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Citation Needed
Sam Bankman-Fried: guilty on all charges Jurors spent less than five hours deliberating before returning the verdict.
a year ago
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Sam Bankman-Fried: guilty on all charges

from Citation Needed [alt+shift+b] in finance

a year ago
Jurors spent less than five hours deliberating before returning the verdict.
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Articles
2019 year in review
over a year ago
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2019 year in review

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over a year ago
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Ten Commandments The lists of commandments in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 are almost identical to each other,...
2 weeks ago
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Everything You Need to Know About the Ten Commandments

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

2 weeks ago
The lists of commandments in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 are almost identical to each other, diverging significantly only in the reasons they each give for keeping the Sabbath day. This list—often called the Decalogue—is what is popularly known as the Ten Commandments. However,...
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Christopher Butler
Christmas Day – Multiple UFO Sighting My wife, children, and I witnessed a cluster of high-flying, unidentified objects at 6pm on...
over a year ago
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Christmas Day – Multiple UFO Sighting

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

over a year ago
My wife, children, and I witnessed a cluster of high-flying, unidentified objects at 6pm on Christmas Day. At 6pm on the evening of Christmas Day, 2021, in Durham, NC, my wife and I were preparing to walk our children down the street to their grandparents’ house for...
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Irrational...
How to capitalize engineering costs. There are many important meetings in your first ninety days as a new engineering leader, but one...
over a year ago
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How to capitalize engineering costs.

from Irrational Exuberance [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
There are many important meetings in your first ninety days as a new engineering leader, but one that’s both easy to forget and surprisingly important is your first meeting with the finance team. There’s a lot to learn from the finance team, particularly drilling into your profit...
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swyx's site RSS Feed
How To Google Your Errors ---
over a year ago
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How To Google Your Errors

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over a year ago
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Paul Graham: Essays
Good and Bad Procrastination
over a year ago
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Good and Bad Procrastination

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over a year ago
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Unfiltered by Tim...
To Make Enough Money to Retire Early, Stop Doing These 7 Things What Harvard research bizarrely shows about retirement
6 months ago
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To Make Enough Money to Retire Early, Stop Doing These 7 Things

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6 months ago
What Harvard research bizarrely shows about retirement
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diamond geezer
N15 N16 N17 walkabout Yesterday I took BestMate for a five mile walk across N16, N15 and N17 because he'd never explored...
5 months ago
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N15 N16 N17 walkabout

from diamond geezer [alt+shift+b] in travel

5 months ago
Yesterday I took BestMate for a five mile walk across N16, N15 and N17 because he'd never explored the Stamford Hill/Tottenham hinterland before. The route's not important, nor am I suggesting you do the same, merely pointing out that a good walk across the suburbs often throws...
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Citation Needed
Issue 55 – Halving a bad time The bitcoin "halving" looms, and that may not be as good news as coiners hope. Also, Terra committed...
a year ago
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Issue 55 – Halving a bad time

from Citation Needed [alt+shift+b] in finance

a year ago
The bitcoin "halving" looms, and that may not be as good news as coiners hope. Also, Terra committed fraud and Uniswap got a Wells notice.
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The American Scholar
When True Crime Became All Too Real How my family survived a harrowing home invasion The post When True Crime Became All Too Real...
a month ago
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When True Crime Became All Too Real

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

a month ago
How my family survived a harrowing home invasion The post When True Crime Became All Too Real appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Seth's Blog
The big sort The phone book was a groundbreaking innovation. For the first time, you could actually look up the...
4 months ago
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The big sort

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

4 months ago
The phone book was a groundbreaking innovation. For the first time, you could actually look up the person you were seeking to reach. At about the same time, the department store arrived. You could actually have a shot at finding what you were hoping to buy. TV Guide was, at one...
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TheCollector
7 Misunderstood Masterpieces and the Surprising Truth Behind Them Some famous paintings are not what they seem at first glance. Some symbols and forms transform over...
4 weeks ago
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7 Misunderstood Masterpieces and the Surprising Truth Behind Them

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

4 weeks ago
Some famous paintings are not what they seem at first glance. Some symbols and forms transform over the years, leaving viewers unable to decode the true intentions of artists, even if it is a well-known and revered one. For example, for almost two centuries, art historians...
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Sometimes It Works...
I love sharing these sorts of mistakes. I love sharing these sorts of mistakes. Thankfully, I’ve only had a few gut-wrenching moments and...
over a year ago
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I love sharing these sorts of mistakes.

from Sometimes It Works :: simonhamp.me [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
I love sharing these sorts of mistakes. Thankfully, I’ve only had a few gut-wrenching moments and they’ve all been largely recoverable. The worst panic situation I had was when my hosting provider decided that after a single failed payment (through no fault of my own) they would...
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Seth's Blog
Elites (vs. elitism) Tom Brady is an elite athlete. Few have even approached the stats he had playing football. And...
7 months ago
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Elites (vs. elitism)

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7 months ago
Tom Brady is an elite athlete. Few have even approached the stats he had playing football. And Catherine Walker, NSTA Science Teacher of the Year, is an elite, because her pedagogy and understanding give her the ability to create better outcomes for her students. There’s a...
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Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Care in Design Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of...
over a year ago
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Care in Design

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

over a year ago
Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of users—of humans. It is designing product details that you might randomly discover (sometimes even years later) rather than only designing what should be seen. Care in design is worrying...
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Tony Finch's blog
Popcorn Another recent food obsession! I think the instigation was a YouTube food video which led me to...
a year ago
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Popcorn

from Tony Finch's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
Another recent food obsession! I think the instigation was a YouTube food video which led me to try making popcorn at home from scratch with Nico. It was enormous fun! And several weeks later it’s still really entertaining to make (especially when a stray kernel pops after I take...
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Stephen Diehl
FPTs: Pure Fungibility on the Blockchain
over a year ago
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FPTs: Pure Fungibility on the Blockchain

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over a year ago
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked? Is modesty too modern?
over a year ago
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Should We Be More Naked?

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over a year ago
Is modesty too modern?
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Matt Blewitt
Point and Call It’s 2AM. You’re paged to respond to a failing set of components that you are the Subject Matter...
over a year ago
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Point and Call

from Matt Blewitt [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
It’s 2AM. You’re paged to respond to a failing set of components that you are the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for. Sleepy, you load up the playbook for when the SplineReticulatorBlocked alert has gone off, and start executing. The Incident Commander (IC) is vaguely aware of what...
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mtlynch.io
TinyPilot: Month 24 Highlights TinyPilot reached an all-time high of $74k in revenue. I’m trying to figure out the best...
over a year ago
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TinyPilot: Month 24

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

over a year ago
Highlights TinyPilot reached an all-time high of $74k in revenue. I’m trying to figure out the best approach to software licensing. I’m still searching for a web framework I can love. Goal Grades At the start of each month, I declare what I’d like to accomplish. Here’s how I did...
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Idle Words
The Lunacy of Artemis In August 2020, the New York Times asked me to write an op-ed for a special feature on...
a year ago
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The Lunacy of Artemis

from Idle Words [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
In August 2020, the New York Times asked me to write an op-ed for a special feature on authoritarianism and democracy. They declined to publish my submission, which I am sharing here instead. A little over 51 years ago, a rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying three...
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Data Boutique
What's New on Data Boutique Noteworthy stuff from the web data platform
a year ago
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What's New on Data Boutique

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a year ago
Noteworthy stuff from the web data platform
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IEEE Spectrum
SwitchBot Introduces Modular Mobile Home Robot Earlier this year, we reviewed the SwitchBot S10, a vacuuming and wet mopping robot that uses a...
6 months ago
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SwitchBot Introduces Modular Mobile Home Robot

from IEEE Spectrum [alt+shift+b] in AI

6 months ago
Earlier this year, we reviewed the SwitchBot S10, a vacuuming and wet mopping robot that uses a water-integrated docking system to autonomously manage both clean and dirty water for you. It’s a pretty clever solution, and we appreciated that SwitchBot was willing to try something...
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Yale E360
Russia's War Is Driving Up Emissions by Forcing Planes to Reroute Since war broke out in Ukraine, Western airlines have been charting longer routes to avoid flying...
5 months ago
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Russia's War Is Driving Up Emissions by Forcing Planes to Reroute

from Yale E360 [alt+shift+b] in science

5 months ago
Since war broke out in Ukraine, Western airlines have been charting longer routes to avoid flying over Russia, with a discernible impact on emissions. Read more on E360 →
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Banned Book Week Begins...
9 months ago
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Weekend Roundup

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9 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
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TheCollector
What Did Socrates Really Mean When He Said “Know Thyself”? Inscribed at the Delphic temple of Apollo was the famous maxim, ‘know thyself’, a charge that...
3 weeks ago
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What Did Socrates Really Mean When He Said “Know Thyself”?

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

3 weeks ago
Inscribed at the Delphic temple of Apollo was the famous maxim, ‘know thyself’, a charge that Socrates continuously invoked in numerous Platonic dialogues. Self-knowledge was the essence of Socrates’ philosophical project, not in the modern sense of self-discovery, but in the...
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Yale E360
Peruvian Farmer Sues German Energy Giant Over Its Role in Climate Change Hearings began Monday in a landmark climate case in Hamm, Germany, where a Peruvian farmer is suing...
4 months ago
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Peruvian Farmer Sues German Energy Giant Over Its Role in Climate Change

from Yale E360 [alt+shift+b] in science

4 months ago
Hearings began Monday in a landmark climate case in Hamm, Germany, where a Peruvian farmer is suing energy giant RWE over its role in warming. Read more on E360 →
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swyx's site RSS Feed
The Upload (short story) My first attempt at bringing back the short story in ~30 years.
a year ago
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The Upload (short story)

from swyx's site RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
My first attempt at bringing back the short story in ~30 years.
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Calculated Risk
Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreased 0.6% Year-over-year From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 5 April The U.S. hotel industry reported mixed...
3 months ago
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Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreased 0.6% Year-over-year

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

3 months ago
From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 5 April The U.S. hotel industry reported mixed year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 5 April. ... 30 March through 5 April 2025 (percentage change from comparable week in 2024): Occupancy: 63.8%...
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Darek Kay
Prevent data loss on page refresh It can be frustrating to fill out a web form, only to accidentally refresh the page (or click...
9 months ago
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Prevent data loss on page refresh

from Darek Kay [alt+shift+b] in programming

9 months ago
It can be frustrating to fill out a web form, only to accidentally refresh the page (or click "back") and lose all the hard work. In this blog post, I present a method to retain form data when the page is reloaded, which improves the user experience. Browser behavior Most...
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Liz Denys
Liz rides the subway on May 23, 2016: street harassment Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment...
over a year ago
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Liz rides the subway on May 23, 2016: street harassment

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment to get me to write more. Today was the first time I was street harassed on my commute since moving in November... memories relived on the following train ride: Content warning:...
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Seth's Blog
User interaction design drives outcomes AI models primarily use a text or speech interface. Type what you want and it types back. Say what...
a month ago
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User interaction design drives outcomes

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

a month ago
AI models primarily use a text or speech interface. Type what you want and it types back. Say what you want it talks back. This is fancy, a breakthrough, a little showy. And if the user brings the right skills, it’s an extraordinary way to interact. But the AI UX people (the few...
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Society's Backend:...
An AI Revolution Isn't Coming - We're Already In It A small showcase of companies using AI in ways that will change your life
a year ago
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An AI Revolution Isn't Coming - We're Already In It

from Society's Backend: Machine Learning for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

a year ago
A small showcase of companies using AI in ways that will change your life
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Londonist
Epping Ongar Lights Express - The Fairy Light-Covered Christmas Steam Train Ride Is Back! Most festive train EVER.
a year ago
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Epping Ongar Lights Express - The Fairy Light-Covered Christmas Steam Train Ride Is Back!

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a year ago
Most festive train EVER.
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Elevation Lab - Blog
Introducing Anchor Pro! Our original Anchor, the first under-desk headphone mount, is truly a great product - easy to...
over a year ago
15

Introducing Anchor Pro!

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
Our original Anchor, the first under-desk headphone mount, is truly a great product - easy to install, does what it says, and a timeless design. It's in use on over 100,000 desks worldwide. So what do you do when you have a great product like The Anchor? Well, we decided to make...
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Irrational...
Notes on The Value Flywheel Effect The Value Flywheel Effect is a worthwhile read. It’s imperfect, but a fascinating look into...
a year ago
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Notes on The Value Flywheel Effect

from Irrational Exuberance [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
The Value Flywheel Effect is a worthwhile read. It’s imperfect, but a fascinating look into real-world application of Wardley mapping, and a rare view of a company’s engineering strategy. I’m currently diving into the topic of engineering strategy, and a sub-topic that I’ve not...
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Flashbak
David the Dreamer: Ralph Bergengren’s Children’s Book Illustrated by Tom Seidmann-Freud, 1922 ‘The earth is heavy and opaque without dreams.” – Anaïs Nin     Published in 1922 with illustrations...
3 months ago
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David the Dreamer: Ralph Bergengren’s Children’s Book Illustrated by Tom Seidmann-Freud, 1922

from Flashbak [alt+shift+b] in history

3 months ago
‘The earth is heavy and opaque without dreams.” – Anaïs Nin     Published in 1922 with illustrations by Tom Seidmann-Freud, Ralph Bergengren’s David the Dreamer: His Book of Dreams tells the story of a boy’s dreams for his pet dog Fido’s third birthday. David finds himself in a...
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Old Structures...
Uncluttered From 1946, a view from 501 Madison Avenue looking southwest past St. Patrick’s Cathedral to...
11 months ago
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Uncluttered

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

11 months ago
From 1946, a view from 501 Madison Avenue looking southwest past St. Patrick’s Cathedral to Rockefeller Center. The International Building on the right partially blocks the view of the taller RCA Building, with the (old) Time-Life building off to the left. The construction site...
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sum Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Just gently closing the door on ever giving a TED...
a year ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sum

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Just gently closing the door on ever giving a TED talk there. Very nice. Today's News:
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Maps Mania
What If Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hit Your Town?
5 months ago
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What If Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hit Your Town?

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5 months ago
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Max Rozen
How the React Hooks ESLint plugin saved me hours debugging useEffect useEffect is great for fetching and rendering data, but are you using it correctly? There's an...
over a year ago
42

How the React Hooks ESLint plugin saved me hours debugging useEffect

from Max Rozen [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

over a year ago
useEffect is great for fetching and rendering data, but are you using it correctly? There's an eslint plugin to check!
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TheCollector
8 Historic Sites on Mackinac Island Worth Exploring Michigan’s early development was shaped by its access to the Great Lakes and its importance in the...
2 months ago
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8 Historic Sites on Mackinac Island Worth Exploring

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

2 months ago
Michigan’s early development was shaped by its access to the Great Lakes and its importance in the fur trade, military defense, and westward expansion. Before statehood in 1837, it was part of the Northwest Territory and saw control shift between French, British, and American...
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Retail Design Blog
LUISAVIAROMA store by Claudio Nardi Architects Storied Florentine multi-brand boutique LUISAVIAROMA has crossed the Big Pond to open up shop in New...
11 months ago
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LUISAVIAROMA store by Claudio Nardi Architects

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

11 months ago
Storied Florentine multi-brand boutique LUISAVIAROMA has crossed the Big Pond to open up shop in New York City. Given the...
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xkcd.com
Doppler Effect
a year ago
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Doppler Effect

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a year ago
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Tony Finch's blog
getentropy() vs RAND_bytes() A couple of notable things have happened in recent months: There is a new edition of POSIX for 2024....
9 months ago
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getentropy() vs RAND_bytes()

from Tony Finch's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

9 months ago
A couple of notable things have happened in recent months: There is a new edition of POSIX for 2024. There’s lots of good stuff in it, but today I am writing about getentropy() which is the first officially standardized POSIX API for getting cryptographically secure random...
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Break it down Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: A little Adderall wouldn't hurt either. Today's...
a year ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Break it down

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: A little Adderall wouldn't hurt either. Today's News:
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Noahpinion
Patrick Collison interview + at least five interesting things (#58) Patrick interviews me; the energy transition; Americans die young; family and fertility; educating...
5 months ago
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Patrick Collison interview + at least five interesting things (#58)

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

5 months ago
Patrick interviews me; the energy transition; Americans die young; family and fertility; educating the poor; AI and growth
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Tech + Economics +...
The internet is broken. Here’s how we fix it. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, an engineer working on the ARPANET project — the predecessor to the...
a year ago
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The internet is broken. Here’s how we fix it.

from Tech + Economics + Humans [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, an engineer working on the ARPANET project — the predecessor to the Internet — sent the first email. The message was nothing profound; it was a series of random characters that looked more like the utterance of a toddler on a typewriter than a...
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TheCollector
How Hermes Became a God: The Mischievous Tale of the Homeric Hymn Hermes, known by his Roman name Mercury, is one of the most unconventional Olympian gods. As the god...
a month ago
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How Hermes Became a God: The Mischievous Tale of the Homeric Hymn

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

a month ago
Hermes, known by his Roman name Mercury, is one of the most unconventional Olympian gods. As the god of shepherds, thieves, lies, commerce, and boundaries, he embodies a diverse range of human experiences. Considered a close friend to humanity, Hermes is credited with inventing...
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Patrick Kayongo
A New Dog “What are you doing now?” Sabelo asked Zoleka as she was taking a video of every part of their...
over a year ago
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A New Dog

from Patrick Kayongo [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
“What are you doing now?” Sabelo asked Zoleka as she was taking a video of every part of their living room with her phone. He was growing tired of her ever-new discoveries and project ideas, and he didn’t know if he had the energy to stomach this new one. But she was too busy...
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Retail Design Blog
Alap Sardines by Rajib Bhuiyan Raja Alap Sardines by Rajib Bhuiyan Raja
5 months ago
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Alap Sardines by Rajib Bhuiyan Raja

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

5 months ago
Alap Sardines by Rajib Bhuiyan Raja
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devonzuegel.com
IVF egg retrieval notes I’ve now done two egg retrieval cycles. Given that I had a zillion questions before I started, I...
a year ago
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IVF egg retrieval notes

from devonzuegel.com [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
I’ve now done two egg retrieval cycles. Given that I had a zillion questions before I started, I thought I’d share my notes for others who might have similar questions. Things I would’ve loved to know beforehand Overall the process was way easier and less intense than I...
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Old Structures...
Moving Goalposts The image above, of the Grand Union Hotel on the east side of Park Avenue is labelled by the New...
a year ago
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Moving Goalposts

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
The image above, of the Grand Union Hotel on the east side of Park Avenue is labelled by the New York Public Library as 1868 to 1900, but is likely from the late 1870s, or early 1880s. The hotel is the building on the right with three flags and with S-curved mansard roofs on its...
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bt RSS Feed
Chasing Performance Chasing Performance 2017-11-20 Update This post is no longer relevant since this blog has been...
over a year ago
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Chasing Performance

from bt RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Chasing Performance 2017-11-20 Update This post is no longer relevant since this blog has been redesigned since. I’m keeping this article up as a point of reference. So I decided to participate in Smashing Mag’s Front End Performance Challenge, not only for the potential of...
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Joel Gascoigne
Maximize your excitement * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’m a huge...
over a year ago
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Maximize your excitement

from Joel Gascoigne [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’m a huge believer of the lean startup movement and the concept of validating ideas as quickly as possible. I think wasted time and resources are disastrous and no matter how much you love an...
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journal – Winnie Lim
restarting from scratch I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini...
over a year ago
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restarting from scratch

from journal – Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

over a year ago
I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini celebration with my partner. I am not sure if I overdid it, but...
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Jim Nielsen’s Blog
A Golden Era of Blogging Matt has an interesting post titled: “Today’s YouTubers are repeating the mistakes of yesterday’s...
a year ago
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A Golden Era of Blogging

from Jim Nielsen’s Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
Matt has an interesting post titled: “Today’s YouTubers are repeating the mistakes of yesterday’s bloggers”. While I’m not super into the YouTube scene, his observations sound right from where I sit. He points out how some of the YouTube creators he loves and follows are...
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Liz Denys
It's a piece of cake to bake a SIPB cake Given four batches of a dark chocolate cake for two circular layer cakes and two small loaf cakes,...
over a year ago
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It's a piece of cake to bake a SIPB cake

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Given four batches of a dark chocolate cake for two circular layer cakes and two small loaf cakes, vanilla buttercream frosting, chocolate buttercream frosting with black food coloring, homemade white vanilla fondant, homemade black chocolate fondant, a bread knife to carve shoes...
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TokyoDev
Japan's Earthquake and Technology Last Friday, March 11th, there was a [9.0 earthquake in...
over a year ago
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Japan's Earthquake and Technology

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Last Friday, March 11th, there was a [9.0 earthquake in Northern Japan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami). Despite Tokyo being several hundred kilometers from the epicenter, it's effects were felt even here (although to a much lesser extent than...
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff! Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
8 months ago
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!

from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry [alt+shift+b] in history

8 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Platformer
How Sundar Pichai is thinking about AI Three takeaways about Google's approach to this moment, after an interview with Google's CEO
over a year ago
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How Sundar Pichai is thinking about AI

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
Three takeaways about Google's approach to this moment, after an interview with Google's CEO
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Ink & Switch
03 · What's In a Name? Why we've renamed the project
4 months ago
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03 · What's In a Name?

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4 months ago
Why we've renamed the project
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Construction Physics
Reading List 07/12/2025 25 years of earthquakes, Google’s 2013 efforts to build a phone in the US, bear attacks in Japan,...
3 days ago
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Reading List 07/12/2025

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in architecture

3 days ago
25 years of earthquakes, Google’s 2013 efforts to build a phone in the US, bear attacks in Japan, coal seam fires, and more.
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CONTEMPORIST
8,000 Discs Were Suspended To Create This Artistic Installation Canadian-based Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has shared photos of Binary Spectrum, a site-specific...
over a year ago
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8,000 Discs Were Suspended To Create This Artistic Installation

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

over a year ago
Canadian-based Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has shared photos of Binary Spectrum, a site-specific art installation they created for a lobby atrium inside a building in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Comprised of 8,000 translucent discs, Binary Spectrum is a poetic expression of...
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The personal website...
Really bad design exercises As we at the Wall Street Journal kick off a new round of hiring1, I’m reminded of my least favorite...
over a year ago
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Really bad design exercises

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

over a year ago
As we at the Wall Street Journal kick off a new round of hiring1, I’m reminded of my least favorite practice in design hiring: the Exercise. Why do we put ourselves through it? Why do we put each other through it? What could we possibly gain from it? I’d like to hazard an answer...
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Josh Thompson
Dream Big, and Build Optionality We all can dream big. I have dreams, and you probably do to. For example: Travel, location...
over a year ago
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Dream Big, and Build Optionality

from Josh Thompson [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
We all can dream big. I have dreams, and you probably do to. For example: Travel, location independent living, being wealthy/choosing to do work that interests you, enjoying “simple” things. The list could go on, and on, and on. But then we go right along doing all the normal...
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Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #55: The left needs to learn to love AI Plus Waymo's masterplan, life on a container ship, and the one guy responsible for slowing down road...
5 months ago
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Odds and Ends #55: The left needs to learn to love AI

from Odds and Ends of History [alt+shift+b] in technology

5 months ago
Plus Waymo's masterplan, life on a container ship, and the one guy responsible for slowing down road building
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Calculated Risk
Two Bank Failures in 2024 There were four bank failures in 2024. The median number of failures since the FDIC was established...
6 months ago
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Two Bank Failures in 2024

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

6 months ago
There were four bank failures in 2024. The median number of failures since the FDIC was established in 1933 was 7 - so 2 failures in 2024 was below the median. Click on graph for larger image. The second graph includes pre-FDIC failures. In a typical year - before the...
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PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.30.0 Brand new and faster user interface, automatic conversion signal detection with Correlation...
over a year ago
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Array 1.30.0

from PostHog's RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Brand new and faster user interface, automatic conversion signal detection with Correlation analysis, saving insights for future use and a fully revamped recordings playback experience and more than 350 improvements/fixes more.
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lcamtuf’s thing
Random objects: Intel Edison A glimpse of the missteps of x86 in the embedded world.
a year ago
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Random objects: Intel Edison

from lcamtuf’s thing [alt+shift+b] in technology

a year ago
A glimpse of the missteps of x86 in the embedded world.
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alexwlchan
The Star-Spangled Ballad In an hour or so, Hannah Waddingham will take the stage at the Royal Albert Hall, and present this...
a year ago
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The Star-Spangled Ballad

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
In an hour or so, Hannah Waddingham will take the stage at the Royal Albert Hall, and present this year’s Olivier Awards. I won’t be there, but a number of dear friends are in the audience, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for Operation Mincemeat – a musical with which we...
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Tech + Economics +...
The elegance of endurance: what centuries-old enterprises can teach modern culture. For 879 years, the oldest Sake brewery in Japan has thrived and survived through massive social,...
a year ago
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The elegance of endurance: what centuries-old enterprises can teach modern culture.

from Tech + Economics + Humans [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
For 879 years, the oldest Sake brewery in Japan has thrived and survived through massive social, technological and economic change. Most recently it has weathered the threat of radioactive contamination from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, with its products remaining...
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ben-mini
Building FirstMover I had one month to find a place to live in Manhattan. I reached out to friends for tips, and nearly...
10 months ago
20

Building FirstMover

from ben-mini [alt+shift+b] in literature

10 months ago
I had one month to find a place to live in Manhattan. I reached out to friends for tips, and nearly all of them pointed me to StreetEasy, the Zillow-owned NYC real estate search platform. Some of my more Type-A friends gave me extra helpful advice: Narrow your search to 2-4...
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Birchtree
+ Why I quit Superhuman I appreciate the app, I just had to let it go.
4 months ago
26

+ Why I quit Superhuman

from Birchtree [alt+shift+b] in technology

4 months ago
I appreciate the app, I just had to let it go.
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Moneyness
Renovatio monetae This silver pfennig from the Archbishopric of Magdeburg (1152-1192) was subject to a policy of...
a year ago
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Renovatio monetae

from Moneyness [alt+shift+b] in finance

a year ago
This silver pfennig from the Archbishopric of Magdeburg (1152-1192) was subject to a policy of renovatio monetae. Twice a year whoever held it had to bring it in to be changed for new coins at a rate of four old coins to three new coins. That suggests an annualized tax rate on...
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Acko.net
On Variance and Extensibility Making code reusable is not an art, it's a job Extensibility of software is a weird phenomenon, very...
over a year ago
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On Variance and Extensibility

from Acko.net [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Making code reusable is not an art, it's a job Extensibility of software is a weird phenomenon, very poorly understood in the software industry. This might seem strange to say, as you are reading this in a web browser, on an operating system, desktop or mobile. They are by all...
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TheCollector
British Museum Curator Jill Cook on the Artistic Renaissance of the Ice Age In a discussion with TheCollector, Jill Cook, Keeper of the Department of Britain, Europe, and...
a month ago
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British Museum Curator Jill Cook on the Artistic Renaissance of the Ice Age

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

a month ago
In a discussion with TheCollector, Jill Cook, Keeper of the Department of Britain, Europe, and Prehistory at the British Museum, tells us about her latest book, “Ice Age Art Now” by British Museum Press. The conversation explored the concept and nature of Ice Age art, its...
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Louwrentius
I switched my blog from Blogofile to Pelican This blog is a static website, which makes it fast, simple and secure. It was generated by Blogofile...
over a year ago
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I switched my blog from Blogofile to Pelican

from Louwrentius [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
This blog is a static website, which makes it fast, simple and secure. It was generated by Blogofile but I switched to Pelican. Blogofile has seen almost no updates over the years and I consider the project dead. Realising that blogofile is dead, I decided to look around for...
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xkcd.com
Obituary Editor
over a year ago
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Obituary Editor

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over a year ago
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The Honest Broker
Why Are Huge Tech Companies Getting Into the Book Business? Do they want to help writers or destroy them?
7 months ago
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Why Are Huge Tech Companies Getting Into the Book Business?

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

7 months ago
Do they want to help writers or destroy them?
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Louwrentius
The downside of 120 Mbit broadband internet My Dutch ISP Ziggo provides internet access through DOCSIS cable modems. They are now capable of...
over a year ago
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The downside of 120 Mbit broadband internet

from Louwrentius [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
My Dutch ISP Ziggo provides internet access through DOCSIS cable modems. They are now capable of providging 120 Mbit downstream and 10 Mbit upstream, for an affordable price. In a way this is mind boggling. Most people have 100 Mbit home networks that are not capable of handling...
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The Honest Broker
Are We Living in a Time of Cultural Collapse? Some say I believe this—but do I really?
2 months ago
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Are We Living in a Time of Cultural Collapse?

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

2 months ago
Some say I believe this—but do I really?
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CONTEMPORIST
This Cat Cafe In New York Was Designed With Whimsy And Playfulness Architect Sonya Lee has shared photos of the new location of Meow Parlour, a cat cafe in New York...
11 months ago
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This Cat Cafe In New York Was Designed With Whimsy And Playfulness

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

11 months ago
Architect Sonya Lee has shared photos of the new location of Meow Parlour, a cat cafe in New York that had outgrown its previous space. The storefront has a 10’ wall of white oak shelves that spell out M E O W, which also function as signage, a playspace for the cats to snuggle...
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Naz Hamid
Operating Rules for Email Collaboration Writing, giving, and soliciting feedback via your inbox. For over 25 years, I’ve been using email to...
3 months ago
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Operating Rules for Email Collaboration

from Naz Hamid [alt+shift+b] in literature

3 months ago
Writing, giving, and soliciting feedback via your inbox. For over 25 years, I’ve been using email to collaborate and work with people. Before there were any messaging platforms, project management tools, and hybrid tools like Slack and Discord, phone calls, Skype and email were...
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Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp

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a year ago
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journal – Winnie Lim
why i turn to books on buddhism in times of suffering Over the past decade I tend to turn to books on buddhism whenever I feel down. I wouldn’t consider...
8 months ago
66

why i turn to books on buddhism in times of suffering

from journal – Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

8 months ago
Over the past decade I tend to turn to books on buddhism whenever I feel down. I wouldn’t consider myself religious or a buddhist, and I don’t really fully agree wth much...
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nanoscale views
NSF, quo vadis? There is a lot going on.  Today, some words about NSF. Yesterday Sethuraman Panchanathan, the...
2 months ago
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NSF, quo vadis?

from nanoscale views [alt+shift+b] in science

2 months ago
There is a lot going on.  Today, some words about NSF. Yesterday Sethuraman Panchanathan, the director of the National Science Foundation, resigned 16 months before the end of his six year term.  The relevant Science article raises the possibility that this is because, as an...
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xkcd.com
US Survey Foot
a year ago
102

US Survey Foot

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a year ago
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Andrej Karpathy blog
(started posting on Medium instead) The current state of this blog (with the last post 2 years ago) makes it look like I’ve disappeared....
over a year ago
58

(started posting on Medium instead)

from Andrej Karpathy blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

over a year ago
The current state of this blog (with the last post 2 years ago) makes it look like I’ve disappeared. I’ve certainly become less active on blogs since I’ve joined Tesla, but whenever I do get a chance to post something I have recently been defaulting to doing it on Medium because...
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Yale E360
How Tearing Down Small Dams Is Helping Restore Northeast Rivers More than 30,000 small dams currently block river tributaries from Maine to Maryland. New...
5 months ago
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How Tearing Down Small Dams Is Helping Restore Northeast Rivers

from Yale E360 [alt+shift+b] in science

5 months ago
More than 30,000 small dams currently block river tributaries from Maine to Maryland. New initiatives to remove them are aimed at restoring natural flows, improving habitat for aquatic life, and reopening thousands of river miles to migratory fish, from shad to American...
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Blog - Guerrilla...
Pools and Populations in the SF Bay Area For many people, swimming in a pool on a hot July day with kids splashing and lifeguards hollering...
7 months ago
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Pools and Populations in the SF Bay Area

from Blog - Guerrilla Cartography [alt+shift+b] in architecture

7 months ago
For many people, swimming in a pool on a hot July day with kids splashing and lifeguards hollering is the quintessential summer experience. Not only do pools provide a place for people to recreate and cool off in the summer heat, but access to pools is essential to making basic...
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diamond geezer
TfL FoI requests in June 2025 20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in June 2025 1) Between April 2021 and March 2025, a fire...
a week ago
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TfL FoI requests in June 2025

from diamond geezer [alt+shift+b] in travel

a week ago
20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in June 2025 1) Between April 2021 and March 2025, a fire alarm was activated at tube stations on 1102 occasions. 2) The final cost of installing lifts at Harrow-on-the-Hill station was £18.8m. This figure includes design and...
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Artificial Ignorance
Honey, I joined a cabal Or: Mainstream media still isn't great at covering tech and AI ideologies
a year ago
116

Honey, I joined a cabal

from Artificial Ignorance [alt+shift+b] in AI

a year ago
Or: Mainstream media still isn't great at covering tech and AI ideologies
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CONTEMPORIST
Handmade Turquoise Tiles Line The Entrance To This Spanish Restaurant Photography by Adria Goula EL EQUIPO CREATIVO has designed Txalupa Gastroleku, a restaurant in San...
a year ago
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Handmade Turquoise Tiles Line The Entrance To This Spanish Restaurant

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
Photography by Adria Goula EL EQUIPO CREATIVO has designed Txalupa Gastroleku, a restaurant in San Sebastian, Spain, that draws inspiration from the nearby old port and the small and colorful fishing boats. Photography by Txalupa Gastroleku Stepping inside, you’re immediately...
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Perk Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I don't know if anyone else likes the etymology...
11 months ago
65

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Perk

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

11 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I don't know if anyone else likes the etymology jokes, but I am here for me. Today's News:
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The Honest Broker
12 Things I Learned from René Girard How a thinker who hated trends & fashions became trendy & fashionable
a year ago
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12 Things I Learned from René Girard

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

a year ago
How a thinker who hated trends & fashions became trendy & fashionable
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AFAR Media - Travel...
9 Greek Travel Experiences for a Luxurious Escape
8 months ago
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9 Greek Travel Experiences for a Luxurious Escape

from AFAR Media - Travel Stories, News, Reviews, Tips + Guides [alt+shift+b] in travel

8 months ago
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Londonist
Chelsea In Bloom 2024: Giant Floral Caterpillar To Take Over Sloane Square Free flower festival returns... with a foodie theme.
a year ago
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Chelsea In Bloom 2024: Giant Floral Caterpillar To Take Over Sloane Square

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Free flower festival returns... with a foodie theme.
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Eric Bailey
Tech metaphors Tired of referencing the same yaks, sheds, and cars over and over again? Here’s a few new metaphors...
over a year ago
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Tech metaphors

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over a year ago
Tired of referencing the same yaks, sheds, and cars over and over again? Here’s a few new metaphors to drop at your next sprint planning meeting: Winchester Mystery House A mansion in San Jose, California that was once occupied by Sarah Winchester, widow of the eponymous firearms...
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Ryan Hoover's...
Why you should build your product in public
over a year ago
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Why you should build your product in public

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Home on Erik...
Interviewing is a noisy prediction problem I have done roughly 2,000 interviews in my life. When I started recruiting, I had so much confidence...
over a year ago
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Interviewing is a noisy prediction problem

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
I have done roughly 2,000 interviews in my life. When I started recruiting, I had so much confidence in my ability to assess people. Let me just throw a couple of algorithm questions at a candidate and then I'll tell you if they are good or not!
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The Honest Broker
The Number of Songs in the World Doubled Yesterday Did you even notice?
over a year ago
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The Number of Songs in the World Doubled Yesterday

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over a year ago
Did you even notice?
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Out-of-Pocket Blog
The Reality of Real-World Evidence | Out-Of-Pocket Real recognize real...sort of
a year ago
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The Reality of Real-World Evidence | Out-Of-Pocket

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a year ago
Real recognize real...sort of
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NeuroLogica Blog
Evidence of Ancient Solar Flares From time to time the Earth gets hit by a wave of energetic particles from the sun – solar flares or...
a year ago
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Evidence of Ancient Solar Flares

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a year ago
From time to time the Earth gets hit by a wave of energetic particles from the sun – solar flares or even coronal mass ejections (CMEs). In 1859 a large CME hit Earth (known as the Carrington Event), shorting out telegraphs, brightening the sky, and causing aurora deep into...
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
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Weekend Roundup

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6 months ago
The Essential Greeks
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Ben Borgers
Bagel Institute
over a year ago
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Bagel Institute

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The Honest Broker
How Coffee Became a Joke The crisis at Starbucks is a sign of our un-serious times
a year ago
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How Coffee Became a Joke

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The crisis at Starbucks is a sign of our un-serious times
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TheCollector
What Happened to the Neanderthals? Contrary to popular belief, the Neanderthals had language, hunting strategies, sophisticated tools,...
3 days ago
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What Happened to the Neanderthals?

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3 days ago
Contrary to popular belief, the Neanderthals had language, hunting strategies, sophisticated tools, art, and jewelry. In many ways, they were not dissimilar from us. Having co-existed for thousands of years, there must be more to the story than humans simply wiping them out. For...
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Calculated Risk
Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 27.5% YoY What this means: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active...
4 months ago
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Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 27.5% YoY

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4 months ago
What this means: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active inventory and new listings. On a monthly basis, they report total inventory. For January, Realtor.com reported inventory was up 24.6% YoY, but still down 24.8% compared to the 2017 to...
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David Perell
The Perks of Niche Fame There are two kinds of fame: Celebrity-Fame and Niche-Fame. The post The Perks of Niche Fame...
over a year ago
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The Perks of Niche Fame

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over a year ago
There are two kinds of fame: Celebrity-Fame and Niche-Fame. The post The Perks of Niche Fame appeared first on David Perell.
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Louwrentius
Setting up a VPN with your iPhone using L2TP, IPSec and Linux This blogpost discusses how to setup an IPSec-based VPN between your iPhone and a Linux server....
over a year ago
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Setting up a VPN with your iPhone using L2TP, IPSec and Linux

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over a year ago
This blogpost discusses how to setup an IPSec-based VPN between your iPhone and a Linux server. Updated 16 October 2012 - now compatible with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS IMPORTANT! (update January 2013) I find using OpenVPN with the new iOS OpenVPN client a way better solution. OpenVPN...
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balajis.com
Going Meta Meta may be Android to Apple's Apple.
over a year ago
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Going Meta

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over a year ago
Meta may be Android to Apple's Apple.
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journal – Winnie Lim
happy birthday to my favouritest person Every year on our birth days we’ll try to make a trip overseas – Singapore is about 50km from east...
a year ago
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happy birthday to my favouritest person

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a year ago
Every year on our birth days we’ll try to make a trip overseas – Singapore is about 50km from east to west so we can’t do any local travelling. Travelling is vital...
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Seth's Blog
Incrementally better Massive leaps in utility and quality are extraordinary events. Going from ver 2.0 to 3.0 is a step...
a year ago
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Incrementally better

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a year ago
Massive leaps in utility and quality are extraordinary events. Going from ver 2.0 to 3.0 is a step change. But that is almost never what improvement looks like. Instead, the persistent commitment to slightly better on a regular schedule inexorably makes a difference over time.
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Open Culture
The Ark Before Noah: Discover the Ancient Flood Myths That Came Before the Bible The Lord said to Noah, there’s going to be a floody, floody; then to get those children out of the...
3 months ago
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The Ark Before Noah: Discover the Ancient Flood Myths That Came Before the Bible

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3 months ago
The Lord said to Noah, there’s going to be a floody, floody; then to get those children out of the muddy, muddy; then to build him an arky, arky. This much we heard while toasting marshmallows around the campfire, at least if we grew up in a certain modern Protestant tradition....
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TheCollector
Here’s Why John the Baptist Was Called the Greatest Prophet John was Jesus’s relative—perhaps a second cousin—born about six months before Jesus. With the...
a month ago
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Here’s Why John the Baptist Was Called the Greatest Prophet

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a month ago
John was Jesus’s relative—perhaps a second cousin—born about six months before Jesus. With the exception of Mary, John could be considered the most important witness to Jesus’s identity as the Messiah of Israel, as recorded in the Four Gospels. His baptism of Jesus defined how he...
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FIRE v London
July ’24: New UK government July has been quite a busy month. I’ve been getting about a bit. Some South Coast action, some...
11 months ago
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July ’24: New UK government

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11 months ago
July has been quite a busy month. I’ve been getting about a bit. Some South Coast action, some Mediterranean fun, a trip up to Oxford, a visit to one of England’s great Cathedrals, and more. And July saw some fine times in London. Both outdoors and inside. And of course we had...
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TheCollector
The Roman Myth of Aeneas, Lavinia, and the King Who Started It All The figure of Aeneas of Troy first appears in the Homeric epics of Greek mythology, but he emerges...
a month ago
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The Roman Myth of Aeneas, Lavinia, and the King Who Started It All

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a month ago
The figure of Aeneas of Troy first appears in the Homeric epics of Greek mythology, but he emerges as a central figure in Roman mythology, described most thoroughly in Virgil’s Aeneid. In Roman legends, Aeneas is involved in the founding of Rome. He is said to have become a king...
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Retail Design Blog
Acme Offices by Studio Vasaka Studio Vasaka’s Acme offices in Baddi ingeniously transforms a bustling factory space into a serene...
a month ago
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Acme Offices by Studio Vasaka

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a month ago
Studio Vasaka’s Acme offices in Baddi ingeniously transforms a bustling factory space into a serene conference block, harmoniously blending elegant...
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Greater Still by...
Good Things Take Time A crypto whitepill with Bridget Harris
10 months ago
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Good Things Take Time

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10 months ago
A crypto whitepill with Bridget Harris
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cdixon.org RSS Feed
"This business is like bird spotting" One of my favorite quotes about startups/VC, from legendary VC Mike Moritz of Sequoia: I rarely...
over a year ago
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"This business is like bird spotting"

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over a year ago
One of my favorite quotes about startups/VC, from legendary VC Mike Moritz of Sequoia: I rarely think about big themes. This business is…
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alexwlchan
Looking at images in a spreadsheet I’ve had a couple of projects recently where I needed to work with a list that involved images. For...
5 months ago
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Looking at images in a spreadsheet

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5 months ago
I’ve had a couple of projects recently where I needed to work with a list that involved images. For example, choosing a series of photos to print, or making an inventory of Lego parts. I could write a simple text list, but it’s really helpful to be able to see the images as part...
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TheCollector
Facts and Myths About Harriet Tubman There are few Americans today who do not know the name Harriet Tubman. Famous for her work on the...
3 months ago
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Facts and Myths About Harriet Tubman

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3 months ago
There are few Americans today who do not know the name Harriet Tubman. Famous for her work on the Underground Railroad, Tubman is a beloved historical figure of the Civil War era. Yet common knowledge about her and her work is plagued by half-truths and exaggerations. As...
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swyx's site RSS Feed
Want Better Design/CSS Skills? Spot the Difference! A quick exercise to improve your attention to detail when implementing/designing with CSS.
over a year ago
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Want Better Design/CSS Skills? Spot the Difference!

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over a year ago
A quick exercise to improve your attention to detail when implementing/designing with CSS.
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Yale E360
Achieving awful compression with digits of pi Compression is a really hard problem, and it attracts a lot of interesting ideas. There are some...
a year ago
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Achieving awful compression with digits of pi

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a year ago
Compression is a really hard problem, and it attracts a lot of interesting ideas. There are some numbers whose digits contain all sequences of digits1. People have long hypothesized that pi is one such number; a proof remains elusive. If we have a number which contains all...
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Ryan Hoover's...
I asked my friends for anonymous feedback
a year ago
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I asked my friends for anonymous feedback

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a year ago
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Out-of-Pocket Blog
How MainStreet gets you government $ | Out-Of-Pocket Get government tax credits for your health startup
a year ago
24

How MainStreet gets you government $ | Out-Of-Pocket

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a year ago
Get government tax credits for your health startup
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
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Last Call for Classical Gifts

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a year ago
Shipping Cutoff imminent
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Retail Design Blog
Veganity by Motyw Studio Veganity is a series of natural, vegan food products offered in a convenient form for consumption –...
a year ago
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Veganity by Motyw Studio

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a year ago
Veganity is a series of natural, vegan food products offered in a convenient form for consumption – either as grains...
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Retail Design Blog
Alkonost mead by Sofya Khmeleva “Alkonost” is a design concept of craft mead made according to traditional Slavic recipes. The...
10 months ago
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Alkonost mead by Sofya Khmeleva

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10 months ago
“Alkonost” is a design concept of craft mead made according to traditional Slavic recipes. The design of the jar is...
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bookbear express
sorry, I forgot to add the matchmaking link Here it is :)
6 months ago
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sorry, I forgot to add the matchmaking link

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6 months ago
Here it is :)
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Retail Design Blog
OZBE Café by KKOL Studio OZBE is a new café brand occupying four floors that offers premium fruits and serves them by...
5 months ago
38

OZBE Café by KKOL Studio

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5 months ago
OZBE is a new café brand occupying four floors that offers premium fruits and serves them by directly juicing or...
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Liz Denys
A very MIT signals problem I've always found signals and systems interesting, as it is one of the most power tools out there....
over a year ago
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A very MIT signals problem

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over a year ago
I've always found signals and systems interesting, as it is one of the most power tools out there. Signals and systems can be used to describe many different problems because it is simply an abstraction which describes a physical, mathematical, or computational system by the way...
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Irrational...
Executive translation. One of my most unexpectedly controversial posts is Extract the Kernel, which argues that executives...
10 months ago
68

Executive translation.

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10 months ago
One of my most unexpectedly controversial posts is Extract the Kernel, which argues that executives are generally directionally correct but specifically wrong, and it’s your job to understand the overarching direction without getting distracted by the narrow errors in their...
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Jonas Hietala
Let's build a VORON: Filters I can print, but the printer is missing a very important thing that I alluded to in the previous...
a year ago
31

Let's build a VORON: Filters

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

a year ago
I can print, but the printer is missing a very important thing that I alluded to in the previous post: filtering dangerous particles and fumes. This is mostly covered by the kit, but I was missing some parts from the print it forward and the kit didn’t include a HEPA...
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Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 082: System prompts August 30, 2024.
10 months ago
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AI Roundup 082: System prompts

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10 months ago
August 30, 2024.
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Paul Graham: Essays
An NFT That Saves Lives
over a year ago
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An NFT That Saves Lives

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over a year ago
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Astral Codex Ten
Hidden Open Thread 376.5 ...
3 months ago
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Hidden Open Thread 376.5

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3 months ago
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Stephen Diehl
On Marketing Haskell
over a year ago
44

On Marketing Haskell

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over a year ago
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Good Enough
How LRUG uses Jelly to remove confusion and simplify organisation The London Ruby User Group is one of the longest-running technology user groups in the world, having...
2 months ago
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How LRUG uses Jelly to remove confusion and simplify organisation

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2 months ago
The London Ruby User Group is one of the longest-running technology user groups in the world, having held a monthly meeting almost every single month since late 2006. It’s no small feat to have kept a local community running for so long, especially since everyone involved is a...
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Lighthouse Blog
How to import feeds in Lighthouse
a year ago
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How to import feeds in Lighthouse

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a year ago
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Herbert Lui
Worth the wait Late is better than never, and it’s never too late. Even if the line is long, and you missed a...
7 months ago
51

Worth the wait

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7 months ago
Late is better than never, and it’s never too late. Even if the line is long, and you missed a chance to join earlier. If the best time to start was yesterday, the second best time is today. Being patient is much easier than it looks.  Some lines don’t need you to be present, so...
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Calculated Risk
Sunday Night Futures Weekend: Schedule for Week of April 13, 2025 Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are up 48...
3 months ago
16

Sunday Night Futures

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

3 months ago
Weekend: Schedule for Week of April 13, 2025 Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are up 48 and DOW futures are up 250 (fair value). WTI futures at $61.50 per barrel and Brent at $64.76 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $86, and Brent was at $93 - so WTI oil prices are...
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Retail Design Blog
Dickie McCamey, & Chilcote Offices by Perkins Eastman Perkins Eastman redefined the headquarters for Dickie McCamey & Chilcote in Pittsburgh, fostering...
a month ago
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Dickie McCamey, & Chilcote Offices by Perkins Eastman

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a month ago
Perkins Eastman redefined the headquarters for Dickie McCamey & Chilcote in Pittsburgh, fostering transparency and collaboration through innovative design while...
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Contraption Co.
How to host web apps on a Mac Mini Open-sourcing Toolbox, a framework for Mac-based home web servers
3 months ago
17

How to host web apps on a Mac Mini

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3 months ago
Open-sourcing Toolbox, a framework for Mac-based home web servers
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TheCollector
Magritte Drawing Bought on eBay Heads to Auction Last year, a Surrealist drawing by René Magritte sold on eBay for the bargain price of $1,580. Next...
2 months ago
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Magritte Drawing Bought on eBay Heads to Auction

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2 months ago
Last year, a Surrealist drawing by René Magritte sold on eBay for the bargain price of $1,580. Next month, the pen-on-paper work is heading to auction with a much larger price tag.   Magritte Drawing Predicted to Sell for Six Figures   New Jersey auctioneer Rago/Wright will offer...
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Anecdotal Evidence
'The Rest Is Silence' Here I pause to remember a forgotten poet who remembered a slightly less forgotten poet – a reminder...
3 months ago
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'The Rest Is Silence'

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3 months ago
Here I pause to remember a forgotten poet who remembered a slightly less forgotten poet – a reminder that all of us are eminently forgettable, regardless of our purported virtues. Walter de la Mare died on June 22, 1956, at age eighty-three. The journal Poetry assigned William...
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
Deadly UI A look at the design decisions that lead to the death of Anton Yelchin
over a year ago
13

Deadly UI

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over a year ago
A look at the design decisions that lead to the death of Anton Yelchin
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Handprinted - Blog
In the Studio 2023 We've been looking back on all our studio highlights for 2023, and what a year it's been! If you...
a year ago
91

In the Studio 2023

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a year ago
We've been looking back on all our studio highlights for 2023, and what a year it's been! If you took part in one of our Fab Fridays, attended a workshop, or used the studio for open access - thanks for being a part of our studio! We hope to see you back again in 2024! Workshops...
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Londonist
London's Alleyway Pubs: 13 Of The Best Some of the finest ye olde pubs in London.
a year ago
50

London's Alleyway Pubs: 13 Of The Best

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a year ago
Some of the finest ye olde pubs in London.
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Retail Design Blog
The shore, the tide, the current: an oceanic Caribbean exhibition by Ignacio G. Galán + OF... The architectural proposal for the exhibition “the shore, the tide, the current: an oceanic...
a year ago
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The shore, the tide, the current: an oceanic Caribbean exhibition by Ignacio G. Galán + OF Architects

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a year ago
The architectural proposal for the exhibition “the shore, the tide, the current: an oceanic Caribbean” results from the commission that...
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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...
9 months ago
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random scenes from busan

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9 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...
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Contemporist...
Tucked Behind This Minimalist Home Is a Backyard Oasis Bold House is a Mediterranean home designed by Manuel García Asociados with a focus on harmony,...
a month ago
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Tucked Behind This Minimalist Home Is a Backyard Oasis

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a month ago
Bold House is a Mediterranean home designed by Manuel García Asociados with a focus on harmony, craftsmanship, and spatial flow. Curved forms are used throughout to soften transitions and create a continuous connection between architecture and interior design. The result is a...
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Anecdotal Evidence
'A Great Euthanasia' I can’t think of another poet who wrote so often or so amusingly about death as Thomas Disch. I once...
a week ago
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'A Great Euthanasia'

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a week ago
I can’t think of another poet who wrote so often or so amusingly about death as Thomas Disch. I once tried tallying his death-themed poems and lost count. Here’s a sample: “How to Behave When Dead,” “Symbols of Love and Death,” “In Defense of Forest Lawn,” “At the Tomb of the...
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Notes on software...
How to get better at recursion tldr; reimplement standard library functions in your favorite language without loops. Background For...
over a year ago
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How to get better at recursion

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over a year ago
tldr; reimplement standard library functions in your favorite language without loops. Background For a few years after college I spent a lot of free time doing projects in Standard ML and Scheme. As a result I got really comfortable doing recursion. The two big reasons for this...
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Transit Maps
15% Off All Prints in the “Transit Maps” Store Just a reminder that the best way to support the site is by buying a print from our online store,...
7 months ago
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15% Off All Prints in the “Transit Maps” Store

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7 months ago
Just a reminder that the best way to support the site is by buying a print from our online store, because you get something awesome in return! We’re having a Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday sale with 15% off all prints. Choose from my original...
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42!
The folly of trying to replace spreadsheets Our very earliest marketing copy for our HR SaaS was “Replace your spreadsheet nightmare with a nice...
over a year ago
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The folly of trying to replace spreadsheets

from 42! [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
Our very earliest marketing copy for our HR SaaS was “Replace your spreadsheet nightmare with a nice clean HR database…” We thought it was a cute and quirky tagline, and that it would immediately relatable to our target audience of business and human resource managers. After all...
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Remains of the Day
And You Will Know Us by the Company We Keep It feels as if we're at the tail end of the first era of social media in the West. Looking back at...
over a year ago
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And You Will Know Us by the Company We Keep

from Remains of the Day [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
It feels as if we're at the tail end of the first era of social media in the West. Looking back at the companies that have survived, certain application architectural choices are ubiquitous. By now, we're all familiar with the infinite vertical scrolling feed of content units,...
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oftwominds-Charles...
Housing: The Foundations of the Middle Class Are Crumbling Bottom line: with the loss of predictability, we've also lost any sense of future financial...
4 months ago
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Housing: The Foundations of the Middle Class Are Crumbling

from oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith [alt+shift+b] in finance

4 months ago
Bottom line: with the loss of predictability, we've also lost any sense of future financial security. Home ownership has been the foundation of middle-class stability and security for so long that it defines middle-class status as much as income. From the end of World War...
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Seth's Blog
Kinds of power There’s the James Bond villian sort of power, based on division, dominance and destruction. This is...
8 months ago
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Kinds of power

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

8 months ago
There’s the James Bond villian sort of power, based on division, dominance and destruction. This is the short-term power of bullies, trauma and mobs. And then there’s a more resilient form of power. This is power based on connection, discussion and metrics. A power based in...
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Hidden History
The 1968 Utah Sheep Kill In 1968, a malfunctioning nerve gas test at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah killed several...
5 months ago
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The 1968 Utah Sheep Kill

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5 months ago
In 1968, a malfunctioning nerve gas test at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah killed several thousand sheep and provoked an outcry. In March 1968, researchers at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah were scheduled to perform three experiments involving a lethal nerve gas known as...
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TheCollector
7 Warrior Women (Onna-Bugeisha) of Feudal Japan Medieval Japanese culture, influenced by Confucian ideals, imposed strict gender roles. While...
3 months ago
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7 Warrior Women (Onna-Bugeisha) of Feudal Japan

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

3 months ago
Medieval Japanese culture, influenced by Confucian ideals, imposed strict gender roles. While Japanese women had more power than their European counterparts, they were still expected to be homemakers, subservient to men. Although soldiering was a predominately male profession,...
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Ryan Mulligan
Detect JavaScript Support in CSS I had been aware of the scripting CSS media feature but I was still under the impression that...
a year ago
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Detect JavaScript Support in CSS

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

a year ago
I had been aware of the scripting CSS media feature but I was still under the impression that cross-browser support was lacking. What a pleasant surprise to discover that it has been available in all modern browsers as of December 2023 according to caniuse.com. With this feature,...
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Out-of-Pocket Blog
Why don’t we screen healthy people to catch diseases early? | Out-Of-Pocket the fight that comes up every month
a year ago
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Why don’t we screen healthy people to catch diseases early? | Out-Of-Pocket

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a year ago
the fight that comes up every month
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Contemporist...
This Chinese Forest Hotel Was Designed to Disappear Into the Trees Nestled deep in the forests of Hangzhou, the Dongmingshan Senyu Hotel is a retreat defined not by...
3 weeks ago
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This Chinese Forest Hotel Was Designed to Disappear Into the Trees

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3 weeks ago
Nestled deep in the forests of Hangzhou, the Dongmingshan Senyu Hotel is a retreat defined not by grand gestures, but by its quiet respect for nature. Designed by GLA Architects, the 1,300? resort unfolds gently along a stream, surrounded by mature metasequoias and dense bamboo....
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Sam Altman
Helion I’m delighted to be investing more in Helion. Helion is by far the most promising approach to fusion...
over a year ago
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Helion

from Sam Altman [alt+shift+b] in AI

over a year ago
I’m delighted to be investing more in Helion. Helion is by far the most promising approach to fusion I’ve seen. David and Chris are two of the most impressive founders and builders (in the sense of building fusion machines, in addition to building companies!) I have ever met,...
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Jonas Hietala
Grand Thief Arto Here’s me and Li’s game for our school course. The game isn’t tweaked too much but it’s a game with...
over a year ago
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Grand Thief Arto

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
Here’s me and Li’s game for our school course. The game isn’t tweaked too much but it’s a game with some fairly cool ideas. Grand Thief Arto Instructions Your goal is to collect loot until you can escape through the entry point when you’ve collected enough to complete the...
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Eukaryote Writes...
Internet Harvest (2020, 3) Repairs, number stations, the only good Twitters, a low-key infohazard about pictures of...
over a year ago
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Internet Harvest (2020, 3)

from Eukaryote Writes Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
Repairs, number stations, the only good Twitters, a low-key infohazard about pictures of butterflies, and more.
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Overcoming Bias
What Things Really Feel? We humans have brains that guide our behavior, inserting complex “signal-processing” between input...
4 months ago
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What Things Really Feel?

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4 months ago
We humans have brains that guide our behavior, inserting complex “signal-processing” between input from our eyes, ears, etc., and output to control our hands, mouth, etc.
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Retail Design Blog
MyHeritage Offices by Auerbach Halevy Architects Auerbach Halevy Architects designed multiple office expansions for MyHeritage, integrating...
a year ago
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MyHeritage Offices by Auerbach Halevy Architects

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

a year ago
Auerbach Halevy Architects designed multiple office expansions for MyHeritage, integrating historical elements with modern design trends and creating a warm,...
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Unfiltered by Tim...
The Hidden Power of Working on Your Goal in the Early Morning or Late Night The intensity determines the outcome
5 months ago
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The Hidden Power of Working on Your Goal in the Early Morning or Late Night

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5 months ago
The intensity determines the outcome
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PostHog's RSS Feed
7 best session replay tools for mobile apps (iOS & Android) 1. LogRocket Typical users: Product managers, engineers, support teams What is LogRocket? LogRocket...
11 months ago
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7 best session replay tools for mobile apps (iOS & Android)

from PostHog's RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

11 months ago
1. LogRocket Typical users: Product managers, engineers, support teams What is LogRocket? LogRocket is a product experience platform that focuses on…
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mtlynch.io
TinyPilot: Month 33 New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent...
over a year ago
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TinyPilot: Month 33

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

over a year ago
New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent computer hardware company. I started the company in 2020, and it now earns $60-80k/month in revenue and employs six other people. Every month, I publish a retrospective like this one...
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Jim Nielsen’s Blog
The Nuance of “Domain” I love visualizations like this: That was my mental model of URLs until I indexed my blog’s links...
a year ago
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The Nuance of “Domain”

from Jim Nielsen’s Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
I love visualizations like this: That was my mental model of URLs until I indexed my blog’s links and realized there’s more to “domain” than initially meets the eye. What is a “Domain”? Let’s say you have a URL like this: https://example.com Put it in the URL constructor and...
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Quanta Magazine
Tiny Language Models Come of Age To better understand how neural networks learn to simulate writing, researchers trained simpler...
a year ago
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Tiny Language Models Come of Age

from Quanta Magazine [alt+shift+b] in science

a year ago
To better understand how neural networks learn to simulate writing, researchers trained simpler versions on synthetic children’s stories. The post Tiny Language Models Come of Age first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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Home on Erik...
Delivering Music Recommendations I've turned into a lazy bastard and I'm just posting presentations on this blog, but here's one from...
over a year ago
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Delivering Music Recommendations

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
I've turned into a lazy bastard and I'm just posting presentations on this blog, but here's one from Rohan Singh at Spotify talking about the backend infrastructure of the Discover page.
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Diaries of Note
The French coast was torn up On July 1, 1944, Vincent “Roi” Ottley boarded S.S. Scythia in New York and began his unprecedented...
a year ago
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The French coast was torn up

from Diaries of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

a year ago
On July 1, 1944, Vincent “Roi” Ottley boarded S.S. Scythia in New York and began his unprecedented journey as the first African American war correspondent in World War II. Arriving in a Europe scarred by conflict, Ottley reported for three different publications, providing...
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Thank You Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Having enough support that you can insist on four...
8 months ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Thank You

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8 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Having enough support that you can insist on four years to research a topic before presenting a book is of course down to all of you over all these years. It is daily appreciated. Today's News:
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CONTEMPORIST
Over 100 Plant Species Emerge From The Brick Facade Of This Hotel Architecture firm ALH Taller has shared photos of Hotel El Zarzo, a brick hotel in Medellin,...
3 months ago
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Over 100 Plant Species Emerge From The Brick Facade Of This Hotel

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

3 months ago
Architecture firm ALH Taller has shared photos of Hotel El Zarzo, a brick hotel in Medellin, Colombia, that serves as an urban oasis that combines aesthetic, environmental and social value in every architectural detail. The hotel’s design maximizes the connection with the...
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The Elysian
Week 6: Examples of Pitches
a year ago
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Week 6: Examples of Pitches

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a year ago
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Arduino Blog
This novel wearable provides touchless haptic feedback for VR typing One reason that fans prefer mechanical keyboards over membrane alternatives is that mechanical key...
3 weeks ago
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This novel wearable provides touchless haptic feedback for VR typing

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

3 weeks ago
One reason that fans prefer mechanical keyboards over membrane alternatives is that mechanical key switches provide a very noticeable tactile sensation at the moment a key press registers. Whether consciously or not, users notice that and stop pressing the key all the way through...
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Retail Design Blog
Laconicum’s Museum of Everyday Pleasures Laconicum, the renowned online cosmetics store, recently took a new step into the physical world...
3 months ago
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Laconicum’s Museum of Everyday Pleasures

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

3 months ago
Laconicum, the renowned online cosmetics store, recently took a new step into the physical world with its first pop-up: ‘The...
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Maggie Appleton
Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects On seeing tools for thought through a historical and anthropological lens
over a year ago
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Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects

from Maggie Appleton [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
On seeing tools for thought through a historical and anthropological lens
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Seth's Blog
Freedom of attitude There are two franchised pack-and-ship shops about equidistant from my home. One has a 4.5 rating...
a year ago
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Freedom of attitude

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

a year ago
There are two franchised pack-and-ship shops about equidistant from my home. One has a 4.5 rating and is reliably busy. The other has an astonishingly low 1.5 out of 5 rating. The physical plant is virtually identical, and the marketing and promo are the same. The only difference...
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AFAR Media - Travel...
Why Hyatt's Zilara Riviera Maya Resort Is The Best Vacation Destination
a year ago
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Why Hyatt's Zilara Riviera Maya Resort Is The Best Vacation Destination

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a year ago
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Posts on Made of...
Iron Blogger: Blogging for Beer So, you may have noticed that I suddenly started updating this blog for the first time in a while....
over a year ago
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Iron Blogger: Blogging for Beer

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
So, you may have noticed that I suddenly started updating this blog for the first time in a while. The reason is that I’ve recently started an ongoing event with a whole bunch of friends around here to encourage us to blog more. Like so many good ideas, it all started with a...
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PostHog's RSS Feed
Myths (and truths) I've learned from 10 years of startup hiring I've spent over a decade hiring for startups, especially early-stage ones. I've managed and hired...
over a year ago
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Myths (and truths) I've learned from 10 years of startup hiring

from PostHog's RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
I've spent over a decade hiring for startups, especially early-stage ones. I've managed and hired for teams across engineering, ops, people, marketing…
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Both Are True
upcoming batwrite sessions + links here they are for you, dear bathead
a week ago
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upcoming batwrite sessions + links

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a week ago
here they are for you, dear bathead
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diamond geezer
carpe Solis When June comes round a heck of a lot of events happen. Temperatures are up, daylight's almost at...
a month ago
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carpe Solis

from diamond geezer [alt+shift+b] in travel

a month ago
When June comes round a heck of a lot of events happen. Temperatures are up, daylight's almost at its max, the sun should be out and it pays to make the most of these optimum conditions. Some pencil in July or August, but an awful lot of diary organisers flick no further than...
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Christopher Butler
Shut up, Siri The post-screen future does not exist. Every day I see a new thinkpiece on “the post-screen...
5 months ago
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Shut up, Siri

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

5 months ago
The post-screen future does not exist. Every day I see a new thinkpiece on “the post-screen future” or “UI-less design” or “the end of the click.” I even used to write things like that. But that’s because I had less experience with human-computer interaction than I have now....
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Tech + Economics +...
Another 3 men raise another few million From Relevance AI (emphasis mine) We're thrilled to announce our USD$10M raise by leading...
a year ago
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Another 3 men raise another few million

from Tech + Economics + Humans [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
From Relevance AI (emphasis mine) We're thrilled to announce our USD$10M raise by leading investors from around the world including King River Capital, Peak XV Partners, Insight Partners and Galileo Ventures supporting Relevance’s mission to enable any...
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Epic Web Dev
Stop Lying to Your Users
a year ago
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Stop Lying to Your Users

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a year ago
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wadertales
Iceland’s waders in decline It is estimated that 1.5 million pairs of waders breed in Iceland, most of which spend the winter in...
4 months ago
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Iceland’s waders in decline

from wadertales [alt+shift+b] in science

4 months ago
It is estimated that 1.5 million pairs of waders breed in Iceland, most of which spend the winter in West Europe and West Africa. There is a lot of guesswork associated with this number and little national monitoring information to assess whether species are doing well or badly....
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Posts on Made of...
CVE-2010-4258: Turning denial-of-service into privilege escalation Dan Rosenberg recently released a privilege escalation bug for Linux, based on three different...
over a year ago
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CVE-2010-4258: Turning denial-of-service into privilege escalation

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
Dan Rosenberg recently released a privilege escalation bug for Linux, based on three different kernel vulnerabilities I reported recently. This post is about CVE-2010-4258, the most interesting of them, and, as Dan writes, the reason he wrote the exploit in the first place. In...
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Londonist
Just 18 Pictures Of Modernist Tube Stations Looking Dreamy They don't make 'em like they used to.
a year ago
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Just 18 Pictures Of Modernist Tube Stations Looking Dreamy

from Londonist [alt+shift+b] in travel

a year ago
They don't make 'em like they used to.
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The Works in...
Links in Progress: Should we give babies the vote? And births rise in South Korea
5 months ago
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Links in Progress: Should we give babies the vote?

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5 months ago
And births rise in South Korea
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Louwrentius
Fully unattended deployment of Windows clients using limited resources Introduction Anyone who ever installed Windows on a computer by hand must have wished for a solution...
over a year ago
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Fully unattended deployment of Windows clients using limited resources

from Louwrentius [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
Introduction Anyone who ever installed Windows on a computer by hand must have wished for a solution that automate this task. It's just waiting a lot and pressing a button now and then. But installing the operating system itself is only the beginning. Once installed, you need to...
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Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #54: Voters in 2019 and 2024 were (mostly) the same – it was the parties that changed Plus can Trump revive the British left's patriotism? And some quick wins for growth, and the...
5 months ago
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Odds and Ends #54: Voters in 2019 and 2024 were (mostly) the same – it was the parties that changed

from Odds and Ends of History [alt+shift+b] in technology

5 months ago
Plus can Trump revive the British left's patriotism? And some quick wins for growth, and the collapse of local government.
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Working Theorys
How to Be Like Derek Guy If you spend any time on Twitter, you know the handle @dieworkwear by heart. And you know it’s the...
a year ago
77

How to Be Like Derek Guy

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
If you spend any time on Twitter, you know the handle @dieworkwear by heart. And you know it’s the handle of Derek Guy, menswear expert extraordinaire. (I’m still unsure if that’s his real name, but I haven’t bothered to look it up because at this point I trust him implicitly.) I...
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Basta’s Notes
Microwaves piss me off If you’ve spent enough time around me, you’ve probably already heard this rant. I’m upset about...
over a year ago
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Microwaves piss me off

from Basta’s Notes [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
If you’ve spent enough time around me, you’ve probably already heard this rant. I’m upset about microwaves.
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Koos Looijesteijn -...
Cured The official test earlier this week was negative too. Most of the symptoms are gone, but some days I...
over a year ago
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Cured

from Koos Looijesteijn - Everything [alt+shift+b] in design

over a year ago
The official test earlier this week was negative too. Most of the symptoms are gone, but some days I cough...
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Liz Denys
Nefasta's Box, a low entropy song Seeded from low entropy to become roughly 8 minutes long. "For possibilities." Apologies for the...
over a year ago
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Nefasta's Box, a low entropy song

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Seeded from low entropy to become roughly 8 minutes long. "For possibilities." Apologies for the clefs, but it was the least nasty way to span the piano. You can grab a full copy of the score.
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Blog - Mac Pierce
Magic Wheelchair - a Frozen sled for Angelle Working on a Frozen themed costume for Angelle.
over a year ago
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Magic Wheelchair - a Frozen sled for Angelle

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over a year ago
Working on a Frozen themed costume for Angelle.
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Retail Design Blog
Smalltalks Rosé Artistic Wine by the Labelmaker Background: Oriachovitza, a family-owned winery and a living icon of Bulgarian winemaking, stands...
a year ago
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Smalltalks Rosé Artistic Wine by the Labelmaker

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

a year ago
Background: Oriachovitza, a family-owned winery and a living icon of Bulgarian winemaking, stands proudly near Stara Zagora. Originally built in...
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Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Iterative Building and Decision Making Imagine you’re driving a dirt road and you come to a fork. Which way do you go, left or right? This...
11 months ago
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Iterative Building and Decision Making

from Jim Nielsen’s Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

11 months ago
Imagine you’re driving a dirt road and you come to a fork. Which way do you go, left or right? This decision is much easier to make if you’ve been traveling that road for the last hour and you’re sitting there in your truck facing the reality of the decision. You can see the...
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Rest of World -...
How Zimbabwe’s biggest fast-food company became a popular fintech solution Innbucks started as an app to receive loose change at some restaurants. Now, it’s a licensed...
a year ago
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How Zimbabwe’s biggest fast-food company became a popular fintech solution

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
Innbucks started as an app to receive loose change at some restaurants. Now, it’s a licensed microfinance institution.
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mtlynch.io
How to Do Code Reviews Like a Human (Part Two) This is the second half of my article about how to communicate well and avoid pitfalls in code...
over a year ago
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How to Do Code Reviews Like a Human (Part Two)

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

over a year ago
This is the second half of my article about how to communicate well and avoid pitfalls in code reviews. Here, I focus on techniques to bring your code review to a successful close while avoiding ugly conflict. I laid the groundwork in Part One, so I recommend starting there. If...
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The Ruffian
Is Forgiveness a Power Move? Plus a very juicy rattle bag which includes my favourite ever sad song
11 months ago
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Is Forgiveness a Power Move?

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11 months ago
Plus a very juicy rattle bag which includes my favourite ever sad song
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Noahpinion
A few economists are starting to think seriously about industrial policy But not enough researchers are paying attention, and we only know a little so far.
a year ago
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A few economists are starting to think seriously about industrial policy

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a year ago
But not enough researchers are paying attention, and we only know a little so far.
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Essays - Benedict...
Do App Store Rules Matter? After a decade of arguing, regulators will change Apple’s App Store rules. How much money is...
over a year ago
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Do App Store Rules Matter?

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
After a decade of arguing, regulators will change Apple’s App Store rules. How much money is involved, what might happen next and, most importantly, who cares? This is a big deal for Spotify, but does it matter to anyone else?
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brr
Last Flight Out Good-byes, and the beginning of winter isolation.
over a year ago
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Last Flight Out

from brr [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
Good-byes, and the beginning of winter isolation.
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The Marginalian
How the Sea Came to Be: An Illustrated Singsong Celebration of the Evolution of Life “Who has known the ocean? Neither you nor I, with our earth-bound senses,” Rachel Carson wrote in...
a year ago
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How the Sea Came to Be: An Illustrated Singsong Celebration of the Evolution of Life

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
“Who has known the ocean? Neither you nor I, with our earth-bound senses,” Rachel Carson wrote in the pioneering 1937 essay that invited the human imagination into the science and splendor of the marine world for the first time — a world then more mysterious than the Moon, a...
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diamond geezer
Another unfocused pot pourri of stuff Thank you for your comments yesterday. I hoped for 100 comments and you actually left 144! Perhaps...
4 months ago
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Another unfocused pot pourri of stuff

from diamond geezer [alt+shift+b] in travel

4 months ago
Thank you for your comments yesterday. I hoped for 100 comments and you actually left 144! Perhaps more impressively the comments were left by 93 different people, which is quite frankly astonishing given a) it was the weekend b) I was writing about local stuff c) blogging is...
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The Prism
30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
a year ago
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30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)

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a year ago
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
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Common Edge
Marcus Aurelius for Architects and Designers Written more than 1,000 years ago, the Roman emperor’s words of wisdom offer guidance and comfort to...
2 months ago
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Marcus Aurelius for Architects and Designers

from Common Edge [alt+shift+b] in architecture

2 months ago
Written more than 1,000 years ago, the Roman emperor’s words of wisdom offer guidance and comfort to the profession in the 21st century.
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Seth's Blog
What do we do when it breaks? The unexpected happens. Systems fail, humans are unpredictable, interfaces aren’t perfect… The...
a month ago
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What do we do when it breaks?

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

a month ago
The unexpected happens. Systems fail, humans are unpredictable, interfaces aren’t perfect… The customer service professional demonstrates their strategic insight when they plan for eventual failure instead of denying it’s possible. The first step, of course, is to design things...
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Liz Denys
Printable shrinkage rulers Clay shrinks as it dries and even more as it's fired, so it's useful to have a way to estimate the...
9 months ago
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Printable shrinkage rulers

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

9 months ago
Clay shrinks as it dries and even more as it's fired, so it's useful to have a way to estimate the final size of in-progress work - especially if you're making multiples or trying to fit pieces together. One way to do this is with shrinkage rulers. I figured I'd design my own...
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Seth's Blog
Analyzing the last move When the deal falls apart, or the team loses the game, or a partnership hits the rocks, it’s easy to...
a year ago
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Analyzing the last move

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

a year ago
When the deal falls apart, or the team loses the game, or a partnership hits the rocks, it’s easy to focus our energy on what just happened. “What if they had called a different play?” This overlooks the real issue. It’s the first move, or the fifth, that led to this problem, not...
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The Changelog
Backing Up and Archiving to Removable Media: dar vs. git-annex This is the fourth in a series about archiving to removable media (optical discs such as BD-Rs and...
over a year ago
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Backing Up and Archiving to Removable Media: dar vs. git-annex

from The Changelog [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
This is the fourth in a series about archiving to removable media (optical discs such as BD-Rs and DVD+Rs or portable hard drives). Here are the first three parts: In part 1, I laid out my goals for the project, and considered a number of tools before determining dar and...
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Tony Finch's blog
Golang and Let's Encrypt: a free software story Here’s a story from nearly 10 years ago. the bug I think it was my friend Richard Kettlewell who...
2 weeks ago
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Golang and Let's Encrypt: a free software story

from Tony Finch's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2 weeks ago
Here’s a story from nearly 10 years ago. the bug I think it was my friend Richard Kettlewell who told me about a bug he encountered with Let’s Encrypt in its early days in autumn 2015: it was failing to validate mail domains correctly. the context At the time I had previously...
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CONTEMPORIST
The Design Of This Modern White Patisserie Stands Out From Its Neighbors LUKSTUDIO has shared photos of Aimé Pâtisserie, which is located in Shanghai, China, and is flanked...
a year ago
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The Design Of This Modern White Patisserie Stands Out From Its Neighbors

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
LUKSTUDIO has shared photos of Aimé Pâtisserie, which is located in Shanghai, China, and is flanked by familiar coffee and donut franchises. The designers explained, ‘that the challenge of the store is to stand out from its immediate chaos and appeal to the clientele from the...
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MMapped blog
Square joy: trapped rainwater
over a year ago
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Square joy: trapped rainwater

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over a year ago
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Vadim Kravcenko
How to sell your SaaS to Enterprise Customers This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help...
over a year ago
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How to sell your SaaS to Enterprise Customers

from Vadim Kravcenko [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help early-stage founders tackle the […] The post How to sell your SaaS to Enterprise Customers appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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TheCollector
What Is “Lebensraum” and Why Did Hitler Promote It? The German geographer Friedrich Ratzel first introduced the term Lebensraum in his 1897 book...
2 months ago
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What Is “Lebensraum” and Why Did Hitler Promote It?

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

2 months ago
The German geographer Friedrich Ratzel first introduced the term Lebensraum in his 1897 book Politische Geographie (Political Geography). According to Ratzel, a nation-state should become self-sufficient by acquiring resources and territories in order to maintain independence and...
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Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia “I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
a year ago
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia

from Flashbak [alt+shift+b] in history

a year ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis     In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Open Culture
Every Wes Anderson Movie, Explained by Wes Anderson That Wes Anderson is perhaps the most assiduous maker of short films today becomes clear when you...
a month ago
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Every Wes Anderson Movie, Explained by Wes Anderson

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in creative

a month ago
That Wes Anderson is perhaps the most assiduous maker of short films today becomes clear when you look closely at his recent work. The four adaptations of “The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar” and three other Roald Dahl stories he made for Netflix were presented as a single...
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Noahpinion
The Middle East is getting older Why I'm optimistic about the waning of conflict in the region.
a year ago
34

The Middle East is getting older

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
Why I'm optimistic about the waning of conflict in the region.
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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
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What makes a strategy great

from A Smart Bear [alt+shift+b] in programming

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.
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Melting Asphalt
Minimum Viable Superorganism Originally published at Ribbonfarm. Of all the remarkable things about our species — and there are...
over a year ago
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Minimum Viable Superorganism

from Melting Asphalt [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
Originally published at Ribbonfarm. Of all the remarkable things about our species — and there are many — perhaps the most striking of all is our ability to band together and act as a united, coherent superorganism. E pluribus unum.… Read more ›
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Old Structures...
It Looked Familiar: Anachronistic The Falcon and Black Widow above the streets of Manhattan…he’s flying and she’s doing gymnastics in...
8 months ago
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It Looked Familiar: Anachronistic

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

8 months ago
The Falcon and Black Widow above the streets of Manhattan…he’s flying and she’s doing gymnastics in mid-air, I guess: The location is instantly recognizable: the building on the far left with the single dormer is the Washington Life Insurance Building at 141 Broadway, the...
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak. It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
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Getting Used To Being Weak.

from Trying to Understand the World [alt+shift+b] in history

a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved The decline and fall of the print media.
a year ago
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To all the newspapers I loved

from Global Inequality and More 3.0 [alt+shift+b] in history

a year ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
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Common Edge
Everything Is (Not) Architecture: Environmental Design and Architecture’s Slippery Slope Does it exist, distinct from buildings and bodies?
over a year ago
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Everything Is (Not) Architecture: Environmental Design and Architecture’s Slippery Slope

from Common Edge [alt+shift+b] in architecture

over a year ago
Does it exist, distinct from buildings and bodies?
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Open Culture
How Car Chase Scenes Have Evolved Over 100 Years: The Technology Behind Bullitt, The French... For many a classic action-movie enthusiast, no car chase will ever top the one in Bullitt. The...
8 months ago
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How Car Chase Scenes Have Evolved Over 100 Years: The Technology Behind Bullitt, The French Connection, Driver, and Other Action Movies

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8 months ago
For many a classic action-movie enthusiast, no car chase will ever top the one in Bullitt. The narrator of the Insider video above describes it as “the scene that set the standard for all modern car chases,” one made “iconic partly because of the characters, but also because of...
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Seth's Blog
Which sort of sinecure? Sooner or later, we find a place to hide. A place of security or sustenance. A place of safety. That...
over a year ago
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Which sort of sinecure?

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

over a year ago
Sooner or later, we find a place to hide. A place of security or sustenance. A place of safety. That sort of foundation can give us peace of mind and open the door to possibility. But, it’s possible that we can turn it into a trap as well. A situation so perfectly created that...
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David Heinemeier...
Workfeed goes to America During my three years in Denmark, I invested in five local startups. All on the premise that we'd...
a year ago
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Workfeed goes to America

from David Heinemeier Hansson [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
During my three years in Denmark, I invested in five local startups. All on the premise that we'd work towards becoming profitable, remaining in the country, and avoiding the VC timebomb. The one that has already fulfilled all the objectives is Workfeed, and now they're ready to...
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Machine Learning for...
How I Became a Machine Learning Engineer Without an Advanced Degree My path from knowing nothing about software engineering and machine learning to becoming an MLE at...
3 months ago
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How I Became a Machine Learning Engineer Without an Advanced Degree

from Machine Learning for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

3 months ago
My path from knowing nothing about software engineering and machine learning to becoming an MLE at Google in 6 years without a master's degree or PhD
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Vadim Kravcenko
How to build remote teams properly This article is part of the Technical Manager Guide that I’m writing for technical leads to scale...
over a year ago
29

How to build remote teams properly

from Vadim Kravcenko [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
This article is part of the Technical Manager Guide that I’m writing for technical leads to scale their development and […] The post How to build remote teams properly appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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Quanta Magazine
In a ‘Dark Dimension,’ Physicists Search for the Universe’s Missing Matter An idea derived from string theory suggests that dark matter is hiding in a (relatively) large extra...
a year ago
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In a ‘Dark Dimension,’ Physicists Search for the Universe’s Missing Matter

from Quanta Magazine [alt+shift+b] in science

a year ago
An idea derived from string theory suggests that dark matter is hiding in a (relatively) large extra dimension. The theory makes testable predictions that physicists are investigating now. The post In a ‘Dark Dimension,’ Physicists Search for the Universe’s Missing...
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THE ARCHITECTURAL...
Why the World Needs Beautiful Architecture Again Modern cities often feel soulless—a monotony of glass, steel, and concrete boxes. What happened to...
5 months ago
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Why the World Needs Beautiful Architecture Again

from THE ARCHITECTURAL UPRISING [alt+shift+b] in architecture

5 months ago
Modern cities often feel soulless—a monotony of glass, steel, and concrete boxes. What happened to buildings that inspire awe? Architecture used to reflect identity, culture, and meaning. Today, it’s become a global uniform—a style that looks the same whether you’re in New York,...
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Articles
You can't split test human experience
over a year ago
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You can't split test human experience

from Articles [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
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Arduino Blog
Clone your IoT projects with Arduino Cloud Custom Templates Whether you are an IoT enthusiast, an enterprise developer or a high school teacher, we all know the...
11 months ago
80

Clone your IoT projects with Arduino Cloud Custom Templates

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

11 months ago
Whether you are an IoT enthusiast, an enterprise developer or a high school teacher, we all know the thrill of bringing a new IoT project to life. But we also understand the frustration of repetitive setup processes and the time sink of configuring the same elements over and over...
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Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 11-17 December 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
23

Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 11-17 December 2023

from Londonist [alt+shift+b] in travel

a year ago
Things to do for under a fiver.
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Willem's Blog
Harvesting boredom to let creativity flourish What does it mean for my state of mind and creativity if I am no longer be constantly connected to...
over a year ago
19

Harvesting boredom to let creativity flourish

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
What does it mean for my state of mind and creativity if I am no longer be constantly connected to the Internet using a smartphone.
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Anecdotal Evidence
'Different Faces, Formats All the Same' In Osip Mandelstam: A Biography, Ralph Dutli describes a chance meeting in March 1934 on...
2 months ago
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'Different Faces, Formats All the Same'

from Anecdotal Evidence [alt+shift+b] in literature

2 months ago
In Osip Mandelstam: A Biography, Ralph Dutli describes a chance meeting in March 1934 on Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow between Boris Pasternak and Mandelstam, who recited to his friend the now-famous poem known as the “Stalin Epigram.” Mandelstam never wrote down the poem but...
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Retail Design Blog
32do Younghee Café and Restaurant by stof. + FFFAAARRR A new multi-dining space has opened in Seminyak, one of the most vibrant areas in Bali, Indonesia....
11 months ago
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32do Younghee Café and Restaurant by stof. + FFFAAARRR

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

11 months ago
A new multi-dining space has opened in Seminyak, one of the most vibrant areas in Bali, Indonesia. Under the planning...
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Asterisk
Salt, Sugar, Water, Zinc: How Scientists Learned to Treat the 20th Century’s Biggest Killer of... Oral rehydration therapy is now the standard treatment for dehydration. It’s saved millions of...
over a year ago
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Salt, Sugar, Water, Zinc: How Scientists Learned to Treat the 20th Century’s Biggest Killer of Children

from Asterisk [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
Oral rehydration therapy is now the standard treatment for dehydration. It’s saved millions of lives, and can be prepared at home in minutes. So why did it take so long to discover?
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NeuroLogica Blog
Grief Tech In the awesome show, Black Mirror, one episode features a young woman who lost her husband. In her...
a year ago
69

Grief Tech

from NeuroLogica Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

a year ago
In the awesome show, Black Mirror, one episode features a young woman who lost her husband. In her grief she turns to a company that promises to give her at least a partial experience of her husband. They sift through every picture, video, comment, and other online trace of the...
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CONTEMPORIST
Ombré Wallpaper Was A Creative Design Choice For This Bedroom Svetlana Tryaskina of ESTEE DESIGN has shared photos of a contemporary home renovation that she...
a year ago
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Ombré Wallpaper Was A Creative Design Choice For This Bedroom

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
Svetlana Tryaskina of ESTEE DESIGN has shared photos of a contemporary home renovation that she completed for a busy family of five. One of the design elements that caught our attention, was the room that includes colorful accent walls in the form of ombre wallpaper. The ombre...
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ntietz.com blog -...
Making Rust builds fail from YAML config mistakes I was talking to a friend recently, and zie1 lamented that a Rust web framework uses YAML for its...
9 months ago
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Making Rust builds fail from YAML config mistakes

from ntietz.com blog - technically a blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

9 months ago
I was talking to a friend recently, and zie1 lamented that a Rust web framework uses YAML for its configuration. I'm far from one to defend YAML2, but dug in a little to understand zir issues with it: is it the trauma here, or is it something else? Ultimately, zie wanted...
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular? Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
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Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?

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a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Ben Borgers
I’m a Sucker for the Brand
over a year ago
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I’m a Sucker for the Brand

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Old Structures...
Baseball in New York 1 With both the Mets and Yankees playing league championship games yesterday, this seems like a good...
9 months ago
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Baseball in New York 1

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

9 months ago
With both the Mets and Yankees playing league championship games yesterday, this seems like a good time to discuss some of the oddities of New York’s relationship to the game of baseball. And the best place to start is just how many professional teams there have been here. Most...
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Old Structures...
Sideways One of our stranger projects… The pictures below show a sidewalk vault in Manhattan. The vault...
7 months ago
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Sideways

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7 months ago
One of our stranger projects… The pictures below show a sidewalk vault in Manhattan. The vault extends from the sidewalk (its roof) down two floors or about 25 feet, and was built around 1895. Since reinforced-concrete was still in its infancy then, it was not used for foundation...
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The Last...
Who Bullies The Bullies? but they're welcome to buy an iphone Pacific Standard. Get it? It's like The Atlantic,...
over a year ago
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Who Bullies The Bullies?

from The Last Psychiatrist [alt+shift+b] in creative

over a year ago
but they're welcome to buy an iphone Pacific Standard. Get it? It's like The Atlantic, but it's Pacific. Totally different. So unlike The Atlantic, it will "attack the conventional wisdom from a west coast perspective." That's a quote. "But didn't the editors come from...
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Neil Panchal
Isomatic Typeface Rev 6 WIP This is a ton of work. But not many things in the world could be more satisfying. Isomatic Type Rev...
over a year ago
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Isomatic Typeface Rev 6 WIP

from Neil Panchal [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
This is a ton of work. But not many things in the world could be more satisfying. Isomatic Type Rev 6 WIP Also added Western and Central European language support. Stay tuned. This concept has been brewing for a few years now. I'll post some lower case specimens
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journal – Winnie Lim
documenting my first experience with the risograph Last weekend to celebrate our 94th month anniversary we decided to attend a beginner’s risograph...
a year ago
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documenting my first experience with the risograph

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a year ago
Last weekend to celebrate our 94th month anniversary we decided to attend a beginner’s risograph workshop at Knuckles & Notch. To be very honest I haven’t heard of the word “risograph” until...
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Noahpinion
Anti-anti-neoliberalism is also not enough We're never going back to the 1990s, and the Biden years have important things to teach us.
5 months ago
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Anti-anti-neoliberalism is also not enough

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5 months ago
We're never going back to the 1990s, and the Biden years have important things to teach us.
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IEEE Spectrum
The Invention That Let Fiber Optics Span the Globe Plenty of big stories from the year 1985 had their moment in the sun and are now all but forgotten:...
a year ago
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The Invention That Let Fiber Optics Span the Globe

from IEEE Spectrum [alt+shift+b] in science

a year ago
Plenty of big stories from the year 1985 had their moment in the sun and are now all but forgotten: New Coke, “We Are the World,” the rise of desktop publishing. But one at-the-time obscure invention from that year has long eclipsed the frothy headlines of its time, because it...
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mtlynch.io
Debugging VLANs on my TP-Link Managed Switch I recently bought my first-ever managed networking switch, a TP-Link JetStream TL-SG3428X. The main...
over a year ago
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Debugging VLANs on my TP-Link Managed Switch

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over a year ago
I recently bought my first-ever managed networking switch, a TP-Link JetStream TL-SG3428X. The main feature of a managed switch is that it lets you segment your network into VLANs. I was excited about this functionality, but it took me hours of trial and error to get VLANs...
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Internal Tech Emails
Elon Musk's texts I read the article. It is weak sauce and still makes me sound like a liar. It is filled with...
over a year ago
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Elon Musk's texts

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over a year ago
I read the article. It is weak sauce and still makes me sound like a liar. It is filled with equivocation and in no way indicates the strong interest you conveyed in person.
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IEEE Spectrum
The Birth of the University as Innovation Incubator This article is excerpted from Every American an Innovator: How Innovation Became a Way of Life, by...
a month ago
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The Birth of the University as Innovation Incubator

from IEEE Spectrum [alt+shift+b] in science

a month ago
This article is excerpted from Every American an Innovator: How Innovation Became a Way of Life, by Matthew Wisnioski (The MIT Press, 2025). Imagine a point-to-point transportation service in which two parties communicate at a distance. A passenger in need of a ride contacts the...
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SatPost by Trung...
"Now is the Most Important Time" Jensen Huang, Cillian Murphy, Michael Jordan, Jerry Seinfeld and Oprah Winfrey on the power of being...
a year ago
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"Now is the Most Important Time"

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
Jensen Huang, Cillian Murphy, Michael Jordan, Jerry Seinfeld and Oprah Winfrey on the power of being present.
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A Smart Bear
Navigating the unpredictability of everything We dramatically, repeatedly fail predict the future. Does that mean "strategy" is senseless? No, it...
over a year ago
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Navigating the unpredictability of everything

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over a year ago
We dramatically, repeatedly fail predict the future. Does that mean "strategy" is senseless? No, it means you need these techniques to navigate a volatile world.
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Mickey Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: The comics have actually been written by Steamboat...
a year ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Mickey

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a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: The comics have actually been written by Steamboat Willie for the last 12 years. Today's News:
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Calculated Risk
Benchmarking the U.S. economy Presidents receive too much credit and blame for the economy! Benchmarking the U.S. economy that...
5 months ago
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Benchmarking the U.S. economy

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5 months ago
Presidents receive too much credit and blame for the economy! Benchmarking the U.S. economy that President Donald Trump is set to inherit • While the U.S. economy still has challenges, especially lingering inflation and poor consumer sentiment, many important economic metrics...
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Roberto Vitillo's...
Leader election best practices Sometimes a single process in a system needs to have special powers, like being the only one that...
over a year ago
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Leader election best practices

from Roberto Vitillo's Blog [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
Sometimes a single process in a system needs to have special powers, like being the only one that can access a shared resource or assign…
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Blog - Practical...
Which Is Easier To Pull? (Railcars vs. Road Cars) [Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] Imagine the room you’re in...
a year ago
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Which Is Easier To Pull? (Railcars vs. Road Cars)

from Blog - Practical Engineering [alt+shift+b] in science

a year ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] Imagine the room you’re in right now was filled to the top with gravel. (I promise I’m headed somewhere with this.) I don’t know the size of the room you’re in, but if it’s anywhere near an average-sized...
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Maggie Appleton
Pattern Languages in Programming and Interface Design Notes on pattern languages and Christopher Alexander's legacy on software programming
over a year ago
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Pattern Languages in Programming and Interface Design

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over a year ago
Notes on pattern languages and Christopher Alexander's legacy on software programming
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
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Too Much of Not A Lot

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a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
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Computer Ads from...
Plus Post: Centram TOPS Network Can we talk?
4 months ago
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Plus Post: Centram TOPS Network

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4 months ago
Can we talk?
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Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 5-11 February 2024 Do cool stuff for under a fiver.
a year ago
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Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 5-11 February 2024

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a year ago
Do cool stuff for under a fiver.
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Old Structures...
Reuse, Not Really Adaptive From an elevated subway station in Queens: two generations of roof. Or, if you prefer, a palimpsest...
11 months ago
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Reuse, Not Really Adaptive

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

11 months ago
From an elevated subway station in Queens: two generations of roof. Or, if you prefer, a palimpsest in steel. The roof over the rather wide platform is supported by two lines of columns. That’s a column in the lower left, with the curves of the lower flange of the built-up main...
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macwright.com
Obsidian Freeform Prefer video? You can also watch an intro video that I recorded for this on YouTube. Obsidian...
a year ago
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Obsidian Freeform

from macwright.com [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
Prefer video? You can also watch an intro video that I recorded for this on YouTube. Obsidian Freeform is an extremely small Obsidian plugin that enables totally custom JavaScript-powered frames alongside your notes. I created it because I use Obsidian as my note-taking...
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journal – Winnie Lim
one year of strength training Last year around this time I had my first strength training session with a personal trainer. I had...
8 months ago
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one year of strength training

from journal – Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

8 months ago
Last year around this time I had my first strength training session with a personal trainer. I had only 3 sessions with them, but due to a fundamental incompatibility – they had...
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Spain Spain’s past is layered with conquest, coexistence, and creativity. From the ancient Iberians and...
a month ago
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Spain

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a month ago
Spain’s past is layered with conquest, coexistence, and creativity. From the ancient Iberians and Roman rule to Islamic dynasties and the Catholic Monarchs, each era left behind enduring landmarks that speak to shifting powers and cultural fusion. Visitors today don’t just come...
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AFAR Media - Travel...
5 Activities to Enjoy on a Caribbean Winter Holiday
6 months ago
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5 Activities to Enjoy on a Caribbean Winter Holiday

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6 months ago
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Lighthouse Blog
Updates June 07
a year ago
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Updates June 07

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a year ago
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Conspire Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Also demanding that the Reptilians take more power...
a year ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Conspire

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Also demanding that the Reptilians take more power because in the modern world you need an executive branch that can act rapidly. Today's News:
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Luxagraf:...
Illinois Cliffs If you look at a map of the U.S., there's a few routes that will get you from Pensacola FL to...
a year ago
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Illinois Cliffs

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

a year ago
If you look at a map of the U.S., there's a few routes that will get you from Pensacola FL to Wisconsin. They all have one things in common: they pass through Illinois. Unfortunately, there isn't much camping in Illinois, and what camping there is... is generally not great. We've...
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Steve Blank
Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2025 – Lessons Learned Presentations The videos and PowerPoints embedded in this post are best viewed on steveblank.com We just finished...
4 weeks ago
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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2025 – Lessons Learned Presentations

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4 weeks ago
The videos and PowerPoints embedded in this post are best viewed on steveblank.com We just finished our 10th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. Hacking for Defense, now in 70 universities, has teams of students working to understand and help solve national...
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A Smart Bear
"ROI" is the wrong way to sell your product Customers ask for ROI calculations to justify purchasing your software, but it still doesn't...
a year ago
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"ROI" is the wrong way to sell your product

from A Smart Bear [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
Customers ask for ROI calculations to justify purchasing your software, but it still doesn't convince them. Here's what to do instead.
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Contemporist...
Why This Laneway House Looks Like a Spaceship In Toronto’s east end, an unconventional laneway home floats above a carport like something out of a...
a month ago
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Why This Laneway House Looks Like a Spaceship

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a month ago
In Toronto’s east end, an unconventional laneway home floats above a carport like something out of a dream. Clad in shimmering corrugated steel, the Pocket Laneway House by Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Limited deftly balances innovation with sensitivity to its tight urban site.
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Louwrentius
Linux on Mac Mini - boot after power failure When using a Mac Mini as a server or router, it is very nice if the machine automatically boots if a...
over a year ago
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Linux on Mac Mini - boot after power failure

from Louwrentius [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
When using a Mac Mini as a server or router, it is very nice if the machine automatically boots if a power failure has occurred. User chirhoxi on the ubuntu forum found out how this can be achieved: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1209576 Basically you need one of these...
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine... “It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
6 months ago
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Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine (1983)

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6 months ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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Twelve Mile Circle –...
Asia-Pacific, Part 7 (South Korea: The DMZ) The Korean War never actually ended. Rather, it froze in place at an armistice line on July 27,...
over a year ago
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Asia-Pacific, Part 7 (South Korea: The DMZ)

from Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places [alt+shift+b] in cartography

over a year ago
The Korean War never actually ended. Rather, it froze in place at an armistice line on July 27, 1953. So there’s a multi-decade ceasefire, a truce, but no agreed-upon resolution of hostilities. A four kilometre wide Demilitarized Zone acts as a buffer between North and South...
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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
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MySQL concatenation and casting

from Josh Thompson [alt+shift+b] in literature

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,...
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Rest of World -...
TikTok users are chasing easy money by reposting viral videos from China The practice goes against TikTok's policies, but "gurus," and "mentors" are exploiting the trend...
a year ago
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TikTok users are chasing easy money by reposting viral videos from China

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
The practice goes against TikTok's policies, but "gurus," and "mentors" are exploiting the trend with pricey training.
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Vitalik Buterin's...
How will Ethereum's multi-client philosophy interact with ZK-EVMs?
over a year ago
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How will Ethereum's multi-client philosophy interact with ZK-EVMs?

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
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NeuroLogica Blog
Being Trans Is Not A Mental Illness On the current episode of the SGU, because it is pride month, we expressed our general support for...
over a year ago
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Being Trans Is Not A Mental Illness

from NeuroLogica Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
On the current episode of the SGU, because it is pride month, we expressed our general support for the LGBTQ community. I also opined about how important it is to respect individual liberty, the freedom to simply live your authentic life as you choose, and how ironic it is that...
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99% Invisible
Left to Write (3 of 3): Setting Up a Free One-Handed Touch-Typing System on Your PC Introducing the KURTY Single-Handed Half-Board Keymap (or KURTY for short!), a free plug-and-play...
2 months ago
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Left to Write (3 of 3): Setting Up a Free One-Handed Touch-Typing System on Your PC

from 99% Invisible [alt+shift+b] in architecture

2 months ago
Introducing the KURTY Single-Handed Half-Board Keymap (or KURTY for short!), a free plug-and-play system enabling one-handed touch-typing on two-handed QWERTY keyboards. After a debilitating injury to my right arm and hand, I researched and tested adaptive keyboards, which had...
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Piotr Migdał's Blog
Mafia, zdradziecka parzystość oraz pi
over a year ago
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Mafia, zdradziecka parzystość oraz pi

from Piotr Migdał's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

over a year ago
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Transit Maps
Historical Map: Trams of Brisbane, Queensland, 1957 A simple but nicely drawn map of tram services in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1957. The lack...
over a year ago
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Historical Map: Trams of Brisbane, Queensland, 1957

from Transit Maps [alt+shift+b] in cartography

over a year ago
A simple but nicely drawn map of tram services in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1957. The lack of any sort of key for the routes means that users need to have some familiarity with the city to decipher where trams might go. The pamphlet that the map is part of includes...
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Anecdotal Evidence
'Poems Can Be True in Different Ways' Something seems to be stirring out there. I’m too cautious and cynical to proclaim a renaissance in...
5 months ago
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'Poems Can Be True in Different Ways'

from Anecdotal Evidence [alt+shift+b] in literature

5 months ago
Something seems to be stirring out there. I’m too cautious and cynical to proclaim a renaissance in formalist poetry but the prognosis is promising. Clarence Caddell, an Australian, has published the second issue of The Borough: A Journal of Poetry. I wrote about the first issue...
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Tinloof - Blog
Learn ESLint concepts, not rules What is ESLint and why is it useful? A solution is useless if it doesn't solve a problem. So let's...
over a year ago
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Learn ESLint concepts, not rules

from Tinloof - Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
What is ESLint and why is it useful? A solution is useless if it doesn't solve a problem. So let's start with the problems we have when writing JavaScript code. Problem #1: JavaScript is not compiled while you write it
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Cremieux Recueil
How To Get Cheap Ozempic Or other, more effective GLP-1 drugs
4 months ago
35

How To Get Cheap Ozempic

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4 months ago
Or other, more effective GLP-1 drugs
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Citation Needed
Trump’s newest grift: Building a cryptocurrency empire while destroying its regulators Inside the Trump family’s sprawling crypto empire — from memecoins to mining — and how Trump is...
2 months ago
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Trump’s newest grift: Building a cryptocurrency empire while destroying its regulators

from Citation Needed [alt+shift+b] in finance

2 months ago
Inside the Trump family’s sprawling crypto empire — from memecoins to mining — and how Trump is using presidential power to dismantle the regulators who could stop it
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Explorations of an...
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