A Weekly Dose of...
42 Years of Critical Regionalism
(Covers of some of the books discussed in this post)
If your first reaction to the title of...
a year ago
(Covers of some of the books discussed in this post)
If your first reaction to the title of this post is something along the lines of, "Wait, isn't critical regionalism just 40 years old?," then everything you think know about critical regionalism is partial, in both senses...
Tony Dinh's...
July 2022: Aftermath of a viral tweet
I gained 1,500 new users, but how many will convert? And other updates in July 2022...
over a year ago
I gained 1,500 new users, but how many will convert? And other updates in July 2022...
Math Is Still...
Deep Beneath Earth’s Surface, Clues to Life’s Origins
Last spring, scientists retrieved a trove of mantle rocks from underneath the Atlantic seafloor — a...
a year ago
Last spring, scientists retrieved a trove of mantle rocks from underneath the Atlantic seafloor — a bounty that could help write the first chapter of life's story on Earth.
The post Deep Beneath Earth’s Surface, Clues to Life’s Origins first appeared on Quanta...
Ian Betteridge
Weeknote, Sunday 15th December
a month ago
Blog - Practical...
Why Some Roadways Are Made of Styrofoam
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
If you’ve ever driven or...
a year ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
If you’ve ever driven or ridden in an automobile, there’s a near 100% chance you’ve hit a bump in the road as you transition onto or off of a bridge. In fact, some studies estimate that it happens on a quarter...
The Solarchitecture...
Solarchitect's book recommendations I.
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” - Cicero
over a year ago
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” - Cicero
Birchtree
Matt is a Mean Guy (hey!)
Matt felt like bringing an intentionally controversial topic, Niléane refuses to admit she's created...
a month ago
Matt felt like bringing an intentionally controversial topic, Niléane refuses to admit she's created a sticky note-based task manager, and everyone gives the iPad some much needed love.
Or watch it on YouTube.
Weekly Topics
Raycast
CleanShot X
Final Cut Pro
Google...
Arduino Blog
Introducing Opta Expansions: scalable simplicity!
Last year, we launched the Arduino Pro Opta: it was an instant success with our community, and...
8 months ago
Last year, we launched the Arduino Pro Opta: it was an instant success with our community, and allowed us to reach PLC engineers with a new solution specifically designed for their needs. To further expand Opta’s capabilities, today the Arduino ecosystem welcomes various...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Implacable, Bewildered, It Moves Among Us'
Some sixteen
years ago David Ferry thanked me for a post I had written about some of the lines by...
a year ago
Some sixteen
years ago David Ferry thanked me for a post I had written about some of the lines by Dr. Johnson interpolated into his poems. That email is long gone but
I remember being touched by his buoyant sense of gratitude. That a man in his
eighties, much honored as a poet,...
Diaries of Note
A Midwife’s Tale
Esteemed midwife Martha Ballard was fifty when she began to keep a diary—a unique and detailed...
a year ago
Esteemed midwife Martha Ballard was fifty when she began to keep a diary—a unique and detailed record of life in 18th-century rural America that would grow to 10,000 entries and cover 27 years. On the day of the following entry in October of 1794, Ballard successfully delivered...
Asterisk
The Transistor Cliff
Moore’s law may be coming to an end. What happens to AI progress if it does?
a year ago
Moore’s law may be coming to an end. What happens to AI progress if it does?
Mind Mine
have you noticed that rule is arbitrary?
stop playing by Bad Rules
a month ago
stop playing by Bad Rules
AFAR Media - Travel...
United Becomes First U.S. Airline to Add Braille to Planes
a year ago
Explorations of an...
Marsh Birding In Ceibas And Otamendi
February 18, 2023
Laura and I left Parque Nacional El Palmar and continued south towards Buenos...
a year ago
February 18, 2023
Laura and I left Parque Nacional El Palmar and continued south towards Buenos Aires and beyond. We had just five days remaining in our Argentina trip, with ferry tickets purchased that would take us to Uruguay on February 23. At this point in the trip, potential...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Double
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a year ago
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Interestingly they're both reading AI image generation subreddits and pretending it's not to see the pinups.
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Working Theorys
Background Social
Theory #41: on apps that let you tell me what you're up to without telling me what you're up to.
7 months ago
Theory #41: on apps that let you tell me what you're up to without telling me what you're up to.
Christian Selig
The Caldera: a sleek split and wireless keyboard
I designed my own keyboard and it’s freely available! I’m calling it the Caldera, and it’s basically...
5 months ago
I designed my own keyboard and it’s freely available! I’m calling it the Caldera, and it’s basically my dream wireless split keyboard.
I’ve been using it for months, and I love it.
Video overview
If you’re a visual person, I made a fun little video showcasing the...
diamond geezer
It's this blog's 22nd birthday
It's diamond geezer's 22nd birthday.
It's not an especially notable anniversary, not like 21 or...
4 months ago
It's diamond geezer's 22nd birthday.
It's not an especially notable anniversary, not like 21 or 20, but it's still a big number.
Open Culture
How Choose Your Own Adventure Books Became Beloved Among Generations of Readers
We’ve all read plenty of literature written in the first person, and plenty of literature written in...
6 months ago
We’ve all read plenty of literature written in the first person, and plenty of literature written in the third person. The second person, with its main subject of neither “I” nor “he” or “she” but “you,” is considerably harder to come by, and the writers who take it up tend to be...
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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a year ago
The Marginalian
How to Bear Your Loneliness: Grounding Wisdom from the Great Buddhist Teacher Pema Chödrön
"We are cheating ourselves when we run away from the ambiguity of loneliness."
a year ago
"We are cheating ourselves when we run away from the ambiguity of loneliness."
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Notes to Self on Mastodon
Disclaimer: I still don’t fully understand the mechanics of Mastodon. But this is my attempt to...
a year ago
Disclaimer: I still don’t fully understand the mechanics of Mastodon. But this is my attempt to articulate what I do understand in a way that helps me better understand the differences — and similarities — between Twitter and Mastodon, especially when it comes to owning more of...
Laetitia@Work
Navigating Change: The Midlife Journey
Laetitia@Work #76
a month ago
Notes on software...
What's the big deal about key-value databases like FoundationDB and RocksDB?
Let's assume you're familiar with basic SQL databases like PostgreSQL
and MySQL, and document...
over a year ago
Let's assume you're familiar with basic SQL databases like PostgreSQL
and MySQL, and document databases like MongoDB and Elasticsearch. You
probably know Redis too.
But you're hearing more and more about embedded key-value stores like
RocksDB,
LevelDB,
PebbleDB, and so on....
Retail Design Blog
RE5.5 by Lana Burlachuk
Company RE5.5 is a company with a focus solely on the delicate art of eye care, that stood out as...
2 months ago
Company RE5.5 is a company with a focus solely on the delicate art of eye care, that stood out as...
Epic Web Dev
Your code style does matter actually (article)
You may be babysitting JavaScript syntax. It's annoying and you don't have to. Fix your formatter!
7 months ago
You may be babysitting JavaScript syntax. It's annoying and you don't have to. Fix your formatter!
swyx's site RSS Feed
JAMstack for Indie Hackers
_This article was [published on Indie...
over a year ago
_This article was [published on Indie Hackers](https://www.indiehackers.com/article/jamstack-for-indie-hackers-b07f7a943d)!_
Spoon & Tamago
Takenokuma Cafe is a Water Garden Inspired by the Lush Nature of Kumamoto
In the peaceful town of Minami-Oguni (Kumamoto Prefecture) is Takenokuma, a new cafe inspired by the...
11 months ago
In the peaceful town of Minami-Oguni (Kumamoto Prefecture) is Takenokuma, a new cafe inspired by the many water sources that flow freely from nearby Mt. Aso. These water sources manifest themselves in many ways including rivers, hot springs and channels that flow into the...
Astral Codex Ten
Highlights From The Comments On Prison
...
a month ago
CONTEMPORIST
LED Lighting Illuminates Shelving Throughout This Home’s Interior
Estevez + Persson, a new architecture and design studio, founded by Fernando Estevez Barroso and...
a year ago
Estevez + Persson, a new architecture and design studio, founded by Fernando Estevez Barroso and Daniel Persson, has debuted a residential project called Casa Bosques de Olivos in Mexico City. The exterior of the house features concrete, wood, and metal, as well as landscaped...
Liz Denys
Refusing to verify myself: I am liz on Keybase.io.
Keybase seeks to be a "public directory of publicly auditable public keys" with simpler usernames...
over a year ago
Keybase seeks to be a "public directory of publicly auditable public keys" with simpler usernames than PGP and verified account linking to popular sites such as Twitter and GitHub. This is awesome because "PGP for humans" is long overdue and because I snatched up the namespace...
Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
Map of the Week
The 2022 Hurricane Season
While I was busy obsessing over my 30 Day Map Challenge in November, CNN put out this map in a...
over a year ago
While I was busy obsessing over my 30 Day Map Challenge in November, CNN put out this map in a summary of the 2022 hurricane season.
It's interesting to see all the hurricane tracks on one map. While the season started out slowly, it finished with several memorable storms...
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Dayton, Ohio Part 2 (Take a Walk)
Dayton is decently sized place with about 130,000 residents in the city proper and about 800,000 in...
9 months ago
Dayton is decently sized place with about 130,000 residents in the city proper and about 800,000 in the larger metropolitan area. So that makes it large enough for some attractions and urban amenities, but nobody would mistake it for a city that never sleeps. I figured I might...
Rest of World -...
The most important news from Apple isn’t about AI
Reuniting the world’s text messages — one app at a time.
7 months ago
Reuniting the world’s text messages — one app at a time.
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
11 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
bt RSS Feed
Plain Text Emails, Please
Plain Text Emails, Please
2019-09-09
When it comes to website / product design and development most...
over a year ago
Plain Text Emails, Please
2019-09-09
When it comes to website / product design and development most devs should try to keep things simple. By only using as much code as absolutely necessary, projects avoid growing out of scope or becoming bloated. So, why isn’t this same approach...
CONTEMPORIST
Metal Cladding Wraps Around The Large Gable Roof Of This House
BLA Design Group has shared photos of their latest project, a unique modern home that marries the...
a year ago
BLA Design Group has shared photos of their latest project, a unique modern home that marries the West and the East, linking a Chinese-Canadian family’s present lifestyle to their past memories. Located in Vancouver, Canada, the home has a prominent gable form that floats atop...
Epic Web Dev
Mix Blend Modes (tip)
Learn how to create a stunning text over image effect using mix blend modes.
11 months ago
Learn how to create a stunning text over image effect using mix blend modes.
balajis.com
The Balaji Newsletter
A single place for all updates at balajis.com
a year ago
A single place for all updates at balajis.com
Open Culture
Tracking Pianist Yuja Wang’s Heartbeats During Her Marathon Rachmaninoff Performance
The Carnegie Hall YouTube Channel sets the scene: On January 28, 2023, pianist Yuja Wang joined The...
6 months ago
The Carnegie Hall YouTube Channel sets the scene: On January 28, 2023, pianist Yuja Wang joined The Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Carnegie Hall for a once-in-a-lifetime, all-Rachmaninoff marathon that featured the composer’s four piano concertos...
Explained from First...
The Internet explained from first principles
over a year ago
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Motorcycles, Cars, Websites, and Seams
In high school, I had a friend named Joe who owned a Honda Trail 110, a small motorcycle with enough...
8 months ago
In high school, I had a friend named Joe who owned a Honda Trail 110, a small motorcycle with enough history for its own Wikipedia page.
It didn’t go very fast (40MPH tops if you’re going downhill) but Joe rode that thing to school every day — or at least he tried, it often...
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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a month ago
SatPost by Trung...
Subsea Internet Cables are a Miracle
PLUS: Apple's Monopoly, Monster Beverage, Asian Work Culture, WarnerBros vs. Harry Potter.
9 months ago
PLUS: Apple's Monopoly, Monster Beverage, Asian Work Culture, WarnerBros vs. Harry Potter.
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Part 2: How To Build Patient Communities | Out-Of-Pocket
And my investments in Most Days + Little Otter
a year ago
And my investments in Most Days + Little Otter
Noahpinion
New Industrialist Roundup 2024
What people are writing about rebuilding America.
5 months ago
What people are writing about rebuilding America.
nanoscale views
Chemical potential and banana waffles
The concept of chemical potential is one that seems almost deliberately obscure to many. I’ve...
a year ago
The concept of chemical potential is one that seems almost deliberately obscure to many. I’ve written about this here, and referenced this article. What you may not realize is that the chemical potential, of water in particular, plays a crucial role in why my banana waffle...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - What the
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Don't blame us - you're the one watching.
Today's...
8 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Don't blame us - you're the one watching.
Today's News:
Darek Kay
Style your RSS feed
RSS is not dead. It is not mainstream, but it's still a thriving protocol, especially among tech...
a year ago
RSS is not dead. It is not mainstream, but it's still a thriving protocol, especially among tech users. However, many people do not know what RSS feeds are or how to use them. Most browsers render RSS as raw XML files, which doesn't help users understand what it's all about:
In...
AFAR Media - Travel...
How to Get Tickets for Outstanding in the Field Dinners
a year ago
./techtipsy
Control - how to make a game enjoyable for casual audiences
I’ve decided to intentionally take more time to play video games this year,
since it’s a relatively...
a year ago
I’ve decided to intentionally take more time to play video games this year,
since it’s a relatively healthy way to escape from the real world once in a while.
A friend recommended one game in particular: Control: Ultimate Edition.
During the Steam summer sale of 2023, I went...
CONTEMPORIST
Yellow Granite Is On Display Throughout This Contemporary Home In Sardinia
Photography ©Marco Cappelletti Architecture firm Alvisi Kirimoto has shared photos of a villa they...
10 months ago
Photography ©Marco Cappelletti Architecture firm Alvisi Kirimoto has shared photos of a villa they completed in Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, that showcases local granite throughout its design. Drone photography ©Mattia Caprara and Flavio Pescatori San Giacomo yellow granite winds...
The Rational Walk
Coffee Can Investing
Sometimes an investing approach that is not necessarily "rational" from an economic perspective can...
a year ago
Sometimes an investing approach that is not necessarily "rational" from an economic perspective can produce superior results when one accounts for human nature.
Letters of Note
Please don’t let anyone Americanise it!
Born in Cambridge in 1952, Douglas Adams was best known for creating The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the...
a year ago
Born in Cambridge in 1952, Douglas Adams was best known for creating The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a wildly successful project that began in 1978 as a science-fiction comedy radio series and eventually evolved to become something much larger, in many formats and in many...
The Pragmatic...
Datadog’s $65M/year customer mystery solved
The internet has been speculating the past few days on which crypto company spent $65M on Datadog in...
a year ago
The internet has been speculating the past few days on which crypto company spent $65M on Datadog in 2022. I confirmed it was Coinbase, and here are the details of what happened.
Musings on Markets
Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?
In January 1993, I was valuing a retail company, and I found myself wondering what a reasonable...
a year ago
In January 1993, I was valuing a retail company, and I found myself wondering what a reasonable margin was for a firm operating in the retail business. In pursuit of an answer to that question, I used company-specific data from Value Line, one of the earliest entrants into the...
nanoscale views
Condensed matter on the public stage, and not in a good way
This week, condensed matter physics has been getting far more broad public attention than usual, and...
a year ago
This week, condensed matter physics has been getting far more broad public attention than usual, and while in the abstract I like our discipline getting noticed, this is definitely not how I’d have preferred it to happen.
First, more fun re Ranga Dias. Fresh off renewed...
The personal website...
Make it 'til you make it
In 2009, back when I was the creative director of a music magazine, I sat on a panel of music...
over a year ago
In 2009, back when I was the creative director of a music magazine, I sat on a panel of music industry professionals. The audience was mostly comprised of bands and curious non-music-industry people, so when it came to the Q&A part of the evening, the questions were predictable....
Blog posts of...
🇪🇺 Dear Europe, please wake up – eu/acc
Europe is special to me as I consider myself a proud European, but damn we need to talk. Europe...
8 months ago
Europe is special to me as I consider myself a proud European, but damn we need to talk. Europe please wake up.
Old Structures...
Complaining For The Sake Of Complaining
I’ve been getting ready for the upcoming construction history congress (more on that to follow in a...
7 months ago
I’ve been getting ready for the upcoming construction history congress (more on that to follow in a few days) and part of that is searching for good images to use for presentation of my paper (ditto). One of the people I’m speaking about is Ole Singstad, who had a fantastic...
./techtipsy
This site will be offline on 2022-08-17 between 18:00-19:00 EEST
There really isn’t much to say here, nor is there a rational reason behind this.
I just see it as an...
over a year ago
There really isn’t much to say here, nor is there a rational reason behind this.
I just see it as an opportunity to send a signal and test the capabilities of
my UPS.
I’ve prepared for this moment with my self-hosting setup, let’s see how well it
holds up. Hopefully better than...
Old Structures...
More Over-Thinking
This photograph, taken in May 1959 by Angelo Rizzuto, is titled “View of building construction” on...
9 months ago
This photograph, taken in May 1959 by Angelo Rizzuto, is titled “View of building construction” on the Library of Congress website. I’m not entirely convinced, although I have to admit that my doubts are based on squinting at the photo and nothing stronger. First, even for a...
The Roots of...
2023 in review
2023 was another big year for me and The Roots of Progress.
It was a year when ROP as an...
a year ago
2023 was another big year for me and The Roots of Progress.
It was a year when ROP as an organization really started to take off. Even though the org itself was formed in 2021, at first it was just a vehicle for my own intellectual work, plus a few side projects. Last year we...
Seth's Blog
Can’t wait
The urgent problem might actually benefit from a short cooling-off period. But important challenges...
a year ago
The urgent problem might actually benefit from a short cooling-off period. But important challenges can’t wait. Today is a good day to remember that better is possible, and that we shouldn’t wait for the problem to become easy or fade away. Better begins with each of us, but it...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Jung Science
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The best part of the book is his descriptions of...
3 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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The best part of the book is his descriptions of Freud fainting because Jung didn't believe sex was the cause of everything.
Today's News:
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
4 weeks ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
Luxagraf:...
Fortified
From Edisto we worked our way south, stopping off a Hunting Island for a few dismal days in the cold...
12 months ago
From Edisto we worked our way south, stopping off a Hunting Island for a few dismal days in the cold and rain, camping in a site that was just a smidge above actual bog. We escaped that dreariness for the much more uplifting Fort McAllister, the first of a string of forts we...
csvbase blog
Parquet: more than just "Turbo CSV"
Quicker, but also more convenient
a year ago
Quicker, but also more convenient
On the Arts
The Paradox of the Garden of Eden
An Interview with Professor David Fenner
a year ago
An Interview with Professor David Fenner
symmetry magazine
New map of space precisely measures nearly 400,000 nearby galaxies
The Siena Galaxy Atlas will be a tool for research into how galaxies form and evolve, gravitational...
a year ago
The Siena Galaxy Atlas will be a tool for research into how galaxies form and evolve, gravitational waves, dark matter and the structure of our universe.
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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a month ago
Louwrentius
Fio-plot: creating nice charts from FIO storage benchmark data
New release of fio-plot
I've rewritten fio-plot, a tool that turns FIO benchmark data into nice...
over a year ago
New release of fio-plot
I've rewritten fio-plot, a tool that turns FIO benchmark data into nice charts. It allows you to create four types of graphs which will be discussed below.
The github project page explains how to run this tool.
Fio-plot also includes a benchmark script...
Computer Ads from...
Electronic Protection Devices' Electro-Clamp line
The Underrated Virtues of Plain Vanilla
10 months ago
The Underrated Virtues of Plain Vanilla
Tech and Tea
What I've been eating...
Anyone who spends any time with me knows that I love food — thinking about food, making food, eating...
a year ago
Anyone who spends any time with me knows that I love food — thinking about food, making food, eating food, telling people about food. Why not add it into Tech and Tea?
Rest of World -...
Latin American startups embrace OpenAI, but at what cost?
The region’s early-stage startups get less funding than their U.S. counterparts, making AI...
a year ago
The region’s early-stage startups get less funding than their U.S. counterparts, making AI tools-for-hire an onerous new expense.
Business Brainstorms
Pets as Kids, Affiliate Fraud Prevention, Theory X vs. Theory Y, Conviction
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “We may have reached peak “pets as kids”… Jolly Dog, an...
Stories by Andrej...
ICLR 2017 vs arxiv-sanity
over a year ago
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Why I always wrap Context.Provider and useContext
React context is a cool feature, and I use it a lot for injecting configuration and making container...
over a year ago
React context is a cool feature, and I use it a lot for injecting configuration and making container / child component APIs (think <RadioGroup /> + <RadioButton />). Unfortunately, out of the box Context comes with a limiting and not very convenient API. In most cases, I choose...
Engineer’s Codex
10 lessons from successful one-person startups
I interviewed 7 indie hackers and full-time SWEs with side ventures for their insights.
a year ago
I interviewed 7 indie hackers and full-time SWEs with side ventures for their insights.
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
diamond geezer
Britain's Largest Clocks Going Back
Britain's Largest Clocks Going Back
That's largest by diameter.
'List of largest clock faces' (so...
a year ago
Britain's Largest Clocks Going Back
That's largest by diameter.
'List of largest clock faces' (so if that's wrong, this is wrong)
5) Manchester Town Hall
Diameter of clockface: 4.8m
Area of clockface: 18.1m²
Length of hands: 2.4m/1.8m
Number of clockfaces: 4
First operated: New...
TheCollector
6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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a year ago
Commoncog
Business Ecosystem Change Takes Time
The birth of Sony, and the possibility that private corporations and private individuals can change...
7 months ago
The birth of Sony, and the possibility that private corporations and private individuals can change broader business ecosystems.
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
12 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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11 months ago
The Marginalian
Coleridge on the Paradox of Friendship and Romantic Love
On sympathy, reciprocity, and satisfying the fulness of our nature.
a year ago
On sympathy, reciprocity, and satisfying the fulness of our nature.
Jonas Hietala
Before the Games: The Site
I’ve got some things I want to do before I start with my next game and they’re all about improving...
over a year ago
I’ve got some things I want to do before I start with my next game and they’re all about improving the site. The last week or so has been extremely productive with me throwing out a lot of wasted code, speeding up the site and adding/removing features and I want to continue with...
Tech and Tea
Ten food hacks to make your life easier
This was almost a post on why millennial motherhood is so challenging, but turned into tactical food...
a year ago
This was almost a post on why millennial motherhood is so challenging, but turned into tactical food hacks.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Human Arts
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Bam, another apocalypse thwarted by...
a year ago
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Bam, another apocalypse thwarted by Weinersmith.
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I promised I'd do more longform once the latest book manuscript was done and HERE WE ARE.
Arduino Blog
Patrol the pool with this Arduino Nano-powered DIY RC submarine
There is something inherently intriguing about submarines that doesn’t seem to apply to other...
5 months ago
There is something inherently intriguing about submarines that doesn’t seem to apply to other vehicles. Maybe that reflects our natural fears and phobias, or maybe it is a result of our curiosity about the mysterious depths. Maybe it is simply that most of us will never get the...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
What’s strategic for Google?
Google seems to be releasing or acquiring new products almost daily. It’s one thing for a couple of...
over a year ago
Google seems to be releasing or acquiring new products almost daily. It’s one thing for a couple of programmers to hack together a side…
Cognitive...
Dolphin 🐬
Today I am announcing Dolphin, an open-source and uncensored, and commercially licensed dataset and...
a year ago
Today I am announcing Dolphin, an open-source and uncensored, and commercially licensed dataset and series of instruct-tuned language models based on Microsoft's Orca paper.
The dataset is released here, with Apache-2.0 license. The dataset can be used for commercial or...
Dan Cowell
Software engineers hate code.
This is the best-kept secret of the software engineering profession: engineers hate code. Especially...
a year ago
This is the best-kept secret of the software engineering profession: engineers hate code. Especially code written by other people. It's why they love working on greenfield projects so much. No code, no maintenance, no headaches!
Ever wondered why microservices took off in teams...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
HTMHell
#32 almost a proper close button
Bad code
<button display="flex" role="button">
<svg role="img" viewBox="0 0 13 13"...
over a year ago
Bad code
<button display="flex" role="button">
<svg role="img" viewBox="0 0 13 13" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="15px" width="15px" fill="#000" name="close">
<title>Close dialog</title>
<path d="…"> </path>
</svg>
</button>
Issues and...
Jonas Hietala
Why Cryptocurrencies? is now available in print
Today is a big milestone for me, as this marks a big milestone in the biggest personal project I’ve...
over a year ago
Today is a big milestone for me, as this marks a big milestone in the biggest personal project I’ve undertaken.
My book ‘Why Cryptocurrencies?’ is released in print today! It’s my attempt to explain what cryptocurrencies are and what problems they solve, in a simple and...
Maps Mania
Using the Overpass API with Leaflet
11 months ago
Josh Comeau's blog
My experience as a remote worker
I've spent half of my career working remotely. This post chronicles those experiences, giving a...
over a year ago
I've spent half of my career working remotely. This post chronicles those experiences, giving a real-world window into what it's like to work fully-remote as a software engineer.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Supervised Learning: Neural Networks
That one time we tried to emulate our brains with computer chips
over a year ago
That one time we tried to emulate our brains with computer chips
TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
Tech and Tea
Seasonal Changes
Finding space and time to sloooooow down
a year ago
Finding space and time to sloooooow down
diamond geezer
The Wrythe
Today we're off to the only south London suburb that starts with The, namely The Wrythe which is a...
8 months ago
Today we're off to the only south London suburb that starts with The, namely The Wrythe which is a significant part of Sutton. Essentially it's North Carshalton but has had a separate identity since medieval times, actual residents since Victorian times and today forms a...
The Marginalian
A Victorian Visionary’s Prescient Case for Animal Rights and Vegetarianism
"Once upon a time your fore-fathers made no scruple about not only killing, but also eating their...
a year ago
"Once upon a time your fore-fathers made no scruple about not only killing, but also eating their relations."
Maps Mania
The Interactive Map of Ambridge
2 months ago
The Ruffian
Why Does Donald Trump Keep Happening?
Notes On The Election
2 months ago
Engineer’s Codex
A simple software engineering productivity trick: leave work unfinished to reach flow
A breakdown of 4 simple software engineering and coding habits that improved my productivity. These...
a year ago
A breakdown of 4 simple software engineering and coding habits that improved my productivity. These include keyboard shortcuts, learning to say no, reaching flow state faster, and keeping a big book of commands handy.
Willem's Blog
Rescuing photos from a crashed iMac
This week I attempted to recover two decades of personal photo history from a crashed iMac.
over a year ago
This week I attempted to recover two decades of personal photo history from a crashed iMac.
Benny Kuriakose
The Kerala Mosques That Have Been Restored To Their Past Glory
The remaining structures are a testament to the rich cultural and historical heritage of a society....
a year ago
The remaining structures are a testament to the rich cultural and historical heritage of a society. They include architectural styles,...
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
3 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
Math Is Still...
Can Psychedelics Improve Mental Health?
Research suggests that psychedelic drugs can reopen critical periods of brain development to create...
7 months ago
Research suggests that psychedelic drugs can reopen critical periods of brain development to create opportunities for re-learning and psychological healing. In this episode, co-host Janna Levin speaks with Gül Dölen, a neuroscientist studying the therapeutic potential of...
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
4 months ago
Josh Thompson
MySQL concatenation and casting
I recently set up my environment for working through SQL for Mere Mortals.
I’ll record some...
over a year ago
I recently set up my environment for working through SQL for Mere Mortals.
I’ll record some interested tidbits here as I go.
Chapter 5: Concatenation without the || operator
I use MySQL at work, and MySQL doesn’t support the || operator for string concatenation.
So, in the book,...
The personal website...
How to generate color palettes for design systems
It used to be easy to pick colors for design systems. Years ago, you could pick a handful of colors...
9 months ago
It used to be easy to pick colors for design systems. Years ago, you could pick a handful of colors to match your brand’s ethos, or start with an off-the-shelf palette (remember flatuicolors.com?). Each hue and shade served a purpose, and usually had a quirky name like “idea...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Mate
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Thanks again, early buyers! It is a sincerely big...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Thanks again, early buyers! It is a sincerely big deal to have all these preorders in place.
Today's News:
More info here. God bless the 3 of you still using RSS who actually read this thing.
Internal Tech Emails
Microsoft exec: "my recent discussions with Steve [Jobs]"
some stuff has been tense, as I have really been pushing them on a few issues, and I am forcing...
a year ago
some stuff has been tense, as I have really been pushing them on a few issues, and I am forcing Apple to do a lot of stuff they'd rather not do (using Office as leverage)
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
undefined
a month ago
Both Are True
forget thanksgiving its time for fearsharing
a new holiday (year two)
a month ago
Asterisk
Mysticism & Empiricism
The best way to predict if you’ll benefit from psychedelic therapy is a questionnaire asking if...
a year ago
The best way to predict if you’ll benefit from psychedelic therapy is a questionnaire asking if you’ve met God. Where did it come from, and what is it really measuring?
TheCollector
Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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3 weeks ago
The DESK Magazine
The place where it all started — DESK Edition №253
a week ago
FIRE v London
Sep 23: Antisocial markets
For some reason shoplifting is in the news. There’s evidently an epidemic of it. Not just in the UK,...
a year ago
For some reason shoplifting is in the news. There’s evidently an epidemic of it. Not just in the UK, but wider afield too – hence major brands pulling out of cities like San Francisco. From what I hear there is a general increase in antisocial behaviour, dating from the covid-19...
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
8 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
99% Invisible
The Big Dig [EPISODE]
Over its more than 40 year journey from conception to completion, Boston’s Big Dig massive...
a year ago
Over its more than 40 year journey from conception to completion, Boston’s Big Dig massive infrastructure project, which rerouted the central highway in the heart of the city, encountered every hurdle imaginable: ruthless politics, engineering challenges, secretive contractors,...
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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3 months ago
Making software...
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
2019-05-29
Online news outlets are a dying breed and many users...
over a year ago
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
2019-05-29
Online news outlets are a dying breed and many users have decided to consume information elsewhere. Why? Because the news industry has become a cesspool of anti-consumer and blackhat practices that has eroded trust for the sake of...
Vadim Kravcenko
🙀 Startup founder fears by funding round
Startup founders have a lot of fears. Some are afraid they won’t find a technical co-founder or...
over a year ago
Startup founders have a lot of fears. Some are afraid they won’t find a technical co-founder or attract angel investment. […]
The post 🙀 Startup founder fears by funding round appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
Louwrentius
The iPhone, iPad and iOS are powering a revolution
Most people just don't understand computers. Are these people dumb? Some may
be dumb, but the people...
over a year ago
Most people just don't understand computers. Are these people dumb? Some may
be dumb, but the people who make them are maybe even dumber. Because they
can't seem to figure out how to create a computer that the majority of people
understand.
When the original macintosh arrived at...
Maps Mania
The 46 States of America & Each State Flower
7 months ago
Making software...
Disabling Comments in WordPress
Disabling Comments in WordPress
2020-12-28
I seem to come across a decent amount of clients and...
over a year ago
Disabling Comments in WordPress
2020-12-28
I seem to come across a decent amount of clients and users online that have a difficult time knowing how to disable comments for both future and previous blog posts. It isn’t the easiest for both use cases, so let’s break it down.
Back...
seangoedecke.com RSS...
I don't know how to build software and you don't either
Are microservices better than monoliths? Should teams set their own technical direction, or is it...
a month ago
Are microservices better than monoliths? Should teams set their own technical direction, or is it better to have that dictated by some…
Londonist
Literary Footprints 2024: Walking Tours Around Literary London
Love books? Love London? Love this.
11 months ago
Love books? Love London? Love this.
Joshua Smith
135 Cedar Street
1:20 Scratchbuilt miniature based off 135 Cedar Street, San Francisco. Wood, MDF, Plastruct,...
over a year ago
1:20 Scratchbuilt miniature based off 135 Cedar Street, San Francisco. Wood, MDF, Plastruct, Cardboard, Paper, Plastic Card, Wire, Acrylic paint, Spraypaint, Chalk pastels. February 2016 SOLD. Photo Credit: Andrew Beveridge/ASB Creative
The post 135 Cedar Street appeared first on...
Christopher Butler
Link – Vasantha Yogananthan's personal website
vasanthayogananthan.com is a beautifully-designed artist’s website. I love the home page’s text list...
a year ago
vasanthayogananthan.com is a beautifully-designed artist’s website. I love the home page’s text list styling!
Noahpinion
China's demographics will be fine through mid-century
There is no imminent crisis.
7 months ago
There is no imminent crisis.
TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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12 months ago
Josh Thompson
Change
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Or something like that. Sometimes change is for...
over a year ago
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Or something like that. Sometimes change is for the better, and sometimes its for the worse. I don’t know if there’s always a difference.
Recently, Kristi and I have seen lots of change; I’d say its for the better, but it’s not...
Calculated Risk
Friday: No major economic releases scheduled
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Friday:
• No...
a month ago
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Friday:
• No major economic releases scheduled.
Josh Thompson
Notes from 'Why We Sleep'
I first read Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams about two years ago. It...
over a year ago
I first read Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams about two years ago. It immediately led me to prioritize sleep over almost everything else.
Most of us don’t get enough sleep, and are worse for it. Usually when the topic of sleep comes up, I say
Hey, there’s...
mtlynch.io
Retrofitting Apps for Cloud Storage with Zero Code Changes
I recently installed a media sharing app to one of my servers. It was simple to install, but it hid...
over a year ago
I recently installed a media sharing app to one of my servers. It was simple to install, but it hid a dastardly trap for long-term maintenance.
Every time a user uploaded a file, the web app saved it to the local filesystem. If I ever blew away the server and rebuilt it, I’d have...
TokyoDev
Working as a Female Software Developer in Japan
For some people, [working as a software developer in Japan](/articles/first-job-programmer-japan)...
a year ago
For some people, [working as a software developer in Japan](/articles/first-job-programmer-japan) would be a dream come true. As an Australian software developer who has been in Japan for 6 months, I’m one of those dreamers.
If you’ve been looking to work in Japan for a while,...
Making software...
Stop Using Hamburger Menus
Stop Using Hamburger Menus
2023-05-04
I recently tooted about my hatred of website hamburger menus...
a year ago
Stop Using Hamburger Menus
2023-05-04
I recently tooted about my hatred of website hamburger menus which was met with a surprising amount of support from other users. It seems like most people don't actually like hamburger menus. So why do we, as developers, keep using them in...
journal – Winnie Lim
when my body goes rogue
[cw: pain, death] Yesterday I started experiencing pain in my body again. It is difficult not to...
a year ago
[cw: pain, death] Yesterday I started experiencing pain in my body again. It is difficult not to feel low when it happens. I think chronic pain snowballs into a form of ptsd,...
FIRE v London
Mar ’24: A towering influence
I’ve enjoyed March. I managed to enjoy a few days’ skiing, despite less snow than any of us would...
9 months ago
I’ve enjoyed March. I managed to enjoy a few days’ skiing, despite less snow than any of us would like, in the Austrian alps. Back at home, the sun has been getting stronger, and the evenings have been getting lighter – and now with Summer Time we will enjoy lovely late evenings...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Typo Donuts
I end each of my Saturday stories with two words of encouragement. _Stay creative._ Why? Because...
over a year ago
I end each of my Saturday stories with two words of encouragement. _Stay creative._ Why? Because your creativity is under attack. Tell me you don’t feel it. It takes tremendous determination to defend your best ideas day after day. Isn’t it tempting to take the easy path, to...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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4 months ago
The Diff
Longreads + Open Thread
Longreads
Gwern has a lengthy meditation on effort, specifically the kind of effort involved in...
5 days ago
Longreads
Gwern has a lengthy meditation on effort, specifically the kind of effort involved in doing what was previously thought to be impossible. It's not so much a unified theory of extreme effort as it is a comprehensive refutation of the existence of such theories. There...
Rest of World -...
Fake news verification tools fail the test during elections in India
Rest of World tested 11 leading WhatsApp-based chatbots that promise to help Indian voters identify...
7 months ago
Rest of World tested 11 leading WhatsApp-based chatbots that promise to help Indian voters identify misinformation. There were long delays and inconsistencies in responses even for content that can easily be identified as AI-generated and fake.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Branding Bundles
The best way to communicate a group of benefits is to slap a label on it.
over a year ago
The best way to communicate a group of benefits is to slap a label on it.
Rest of World -...
Why Africa’s tech talent makes it an attractive investment destination
Joseph Nsengimana of the Mastercard Foundation says global companies are starting to recognize the...
6 months ago
Joseph Nsengimana of the Mastercard Foundation says global companies are starting to recognize the value of Africa’s talent.
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
8 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
Calculated Risk
4th Look at Local Housing Markets in November
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 4th Look at Local Housing Markets in...
4 weeks ago
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 4th Look at Local Housing Markets in November
A brief excerpt:
The NAR is scheduled to release November Existing Home sales tomorrow, Thursday, December 19th at 10:00 AM. The consensus is for 3.97 million SAAR, up from 3.96...
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 weeks ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
Birchtree
Samsung will release their phone first and still gets accused of copying Apple
Chance Miller on 9to5Mac: Samsung Is Already Working on Its iPhone 17 Air Copycat
Apple is expected...
a week ago
Chance Miller on 9to5Mac: Samsung Is Already Working on Its iPhone 17 Air Copycat
Apple is expected to release an all-new “iPhone 17 Air” model this year, prioritizing form over function. A new supply chain report today reiterates what to expect from the iPhone 17 Air size and
TokyoDev
Recruiters and Human Traffickers: A Short History of Employment Agencies in Japan
Japan's [Employment Security...
over a year ago
Japan's [Employment Security Act](http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail_main?id=10&vm=2&re=) requires a recruitment business to obtain a license. Failure to do so can result in imprisonment of up to a year. While I've met sleazy recruiters, sending them to prison...
Londonist
Hundreds Of Boats Race On The Thames The Week Before Oxford Vs Cambridge
Ever seen the Head of the River Race?
10 months ago
Ever seen the Head of the River Race?
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
Londonist
The Barbi-Ken Line? The Ickeypoo Line? What If All Tubes Were Named Like Bakerloo?
Waterloo to Bank presents some options.
a year ago
Waterloo to Bank presents some options.
Londonist
The Lost Trees Of London
The biggest and best trees that are no more.
a year ago
The biggest and best trees that are no more.
Rest of World -...
Amazon and Walmart didn’t defeat India’s mom-and-pop stores. But rapid delivery might
Services like Blinkit and Zepto are estimated to put more than 25% of India’s neighborhood kirana...
2 months ago
Services like Blinkit and Zepto are estimated to put more than 25% of India’s neighborhood kirana stores out of business by 2030.
IEEE Spectrum
The Pioneer Behind Electromagnetism
Without an understanding of the fundamental relationship between electricity and magnetism, it would...
a year ago
Without an understanding of the fundamental relationship between electricity and magnetism, it would not have been possible to invent motors, telecommunications equipment, kitchen appliances and more.
A key part of our understanding of that relationship, known as classical...
Product Identity
Beautiful ugly websites
Form is cheap, function is everything(?)
10 months ago
Form is cheap, function is everything(?)
Unpacked
2024 Predictions: AI, Media, Advertising & more
They say predictions is a bad business - You get it right, people say "duh". You get it wrong, you...
12 months ago
They say predictions is a bad business - You get it right, people say "duh". You get it wrong, you are terribly wrong. So, of course we are kicking off with 2024 tech predictions. Listen in for hot takes across AI, Media, Advertising & more.
diamond geezer
21 gun salute
It struck me I'd never seen a 21 gun salute, and what better occasion than this blog's 21st...
a year ago
It struck me I'd never seen a 21 gun salute, and what better occasion than this blog's 21st birthday? So I headed to the Tower of London to watch the Honourable Artillery Company bang their big guns, officially to celebrate the first anniversary of the succession of the...
DYNOMIGHT
Things to argue about over the holidays instead of politics III
How much should a couple talk if they are having dinner in a restaurant, after being together for...
4 weeks ago
How much should a couple talk if they are having dinner in a restaurant, after being together for one month/year/decade?
If it’s safer to face backwards in vehicles, then what is it that’s shared by infants in cars and soldiers on military planes but no one else?
Among rock bands...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Medical Machine Learning in 30 Seconds
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over a year ago
Oykun
Hustle Culture for Designers
We all have our aspirations and goals in life and career.
For me, it goes from having an impact on...
a year ago
We all have our aspirations and goals in life and career.
For me, it goes from having an impact on my full-time work to helping designers via my blog, email newsletter, and other educational content.
I need to work damn hard to achieve these goals!
Making the
TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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a year ago
Adventures In...
How to Make a Historical Animation with Landsat
Here’s how to whip up a three decade animation of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest,...
10 months ago
Here’s how to whip up a three decade animation of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest, using Landsat Explorer. And it only takes a few minutes. … 0:00 Intro0:20 Assembling the animation1:47 Checking the result2:14 Saving an animation as an MP42:44 More animation examples3:33...
macwright.com
Remix notes
Val Town switched to Remix as a web framework a little over a year ago. Here are some...
10 months ago
Val Town switched to Remix as a web framework a little over a year ago. Here are some reflections:
The Remix versioning scheme is a joy. They gradually roll out features under feature flags, so you have lots of time to upgrade.
Compared to what seems like chaos over in...
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
2 months ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
Out-of-Pocket Blog
"Non"-Profit Hospitals | Out-Of-Pocket
"We're investing in ourselves"
a year ago
"We're investing in ourselves"
Math Is Still...
The ‘Beautiful Confusion’ of the First Billion Years Comes Into View
Astronomers are reveling in the James Webb Space Telescope’s discoveries about the formative epoch...
3 months ago
Astronomers are reveling in the James Webb Space Telescope’s discoveries about the formative epoch of cosmic history.
The post The ‘Beautiful Confusion’ of the First Billion Years Comes Into View first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Retail Design Blog
Little Stove & Little Stump Coffee Shop and Playground by NITAPROW
Little Stove & Little Stump, a bread/coffee shop, and a playground with both indoor and outdoor...
7 months ago
Little Stove & Little Stump, a bread/coffee shop, and a playground with both indoor and outdoor areas are located next...
Aaron's Essays
Avoiding Errors in Demo Day Fundraising
I’ll be addressing the topic below along with Alfred Lin from Sequoia and Ilya Sukhar from Matrix on...
a year ago
I’ll be addressing the topic below along with Alfred Lin from Sequoia and Ilya Sukhar from Matrix on 3/24: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qgghYDq4QxCiW9REOOrbmw
It would be challenging to name all the fundraising mistakes that founders make during the many demo days...
IEEE Spectrum
RCA’s Lucite Phantom Teleceiver Introduced the Idea of TV
addressed a small crowd outside the RCA pavilion at the New York World’s Fair. “Today we are on the...
a year ago
addressed a small crowd outside the RCA pavilion at the New York World’s Fair. “Today we are on the eve of launching a new industry, based on imagination, on scientific research and accomplishment,” he proclaimed. That industry was television.
RCA president David Sarnoff’s...
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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8 months ago
Christopher Butler
Periodical 19 – Creative Miscellany
Design texts, maker stories, Figma complaints, and more.
Hello from a very steamy Durham. It was...
6 months ago
Design texts, maker stories, Figma complaints, and more.
Hello from a very steamy Durham. It was 99° as I wrote some of this yesterday with the felt temperature well exceeding 100. And then it started to rain. The temperature dropped a few degrees and the air was filled with...
Buck on Software
Vertical Aggregation
I’ve written in the past that I think returns for SaaS won’t be as attractive over the next decade.
over a year ago
I’ve written in the past that I think returns for SaaS won’t be as attractive over the next decade.
Construction Physics
Building Fast and Slow Part III: Design of the World Trade Center
This is Part III in a series comparing the construction of the Empire State Building and the World...
over a year ago
This is Part III in a series comparing the construction of the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center. Part I covers the design and construction of the Empire State Building, and Part II covers the initial development of the World Trade Center
Steve Blank
The Secret History of Polaroid CEO Edwin Land – part 1
The connections between the world of national security and commercial companies still has surprises....
8 months ago
The connections between the world of national security and commercial companies still has surprises. December 1976 – Vandenberg Air Force Base, U.S. military space port on the coast of California As a Titan IIID rocket blasted off, it carried a spacecraft on top that would change...
Common Edge
Minoru Yamasaki: The Fragility of Architecture
He designed two of the most famous landmarks of the late-20th-century. Why is he virtually unknown...
6 months ago
He designed two of the most famous landmarks of the late-20th-century. Why is he virtually unknown today?
samwho.dev
API Design: In The Wild
We've explored some guiding principles in previous posts, but we're yet to use our new-found skills....
over a year ago
We've explored some guiding principles in previous posts, but we're yet to use our new-found skills. Let's take a break and look at some examples from real-world code you can find in use today, and how we might improve them.
›
Go's math/big package
Most languages have a library...
David Perell
28 Pieces of Life Advice
In honor of my 28th birthday, here are 28 pieces of life advice.
The post 28 Pieces of Life Advice...
over a year ago
In honor of my 28th birthday, here are 28 pieces of life advice.
The post 28 Pieces of Life Advice appeared first on David Perell.
Math Is Still...
How Many Microbes Does It Take to Make You Sick?
Exposure to a virus isn’t an all-or-nothing proposition. The concept of “infectious dose” suggests...
a year ago
Exposure to a virus isn’t an all-or-nothing proposition. The concept of “infectious dose” suggests ways to keep ourselves safer from harm.
The post How Many Microbes Does It Take to Make You Sick? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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8 months ago
Renegade Otter
Getting our focus back
“We was robbed…”
Attention is arguably the most precious resource of the 21st century. Technology...
a year ago
“We was robbed…”
Attention is arguably the most precious resource of the 21st century. Technology companies have expended incredible efforts to
improve the ways in which they capture our attention and convert it into revenue. That fight for the
nine unmonetized glances.
An...
balajis.com
The Network State Book
A new book on starting new countries. Available on Kindle and for free at thenetworkstate.com.
over a year ago
A new book on starting new countries. Available on Kindle and for free at thenetworkstate.com.
Stoic Simple
Successful Stoicism: How Stoics Deal with Success in Life
Success is something that most people strive for, but few can handle it well. Ironically, success...
a year ago
Success is something that most people strive for, but few can handle it well. Ironically, success often brings with it a whole host of new challenges and pressures. So how can one deal with the ups and downs of success in a healthy and productive way? One answer may lie in the...
diamond geezer
BBC2@60
60years@BBC2
1964 Play School, Horizon, Match Of The Day, Not Only But Also; 1965 Call My Bluff, Man...
9 months ago
60years@BBC2
1964 Play School, Horizon, Match Of The Day, Not Only But Also; 1965 Call My Bluff, Man Alive; 1966 The Money Programme, Chronicle, Cathy Come Home; 1967 The Forsyte Saga, Look and Read, colour televison; 1968 Gardeners' World, The Morecambe & Wise Show; 1969 Q, Pot...
./techtipsy
How to mess up a simple ThinkPad X230 BIOS flash and how to recover from it
Background
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X230. It’s a small and good laptop that I’ve used as my main...
over a year ago
Background
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X230. It’s a small and good laptop that I’ve used as my main laptop and a server as well.
A couple of years ago I messed around with flashing alternative BIOS implementations on the X230, such
as the skulls project, which made installing...
Matt Mazur
LearnGPT is for sale. Contact me if you’re interested.
On Friday I announced that I intended to shut down LearnGPT to focus on Preceden, my main business....
over a year ago
On Friday I announced that I intended to shut down LearnGPT to focus on Preceden, my main business. I didn’t plan to sell LearnGPT because I didn’t think a month-old, pre-revenue project like this would be able to sell for enough to warrant going through a sale. It’s been three...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Humanness
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7 months ago
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Anecdotal Evidence
'Oaks That Were Acorns That Were Oaks'
We hear acorns
hitting the roof of the house and the cars. It makes the cats nervous and sounds
like...
a year ago
We hear acorns
hitting the roof of the house and the cars. It makes the cats nervous and sounds
like slow hail. The crop this year is prodigious. The
patio is covered with them, more than the squirrels can keep up with. Stomping on them make a satisfying crack/pop sound. I’ve...
Astral Codex Ten
Bureaucracy Isn't Measured In Bureaucrats
...
a week ago
Diaries of Note
For the love of God, give me a flea!
Born in 1880 in the mining town of Diamantina, Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant was in her sixties when...
a year ago
Born in 1880 in the mining town of Diamantina, Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant was in her sixties when she found fame, for it was then that her teenage diary was published to wide acclaim. Written under the pseudonym Helena Morley between the ages of 12 and 15, the diary tells the...
Computer Ads from...
Comics from 1982/08 Commodore Computing International Mag
Time for some humor
6 months ago
Josh Collinsworth
A decade of code
A personal (read: meandering) post inspired by the realization that I first began to learn HTML and...
8 months ago
A personal (read: meandering) post inspired by the realization that I first began to learn HTML and CSS exactly ten years ago, reflecting on the lucky turning points that brought me to where I am today.
Internal Tech Emails
Elon Musk's Twitter texts
I'm not joining the board. This is a waste of time.
over a year ago
I'm not joining the board. This is a waste of time.
ntietz.com blog
Kill the crunch time heroics
Crunch time has an allure: it feels like if you just push hard enough, you can get more done. You...
over a year ago
Crunch time has an allure: it feels like if you just push hard enough, you can get more done. You can push hard and get that next release done on time, get those new features out, earn more revenue for your company. Engineers are under immense pressure to deliver more and do it...
NeuroLogica Blog
What Kind of Social Media Do We Want?
Recently Meta decided to end their fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram. The move has been both...
a week ago
Recently Meta decided to end their fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram. The move has been both hailed and criticized. They are replacing the fact-checkers with an X-style “community notes”. Mark Zuckerberg summed up the move this way: “It means we’re going to catch less bad...
Willem's Blog
Commuter bike checkup
This week my trustworthy commuter bike started making strange squeaking noises when braking, time to...
over a year ago
This week my trustworthy commuter bike started making strange squeaking noises when braking, time to have a look at the bike after 21.000KM!
Commoncog
When Action Beats Prediction
One of the great paradoxes of business is that management is prediction, but entrepreneurship ......
a year ago
One of the great paradoxes of business is that management is prediction, but entrepreneurship ... isn't. What a theory of expertise in entrepreneurship tells us about creating new things in business.
The Pragmatic...
CircleCI’s unnoticed holiday security breach
CircleCI customers returned from the holiday break to be told to urgently rotate their secrets,...
over a year ago
CircleCI customers returned from the holiday break to be told to urgently rotate their secrets, which were probably leaked. What does this leak mean for companies using a CI provider and how can you prepare for a CI vendor being compromised?
Open Culture
Join Us on Bluesky. We Will Have Fun Together
There’s an eXodus taking place, and millions are finding a new home on Bluesky. In recent days, the...
a month ago
There’s an eXodus taking place, and millions are finding a new home on Bluesky. In recent days, the decentralized social media platform has been gaining 10,000 new users every 10–15 minutes, or about 1 million new users per day. Open Culture is already there, sharing the cultural...
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's...
On being a great gift-giver
I received a great gift that I love
3 months ago
I received a great gift that I love
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - History
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a year ago
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swyx's site RSS Feed
Switching to Android after 13 years of iOS
I have used iPhone/iOS for the longest time. Last month I switched to OnePlus 6T/Android. Here are...
over a year ago
I have used iPhone/iOS for the longest time. Last month I switched to OnePlus 6T/Android. Here are my impressions.
David Perell
Annual Review 2022
This year was an emotional odyssey. At times, it was tormenting, at others intoxicating. Here, I...
a year ago
This year was an emotional odyssey. At times, it was tormenting, at others intoxicating. Here, I share my joys and struggles, my dreams and regrets. 2022 completely changed my life.
The post Annual Review 2022 appeared first on David Perell.
Rest of World -...
Venezuelan migrants helped build Colombia’s tech scene. Now the country is kicking them out
New rules make getting a visa more difficult, even as Colombia struggles to find enough tech...
a year ago
New rules make getting a visa more difficult, even as Colombia struggles to find enough tech workers.
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week
#1 💡 One of the most interesting learnings after doing lead gen for 100+ b2b companies: the more...
9 months ago
#1 💡 One of the most interesting learnings after doing lead gen for 100+ b2b companies: the more directly your offer is related to one the core b2b “desires”, the easier the sales process. Many offers are only indirectly related to them. A better design might increases...
ntietz.com blog
Writing a basic code formatter
I've been working on my programming language for a couple of months now, in fits and starts1.
In the...
a year ago
I've been working on my programming language for a couple of months now, in fits and starts1.
In the original post, I laid out my plan for it, and after creating the parser the next step was writing a formatter.
I thought this would be a nice intermediate step after writing the...
Platformer
Bluesky's big moment
A new Twitter clone is surging in popularity. Could it have legs?
a year ago
A new Twitter clone is surging in popularity. Could it have legs?
Jonas Hietala
Groar
Download
Linux 64bit
Windows
So I actually finished Ludum Dare 33. I can’t believe how hard it was...
over a year ago
Download
Linux 64bit
Windows
So I actually finished Ludum Dare 33. I can’t believe how hard it was to actually make something! It continues to amaze me what fantastic stuff everyone manage to make in just 48 hours. This is what I came up with for the theme You are the Monster....
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
Common Edge
Warlords in Our Midst
Why Elon Musk is worse than science fiction.
5 months ago
Why Elon Musk is worse than science fiction.
Tom Blomfield
Taking Risk
I just spent a week talking with some exceptional students from three of the UK’s top universities;...
8 months ago
I just spent a week talking with some exceptional students from three of the UK’s top universities; Cambridge, Oxford and Imperial College. Along with UCL, these British universities represent 4 of the top 10 universities in the world. The US - a country with 5x more people and...
Escaping Flatland
Integrity
Intensely Human, No 3
11 months ago
Copper • A blog...
Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software
Some of you might remember the legendary comment of Eric Diven on a Docker CLI issue he opened years...
8 months ago
Some of you might remember the legendary comment of Eric Diven on a Docker CLI issue he opened years ago:
@solvaholic: Sorry I missed your comment of many months ago. I no longer build software; I now make furniture out of wood. The hours are long, the pay sucks, and there’s...
Blog posts of...
First-time fundraising is hell - maybe this helps 💰
Its easy to start fundraising, but most people struggle closing their round. Especially now. Why? I...
over a year ago
Its easy to start fundraising, but most people struggle closing their round. Especially now. Why? I try to give a few mental models and a bit tactical advice.
The personal website...
The legacy of NFTs
A new trend is sending shock waves through the world of art, collecting, finance, and...
over a year ago
A new trend is sending shock waves through the world of art, collecting, finance, and investing.
It’s the result of a perfect storm: one part scientific breakthrough, one part new financial paradigm, one part reflection of world events. Some people attribute it entirely to the...
Anecdotal Evidence
'I Find a Demanding Medium Liberating'
One can argue that the
essential purpose of art, despite what the humorless say, is to give...
4 days ago
One can argue that the
essential purpose of art, despite what the humorless say, is to give pleasure
to its consumers. If so, I rather uncharacteristically denied myself a lot of it
by not discovering the poems of Turner Cassity until the final year of his life.
He is a poet...
Abort Retry Fail
The History of Commodore, Part 4
The Amiga, The Decline, The Fall
a year ago
The Amiga, The Decline, The Fall
Calculated Risk
Lawler: New Census Population Estimates Show Massively Higher Population Growth
Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: Lawler: New Census Population Estimates Show...
3 weeks ago
Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: Lawler: New Census Population Estimates Show Massively Higher Population Growth
From housing economist Tom Lawler: New Census Population Estimates Incorporate Revised Methodology for Estimating Net International Migration, Show...
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How to Unlock Your Unconscious According to Carl Jung
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a week ago
NeuroLogica Blog
What Is Orbitronics
You have definitely heard of electronics. You may (if you are a tech nerd like me) have heard of...
3 months ago
You have definitely heard of electronics. You may (if you are a tech nerd like me) have heard of spintronics and photonics. Now there is also the possibility of orbitronics. What do these cool-sounding words mean? Electronic technology is one of those core technologies that has...
TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
The Pragmatic...
A Tech Conference Listed Fake Speakers for Years: I Accidentally Noticed
For 3 years straight, the DevTernity conference listed non-existent Coinbase employees as featured...
a year ago
For 3 years straight, the DevTernity conference listed non-existent Coinbase employees as featured speakers. When were they added and what could have the motivation been?
somethingaboutmaps
Challenging the Idea of a Bad Map
We’re just a couple of weeks away from the 30 Day Map Challenge, an annual celebration of...
a year ago
We’re just a couple of weeks away from the 30 Day Map Challenge, an annual celebration of cartographic creativity. I know some of you are already brainstorming about what you might do this year. Each day has a prompt, and you’re encouraged to make a map that day that is based on...
Mazdak
How to Build Wealth: 5 Key Principles
Building wealth is a long-term goal that requires time, discipline, and consistency. But it is...
a year ago
Building wealth is a long-term goal that requires time, discipline, and consistency. But it is possible for anyone who is willing to put in the work. Here are 5 key principles to help you build wealth: Live below your means. This is the single most important thing you can do to...
Louwrentius
HP Proliant Microserver N40L is a great NAS or Router
Update 2012-12-11: It seems that a new and faster version is on the horizon.
Update 2012-12-21:...
over a year ago
Update 2012-12-11: It seems that a new and faster version is on the horizon.
Update 2012-12-21: Yes, the new model G7 N54L is out.
Some products seem almost too good to be true and I think the HP Proliant Microserver N40L is one of them. If you are into the market for a very...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Persuade
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10 months ago
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I really don't understand the superpersuader thing. At least 1/4 of all humans would let an evil AI escape just to tell their friends.
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Build In Public...
I just announced an AI accelerator program
Full story on my latest role at Paddle, the new AI program, and what it means for you
9 months ago
Full story on my latest role at Paddle, the new AI program, and what it means for you
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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3 months ago
bt RSS Feed
Migrating from GitHub to sourcehut
Migrating from GitHub to sourcehut
2022-11-14
It has taken a little bit longer than I anticipated,...
over a year ago
Migrating from GitHub to sourcehut
2022-11-14
It has taken a little bit longer than I anticipated, but I have finally started to port over all my personal open-source projects to sourcehut.org. I’ll get into the why and how momentarily, but first let’s take a look at all the...
The Elysian
Elysian gatherings around the world
Picnic with me in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and San Francisco.
4 weeks ago
Picnic with me in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and San Francisco.
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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7 months ago
Moneyness
Do bitcoin ETFs conflict with bitcoin's original ethos?
Some folks are suggesting that a bitcoin ETF is absurd because it doesn't fit with Bitcoin's...
11 months ago
Some folks are suggesting that a bitcoin ETF is absurd because it doesn't fit with Bitcoin's original ethos. On the contrary, I think it's a nice snug fit.
It would be a misunderstanding of bitcoin's history to assume that it was the idealism of cypherpunk-ism that gave birth to...
Noahpinion
The debt ceiling deal: What was the whole point?
A manufactured crisis leads to an ineffectual "solution"
a year ago
A manufactured crisis leads to an ineffectual "solution"
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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10 months ago
Louwrentius
Don't be afraid of RAID
Introduction
I sense this sentiment on the internet that RAID is dangerous, that the likelihood of...
over a year ago
Introduction
I sense this sentiment on the internet that RAID is dangerous, that the likelihood of your RAID array failing during a rebuild is almost a certainty, because hard drives have become so large.
I think nothing is further from the truth and I would like to dispel this...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sympathy
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9 months ago
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Arduino Blog
Harness the power and connectivity of your Arduino UNO R4 WiFi with this IoT lamp
It can be tough to get started with building an Internet of Things (IoT) project from the ground-up,...
7 months ago
It can be tough to get started with building an Internet of Things (IoT) project from the ground-up, as getting connected, serving a webpage, and managing other devices can all be a challenge to a beginner. This is why the YouTuber known as “Mario’s Ideas” made an end-to-end...
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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a year ago
Josh Thompson
Turing Prep Chapter 2: Run your first tests (and make them pass)
Preparing for Turing Series Index
What follows is an eight-part series that will help you pick up...
over a year ago
Preparing for Turing Series Index
What follows is an eight-part series that will help you pick up useful information about a number of topics related to Ruby, specifically geared for students learning the Ruby programming language, as part of the Turing School’s Backend Software...
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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6 months ago
Old Structures...
Just Because I Like It
A view of 99 Prince Street: It’s a little hard to believe it today, but this was built simply an...
2 months ago
A view of 99 Prince Street: It’s a little hard to believe it today, but this was built simply an ordinary commercial building with retail and office space. It was completed in 1888 by architect William Schickel working for “J. J. Astor.” That was either John Jacob Astor III near...
Josh Comeau's blog
An Interactive Guide to CSS Transitions
This comprehensive guide shows how to use CSS transitions! A back-to-basics look at the fundamental...
over a year ago
This comprehensive guide shows how to use CSS transitions! A back-to-basics look at the fundamental building blocks we need to create microinteractions and other animations.
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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10 months ago
Both Are True
i guess i wrote a song???
a guest post from Alex Gobrenko
9 months ago
a guest post from Alex Gobrenko
swyx's site RSS Feed
Git-Centric Workflow
_Published on [the Netlify...
over a year ago
_Published on [the Netlify Blog](https://www.netlify.com/blog/2019/09/26/git-centric-workflow-the-one-api-to-rule-them-all/)_
99% Invisible
The Containment Plan [EPISODE]
It’s hard to overstate the vastness of the Skid Row neighborhood in Los Angeles. It spans roughly 50...
6 months ago
It’s hard to overstate the vastness of the Skid Row neighborhood in Los Angeles. It spans roughly 50 blocks, occupying a significant portion of the downtown Los Angeles area. In some ways, it looks a lot like other neighborhoods with its corner stores and street vendors, old...
The Modern House
Come On In: our collection in Open House Festival 2023 gives you access to some of London’s best...
a year ago
The Rational Walk
Pilot’s Founders vs. Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett's reputation as a straight shooter is called into question by the Haslam family in a...
a year ago
Warren Buffett's reputation as a straight shooter is called into question by the Haslam family in a dispute over the valuation of their remaining 20% interest.
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
Seth's Blog
The broomstick objection
Every founder, leader, sales rep and person on a dating app has heard this. Why did the Wizard ask...
3 months ago
Every founder, leader, sales rep and person on a dating app has heard this. Why did the Wizard ask Dorothy to bring him the broomstick of the Wicked Witch? It’s not because he needed a broomstick. It’s because he wanted Dorothy to go away. If you send someone away to get...
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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7 months ago
symmetry magazine
SAGE Journey program ignites interest in STEM
Three SAGE alumni talk about their experiences with a program meant to broaden gender diversity in...
a year ago
Three SAGE alumni talk about their experiences with a program meant to broaden gender diversity in STEM.
Steve Blank
Here’s What Happened When Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Stanford’s Gordian...
It was an honor to host US Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks at Stanford’s Gordian Knot...
over a year ago
It was an honor to host US Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks at Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. (Think of the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the Chief Operating Officer of a company – but in this case the company has 3 million...
Notes on software...
The impact of management teams as a decision-making group, in startups and enterprise
Ambitious companies form management teams at every level above you,
sometimes including you....
over a year ago
Ambitious companies form management teams at every level above you,
sometimes including you. Management teams meet periodically and have
private chat rooms. They discuss customers, product and organizational
direction. Sometimes discussions are well documented and...
bt RSS Feed
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Skip to Content Button
2019-03-25
One of the golden rules for testing your website’s accessibility...
over a year ago
Skip to Content Button
2019-03-25
One of the golden rules for testing your website’s accessibility is the “keyboard-only” audit. This is where you test navigating through your entire site without the use of a mouse, but instead rely solely on tabbing through your...
TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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6 months ago
Paul Cudenec
The global mafia's not-so-good club
Rockefeller Foundation trustee Patty Stonesifer is a “technology multimillionaire and...
6 days ago
Rockefeller Foundation trustee Patty Stonesifer is a “technology multimillionaire and philanthropist”.
Vitalik Buterin's...
Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 2: The Surge
3 months ago
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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9 months ago
Retail Design Blog
Bank Avera Offices by Mint Architecture AG
Bank Avera’s new building in Wetzikon, designed by Mint Architecture AG, combines authentic interior...
4 months ago
Bank Avera’s new building in Wetzikon, designed by Mint Architecture AG, combines authentic interior design with modern workspaces to reflect...
Seth's Blog
The good news
What if there were a pipeline into your day, a series of emails or posts or feeds that had nothing...
a year ago
What if there were a pipeline into your day, a series of emails or posts or feeds that had nothing but nice things, positive feedback and encouragement coming your way? Amazingly, you could build something like that in just a few minutes and have it forever. If the bad news...
Josh Collinsworth
Building accessible toggle buttons (with examples for Svelte, Vue, and React)
Toggle buttons might be the biggest missing native HTML element. This post will help you code them...
over a year ago
Toggle buttons might be the biggest missing native HTML element. This post will help you code them right, for all users, in any (or no) framework.
Liz Denys
Introducing Loose Leaf Security, and our first episode: Securing your online account passwords
I just launched a new project with Geoffrey Thomas: Loose Leaf Security, a podcast about making good...
over a year ago
I just launched a new project with Geoffrey Thomas: Loose Leaf Security, a podcast about making good computer security for everyone. We believe you don't need to be a software engineer or security professional to understand how to keep your devices and data safe. In every...
journal – Winnie Lim
random scenes from busan
I tend to forget about my photos once too much time had passed, so today I deliberately dug into the...
3 months ago
I tend to forget about my photos once too much time had passed, so today I deliberately dug into the archive from my korea trip a couple months ago. It is an...
The Works in...
Links in Progress: rising incomes do not always mean fewer births
And how having a baby can make you believe in the future
3 months ago
And how having a baby can make you believe in the future
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 weeks ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
Tony Dinh's...
July 2023: $6K MRR – getting back on recurring revenue
small updates from me in July 2023
a year ago
small updates from me in July 2023
Tech and Tea
Comparison and joy: a complicated relationship
Comparison from a place of enough-ness
a year ago
Comparison from a place of enough-ness
Londonist
Sadiq Stops The Ball Rolling On Controversial Stratford Sphere
Massive Vegas-style venue would be " bulky, unduly dominant and incongruous".
a year ago
Massive Vegas-style venue would be " bulky, unduly dominant and incongruous".
Scott DeLong
Weeks 44-47: The end is near
As this challenge comes to an end, it feels good to be at a point where I'm about as immune as...
a year ago
As this challenge comes to an end, it feels good to be at a point where I'm about as immune as possible to looming threats
The post Weeks 44-47: The end is near appeared first on Scott DeLong.
The Changelog
The Joy of Easy Personal Radio: FRS, GMRS, and Motorola DLR/DTR
Most of us carry cell phones with us almost everywhere we go. So much so that we often forget not...
over a year ago
Most of us carry cell phones with us almost everywhere we go. So much so that we often forget not just the usefulness, but even the joy, of having our own radios. For instance: When traveling to national parks or other wilderness areas, family and friends can keep in touch even...
AVC
Voice Input
Smartphones have had voice input for over a decade now and yet I don’t know that many people who use...
a year ago
Smartphones have had voice input for over a decade now and yet I don’t know that many people who use voice input regularly. I would guess that maybe 10 to 20% of smartphone users are using voice input regularly. That’s a guess based on absolutely no data other than observing...
The Berkeley...
Why do Policy Gradient Methods work so well in Cooperative MARL? Evidence from Policy Representation
In cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), due to its on-policy nature, policy...
over a year ago
In cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), due to its on-policy nature, policy gradient (PG) methods are typically believed to be less sample efficient than value decomposition (VD) methods, which are off-policy. However, some recent empirical studies demonstrate...
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
5 months ago
Christopher Butler
object – Cylinder Lamp
Twenty years ago, I needed a lamp. So I made this one.
In the spring of 2003, I graduated from...
a year ago
Twenty years ago, I needed a lamp. So I made this one.
In the spring of 2003, I graduated from college and moved in to my first apartment. After my housemate and I had moved all our things in, I made a list of the things I needed.
a bed
a desk
a lamp
I had lived in...
Londonist
Things To Do In London Between Christmas And New Year
For when you can't take any more festive TV.
a year ago
For when you can't take any more festive TV.
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