatron and New York Cirque: That’s 14th Street between Irving Place and Third Avenue, with an out-chapel of Grace Church next door. As the name suggests, that weird building was a theater...
A Smart Bear
JIT selection from independent streams: An alternative to the “big backlog” of work We’re often told that a “single-threaded, ordered list” is the correct way to prioritize the work of...
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over a year ago
We’re often told that a “single-threaded, ordered list” is the correct way to prioritize the work of the future, however this confuses “prioritization” with “work-planning,” and forces the comparison of un-comparable things. Here’s how to solve those problems.
The Marginalian
The Bird in the Heart: Terry Tempest Williams on the Paradox of Transformation and How to Live with... "We can change, evolve, and transform our own conditioning. We can choose to move like water rather...
11 months ago
Escaping Flatland
On mentors What is it that motivates someone to take on someone and help them grow? Why do some learners have...
a year ago
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a year ago
What is it that motivates someone to take on someone and help them grow? Why do some learners have that privilege?
99% Invisible
Trail Mix [EPISODE] A good trail is one that is easy to follow and well maintained. Each trail is designed, constructed...
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a year ago
A good trail is one that is easy to follow and well maintained. Each trail is designed, constructed and maintained to meet specific standards. These standards relate to the recreational experience the trail is intended to provide. But trails are something many of us take for...
bt RSS Feed
Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 2024-06-02 I use Ruby (specifically with Jekyll) for a lot of my...
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Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 2024-06-02 I use Ruby (specifically with Jekyll) for a lot of my clubs/projects while using my personal laptop (X220 ThinkPad) which is runs OpenBSD. Since I recently upgraded to OpenBSD 7.5 I thought it could be helpful for others if I shared my...
The Modern House
Architect Ben Ridley on life in his low-energy house in Muswell Hill
a year ago
Mazdak
2024 Tax Changes in Canada: A Detailed Guide for Canadians 💰🇨🇦 The Canadian tax landscape undergoes periodic shifts, and 2024 is no exception. This year,...
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The Canadian tax landscape undergoes periodic shifts, and 2024 is no exception. This year, adjustments and updates across various areas present both opportunities and considerations for taxpayers. Let's explore the key changes and consider their potential ramifications.
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid The Birth of Ovid JamesHoare Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
Neil Panchal
Quantum Lorem Ipsum I got tired of Lorem Ipsum text and created Quantum Lorem Ipsum, now with 100% more physics jargon!...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I got tired of Lorem Ipsum text and created Quantum Lorem Ipsum, now with 100% more physics jargon! To those who are not familiar, Lorem Ipsum is a piece of latin text, comprised of multiple paragraphs, that is used as a placeholder during the design process of building a page
David Heinemeier...
Clear the barnacles The easiest way to squander your focus is by paying attention to a million inconsequential things at...
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The easiest way to squander your focus is by paying attention to a million inconsequential things at once. These little mental barnacles add up in imperceptible ways until you suddenly feel like you're getting nowhere, no matter how hard you push. You must keep scrubbing your...
Mark Manson
14 of the Best Nonfiction Books You Should Read All ye readers, buckle up. Today, I'm giving you 14 non-fiction books I believe everyone should...
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All ye readers, buckle up. Today, I'm giving you 14 non-fiction books I believe everyone should read. For each book, I've provided a brief summary. Now it's up to you to decide if it's worth your time. Let's dig in. This book dives deep into the world of trauma, discussing its...
Blog - Practical...
When Infrastructure Gets Hacked [Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] This is a water tower, or as...
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3 months ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] This is a water tower, or as the pros would say, an elevated storage tank. Pretty common here in the US, especially in flatter areas where there’s no nearby hillside to build a ground-level tank. I have a whole...
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema undefined
a month ago
diamond geezer
The last QEOP entrance opens In good news the last entrance into the Olympic Park has finally opened. About time too. The new...
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2 months ago
In good news the last entrance into the Olympic Park has finally opened. About time too. The new connection starts just beyond the bridge over the Waterworks River, where a broad shallow concrete ramp bears off from the Greenway and slopes down towards the railway. It's...
The Marginalian
Youth and Age: Kahlil Gibran on the Art of Becoming A roadmap to the fulfilled belonging on the other side of "the great aloneness which knows not what...
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A roadmap to the fulfilled belonging on the other side of "the great aloneness which knows not what is far and what is near, nor what is small nor great."
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal? undefined
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Nigeria’s dating app for people who want to stop dating and get hitched already What started out as a matchmaking WhatsApp group has turned into a popular dating app with over 2.1...
a year ago
Londonist
Things You Might Not Know About The Borough Of Harrow Even Boudicca decided it was worth a visit.
a year ago
Musings on Markets
Reaping the Whirlwind: A September 2022 Inflation Update! In my early 2021 posts on inflation, I argued that while the higher inflation that we were just...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In my early 2021 posts on inflation, I argued that while the higher inflation that we were just starting to see could be explained by COVID and supply chain issues, prudence on the part of policy makers required that it be taken as a long term threat and dealt with quickly. Not...
Maps Mania
Lifetime Net Elevation Scores
3 weeks ago
Society's Backend
Meta's New Segmentation Model, A New Open-Source Image Generation Model, Apple Intelligence Model... Machine learning resources and updates 8/5/2024
4 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'If You Want Less Trouble, Plow the Sky' I had a suburban kid’s notion of life on a farm -- hearty yeomen and Jeffersonian gentleman-farmers...
a year ago
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a year ago
I had a suburban kid’s notion of life on a farm -- hearty yeomen and Jeffersonian gentleman-farmers tilling the soil and bringing in the sheaves. Working for rural newspapers in the Midwest and upstate New York educated me to the realities of mortgages, tractor accidents,...
Elad Blog
MegaCycles in Tech & Crypto Every 8-10 years, the technology industry used to go through a boom and bust cycle. A new technology...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Every 8-10 years, the technology industry used to go through a boom and bust cycle. A new technology or platform would emerge, there would be rampant investment and speculation, a few strong hypergrowth survivors would emerge and most of the rest of the new startups would...
Both Are True
free t-shirts +a lil story + a genuinely useful lil tip!!
7 months ago
Seeking Wisdom
Modeling Life: Linear Algebra This is the 4th post in my series summarizing the key takeaways from reading the book Modeling Life....
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This is the 4th post in my series summarizing the key takeaways from reading the book Modeling Life. I recommend reading my previous posts first to gain a solid understanding on how to model dynamic systems. This post focuses on how linear algebra is employed in modeling dynamic...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Spot On Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: This will be written one day when a traveler comes...
a year ago
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a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: This will be written one day when a traveler comes upon the ruins of Ohio. Today's News:
The Modern House
Musicians Csilla Pogány and Alastair Blayden on fine-tuning their school conversion in Kentish Town
a year ago
The Modern House
The 'sculptural experience' of designer Ashley Law’s uniquely tactile cottage in Whitechapel
8 months ago
Noahpinion
BRICS is fake It's not an anti-NATO, it's not going to replace the dollar, and it's not going to control global...
a year ago
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It's not an anti-NATO, it's not going to replace the dollar, and it's not going to control global economic growth.
NeuroLogica Blog
SpaceX Tests Super Heavy Booster Last Thursday SpaceX successfully conducted the most significant test firing of its Heavy Booster...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last Thursday SpaceX successfully conducted the most significant test firing of its Heavy Booster rocket to date. The rocket sports 33 Raptor 2 engines. During the test, 31 of them fired. One engine failed, and one was shut down. According to SpaceX, even with 31 engines the...
Maps Mania
The US Foreign Assistance Map
8 months ago
Julia Evans
In a git repository, where do your files live? Hello! I was talking to a friend about how git works today, and we got onto the topic – where does...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hello! I was talking to a friend about how git works today, and we got onto the topic – where does git store your files? We know that it’s in your .git directory, but where exactly in there are all the versions of your old files? For example, this blog is in a git repository, and...
Working Theorys
Accountability as a Service Hey you, did you do the thing you said you would do?
7 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Esquelbecq Is Named France’s Favorite Village of 2023
a year ago
Old Structures...
If You’re Interested Sometimes a topic is so obvious that it’s easily missed. The conference I am currently at is the...
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Sometimes a topic is so obvious that it’s easily missed. The conference I am currently at is the triennial International Construction History Congress. It’s a good place to learn about topics in how the built environment got built from many different nations, different times, and...
bt RSS Feed
Don't Make a Blog, Make a Brain Dump Don’t Make a Blog, Make a Brain Dump 2022-09-10 Not enough people have personal blogs. This is a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Don’t Make a Blog, Make a Brain Dump 2022-09-10 Not enough people have personal blogs. This is a point brought up by many of those passionate about the “golden age” in the timeline of the modern internet. A time when websites were more like a small collection of winding...
macwright.com
Val.town Last week I joined val.town as Steve Krouse’s cofounder. Val.town is a system for programming in the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last week I joined val.town as Steve Krouse’s cofounder. Val.town is a system for programming in the small, for writing short programs in TypeScript that can link together into something larger. It’s for writing that scheduled web scraper or basic API that you wanted to make but...
Irrational...
Testing strategy: avoid the waterfall strategy trap with iterative refinement. If I could only popularize one idea about technical strategy, it would be that prematurely applying...
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If I could only popularize one idea about technical strategy, it would be that prematurely applying pressure to a strategy’s rollout prevents evaluating whether the strategy is effective. Pressure changes behavior in profound ways, and many of those changes are intended to make...
Seth's Blog
“Please create more tension” This rarely comes up in focus group data. It doesn’t come up when a school talks to students, or a...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
This rarely comes up in focus group data. It doesn’t come up when a school talks to students, or a conductor asks the orchestra. It doesn’t come up when the gym owner surveys potential members or when a chef or playwright thinks about building something new. But of course, that’s...
Willem's Blog
Using a budget Android as main smartphone I switched to Android to find out how good a budget smartphone performs compared to an expensive...
over a year ago
Matt Mazur
Emergent Mind finally went viral Last week, the Twitter account Everything Out of Context posted a screenshot showing Google’s...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last week, the Twitter account Everything Out of Context posted a screenshot showing Google’s incorrect response to the search query “country in africa that starts with k”: The tweet went viral, garnering over 133k likes, 6k retweets, and 1k replies. Someone eventually tagged me...
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism? undefined
a year ago
Common Edge
Election 2024: Revisiting the Duck and the Decorated Shed How the Statue of Liberty and the Hollywood Sign frame the nation’s inherent tensions.
3 months ago
IEEE Spectrum
Jean Sammet: An Accidental Computer Programmer Jean Sammet rarely let anything get in the way of her professional goals. As a young student, she...
a week ago
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a week ago
Jean Sammet rarely let anything get in the way of her professional goals. As a young student, she was barred from attending prestigious all-boys schools, so she pursued her love of mathematics at the best institutions she could find that were open to girls and women. Following...
Home on Erik...
Plotting author statistics for Git repos using Git of Theseus I spent a few days during the holidays fixing up a bunch of semi-dormant open source projects and I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I spent a few days during the holidays fixing up a bunch of semi-dormant open source projects and I have a couple of blog posts in the pipeline about various updates. First up, I made a number of fixes to Git of Theseus which is a tool (written in Python) that generates...
Weighty Thoughts
Deep Tech Startups Are Not Software Startups Or why AI and “Software/SaaS” are apples and oranges
10 months ago
Liz Denys
New Loose Leaf Security series: Securing your personal finances Two more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about securing your personal...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Two more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about securing your personal finances: Credit and debit card security An important part of your personal digital security is making sure your credit and debit cards are secure. In this episode, Liz and Geoffrey take a...
Internal Tech Emails
Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel Peter and I have had a number of conversations about what we expect the world to look like in 2030...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Peter and I have had a number of conversations about what we expect the world to look like in 2030 so we can plan and position our future work accordingly.
The Rational Walk
Warren Buffett on Inflation — Part 1 This article presents lessons learned regarding investing in bonds based on Warren Buffett's...
a year ago
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a year ago
This article presents lessons learned regarding investing in bonds based on Warren Buffett's commentary in his final partnership letters written in 1969 and 1970.
Fonts In Use: Blog...
Neon Genesis Evangelion Contributed by Peiran Tan Source: www.evangelion.co.jp ©カラー/Project Eva....
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Contributed by Peiran Tan Source: www.evangelion.co.jp ©カラー/Project Eva. ©カラー/EVA製作委員会 ©カラー. License: All Rights Reserved. Created and directed by Hideaki Anno, Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, often abbreviated as NGE or simply EVA) is a Japanese media...
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers? undefined
9 months ago
the singularity is...
The Elon Swing Voter I’m getting on a plane back to America tonight, been away for over 3 months. It sort of fills me...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
I’m getting on a plane back to America tonight, been away for over 3 months. It sort of fills me with dread and anxiety. I remember going to the Apple store before I was leaving, the uhhhhhhh from the sales people was awful. 0 pride. Nobody cares. So different from the sales...
Anecdotal Evidence
Kenneth C. Kurp 1955-2024 My brother died Saturday afternoon in the hospice in Cleveland, Ohio where he spent the last two...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
My brother died Saturday afternoon in the hospice in Cleveland, Ohio where he spent the last two weeks of his life. He was age sixty-nine. I was with him as was his son, Abraham Kurp. I watched as his eyes closed and he stopped breathing. There was another sense, too, of a sudden...
Old Vintage...
After 41 years, my first assembly program on my first computer, the Tomy Tutor We got it in 1983, I think, so it only took me about 41 years to get around to it. This Tomy Tutor...
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We got it in 1983, I think, so it only took me about 41 years to get around to it. This Tomy Tutor isn't a replacement system I secondarily acquired, nor is it a Ship of Theseus Frankenstein rebuild. This is my actual first computer, in its original case, on its original...
The American Scholar
Writer on Board The cruise story from Twain to Shteyngart The post Writer on Board appeared first on The American...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
The cruise story from Twain to Shteyngart The post Writer on Board appeared first on The American Scholar.
CONTEMPORIST
The Woody Palette Of The Exterior Is Brought Through To The Inside Of This Home In New Zealand First Light Studio has shared photos of a new home they designed that’s nestled into the Port Hills...
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First Light Studio has shared photos of a new home they designed that’s nestled into the Port Hills in Governors Bay, New Zealand. The design brief for the house was to create a small home that was well crafted out of nice materials, which resulted in a gable form with a wood...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Discover a Different Side of Puerto Rico
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Can audio engineering ideas help us deal with life in the city?s
7 months ago
The Honest Broker
Why Are Huge Tech Companies Getting Into the Book Business? Do they want to help writers or destroy them?
2 weeks ago
Vitalik Buterin's...
Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 4: The Verge
2 months ago
Josh Collinsworth
Building accessible toggle buttons (with examples for Svelte, Vue, and React) Toggle buttons might be the biggest missing native HTML element. This post will help you code them...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Toggle buttons might be the biggest missing native HTML element. This post will help you code them right, for all users, in any (or no) framework.
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Asia-Pacific, Part 7 (South Korea: The DMZ) The Korean War never actually ended. Rather, it froze in place at an armistice line on July 27,...
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a year ago
The Korean War never actually ended. Rather, it froze in place at an armistice line on July 27, 1953. So there’s a multi-decade ceasefire, a truce, but no agreed-upon resolution of hostilities. A four kilometre wide Demilitarized Zone acts as a buffer between North and South...
Open Culture
How Édouard Manet Became “the Father of Impressionism” with the Scandalous Panting, Le Déjeuner sur... Édouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (1863) caused quite a stir when it made its public debut in...
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7 months ago
Édouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (1863) caused quite a stir when it made its public debut in 1863. Today, we might assume that the controversy surrounding the painting had to do with its containing a nude woman. But, in fact, it does not contain a nude woman — at least...
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus The Lost Years of Jesus j.hoare Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
Words and Buttons...
[Renovated] Can you tell an assembly language when you see one? An interactive quiz featuring several obscure high-level languages and assembly variants.
over a year ago
Math Is Still...
How Pools of Genetic Diversity Affect a Species’ Fate A new, deeper understanding of how the breeding structure of species affects their genetic diversity...
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A new, deeper understanding of how the breeding structure of species affects their genetic diversity is giving conservationists better tools for saving animals. The post How Pools of Genetic Diversity Affect a Species’ Fate first appeared on Quanta Magazine
xkcd.com
How to Coil a Cable
a year ago
Steve Klabnik
Productivity Waves
over a year ago
diamond geezer
RP1 London's Free Buses RP1: Richmond Park circular Length of journey: 12 miles, 90 minutes the RP1, a...
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London's Free Buses RP1: Richmond Park circular Length of journey: 12 miles, 90 minutes the RP1, a minibus service organised by the Royal Parks to provide accessible transport through and around Richmond Park. Just because you can't get around easily any more, why should you miss...
Escaping Flatland
On limitations that hide in your blindspot and how to find them
9 months ago
Mazdak
Top 10 Finance News Headlines for Thursday, November 30th, 2023 📈📰 📈 Stocks Soar: The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 500 points on Thursday, closing at...
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a year ago
📈 Stocks Soar: The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 500 points on Thursday, closing at its highest level of the year. The rally was fueled by optimism about the economy and a slowdown in inflation. 🚀 💼 Peltz Takes Aim at Disney: Activist investor Nelson Peltz is...
The Rational Walk
Warren Buffett on Inflation — Part 3 During periods of high inflation, capital-light businesses have important advantages. See's Candies...
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During periods of high inflation, capital-light businesses have important advantages. See's Candies during the Great Inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s is a perfect case study.
Irrational...
Grab bag of random thoughts. A bit over a week from now, I’ll be joining a company to start a new role, and I wanted to ramble a...
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a year ago
A bit over a week from now, I’ll be joining a company to start a new role, and I wanted to ramble a bit to braindump the numerous loose threads in my head as I transitioned from Calm to the past month of full-time writing, and then into this new role. This isn’t really a job...
Vitalik Buterin's...
On Medium-of-Exchange Token Valuations
over a year ago
Coffee with an...
Design explained with Bar Charts Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple bar charts. Right. This isn’t...
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Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple bar charts. Right. This isn’t that: More Design in charts – HERE, and HERE
A Beautiful Site
Democratizing publishing One of the objectives Matt Mullenweg has for WordPress is to democratize publishing, which is...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One of the objectives Matt Mullenweg has for WordPress is to democratize publishing, which is excellent. But the very same article states another objective is to "capture the 75 percent of the internet that WordPress doesn't already manage." In my opinion, these goals conflict...
diamond geezer
It's this blog's 22nd birthday It's diamond geezer's 22nd birthday. It's not an especially notable anniversary, not like 21 or...
3 months ago
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It's diamond geezer's 22nd birthday. It's not an especially notable anniversary, not like 21 or 20, but it's still a big number.
The Elysian
Week 4: One pitch several places
8 months ago
The Elysian
Mondragon as the new City-State This cooperative could be its own country.
3 months ago
Retail Design Blog
Tokyo Node Cafe / Tokyo Node Lab by Schemata Architects TOKYO NODE cafe is a cafe with an attached lab located on the 8th floor of Toranomon Hills Station...
5 months ago
Irrational...
Performance & Compensation (for Eng Execs). Uber’s original performance process was called “T3B3” and was remarkably simple: write the...
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a year ago
Uber’s original performance process was called “T3B3” and was remarkably simple: write the individuals top 3 strengths, and top 3 weaknesses, and share the feedback with them directly in person. There was a prolonged fight against even documenting the feedback, which was viewed...
Notes on software...
What makes a great technical blog I want to explain why the blogs in My favorite technical blogs are my favorite. That page is solely...
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8 months ago
I want to explain why the blogs in My favorite technical blogs are my favorite. That page is solely about non-corporate tech blogs. So this post is too. I'll have to make another list for favorite corporate tech blogs. In short, they: Tackle hard and confusing topics Show working...
Passing Time
Alpine Starts II Or: Thanksgiving in the Mountains
a year ago
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Notes on The Psychology of Money A review and reflection of Morgan Housel's bestselling collection of essays on personal/behavioral...
over a year ago
Made by Ollin
Maple Diffusion I ported Stable Diffusion to my phone
over a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History undefined
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Array 1.0.10 Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. First our updates and new features....
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Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. First our updates and new features. Release notes Users in Trend Graphs Whilst we have…
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
A Beautiful Site
Rebuilding your Spotlight index in macOS I use Spotlight more than I like to admit, usually for launching apps. Recently, some of my apps and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I use Spotlight more than I like to admit, usually for launching apps. Recently, some of my apps and files stopped appearing — even ones I access frequently. After sifting through numerous posts online, I finally discovered one that seems to work. Running this command in the...
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR undefined
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AFAR Media - Travel...
Do U.S. Citizens Need a Passport to Go to Mexico?
a year ago
ToughSF
Nuclear Conversion for Starship There has been much discussion about converting the SpaceX Starship to use nuclear propulsion. It...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There has been much discussion about converting the SpaceX Starship to use nuclear propulsion. It would allow for a great increase in specific impulse and a massive extension of mission capabilities. But is it actually worthwhile? The image above is modified from...
Confessions of a...
CPython Memory Management Internals A high-level but detailed explanation of how CPython implements memory management
7 months ago
Prolost
Jurassic Punk If you’re reading this blog, you probably know the story — at least, you think you do. As Steven...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If you’re reading this blog, you probably know the story — at least, you think you do. As Steven Spielberg began production on 1993’s Jurassic Park, he and Industrial Light and Magic’s Dennis Muren planned to execute the all-important visual effects component of the film’s...
Diaries of Note
The bird has learned the bark of the dog Reverend John Wesley was an influential Anglican cleric and theologian of the 18th century who,...
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Reverend John Wesley was an influential Anglican cleric and theologian of the 18th century who, along with his brother Charles, founded the Methodist movement. Much of his life was spent on horseback as he travelled the country, covering thousands of miles each year on his quest...
xkcd.com
Schwa
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Paul Graham: Essays
Economic Inequality
over a year ago
Making software...
Stay Hungry Stay Hungry 2018-02-12 It can feel daunting in this developer / designer landscape to keep yourself...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Stay Hungry 2018-02-12 It can feel daunting in this developer / designer landscape to keep yourself up-to-date with the latest and greatest technologies available. Which new framework should I invest the most time into? Will it even be maintained a couple years down the road? Is...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
An Ode to An Event Apart I’m not a big globe-trotting conference attendee. I’ve only been to a handful in my career. The...
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I’m not a big globe-trotting conference attendee. I’ve only been to a handful in my career. The event I remember most fondly is An Event Apart: Austin in 2013. In my memory (which, granted, might be fuzzy) that conference was more about ideas than any specific technology. What I...
blag
Win: contribution to libSQL (SQLite) codebase I got my patches accepted into SQLite fork, libSQL codebase!
10 months ago
Sam Altman
Please Fund More Science Experts on the COVID-19 pandemic seem to think there are three ways out—that is, for life, health,...
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Experts on the COVID-19 pandemic seem to think there are three ways out—that is, for life, health, and the economy to return roughly to normal.  Either we get a vaccine good enough that R0 for the world goes below 1, a good enough treatment that people no longer need to be...
Daniel Marino
Free Radon album released A little over a year ago, I composed a handful of songs. If I had to fit them into a genre, I’d go...
a year ago
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a year ago
A little over a year ago, I composed a handful of songs. If I had to fit them into a genre, I’d go with Lofi or Chillvibes. Or maybe Not-Rock-n-Roll. I don’t know—I’m so bad at classifying music. I wasn’t sure what to do with the songs. I was experiencing some intense emotions...
Retail Design Blog
VEJA store by Deirdra Hodgson There’s no denying, VEJA is on a roll. In a short period of time, the pioneering sneaker brand with...
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There’s no denying, VEJA is on a roll. In a short period of time, the pioneering sneaker brand with eco-friendly...
Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1 For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981     You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981     You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
xkcd.com
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Anecdotal Evidence
'We Live Missing Something' Four years late, I’ve read Gary Saul Morson’s “Poet of Loneliness,” his review of Fifty-Two Stories...
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8 months ago
Four years late, I’ve read Gary Saul Morson’s “Poet of Loneliness,” his review of Fifty-Two Stories (Knopf, 2020), a Chekhov translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. I ordered the collection early in the COVID-19 lockdown and will always associate it with the other...
TheCollector
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The Rational Walk
Hesiod’s Works and Days One of the oldest surviving books provides advice that is just as relevant to our lives today as it...
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One of the oldest surviving books provides advice that is just as relevant to our lives today as it was 2,700 years ago.
The Oatmeal - Comics...
Baby VS Intimacy A comic about intimate moments. View on my website
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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...
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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...
PostHog's RSS Feed
I used to think you don't need product people. I was wrong. When PostHog was fresh out of YC last year, there were two things we focused on: (i) build and (ii)...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When PostHog was fresh out of YC last year, there were two things we focused on: (i) build and (ii) talk to customers. Hiring a product person felt…
TheCollector
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The Thinking Cap
Generative AI Builds Bridges Between Creative Mediums On architecting a new Internet paradigm for rapid content creation and sharing.
over a year ago
I Have No Idea What...
Rejected from YCombinator and how I’m using their feedback to change my approach
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The Modern House
A blank canvas within one of London’s best brutalist buildings
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Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 20-26 November 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
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Benny Kuriakose
Activity Spaces and Play Areas in a School Activity spaces in schools can encourage students to learn from the outdoor environment. Sports...
a year ago
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a year ago
Activity spaces in schools can encourage students to learn from the outdoor environment. Sports activities such as athletics, volleyball,...
Contemporist...
A Curved Corner Softens The Space Inside This Home Extension Australian architecture firm Bryant Alsop has shared photos of a home remodel they completed for a...
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a year ago
Australian architecture firm Bryant Alsop has shared photos of a home remodel they completed for a run-down home in Victoria, that includes a new contemporary addition with a curved wall.
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Fibonacci Goals A system for goalsetting.
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Paul Graham: Essays
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Chasing Performance Chasing Performance 2017-11-20 Update This post is no longer relevant since this blog has been...
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over a year ago
Chasing Performance 2017-11-20 Update This post is no longer relevant since this blog has been redesigned since. I’m keeping this article up as a point of reference. So I decided to participate in Smashing Mag’s Front End Performance Challenge, not only for the potential of...
xkcd.com
Fossil
a year ago
The Modern House
Samuel Ross gives us a first look at his renovated family home in Northamptonshire
a year ago
Christopher Butler
Periodical 13 Image ecology and my top 10 science fiction films. Hello from warm vibeland, where we are...
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11 months ago
Image ecology and my top 10 science fiction films. Hello from warm vibeland, where we are enjoying a glass of wine, a great record on the stereo, and skillet-roasting a nicely seasoned chicken surrounded by root vegetables. All is well. I’ve promised to myself to only...
Londonist
The World's Rarest Stamp Is On Display In London This September It's also the most expensive.
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Steve Klabnik
I'm joining Cloudflare
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TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History undefined
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Clickwork in Brazil: A mom balancing endless gigs with childcare Through platforms like UHRS, Amazon Mechanical Turk and Appen, a clickworker takes on a job...
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a year ago
Through platforms like UHRS, Amazon Mechanical Turk and Appen, a clickworker takes on a job consisting of hundreds of quick, repetitive tasks.
Mazdak
Unplugging Australia: Kids vs. Social Media Australia is going offline!
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review ‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review JamesHoare Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Anecdotal Evidence
'He Signs His Name in Sparks' By trade my father was an ironworker for the City of Cleveland’s Municipal Light, always called...
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5 months ago
By trade my father was an ironworker for the City of Cleveland’s Municipal Light, always called “Muny Light." At home he was a welder, specializing in wrought-iron railings. His aesthetic sense could be summarized in a single word: big. Or heavy. Everything he built was...
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature ...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
The American Scholar
Woman in a Red Raincoat The post Woman in a Red Raincoat appeared first on The American Scholar.
5 months ago
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Building an Infinite Spreadsheet As of late, I’ve been working on Quadratic: an infinite canvas spreadsheet that runs code. Think...
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a year ago
As of late, I’ve been working on Quadratic: an infinite canvas spreadsheet that runs code. Think Figma (infinite canvas) meets Excel (spreadsheet) meets VSCode (IDE). In addition to formulas (e.g. SUM(A1:A5)) every cell in Quadratic can be the result of code (right now it’s...
Rest of World -...
The AI project pushing local languages to replace French in Mali’s schools RobotsMali uses ChatGPT, Google Translate, and other AI tools in hopes of helping young students...
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Paul Graham: Essays
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TheCollector
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How Do You Celebrate Truman Capote's 100th Birthday? Today is his centenary, but is Capote a hero or just an embarrassment?
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TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland undefined
a year ago
xkcd.com
Bad Map Projection: ABS(Longitude)
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Citation Needed
Issue 64 – Pointing its arsenal at our friends As parts of the crypto industry scramble to court the Harris administration with events like...
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As parts of the crypto industry scramble to court the Harris administration with events like “Crypto4Harris”, others insist it is Harris who must “bend the knee”.
Alex Meub
Building a Wi-Fi Controlled Nerf Turret Earlier this year, I decided to build a 3D-printed Nerf turret with streaming video that is fully...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Earlier this year, I decided to build a 3D-printed Nerf turret with streaming video that is fully controllable from a web browser. It’s something a 6th grader would have thought was a good use of time, but for some reason as a dad in my thirties, I spent the last several months...
Maggie Appleton
The Art and Craft of Gatsby Themes
over a year ago
Home on Erik...
Bagging as a regularizer One thing I encountered today was a trick using bagging as a way to go beyond a point estimate and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One thing I encountered today was a trick using bagging as a way to go beyond a point estimate and get an approximation for the full distribution. This can then be used to penalize predictions with larger uncertainty, which helps reducing false positives.
Joel Gascoigne
Why you should continue working on your bad idea * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "The brick...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are...
Daniel Bourke
Nutrify Goes to School (V1) 📸 -> 🍌 @ 🏫 | Whole Food Education for Schools
a month ago
Jonas Hietala
2018 in review A new year and a lingering feeling of not having done enough during the year. A fast review of the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A new year and a lingering feeling of not having done enough during the year. A fast review of the year usually makes me feel better. 2018 non-geek achievements Was on parental leave for about 7 months. It was great although I’ve been crawling up the walls a little the last...
Dan Slimmon
Platform teams don’t need to act like companies Lately you see a lot of software company R&D teams organized around internal products. The Search...
a year ago
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a year ago
Lately you see a lot of software company R&D teams organized around internal products. The Search Team provides a Search service and its “customers” are the teams whose code consumes that service. The Developer Productivity Team’s product is a suite of tools for managing local...
Blog posts of...
First-time fundraising is hell - maybe this helps 💰 Its easy to start fundraising, but most people struggle closing their round. Especially now. Why? I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Its easy to start fundraising, but most people struggle closing their round. Especially now. Why? I try to give a few mental models and a bit tactical advice.
The Marginalian
Everything Is Happening All the Time: Legendary Physicist John Archibald Wheeler on Death and the... “To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier,” Walt Whitman writes in the prime of...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
“To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier,” Walt Whitman writes in the prime of life. “What happens when you get to the end of things?” four-year-old Johnny in Ohio asks his mother from the bathtub while Whitman’s borrowed atoms are becoming young grass in a...
Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 097: Model Mayhem December 13, 2024.
a week ago
Louwrentius
Setting up a Squid proxy with Clamav anti-virus using c-icap Security is all about a defence-in-depth strategy. Create multiple layers of defence. Every layer...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Security is all about a defence-in-depth strategy. Create multiple layers of defence. Every layer presenting a different set of challenges, requiring different skill sets and technology. So every layer will increase the time and effort to compromise your environment. A...
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Monsoons, Boredom, Stench' R.L. Barth takes as the epigraph to his new chapbook, Ghost Story (Scienter Press, Louisville, Ky.,...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
R.L. Barth takes as the epigraph to his new chapbook, Ghost Story (Scienter Press, Louisville, Ky., 2024), a passage from Dr. Johnson’s Idler essay for September 2, 1758:  “I suppose every man is shocked when he hears how frequently soldiers are wishing for war. The wish is not...
Handprinted - Blog
Printing with Heat Stamps If you haven’t tried printing with Heat Stamps yet, this is your new project. It’s really quick to...
a year ago
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a year ago
If you haven’t tried printing with Heat Stamps yet, this is your new project. It’s really quick to create a unique block that can be reused again and again to create different textures and patterns. All you need is a heat gun and a variety of objects and surfaces to create your...
devonzuegel.com
Numbers for understanding cities Whenever I think about physical places, I find myself coming back to a few types of numbers again...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Whenever I think about physical places, I find myself coming back to a few types of numbers again and again. I've collected these into spreadsheets so that I can reference them more easily, and I figured they might be useful to others too: Urban densities – Population density...
Blog - Mac Pierce
Understanding the work - Thoughts on one day with three art events. A few thoughts on a few art events that happened around Boston Feb. 22nd.
over a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Life Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Six dimensions is OK, but 7+ is for freaks. Today's...
3 months ago
Louwrentius
Smoking coolermaster Silent Pro M 600W TN6M50 So I was just messing around on my work station, when suddenly I smelled the smell any person...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
So I was just messing around on my work station, when suddenly I smelled the smell any person familiar with electronics fears. The smell of some electrical component burning. The whole upper floor smelled like something was smoldering. So I shut down both my storage servers....
Londonist
Buck's Fizz: How The Perennially Festive Drink Was Invented In A Mayfair Club It's over 100 years old.
a year ago
Max Rozen
How to choose a median result when running Google Lighthouse multiple times Running Google Lighthouse five times will half the variability of your test results. So how do you...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Running Google Lighthouse five times will half the variability of your test results. So how do you figure out which run is the median?
ntietz.com blog
Even bad estimates are valuable if you use them right Estimating software projects is hard, if not impossible. This seems likely to be fundamental to the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Estimating software projects is hard, if not impossible. This seems likely to be fundamental to the work, because we're inventing new things and invention doesn't happen on a fixed schedule. And yet, many teams still estimate how long their tasks will take to finish. Why should...
Rest of World -...
Alibaba.com’s U.S. expansion hinges on wooing mom-and-pop shops President Kuo Zhang tells Rest of World in an exclusive interview that the company is bullish about...
3 months ago
Artificial Ignorance
Tutorial: How to build an AI agent (Part 2) Part 2: Giving our agent internet access.
a year ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
The state of plugins on PostHog Update (May 2022): Plugins are now known as apps ! The plugin server has become an integral part...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Update (May 2022): Plugins are now known as apps ! The plugin server has become an integral part of PostHog, as it is responsible for event…
Luxagraf:...
Pensacola History From Fort Pickens we came around the entirety of Pensacola Bay to a small park on the western edge,...
a year ago
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a year ago
From Fort Pickens we came around the entirety of Pensacola Bay to a small park on the western edge, Big Lagoon. From our campsite there it was a short car ride to Perdido Key, which is another part of Gulf Islands National Seashore. Although it takes the better part of two hours...
Josh Collinsworth
New Site, New Theme for 2018 Building a WordPress theme (and a new brand) from scratch.
over a year ago
Maps Mania
15 Minute US Cities
8 months ago
Aaron's Essays
When to Shut Down Your Company I originally wrote this essay four years ago and published it over at YC's blog at the time. A...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I originally wrote this essay four years ago and published it over at YC's blog at the time. A number of recent conversations I've had with founders made me realize that the framework below remains useful. As the market continues through its downswing, more founders will face...
Passing Time
What's the Least Impactful Way to Spend $300 Million? Buying status is as close to bad as a good act can be.
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything! Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse? undefined
4 months ago
Londonist
Where To Volunteer In London At Christmas 2023 Make someone else's Christmas special.
a year ago
./techtipsy
Tech rants: PC-s use way too much power in 2021 Welcome to 2021. We have: supply chain issues no reasonably priced GPU-s consumer-grade CPU-s with...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Welcome to 2021. We have: supply chain issues no reasonably priced GPU-s consumer-grade CPU-s with peak power consumption at 296W GPU-s that consume 350-400W of power under normal use At the same time, we have made great leaps in CPU/GPU architectures and chip manufacturing...
The Convivial...
Desire, Dopamine, and the Internet The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 5
9 months ago
Irrational...
Make an effective executive LinkedIn profile. tl;dr - it’s valuable to update your LinkedIn profile to be a concise, accurate, and current summary...
a year ago
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a year ago
tl;dr - it’s valuable to update your LinkedIn profile to be a concise, accurate, and current summary of your accomplishment. Spend at most two hours updating it, then ask a friend (ideally a recruiter) for feedback. Incorporate that feedback and don’t think about your profile...
Words and Buttons...
Binary search The page contains interactive plots to play with different strategies and distributions.
over a year ago
Blog - Practical...
How Different Spillway Gates Work [Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] In the heart of Minneapolis,...
a year ago
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a year ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] In the heart of Minneapolis, Minnesota on the Mississippi River is the picturesque Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, which originally made it possible to travel upstream on the river past the falls...
TheCollector
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele undefined
5 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
biometrics pre, during & post-covid A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health...
a year ago
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a year ago
A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health trends from the health app: Obviously this is because I had covid: being...
TheCollector
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican undefined
9 months ago
James Cheshire
Anxiety and Mapping the Climate Crisis Many of the maps I have created in recent years address the climate crisis and I’ve been asked a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Many of the maps I have created in recent years address the climate crisis and I’ve been asked a number of times about if I feel powerless in the face of the data I’m showing. I reflect on this here with Kit Rackley. Our chat also in part inspired this article in The...
AFAR Media - Travel...
How Washington, D.C. is Leading the Way in Accessible Travel
a year ago
macwright.com
The S&P 500 is largely a historical artifact I see the S&P 500 referenced pretty frequently as an vanilla index for people investing. This isn’t...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
I see the S&P 500 referenced pretty frequently as an vanilla index for people investing. This isn’t totally wrong, which is why this post is short. But, if you have the goal of just “investing in the market,” there’s a better option for doing that: a total market index. For...
The American Scholar
Adventures With Jean Striking up a friendship with an older writer meant accepting the risk of getting hurt The post...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Striking up a friendship with an older writer meant accepting the risk of getting hurt The post Adventures With Jean appeared first on The American Scholar.
Blog - Guerrilla...
Shelter: An Atlas Food, water, shelter. The tripartite of basic needs. Without these no living thing can survive. Not...
a year ago
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a year ago
Food, water, shelter. The tripartite of basic needs. Without these no living thing can survive. Not a spider, not a badger, not a tree, not a human. The first two — food and water — are obvious; without them, sustenance is impossible. The food we eat gives us energy through...
computers are bad
2023-02-13 my homelab I have always found the term "homelab" a little confusing. It's a bit like the residential version...
a year ago
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a year ago
I have always found the term "homelab" a little confusing. It's a bit like the residential version of "on-premises cloud," in that it seems to presuppose that a lab is the normal place that you find computer equipment. Of course I get that "homelab" is usually used by those who...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Allocation investing and the social premium The rational way to invest in something – a startup, public company, venture capital firm, real...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The rational way to invest in something – a startup, public company, venture capital firm, real estate project, etc. – is to base your…
Epic Web Dev
Upgrade to Conform V1 (tip) Upgrade to Conform V1 and experience simplified form setup, enhanced error handling, and exciting...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Upgrade to Conform V1 and experience simplified form setup, enhanced error handling, and exciting new features.
NeuroLogica Blog
A Climate Debate Regarding Health Effects – Part III Part 3 Hi Steve, and thank you for your timely response, and for even considering hosting this...
a year ago
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a year ago
Part 3 Hi Steve, and thank you for your timely response, and for even considering hosting this debate. There has been, and continues to be a “blackout” on almost all discussion regarding the science behind climate change. If “The science” is truly “settled”, it is a pretty shaky...
Light from Space
Bubble Nebula and Neighborhood The constellation of Cassiopeia is full of rich gas clouds and a myriad of different Nebulas and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The constellation of Cassiopeia is full of rich gas clouds and a myriad of different Nebulas and Star Clusters. Click or tap to enlarge/double-tap to zoom Total exposure time: 37h 20m (134,400s) Image resolution: 4,784 × 6,840px (1.919″/px) Shot from my driveway near
Mazdak
Should You Rent or Buy a Home in Today's Market? In today's Canadian housing market, the age-old question of renting versus buying feels more...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
In today's Canadian housing market, the age-old question of renting versus buying feels more pressing than ever. Soaring property values and rising interest rates have created a complex landscape, leaving many wondering: is homeownership still the golden ticket to building...
Luxagraf:...
Illinois Cliffs If you look at a map of the U.S., there's a few routes that will get you from Pensacola FL to...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
If you look at a map of the U.S., there's a few routes that will get you from Pensacola FL to Wisconsin. They all have one things in common: they pass through Illinois. Unfortunately, there isn't much camping in Illinois, and what camping there is... is generally not great. We've...
Steve Blank
Is a Venture Studio Right for You? This post previously appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Three types of organizations –...
a year ago
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a year ago
This post previously appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Three types of organizations – Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Studios – have emerged to reduce the risk of early-stage startup failure by helping teams find product/market fit and raise initial capital. Venture...
Old Vintage...
The spawn of AtariLab and the Universal Lab Interface We were a Commodore 64/128 household growing up, and Apple IIe systems at school, but that doesn't...
a year ago
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a year ago
We were a Commodore 64/128 household growing up, and Apple IIe systems at school, but that doesn't mean I was unaware of Atari 8-bits. There was a family at church who had an 800XL and later a 130XE — and a stack of COMPUTE!'s I used to read through for hours — and it was...
David Heinemeier...
Commit to competence in this coming year It’s that time of year where people often start thinking about new year’s resolutions. I want to...
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a year ago
It’s that time of year where people often start thinking about new year’s resolutions. I want to loose 10 lbs, I want to read more books, I want to x, y, and z. Often, it’s just a fantasy. They’re not actually going to loose 10 lbs or they might order some more books but never...
David Heinemeier...
Back to America After spending much of the past three years in Denmark, our family is returning to America full time...
a year ago
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a year ago
After spending much of the past three years in Denmark, our family is returning to America full time this summer. The original reasons for temporarily emigrating – the prolonged school lockdowns and other pandemic madness – have long since evaporated, and we've had a solid chance...
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Is your babel's transform-runtime getting lazy? You better check. IE11 is not dead yet, and our library is supposed to run there and make russian grandmas happy. As...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
IE11 is not dead yet, and our library is supposed to run there and make russian grandmas happy. As you can guess, we rely on babel's preset-env a lot. We also don't want our code to be 55% babel helpers, so we use babel's transform-runtime — it should make babel import someHelper...