Evan Jones -...
Nanosecond timestamp collisions are common
I was wondering: how often do nanosecond timestamps collide on modern systems? The answer is: very...
a year ago
I was wondering: how often do nanosecond timestamps collide on modern systems? The answer is: very often, like 5% of all samples, when reading the clock on all 4 physical cores at the same time. As a result, I think it is unsafe to assume that a raw nanosecond timestamp is a...
Laetitia@Work
5 toxic forces that prevent you from quitting when you should
Laetitia@Work #56
a year ago
Nelson's Weblog
Austria 2022
Ken and I just got back from a 23 day trip exploring most of Austria. We
had a lovely time although...
over a year ago
Ken and I just got back from a 23 day trip exploring most of Austria. We
had a lovely time although we did get a little worn out and ready for home
after a couple of weeks. Along the way we stayed in Vienna, Graz, the
Wörthersee, Zell am See, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Hallstatt,...
37signals Dev
Mission Control — Jobs
As promised back when we introduced Solid Queue, today we’ve open-sourced Mission Control — Jobs, a...
10 months ago
As promised back when we introduced Solid Queue, today we’ve open-sourced Mission Control — Jobs, a dashboard and set of extensions to operate and observe background jobs, that we’ve been using for over a year, in the beginning with Resque only, and later with both Resque and...
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
csvbase blog
DuckDB isn't just fast
A whistlestop tour of the cool bits of DuckDB
6 months ago
A whistlestop tour of the cool bits of DuckDB
Maps Mania
Out of Africa - The Story of Human Migration
6 months ago
David Heinemeier...
Open source is neither a community nor a democracy
Using open source software does not entitle you to a vote on the direction of the project. The gift...
7 months ago
Using open source software does not entitle you to a vote on the direction of the project. The gift you've received is the software itself and the freedom of use granted by the license. That's it, and this ought to be straight forward, but I repeatedly see that it is not (no...
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
How To Self-Publish A Children's Book and How Much You Can Expect To Make | Out-Of-Pocket
spoiler: you will make very little lol
a year ago
spoiler: you will make very little lol
TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Both Are True
if have nothing, then how give anything? (help wanted)
advice for when your tank is empty
10 months ago
advice for when your tank is empty
Noahpinion
We’re entering a golden age of engineering biology
A guest post by Joshua March and Kasia Gora
10 months ago
A guest post by Joshua March and Kasia Gora
This Space
39 Books: 1996
It's a commonplace that in reading novels one can escape the ravages of time. In 1994, I borrowed my...
7 months ago
It's a commonplace that in reading novels one can escape the ravages of time. In 1994, I borrowed my student housemate's innocent-looking hardback edition of Nicholson Baker's The Fermata in which Arno Strine writes about how he can actually stop time. The title refers to the...
SatPost by Trung...
Introducing "Caffeinated Deep Dives"
My new podcast.
a month ago
On the Arts
On the Arts: A Three Month Review
And a Thank You to Subscribers
a year ago
And a Thank You to Subscribers
TheCollector
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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11 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Certificate of Naturalization'
In our
basement was a gray file cabinet we were forbidden to touch. Naturally I opened
it and in one...
3 months ago
In our
basement was a gray file cabinet we were forbidden to touch. Naturally I opened
it and in one of the drawers I found an old leather wallet containing the ID
cards of a stranger with the surname Kurpiewski. Who is this? Why is the name
so similar to ours? I couldn’t ask...
Quanta Magazine
Can Thermodynamics Go Quantum?
The Industrial Revolution brought us the laws of thermodynamics, and new ideas about work, energy...
3 months ago
The Industrial Revolution brought us the laws of thermodynamics, and new ideas about work, energy and efficiency. In this episode, co-host Steven Strogatz speaks with theoretical physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern about what these concepts might mean in the age of quantum mechanics....
AFAR Media - Travel...
4 Kessler Collection Hotels with Art in the Southern U.S.
4 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Taking Your Time, Angel of Death'
I like plain
speaking when it comes to death. Not needlessly harsh but direct and above all...
a month ago
I like plain
speaking when it comes to death. Not needlessly harsh but direct and above all unvarnished,
no flowers, closer to a coroner’s report than a greeting card. A well-meaning
reader has sent belated condolences for my brother’s death in August without
once using any of...
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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6 months ago
A Smart Bear
In its emptiness, there is the function of a startup
Everything about a startup changes over time. The few things that don't, are its essence. The voyage...
a year ago
Everything about a startup changes over time. The few things that don't, are its essence. The voyage is meaningless, unless you decide what those things are.
diamond geezer
Central line upgrade
#10002 ✅ Journeys
January 2020 TfL started withdrawing rolling stock from the Central line as part...
a year ago
#10002 ✅ Journeys
January 2020 TfL started withdrawing rolling stock from the Central line as part of an ongoing programme of refurbishment. All the motors need replacing, plus this offered the additional opportunity to add wheelchair spaces, LED lighting, CCTV and improved...
TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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a month ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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5 months ago
NeuroLogica Blog
Categorization and What’s In a Name
Categorization is critical in science, but it is also very tricky, often deceptively so. We need to...
11 months ago
Categorization is critical in science, but it is also very tricky, often deceptively so. We need to categorize things to help us organize our knowledge, to understand how things work and relate to each other, and to communicate efficiently and precisely. But categorization can...
Sam Altman
A Clarification
I made a point in this post inelegantly in a way that was
easy to misunderstand, so I’d like to...
over a year ago
I made a point in this post inelegantly in a way that was
easy to misunderstand, so I’d like to clarify it.
I didn’t mean that we need to tolerate brilliant homophobic
jerks in the lab so that we can have scientific progress.
Although there are famous...
Tinloof - Blog
How to integrate Fathom Analytics into your Remix App
When it comes to building successful websites, it's important to gain insights and data about your...
over a year ago
When it comes to building successful websites, it's important to gain insights and data about your website visitors in order to enhance their experience.
In this guide, we will go over the steps of integrating Fathom Analytics into a Remix application.
Creating a site in Fathom...
Christopher Butler
Link – Gemma Copeland's personal website
gemmacope.land is a really cool digital garden.
I love the simplicity of the main page — it...
11 months ago
gemmacope.land is a really cool digital garden.
I love the simplicity of the main page — it manages to fit in just about everything in one vertical pane. But the real surprise is on the right side of the page, where Gemma stacks blocks pulled in from her Are.na account. It’s...
TheCollector
The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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a year ago
Rest of World -...
Delivery riders are fighting each other over bike-shares in Brazil
Almost half the riders from Brazil’s largest delivery app now use city bikes to get around.
a year ago
Almost half the riders from Brazil’s largest delivery app now use city bikes to get around.
Londonist
19 Images That Tell The Vivid History Of The South Bank
From Roman temples to futuristic domes.
a year ago
From Roman temples to futuristic domes.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Svelte for Sites, React for Apps
Why we should stop trying to use the same tool for different jobs.
over a year ago
Why we should stop trying to use the same tool for different jobs.
The Elysian
How would anarchist societies protect themselves?
Letters to an anarchist, part three.
a month ago
Letters to an anarchist, part three.
TheCollector
What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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a month ago
Matt Mullenweg
On with Theo / T3.gg
On Thursday, a prominent developer, YouTuber, Twitch streamer, and journalist posted a video titled...
2 months ago
On Thursday, a prominent developer, YouTuber, Twitch streamer, and journalist posted a video titled This might be the end of WordPress. It was very harsh. In that video you’ll hear him say about me, “he’s a chronic hater” (7:55), “seems like he’s been a pretty petty bastard for a...
The Honest Broker
"I Told Three Big Lies That Changed My Life"
A story from the comments section
5 months ago
A story from the comments section
This Space
39 Books: 2019
So much for this blog being labelled "the best resource in English on European modernist...
6 months ago
So much for this blog being labelled "the best resource in English on European modernist literature": this year's choice is a collection of lectures delivered in the early 1960s at the University of Zürich, published in English translation in 1970, with this edition being...
Steve Klabnik
Mixins: a refactoring anti-pattern
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
I must learn to think
Isabelle Eberhardt was an explorer and writer whose brief but extraordinary life was marked by...
a year ago
Isabelle Eberhardt was an explorer and writer whose brief but extraordinary life was marked by curiosity and defiance. Born in Geneva in 1877 to an anarchist father and a mother of Russian descent, it was in 1897 that she finally visited North Africa, a place she had longed to...
Alice GG
DEFCON 30
This summer I had the opportunity to attend DEFCON 30, a cybersecurity conference gathering around...
over a year ago
This summer I had the opportunity to attend DEFCON 30, a cybersecurity conference gathering around 27000 hackers in the fabulous city of Las Vegas, Nevada.
With more than 30 villages and 3 main conference tracks, the event managed to cover pretty much every subject from malware...
Platformer
How Google's Bard AI could shake up search
Dependence on search traffic has already kickstarted a race to the bottom for publishers. Will...
a year ago
Dependence on search traffic has already kickstarted a race to the bottom for publishers. Will Google's new AI tools accelerate it?
Making software...
The Lazy Developer's Dark Mode
The Lazy Developer's Dark Mode
2021-04-12
After recently jumping back to Jekyll for my personal...
over a year ago
The Lazy Developer's Dark Mode
2021-04-12
After recently jumping back to Jekyll for my personal blog, I decided to take a closer look at how I was supporting dark mode for my visitors. I was using the proper CSS query to target those who had system-wide dark mode enabled, but I...
TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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5 months ago
Maps Mania
Russia's Secret Nuclear Targets in China
4 months ago
Liz Denys
On the Fearless Girl, what constitutes art, authorial intent, and the patriarchy
A little over a month ago, Kristen Visbal's Fearless Girl statue was placed face to face with...
over a year ago
A little over a month ago, Kristen Visbal's Fearless Girl statue was placed face to face with Charging Bull statue in Manhattan's Financial District:
Moody Man's photo of Fearless Girl
Anthony Quintano's photo of Fearless Girl facing Charging Bull
But she wasn't...
TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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8 months ago
The Berkeley...
Training Diffusion Models with <br> Reinforcement Learning
function reveal() {
const replay = document.querySelector('.ddpo-replay');
...
a year ago
function reveal() {
const replay = document.querySelector('.ddpo-replay');
replay.style.display = 'flex';
}
window.onload = () => {
const replay = document.querySelector('.ddpo-replay');
replay.addEventListener('click', () => {
...
Code Of Honor
The making of Warcraft part 2
In my previous article about Warcraft I talked about the beginnings of a series that would come to...
over a year ago
In my previous article about Warcraft I talked about the beginnings of a series that would come to define Blizzard Entertainment and lead it to being one of the best-known and most-loved game companies in the world. But how did Warcraft go from an idea to a full-fledged game? Let...
Castles in the Sky
Castles in the Sky 27
Next Big Steps
a year ago
Vitalik Buterin's...
What do I think about Community Notes?
a year ago
42!
Pitch competitions as a measure of success
In our early days of my startup, I would try to enter as many pitch competitions as was feasible,...
a year ago
In our early days of my startup, I would try to enter as many pitch competitions as was feasible, just to try and get our project in front of as many eyes as possible and get our names mentioned in the popular startup press.
I used to give everything in these competitions, and we...
The Ruffian
A Brief History of Suburban Creativity
The power of not being with the in-crowd
a year ago
The power of not being with the in-crowd
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Stretch
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Hovertext:
I think you could write a pretty good comedy novel...
5 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
I think you could write a pretty good comedy novel about Lamarckian evolution, e.g. where parents find out about a secret tattoo when Junior is born with it.
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Stat Significant
The Rise of Faith-Based Films: A Statistical Analysis
The economics and origins of the faith-based film industry.
2 months ago
The economics and origins of the faith-based film industry.
NeuroLogica Blog
AI – Is It Time to Panic?
I’m really excited about the recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and their potential...
a year ago
I’m really excited about the recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and their potential as powerful tools. I am also concerned about unintended consequences. As with any really powerful tool, there is the potential for abuse and also disruption. But I also think that...
diamond geezer
In Jail
After Pentonville Road the next square on the Monopoly board is Jail. It's not assigned a location -...
9 months ago
After Pentonville Road the next square on the Monopoly board is Jail. It's not assigned a location - the corner squares never are - but I wonder if they had Pentonville Prison in mind when placing Pentonville Road beside the Jail. The two aren't close in real life, Pentonville...
computers are bad
2024-04-05 the life of one earth station
Sometimes, when I am feeling down, I read about failed satellite TV (STV)
services. Don't we all?...
8 months ago
Sometimes, when I am feeling down, I read about failed satellite TV (STV)
services. Don't we all? As a result, I've periodically come across a company
called AlphaStar Television Network. PrimeStar may have had a rough life, but
AlphaStar barely had one at all: it launched in...
HTMHell
#1 button disguised as a link
Bad code
<button role="link" title="Name of website" tabindex="0">
<img alt="Name of website"...
over a year ago
Bad code
<button role="link" title="Name of website" tabindex="0">
<img alt="Name of website" src="logo.jpg" title="Name of website">
</button>
Issues and how to fix them
Wrong usage of the button element. There’s an element for linking to external sites (<a>). Do not change...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2023: Best Deals for Travelers
a year ago
The Honest Broker
My Rule of the 6 Spheres
Like most people, I'm reluctant to discuss personal matters, but I take this rule very...
10 months ago
Like most people, I'm reluctant to discuss personal matters, but I take this rule very seriously—it's at the heart of my worldview and keeps me on the right path
bt RSS Feed
Over-Engineering an Oil Tank Gauge
Over-Engineering an Oil Tank Gauge
2020-09-09
I almost went down the path of investing a huge amount...
over a year ago
Over-Engineering an Oil Tank Gauge
2020-09-09
I almost went down the path of investing a huge amount of time and effort into fixing a stuck oil fuel tank float-gauge in my house. Recently, the float mechanism became stuck and permanently displayed empty regardless of how much...
Louwrentius
Example of a home networking setup with VLANs
Updated October 24, 2012, see below.
This post is a description of my home network setup based on...
over a year ago
Updated October 24, 2012, see below.
This post is a description of my home network setup based on gigabit ethernet. I did a non-standard trick with VLANs that may also be of interest to other people. I'm going to start with a diagram of the network. Just take a look (click to...
swyx's site RSS Feed
(incomplete) Organizing AI Engineer World's Fair 2024
We have just come off a very intense production period of the first AI Engineer World's Fair, the...
5 months ago
We have just come off a very intense production period of the first AI Engineer World's Fair, the large, multi-track format of the AI Engineer series of conferences that my biz partner Ben and I are building. I am historically bad at writing down lessons and thoughts, so I am...
Ink & Switch
Potluck: Dynamic documents as personal software
Gradually enriching text documents into interactive applications
over a year ago
Gradually enriching text documents into interactive applications
The Diff
Meta's Least-Untrusted Clone Model
Plus! AI Interfaces; The Many Peaks of Mobile; Borrowing Distribution Networks; Ad Arbitrages; More...
4 days ago
Plus! AI Interfaces; The Many Peaks of Mobile; Borrowing Distribution Networks; Ad Arbitrages; More YouTube AI IP
Naveen Arun's Blog
“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese
I asked ChatGPT to rewrite “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese. This is...
a year ago
I asked ChatGPT to rewrite “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese. This is what it gave me: “WHEREAS, this Agreement is made, entered into and fully understood on this day, by and between two primary entities, both of distinct characteristics and...
Londonist
Get Toasty In This King's Cross Sauna For Just £6 A Session
Slow Motion Sauna is in town for three weeks.
11 months ago
Slow Motion Sauna is in town for three weeks.
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 months ago
One Useful Thing
Centaurs and Cyborgs on the Jagged Frontier
I think we have an answer on whether AIs will reshape work....
a year ago
I think we have an answer on whether AIs will reshape work....
alexwlchan
*Spy for Spy*, at Riverside Studios
Last night I went to see the second preview of Spy For Spy, which I very much enjoyed.
It’s a...
a year ago
Last night I went to see the second preview of Spy For Spy, which I very much enjoyed.
It’s a romance story with a clever narrative twist – it’s being told in the wrong order.
Aside from the prologue and epilogue, the show is split into six scenes from the Molly and Sarah’s...
TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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8 months ago
Londonist
Happisburgh: Where People Lived On The Thames A Million Years Ago
The Thames had history 40,000 generations before the Romans.
a year ago
The Thames had history 40,000 generations before the Romans.
Londonist
Where To Eat And Drink In Forest Gate: The Best Restaurants, Cafes, Bars And Pubs
Forest food!
a year ago
Blog posts of...
Q-Codes; Or… Stop repeating yourself ⌨️
I use apple’s keyboard “text” shortcodes to setup a lot of things i have to type regularly. It’s...
over a year ago
I use apple’s keyboard “text” shortcodes to setup a lot of things i have to type regularly. It’s easily one of my favorite productivity hacks!
This Space
39 Books: 1999
I've always preferred the Serpent's Tail edition of Pessoa's Book of Disquiet over the others...
7 months ago
I've always preferred the Serpent's Tail edition of Pessoa's Book of Disquiet over the others published around the same time, such as from Quartet Encounters and Carcanet, the latter with a fussy variant on the title: The Book of Disquietude. But this one is the most pleasurable...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
“If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they…
“If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they...
over a year ago
“If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they would have said a decentralized network…
Quanta Magazine
New Proof Finds the ‘Ultimate Instability’ in a Solar System Model
For the first time, mathematicians have proved that planetary orbits in a solar system will always...
a year ago
For the first time, mathematicians have proved that planetary orbits in a solar system will always be unstable.
The post New Proof Finds the ‘Ultimate Instability’ in a Solar System Model first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Tinloof - Blog
ReasonML for production React Apps? 🤔 (Part 3)
A while ago I published this article about building an accessible and reusable modal/dialog...
over a year ago
A while ago I published this article about building an accessible and reusable modal/dialog component in React.
The component achieves the following requirements:
A reusable component API: we should be able to easily use our accessible modal anywhere and populate it with...
Londonist
The Best London Pubs With Private Function Rooms To Hire
Looking to party? We've got the pub for you.
a year ago
Looking to party? We've got the pub for you.
Retail Design Blog
Deliveroo Offices by Oktra
Oktra redesigned Deliveroo’s office space at The River Building in London to integrate two floors,...
2 months ago
Oktra redesigned Deliveroo’s office space at The River Building in London to integrate two floors, increase meeting rooms, and create...
A Beautiful Site
Valid Names for CSS Parts
CSS Shadow Parts, colloquially known as CSS Parts, are used to expose elements inside a web...
over a year ago
CSS Shadow Parts, colloquially known as CSS Parts, are used to expose elements inside a web component's shadow root so they can be styled by consumers with CSS. But what are we allowed to call these parts? What characters comprise a valid CSS part name? To find out, I had to dive...
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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11 months ago
Construction Physics
Will the China Cycle Come for Airbus and Boeing?
Noah Smith, author of the economics Substack Noahpinion, often refers to a common trajectory in...
2 months ago
Noah Smith, author of the economics Substack Noahpinion, often refers to a common trajectory in Chinese manufacturing as the “China Cycle”:
PostHog's RSS Feed
Solving the mystery of PostHog’s missing session recordings
Session Recording is one of PostHog's core features, and one of the few completely open source...
over a year ago
Session Recording is one of PostHog's core features, and one of the few completely open source ression replay tools available. It allows you to see…
The Codist
How To Know When It's Time To Go
I retired in 2021 at 63.5 after about four decades as a programmer. What made me do this was not...
5 months ago
I retired in 2021 at 63.5 after about four decades as a programmer. What made me do this was not failing ability in any way, but after a year of consideration, I realized I didn't care to do it anymore.
Everyone will eventually reach a point at
Diaries of Note
We spend our lives in tense expectation
In the midst of the Russian Civil War, April 1919 saw the city of Odessa plunged further into...
a year ago
In the midst of the Russian Civil War, April 1919 saw the city of Odessa plunged further into turmoil as the Bolshevik Red Army entered, leaving the future uncertain for the once-thriving port and its inhabitants. One person who found himself caught amidst the chaos was Ivan...
devonzuegel.com
Israel's water miracle
The saga of Israeli water management is one of the most inspiring stories of the last 75 years....
a year ago
The saga of Israeli water management is one of the most inspiring stories of the last 75 years. Israel went from having a serious water problem to being a net water exporter to neighboring countries. Meanwhile, the population grew from ~1 million to well over 9 million.
With...
Essays - Benedict...
Ways to think about a metaverse
Your boss wants a metaverse strategy, but what would that be, and what does
metaverse even mean?...
over a year ago
Your boss wants a metaverse strategy, but what would that be, and what does
metaverse even mean? If we strip away the noise, what can we say about
this, and what can we predict?
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Machine learning is really good at partially solving just about any problem
There’s a saying in artificial intelligence circles that techniques like machine learning (and NLP)...
over a year ago
There’s a saying in artificial intelligence circles that techniques like machine learning (and NLP) can very quickly get you, say, 80% of…
Wuthering...
The Story of the Stone, volume 3 - melodrama, drinking games, and "a convocation of bees and...
I am two-thirds through Cao Xueqin’s enormous The Story
of the Stone (c. 1760), volume 3 of the...
a week ago
I am two-thirds through Cao Xueqin’s enormous The Story
of the Stone (c. 1760), volume 3 of the David Hawkes translation, and the
next twenty chapters have arrived at the library so I had better write this
chunk up.
In this big middle section a number of minor or even...
TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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10 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups
over a year ago
A Beautiful Site
My Stance on AI-generated Code
I recently added this to Shoelace's contribution guidelines, which sums up my position on...
over a year ago
I recently added this to Shoelace's contribution guidelines, which sums up my position on AI-generated code.
As an open source maintainer, I respectfully ask that you refrain from using AI-generated code when contributing to this project. This includes code generated by tools...
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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7 months ago
macwright.com
Roll
I developed an old roll of film and the photos are pretty decent!
My Olympus XA-2 is
my default...
a year ago
I developed an old roll of film and the photos are pretty decent!
My Olympus XA-2 is
my default walking-around camera. I love it, but its age is showing
and I’m envious of the crisp photos that people get out of later-era
SLR film cameras. Thinking about getting a lightweight...
Old Structures...
Tracing The Load Path
Yet another view of the roof trusses at Moynihan Station, built when it was a mail-handling facility...
4 months ago
Yet another view of the roof trusses at Moynihan Station, built when it was a mail-handling facility to allow for a big open floor for sorting machinery. The roof truss is at the upper right; one of the main columns is below it, two side trusses, supporting the edges of the...
A Smart Bear
You're a real company when…
What marks the moment when you become a "real" company?
a year ago
What marks the moment when you become a "real" company?
Open Culture
How Filmmakers Make Cameras Disappear: Mirrors in Movies
If you’ve never tried your hand at filmmaking, you might assume that its hardest visual challenges...
2 months ago
If you’ve never tried your hand at filmmaking, you might assume that its hardest visual challenges are the creation of effects-laden spectacles: starships duking it out in space, monsters stomping through major cities, animals speaking and dancing like Broadway stars, that sort...
Commoncog
Businesses as Ecosystem Organisms
What we can learn from seeing businesses as organisms in an ecosystem ... using the particularly odd...
3 months ago
What we can learn from seeing businesses as organisms in an ecosystem ... using the particularly odd example of HEICO being the barnacle to TransDigm’s whale.
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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3 weeks ago
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Books I can remember
📚
The best part of reading is forgetting.
This is why I struggle with book reviews—it’s hard to...
a year ago
📚
The best part of reading is forgetting.
This is why I struggle with book reviews—it’s hard to know how
valuable a book is until later. But sometimes you find yourself
declaiming a book’s key point long after you’ve forgotten most of
it.
That’s when you know a book is...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Nice
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8 months ago
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Hovertext:
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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a year ago
Beautiful Public...
Visualizing Rivers and Floodplains with USGS Data
Using USGS elevation data to visualize stunning views of the flow of water through rivers and...
over a year ago
Using USGS elevation data to visualize stunning views of the flow of water through rivers and floodplains.
Mazdak
A Brighter Outlook for Home Buyers in 2024?
The Federal Reserve's recent announcement of potential interest rate cuts in 2024 has sent ripples...
a year ago
The Federal Reserve's recent announcement of potential interest rate cuts in 2024 has sent ripples through the housing market, sparking both excitement and cautious optimism among prospective buyers and existing homeowners alike. While the prospect of lower mortgage rates is...
Maps Mania
The Worldwide Breaking News Map
6 months ago
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week
🛰️ Starlink Plus
2 months ago
Retail Design Blog
Humanitree School Hive and Flight by Rosan Bosch Studio
Rosan Bosch Studio has designed a holistic and coherent concept for Humanitree School – Hive and...
3 months ago
Rosan Bosch Studio has designed a holistic and coherent concept for Humanitree School – Hive and Flight (Middle and High...
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Songful, Tuneful Land'
"None
can care for literature in itself who do not take a special pleasure in the
sound of names;...
11 months ago
"None
can care for literature in itself who do not take a special pleasure in the
sound of names; and there is no part of the world where nomenclature is so rich,
poetical, humorous, and picturesque as the United States of America.”
Robert Louis
Stevenson means place names. He’s...
Epic Web Dev
The Golden Rule of Assertions (article)
Learn about The Golden Rule of Assertions that helps pinpoint good tests from bad ones.
11 months ago
Learn about The Golden Rule of Assertions that helps pinpoint good tests from bad ones.
Jonas Hietala
The Arty Timeline
While working on Jonas IceCream Stand I took a screenshot every day and I thought they looked pretty...
over a year ago
While working on Jonas IceCream Stand I took a screenshot every day and I thought they looked pretty cool so here they are:
And now I’m off with New World Order and (for once) I’ve got a really really good idea!
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, March 2024
The ware for March 2024 is shown below. This fine ware is courtesy of KE5FX. Really fascinating...
9 months ago
The ware for March 2024 is shown below. This fine ware is courtesy of KE5FX. Really fascinating stuff, thanks for the contribution!
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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5 months ago
Herbert Lui
Serious writing
In Impro, Keith Johnstone describes how his teachers taught him to write, “They wanted me to reject...
2 weeks ago
In Impro, Keith Johnstone describes how his teachers taught him to write, “They wanted me to reject and discriminate, believing that the best artist was the one who made the most elegant choices. They analysed poems to show how difficult ‘real’ writing was, and they taught that I...
The American Scholar
“How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poems read aloud, beautifully
The post “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning appeared...
3 months ago
Poems read aloud, beautifully
The post “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning appeared first on The American Scholar.
Seth's Blog
Reimagining cities in a few simple questions
What would happen if public transportation were free? What if it were paid for by congestion...
a year ago
What would happen if public transportation were free? What if it were paid for by congestion pricing, digitally implemented? What if public toilets were safe, beautiful, well-appointed and consistently maintained? What if there were a tax on empty storefronts, payable after three...
The Modern House
A Californian-inspired 1970s home hidden under the trees in Kent
a year ago
Liz Denys
Pointillism rose
Sharpie on computer paper, Photoshop to brighten the colors.
over a year ago
Sharpie on computer paper, Photoshop to brighten the colors.
The Turn Signal RSS...
The Role of Cognitive Load in Automotive UX Design
Cognitive load refers to Cognitive load is not the same as cognitive distraction. Cognitive...
a year ago
Cognitive load refers to Cognitive load is not the same as cognitive distraction. Cognitive distraction is Cognitive load may lead to…
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AGI
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Wait, is fire even possible? Doesn't that violate...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Wait, is fire even possible? Doesn't that violate conservation of fire?
Today's News:
Another ruinously flattering review.
The Rational Walk
A Dangerous Interregnum
President Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to fire American missiles deep into Russian territory...
a month ago
President Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to fire American missiles deep into Russian territory risks plunging the world into crisis in the finals months of his administration.
AFAR Media - Travel...
How to Get Tickets for Outstanding in the Field Dinners
a year ago
Beautiful Public...
A Rover's First 590 Days* on Mars
I downloaded 60,000 images to experience what NASA's Perseverance rover has been seeing since...
over a year ago
I downloaded 60,000 images to experience what NASA's Perseverance rover has been seeing since landing there in Feb. 2021.
Seth's Blog
Anonymity and Bugs Bunny
I came across this (ironically) anonymous quote recently: “The offline world is full of sticks, but...
4 months ago
I came across this (ironically) anonymous quote recently: “The offline world is full of sticks, but the internet only has carrots.” When we come together in groups, it can bring out the best in people. When those groups are anonymous, porous and transient, though, the opposite...
History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
Quantum Frontiers
The rain in Portugal
My husband taught me how to pronounce the name of the city where I’d be presenting a talk late last...
10 months ago
My husband taught me how to pronounce the name of the city where I’d be presenting a talk late last July: Aveiro, Portugal. Having studied Spanish, I pronounced the name as Ah-VEH-roh, with a v partway to a hard b. … Continue reading →
Making software...
Being More Efficient as a Designer and Developer
Being More Efficient as a Designer and Developer
2019-09-28
I recently began working on a small side...
over a year ago
Being More Efficient as a Designer and Developer
2019-09-28
I recently began working on a small side project (a marketing site / blog for an upcoming UX book I'm writing, but I have nothing to promote yet - sorry) and found myself circling around different static site generators...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
A Subtle Nicety of Fault Tolerance in HTML & CSS
HTML and CSS are designed to be fault tolerant.
Rather than failing completely when encountering...
11 months ago
HTML and CSS are designed to be fault tolerant.
Rather than failing completely when encountering syntax they don’t understand — looking at you JS/SyntaxError — browsers will continue parsing HTML and CSS as best they can when you introduce incorrect syntax.
For someone who is...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #216
Trading Berkshire, The Theban Plays, The laws of economics, Fed fairy tales, Buffett's "retirement",...
2 months ago
Trading Berkshire, The Theban Plays, The laws of economics, Fed fairy tales, Buffett's "retirement", Caro's writing process, Buffett's ground rules, Sherwin Williams, Mysterious owls
Seth's Blog
Generational shifts in punditry
In 1970, when Walter Cronkite was narrating current events for the United States, he was 54 years...
8 months ago
In 1970, when Walter Cronkite was narrating current events for the United States, he was 54 years old. Hitchcock made his last film when he was 77. When there’s a limited number of slots for narrators to fill, they can stick around for a long time. One of the overlooked cultural...
Alex Meub
Apple Captive Network Assistant Slowness Problems on iOS
We were trying to launch a new captive portal page design for a customer and we ran into the...
over a year ago
We were trying to launch a new captive portal page design for a customer and we ran into the strangest issue. Only on iOS devices, we’d see extreme slowness and unresponsive behavior in the Apple Captive Network Assistant (CNA).
Over the course of several days, we made multiple...
Seth's Blog
The conspiracy of mediocrity
Solo mediocrity is rampant, of course. We know that toasting the bread before making the sandwich...
3 months ago
Solo mediocrity is rampant, of course. We know that toasting the bread before making the sandwich makes it more delicious, but in service of convenience and speed, we skip a step. It becomes a conspiracy when more than one of us is involved. The freelancer who offers cheap and...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Burial
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
They must've felt so in tune with their...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
They must've felt so in tune with their environment.
Today's News:
Next Tuesday!
Stoic Simple
Becoming a Better Leader with Stoicism: The Stoic Leadership Lessons
Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that originated in Greece in the 3rd century B.C. It is a...
a year ago
Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that originated in Greece in the 3rd century B.C. It is a philosophy that emphasizes the development of emotional resilience, personal ethics, and wisdom. Stoicism has gained popularity in recent years as an effective tool for personal growth,...
Cheese and Biscuits
OMA, Borough Market
Dave Carter, a big friendly giant of a man with a completely impenetrable Barbadian accent, began...
5 months ago
Dave Carter, a big friendly giant of a man with a completely impenetrable Barbadian accent, began his London restaurant journey at Smokestak, the hugely influential East London BBQ joint. Smokestak, together with a tiny handful of other brave pioneers around the same time...
Max Rozen
How do you use variables in the HTML webpack outputs?
Looking to inject variables from CI into the HTML your webpack build outputs? It's relatively simple...
over a year ago
Looking to inject variables from CI into the HTML your webpack build outputs? It's relatively simple to do.
AI Snake Oil
Three Ideas for Regulating Generative AI
Policy input to the federal government from a Stanford-Princeton team
a year ago
Policy input to the federal government from a Stanford-Princeton team
The Modern House
From the Ground Up: six plots now for sale
We’ve all harboured a fantasy of a DIY project – and the hard-earned sense of achievement that comes...
a year ago
We’ve all harboured a fantasy of a DIY project – and the hard-earned sense of achievement that comes with self-building. After all, what could be more rewarding than a home constructed by you, entirely for you? Well, it’s time to stop dreaming and start doing, […]
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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3 months ago
Computer Ads from...
ProHance Technologies' Power Mouse
Even A Totally Souped up PC Is A Dog Without PowerMouse
3 months ago
Even A Totally Souped up PC Is A Dog Without PowerMouse
Elad Blog
Silicon Valley & Defense Tech
Over the last few years there has been a lot of press coverage of Google canceling project Maven, a...
over a year ago
Over the last few years there has been a lot of press coverage of Google canceling project Maven, a defense contract. This has led to claims Silicon Valley is no longer engaging in defense tech, despite tech's roots working with the Department of Defense
Noahpinion
The New 1970s
The U.S. is a confused, unsettled nation. But green shoots are quietly sprouting.
a year ago
The U.S. is a confused, unsettled nation. But green shoots are quietly sprouting.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Why I'm not a VC (yet)
There is too much money chasing too few operators.
over a year ago
There is too much money chasing too few operators.
Seth's Blog
Remarkable pronouncements
The scientific rule of thumb is simple: When you make a bold claim, you need significant research to...
a year ago
The scientific rule of thumb is simple: When you make a bold claim, you need significant research to back it up. Telling us that eating vegetables is healthy can be justified by a fairly simple high school science paper. But if you want to claim that the moon is made of celery...
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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a month ago
Seth's Blog
Get/Want/Have To
Get to, want to and have to are an endless braid. How much of our time do we spend on each? Have to...
a year ago
Get to, want to and have to are an endless braid. How much of our time do we spend on each? Have to is often up to someone else. The things we’re required to do by the system or the people in it. Get to is a matter of perspective. Trust and health and leverage […]
Louwrentius
PPSS version 2.30 now operates asynchronous
If you background a bash or shell process, how do you determine if it has
finished? Since inter...
over a year ago
If you background a bash or shell process, how do you determine if it has
finished? Since inter process communication is not possible using shell
scripts, people often refer to while loops or other polling mechanisms to
determine if some process has stopped.
However, the one...
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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6 months ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
Reflecting on YC, 2 years on
Y Combinator (YC) is seen as the world's best, and most prolific, three-month accelerator program....
over a year ago
Y Combinator (YC) is seen as the world's best, and most prolific, three-month accelerator program. Upwards of 7,000 founders have taken part. Yet, no…
Jonas Hietala
Weekend Tournaments
This weekend was filled by playing cards. On Saturday I hosted a small Game of Thrones tournament...
over a year ago
This weekend was filled by playing cards. On Saturday I hosted a small Game of Thrones tournament and on Sunday the local Netrunner community hosted a small summer kit tournament.
Game of Thrones
We’ve had a similar tournament once before when me and my girlfriend invited two of...
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
Contemporist...
This Small Apartment Has A Yoga Wall And A Coffee Bar
LITTLEMORE INTERIOR DESIGN has shared photos of a small 380-square-foot (35 sqm) apartment in Hong...
a year ago
LITTLEMORE INTERIOR DESIGN has shared photos of a small 380-square-foot (35 sqm) apartment in Hong Kong, that includes both a custom yoga wall and a coffee bar.
Simply Explained
How I Use Alfred to Search My Obsidian Notes Faster (with Spotlight!)
In this post, I’ll show you how I integrated Obsidian into Alfred so I can search my vault from...
a year ago
In this post, I’ll show you how I integrated Obsidian into Alfred so I can search my vault from anywhere on my Mac. I just open Alfred, type “note” followed by my query, and see my search results. Hit enter and the correct note opens in Obsidian. Easy and quick!
Seth's Blog
The Western Union trap
When the telephone began to gain traction, the monopoly of the time, Western Union, decided to get...
6 months ago
When the telephone began to gain traction, the monopoly of the time, Western Union, decided to get even better at sending telegrams.
Retail Design Blog
Evident Scientific Offices by Conexus Studio
Conexus Studio designed Evident Scientific’s APAC Headquarters in Singapore, focusing on a...
4 months ago
Conexus Studio designed Evident Scientific’s APAC Headquarters in Singapore, focusing on a visionary, future-forward workspace with state-of-the-art facilities, innovative design,...
Joel Gascoigne
The exercise habit
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This morning, my...
over a year ago
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This morning, my alarm sounded at precisely 5:50am. Within a few minutes, I was
up and had my running shoes, shorts and a t-shirt on. Minutes later at 6am, I
opened my MacBook Air, switched to the...
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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9 months ago
Steve Klabnik
An early Christmas present for you
over a year ago
Londonist
7 Places To See Gorgeous Autumn Leaves In London
Autumnal walks against a golden backdrop.
a year ago
Autumnal walks against a golden backdrop.
Christopher Butler
A Pep Talk for those Who Work Bullshit Jobs
How do you know if what you do is actually meaningful?
do I work a bullshit job?
Perhaps you...
over a year ago
How do you know if what you do is actually meaningful?
do I work a bullshit job?
Perhaps you have already answered this question for yourself and are satisfied with the answer. You may want to read on still. My purpose is not to convince you that your job is or isn’t...
Remains of the Day
My Pandemic Zoom Setup
Now that everyone is spending many of their waking hours in Zoom, a lot of people are laughing at,...
over a year ago
Now that everyone is spending many of their waking hours in Zoom, a lot of people are laughing at, and then asking me about, my Zoom setup. It’s actually not all that elaborate. I know many people with much more elaborate setups. Still, for a simple upgrade to the mic and camera...
The Roots of...
What I’ve been reading, September 2023
A quasi-monthly feature. Recent blog posts and news stories are generally omitted; you can find them...
a year ago
A quasi-monthly feature. Recent blog posts and news stories are generally omitted; you can find them in my links digests. I’ve been busy helping to choose the first cohort of our blogging fellowship, so my reading has been relatively light. All emphasis in bold in the quotes...
Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
Lighthouse Blog
How to import feeds in Lighthouse
8 months ago
TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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a year ago
Liz Denys
Peppermint brownie cookies, because chocolate was made to be rich
I've never understood the common obsession with chocolatey baked goods that aren't insanely rich....
over a year ago
I've never understood the common obsession with chocolatey baked goods that aren't insanely rich. Don't get me wrong - I like chocolate - but that's just it, I like chocolate, not a pinch of cocoa flavor. Chocolate chip cookies always tasted better to me with the chips on the...
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
Vitalik Buterin's...
7ème tour des subventions Gitcoin - Rétrospective
over a year ago
Style over Substance
Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 to Mamiya Press mount mod
How I modified an Instax Wide instant camera to mount a Mamiya Press medium format lens
The post...
over a year ago
How I modified an Instax Wide instant camera to mount a Mamiya Press medium format lens
The post Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 to Mamiya Press mount mod appeared first on Style over Substance.
Citation Needed
Privacy, human rights, and Tornado Cash
I am more worried about privacy than crypto crime.
7 months ago
I am more worried about privacy than crypto crime.
Home on Erik...
3D in D3
I have spent some time lately with D3. It's a lot of fun to build interactive graphs. See for...
over a year ago
I have spent some time lately with D3. It's a lot of fun to build interactive graphs. See for instance this demo (will provide a longer writeup soon).
D3 doesn't have support for 3D but you can do projections into 2D pretty easily.
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.3.0
Another shiny new integration - PostHog now plays nicely with Android! Like what you see and...
over a year ago
Another shiny new integration - PostHog now plays nicely with Android! Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. Release notes…
Epic Web Dev
Mix Blend Modes (tip)
Learn how to create a stunning text over image effect using mix blend modes.
11 months ago
Learn how to create a stunning text over image effect using mix blend modes.
Josh Comeau's blog
Next-level frosted glass with backdrop-filter
Glassy headers have become a core part of the “slick startup” UI toolkit, but they’re all missing...
2 weeks ago
Glassy headers have become a core part of the “slick startup” UI toolkit, but they’re all missing that final 10% that really makes it shine. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create the most realistic lush frosted glass anywhere on the internet.
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
The Honest Broker
It's Open Mic Day—Talk About Anything You Want
What's on your mind?
7 months ago
Old Structures...
Imagine Standing There
Every so often, I mention New York’s industrial past. Compared to a truly industrial city like...
9 months ago
Every so often, I mention New York’s industrial past. Compared to a truly industrial city like Philadelphia or Chicago, it’s small-scale stuff, but compared to the present it’s astonishing. Looking at one of the parts of the city devoted to industry before 1920, it’s hard to...
TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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8 months ago
Londonist
Christmas Has Returned To The Royal Albert Hall
From carols to festive films in concert.
a year ago
From carols to festive films in concert.
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
The Changelog
Building an Asynchronous, Internet-Optional Instant Messaging System
I loaded up this title with buzzwords. The basic idea is that IM systems shouldn’t have to only use...
over a year ago
I loaded up this title with buzzwords. The basic idea is that IM systems shouldn’t have to only use the Internet. Why not let them be carried across LoRa radios, USB sticks, local Wifi networks, and yes, the Internet? I’ll first discuss how, and then why. How do set it up I’ve...
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Half-Buried Sense for Poetry'
It’s easy to
mistake geniality for prevarication. So rare a quality seems suspicious or...
a week ago
It’s easy to
mistake geniality for prevarication. So rare a quality seems suspicious or naively
unprofessional, a mask worn to conceal the shark within, especially among
literary types. Of course, critics are born to be severe, nobody’s pal. How
many critics can you name whose...
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
A Smart Bear
How annual pre-pay creates an infinite marketing budget
Dozens of founders have used this technique to transform the cash-flow of their businesses. Now it's...
5 months ago
Dozens of founders have used this technique to transform the cash-flow of their businesses. Now it's your turn.
Eukaryote Writes...
Fiber arts, mysterious dodecahedrons, and waiting on “Eureka!”
Why didn't we invent knitting before 1000 CE?
over a year ago
Why didn't we invent knitting before 1000 CE?
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Feelings
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Also, self-destructiveness stops being attractive...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Also, self-destructiveness stops being attractive some time around age 22, but for some reason people keep doing it.
Today's News:
NeuroLogica Blog
A Climate Debate Regarding Health Effects – Part I
This is the first entry in an exchange between me and Scott Hastings, who requested the exchange....
a year ago
This is the first entry in an exchange between me and Scott Hastings, who requested the exchange. This is his opening arguments. My response will be tomorrow’s post. Part I: Hi Steven, first of all, I am tremendously grateful to you for taking time to engage with me on this...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
Rest of World -...
Clickworkers are turning against each other
Brazil’s online gig workers, who power features like social media moderation and AI training, are...
a year ago
Brazil’s online gig workers, who power features like social media moderation and AI training, are increasingly wary of newcomers.
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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a month ago
Quanta Magazine
Celebrated Cryptography Algorithm Gets an Upgrade
Two researchers have improved a well-known technique for lattice basis reduction, opening up new...
a year ago
Two researchers have improved a well-known technique for lattice basis reduction, opening up new avenues for practical experiments in cryptography and mathematics.
The post Celebrated Cryptography Algorithm Gets an Upgrade first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Chris Grossack's...
Monoidal Monoidoidoids
So I was on the nlab the other day, and I saw a fantastic joke:
A 2-category is “just” a monoidal...
over a year ago
So I was on the nlab the other day, and I saw a fantastic joke:
A 2-category is “just” a monoidal monoidoidoid! Here’s a screenshot
in case the nlab page for 2-categories changes someday:
There’s a thing called the Category Theorist’s “Just”, which describes
the joy that many...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Why we ditched ‘talk to sales’ for transparent pricing
"I wonder how much this SaaS product costs to..." "Contact sales!" 😤 Contact. Sales. Two words that...
over a year ago
"I wonder how much this SaaS product costs to..." "Contact sales!" 😤 Contact. Sales. Two words that embody everything we hate about modern SaaS…
Ink & Switch
01 · Versioning and provenance for empirical research
Introducing Jacquard: a project exploring better collaborative editing environments for empirical...
4 months ago
Introducing Jacquard: a project exploring better collaborative editing environments for empirical research.
Matt Mazur
Turning Down $7k for a Side Project I Announced Two Weeks Ago I was Shutting Down
About two weeks ago I announced I was shutting down LearnGPT. After the announcement, I received a...
a year ago
About two weeks ago I announced I was shutting down LearnGPT. After the announcement, I received a lot of interest from people interested in taking it over, so I decided to try to sell it instead of shutting it down. I wound up receiving two offers, one for $6.5k and one for $7k,...
Tony Dinh's...
Dec 2022 updates and happy new year!
Hello everyone! It's Tony again with another monthly updates.
a year ago
Hello everyone! It's Tony again with another monthly updates.
Seth's Blog
Spire confusion
When architects show off their work, or propose a bold new building complex or even ask for a zoning...
10 months ago
When architects show off their work, or propose a bold new building complex or even ask for a zoning variance, the public sees the external photos. The tall spire, the innovative use of glass, the weird hole in the center of the building. And when a car company shows off a new...
Louwrentius
Installation of ZFS on Linux hangs on Debian Wheezy
This article is no longer relevant.
After a fresh net-install of Debian Wheezy, I was unable to...
over a year ago
This article is no longer relevant.
After a fresh net-install of Debian Wheezy, I was unable to compile the ZFS for Linux kernel module. I've installed apt-get install build-essential but that wasn't enough.
The apt-get install debian-zfs command would just hang.
I noticed a...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 6-12 November 2023
The very best chunks of Londonist from the past week.
a year ago
The very best chunks of Londonist from the past week.
TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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2 months ago
Maps Mania
How Well Do You Know New York's Subway?
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Amid a surge in violence in Tijuana, ride-hailing apps and authorities implement new safety measures
Uber launched a panic button linked to state-run emergency centers to keep drivers and users safe —...
3 months ago
Uber launched a panic button linked to state-run emergency centers to keep drivers and users safe — but violence remains unabated.
Vadim Kravcenko
Process Debt
I’m sure you’ve worked at companies where you felt that they were moving slowly and it was not even...
a year ago
I’m sure you’ve worked at companies where you felt that they were moving slowly and it was not even worth […]
The post Process Debt appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
The Rational Walk
Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s Uncertain Future
Warren Buffett's concerns about the regulatory climate for the utility industry has negative...
9 months ago
Warren Buffett's concerns about the regulatory climate for the utility industry has negative implications for PacifiCorp and BHE's other subsidiaries.
Data Boutique
How To Improve QA With Data Boutique For In-House Web Scraping
Independent data help you get to 99% reliability
a year ago
Independent data help you get to 99% reliability
Charles Chen
A Practical Guide to Modular Monoliths with .NET
Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
11 months ago
Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
Louwrentius
Difference of behavior in SATA Solid State Drives
Introduction
Update: I've noticed some strange behavior of SSDs when benchmarking them with FIO....
over a year ago
Introduction
Update: I've noticed some strange behavior of SSDs when benchmarking them with FIO. After further investigation and additional testing, I've found the reason for the strange patterns in the graphs.
The 'strange' test results are due to the fact that they were...
Diaries of Note
The Luminous Man
As Deputy Director-General of MI5 from 1940 to 1952, Guy Liddell was one of the its key figures...
a year ago
As Deputy Director-General of MI5 from 1940 to 1952, Guy Liddell was one of the its key figures during a pivotal time that included World War II and the early years of the Cold War. Known for his role in elaborate counter-espionage schemes including the famous “Double Cross...
diamond geezer
Why did they say that?
This post is about announcements I’ve heard on TfL services recently.
The announcements split into...
9 months ago
This post is about announcements I’ve heard on TfL services recently.
The announcements split into two groups.
a) Why did they say that?
b) Why did they say that now?
Why did they say that?
"Customers using the escalators are advised to carry pets at all times"
[Whitechapel...
Lighthouse Blog
Updates December 08: YouTube support
a year ago
Tony Finch's blog
RIPE DNS Hackathon
This weekend I was in Rotterdam for the
RIPE DNS Hackathon.
About 50 people gathered with several...
a year ago
This weekend I was in Rotterdam for the
RIPE DNS Hackathon.
About 50 people gathered with several ideas for potential projects: things
like easier DNSSEC provisioning, monitoring DNS activity in the network,
what is the environmental cost of the DNS, …
At the start of the weekend...
Inverted Passion
Notes on how Supercell is run
Supercell, the company behind the massively popular Clash of Clans game, has one of the highest...
a year ago
Supercell, the company behind the massively popular Clash of Clans game, has one of the highest valuation per employee figures out there: they’re valued at $32mn per employee. That’s insane! How do they do it? 1/ What struck me is the sheer number of games they kill each year?...
Londonist
Fancy A Crack At The Crystal Maze? This Mind-Blowing Immersive Experience Lets You Do Just That!
Start! The! Fans!
9 months ago
Tony Finch's blog
Resurrected link log
After an extremely long hiatus, I have resurrected
my link log.
As well as its web page,...
9 months ago
After an extremely long hiatus, I have resurrected
my link log.
As well as its web page, https://dotat.at/:/, my link log is shared via:
an Atom feed https://dotat.at/:/feed.atom
the fediverse https://mendeddrum.org/@fanf
Dreamwidth...
Atoms vs Bits
Don't Meet Me In The Middle
Against journey centerism
2 months ago
Against journey centerism
TokyoDev
Unbricking my MacBook took an email to Tim Cook
I previously wrote about [how my lost MacBook was returned to me with an Activation Lock on...
a year ago
I previously wrote about [how my lost MacBook was returned to me with an Activation Lock on it](https://www.tokyodev.com/articles/not-setting-up-find-my-bricked-my-macbook), and how Apple refused to unlock it for me. Well, I did manage to finally get it unlocked. All it took was...
Platformer
Microsoft just laid off one of its responsible AI teams
As the company accelerates its push into AI products, the ethics and society team is gone
a year ago
As the company accelerates its push into AI products, the ethics and society team is gone
Retail Design Blog
Gose by Bala
Bala was invited to design the label for GOSE for Cerveza Cru Cru, a beer where the main ingredient...
3 months ago
Bala was invited to design the label for GOSE for Cerveza Cru Cru, a beer where the main ingredient is...
Vadim Kravcenko
Networking as an introvert CTO
There I was, standing in the middle of a buzzing tech event that our company organized, feeling like...
a year ago
There I was, standing in the middle of a buzzing tech event that our company organized, feeling like a fish […]
The post Networking as an introvert CTO appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Entrepreneurs need to learn some law
I recently wrote a post where I said entrepreneurs need to understand term sheets on their own,...
over a year ago
I recently wrote a post where I said entrepreneurs need to understand term sheets on their own, without the assistance of lawyers. I got…
Left To Write
Some Sh*tty Career Advice From A Professional Gambler
Asymmetric betting, skill acquisition and daring to be different
a year ago
Asymmetric betting, skill acquisition and daring to be different
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Soulmate
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10 months ago
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Retail Design Blog
Jolli’s Cocoa chocolate by Studio Zak
For Jolli’s Cocoa, an artisan chocolate brand, we designed a series of packaging that captures the...
a month ago
For Jolli’s Cocoa, an artisan chocolate brand, we designed a series of packaging that captures the essence of their handcrafted...
Tinloof - Blog
How we build fast Shopify stores
It is no surprise that ecommerce page speed is a key factor in user satisfaction, conversion rates,...
a year ago
It is no surprise that ecommerce page speed is a key factor in user satisfaction, conversion rates, SEO, and brand perception.
Research clearly shows that the slower the ecommerce is, the less likely visitors are going to purchase; 79% of customers are less likely to buy again...
Seth's Blog
Five lessons from week one of This is Strategy
Once you decide to write a book about strategy, it raises the bar for having a strategy for the...
a month ago
Once you decide to write a book about strategy, it raises the bar for having a strategy for the launch. People generally focus far too much on the launch of a project. Rocketships need a perfect launch, because just about everything after the launch is simply ballistic. But most...
The Modern House
A couple’s self-renovated 1960s home built on to a 17th-century cottage in Somerset
a year ago
David Heinemeier...
Paranoia and desperation in the AI gold rush
I've ever seen so much paranoia in technology about missing out on The Next Big Thing as with AI....
7 months ago
I've ever seen so much paranoia in technology about missing out on The Next Big Thing as with AI. Companies seem less excited about the prospects than they are petrified that its going to kill them. Maybe that fear is justified, maybe it's not, but what's incontestable is the...
Prolost
M1 Max MacBook Pro Long-term Report
The 2021 MacBook Pro alongside the cable-management fail of my iMac Pro
Back in October when I got a...
over a year ago
The 2021 MacBook Pro alongside the cable-management fail of my iMac Pro
Back in October when I got a chance to use a pre-release 14″ MacBook Pro with M1 Max processor, I openly questioned whether this laptop could replace my venerable iMac Pro. Four months later, I’m back with an...
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
Diaries of Note
Heavy rains have fallen
On 18th November of 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple cult met a tragic end...
a year ago
On 18th November of 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple cult met a tragic end in Jonestown, Guyana, in a mass murder-suicide orchestrated by their leader, Jim Jones. Among the victims was Edith Roller. Born in Colorado in 1915, she had worked at San...
The Ruffian
How To Swear At Your Coworkers
Two Ways To Use Bad Language In The Workplace
a year ago
Two Ways To Use Bad Language In The Workplace
Commoncog
Setting the Business Expertise Series Free
Removing the paywall on The Business Expertise Series, which covers the work of Lia DiBello and her...
a year ago
Removing the paywall on The Business Expertise Series, which covers the work of Lia DiBello and her collaborators.
fast.ai
Practical Deep Learning for Coders 2022
A complete from-scratch rewrite of fast.ai’s most popular course, that’s been 2 years in the making.
over a year ago
A complete from-scratch rewrite of fast.ai’s most popular course, that’s been 2 years in the making.
The American Scholar
The Writing on the Wall
Augustine Sedgewick on his discovery of Henry David Thoreau’s connection to slavery
The post The...
2 months ago
Augustine Sedgewick on his discovery of Henry David Thoreau’s connection to slavery
The post The Writing on the Wall appeared first on The American Scholar.
One Useful Thing
Feats to astonish and amaze
A compendium of things I didn't think AI should be able to do
a year ago
A compendium of things I didn't think AI should be able to do
swyx's site RSS Feed
10,000 Loose Fans
I broke past 10,000 Twitter followers on Saturday. Obviously this is a completely arbitrary...
over a year ago
I broke past 10,000 Twitter followers on Saturday. Obviously this is a completely arbitrary milestone and pretty minor in the hierarchy of needs. I'm not celebrating.
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
Vadim Kravcenko
Should I quit my well-paid job to start a startup?
Short answer: Do it in your spare time. Dip your toes into the startup world without going full...
a year ago
Short answer: Do it in your spare time. Dip your toes into the startup world without going full crazy. Test […]
The post Should I quit my well-paid job to start a startup? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Londonist
Tulips In London: When And Where To See Them In And Around The Capital
Who needs Amsterdam?
9 months ago
Diaries of Note
Lenin’s tomb is remarkable
In January of 1924, a week after the death of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, his embalmed...
a year ago
In January of 1924, a week after the death of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, his embalmed body was placed on display in a temporary wooden tomb in Moscow’s Red Square—an ideological shrine that was visited by hundreds of thousands of onlookers over the next few months....
Avestura's Blog
Explaining The Postgres Meme
Have you seen this legendary SQL iceberg meme? Let's talk about it while wearing our PostgreSQL hat!
a year ago
Have you seen this legendary SQL iceberg meme? Let's talk about it while wearing our PostgreSQL hat!
Londonist
Time Travel Back To 17th Century London - With This Royalist Reenactment Along The Mall
Commemorating the execution of Charles I.
11 months ago
Commemorating the execution of Charles I.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Growth curves of startups
Pick whatever metric you want for gauging the success of a particular startup: profits, revenues,...
over a year ago
Pick whatever metric you want for gauging the success of a particular startup: profits, revenues, pageviews, etc. A graph I’d love to see is…
Seth's Blog
Catastrophizing toward action
A friend found a knobby growth near his knee. After a few doctor visits, it was diagnosed as cancer....
a month ago
A friend found a knobby growth near his knee. After a few doctor visits, it was diagnosed as cancer. A cancer diagnosis is a self-sufficient catastrophe–few people need more than that to start taking immediate action. At the same time, we live in a media culture where catastrophe...
The Pragmatic...
Weekend maintenance kicks an Italian bank offline for days
It is now day five that Italian bank Sella has its apps and internetbank down, after a weekend...
8 months ago
It is now day five that Italian bank Sella has its apps and internetbank down, after a weekend systems update went south. The problem seems to be database-related: “something, something Oracle.”
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
Jonas Hietala
Autocomplete with nvim-cmp
Autocomplete tags in the frontmatter.
Autocompletion is an absurdly powerful feature that I—and I...
7 months ago
Autocomplete tags in the frontmatter.
Autocompletion is an absurdly powerful feature that I—and I must assume most programmers—use all the time.
It’s not as crucial for writing blog posts as when you’re coding but it’s still easy to come up with examples of how autocomplete...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Being friendly has become a competitive advantage in VC
Over the last decade or two, the supply of venture capital dollars has increased dramatically at the...
over a year ago
Over the last decade or two, the supply of venture capital dollars has increased dramatically at the same time as the cost of building tech…
balajis.com
Only Newsom Can Go To China
If Nixon and Mao came to an accord, so might Newsom and Xi.
a year ago
If Nixon and Mao came to an accord, so might Newsom and Xi.
42!
How to conduct a good demo of your SaaS
Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash
Frequently, when we finish a demo session of our HR app,...
over a year ago
Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash
Frequently, when we finish a demo session of our HR app, customers will tell us “Wow, that was a great demo!” when signing off. I never really thought about it, other than the fact that I usually had a good time showing them around, and that...
Seth's Blog
Further vs. faster
Sprints and marathons are both foot races, but they have very little in common. The training is...
a month ago
Sprints and marathons are both foot races, but they have very little in common. The training is different, and so is the technique. Which one are you signing up for? What about the thing you sell? Are we trying to get there faster, or do we promise to go further?
Daniel Miessler
What Made the 90’s So Awesome?
I just read a brilliant essay about the 90’s by Freddie de Boer, and it got me thinking. What made...
a year ago
I just read a brilliant essay about the 90’s by Freddie de Boer, and it got me thinking. What made the 90’s so great? Here’s GPT’s answer: Give a 90’s lover’s view of what made the 90’s awesome. Include everything from parenting, art, entertainment, games, childhood, movies, TV,...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bang
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a year ago
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The weirdest thing is when the conscious minds start inventing reasons for all of this.
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Joel Gascoigne
Giving your startup a point of view
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Something I’ve...
over a year ago
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Something I’ve mentioned before at the start of a post
[https://joel.is/post/4132813715/acting-with-incomplete-information-in-a-startup]
is that I often look back on quotes, blogs and books I’ve...
TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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3 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Shitcan the Sass'
George
Turberville writes in his epilogue to Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets (1567):
“I write...
6 months ago
George
Turberville writes in his epilogue to Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets (1567):
“I write but of familiar stuffe because my stile is lowe.” Today we call him a
master of the “plain style,” the opposite of ornate poeticizing, along with his
contemporaries George...
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
And then, suddenly, it works
The other day a friend was demoing a new app he was working on. My first reaction was: “Yeah, yeah....
over a year ago
The other day a friend was demoing a new app he was working on. My first reaction was: “Yeah, yeah. This is nicely executed version one of…
TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
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a year ago
Blog - Bitfield...
Test names should be sentences
Tests communicate a lot of information, to readers, other developers, and
even our future selves....
8 months ago
Tests communicate a lot of information, to readers, other developers, and
even our future selves. Well-written tests focus on a single unit of
behaviour that can be described in a brief sentence, and we can use that
sentence as the name of the test.
The Marginalian
May Sarton on Writing, Gardening, and the Importance of Patience Over Will in Creative Work
"Gardening is like poetry in that it is gratuitous, and also that it cannot be done on will alone."
a year ago
"Gardening is like poetry in that it is gratuitous, and also that it cannot be done on will alone."
Common Edge
The Uneven—but Important—Legacy of Prince Charles, Architecture Critic
While his design prescriptions were too narrow, his critique of modern planning principles still...
a year ago
While his design prescriptions were too narrow, his critique of modern planning principles still holds resonance.
Tinloof - Blog
Figma variables: tips from 3 scenarios
Figma variables are a feature let you reuse and manage design elements more easily. Instead of...
a year ago
Figma variables are a feature let you reuse and manage design elements more easily. Instead of manually updating each instance of a design element, you can set a variable, like a color or padding, and apply it across your project.
If you want to make a change, you update the...
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
Maps Mania
How big are London, New York & Tokyo?
a year ago
Londonist
The Absolute Worst Things You Can Say To A Londoner
"I bought my flat in the early 2000s for 150k."
a year ago
"I bought my flat in the early 2000s for 150k."
Liz Denys
Marbled V60-style coffee cone, 2023
Sedimentary rock / canyons / weathering and erosion
a year ago
Sedimentary rock / canyons / weathering and erosion
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Caroline Whitehead
I’m a printmaker based in East London. For about eight years now, I’ve been obsessed with...
a year ago
I’m a printmaker based in East London. For about eight years now, I’ve been obsessed with alternative forms of lithography (mokulito (wood litho), kitchen litho, prontoplate litho, waterless litho, gum transfer). I also make prints on clay. As well as making my own prints, I also...
The Works in...
Issue 12: Houston, we have a solution
Plus: How Mexico built its state, the causes of the Baby Boom, and the 141-year quest for a malaria...
a year ago
Plus: How Mexico built its state, the causes of the Baby Boom, and the 141-year quest for a malaria vaccine.
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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a year ago
A Smart Bear
Your customers hate MVPs. Make a SLC instead.
"MVP" is a selfish process, abusing customers so you can "learn." SLC is an alternate philosophy...
a year ago
"MVP" is a selfish process, abusing customers so you can "learn." SLC is an alternate philosophy that results in fast, validated learning, that customers love.
Explorations of an...
A Month In Northern Peru, Part 10: The Owlet Lodge (February 11 and 12, 2024)
February 11, 2024
Laura and I were looking forward to our one-night visit to the Owlet Lodge. Up to...
5 months ago
February 11, 2024
Laura and I were looking forward to our one-night visit to the Owlet Lodge. Up to this point we had only stayed at cheap hotels, while we had also eaten simply, with at least two meals each day consisting of sandwiches/snacks that we prepared. For once, someone...
The Marginalian
Audubon on Other Minds and the Secret Knowledge of Animals
“In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with...
3 months ago
“In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear,” Henry Beston observed of other animals two generations before naturalist Sy Montgomery...
Open Culture
The Internet Archive Rescues MTV News’ Web Site, Making 460,000+ of Its Pages Searchable Again
Image via Internet Archive Last month, MTV News’ web site went missing. Or at least almost all of it...
5 months ago
Image via Internet Archive Last month, MTV News’ web site went missing. Or at least almost all of it did, including an archive of stories going back to 1997. To some of us, and especially to those of us old enough to have grown up watching MTV on actual television, that won’t...
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Whole Sky Seems to Turn Into Rain'
The storm
was brief and fierce. Wind pushed the rain horizontally, like an airborne
river. The tops...
7 months ago
The storm
was brief and fierce. Wind pushed the rain horizontally, like an airborne
river. The tops of newly planted trees touched the ground. Yard and street filled
with branches, leaves and pine cones. A block away, an oak cracked and fell,
blocking the street. We lost power at...
TokyoDev
Not setting up Find My bricked my MacBook
At the beginning of the year, I bought a new M2 MacBook Air for ¥220,800 (about 1,500 USD) on Apple...
a year ago
At the beginning of the year, I bought a new M2 MacBook Air for ¥220,800 (about 1,500 USD) on Apple Japan’s online store. Thanks to me not bothering to set up Find My, it’s now a worthless brick. To add insult to injury, I had paid ¥77,619 (500 USD) to have said brick returned to...
Steve Klabnik
The language strangeness budget
over a year ago
Luxagraf:...
In The Dunes
Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried.—Henry David Thoreau,...
a year ago
Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried.—Henry David Thoreau, Journal, March 22, 1842
Mornings grow colder with every passing day. The sunrise edges a little further south every time I crest the dunes to watch. The wind howls most mornings, a...
devonzuegel.com
Digital vs analog error correction
The purpose of this writeup was to summarize something interesting I learned recently, to make sure...
over a year ago
The purpose of this writeup was to summarize something interesting I learned recently, to make sure I understood it. I figured others might find it interesting, too.
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Digital signal processing corrects for errors better than its analog counterpart. This is one of the...
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