Aaron's Essays
Generative AI Might Just Save Venture Capital
Originally published in The Information on November 2.
For the past nine months, nearly every...
over a year ago
Originally published in The Information on November 2.
For the past nine months, nearly every investor with a Twitter account, blog or board seat has been beating a unified and constant refrain: The go-go days are done. Founders were being pushed to build 36 months of runway,...
Liz Denys
Podcast submission notes
Getting started
Web stuff & RSS
Podcasts are distributed via RSS feeds that people can subscribe to....
over a year ago
Getting started
Web stuff & RSS
Podcasts are distributed via RSS feeds that people can subscribe to. You need to generate podcast-specific RSS: start by reading Apple's requirements and looking at the RSS feeds of other podcasts.
Some specific RSS fields
<itunes:type>: You need...
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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11 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Fragility of Happiness'
Christopher Carduff, books editor at the Wall Street Journal, asked me to review
a new translation...
a year ago
Christopher Carduff, books editor at the Wall Street Journal, asked me to review
a new translation of a Russian novel due for publication in November. The proofs arrived on Thursday and I sent Chris an email letting him know I was
already reading the book. The email bounced back...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - DNA
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Hovertext:
Saint-derived nutritional supplements are also...
2 weeks ago
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Saint-derived nutritional supplements are also popular.
Today's News:
Josh Thompson
Overcome (some) barriers in work with this magic phrase
You’re sending an email to your boss about some decision point you’re facing. How should you word...
over a year ago
You’re sending an email to your boss about some decision point you’re facing. How should you word it?
Compare this wording:
Let me know if my criteria are sound, or if you have any concerns. I’d like to get started as soon as possible.
To this wording:
Unless I hear otherwise,...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
What carries you up will also bring you down
In Rules of Thumb, Alan Weber quotes legendary venture capitalist John Doerr discussing the original...
over a year ago
In Rules of Thumb, Alan Weber quotes legendary venture capitalist John Doerr discussing the original business plans for companies he…
The Honest Broker
Let's Just Admit it: The Algorithms Are Broken
So I'm begging the tech overlords to let us opt out from their dystopia
7 months ago
So I'm begging the tech overlords to let us opt out from their dystopia
The personal website...
Design better data tables
Poor tables. Where did they go wrong?
Table tetris
After being the bread and butter of the web for...
over a year ago
Poor tables. Where did they go wrong?
Table tetris
After being the bread and butter of the web for most of its early history, tables were cast aside by many designers for newer, trendier layouts. But while they might be making fewer appearances on the web these days, data tables...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Deepfake
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Hovertext:
The really sad part is when they start deepfaking...
10 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The really sad part is when they start deepfaking themselves for affirmation.
Today's News:
Max Rozen
Introducing PerfBeacon - Continuously Measure Site Speed via API or Schedule
PerfBeacon was a wrapper around Google Lighthouse that lets you continuously measure your site's...
over a year ago
PerfBeacon was a wrapper around Google Lighthouse that lets you continuously measure your site's performance via API, or a schedule
One from Nippon
$450 for a School Bag?!
Every year, around March, a curious social custom occurs in Japanese families.
Parents of kids...
11 months ago
Every year, around March, a curious social custom occurs in Japanese families.
Parents of kids entering elementary school visit the grandparents and gingerly tread the topic of buying the kids a very expensive item: a randoseru.
And gingerly they must tread. The randoseru, a...
A Beautiful Site
Moving to Node.js
The first version of Postleaf was written in PHP and lives on as Leafpub. It's a beautiful piece of...
over a year ago
The first version of Postleaf was written in PHP and lives on as Leafpub. It's a beautiful piece of software that I'm very proud of, but I decided to move the project to Node.js for a few important reasons. This is by no means a knock on PHP, which will always have a special...
Irrational...
Constraints on giving feedback.
Back when I was managing at Digg and Uber, I spent a lot of time delivering feedback to my...
8 months ago
Back when I was managing at Digg and Uber, I spent a lot of time delivering feedback to my management chain about issues in our organization. My intentions were good, but I alienated my management chain without accomplishing much. I also shared my concerns with my team, which I...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Making semantic sidenotes without JavaScript
One of the first things I learned about professional writing is that it’s best to remove all...
over a year ago
One of the first things I learned about professional writing is that it’s best to remove all unnecessary words. Problem...
Computer Things
Know (of) the right tool for the job
Last week's Picat essay did pretty well online! One of the common responses was "This looks really...
10 months ago
Last week's Picat essay did pretty well online! One of the common responses was "This looks really interesting but I don't know where I'd use it."
For Picat there was a gap of five years between me hearing about it and actually learning it. The same is true for most of the weird...
CONTEMPORIST
Wood Panels Create Hiding Places For Laundry Baskets Inside This Home
Australian-based Studio Minosa has shared photos of a kitchen and laundry renovation they completed...
2 months ago
Australian-based Studio Minosa has shared photos of a kitchen and laundry renovation they completed for a home in Sydney, that includes hidden storage elements. In the laundry, wood paneling covers the lower section of the walls and hides a collection of laundry baskets from...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Following Links
I loved this post from Chris Enns (via Robb Knight) where he outlines the rabbit hole of links he...
9 months ago
I loved this post from Chris Enns (via Robb Knight) where he outlines the rabbit hole of links he ventured down in writing that post.
It felt fun and familiar, as that’s how my own browsing goes, e.g.
“I saw X and I clicked it. Then I saw Y, so I clicked that. But then I went...
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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10 months ago
Birchtree
Gemini 2.0: speed and deep research impress
From The Keyword Google blog: Introducing Gemini 2.0: Our New AI Model for the Agentic Era
Today...
a week ago
From The Keyword Google blog: Introducing Gemini 2.0: Our New AI Model for the Agentic Era
Today we’re excited to launch our next era of models built for this new agentic era: introducing Gemini 2.0, our most capable model yet. With new advances in multimodality —
Data Boutique
How Data Boutique Works #2: Volume Discounts
The volume-related pricing system explained
9 months ago
The volume-related pricing system explained
Retail Design Blog
Okkio Nguyễn Siêu Café by Red5studio
Okkio is a boutique coffee brand in Sai Gon. As a follow-up to the project RED5 designed three years...
3 months ago
Okkio is a boutique coffee brand in Sai Gon. As a follow-up to the project RED5 designed three years ago,...
Mark Manson
5 Ways to Get Rid of Anxiety
We're living in an era where anxiety seems to be omnipresent, and everyone is struggling with it to...
a year ago
We're living in an era where anxiety seems to be omnipresent, and everyone is struggling with it to some degree.
It's important to remember that the reasons behind our anxiety may not be as crucial as our reactions to it. In this guide, let's explore five comprehensive ways to...
latest projects -...
Hand-cranked Flux Capacitor
[Concept] Control the flow of time
a year ago
[Concept] Control the flow of time
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Cuffed
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The weird part is how she's levitating 6 feet off...
11 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The weird part is how she's levitating 6 feet off the ground.
Today's News:
Math Is Still...
How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles
As computer-driven cars and planes become more common, the key to preventing accidents, researchers...
11 months ago
As computer-driven cars and planes become more common, the key to preventing accidents, researchers show, is to know what you don’t know.
The post How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Looking back
When I started this journal, it was still very unclear what it would mean to get covid. If only I...
over a year ago
When I started this journal, it was still very unclear what it would mean to get covid. If only I...
The Pragmatic...
An educational side project
What does a great side project look like, which helps learn new technologies, but also helps stand...
a year ago
What does a great side project look like, which helps learn new technologies, but also helps stand out when looking for a new job? Analysis of an Uber simulation app, built from scratch.
Home on Erik...
Why software projects take longer than you think: a statistical model
Anyone who built software for a while knows that estimating how long something is going to take is...
over a year ago
Anyone who built software for a while knows that estimating how long something is going to take is hard. It's hard to come up with an unbiased estimate of how long something will take, when fundamentally the work in itself is about solving something.
Remains of the Day
What I learned from a Taipei alley
I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy...
over a year ago
I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy schedule, it wasn't like my usual travels abroad for fun, it felt more like a work trip. Still, even if I'd been there purely for vacation, I would've wanted to try a different mode of...
blag
Zero Disk Architecture
State is pain. The next generation of infrastructure tools will be built on diskless paradigm. In...
a month ago
State is pain. The next generation of infrastructure tools will be built on diskless paradigm. In this short post I will explain what is Diskless / Zero Disk Architecture
Calculated Risk
Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December 2024
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market;...
a week ago
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December 2024
A brief excerpt:
Earlier this week, in Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December 2024 I reviewed home inventory, housing...
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Kind of Masochism Afoot in Modern Aesthetics'
“Is there a
kind of masochism afoot in modern aesthetics whereby the leaden and the dull
acquire...
5 months ago
“Is there a
kind of masochism afoot in modern aesthetics whereby the leaden and the dull
acquire significance simply because the beaten spirit would seem to claim more
seriousness than a more robust struggle with the exigencies of things?”
This
elegantly crafted question, at...
Mark Manson
4 Fascinating Psychological Theories That Explain Your Whole Life
Welcome, dear readers, to a mind-bending adventure into the labyrinth of the human psyche. We're...
a year ago
Welcome, dear readers, to a mind-bending adventure into the labyrinth of the human psyche. We're going to embark on an odyssey through the catacombs of cognition, the jungles of the subconscious, and a wild ride into the boundless depths of human behavior—with four psychological...
Open Culture
Stephen Fry Explains Why Artificial Intelligence Has a “70% Risk of Killing Us All”
Apart from his comedic, dramatic, and literary endeavors, Stephen Fry is widely known for his avowed...
5 months ago
Apart from his comedic, dramatic, and literary endeavors, Stephen Fry is widely known for his avowed technophilia. He once wrote a column on that theme, “Dork Talk,” for the Guardian, in whose inaugural dispatch he laid out his credentials by claiming to have been the owner of...
Posts on Made of...
Computers can be understood
Introduction This post attempts to describe a mindset I’ve come to realize I bring to essentially...
over a year ago
Introduction This post attempts to describe a mindset I’ve come to realize I bring to essentially all of my work with software. I attempt to articulate this mindset, some of its implications and strengths, and some of the ways in which it’s lead me astray.
Software can be...
Noahpinion
Harris has the right idea on housing
It has to be managed as both a consumer good and as an asset class.
4 months ago
It has to be managed as both a consumer good and as an asset class.
essay – snarfed.org
Policing misinformation
Unpopular opinion: I have deep reservations about policing misinformation. I’m a big believer in the...
a year ago
Unpopular opinion: I have deep reservations about policing misinformation. I’m a big believer in the demarcation problem: in the general case, there’s no shortcut to determining objective truth. It’s similar to the halting problem in computer science: if we want to know whether a...
HTMHell
The search input: They almost got it right
by Steve Frenzel
This example is a classic - in a bad way - and can cause quite some confusion for...
yesterday
by Steve Frenzel
This example is a classic - in a bad way - and can cause quite some confusion for users of assistive technology (AT). But it's also very easy to fix! It's the <input> element missing its dear friend, the <label>... 😭
Bad code
<input placeholder="Search" />
It's...
Seth's Blog
“Not your best ever”
In order to have a best ever, hearing this is part of the deal. Each thing is not going to top...
6 months ago
In order to have a best ever, hearing this is part of the deal. Each thing is not going to top everything that came before it. Progress is rarely smooth.
Rest of World -...
The chatbot answering modern-day questions about an ancient religion
JainGPT answers inquiries ranging from “What is Jainism?” to “What happens after we die?”
2 months ago
JainGPT answers inquiries ranging from “What is Jainism?” to “What happens after we die?”
ntietz.com blog
Avoid multitasking to write better code
Multitasking is incredibly alluring. Why go slowly, doing one thing at a time, if you could get a...
over a year ago
Multitasking is incredibly alluring. Why go slowly, doing one thing at a time, if you could get a second thing done? Why not fill those five seconds while your code compiles with reading an article about the latest web frameworks?
In fact, multitasking is hiding everywhere in...
essay – snarfed.org
Content negotiation considered harmful
Matilda, 1996 Content negotiation is a feature of HTTP that lets clients ask for, and servers...
a year ago
Matilda, 1996 Content negotiation is a feature of HTTP that lets clients ask for, and servers return, different content types based on the request’s Accept header. Sounds great, right? Well, no. Content negotiation is the classic example of an idea that sounds good in theory, but...
TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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11 months ago
Citation Needed
Issue 43 – Laser eyes
Two crypto firms emerge from bankruptcy, and a Bored Ape party turns out even worse than it sounds.
a year ago
Two crypto firms emerge from bankruptcy, and a Bored Ape party turns out even worse than it sounds.
Basta’s Notes
Matt Basta: purveyor of fake news
A story about how I accidentally duped the Bay Area press in 2013
a year ago
A story about how I accidentally duped the Bay Area press in 2013
Lars Lofgren
How Live Chat Tools Impact Conversions and Why I Launched a Bad Variant
Do those live chat tools actually help your business? Will they get you more customers by allowing...
over a year ago
Do those live chat tools actually help your business? Will they get you more customers by allowing your visitors to chat directly with your team? Like most tests, you can come up with theories that sound great for both sides. Pro Live Chat Theory: Having a live chat tool helps...
Folklore.org:...
Reality Distortion Field
Bud defines Steve's unique talent
a year ago
Bud defines Steve's unique talent
Arduino Blog
Explore two ways to white label with Arduino Cloud
We’re excited to announce a brand-new feature called “Custom Branding,” which allows Enterprise plan...
7 months ago
We’re excited to announce a brand-new feature called “Custom Branding,” which allows Enterprise plan users to white label their workspace and enhance the overall user experience. This announcement is exciting because it empowers businesses to create a truly tailored environment...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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9 months ago
The Marginalian
The Pleasure of Being Left Alone
"An exquisite peace obtains: a drowsy, golden peace, flowing honey-sweet over my dwelling, soaking...
6 months ago
"An exquisite peace obtains: a drowsy, golden peace, flowing honey-sweet over my dwelling, soaking it, dripping like music from the walls... A peace for gods; a divine emptiness."
Seth's Blog
It’s Mac Day (#40)
A lot shifted when the Apple Macintosh was introduced, and it wasn’t about the RAM, the chips or the...
11 months ago
A lot shifted when the Apple Macintosh was introduced, and it wasn’t about the RAM, the chips or the processor speed. Our world changed forty years ago today. Marketing, technology, commerce, luxury brands, communities, communication and our expectations for how we might spend...
Math Is Still...
These Moons Are Dark and Frozen. So How Can They Have Oceans?
The moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn appear to have subsurface oceans — tantalizing targets in the...
a year ago
The moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn appear to have subsurface oceans — tantalizing targets in the search for life beyond Earth. But it’s not clear why these seas exist at all.
The post These Moons Are Dark and Frozen. So How Can They Have Oceans? first appeared on...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Contrived
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
How come nobody ever considers the increased CO2...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
How come nobody ever considers the increased CO2 emissions of causing the trolley to switch tracks?
Today's News:
Another prestigious publication compelled to say Weinersmith.
Map of the Week
Paris Olympics 1924
Paris will host the Olympics in a few days. They previously hosted them 100 years ago. Here is a...
5 months ago
Paris will host the Olympics in a few days. They previously hosted them 100 years ago. Here is a small map of the 1924 Olympic venues.
via metropolitiques
Artist Pauline de Langre has some nice, artistic maps showing the venues in 1924 and 2024.
A bit hard to read at this...
alexwlchan
Turning off ECS tasks overnight using an EventBridge Schedule
At work, we have a bunch of ECS services that run 24/7, even though they don’t need to.
For example,...
a year ago
At work, we have a bunch of ECS services that run 24/7, even though they don’t need to.
For example, we have a staging version of our website, where we test new changes before they’re deployed to the live site.
We’re only making changes during UK office hours, so running the...
Liz Denys
Early one morning
The view shortly after waking up while camping at Marshall Beach, Point Reyes.
over a year ago
The view shortly after waking up while camping at Marshall Beach, Point Reyes.
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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2 months ago
Rest of World -...
Uber hates this app that tells drivers whether it’s worth picking you up
Brazil’s StopClub app shows drivers what every minute and mile of your ride is worth.
a year ago
Brazil’s StopClub app shows drivers what every minute and mile of your ride is worth.
Londonist
The Notable Benches Of London
64 unusual benches in one graphic (you might want to sit down).
10 months ago
64 unusual benches in one graphic (you might want to sit down).
balajis.com
California Is Not A Democracy
It's a one-party state. They hold elections, but the Party always wins.
6 months ago
It's a one-party state. They hold elections, but the Party always wins.
Dustin Curtis
Blocked
A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture...
2 months ago
A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to block me. Since then, I have been unable to view his posts1, which is a shame because I valued his thoughts and opinions.
Today, X engineering announced...
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
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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2 weeks ago
Old Structures...
The Slab
Every sizable city has one or more locally-specific building types, based on the culture and...
5 months ago
Every sizable city has one or more locally-specific building types, based on the culture and economics of real estate there. Some of the causes are rational, like the size of rowhouses being related to the wealth of a neighborhood; some are not, like the high stoops used in New...
David Perell
Imitate, then Innovate
Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.
It’s counterintuitive, but the more...
over a year ago
Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.
It’s counterintuitive, but the more we imitate others, the faster we can discover our unique style.
The post Imitate, then Innovate appeared first on David Perell.
Tech and Tea
When your post hits #1 on Hacker News
A behind-the-scenes look at my initial reaction 😬, all the stats, cross-posting to Medium, and...
a year ago
A behind-the-scenes look at my initial reaction 😬, all the stats, cross-posting to Medium, and lessons learned
Oykun
Introvert Designer
I’m an introvert. Unfortunately, I have discovered this term and its true meaning quite late in my...
over a year ago
I’m an introvert. Unfortunately, I have discovered this term and its true meaning quite late in my life. I have always been the person who talks less in a large group. I've always preferred to be either by myself or with a small number of people
The Marginalian
Flowers for Things I Don’t Know How to Say: A Tender Painted Lexicon of Consolation and Connection
“To be a Flower is profound Responsibility,” Emily Dickinson wrote. From the moment she pressed the...
7 months ago
“To be a Flower is profound Responsibility,” Emily Dickinson wrote. From the moment she pressed the first wildflower into her astonishing teenage herbarium until the moment Susan pinned a violet to her alabaster chest in the casket, she filled her poems with flowers and made of...
Jonas Hietala
Dijkstra's Algorithm
For rust, I’m updating the documentation for the standard library and specifically with the...
over a year ago
For rust, I’m updating the documentation for the standard library and specifically with the collections. For the priority queue I had the idea to use Dijkstra’s algorithm as a fun example. That idea was well received and that example is now live.
At first I wanted to use A* to...
Handprinted - Blog
In the Studio 2022
We have had the pleasure of hosting lots of new and exciting Fab Friday workshops and wonderful...
over a year ago
We have had the pleasure of hosting lots of new and exciting Fab Friday workshops and wonderful Guest Tutors in 2022, exploring a variety of printmaking techniques. Take a look at this selection of work produced by students throughout the year:
Life Drawing - Mono Screen...
Seth's Blog
Foundering or floundering?
Floundering is flopping around and making little progress. A Dutch word for getting mired and lost....
2 months ago
Floundering is flopping around and making little progress. A Dutch word for getting mired and lost. Foundering is what we call it when the ship goes down. It’s an ancient French word based on bottom. Too often, in our desperate attempt to not founder, we flounder. Better, I...
Noahpinion
Market-rate housing will make your city cheaper
Yes, market-rate!
9 months ago
The DESK Magazine
5 hard truths for young designers
Stop reading right now if you’re looking for feel-good advice. This is not going to be that kind of...
6 months ago
Stop reading right now if you’re looking for feel-good advice. This is not going to be that kind of article.
Noahpinion
Try patriotism
A repost, with some updates.
8 months ago
A repost, with some updates.
TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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a year ago
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
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.
Farnam Street
Lessons on Leadership: Michael Abrashoff on Turning the Worst Ship in the Navy into the Best
Michael Abrashoff was in his mid-thirties when he took command of the USS Benfold, a guided missile...
over a year ago
Michael Abrashoff was in his mid-thirties when he took command of the USS Benfold, a guided missile destroyer and one of the worst-performing ships in the navy. Despite her potency, the “dysfunctional ship had a sullen crew that resented being there and could not wait to get out...
diamond geezer
The 47th President
Two months ago I asked you the following question.
Who do you think will be the next American...
a month ago
Two months ago I asked you the following question.
Who do you think will be the next American President? (poll closed)
Kamala
HARRIS
comments (71)
Donald
TRUMP
comments (29)
And now here we are the morning after the election. A red dawn is rising.
10 comments from readers...
The Ruffian
The Infrastructure of Genius
Behind every radical breakthrough is someone trying hold back change (or what ABBA and Adam Smith...
a year ago
Behind every radical breakthrough is someone trying hold back change (or what ABBA and Adam Smith have in common)
TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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a year ago
Retail Design Blog
Baker by Saeed Haroun
Our packaging design for Baker brand is a celebration of innovation, seamlessly blending tradition...
6 months ago
Our packaging design for Baker brand is a celebration of innovation, seamlessly blending tradition with contemporary flair to create a...
Old Structures...
Happy Thanksgiving
And the menu above provides a goal for dinner.
a year ago
And the menu above provides a goal for dinner.
The Marginalian
An Introvert’s Field Guide to Friendship: Thoreau on the Challenges and Rewards of the Art of...
"We only need to be as true to others as we are to ourselves that there may be ground enough for...
a year ago
"We only need to be as true to others as we are to ourselves that there may be ground enough for friendship."
Fonts In Use: Blog...
WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)
Contributed by Nick Sherman
Source: entertainment.ha.com License: All Rights Reserved.
Original...
over a year ago
Contributed by Nick Sherman
Source: entertainment.ha.com License: All Rights Reserved.
Original WAR IS OVER! postcard.
The War Is Over! campaign for peace was launched 50 years ago this week by Yoko Ono & John Lennon. On December 15, 1969, a series of billboards, leaflets,...
History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
Old Structures...
Happy Thanksgiving
‘Nuff said.
3 weeks ago
Gwern.net Newsletter
June gwern.net newsletter
June 2020 gwern.net newsletter with 3 new pages/essays, and links on CRISPR, population screening,...
over a year ago
June 2020 gwern.net newsletter with 3 new pages/essays, and links on CRISPR, population screening, AI scaling, politics, and technological unemployment.
mtlynch.io
Start Small, Stay Small by Rob Walling
I wish that I had found this book nine years ago. It taught me a great deal about choosing the right...
over a year ago
I wish that I had found this book nine years ago. It taught me a great deal about choosing the right product to build and the advantages of targeting small niches. The author makes compelling points about the importance of marketing and small founders’ common pitfall of treating...
TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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4 months ago
Probably...
The Overton Paradox in Three Graphs
Older people are more likely to say they are conservative. And older people believe more...
a year ago
Older people are more likely to say they are conservative. And older people believe more conservative things. But if you group people by decade of birth, most groups get more liberal as they get older. So if people get more liberal, on average, why are they more likely to say...
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
swyx's site RSS Feed
My New Startup Checklist
some of you may know I've recently started a new company. I'm not ready to talk about -that- yet,...
a year ago
some of you may know I've recently started a new company. I'm not ready to talk about -that- yet, but I did want to capture some notes on logistical stuff I have had to ramp up on as a first time founder. hopefully this helps somebody out there.
diamond geezer
One Stop Beyond
But what are the first stations beyond the Greater London boundary?
Herts
Moor Park...
4 months ago
But what are the first stations beyond the Greater London boundary?
Herts
Moor Park z6/7
Carpenders Park z7
Herts
Elstree and
Borehamwood z6
Potters Bar
Herts
Cuffley
Theobalds Grove z7
Waltham Cross z7
Essex
Buckhurst Hill z5
Roding Valley z4
Grange Hill...
Seth's Blog
The head of marketing
It’s easy to be confused about this job, because it’s not one job, it’s at least three. This is why...
a year ago
It’s easy to be confused about this job, because it’s not one job, it’s at least three. This is why it’s a difficult job to fill, and why turnover is so high–we’re not allocating resources or setting expectations in a way that matches the work to be done. Marketing strategy: This...
TokyoDev
A four-stage approach for hiring women on your engineering team
“We’d love to have woman engineers on our team, but we don’t get any applying to us” is a common...
9 months ago
“We’d love to have woman engineers on our team, but we don’t get any applying to us” is a common sentiment I’ve heard from startup founders, both in Japan as well as my home country, the United States.
If you’re in a similar position, and looking to increase the gender...
Maps Mania
The World's Bioregions & Ecosystems Mapped
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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a year ago
Retail Design Blog
10 Prospect Life Science Hub by SGA
SGA designed the 10 Prospect project in Somerville, featuring a lab-ready facility with materials...
a month ago
SGA designed the 10 Prospect project in Somerville, featuring a lab-ready facility with materials reflecting the area’s industrial history, emphasizing...
Noahpinion
How Paul Krugman changed the public face of economics
He's a great economist, but he also changed how we talk about the subject.
2 weeks ago
He's a great economist, but he also changed how we talk about the subject.
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Pristine Caldera of Consonants'
The subject
of quarks came up in conversation with an electrical engineer. We didn’t linger
but I...
6 months ago
The subject
of quarks came up in conversation with an electrical engineer. We didn’t linger
but I got to explain its etymology. The word for the subatomic particle was
coined by the physicist Murray Gell-Mann, who borrowed it from Finnegans Wake: “Three quarks for Muster
Mark!”...
nanoscale views
Materials families: Halide perovskites
Looking back, I realized that I haven't written much about halide perovskites, which is quite an...
6 months ago
Looking back, I realized that I haven't written much about halide perovskites, which is quite an oversight given how much research impact they're having. I'm not an expert, and there are multiple extensive review articles out there (e.g. here, here, here, here, here), so this...
Louwrentius
Setting up a Jabber instant messaging server |_http-title: Site doesn't have a title (text/html;...
I wanted to see how dificult it is to setup an instant messaging server based on open source...
over a year ago
I wanted to see how dificult it is to setup an instant messaging server based on open source software. Now I know that it is very easy, unless you are stubborn and do things your own way. In this example, I'm setting up a small IM server that is only for internal company use, but...
diamond geezer
Poverest
This is a sponsored post on behalf of the Poverest Tourist Board
Visit Poverest - London's Secret...
3 months ago
This is a sponsored post on behalf of the Poverest Tourist Board
Visit Poverest - London's Secret Leisure Destination
Poverest, the charming outer London suburb handily located on the Chislehurst Road, where a good time is always on offer. [map]
Ask anyone in Poverest where...
The Honest Broker
How Picasso Turned Me into a Strategy Consultant
I share a shameful incident from my student days
6 months ago
I share a shameful incident from my student days
Buck on Software
Crypto and Chasing the Dragon
Marc and Ben’s midlife crisis and the Crypto Crusades
over a year ago
Marc and Ben’s midlife crisis and the Crypto Crusades
The Rational Walk
The Digest #226
Warren Buffett donates $1.15 billion to his family foundations
4 weeks ago
Warren Buffett donates $1.15 billion to his family foundations
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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a month ago
Ken Shirriff's blog
Inside a vintage aerospace navigation computer of uncertain purpose
I recently obtained an aerospace computer from the early 1970s, apparently part of a navigation...
7 months ago
I recently obtained an aerospace computer from the early 1970s, apparently part of a navigation system.
Aerospace computers are an interesting but mostly neglected area of computer hardware, so I'm always delighted to
examine one up close.
In an era when most computers were large...
Old Structures...
What’s In A Name?
Apartment houses everywhere often have names seemingly disconnected from their surroundings. I grew...
2 months ago
Apartment houses everywhere often have names seemingly disconnected from their surroundings. I grew up in a building that was for no apparent reason called the Westgate, although at least the building immediately to its east was called the Eastgate. (There was no gate between...
Birchtree
Somehow, more YouTube gems
Yup, we’re doing this again because you all seem to like them an honestly I kinda like making them...
5 days ago
Yup, we’re doing this again because you all seem to like them an honestly I kinda like making them 😊
I love Answer in Progress, especially Sabrina’s videos, and she gets about as obsessed with anything she’s ever looked at in this episode (and
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Equation
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The real fantasy is clearly a VR suit with a food...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The real fantasy is clearly a VR suit with a food tube and a lack of perception that you're in the VR suit with a food tube.
Today's News:
ICYMI, BAHFest London is back. 35% of tickets are already gone a month out and we haven't...
Transit Maps
Submission – New Official Map: UTA Rail and BRT Map, 2023
Submitted by Browne, who says: UTA, the primary transit provider for northern Utah, has officially...
a year ago
Submitted by Browne, who says: UTA, the primary transit provider for northern Utah, has officially launched its newest BRT service, and with it, a new transit map. The OGX is a new BRT route from Ogden Central Station, downtown, Weber State University, and down to McKay-Dee...
devonzuegel.com
Tutorial: Telegram → Logseq quick notes
I've long wanted a notes app with an optional chat style interface for append-only notes. The idea...
over a year ago
I've long wanted a notes app with an optional chat style interface for append-only notes. The idea is that I'll use the simpler append-only interface while on the go, and then use full-featured interface to review, edit, and organize those notes when I'm back at my computer.
I...
Good Enough
The Space Between Us
Good Enough is a fully-remote team, and I think it's safe to say that we'll never have a physical...
a year ago
Good Enough is a fully-remote team, and I think it's safe to say that we'll never have a physical office. I've been working remotely for more than ten years, and overall I really like it. I love the flexibility it affords, being more present with our families, and that my...
Ralph Ammer
Show me!
Why do we like images? Because they help us understand things. But what does that mean?...
7 months ago
Why do we like images? Because they help us understand things. But what does that mean? Understanding Well, the world is complicated. And in order to make good decisions we need to know what is going on. Language can help us structure the world. So one way to understand things...
Rest of World -...
Mexico is using an AI-powered app to prevent suicides
MeMind has connected 10,000 at-risk people with mental health treatment, contributing to a 9% drop...
a week ago
MeMind has connected 10,000 at-risk people with mental health treatment, contributing to a 9% drop in suicides.
The Great Discontent...
Giorgia Lupi
Emergence Issue: TGD’s fifth issue features a dynamic group of 15 creators who are deeply committed...
over a year ago
Emergence Issue: TGD’s fifth issue features a dynamic group of 15 creators who are deeply committed to addressing systematic challenges in their communities through creativity and emerging ideologies. Buy Now Can you speak a little bit about where you grew up and how that place...
NeuroLogica Blog
How Substance Abuse Affects the Brain
I will acknowledge up front that I never drink, ever. The concept of deliberately consuming a known...
a year ago
I will acknowledge up front that I never drink, ever. The concept of deliberately consuming a known poison to impair the functioning of your brain never appealed to me. Also, I am a bit of a supertaster, and the taste of alcohol to me is horrible – it overwhelms any other...
Ruud van Asseldonk
A type system for RCL, part 3: Related work
5 months ago
Londonist
40+ Rather Splendid Things To Do In London This Month: December 2023
From the first day of advent, through to New Year's Eve.
a year ago
From the first day of advent, through to New Year's Eve.
The Pragmatic...
Is Critical Thinking the Most Important Skill for Knowledge Workers?
Critical thinking will only become more important as AI tools spread more. How can you get better at...
a year ago
Critical thinking will only become more important as AI tools spread more. How can you get better at this, and why should you reject jargon and "thought leaders?"
Nela Dunato Art &...
Art Day: How to make time for creative projects while busy with client work
Self-employed creative professionals have significantly more control over our schedules than those...
a month ago
Self-employed creative professionals have significantly more control over our schedules than those employed in other organizations, but finding time for our own art can still be a challenge. While I was writing and editing my first book, I started using a technique that helped me...
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
Platformer
An Epic win jolts Google
The company's app store monopoly has been ruled illegal, and the ramifications will extend well...
a year ago
The company's app store monopoly has been ruled illegal, and the ramifications will extend well beyond Fortnite
The Convivial...
The Thing That Is Silence
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 14
11 months ago
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 14
Old Structures...
Obvious In Restrospect
The first real commuter rail in New York was the New York and Harlem Railroad, which eventually...
11 months ago
The first real commuter rail in New York was the New York and Harlem Railroad, which eventually served, through a combination of horse-drawn street cars and heavy rail, from lower Manhattan to Chatham, New York, not far south of Albany. The portion in Manhattan south of 23rd...
Blog - Guerrilla...
TRANSitar Lima
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: Who has the right to move freely through the city and who doesn’t?
Map of...
a year ago
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: Who has the right to move freely through the city and who doesn’t?
Map of Lima, Peru
About the project
TRANSitar Lima is a project that seeks to create a visual record of transphobic violence, based on collective mapping sessions. Trans, transvestites, and...
Arduino Blog
Machine-to-machine communication is easier than ever: Opta now supports OPC UA
OPC Unified Architecture – OPC UA in short – is a cross-platform, open-source machine-to-machine...
a month ago
OPC Unified Architecture – OPC UA in short – is a cross-platform, open-source machine-to-machine communication protocol for industrial automation. It was developed by the Open Platform Communications (OPC) Foundation and is defined in detail in the IEC 62541 standard. With the...
Internal Tech Emails
Microsoft execs on Apple's music store
We were smoked.
a year ago
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
4 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
diamond geezer
Hidden Overground Histories
Hidden Overground Histories
“There are so many fascinating, and often forgotten, stories from our...
10 months ago
Hidden Overground Histories
“There are so many fascinating, and often forgotten, stories from our city that should be told and remembered. Naming the lines will not only help educate visitors about our amazing city and its incredible history but will also make it easier for...
Mazdak
Compound Interest: A Comprehensive Guide
Compound interest is often called the "eighth wonder of the world" and for good reason.
a month ago
Compound interest is often called the "eighth wonder of the world" and for good reason.
The Rational Walk
The Digest #223
Corporate Taxes, Election Gambling in 1916, Berkshire's Cash, Treasury Inflation Protected...
a month ago
Corporate Taxes, Election Gambling in 1916, Berkshire's Cash, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, Market Prices as Political Predictors, The Three Indias, Semiconductor Progress
FIRE v London
May ’23: Magic megatech
May has been election month. In the UK, some (but not all – and not London) local councils had...
a year ago
May has been election month. In the UK, some (but not all – and not London) local councils had elections. The Tories took a drubbing, as expected. And overseas the notable election seemed to be Turkey, where autocratic Erdogan won (however fairly) another five year term – taking...
The Works in...
The Power of the Earth
On the future of geothermal energy
10 months ago
On the future of geothermal energy
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
Londonist
Tulips In London: When And Where To See Them In And Around The Capital
Who needs Amsterdam?
9 months ago
AI Snake Oil
We Looked at 78 Election Deepfakes. Political Misinformation is not an AI Problem.
Technology Isn’t the Problem—or the Solution.
a week ago
Technology Isn’t the Problem—or the Solution.
AFAR Media - Travel...
Exclusive Beach Club Experiences: Mexico's Riviera Maya & Beyond
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
CONTEMPORIST
An Apartment Designed With Cats In Mind
AODA Interior Design Co. has shared photos of an apartment interior in Taiwan they recently...
2 months ago
AODA Interior Design Co. has shared photos of an apartment interior in Taiwan they recently completed, that includes a variety of design elements specifically for the home owners cats. The clients are a couple with four cats and two medium-to-large dogs. Previously, they lived in...
TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
The Marginalian
A Glow in the Consciousness: The Continuous Creative Act of Seeing Clearly
"Simply to look on anything... with the love that penetrates to its essence, is to widen the domain...
6 months ago
"Simply to look on anything... with the love that penetrates to its essence, is to widen the domain of being in the vastness of non-being."
Noahpinion
Thinking about "temporary hardship"
America needs austerity. But is Musk's plan the right kind of austerity?
a month ago
America needs austerity. But is Musk's plan the right kind of austerity?
Diaries of Note
Our worst fears are realized
On 2nd June 1854, following a failed rescue attempt at the courthouse, huge numbers of angry...
a year ago
On 2nd June 1854, following a failed rescue attempt at the courthouse, huge numbers of angry protesters lined the streets of Boston as hundreds of federal soldiers led twenty-year-old Anthony Burns to the harbour where he was to be shipped to Virginia, back to the life of slavery...
Jonas Hietala
The ASIC pit of despair
Monero has once again changed the POW to brick ASICs following confirmation that 85% of Monero’s...
over a year ago
Monero has once again changed the POW to brick ASICs following confirmation that 85% of Monero’s hashrate were ASICs.
Recurring hard forks to brick ASICs is a very dangerous game and what better to illustrate this than with an xkcd-style plot?
You’re safe on the edges but how do...
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.
Noahpinion
Why on Earth does Trump want to cancel the CHIPS Act??
A second Trump presidency would truly be a gift to Xi Jinping.
a month ago
A second Trump presidency would truly be a gift to Xi Jinping.
99% Invisible
The Frankfurt Kitchen [EPISODE]
After World War I, in Frankfurt, Germany, the city government was taking on a big project. A lot of...
a year ago
After World War I, in Frankfurt, Germany, the city government was taking on a big project. A lot of residents were in dire straits, and in the second half of the 1920s, the city built over 10,000 public housing units. It was some of the earliest modern architecture — simple,...
ntietz.com blog -...
Using Talon in a game jam
I use Talon to control my computer some of the time.
It's mostly voice control, but it has so many...
a month ago
I use Talon to control my computer some of the time.
It's mostly voice control, but it has so many other controls built in!
One lets you use an eye tracker as a mouse.
I thought this sounded like a neat interaction for other situations too.
When I mentioned this to a friend, he...
latest projects -...
Smallest USB-C MIDI Synth
[Hardware] The smallest and silliest MIDI synth yet
a year ago
[Hardware] The smallest and silliest MIDI synth yet
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Dayton, Ohio Part 7 (Hodgepodge)
The Dayton trip came to an end but I still had a bunch of stuff to talk about that didn’t fit into...
7 months ago
The Dayton trip came to an end but I still had a bunch of stuff to talk about that didn’t fit into any of the earlier articles. Naturally I’ve collected them all together within this final compilation to serve as a wrap-up. Then we can call this one done and move onto the next...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Taste
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Really, without the heart medication and...
3 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Really, without the heart medication and microplastics you don't get the proper terroire.
Today's News:
Ruud van Asseldonk
A reasonable configuration language
10 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 3-4 February 2024
New exhibitions, a flower show and a light festival in a church.
11 months ago
New exhibitions, a flower show and a light festival in a church.
Blog - Practical...
How This Bridge Was Rebuilt in 15 Days After Hurricane Ian
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
On September 28, 2022,...
over a year ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall on the western coast of Florida as a Category 4 storm, bringing enormous volumes of rainfall and extreme winds to the state. Ian was the deadliest hurricane to...
diamond geezer
Snowflakes
A lot has been added to the tube map in recent years. Accessibility blobs, walking connections,...
a year ago
A lot has been added to the tube map in recent years. Accessibility blobs, walking connections, cablecars, trams, river piers and most recently Thameslink, all have been shoehorned into an increasingly cluttered diagram. But whatever ridiculous woke nonsense have they added...
Making software...
Browser History Sucks
Browser History Sucks
2019-04-20
Have you ever needed to step back through your browser history to...
over a year ago
Browser History Sucks
2019-04-20
Have you ever needed to step back through your browser history to find a particular site or product? Do you remember that experience being good? Most likely not.
Much like printers, the design of browser history interfaces hasn't changed in years....
The Marginalian
How People Change: Psychoanalyst Allen Wheelis on the Essence of Freedom and the Two Elements of...
"We create ourselves. The sequence is suffering, insight, will, action, change."
a year ago
"We create ourselves. The sequence is suffering, insight, will, action, change."
SatPost by Trung...
The Psychology of Disneyland
From Walt Disney's original vision to Imagineering to pricing strategy.
a year ago
From Walt Disney's original vision to Imagineering to pricing strategy.
Construction Physics
The Birth of the Grid
The day must come when electricity will be for everyone, as the waters of the rivers and the wind of...
a year ago
The day must come when electricity will be for everyone, as the waters of the rivers and the wind of heaven. It should not merely be supplied, but lavished, that men may use it at their will, as the air they breathe. - Emile Zola, “Travail”, 1901
David Heinemeier...
There are no secrets left
First-time entrepreneurs are often insecure about all the things they believe they don’t know. Maybe...
11 months ago
First-time entrepreneurs are often insecure about all the things they believe they don’t know. Maybe if they just get this one investor involved, they’ll know everything they need to do to crack product-market fit. Maybe if they just compose a board full of smart people, they’ll...
Common Edge
What Los Angeles Transit Could Learn From Charlotte
On accidentally discovering the Queen City’s wonderful light rail system.
a year ago
On accidentally discovering the Queen City’s wonderful light rail system.
Rest of World -...
Around the world with Rest of World
Put your geography knowledge to the test.
3 months ago
Put your geography knowledge to the test.
Noahpinion
What's up with those revised job numbers?
Government data revisions can be scary, but they actually aren't that hard to understand.
4 months ago
Government data revisions can be scary, but they actually aren't that hard to understand.
Spoon & Tamago
Tenohira Hanabi Let’s You Enjoy Sparklers in the Palm of Your Hand
Senko hanabi, literally meaning ‘incense fireworks,’ are small and subtle sparklers that are packed...
5 months ago
Senko hanabi, literally meaning ‘incense fireworks,’ are small and subtle sparklers that are packed with about 10 seconds of delicate pyrotechnics. Typically sold alongside other handheld fireworks, the unspoken rule is that senko hanabi are reserved for the grand finale....
The Modern House
A handsome mid-century house designed by a Hepworth in Glastonbury
a year ago
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
Epic Web Dev
Automatic Browser Request Cancellation (tip)
Discover how automatic browser request cancellation works and its implications for web development.
a year ago
Discover how automatic browser request cancellation works and its implications for web development.
The Honest Broker
Why Recording Studios Are Unplugging From the Internet
And other recent articles of interest
a year ago
And other recent articles of interest
Diaries of Note
You must be looking for Stuart
Kevin Bentley was twenty-one when, in July of 1977, he left El Paso and headed for the bustling...
a year ago
Kevin Bentley was twenty-one when, in July of 1977, he left El Paso and headed for the bustling streets of San Francisco—one of thousands of young gay men flocking to this vibrant city in search of acceptance, community, and hedonism. San Francisco offered an enticing allure of...
Seth's Blog
PW 4: Productivity and tools
Adam Smith and Karl Marx both wrote about the pin-making machine. Not too long ago, pins (for hats,...
11 months ago
Adam Smith and Karl Marx both wrote about the pin-making machine. Not too long ago, pins (for hats, to hold shirts in place, etc.) were incredibly expensive. They were a luxury item, and a handmade pin might cost more than buying lunch. The pin-making machine changed this. It...
Londonist
The Modern Game Of Darts Was Invented In A London Pub In 1926
Although Henry VIII had a set of darts too.
11 months ago
Although Henry VIII had a set of darts too.
mtlynch.io
How I Collected a Debt from an Unscrupulous Merchant
A few years ago, I learned a handy technique for resolving disputes with uncooperative businesses....
over a year ago
A few years ago, I learned a handy technique for resolving disputes with uncooperative businesses. It’s simple to understand and easy to implement. You don’t need lawyers or a prominent social media presence. All it requires is for you to behave like an organized professional....
Londonist
9 Excellent Events Near London: January 2024
Dogs and beer - what more do you need?
12 months ago
Dogs and beer - what more do you need?
Arduino Blog
Check out these Arduino-powered research projects from CHI 2024
Held in Hawaii this year, the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) hosted its annual conference...
6 months ago
Held in Hawaii this year, the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) hosted its annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) that focuses on the latest developments in human-computer interaction. Students from universities all across the world attended the...
PostHog's RSS Feed
PostHog raises $12 million in funding led by GV and Y Combinator
(Dec 17, 2020) – PostHog, the open source product analytics company, today announced $12 million in...
over a year ago
(Dec 17, 2020) – PostHog, the open source product analytics company, today announced $12 million in funding and major new features - including plugins…
NeuroLogica Blog
Using AI To Create Virtual Environments
Generative AI applications seem to be on the steep part of the development curve – not only is the...
8 months ago
Generative AI applications seem to be on the steep part of the development curve – not only is the technology getting better, but people are finding more and more uses for it. It’s a new powerful tool with broad applicability, and so there are countless startups and researchers...
./techtipsy
The IKEA-powered homelab on a wall
I recently learned about the IKEA SKÅDIS series, which is a
pegboard that supports a variety of...
a year ago
I recently learned about the IKEA SKÅDIS series, which is a
pegboard that supports a variety of extras. During my self-hosting journey having to figure out the best
place for putting all my compute stuff to has always been at the back of my mind, especially due to limited...
TheCollector
How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Meaning
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Minds
Today's News:
9 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Minds
Today's News:
Damn Interesting
The Mount St. Helens Trespasser
The Washington state deputy sheriff looked suspiciously at the motorcycle strapped to the back of...
over a year ago
The Washington state deputy sheriff looked suspiciously at the motorcycle strapped to the back of the odd little French car. The motorcycle was a recently repaired Honda 90, sporting a fresh coat of grey spray paint. The driver, Robert Rogers, kept a neutral expression as the...
Both Are True
An important reminder about all social media including Substack Notes
The truths they don’t want you to know about
7 months ago
The truths they don’t want you to know about
Math Is Still...
She Studies How Addiction Hijacks Learning in the Brain
Erin Calipari works to understand how drugs like opioids and cocaine alter learning circuits and...
a year ago
Erin Calipari works to understand how drugs like opioids and cocaine alter learning circuits and neurochemistry in one of the country's epicenters of substance use disorder and addiction.
The post She Studies How Addiction Hijacks Learning in the Brain first appeared...
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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7 months ago
Seeking Wisdom
Hello LLMs!
When you are having trouble getting your thinking straight, consider an extreme or simple case. This...
a year ago
When you are having trouble getting your thinking straight, consider an extreme or simple case. This will often give you the insight needed to move forward. I nodded in agreement when I read the above lines from the book Maxims for Thinking Analytically. ChatGPT took the world by...
Making software...
Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch
Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch
2022-07-06
If you're an RSS subscriber, I've probably blown...
over a year ago
Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch
2022-07-06
If you're an RSS subscriber, I've probably blown up your feed reader (again). This seems to be an on-going theme with this blog. I can't help it.
This website now uses my new Pandoc-based static blog generator: pblog. I won't go...
Maggie Appleton
The Best Illustration Books and Courses
over a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
Liz Denys
Refusing to verify myself: I am liz on Keybase.io.
Keybase seeks to be a "public directory of publicly auditable public keys" with simpler usernames...
over a year ago
Keybase seeks to be a "public directory of publicly auditable public keys" with simpler usernames than PGP and verified account linking to popular sites such as Twitter and GitHub. This is awesome because "PGP for humans" is long overdue and because I snatched up the namespace...
Noahpinion
Why did the U.S. miss the battery revolution?
We were early to the party on every other technological revolution, but we missed this one.
4 months ago
We were early to the party on every other technological revolution, but we missed this one.
The Perry Bible...
The Good Knight
The post The Good Knight appeared first on The Perry Bible Fellowship.
6 months ago
The post The Good Knight appeared first on The Perry Bible Fellowship.
Wanderingspace
Neptune from the James Webb Space Telescope
Webb’s latest image is the clearest look at Neptune's rings in 30+ years, and our first time seeing...
over a year ago
Webb’s latest image is the clearest look at Neptune's rings in 30+ years, and our first time seeing them in infrared light. Take in Webb's ghostly, ethereal views of the planet and its dust bands, rings and moons: https://go.nasa.gov/3RXxoGq #IAC2022
The personal website...
Practice makes perfect
Professional baker/member of my band Jake at a band retreat recently, practicing.
Editor’s note: I...
over a year ago
Professional baker/member of my band Jake at a band retreat recently, practicing.
Editor’s note: I think this falls under the heading of ‘conventional wisdom.’ In addition, I’m walking a fine line between ‘self-help’ and ‘beating a dead horse.’ Perhaps poorly. Bear with me.
I do...
Words and Buttons...
The simplest possible smooth contouring algorithm
The algorithm that takes a distance function and makes a smooth contour out of it in three steps.
over a year ago
The algorithm that takes a distance function and makes a smooth contour out of it in three steps.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Puzzle
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Society's Backend
I Beat Newsletter Fatigue With AI
And why direct forms of communication will always be super valuable
10 months ago
And why direct forms of communication will always be super valuable
Londonist
Ever Spotted Covent Garden's Anne Frank Tree?
An arboreal memorial.
a year ago
Kagi Blog
Dawn of a new era in Search: Balancing innovation, competition, and public good
Google search is in the news.
3 months ago
Google search is in the news.
Mark Manson
How to Stop Caring About What People Think
There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think.
We all...
a year ago
There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think.
We all wish we could be impervious to others' opinions, like Superman deflecting bullets. But instead of bullets, we're out here trying to deflect the fucks we wish we didn't give.
We...
David Heinemeier...
Dare to connect a server to the internet
The merchants of complexity thrive when they can scare you into believing that even the simplest...
10 months ago
The merchants of complexity thrive when they can scare you into believing that even the simplest things are too dangerous to even attempt by yourself these days. That without their rarified expertise, you’ll be left vulnerable. So best just to leave ever-more of your burdens to...
Atoms vs Bits
Say my name, say mye naym
I have a name that a lot of people find hard to pronounce
a year ago
I have a name that a lot of people find hard to pronounce
Escaping Flatland
Garlic and gravel
fragments
5 months ago
Wuthering...
Thanks and praise to celebrate the happiness of this great event – the end of the Greek play...
I am quoting the end of Alcestis by Euripides, his early whatever it is, not a tragedy, not a satyr...
over a year ago
I am quoting the end of Alcestis by Euripides, his early whatever it is, not a tragedy, not a satyr play, not a comedy. Admetos has won back his wife and the play is at its end, so he declares “a feast of thanks and praise” (tr. Arrowsmith), which is what I want to do. If we...
Escaping Flatland
A measuring device that tells me what is interesting
+ links
2 months ago
HTMHell
Back to Basics: 5 HTML attributes for improved accessibility and user experience
by Daniela Kubesch
In the fast-paced world of web development, it's easy to get caught up in the...
a year ago
by Daniela Kubesch
In the fast-paced world of web development, it's easy to get caught up in the latest frameworks, libraries and cutting-edge technologies. But sometimes, the most impactful improvements come from revisiting the fundamentals.
In this blog post, I'll guide you...
TheCollector
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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3 months ago
TheCollector
6 Assassinations That Changed History
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
mtlynch.io
Automated Prosper Investing with ProsperBot
Overview I started investing in peer to peer lending in 2014 through a site called Prosper. I...
over a year ago
Overview I started investing in peer to peer lending in 2014 through a site called Prosper. I thought peer to peer lending was a neat idea and could potentially earn lucrative returns.
When I began, I chose each of my loan investments manually, but over time, I have automated...
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Important Medium''
I grew up in a place I’ve been told for most of my life should
embarrass me. When I went to college...
2 months ago
I grew up in a place I’ve been told for most of my life should
embarrass me. When I went to college and someone asked where I came from, invariably
I said “Cleveland” not “Parma Heights,” a suburb on the West Side of that city.
By age seventeen I was already sensitive to the...
Nabeel S. Qureshi
Advice That Actually Worked For Me
My contribution to the 'productivity advice' genre.
over a year ago
My contribution to the 'productivity advice' genre.
Jonas Hietala
The T-34 keyboard layout
A couple of months ago I started looking into ergonomical keyboards; mainly split keyboards with...
over a year ago
A couple of months ago I started looking into ergonomical keyboards; mainly split keyboards with much fewer keys, like the 36-key Gergoplex and the 44-key Kyria. I may write another post about the reasons why, but long story short I started getting pain in my thumbs, fingers,...
Explained from First...
Number theory explained from first principles
over a year ago
Londonist
What's Open In London On Christmas Day 2023?
Cafes, pubs and tourist attractions open on 25 December.
a year ago
Cafes, pubs and tourist attractions open on 25 December.
Liz Denys
Bridges 4 People
Since Summer 2020, I've been organizing with Bridges 4 People, a campaign of the Transportation...
over a year ago
Since Summer 2020, I've been organizing with Bridges 4 People, a campaign of the Transportation Alternatives Brooklyn, North Brooklyn, and Manhattan activist committees. Bridges 4 People reimagines what the bridges that connect Brooklyn and Manhattan would look like if they...
Chris Nicholas
How to use Sandpack for code demos
Sandpack allows you to take interactive code demos to the next level, supporting just about every...
over a year ago
Sandpack allows you to take interactive code demos to the next level, supporting just about every JavaScript framework.
Londonist
Stratford Sphere Nixed By Mayor: But Where Else Could They Build It?
Where to put a giant glowing sphere?
a year ago
Where to put a giant glowing sphere?
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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11 months ago
The Honest Broker
In 1970, Alvin Toffler Predicted the Rise of Future Shock—But the Exact Opposite Happened
And it's much, much worse
a year ago
And it's much, much worse
Londonist
Visit These 15 Beautiful Castles In Kent
Clifftop fortresses to grand country piles.
9 months ago
Clifftop fortresses to grand country piles.
The Rational Walk
The Digest #206
The Trust Deficit, EU Regulations, Medicare Advantage scams, Munger soldiered on, The cult of...
5 months ago
The Trust Deficit, EU Regulations, Medicare Advantage scams, Munger soldiered on, The cult of Silicon Valley, Self-esteem and outer scorecards, MMT's founder is worried about deficits
Rest of World -...
South Africa’s competition watchdog takes aim at Google
The group is pushing Google to do more local business promotion, but experts say this could put the...
a year ago
The group is pushing Google to do more local business promotion, but experts say this could put the country’s digital economy at risk.
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
The Marginalian
How to Make a World: A Poem
Like mathematics, the truest metaphors are not invented but discovered. In fact, they hardly feel...
11 months ago
Like mathematics, the truest metaphors are not invented but discovered. In fact, they hardly feel like metaphors — they feel like equations equating something previously unseen with something familiar in order to see more deeply into the nature of reality. One morning out on a...
TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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9 months ago
Arduino Blog
Introducing Arduino cores with ZephyrOS (beta): take your embedded development to the next level
Last July, when we announced the beginning of the transition from Mbed to Zephyr, we promised to...
2 weeks ago
Last July, when we announced the beginning of the transition from Mbed to Zephyr, we promised to release the first beta by the end of 2024. Today, we are excited to announce the first release of Arduino cores with ZephyrOS in beta! ZephyrOS is an open-source, real-time operating...
Luxagraf:...
Water Under The Bridge
Halfway through our stay on St. George we had a little problem called Friday night. The problem was...
a year ago
Halfway through our stay on St. George we had a little problem called Friday night. The problem was that the campground at St George was full for Friday night. One night missing in a string of twelve nights. We knew that when we came out here, but I was really hoping something...
Max Rozen
Guidelines for developing Custom Hooks in React
You've just gotten over the fact we call them 'Hooks', but how do you stop repeating the same code...
over a year ago
You've just gotten over the fact we call them 'Hooks', but how do you stop repeating the same code everywhere? Let's learn about Custom Hooks.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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a month ago
Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
The Marginalian
An Antidote to the Anxiety About Imperfection: Parenting Advice from Mister Rogers
"It’s part of being human to fall short of that total acceptance and ultimate understanding — and...
a year ago
"It’s part of being human to fall short of that total acceptance and ultimate understanding — and often far short."
alexwlchan
Mountaintop moments
Last weekend, I was in Edinburgh for the Fringe, and I’m so glad I went.
I met new people, hung out...
4 months ago
Last weekend, I was in Edinburgh for the Fringe, and I’m so glad I went.
I met new people, hung out with some Internet friends in-person, and saw some great theatre.
It was fun, but also exhausting.
By the final day, I was worn out and ready to sleep in my own bed – but now I’m...
nanoscale views
APS March Meeting 2024, Day 4 and wrap-up
Because of the timing of my flight back to Houston, I really only went to one session today, in...
9 months ago
Because of the timing of my flight back to Houston, I really only went to one session today, in which my student spoke as did some collaborators. It was a pretty interesting collection of contributed talks.
The work that's been done on spin transport in multiferroic...
journal – Winnie Lim
psychological health vs physical health
Travelling keeps me sane. It is only on this trip that I realised how much my brain craves being in...
a year ago
Travelling keeps me sane. It is only on this trip that I realised how much my brain craves being in some sort of engagement, and travelling is a way to keep it...
Seth's Blog
How many sparks?
That’s the tempting question. How much hustle, hoopla and initiative do we need to get this idea...
2 weeks ago
That’s the tempting question. How much hustle, hoopla and initiative do we need to get this idea ignited in the marketplace… But the much better question is: How much kindling do we have? Kindling doesn’t happen all at once. It’s the result of investments over time. We can earn...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #174
Working Hard, Berkshire Q3 Recap, ProPublica attacks Buffett, Chipotle's international ambitions,...
a year ago
Working Hard, Berkshire Q3 Recap, ProPublica attacks Buffett, Chipotle's international ambitions, The AI Gold Rush, 100th anniversary of Hitler's beer hall putsch, The Federalist Papers
Math Is Still...
How to Build an Origami Computer
Two mathematicians have shown that origami can, in principle, be used to perform any possible...
11 months ago
Two mathematicians have shown that origami can, in principle, be used to perform any possible computation.
The post How to Build an Origami Computer first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Theodicy
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a year ago
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Today's News:
Cremieux Recueil
High-Frequency Trading Is Good
Sichuan Mala has written a guest post on one of the most unfairly maligned parts of the financial...
3 months ago
Sichuan Mala has written a guest post on one of the most unfairly maligned parts of the financial industry
The personal website...
Deontology
Deontology was the result of a surge of new energy in philosophy beginning in the 17th century....
over a year ago
Deontology was the result of a surge of new energy in philosophy beginning in the 17th century. After the chaos and destruction of the Black Death, Europeans re-evaluated their relationship to the world around them. Scholars like René Descartes and Isaac Newton took on monumental...
Electronics etc…
HP 8656A Signal Generator Schematics
Agilent has made the 8656A Signal Generator Operating & Service Manual
available as a PDF, but the...
10 months ago
Agilent has made the 8656A Signal Generator Operating & Service Manual
available as a PDF, but the schematics of chapter 8 are all spread over 3 or 4 pages, which makes
them hard to follow.
I spent a good evening extracting the schematics pages, cutting-and-pasting
them together...
Math Is Still...
Big Advance on Simple-Sounding Math Problem Was a Century in the Making
A new proof about prime numbers illuminates the subtle relationship between addition and...
2 months ago
A new proof about prime numbers illuminates the subtle relationship between addition and multiplication — and raises hopes for progress on the famous abc conjecture.
The post Big Advance on Simple-Sounding Math Problem Was a Century in the Making first appeared on...
Old Structures...
The Big Day and We’re Two-Faced
Our new website is up and, as with all such changes, things are not going as smoothly as I might...
a year ago
Our new website is up and, as with all such changes, things are not going as smoothly as I might have hoped. There’s a minor glitch with the menu on the new website, which I expect will be fixed shortly. More importantly, we wanted to change to the new back-end in such a way that...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
Stoic Simple
What Does Stoicism Teach About Pleasure and Pain?
Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that has gained increasing popularity in recent years. At the...
a year ago
Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that has gained increasing popularity in recent years. At the heart of this school of thought is the idea that we can achieve true happiness by living in accordance with nature, accepting what we cannot change, and focusing on developing our own...
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
Retail Design Blog
The Gallery of the Kings Museo Egizio by OMA + Andrea Tabocchini Architecture
The Gallery of the Kings, which houses a collection of colossal statues from the ancient Egyptian...
4 weeks ago
The Gallery of the Kings, which houses a collection of colossal statues from the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes (modern-day...
Joel Gascoigne
3 reasons you shouldn't outsource your startup, and what to do instead
One of my favorite things to do is to help others who are at an earlier...
over a year ago
One of my favorite things to do is to help others who are at an earlier stage
[https://joel.is/why-im-helping-startup-founders/] of the startup journey. I had a
lot of false starts before Buffer. I enjoy sharing my lessons from those failed
attempts, and I also enjoy getting my...
Noahpinion
Insurance companies aren't the main villain of the U.S. health system
It's mostly the providers overcharging you, not the middlemen.
2 weeks ago
It's mostly the providers overcharging you, not the middlemen.
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
Maggie Appleton
Frequently Asked Questions
over a year ago
Math Is Still...
My Fantastic Voyage at Quanta Magazine
Founding editor-in-chief Thomas Lin looks back at a decade of Quanta journalism and forward to...
8 months ago
Founding editor-in-chief Thomas Lin looks back at a decade of Quanta journalism and forward to what’s next for the magazine.
The post My Fantastic Voyage at Quanta Magazine first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Old Structures...
It Looked Familiar: Wha?
From a 25-years-old Avengers story: a man sees some news on televsion: The Verrazano Narrows Bridge,...
2 months ago
From a 25-years-old Avengers story: a man sees some news on televsion: The Verrazano Narrows Bridge, huh? It sure looks like something else…
Retail Design Blog
Eight Oaks Farm Distillery by Makers & Allies
Eight Oaks Farm Distillery is so much more than whiskey. It’s a farm just as much as it is a...
a month ago
Eight Oaks Farm Distillery is so much more than whiskey. It’s a farm just as much as it is a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
diamond geezer
Friday transport news
Friday transport news
n.b. London Reconnections does a longer list every Friday
Ian Visits does a...
10 months ago
Friday transport news
n.b. London Reconnections does a longer list every Friday
Ian Visits does a longer list every Friday
Raildate does a longer list every Friday
Overground news
recently restored, and it's one of the latter.
It's the original waiting room from 1872 which...
Retail Design Blog
Lei Ơi Cà Phê café by TRAN TRUNG Architects
“Lei ơi cà phê” is situated in a dynamic residential area in the southeast of Da Nang City, on a...
4 months ago
“Lei ơi cà phê” is situated in a dynamic residential area in the southeast of Da Nang City, on a...
Math Is Still...
Mathematicians Discover New Shapes to Solve Decades-Old Geometry Problem
Mathematicians have long wondered how “shapes of constant width” behave in higher dimensions. A...
3 months ago
Mathematicians have long wondered how “shapes of constant width” behave in higher dimensions. A surprisingly simple construction has given them an answer.
The post Mathematicians Discover New Shapes to Solve Decades-Old Geometry Problem first appeared on Quanta...
Luxagraf:...
Microcosm
We sprinted across Florida, from St. Augustine to the far end of the panhandle in two quick drives....
10 months ago
We sprinted across Florida, from St. Augustine to the far end of the panhandle in two quick drives. We stopped in the middle at the Tallahassee Car Museum, an odd little museum with a few campsites out front (not everything on Harvest Hosts is a farm).
The kids and I wandered...
diamond geezer
Vote London 2024
There are now less than 20 weeks until the London Mayoral elections and most of the top candidates...
a year ago
There are now less than 20 weeks until the London Mayoral elections and most of the top candidates have laid out their key policies. Sadiq hasn't, his personal website is still a 1-slogan void, but as the incumbent it's easy to imagine what 'more of the same' might mean. Nobody...
TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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5 months ago
Joel on Software
Welcome, Prashanth!
Last March, I shared that we were starting to look for a new CEO for Stack Overflow. We were looking...
over a year ago
Last March, I shared that we were starting to look for a new CEO for Stack Overflow. We were looking for that rare combination of someone who… Read more "Welcome, Prashanth!"
On Test Automation
On life as an independent contractor right now
Before I start: I’m writing this both to clear my head and to vent / rant a little, but also in...
a month ago
Before I start: I’m writing this both to clear my head and to vent / rant a little, but also in response to people both from the Netherlands and from abroad who have shown interest in working as an independent contractor over here.
As Google Analytics tell me only a small portion...
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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2 months ago
Londonist
Things To Do In London Over The Bank Holiday Weekend
Ways to fill a long weekend in the capital.
9 months ago
Ways to fill a long weekend in the capital.
Letters of Note
I’ve got a hunch
In July of 1938, American novelist Thomas Wolfe was struck down with pneumonia and taken to...
over a year ago
In July of 1938, American novelist Thomas Wolfe was struck down with pneumonia and taken to hospital. He was soon diagnosed as having tuberculosis of the brain, from which he would never recover. Wolfe died on 15th September, aged just 37. A month before his death, as he lay in...
Arduino Blog
Explore underwater with this Arduino-controlled DIY ROV
Who doesn’t want to explore underwater? To take a journey beneath the surface of a lake or even the...
4 months ago
Who doesn’t want to explore underwater? To take a journey beneath the surface of a lake or even the ocean? But a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), which is the kind of robot you’d use for such an adventure, isn’t exactly the kind of thing you’ll find on the shelf at your local...
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6 Things Markdown Got Wrong
John Gruber's Markdown is almost a perfect content authoring format. Here are 6 things it got wrong.
over a year ago
John Gruber's Markdown is almost a perfect content authoring format. Here are 6 things it got wrong.
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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10 months ago
mtlynch.io
An Unexpected Reset Month
Highlights My loved ones and I are safe and healthy. WanderJest is on hiatus due to the nationwide...
over a year ago
Highlights My loved ones and I are safe and healthy. WanderJest is on hiatus due to the nationwide shutdown. I’m working on a product to help investors rebalance their portfolios. COVID-19 and me Obviously, the most relevant thing to happen in the last month has been the global...
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Wrestling with the scammers
Photo by Dan Nelson on Unsplash
I guess one of the downsides of the rising popularity and profile of...
over a year ago
Photo by Dan Nelson on Unsplash
I guess one of the downsides of the rising popularity and profile of our HR startup is that it attracts the lowest online lifeforms to try and see if they can make illicit profit from it.
We have been getting the occasional trial user signing up...
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
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
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…
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