Londonist
Vintage Football Shirts: The Best And Oddest From Every Big London Club
New book delves deep into the world of vintage collectables.
a year ago
New book delves deep into the world of vintage collectables.
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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a year ago
Society's Backend
Stop Obsessing Over the Product and Start Thinking About the Bigger Picture
The actual takeaways from the iPhone 15 event
a year ago
The actual takeaways from the iPhone 15 event
CONTEMPORIST
Exposed Wood Beams Create A Rustic Yet Modern Aesthetic For This Accessory Dwelling Unit
Obreval together with Catch Architecture, has recently completed a modern ADU (accessory dwelling...
a year ago
Obreval together with Catch Architecture, has recently completed a modern ADU (accessory dwelling unit) in Carpenteria, California, whose design curves around a circular patio. The semicircular cutout that envelops the dwelling, invites an abundance of natural light into every...
Rest of World -...
Meet the alliance helping Google and Meta fight election-related misinformation in India
The Misinformation Combat Alliance, set up by Bharat Gupta, sees participation from 12 fact-checking...
8 months ago
The Misinformation Combat Alliance, set up by Bharat Gupta, sees participation from 12 fact-checking organizations.
Mazdak
Don't Let Savings Turn into Penalties: Understanding RRSP and TFSA Contribution Limits
Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) and Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) are cornerstones...
10 months ago
Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) and Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) are cornerstones of Canadian financial planning. Both offer distinct advantages for saving and investing, but exceeding their annual contribution limits can lead to unwanted financial consequences.
Rest of World -...
Domestic work in Vietnam: The 5-star butler who naps on the steps
She cooks, cleans, and has a key. But she also naps in stairwells and eats in hallways.
a year ago
She cooks, cleans, and has a key. But she also naps in stairwells and eats in hallways.
Daniel Bourke
Apple M3 Machine Learning Speed Test
I put my M1 Pro against Apple's new M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, a NVIDIA GPU and Google Colab.
a year ago
I put my M1 Pro against Apple's new M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, a NVIDIA GPU and Google Colab.
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...
Marcus on AI
Sora still appears to have trouble with physics
Exactly as I warned in February
4 weeks ago
Exactly as I warned in February
The American Scholar
“The Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully
The post “The Horses” by Edwin Muir appeared first on The American...
a week ago
Poems read aloud, beautifully
The post “The Horses” by Edwin Muir appeared first on The American Scholar.
Seth's Blog
Are you weather?
The thunderstorm doesn’t know we exist. Rain dances and wishes are ineffective at bringing or...
6 months ago
The thunderstorm doesn’t know we exist. Rain dances and wishes are ineffective at bringing or preventing a storm, because it isn’t caused by our actions. Metaphorical weather is tempting to mistake as a response. When someone cuts us off in traffic or doesn’t engage with us the...
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...
8 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...
TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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3 months ago
Old Structures...
Bragging Combined With Public Service
I highly recommend the soon-to-be-released book The Elements of Construction: N. Clifford Ricker,...
a month ago
I highly recommend the soon-to-be-released book The Elements of Construction: N. Clifford Ricker, Architecture, and the University of Illinois and not just because I wrote on chapter of it. Marci Uihlein, the editor, an architect and engineer, and a professor of architecture at...
Working Theorys
Tattoo Decisions
On making opinionated commitments
5 months ago
On making opinionated commitments
Kagi Blog
Introducing the Kagi Family Plan
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the Kagi Family Plan, a new way for families to enjoy the...
a year ago
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the Kagi Family Plan, a new way for families to enjoy the power of Kagi Search together.
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Possible Verdicts Are Five'
As binary
thinking -- a rush to judgment about books, food, our fellow humans and just
about...
a year ago
As binary
thinking -- a rush to judgment about books, food, our fellow humans and just
about everything else -- becomes harsher and more fashionable, interesting
conversation withers. Have you noticed how
quickly people dismiss a subject before it has been pondered and probed?...
Vadim Kravcenko
🌈 Hedonic Treadmill
I’m sure you’re like me. It happens time and time again that we pour our hearts into achieving...
over a year ago
I’m sure you’re like me. It happens time and time again that we pour our hearts into achieving something we […]
The post 🌈 Hedonic Treadmill appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Code Of Honor
Whose bug is this anyway?!?
At a certain point in every programmer’s career we each find a bug that seems impossible because the...
over a year ago
At a certain point in every programmer’s career we each find a bug that seems impossible because the code is right, dammit! So it must be the operating system, the tools or the computer that’s causing the problem. Right?!? Today’s story is about some of those bugs I’ve discovered...
alexwlchan
emptydir: look for (nearly) empty directories and delete them
I’ve posted a new command-line tool on GitHub: emptydir, which looks for directories which are empty...
6 months ago
I’ve posted a new command-line tool on GitHub: emptydir, which looks for directories which are empty or nearly empty, and deletes them.
This isn’t a completely trivial problem, because emptiness is deceptive.
Consider the following folder.
Finder tells us it has 0 items, so it...
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
The Modern House
Angus and Sarah Shepherd on putting down roots and reviving a 1960s home in Dulwich
a year ago
Noahpinion
China at the peak
The country's rise is complete, but don't expect a rapid decline.
a year ago
The country's rise is complete, but don't expect a rapid decline.
Build In Public...
Still on the fence on learning no-code? What's stopping you?
It’s not an understatement when I say no-code practically changed my life and my career. In 2018, I...
over a year ago
It’s not an understatement when I say no-code practically changed my life and my career. In 2018, I was a different KP. Stuck at a corporate job where I felt like I was a tiny cog in a huge wheel, surrounded by uninspiring peers who I didn’t resonate with, bringing home a...
The American Scholar
Marlana Stoddard Hayes
Hope blooms
The post Marlana Stoddard Hayes appeared first on The American Scholar.
5 months ago
Hope blooms
The post Marlana Stoddard Hayes appeared first on The American Scholar.
TheCollector
Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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a week ago
Liz Denys
Revised icebreakers for nicer New Yorkers
You go to a friend's party, attend a work event, or just find yourself out and about. You meet...
over a year ago
You go to a friend's party, attend a work event, or just find yourself out and about. You meet someone new, and you're inevitably asking and being asked three questions:
Where do you work?
Where do you live?
How much is your rent?
Okay, you don't always encounter that last one,...
Nothing Human
Searching for the Root of the Tree of Evil
The world is full of problems: Pain, poverty, illness, war, pollution, to pick a few among...
7 months ago
The world is full of problems: Pain, poverty, illness, war, pollution, to pick a few among thousands. Many of us feel like we need to Do Something about these problems. There’s just one problem (sorry):
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
New Workflow for Publishing Notes: Content in Dropbox, Code in GitHub
I recently changed my workflow around authoring and publishing my site notes.jim-nielsen.com. Here’s...
4 months ago
I recently changed my workflow around authoring and publishing my site notes.jim-nielsen.com. Here’s the rundown.
Before
Pretty standard JAMstack type stuff. All my notes are markdown files in a git repository that live alongside the code generating the website,...
Josh Thompson
About Roundabouts
I’m desperately trying to work through a giant back-log of writings. Please see write it now for...
over a year ago
I’m desperately trying to work through a giant back-log of writings. Please see write it now for more. I’m spending only a few minutes on this, forgive my errors.
Of late, I’ve had a lot of conversations about roundabouts. I’m basically trying to explain the ways that a mobility...
Coffee with an...
Christmas Cards from the Architects 2024
It’s that time again. It is the time of year when the architects turn their attention from their...
3 weeks ago
It’s that time again. It is the time of year when the architects turn their attention from their Dec. 25th deadline to thoughts of Christmas. Here we are, sitting by the floor-to-ceiling glass storefronts in our offices, staring out at the rolling hills covered with snow,...
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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3 months ago
bunnie's blog
IRIS (Infra-Red, in situ) Project Updates
A goal of mine is to give everyday people tangible reasons to trust their hardware. Betrusted is a...
10 months ago
A goal of mine is to give everyday people tangible reasons to trust their hardware. Betrusted is a multi-year project of mine to deliver a full-stack verifiable “from logic gates to Rust crates” supply chain for security-critical applications such as password managers. At this...
Ben Borgers
It Does Have to Be Every Day
over a year ago
nanoscale views
A couple of links + a thought experiment about spin
A couple of interesting things to read:
As someone interested in lost ancient literature and also...
11 months ago
A couple of interesting things to read:
As someone interested in lost ancient literature and also science, I really liked this news article from Nature about progress in reading scrolls excavated from Herculaneum. The area around the Bay of Naples was a quite the spot for posh...
The Modern House
A hidden warehouse apartment in the heart of east London
a year ago
Frank’s Ramblings
Vision Transformers are Overrated
Vision transformers (ViTs) have seen an incredible rise in the past four years. They have an obvious...
a year ago
Vision transformers (ViTs) have seen an incredible rise in the past four years. They have an obvious upside: in a visual recognition setting, the receptive field of a pure ViT is effectively the entire image 1. In particular, vanilla ViTs maintain the quadratic time complexity...
PostHog's RSS Feed
The best open-source analytics tools you can self-host
Author: Andy Vandervell There's no shortage of powerful open-source analytics tools. In this guide...
a year ago
Author: Andy Vandervell There's no shortage of powerful open-source analytics tools. In this guide we've split them into two categories: Self-hosted…
The Forney Flyer
Northern Scenery, Way Back When...
Today I'm returning to the "Way Back When..." series, highlighting some of the surreal beauty we...
over a year ago
Today I'm returning to the "Way Back When..." series, highlighting some of the surreal beauty we enjoyed in the boreal forests of the far north.
Obviously most of these photos feature frigid beauty. That's because it was cold and snowy/icy much of the year. Also, there were...
Paolo Amoroso's...
Managing pure Common Lisp files on Medley
<![CDATA[Managing Lisp code in the residential environment of Medley differs from similar tasks in...
11 months ago
<![CDATA[Managing Lisp code in the residential environment of Medley differs from similar tasks in traditional file based Common Lisp systems.
In a previous post I explained how the residential environment of Medley works, discussed some of its facilities and tools, and...
CONTEMPORIST
A Pool House And Loggia Enhance This Lush Backyard Experience
Upstairs Studio Architecture has shared photos of a modern addition of a pool house and loggia they...
5 months ago
Upstairs Studio Architecture has shared photos of a modern addition of a pool house and loggia they designed for an existing primary residence in Florida. The pool house and loggia are sleek yet thoughtful and seamless extensions of the home, with the design blending comfort,...
David Heinemeier...
Design for the web without Figma
By all accounts, Figma has been an amazing tool for designers. We've used it extensively at...
a year ago
By all accounts, Figma has been an amazing tool for designers. We've used it extensively at 37signals, and I'm sure most every other software shop has too. Adobe didn't pay $20 billion for nothing. But we don't do the bulk of our design work with or in Figma when developing...
Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 029: Hug all the faces
August 25, 2023
a year ago
Jonas Hietala
My book 'Why Cryptocurrencies?' is done
My first commit on my book Why Cryptocurrencies? is from Dec 19, 2018, and now about 17 months later...
over a year ago
My first commit on my book Why Cryptocurrencies? is from Dec 19, 2018, and now about 17 months later and 1006 more commits I’m finally done!
Well, I’m done with the online version at least. I still plan to create an e-book, a PDF and a paperback and who knows how long that will...
Math Is Still...
How Colorful Ribbon Diagrams Became the Face of Proteins
Proteins are often visualized as cascades of curled ribbons and twisted strings, which both reveal...
4 months ago
Proteins are often visualized as cascades of curled ribbons and twisted strings, which both reveal and conceal the mess of atoms that make up these impossibly complex molecules.
The post How Colorful Ribbon Diagrams Became the Face of Proteins first appeared on Quanta...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Ryan Dahl Talks Deno on The Changelog
Ryan Dahl was on The Changelog to talk about Deno 2 specifically and his work on JavaScript more...
3 months ago
Ryan Dahl was on The Changelog to talk about Deno 2 specifically and his work on JavaScript more broadly. What follows are a few things that stood out to me.
His Regrets From Node Are Now in Deno
I think it’s interesting that Ryan’s famous talk 10 Things I Regret About Node.js...
Commoncog
Commoncog is Off for the Chinese New Year
A quick announcement. Happy Year of the Rabbit everyone!
a year ago
A quick announcement. Happy Year of the Rabbit everyone!
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
Max Rozen
Fetching Data in React with useEffect
If you're confused about side-effects and pure functions, it can be hard to understand useEffect....
over a year ago
If you're confused about side-effects and pure functions, it can be hard to understand useEffect. Let's learn them both, to fetch data with useEffect.
David Heinemeier...
Villains may live long enough to become heroes
The first tech company I ever really despised was Microsoft. This was back in the 1990s, the era of...
8 months ago
The first tech company I ever really despised was Microsoft. This was back in the 1990s, the era of "cutting off the air supply", of embrace-extend-extinguish, of open source as a "cancer", and of Bill Gates before he sought reputational refugee in philanthropy. What made the...
Cremieux Recueil
Rich Country, Poor Country
Growth is our most precious resource and small amounts of it make a big difference
4 months ago
Growth is our most precious resource and small amounts of it make a big difference
Diaries of Note
I should like to see him forcibly shaved
Born in Manchester, England, in 1904, Christopher Isherwood was a novelist, playwright, and...
a year ago
Born in Manchester, England, in 1904, Christopher Isherwood was a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who left an indelible mark on 20th-century literature with novels like Goodbye to Berlin and A Single Man. He was also a keen diarist and since his death in 1986 multiple...
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
Old Structures...
It Looked Familiar: An Impossible View
Above, Iron Man flies past the Chrysler Building. I was trying to figure out if the buildings in the...
a year ago
Above, Iron Man flies past the Chrysler Building. I was trying to figure out if the buildings in the background were realistic, and got part of the way there. The gray building on the right looks like a simplified version of the Socony-Mobil Building at the southeast corner of...
Ben Borgers
Tufts Meal Plans Are a Scam
over a year ago
Handprinted - Blog
Screen Printing with Permaset Puff Paste
Puff Paste is a great way to add a little something extra to your fabric prints! It adds depth and...
over a year ago
Puff Paste is a great way to add a little something extra to your fabric prints! It adds depth and texture and is so much fun to use. In this project, we have exposed a screen and used it to print with Puff Paste onto a tote bag:
Half-fill the coating trough with photo emulsion....
Julia Evans
New zine: How Integers and Floats Work
Hello! On Wednesday, we released a new zine: How Integers and Floats Work!
You can get it for $12...
a year ago
Hello! On Wednesday, we released a new zine: How Integers and Floats Work!
You can get it for $12 here:
https://wizardzines.com/zines/integers-floats, or get
an 13-pack of all my zines here.
Here’s the cover:
the table of contents
Here’s the table of contents!
Now let’s...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Esteem
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Sometimes the votey panel is better than the comic...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Sometimes the votey panel is better than the comic and I simply have to accept it.
Today's News:
The Rational Walk
The Digest #203
American Scripture, Prometheus Bound, Herodotus on wealth, Apple intelligence, NetJets, Value...
6 months ago
American Scripture, Prometheus Bound, Herodotus on wealth, Apple intelligence, NetJets, Value Investor's Club, Nietzsche's world view, Are wrist watches effeminate?, Seinfeld on writing
Anecdotal Evidence
'I Was Only Coming True'
In the final
year of his life, Clive James published a book-length poem, The River in the Sky...
a year ago
In the final
year of his life, Clive James published a book-length poem, The River in the Sky (2018), a dying man’s
last fling. The title refers to the Japanese phrase for the Milky Way. It’s
mostly autobiography, a book of well-rehearsed memories, largely unstructured, much
of...
Old Structures...
Like Looking Down A Well
Trinity Church and its yard are surrounded on all four sides by tall buildings. In 1952, when Angelo...
7 months ago
Trinity Church and its yard are surrounded on all four sides by tall buildings. In 1952, when Angelo Rizzuto took this picture looking down from the roof of one of them, they were all of about 1900-1920 vintage. It’s a striking shot, but I’d guess not to everyone’s taste.
The Honest Broker
How to Know If You're Living in a Doom Loop
Let's look at the warning signs
5 months ago
Let's look at the warning signs
CONTEMPORIST
A Contemporary Extension Adds New Living Spaces And Natural Light To This Brick Home
North London architects XUL Architecture have sent us photos of their latest project, where they...
a year ago
North London architects XUL Architecture have sent us photos of their latest project, where they were tasked with renovating this three-story family home to completely enlarge the rear of the house while still allowing for plenty of natural light. The architects removed the...
Steve Klabnik
How to be an open source gardener
over a year ago
The Turn Signal RSS...
Guidelines for Designing an In-Car Voice Assistant
I turned all the research that I did for my previous article, about the impact of voice interaction...
over a year ago
I turned all the research that I did for my previous article, about the impact of voice interaction on driver distraction, into concrete…
Jonas Hietala
Habits to start
I haven’t been feeling quite as forward or as energetic lately. There are no set plans, habits or...
over a year ago
I haven’t been feeling quite as forward or as energetic lately. There are no set plans, habits or goals for this spring and I don’t have a clear vision of what to do currently but it also feels… fine? Maybe I will cruise in a lower gear for a while and rev up when my mood...
Retail Design Blog
Conexus Studio Offices
Conexus Studio‘s Singapore office showcases a vibrant and efficient design, blending practicality...
4 months ago
Conexus Studio‘s Singapore office showcases a vibrant and efficient design, blending practicality with sophistication to foster creativity and collaboration, featuring...
Home on Erik...
A neat little trick with time decay
Something that pops up pretty frequently is to implement time decay, especially where you have...
over a year ago
Something that pops up pretty frequently is to implement time decay, especially where you have recursive chains of jobs. For instance, say you want to keep track of a popularity score. You calculate today's output by reading yesterday's output, discounting it by $$ exp(-lambda...
Louwrentius
Belkin Gigabit USB 2.0 adapter works perfectly with Linux
My ISP upgraded my internet connection speed to a whopping 120 Mbit. I am
using a mac mini as my...
over a year ago
My ISP upgraded my internet connection speed to a whopping 120 Mbit. I am
using a mac mini as my internet router. As you may be aware, the mini has
only one network interface, so I added a second interface using a USB to
ethernet adapter. This adapter was limited to 100 Mbit, so...
IEEE Spectrum
Video Friday: Mars Chopper
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE...
3 weeks ago
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
ICRA 2025: 19–23 May 2025, ATLANTA,...
Josh Thompson
Back in the Saddle
There’s a point in time when after spending a few weeks or months working on one project/goal, your...
over a year ago
There’s a point in time when after spending a few weeks or months working on one project/goal, your ability to switch tasks to another project diminishes.
There’s plenty of evidence that humans can’t multi-task, and those who try just end up doing a lot of things poorly.
On the...
Londonist
Part Of The Northern Line Is Closing From Spring 2024
Edgware to Golders Green not running on various dates.
12 months ago
Edgware to Golders Green not running on various dates.
Math Is Still...
Scientists Re-Create the Microbial Dance That Sparked Complex Life
Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent...
6 days ago
Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the first time, biologists made it happen in the lab.
The post Scientists Re-Create the Microbial Dance That Sparked Complex Life first appeared...
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...
a year 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...
./techtipsy
DIY cloud gaming: NVIDIA and Moonlight
As you might have read from my previous post on this topic, I
have a pretty neat “cloud” gaming...
over a year ago
As you might have read from my previous post on this topic, I
have a pretty neat “cloud” gaming setup running. I have one powerful desktop PC, one virtual machine with a GPU attached
to it, and client machines that can be used to stream games from. To keep things simple (and...
Andrew Fraknoi –...
Caves on Mars
Recently, in social media posts, Dr. Pascal Lee of the SETI Institute discussed the intriguing caves...
a month ago
Recently, in social media posts, Dr. Pascal Lee of the SETI Institute discussed the intriguing caves on the side of the giant martian volcano called Arsia Mons as interesting places for future exploration and even human residences. As it happens, my very first published...
Commoncog
An Expertise Acceleration Experiment in Judo
I relocated for a three month expertise acceleration experiment in Judo. These are my notes from two...
a year ago
I relocated for a three month expertise acceleration experiment in Judo. These are my notes from two months in: what I learnt, what was hard, and what deliberate practice actually feels like.
The Modern House
Modest living meets modernist design in the Isokon Building in Hampstead
a year ago
TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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10 months ago
The Architectural...
New academic dissertation questions architects’ taste
Many architects look down upon residential areas built with the small town as a model, with new...
9 months ago
Many architects look down upon residential areas built with the small town as a model, with new houses made in a traditional style. But this is exactly what the average person appreciates. “Why do many architects dislike the very thing that residents often enjoy?” asks architect...
Steve Klabnik
The next iteration of my blog
over a year ago
Alex MacCaw
Zone of Genius
Aligning the right people with jobs to be done is an age-old problem in company building. And on a...
over a year ago
Aligning the right people with jobs to be done is an age-old problem in company building. And on a micro level, aligning yourself with the right role is also challenging. What should you delegate? Where should you focus your efforts?
I've found the Zone of Genius framework to
The Perry Bible...
Us
The post Us appeared first on The Perry Bible Fellowship.
2 months ago
The post Us appeared first on The Perry Bible Fellowship.
devonzuegel.com
The silence is deafening
Imagine you're at a dinner party, and you're getting into a heated argument. As you start yelling,...
over a year ago
Imagine you're at a dinner party, and you're getting into a heated argument. As you start yelling, the other people quickly hush their voices and start glaring at you. None of the onlookers have to take further action—it's clear from their facial expressions that you're being a...
diamond geezer
The 'Inside The Circle Line' Tube Challenge
Let's celebrate the cancellation of today's tube strike by tackling a really pointless...
a year ago
Let's celebrate the cancellation of today's tube strike by tackling a really pointless challenge.
The 'Inside The Circle Line' Tube Challenge
No station can be visited more than once.
So, for example, you might ride one stop from Queensway to Lancaster Gate, then get out...
The Works in...
The concept of sustainment
A new section from Stewart Brand's Maintenance on Books in Progress
a year ago
A new section from Stewart Brand's Maintenance on Books in Progress
Retail Design Blog
PORTOS office by CAPEXUS
The law firm PORTOS, located on the 26th and 25th floors of the tallest building in Prague, has...
6 months ago
The law firm PORTOS, located on the 26th and 25th floors of the tallest building in Prague, has recently opened...
Arduino Blog
How to customize your Arduino Cloud IoT dashboards on the go
The Arduino Cloud has long been a trusted platform for makers, engineers, and developers to manage...
2 months ago
The Arduino Cloud has long been a trusted platform for makers, engineers, and developers to manage their IoT projects with ease. From tracking sensor data to automating smart devices, the cloud enables seamless connectivity. Complementing this, the Arduino IoT Remote mobile app...
ToughSF
Actively Cooled Armor: from Helium to Liquid Tin.
We have seen designs for long ranged particle beams
and powerful lasers. Could they be the end-all,...
over a year ago
We have seen designs for long ranged particle beams
and powerful lasers. Could they be the end-all, be-all of space warfare? Not if we fend off their destructive
power with actively cooled armor.
Let's have a look at the different cooling
solutions, from high pressure gas to...
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Anecdotal Evidence
'An Air of Baffled Absence'
R.L. Barth
has sent a new epigram, “Baffled,” not overtly related to the Vietnam War:
“I see...
5 months ago
R.L. Barth
has sent a new epigram, “Baffled,” not overtly related to the Vietnam War:
“I see these
hands on the deck railing, but
Whose are
they? Have they any meaning? What?”
Some readers
will understand. The familiar can become strange with age. That’s not always a...
Londonist
The 1930s: When London Was Really Put On The Map
Tube map, Monopoly and A-Z were a 1930s supergroup.
a year ago
Tube map, Monopoly and A-Z were a 1930s supergroup.
Seth's Blog
Finding agency
The first few moves of a chess game give the player almost unlimited freedom. There are countless...
a year ago
The first few moves of a chess game give the player almost unlimited freedom. There are countless legal moves, and nothing to constrain the choices that a player makes among them. But as we add leverage to our culture and our organizations, the choices aren’t as easy. Jerry...
Josh Thompson
Five Days to Inbox Zero: How to Get Control of your Email
Email is a constant in our lives, yet it can be so overwhelming that it becomes almost 100%...
over a year ago
Email is a constant in our lives, yet it can be so overwhelming that it becomes almost 100% ineffective.
I discussed with a friend the other day why they should switch from Yahoo to Gmail, and how to reduce the useless emails they receive. Below is how I suggested they move from...
A Smart Bear
What makes a strategy great
Most so-called "strategies" are vague, wishful thinking, written once and never seen again. Don't do...
a year ago
Most so-called "strategies" are vague, wishful thinking, written once and never seen again. Don't do that. These are the characteristics of great strategy.
99% Invisible
The Power Broker #02: Jamelle Bouie [EPISODE]
For those reading along at home: welcome back to our read-along series on The Power Broker, a...
10 months ago
For those reading along at home: welcome back to our read-along series on The Power Broker, a groundbreaking book by Robert Caro looking at one of the most infamous urban influencers in modern history: Robert Moses, who reshaped New York City. On today’s show, Elliott Kalan and...
This Space
39 Books: 2007
When I chose the book for 2007, the constraint of the 39 Books series presented a problem: how can I...
7 months ago
When I chose the book for 2007, the constraint of the 39 Books series presented a problem: how can I write about a 350-page novel last read 17 years ago without taking several days to reread it? Answer: not at all, so I started reading. What good fortune! How well Hugo Wilcken...
bt RSS Feed
Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog
Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog
2021-09-08
With my recent switch back to WordPress, and...
over a year ago
Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog
2021-09-08
With my recent switch back to WordPress, and having read Kev Quirk’s latest post about Core Web Vitals, I wanted to make sure my blog still prioritized speed and performance above all else. I’m happy to say that I have...
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
The Marginalian
The Unphotographable: Richard Adams on the Singular Magic of Autumn
There is a lovely liminality to autumn — this threshold time between the centripetal exuberance of...
2 months ago
There is a lovely liminality to autumn — this threshold time between the centripetal exuberance of summer and the season for tending to the inner garden, as Rilke wrote of winter. Autumn is a living metaphor for the necessary losses that shape our human lives: What falls away...
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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7 months ago
ntietz.com blog
I'm moving my projects off GitHub
It's time for me to leave GitHub behind and move to another forge.
I'm not necessarily advocating...
over a year ago
It's time for me to leave GitHub behind and move to another forge.
I'm not necessarily advocating for anyone else to do the same, but if my reasons resonate with you then you may want to consider it.
I also don't expect this post to... matter, if that makes sense1.
I'm not a...
The Marginalian
Octavia Butler (and Whitman’s Ghost) on America
“Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought,” Octavia Butler (June 22, 1947–February 24, 2006)...
2 months ago
“Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought,” Octavia Butler (June 22, 1947–February 24, 2006) urged in her prophetic Parable of the Talents, written in the 1990s and set in the 2020s. Her words remain a haunting reminder that our rights are founded upon our...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Never Has a Man Deserved a Reputation Less'
My middle
son, a Marine Corps officer at Quantico, asked last week if I would interested
in “working...
a year ago
My middle
son, a Marine Corps officer at Quantico, asked last week if I would interested
in “working through Wittgenstein” with him. Of course, so we met online on Sunday
for ninety minutes and read propositions 1 and 2 of his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. I first read the book...
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
Joel Gascoigne
Focus on the line, not the dot
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over a year ago
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[http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4992617] thread pop up again on Hacker
News. If you’re hiring, it’s a great place to share that fact. Since around half
a...
alexwlchan
Launching a rocket in the worst possible way
Last month, NASA made headlines as they (finally) launched their SLS rocket as part of the Artemis 1...
over a year ago
Last month, NASA made headlines as they (finally) launched their SLS rocket as part of the Artemis 1 mission.
The long and expensive development of SLS has been the subject of much debate, and caused a lot of online rage.
I will now induce similar rage at a fraction of the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
AI Snake Oil
Eighteen pitfalls to beware of in AI journalism
A checklist for avoiding hype
over a year ago
A checklist for avoiding hype
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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a year ago
Liz Denys
New Loose Leaf Security episode: Security stories! Plus, a 2FA zine!
The previous Loose Leaf Security series on safely surfing the web was pretty dense, so Geoffrey and...
over a year ago
The previous Loose Leaf Security series on safely surfing the web was pretty dense, so Geoffrey and I filled the latest episode of Loose Leaf Security with a bunch of our own personal security mishaps:
Security stories: lost phones, a compromised computer, and an unexpected...
The Pragmatic...
Mentoring software engineers or engineering leaders
Great mentors are useful for professional growth, and have benefitted both informal and formal...
a year ago
Great mentors are useful for professional growth, and have benefitted both informal and formal mentorship from experienced engineers and managers. A collection of free and paid resources where you can find mentors to help with your professional growth.
Rest of World -...
Scale AI is on a hiring spree for speakers of under-represented languages
But some languages pay a lot better than others.
a year ago
But some languages pay a lot better than others.
Maps Mania
Mapping Russian Military Facilities in Crimea
a year ago
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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9 months ago
The Modern House
How David Roy and Angel Perez carve out space for playtime and parties in their flexible Hackney...
a year ago
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
The American Scholar
Riding With Mr. Washington
How my great-grandfather invented himself at the end of Reconstruction
The post Riding With Mr....
4 months ago
How my great-grandfather invented himself at the end of Reconstruction
The post Riding With Mr. Washington appeared first on The American Scholar.
PostHog's RSS Feed
The conformist startup rule you can ignore
This post is from our Substack newsletter, Product for Engineers . It's all about helping engineers...
a year ago
This post is from our Substack newsletter, Product for Engineers . It's all about helping engineers and founders build better products, and…
Math Is Still...
The Electron Is So Round That It’s Ruling Out Potential New Particles
If the electron’s charge wasn’t perfectly round, it could reveal the existence of hidden particles....
a year ago
If the electron’s charge wasn’t perfectly round, it could reveal the existence of hidden particles. A new measurement approaches perfection.
The post The Electron Is So Round That It’s Ruling Out Potential New Particles first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Eukaryote Writes...
[UPDATE to most recent post]
I edited the post “A point of clarification on infohazard terminology” in response to a good point...
over a year ago
I edited the post “A point of clarification on infohazard terminology” in response to a good point of feedback, and changed a terminology proposal. I’m writing a separate update in case the old unedited version is still lodged in your RSS feed. Read the new one instead! It’s the...
The American Scholar
Battle Hymns
Charles Ives and the Civil War
The post Battle Hymns appeared first on The American Scholar.
4 months ago
Charles Ives and the Civil War
The post Battle Hymns appeared first on The American Scholar.
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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7 months ago
Seth's Blog
The seduction of false promises
Why do we buy the pitch of the snake oil salesman, the flim-flam man, the con artist, the demagogue...
6 months ago
Why do we buy the pitch of the snake oil salesman, the flim-flam man, the con artist, the demagogue or the trickster? As our modern world becomes more informed and more rational, we see an increase (not the expected decrease) in scams, hustles, and chaos. There are Jokers and...
The Diff
Are VCs Incentivized to be too Nice for Venture Debt?
Plus! Art of the Cram-Down; Transaction Costs; Amazon Air; Bull Markets; Misinformation
a month ago
Plus! Art of the Cram-Down; Transaction Costs; Amazon Air; Bull Markets; Misinformation
The Marginalian
The Last Wonder: D.H. Lawrence on Death and the Best Lifelong Preparation for It
"Know thyself, and that thou art mortal. But know thyself, denying that thou art mortal."
a year ago
"Know thyself, and that thou art mortal. But know thyself, denying that thou art mortal."
TheCollector
5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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11 months ago
Strange Loop Canon
What can LLMs never do?
On goal drift and lower reliability. Or, why can't LLMs play Conway's Game Of Life?
8 months ago
On goal drift and lower reliability. Or, why can't LLMs play Conway's Game Of Life?
Ruud van Asseldonk
A type system for RCL, part 1: Introduction
5 months ago
sbensu
Industrial macros
Most industry codebases use macros, aka code-generation to solve practical problems like talking to...
6 months ago
Most industry codebases use macros, aka code-generation to solve practical problems like talking to the database.
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Some crypto x healthcare ideas | Out-Of-Pocket
Decentralized EMRs, Insurance DAOs, and Drug Picking Models
a year ago
Decentralized EMRs, Insurance DAOs, and Drug Picking Models
Louwrentius
Buying a new computer
*** Desktop or Laptop ***
When deciding on which computer to buy, the first decision you have to...
over a year ago
*** Desktop or Laptop ***
When deciding on which computer to buy, the first decision you have to make is about whether to go for a desktop or a laptop. There was a time that many believed that the desktop would become a niche product. Most people want a laptop because they can...
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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7 months ago
Artificial Ignorance
Lies, damned lies, and benchmarks
While benchmarks (and leaderboards) are useful tools, they are but a small facet when it comes to...
11 months ago
While benchmarks (and leaderboards) are useful tools, they are but a small facet when it comes to evaluating large language models. Often, they're not the best indicators of real-world utility - and I want to dig into why (and what other approaches exist).
Kagi Blog
Announcing The Assistant
Yes, the rumours are true!
Kagi has been thoughtfully integrating AI into our search experience,...
4 months ago
Yes, the rumours are true!
Kagi has been thoughtfully integrating AI into our search experience, creating a smarter, faster, and more intuitive search.
Wuthering...
Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music - enchantment is the precondition of all...
When I read Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music (1872) several...
over a year ago
When I read Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music (1872) several years ago I was interested in it as a 19th century work, as a key text in the cult of Richard Wagner and an early example of the vogue for fantasizing that stuffy Prussian or...
Julia Evans
How HEAD works in git
Hello! The other day I ran a Mastodon poll asking people how confident they
were that they...
10 months ago
Hello! The other day I ran a Mastodon poll asking people how confident they
were that they understood how HEAD works in Git. The results (out of 1700
votes) were a little surprising to me:
10% “100%”
36% “pretty confident”
39% “somewhat confident?”
15% “literally no idea”
I was...
symmetry magazine
Muon g-2 doubles down with latest measurement, explores uncharted territory
Fermilab's Muon g-2 experiment brings particle physics closer to a showdown between theory and...
a year ago
Fermilab's Muon g-2 experiment brings particle physics closer to a showdown between theory and experiment.
Spoon & Tamago
Local Noto Businesses that You Can Support
Roughly 6000 people remain in temporary evacuation shelters ever since the Noto Earthquake on...
11 months ago
Roughly 6000 people remain in temporary evacuation shelters ever since the Noto Earthquake on January 1st upended life for so many. And while the recovery is long and arduous, many are doing what they can to return to normal and that includes the many local businesses in the Noto...
TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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3 months ago
blag
How I Am Maintaining Multiple Emails For Git On A Same Machine
In this simple tutorial I will show how to maintain multiple git emails on a same machine. And how...
over a year ago
In this simple tutorial I will show how to maintain multiple git emails on a same machine. And how to configure git emails per directory or per project.
Christopher Butler
The Bond Between Attention and Information
Most communication is visual. Isn’t that fascinating? Think of how much a picture, a symbol, a...
a year ago
Most communication is visual. Isn’t that fascinating? Think of how much a picture, a symbol, a facial expression, or a gesture can communicate on its own.
As a child, I always felt a little strange that when I’d get close enough to read the small label next to a work of art in...
Steve Klabnik
Nobody understands REST or HTTP
over a year ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
Introducing PostHog Cloud EU
It's no secret that some popular analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, have fallen foul of GDPR...
over a year ago
It's no secret that some popular analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, have fallen foul of GDPR regulations in the EU. That's one reason why we…
Joel Gascoigne
Why you should continue working on your bad idea
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over a year ago
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> "The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep
us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want
something. The brick walls are...
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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a month ago
Archinect - Features
How ‘Architect’ Became a Protected Title in the United States
In the second part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we chart the origins of licensure in the United...
7 months ago
In the second part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we chart the origins of licensure in the United States. We explore how a combination of safety concerns, technological advances, and insecurity among architects over their own relevance led to the protection of the title...
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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6 months ago
Seth's Blog
I fixed it for you
Creativity is about hope and possibility. It gives us a chance to make things better. Plenty has...
8 months ago
Creativity is about hope and possibility. It gives us a chance to make things better. Plenty has been written about the sad iPad ad that Apple just apologized for. It wasn’t just out of character for the story Apple tells, it was a cheap hack, taking the nihilism and helplessness...
TheCollector
Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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4 months ago
Asterisk
A User’s Guide to Building a Subculture
First, you’re going to need something to care about.
2 months ago
First, you’re going to need something to care about.
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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2 months ago
Archinect - Features
Your Architecture Work Sample Isn’t Your Portfolio. 10 Creative Tips To Keep in Mind When Job...
In many cases, your work sample is the first visual evidence you will offer a prospective employer...
3 months ago
In many cases, your work sample is the first visual evidence you will offer a prospective employer when applying for a new architectural position. What you include in your sample, as well as how you structure and present it, is therefore important for creating a good first...
Castles in the Sky
What it feels like to be in love
Vignettes #2
9 months ago
David Perell
Coolest Things I Learned in 2020
This is a collection of the most popular ideas I shared in 2020.
The post Coolest Things I Learned...
over a year ago
This is a collection of the most popular ideas I shared in 2020.
The post Coolest Things I Learned in 2020 appeared first on David Perell.
diamond geezer
The Royal Mail Experiment
Have you ever wondered whether the Royal Mail are failing to deliver your post on time? I've long...
3 months ago
Have you ever wondered whether the Royal Mail are failing to deliver your post on time? I've long thought it suspicious that I go days without post then a whole batch arrives together, and that bills seem to arrive long after they were posted. But without evidence all this is...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Screw Management, Point Yourself at Piles of Rubble
I knew a guy who cashed in by matching odd jobs with cheap workers. There is good money to be made...
over a year ago
I knew a guy who cashed in by matching odd jobs with cheap workers. There is good money to be made in convincing people to do subhuman work. I was an easy mark.
Liz Denys
The crispiest chocolate chip cookies
Remember how I was craving chocolate chip cookies not too long ago? Well, the ricotta chocolate...
over a year ago
Remember how I was craving chocolate chip cookies not too long ago? Well, the ricotta chocolate shavings cookies didn't satisfy that craving for long - probably because I was craving deep dark chocolate in a rich buttery dough.
Normally, I make chewy chocolate chip cookies that...
Opsbros
Pro-tip for Baristas
If you've ever filled one of those 'Cheeki' coffee cups, or virtually any other reusable coffee cup,...
over a year ago
If you've ever filled one of those 'Cheeki' coffee cups, or virtually any other reusable coffee cup, you've definitely come across the issue that when it's 'overfilled' it will overflow when the lid is put back on. There is a
Founder's blog
Improving C# Performance with Span<T>
Whenever I have some free time on my hands I love making our helpdesk app faster. The newest C# and...
a year ago
Whenever I have some free time on my hands I love making our helpdesk app faster. The newest C# and .NET Core releases come with so many performance oriented features that I've been waiting to play with, specifically the new datatype called Span<T>.
Here's the thing. Every...
Josh Thompson
A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept
The following is recounted on
Quora, from a lecture by Stanford
professor John Ousterhout (he’s in...
over a year ago
The following is recounted on
Quora, from a lecture by Stanford
professor John Ousterhout (he’s in the Computer Science department):
Here’s today’s thought for the weekend. A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of Y-intercept.
[Laughter]
So at a mathematical level this is...
Uncharted...
The Moral Case for More People on Earth
Today we’re going to cover four points that have emerged from the last few articles on growing our...
a month ago
Today we’re going to cover four points that have emerged from the last few articles on growing our population, but which I haven’t covered yet:
The Honest Broker
How Musicians Invented the Law
Songs are far more powerful than you think
a year ago
Songs are far more powerful than you think
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Lasting Vivification of a Word'
I’ve read
Walter de la Mare’s essay “A Book of Words” (Pleasures and Speculations, 1940) for the...
10 months ago
I’ve read
Walter de la Mare’s essay “A Book of Words” (Pleasures and Speculations, 1940) for the second time in a week,
and have decided one might easily write a book about it. The prose is dense
with interesting and useful ideas:
“The
prevalent weakness, too, of many minds–the...
TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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a month ago
Common Edge
Design for Global Survival: The 2030 Palette
Strategies for architects, planners, and policymakers as we adapt to a changing world.
a month ago
Strategies for architects, planners, and policymakers as we adapt to a changing world.
Mazdak
Google's Ad Business Under Fire in Europe
Google Faces Antitrust Probe in Europe. Microsoft and OpenAI: A Partnership in Turmoil. Google Faces...
a year ago
Google Faces Antitrust Probe in Europe. Microsoft and OpenAI: A Partnership in Turmoil. Google Faces Antitrust Probe in Europe The European Commission has made a formal antitrust complaint against Google and its ad business. In a preliminary opinion, the regulator says Google has...
Josh Thompson
Learn to Type - Again
Yesterday, we talked about why the
Caps Lock key should be converted into a delete key.
What I’ve...
over a year ago
Yesterday, we talked about why the
Caps Lock key should be converted into a delete key.
What I’ve learned from learning Colemak
Short, focused practice yields great results.
When I start a timer for twenty minutes, I feel a sense of urgency, rather than defeat. Time boxing...
Rest of World -...
Scammers are cashing in on Worldcoin’s chaotic Kenya launch
Without a cash withdrawal option, Kenyans are turning to the country’s informal crypto economy — and...
a year ago
Without a cash withdrawal option, Kenyans are turning to the country’s informal crypto economy — and some are losing their coins in the process.
Blog posts of...
The simplest and most important dashboard for early stage startups.
This blogpost is part of a small series of posts that cover the basics of startup metrics. My...
over a year ago
This blogpost is part of a small series of posts that cover the basics of startup metrics. My personal goal is to help early stage...
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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6 months ago
Christopher Butler
visual journal – 2024 June 1 - June 16
An End
I made two small collages side-by-side, simultaneously, then glued them in to the...
6 months ago
An End
I made two small collages side-by-side, simultaneously, then glued them in to the book.
ontological shock
Another small collage I made outside of this book. I’ve been enjoying the process of making these; I’ve been thinking of them as...
Seth's Blog
The reality of chasing pop
It’s tempting for a creator. To make a pop hit, a song or a book or a meme that becomes a popular...
a year ago
It’s tempting for a creator. To make a pop hit, a song or a book or a meme that becomes a popular idea and part of the culture. In our lifetimes, it’s become possible to imagine that you could even make a living creating pop. But pop is a harsh mistress, because pop means...
Rest of World -...
Meta’s long-standing problem with “shaheed”
An overdue ruling from the Oversight Board.
9 months ago
An overdue ruling from the Oversight Board.
Build In Public...
How Twitter helped me with the 1st ever BUILD IN PUBLIC NFT 💎
Happy Friday everyone, Below is the story of: how I found an artist to collaborate and mint my 1st...
over a year ago
Happy Friday everyone, Below is the story of: how I found an artist to collaborate and mint my 1st ever NFT project on the theme of “build in public” how it all came together on Twitter DMs how we plan to auction/sell it to a thoughtful buyer how we intend to donate all the...
Londonist
Two 24-Hour Tube Strikes Planned For April And May 2024
Aslef members say they're 'working harder and longer for less'.
9 months ago
Aslef members say they're 'working harder and longer for less'.
Noahpinion
Why it's so hard to fix the information ecosystem
Misinformation is a job; correcting misinformation is a hobby.
a year ago
Misinformation is a job; correcting misinformation is a hobby.
Val Sopi
Summer 2023 finances
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/valsopi/status/1680156076036030464" target="_blank">Monthly tweet...
a year ago
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/valsopi/status/1680156076036030464" target="_blank">Monthly tweet update</a></p><p>Looking back at the tough June, I thought I should clear up a few things as the much better July is almost over.</p><ul><li><b>🫣 Bummer:</b> June tanked with...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #175
Pseudonyms on social media, Superinvestor portfolios, Apple Vision Pro, Gates on AI, 40% discount...
a year ago
Pseudonyms on social media, Superinvestor portfolios, Apple Vision Pro, Gates on AI, 40% discount rates, Evolving moats, Jay Gould, Garry Tan, Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Steve Ells
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Retail Design Blog
Dior store
Dior has had a high-profile presence on Tokyo‘s swanky Omotesando dori since its multi-storey...
6 days ago
Dior has had a high-profile presence on Tokyo‘s swanky Omotesando dori since its multi-storey flagship store, designed by Japanese architecture...
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
Math Is Still...
Emmy Murphy Is a Mathematician Who Finds Beauty in Flexibility
The prize-winning geometer feels most fulfilled when exploring the fertile ground where constraint...
a year ago
The prize-winning geometer feels most fulfilled when exploring the fertile ground where constraint meets creation.
The post Emmy Murphy Is a Mathematician Who Finds Beauty in Flexibility first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things to start your week (#18)
Recession illusions, China's military buildup, industrial policy and wages, rethinking corporate...
a year ago
Recession illusions, China's military buildup, industrial policy and wages, rethinking corporate tax, tightening export controls, and an interview with Darrell Owens
There are two types...
What’s good for General Motors is good for America
On March 15 I tweeted, “If America hadn’t decided to create a new national transportation system...
a year ago
On March 15 I tweeted, “If America hadn’t decided to create a new national transportation system based on individuals in private cars driving everywhere for everything, climate change would be a very different—and smaller—problem than it is.” I posted the … Continue reading →
The...
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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5 months ago
Handprinted - Blog
Creating Cyanotypes using the Speedball UV Lamp
Cyanotypes are made using a light sensitive solution to create designs on fabric and paper. Prints...
a year ago
Cyanotypes are made using a light sensitive solution to create designs on fabric and paper. Prints are typically created using direct sunlight. Unfortunately here in the UK, sunshine is often in short supply! But we have discovered a work around using the Speedball UV Lamp, a...
Retail Design Blog
Pacific Companies Offices by Hendy
Hendy designed a new office space for Pacific Companies in Irvine, emphasizing comfort and...
4 months ago
Hendy designed a new office space for Pacific Companies in Irvine, emphasizing comfort and flexibility, creating a home-like environment with...
David Perell
I Hate Writing (and So Will You)
When I hate writing, it’s because I love it so much. An experienced writer is somebody who knows...
a year ago
When I hate writing, it’s because I love it so much. An experienced writer is somebody who knows when the hatred is temporary.
The post I Hate Writing (and So Will You) appeared first on David Perell.
Open Culture
A Short Visual History of America, According to the Irreverent Comic Artist R. Crumb
As a founder of the “underground comix” movement in the 1960s, R. Crumb is either revered as a...
2 months ago
As a founder of the “underground comix” movement in the 1960s, R. Crumb is either revered as a pioneering satirist of American culture and its excesses or reviled as a juvenile purveyor of painfully outmoded sexist and racist stereotypes. Crumb doesn’t apologize. He keeps...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Some ways to use ZK-SNARKs for privacy
over a year ago
Vadim Kravcenko
Dealing with Failures and Postmortems
On August 1, 2012, Knight Capital Group suffered a severe trading loss due to a software error. A...
a year ago
On August 1, 2012, Knight Capital Group suffered a severe trading loss due to a software error. A technician’s failure […]
The post Dealing with Failures and Postmortems appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Irrational...
Onboarding peer executives.
While many companies build out an elaborate Engineering onboarding program, the process for...
a year ago
While many companies build out an elaborate Engineering onboarding program, the process for onboarding new executives tends to be an ad-hoc, chaotic affair. There usually is an executive onboarding process, but it’s used too infrequently to ever get excellent.
Part of the problem...
TokyoDev
If You Want To Hire Great Engineers, Let Engineers Do The Hiring
Hiring great engineers is not just about evaluating technical skills. It’s about finding passionate...
5 months ago
Hiring great engineers is not just about evaluating technical skills. It’s about finding passionate individuals who align with your mission. It’s about building a team that can turn your vision into reality.
To make this happen, a solid interview process is your best tool....
Build In Public...
How I Built This In Public: Luca Restagno
Lessons from building, growing and selling SaaS Products all in public
a year ago
Lessons from building, growing and selling SaaS Products all in public
Notes on software...
How I run a coffee club
I started the NYC Systems Coffee
Club in December
of 2023. It's gone pretty well! I regularly get...
a week ago
I started the NYC Systems Coffee
Club in December
of 2023. It's gone pretty well! I regularly get around 20 people each
month. You bring a drink if you feel like it and you hang out with
people for an hour or two.
There is no agenda, there is no speaker, there is no structure....
David Heinemeier...
Children of You
The birth rate is dropping all over the world. In some places, like South Korea (0.72), it is so low...
4 months ago
The birth rate is dropping all over the world. In some places, like South Korea (0.72), it is so low people are starting to worry about a national extinction. In other places, including all of Europe (average 1.5, Spain 1.29), it's merely bad and alarming. And nobody seems to...
Wuthering...
Books I read in February 2024 - if there is truth in poets' prophesies, then in my fame forever will...
Persian literature in March: the epic Shahnameh in
Dick Davis’s mostly prose translation, plus the...
10 months ago
Persian literature in March: the epic Shahnameh in
Dick Davis’s mostly prose translation, plus the classical poets he translated in
Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz, plus some Rumi and at least
one contemporary Iranian novel, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi’s The Colonel
(2009). ...
David Heinemeier...
Committing to Windows
I've gone around the computing world in the past eighty hours. I've been flowing freely from Windows...
10 months ago
I've gone around the computing world in the past eighty hours. I've been flowing freely from Windows to Linux, sampling text editors like VSCode, neovim, Helix, and Sublime, while surveying PC laptops and desktops. It's been an adventure! But it's time to stop being a tourist....
Jason Crawford
What I still want out of time management tools
I made my first todo list almost 25 years ago. Ever since, I’ve been evolving my tools and system...
over a year ago
I made my first todo list almost 25 years ago. Ever since, I’ve been evolving my tools and system for tracking tasks, managing time, and improving productivity.
A personal productivity toolbox is a very personal and contextual thing. I find that my own systems have to be revised...
Alice GG
Stuff I've been working on
It’s been around 2 years that I’ve had to stop with my long-term addiction to stable jobs.
Quite a...
3 months ago
It’s been around 2 years that I’ve had to stop with my long-term addiction to stable jobs.
Quite a few people who read this blog are wondering what the hell exactly I’ve been doing since then so I’m going to update all of you on the various projects I’ve been working on.
Meme...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Wolf
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11 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Fortunately they didn't have quantitative finance yet, so he was just a serial killer.
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The road from serfdom
Using opt-ins to reform Russia's backwards tsarist agricultural sector
10 months ago
Using opt-ins to reform Russia's backwards tsarist agricultural sector
PostHog's RSS Feed
How we monetized our open source devtool
So, you’ve decided to build an open-source product. While your choice is highly commendable, the...
over a year ago
So, you’ve decided to build an open-source product. While your choice is highly commendable, the resounding applause from devs on GitHub and Hacker…
Confessions of a...
Predation of juvenile reef fish in coral patches at Ningaloo Reef
The second research article I have decided to discuss is one I had the pleasure to be involved with!...
over a year ago
The second research article I have decided to discuss is one I had the pleasure to be involved with! In fact, it was the first paper I was a co-author on, after linking up with the Department of Environment and Conservation through an ANNiMS internship program. The paper was...
Spoon & Tamago
All Aboard the Deer Train to Nara
all photos by mareiii04 Nara is known for several things including their gorgeous temples and...
a year ago
all photos by mareiii04 Nara is known for several things including their gorgeous temples and exquisite parks. But the historic Japanese city has another major tourist attraction: their devious deer. If you’re heading to Nara, be sure to try and board Kintetsu Railway’s new Deer...
Passing Time
A Break from the Bubble
Fremont Canyon Trip Report
5 months ago
Fremont Canyon Trip Report
Explorations of an...
A Month In Northern Peru, Part 9: Tinamous In the Amazon To Rare Montane Monkeys (February 11, 2024)
February 11, 2024
Our alarm went off at 4:30 AM and at 5:00 AM we began the long, windy drive in the...
6 months ago
February 11, 2024
Our alarm went off at 4:30 AM and at 5:00 AM we began the long, windy drive in the dark across the Andes. The reason for our early start is that we had a date with tinamous and wood-quails at a small family-run reserve called Arena Blanca. Our contact at the...
Contemporist...
Dark Vertical Wood Siding Was Chosen As The Primary Exterior Cladding To “Camouflage” This Cabin
Architecture firm Prentiss + Balance + Wickline has shared photos of a house they designed in...
11 months ago
Architecture firm Prentiss + Balance + Wickline has shared photos of a house they designed in Wawona, California, for a couple with grown children and their families.
Max Rozen
How to style react-select with styled-components or emotion
Styling react-select can be annoying. Here's a quick guide on how to do it with popular CSS-in-JS...
over a year ago
Styling react-select can be annoying. Here's a quick guide on how to do it with popular CSS-in-JS libraries.
Neil Panchal
Favorite Perfumes
A quick condensed list based on over 15 years of exploration in the world of perfumery. I didn't...
a year ago
A quick condensed list based on over 15 years of exploration in the world of perfumery. I didn't include obvious classics such as Polo Green and Aramis. If I were to pick 3 perfumes to wear for life, it would be: Hermes Bel Ami, Chanel Antaeus and Serge
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writing Advice
Some thoughts on writing your first few writings
over a year ago
Some thoughts on writing your first few writings
Diaries of Note
A black and empty future
Of the many first-person accounts of World War I, the diary of Edwin Campion Vaughan stands as one...
a year ago
Of the many first-person accounts of World War I, the diary of Edwin Campion Vaughan stands as one of the most vivid and harrowing ever kept. Joining the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 19th June 1916 as a second lieutenant, eighteen-year-old Vaughan soon found himself on the...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
If you asked people in 1989...
"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 that a decentralized…
mtlynch.io
My Sixth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder
Six years ago, I quit my job as a developer at Google to create my own bootstrapped software...
10 months ago
Six years ago, I quit my job as a developer at Google to create my own bootstrapped software company.
For the first few years, all of my businesses flopped. The best of them earned a few hundred dollars per month in revenue, but none were profitable.
Halfway through my third...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Why infrastructure is a competitive advantage for us
We're hiring Site Reliability Engineers (SREs). I'm biased of course, but I think it's worth...
over a year ago
We're hiring Site Reliability Engineers (SREs). I'm biased of course, but I think it's worth explaining why we think PostHog is the most exciting…
Mazdak
A Guide to 2024 Tax Brackets and Rates (Canada 🇨🇦)
Tax season can be a daunting journey, with its intricate paths and hidden obstacles. For Canadian...
12 months ago
Tax season can be a daunting journey, with its intricate paths and hidden obstacles. For Canadian taxpayers, understanding the tax code and optimizing their financial position requires careful planning and informed decisions. This comprehensive guide equips you with the knowledge...
Seth's Blog
Out to get you
It’s easy to believe that in some moments, the world is out to get you. This is unlikely. The world...
11 months ago
It’s easy to believe that in some moments, the world is out to get you. This is unlikely. The world hardly knows you exist. There is injustice and trauma and systems of caste. There are tiny pockets of humanity that hold a grudge. But most of the time, in most situations, what...
TheCollector
6 Assassinations That Changed History
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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10 months ago
Alex Meub
A Craigslist Early Notification Exploit
I wrote this post on November 23rd, 2020 when I reported the issue via Craigslist’s vulnerability...
over a year ago
I wrote this post on November 23rd, 2020 when I reported the issue via Craigslist’s vulnerability disclosure process. I didn’t want to publish it until I confirmed the issue was fixed, but it appears to have been fixed on February 28th, 2021 so I am posting it...
Blog System/5
Beyond the 1 MB barrier in DOS
Continuing the tour on how DOS apps used memory above the first MB
11 months ago
Continuing the tour on how DOS apps used memory above the first MB
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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8 months ago
Londonist
The Crazy-Reasonably Priced Cafe Hidden In A Waterloo Bus Garage
Next stop: a hearty lunch for as little at £4!
11 months ago
Next stop: a hearty lunch for as little at £4!
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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8 months ago
ntietz.com blog
Insights and questions from the original waterfall paper
The waterfall model is probably the most reviled methodology in software engineering.
This...
a year ago
The waterfall model is probably the most reviled methodology in software engineering.
This methodology was first described in a 1970 paper by Dr. Winston Royce.
This paper didn't call it waterfall, nor did it endorse the technique, and the paper contains a lot of good insights...
ToughSF
Piracy in Space is Possible Part I: Dastardly DeltaV and Stealth Steamers
Space Piracy is a common science fiction trope. It has been continuously derided in Hard Science...
over a year ago
Space Piracy is a common science fiction trope. It has been continuously derided in Hard Science Fiction as silly and a holdover of the 'Space is an Ocean' analogy.
But is it really that unrealistic to have space pirates? Let's find out.
What is piracy?
A chinese Junk, by...
TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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3 months ago
Commoncog
How to Become Data Driven
The answer, like most things from Statistical Process Control, is more surprising and more obvious...
a year ago
The answer, like most things from Statistical Process Control, is more surprising and more obvious than you might think.
Seth's Blog
Wild Hope Now: The power of books for causes
Non-profits and charities depend on the emotional and financial support of their backers. And that...
a year ago
Non-profits and charities depend on the emotional and financial support of their backers. And that support is always based on a story. A story of possibility, of justice, of community. They serve to right wrongs, to fix problems, to shine a light and to make things better. I’ve...
diamond geezer
TfL FoI requests in October 2024
20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in October 2024
1) The five road junctions with the most...
2 months ago
20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in October 2024
1) The five road junctions with the most casualties and collisions over the last three years (specifically the greatest 'casualty harm') are the Redbridge Roundabout, Seven Sisters, Elephant & Castle, the foot of Ilford...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Remarkable Literary Judgment'
She was
twelve or thirteen, a girl in a hooded sweatshirt seated beside a woman I
assume was her...
5 months ago
She was
twelve or thirteen, a girl in a hooded sweatshirt seated beside a woman I
assume was her mother. She sat on the aisle two rows ahead of me. The cabin of
the plane glowed with screens while she was reading Andrew R. MacAndrew’s 1961 translation
of Dead Souls, the Signet...
Alex Meub
Building an Arcade Stick
I’ve been into playing games on my RetroPie machine lately and thought it would be cool to build an...
over a year ago
I’ve been into playing games on my RetroPie machine lately and thought it would be cool to build an arcade stick (also called a “fight stick”). Here’s the finished product:
Materials and Components
I had some leftover IKEA oak butcher block from a kitchen project and I thought...
Math Is Still...
Tiny Tweaks to Neurons Can Rewire Animal Motion
Altering a protein in the neurons that coordinate a rattlesnake’s movement made a slow slither...
10 months ago
Altering a protein in the neurons that coordinate a rattlesnake’s movement made a slow slither neuron more like a speedy rattle neuron, showing one way evolution can generate new ways of moving.
The post Tiny Tweaks to Neurons Can Rewire Animal Motion first appeared...
bt RSS Feed
Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback
Obvious Javascript ‘Injection’ Fallback
2020-12-04
Sometimes websites and web apps might require...
over a year ago
Obvious Javascript ‘Injection’ Fallback
2020-12-04
Sometimes websites and web apps might require content to be “injected” via Javascript. I should mention that I am strongly against this practice - but often this kind of thing is out of one’s hands. So, the least I can do is...
Citation Needed
Issue 71 – (Crypto) banks are not your friends
Celsius’ Alex Mashinsky pleads guilty to fraud, some Tornado Cash sanctions are overturned, and tech...
a month ago
Celsius’ Alex Mashinsky pleads guilty to fraud, some Tornado Cash sanctions are overturned, and tech billionaires complain about “debanking”.
csvbase blog
You can't just assume UTF-8
How to infer character encodings with statistics
8 months ago
How to infer character encodings with statistics
Rest of World -...
Building a food delivery app in the internet shutdown capital of the world
Jammu and Kashmir’s Gatoes was founded in 2020 in the middle of a months-long government-imposed...
4 months ago
Jammu and Kashmir’s Gatoes was founded in 2020 in the middle of a months-long government-imposed internet restriction. It is now expanding in north India.
Words and Buttons...
[Renovated] Mathematical analysis explained with Python, blood, and TNT
A brief introduction to mathematical analysis with a little SymPy on the side. The page explains how...
over a year ago
A brief introduction to mathematical analysis with a little SymPy on the side. The page explains how to disassemble a function, and how to assemble it back from the derivatives.
Melissa Penfold
THE RIGHT WAY TO LAY OUT YOUR LIVING ROOM: THE 7 RULES
Designing a room is like putting a puzzle together. From optimal rug sizing to how high to hang...
a year ago
Designing a room is like putting a puzzle together. From optimal rug sizing to how high to hang lights, here are formulas for living rooms None of these pointers are etched in parquet, but even experienced designers largely stick to them. And they’ll help you map out a great...
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
NeuroLogica Blog
Deep Sea Mining for Minerals Could Harm Environment
It is an unfortunate reality that with over 8 billion people on the planet almost anything we...
a year ago
It is an unfortunate reality that with over 8 billion people on the planet almost anything we collectively do has the potential to have huge environmental impacts. When the human population was in the mere millions we could treat the planet as an essentially unlimited resource....
Calculated Risk
Newsletter: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.15 million SAAR in November
Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.15...
2 weeks ago
Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.15 million SAAR in November
The sales rate was above the consensus forecast (but close to housing economist Tom Lawler’s estimate).
Sales Year-over-Year and Not Seasonally Adjusted...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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a year ago
CONTEMPORIST
Wall-To-Wall Built-In Wood Cabinetry Create A Warm Interior For This Renovated Home
Design firm Atelier SUN has completed the renovation of a home near Toronto, Canada. The house was...
a year ago
Design firm Atelier SUN has completed the renovation of a home near Toronto, Canada. The house was built in the 1980s during an era of mass-produced developments, which resulted in excessive structural elements such as columns and beams throughout the space. The updated design...
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
8 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
Old Structures...
Unrestricted
New York’s first zoning law went into effect in 1916. It is famous for partially restricting...
10 months ago
New York’s first zoning law went into effect in 1916. It is famous for partially restricting heights, by forcing setbacks of building mass facing streets, but it also restricted some uses of land. The map below – an actual blueprint, for what that’s worth – shows “Tentative Use...
Open Culture
Watch an Enthusiast Drive the First Car Ever Made, the 1885 Mercedes Benz
In 1885, Karl Benz built what’s now considered the first modern automobile. According to the...
8 months ago
In 1885, Karl Benz built what’s now considered the first modern automobile. According to the Mercedes Benz website, the car featured a “compact high-speed single-cylinder four-stroke engine installed horizontally at the rear, a tubular steel frame … and three wire-spoked wheels....
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Strength: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases
Previous Next https://youtu.be/ELM6pYo76DQ For Stoics of antiquity, the most admirable and important...
a year ago
Previous Next https://youtu.be/ELM6pYo76DQ For Stoics of antiquity, the most admirable and important kind of strength was the type that came from an inner fortitude that was nurtured with discipline and devotion to philosophy. The most difficult trials of our lives come not from...
Math Is Still...
The Biggest Smallest Triangle Just Got Smaller
A new proof breaks a decades-long drought of progress on the problem of estimating the size of...
a year ago
A new proof breaks a decades-long drought of progress on the problem of estimating the size of triangles created by cramming points into a square.
The post The Biggest Smallest Triangle Just Got Smaller first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
8 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
Jonas Hietala
Now we have a Forum
In a burst of random energy I made a forum for madeoftree. Well okay I just made an awesome style...
over a year ago
In a burst of random energy I made a forum for madeoftree. Well okay I just made an awesome style for the awesome phpBB - the forum itself was up and running in say 10min and the rest of the latest days has been all about customizing. Now it’s finally kinda complete so here it is...
Arduino Blog
Top Arduino Cloud IoT dashboard ideas with the new Image widget
Recently, we announced the exciting new Image widget for Arduino Cloud. This powerful feature opens...
3 months ago
Recently, we announced the exciting new Image widget for Arduino Cloud. This powerful feature opens up a world of possibilities for enhancing your IoT dashboards. But the true potential of the Image widget lies in the applications that you create. Today, we’re excited to dive...
TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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11 months ago
Farza's Newsletter
just used a helium balloon as a standing desk and broke my apple newton
Minutes In the last 6 days, Zip has streamed a total of 277,000 minutes of live classes across all...
over a year ago
Minutes In the last 6 days, Zip has streamed a total of 277,000 minutes of live classes across all our students. Nice. 1,000,000 minutes soon! FB Group! Been working hard to get the FB Group rolling and create a community at Zip. Three learnings. First
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
4 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
Applied Cartography
Notebook as marketing primitive
Earlier this week, I stumbled upon this brilliant marketing-slash-documentation idea from...
2 months ago
Earlier this week, I stumbled upon this brilliant marketing-slash-documentation idea from SingleStore — notebooks as a first-party page! There are a handful of nice things about this idea:
Very easy to fan out. You're not going to really run out of sample notebooks from which you...
Cognitive...
Rise of the Open Source ChatGPT Clones
At first there was Open-Assistant, then appeared OpenChatKit, and the newly announced ColossalChat....
a year ago
At first there was Open-Assistant, then appeared OpenChatKit, and the newly announced ColossalChat. Now three projects (that I know of!) aim to give everybody the ability to create their own ChatGPT clone.
The basic components of a ChatGPT clone are:
large language model as its...
Liz Denys
Adding Open Graph to Pelican
I just added Open Graph support to this Pelican-generated site so pretty previews would show up when...
over a year ago
I just added Open Graph support to this Pelican-generated site so pretty previews would show up when people shared my posts, and I figured I'd share the fairly tidy way I went about it in case other people were interested. I only added support for articles, my journal entries,...
Scott DeLong
Weeks 19-21: Fortunately, I Wasn’t Lying
Incentive-based lead generation is a game changer and record days continue to become the new normal....
a year ago
Incentive-based lead generation is a game changer and record days continue to become the new normal. But it's not all good.
The post Weeks 19-21: Fortunately, I Wasn’t Lying appeared first on Scott DeLong.
Arduino Blog
This Flip-Pelt wearable concept enables ultra-fast thermal feedback in VR
Wouldn’t it be great if, while playing a virtual reality game, you could feel the heat of a fire on...
2 months ago
Wouldn’t it be great if, while playing a virtual reality game, you could feel the heat of a fire on your arm? Or the cold of chilly water? Engineers around the world have been trying to make that happen, but there is a big problem: temperature changes are slow. The immersive...
UX Collective
Our top UX stories this year
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
2 weeks ago
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
2 months ago
The Universe of...
My reply to the people who want to designate my neighborhood a "historic district"
Last week I received a widely circulated email that began:
With tall apartment buildings being...
3 months ago
Last week I received a widely circulated email that began:
With tall apartment buildings being erected all around, we feel it
is ever more important to preserve our community.
I sent this reply.
I have been a Spruce Hill homeowner for 16 years. I had to miss the
June 26...
Alex Meub
The Perfect Moscow Mule
The Moscow mule is one of my favorite cocktails because it’s simple, easy to make and delicious....
over a year ago
The Moscow mule is one of my favorite cocktails because it’s simple, easy to make and delicious. This is a guide to making the perfect Mule.
The Perfect Copper Mug
The copper mug is essential for a real Moscow Mule. Copper immediately takes on the temperature of the drink keeping...
Retail Design Blog
Villa y Zapata Tequila by Helix Branding
Villa y Zapata Tequila is a revolutionary, handcrafted spirit crafted for those with discerning...
a month ago
Villa y Zapata Tequila is a revolutionary, handcrafted spirit crafted for those with discerning palates. It pays tribute to individuals...
A Smart Bear
Individual efficiency vs administrative efficiency
When to prioritize individual autonomy, and when to standardize for global optimization.
4 months ago
When to prioritize individual autonomy, and when to standardize for global optimization.
The Ruffian
How the World Failed Greta Thunberg
The Perils of Praising Teenagers
3 months ago
The Perils of Praising Teenagers
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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6 months ago
Wuthering...
Please read Greek philosophy with me - Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, dog men, people jumping in...
Greek philosophy, readalong #2.
This idea got more interesting the more I thought about it, but...
over a year ago
Greek philosophy, readalong #2.
This idea got more interesting the more I thought about it, but had more organizational problems, plus the greater problem that I do not think of philosophy as a strength of mine. My solution has been to convert the project into literature.
Is...
Probably...
We Have a Book!
My copy of Probably Overthinking It has arrived! If you want a copy for yourself, you can get a 30%...
a year ago
My copy of Probably Overthinking It has arrived! If you want a copy for yourself, you can get a 30% discount if you order from the publisher and use the code UCPNEW. You can also order from Amazon or, if you want to support independent bookstores, from Bookshop.org. The official...
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Broomfield and Denver Weekend
I’ve been traveling a lot lately. It feels like I just got back from the Pacific Northwest, and...
2 months ago
I’ve been traveling a lot lately. It feels like I just got back from the Pacific Northwest, and before that England, and then I’m heading right back out the door again. This should do it for awhile though; I need some rest. But this trip was a little different because I was there...
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
NeuroLogica Blog
A Climate Debate Regarding Health Effects – Part IV
Part 4 This will be the final installment of this mini-debate about climate change and health...
a year ago
Part 4 This will be the final installment of this mini-debate about climate change and health effects, following a typical format of each person getting to make a statement and a response. Scott makes a lot of complaints about tone, format and fairness while simultaneously trying...
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