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Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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Options on early stage companies
I believe that what I’m about to say is accepted by venture capitalists as fact, even trivially...
over a year ago
I believe that what I’m about to say is accepted by venture capitalists as fact, even trivially obvious fact, yet very few entrepreneurs I…
Out-of-Pocket Blog
23andMe, a healthcare fund idea, and the NHS | Out-Of-Pocket
Some random musings coming from London
3 months ago
Some random musings coming from London
Artificial Ignorance
A stroll through Google's Model Garden
What generative AI capabilities does Google offer to developers?
a year ago
What generative AI capabilities does Google offer to developers?
Probably...
What does a confidence interval mean?
Here’s another installment in Data Q&A: Answering the real questions with Python. In general, I will...
9 months ago
Here’s another installment in Data Q&A: Answering the real questions with Python. In general, I will try to focus on practical problems, but this one is a little more philosophical. confidence What does a confidence interval mean?¶ Here’s a question from the Reddit statistics...
abdz.do - Have you...
Sherwin-Williams by Laundry
Sherwin-Williams by Laundry
abduzeedo0210—23
Sherwin-Williams,...
a year ago
Sherwin-Williams by Laundry
abduzeedo0210—23
Sherwin-Williams, the renowned paint and coatings company, has recently released its latest marketing campaign, and it is a true feast for the eyes. Directed by ECD Jayson Whitmore, these spots are a...
diamond geezer
Connection issues
I had a nice 2025-related post lined up for you today, but I have issues.
lot of...
2 weeks ago
I had a nice 2025-related post lined up for you today, but I have issues.
lot of twiddling.
lightning port.
Yes, I've tried cleaning it but to no effect.
online advice.
There are potential getarounds to get the photos off the phone.
comments if(postComments['91681514525519'] !=...
A small freedom area...
Porting OkLab colorspace to integer arithmetic
For reasons I'll explain in a futur write-up, I needed to make use of a
perceptually uniform...
over a year ago
For reasons I'll explain in a futur write-up, I needed to make use of a
perceptually uniform colorspace in some computer vision code. OkLab from Björn
Ottosson was a great candidate given how simple the implementation is.
But there is a plot twist: I needed the code to be...
Londonist
Review: Yoko Ono's Music Of The Mind Is Bizarre, Baffling, Laughable, Brilliant
Immersive retrospective lands at Tate.
11 months ago
Immersive retrospective lands at Tate.
David Heinemeier...
Turns out nobody cared about panel gaps
One of the most fascinating aspects of Tesla's rise to dominance has been how they discarded many of...
a year ago
One of the most fascinating aspects of Tesla's rise to dominance has been how they discarded many of the traditional values of car making. While the rest of the industry was stuck competing on the size of their panel gaps, and other aspects of precision and quality assembly,...
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things to start your week (#42)
The end of Chevron deference; export controls; jerky American profs; basic income; economics of AI;...
6 months ago
The end of Chevron deference; export controls; jerky American profs; basic income; economics of AI; solar power uses; Global South tariffs; Gen Z wages; Stiglitz
Commoncog
Members Preview: An Easier Way to Create XmR Charts
Early access to some software we've built to make XmR charts more accessible.
10 months ago
Early access to some software we've built to make XmR charts more accessible.
The Modern House
A look inside Issue No.6 of our magazine
The new issue of our print magazine has just landed in our shop – and it’s filled with stories that...
a year ago
The new issue of our print magazine has just landed in our shop – and it’s filled with stories that look at the journeys we go on with our homes, from the emotional paths they take us on, to the very real process of renovating […]
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
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Swyx Interview on Daily Dev Tips
I was interviewed by Chris Bongers on Daily Dev Tips, here are some extracts.
over a year ago
I was interviewed by Chris Bongers on Daily Dev Tips, here are some extracts.
Grow With Less
A Day in the Life of a Full-Time Blogger
Search “blogger working” in Google Image and you will see thousands of smiling bloggers working on...
over a year ago
Search “blogger working” in Google Image and you will see thousands of smiling bloggers working on their laptop while drinking coffee in a trendy coffee shop.
And while these things can definitely be part of a blogger’s day, they are only the visible part of the iceberg.
Blogging...
Wanderingspace
Cassini’s Final Look at Enceladus
Taken on August 28, 2017. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
This is from images...
over a year ago
Taken on August 28, 2017. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
This is from images obtained by Cassini shortly before plunging into the Saturnian atmosphere. The images were taken over 14 hours and compiled into this animation.
TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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11 months ago
Maggie Appleton
The Finest Narrative Non-Fiction Essays
Narrative essays that I consider ideal models of the medium
over a year ago
Narrative essays that I consider ideal models of the medium
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Double
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Interestingly they're both reading AI image...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Interestingly they're both reading AI image generation subreddits and pretending it's not to see the pinups.
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Diaries of Note
My soul, my soul, where are you?
In 1913, at the age of 38, Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung embarked upon a profound and deeply...
a year ago
In 1913, at the age of 38, Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung embarked upon a profound and deeply introspective journey that would mark a significant phase in his life and work. Prompted by a series of unsettling dreams and visions amidst his contentious break with Freud, Jung found...
The Modern House
The Green Series #1: an insiders' guide to insulation
The first instalment of our mini Green Series is all about insulation. Insulation is a key feature...
2 months ago
The first instalment of our mini Green Series is all about insulation. Insulation is a key feature of passivhaus design as it reduces the amount of heat lost through the building fabric to a very low level, reducing the heat requirement of the building. Kate Jacobs […]
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Answers: Did The FDA Mess Up With Aduhelm? | Out-Of-Pocket
what if it incentivizes actually good drugs?
a year ago
what if it incentivizes actually good drugs?
TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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8 months ago
Willem's Blog
Giving AI Training
Explore the transformative power of AI in everyday work: Dive into firsthand insights from a recent...
a year ago
Explore the transformative power of AI in everyday work: Dive into firsthand insights from a recent AI training session that's reshaping professional landscapes.
Flashbak
Welcome To Holy Land USA: Inside America’s Jerusalem, 1980
“You can tell that Garry Winogrand was my hero. I learned so much from him about how to tell a story...
2 weeks ago
“You can tell that Garry Winogrand was my hero. I learned so much from him about how to tell a story or a joke within a frame” – Lisa Barlow, Holy Land, USA In 1980s, Lisa Barlow found Jerusalem in a turning off Connecticut’s Route 69. A huge cross on the roadside alerted …...
Maps Mania
London, Paris & Berlin Metro Memory Games
a year ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
YC adds PostHog to top valued companies for July 2021
Y Combinator has listed PostHog as number 157 out of its top 159 companies by valuations and exits...
over a year ago
Y Combinator has listed PostHog as number 157 out of its top 159 companies by valuations and exits as of July 2021. "Um… what?" I know, I know. You…
David Heinemeier...
Turbo 8 is dropping TypeScript
By all accounts, TypeScript has been a big success for Microsoft. I've seen loads of people sparkle...
a year ago
By all accounts, TypeScript has been a big success for Microsoft. I've seen loads of people sparkle with joy from dousing JavaScript with explicit types that can be checked by a compiler. But I've never been a fan. Not after giving it five minutes, not after giving it five years....
TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Texas
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Blog - Mac Pierce
+ / - , Actualization
Reposting some writing I did a while back on the subject of how additive
manufacturing is...
over a year ago
Reposting some writing I did a while back on the subject of how additive
manufacturing is necessarily a destructive process.
Maps Mania
One Million Screenshots. One Map!
5 months ago
The Works in...
The entrepreneurial state
How state competition – through war – can drive institutional progress
12 months ago
How state competition – through war – can drive institutional progress
Contemporist...
A Grid Of Large Windows Maximizes The Water Views At This Modern Home
Architecture firm Worrell Yeung has shared photos of a modern home they completed that's a study on...
2 months ago
Architecture firm Worrell Yeung has shared photos of a modern home they completed that's a study on a 2x2x7 grid structure in three dimensions.
Acko.net
The Bouquet Residence
Keeping up appearances in tech
I saw a remarkable pair of tweets the other day.
In the wake of...
6 months ago
Keeping up appearances in tech
I saw a remarkable pair of tweets the other day.
In the wake of the outage, the CEO of CrowdStrike sent out a public announcement. It's purely factual. The scope of the problem is identified, the known facts are stated, and the logistics of...
Londonist
The Wandering Caryatids Of Southwark Park
They've stood in three different locations.
a year ago
They've stood in three different locations.
Stephen Wolfram...
When Exactly Will the Eclipse Happen? A Multimillennium Tale of Computation
Updated and expanded from a post for the eclipse of August 21, 2017. Preparing for April 8, 2024 On...
9 months ago
Updated and expanded from a post for the eclipse of August 21, 2017. Preparing for April 8, 2024 On April 8, 2024, there’s going to be a total eclipse of the Sun visible on a line across the US. But when exactly will the eclipse occur at a given location? Being able to predict...
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Gracchi, Part I: Tiberius Gracchus
This week, we’re going to talk a bit about the brothers Tiberius (trib. 133) and Gaius (trib. 123-2)...
5 days ago
This week, we’re going to talk a bit about the brothers Tiberius (trib. 133) and Gaius (trib. 123-2) Gracchus, the famous Roman reformers of the late second century. There’s actually a fair bit to say about both of them, so we’re going to split this treatment over two weeks,...
Good Enough
Season 3, Issue 4: Cosmic Staggering Tortoises
1. Weekly Studio Update
Hello. We're going to try doing this newsletter thing regularly. The...
a year ago
1. Weekly Studio Update
Hello. We're going to try doing this newsletter thing regularly. The ambitious goal is to write you a lovely letter every week. Aim for the moon, right? But wait, if you aim for the moon, how in this physical world can you possibly hit a star by...
Londonist
The Ballot For Wimbledon 2024 Is Now Open
Ace!
a year ago
Kevin Chen
!!Con 2018 Notes
!!Con is a conference held every spring in New York
City. It’s two days of lightning talks that can...
over a year ago
!!Con is a conference held every spring in New York
City. It’s two days of lightning talks that can be about anything related to
computers!
This conference is a great showcase of the diverse backgrounds of the NYC tech
scene. I’m really going to miss it when I move back to the...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Ken Shirriff's blog
Talking to memory: Inside the Intel 8088 processor's bus interface state machine
In 1979, Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor, a variant of the 16-bit 8086 processor.
IBM's...
8 months ago
In 1979, Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor, a variant of the 16-bit 8086 processor.
IBM's decision to use the 8088 processor in the IBM PC (1981) was a critical point in computer history,
leading to the success of the x86 architecture.
The designers of the IBM PC selected...
TheCollector
What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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3 weeks ago
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Wäre July 2023
The Ware for July 2023 is a “KUP 10” by aditec. Also, thanks to FETguy, we now have a schematic of...
a year ago
The Ware for July 2023 is a “KUP 10” by aditec. Also, thanks to FETguy, we now have a schematic of the ware: The spirit of Name that Ware is about demystifying electronics and encouraging people to learn by taking things apart. Drawing a schematic from an image of a circuit board...
Wanderingspace
Ganymede from Juno
Some incredibly sharp images from the Juno mission of Ganymede. The first new views of this...
over a year ago
Some incredibly sharp images from the Juno mission of Ganymede. The first new views of this beautiful moon since Galileo. See more from kevinmgill on flickr. Also see the thread building up to these full composites in unmannedspaceflight.com.
Moneyness
"I didn't launder the cash, your honor. The robot did."
Crypto enthusiasts protest the trial of Alexey Pertsev
As the multiple Tornado Cash legal cases...
7 months ago
Crypto enthusiasts protest the trial of Alexey Pertsev
As the multiple Tornado Cash legal cases wend their way through courts in the Netherlands and the U.S., we continue to learn how society's money laundering laws will be applied to some of the more unique financial entities...
macwright.com
Recently
October was another pleasantly busy month in Brooklyn.
Really took advantage of the breadth of New...
a year ago
October was another pleasantly busy month in Brooklyn.
Really took advantage of the breadth of New York culture: I saw an opera at the Metropolitan Opera House, and then went to see prog-metal band Polyphia play guitar solos as fast as possible. At the latter, there were multiple...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
Stoic Simple
How Stoicism Can Improve Your Physical Health & Fitness
Are you looking for ways to improve your physical health? Many people focus on exercise and diet,...
a year ago
Are you looking for ways to improve your physical health? Many people focus on exercise and diet, but there is another method that has been gaining popularity in recent years - Stoicism. This ancient philosophy has many principles that can help you lead a healthier and happier...
The Diff
Economic Lessons from the Last Few Singularities
Plus! Conflicts and Confluence; Bonds; Empire Building; China; The Capital and Talent Cycle
4 weeks ago
Plus! Conflicts and Confluence; Bonds; Empire Building; China; The Capital and Talent Cycle
Steve Klabnik
Why is Clojure so stable?
over a year ago
ntietz.com blog -...
My writing process, and how I keep it sustainable
Recently, a reader wrote to me and asked about my writing process and burnout.
They had an image in...
2 days ago
Recently, a reader wrote to me and asked about my writing process and burnout.
They had an image in their head that I could sit down at a computer and type up a full post on a given topic, but were unsure if that's the right approach when they start blogging.
And they were...
Entrepreneur's Edge
Recommended Books
A collection of books that have changed how I think about the world.
a year ago
A collection of books that have changed how I think about the world.
Common Edge
Are For-Profit Developments Consistent With the Values of a Public University?
These public-private partnerships may not dovetail with the schools’ values or mission.
a year ago
These public-private partnerships may not dovetail with the schools’ values or mission.
TheCollector
Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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a year ago
Computer Ads from...
1988 Interview Between Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems and MicroTimes
Scott McNealy talks about Sun Microsystems, RISC, UNIX, and NeXT
7 months ago
Scott McNealy talks about Sun Microsystems, RISC, UNIX, and NeXT
essay – snarfed.org
Socket activation
I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks reading about the various *nix init systems: venerable...
over a year ago
I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks reading about the various *nix init systems: venerable SysV, interim replacement Upstart, controversial monolith systemd, Apple’s proprietary launchd, and niche variants like runit and Epoch. Lots of history, lots of flame wars. One...
Old Structures...
Clogging Up Traffic
Traffic in lower Manhattan is always bad, but is today impassable even for pedestrians. The New York...
2 months ago
Traffic in lower Manhattan is always bad, but is today impassable even for pedestrians. The New York Liberty are getting a ticker-tape parade for their WNBA championship. First, congrats to the Liberty and happy days to their fans. Second, there is something very New York about...
TheCollector
The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Anecdotal Evidence
'An Impetuous Eagerness to Subvert'
Dr. Johnson describes
the poet and physician Mark Akenside: “He
certainly retained an unnecessary...
7 months ago
Dr. Johnson describes
the poet and physician Mark Akenside: “He
certainly retained an unnecessary and outrageous zeal for what he called and
thought liberty; a zeal which sometimes disguises from the world, and not
rarely from the mind which it possesses, an envious desire of...
Internal Tech Emails
When Apple considered buying Bing
Can I imagine that Apple can build a search engine to compete. Yes but it’s probably not the best...
10 months ago
Can I imagine that Apple can build a search engine to compete. Yes but it’s probably not the best way to differentiate our products.
ntietz.com blog
Work on tasks, not stories
One tenet of big-a Agile1 is that developers should all work on individual user stories as the...
10 months ago
One tenet of big-a Agile1 is that developers should all work on individual user stories as the smallest unit of work2.
That a ticket should almost always be a story, because that means it's something that delivers concrete value to the users.
There are some cases in which this...
TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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AI Snake Oil
AI safety is not a model property
Trying to make an AI model that can’t be misused is like trying to make a computer that can’t be...
10 months ago
Trying to make an AI model that can’t be misused is like trying to make a computer that can’t be used for bad things
Hixie's Natural Log
Extracts from a private Q&A retrospective about the WHATWG
Several years ago, a group involved in standardisation in an industrial field reached out to me to...
a year ago
Several years ago, a group involved in standardisation in an industrial field reached out to me to learn more about our experience with the WHATWG. I thought some of my responses might have broader interest, and saved them for publication at some later date, and then promptly...
Open Culture
How the 13th-Century Sufi Poet Rumi Became One of the World’s Most Popular Writers
The Middle East is hardly the world’s most harmonious region, and it only gets more fractious if you...
7 months ago
The Middle East is hardly the world’s most harmonious region, and it only gets more fractious if you add in South Asia and the Mediterranean. But there’s one thing on which many residents of that wide geographical span can agree: Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī. One might at first...
Retail Design Blog
Lucky Cookies Bakery by Studio NOR
The Lucky Cookies is a bakery specializes in traditional Chinese pastries. Located on the first...
2 days ago
The Lucky Cookies is a bakery specializes in traditional Chinese pastries. Located on the first floor of the famous Beijing...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism & Modern Therapy: Is Stoic Philosophy a Form of CBT?
Stoic philosophy has been around for over two thousand years, with the likes of Epictetus, Seneca,...
a year ago
Stoic philosophy has been around for over two thousand years, with the likes of Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius as some of its founding figures. However, it wasn't until the emergence of modern therapy that the principles of Stoicism were integrated into the psychological...
The Modern House
A hidden warehouse apartment in the heart of east London
a year ago
Seth's Blog
Where are you?
When you’re reading a good historical novel, you might be there and then. When you’re checking your...
10 months ago
When you’re reading a good historical novel, you might be there and then. When you’re checking your email, you are in a conversation between and among, over there, not here. When you’re imagining what went wrong in that conversation yesterday, you are living in yesterday. And...
Seth's Blog
Misunderstanding bigness
IBM spent a fortune fighting calls for them to be broken up. So did AT&T and Microsoft. In all three...
5 months ago
IBM spent a fortune fighting calls for them to be broken up. So did AT&T and Microsoft. In all three cases, there’s plenty of evidence that they would have been better off if they had simply broken themselves up. Microsoft is still recovering and IBM never will. One computer...
NeuroLogica Blog
Ghosts Are Not Real
It’s Halloween, so there are a lot of fluff pieces about ghosts and similar phenomena circulating in...
a year ago
It’s Halloween, so there are a lot of fluff pieces about ghosts and similar phenomena circulating in the media. There are some good skeptical pieces as well, which is always nice to see. For this piece I did not want to frame the headline as a question, which I think is...
Diaries of Note
Our worst fears are realized
On 2nd June 1854, following a failed rescue attempt at the courthouse, huge numbers of angry...
a year ago
On 2nd June 1854, following a failed rescue attempt at the courthouse, huge numbers of angry protesters lined the streets of Boston as hundreds of federal soldiers led twenty-year-old Anthony Burns to the harbour where he was to be shipped to Virginia, back to the life of slavery...
diamond geezer
London's triple points
There are six points around the Greater London boundary where three counties...
a year ago
There are six points around the Greater London boundary where three counties meet.
London/Kent/Surrey
Specifically: Biggin Hill/Westerham/Tatsfield
Location: Rag Hill
To get here take a walk along the quiet twisty country lane that wends between Tatsfield Green and the...
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
3 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
ntietz.com blog
You should make a new programming language
Every software engineer uses a programming language, usually multiple.
Few of us make programming...
5 months ago
Every software engineer uses a programming language, usually multiple.
Few of us make programming languages.
This makes sense, because the work we need to get done can typically be done just fine in the languages that exist.
Those already have people making them better.
Let's...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Of
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Any word with at least 10 letters is easy to...
a month ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Any word with at least 10 letters is easy to remember how to use.
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Handprinted - Blog
Preparing your paper and press for etching
When you’ve created an aluminium or zinc plate etching, you’ll want to have a go at pulling your...
8 months ago
When you’ve created an aluminium or zinc plate etching, you’ll want to have a go at pulling your first print. To do this, you’ll need to learn how to prepare your paper and how to set the correct pressure on your press.
This blog is part of a series featuring tips and techniques...
Math Is Still...
What Can Cave Life Tell Us About Alien Ecosystems?
Extremophiles, or microbes that live in the most seemingly hostile environments, are the darlings of...
3 months ago
Extremophiles, or microbes that live in the most seemingly hostile environments, are the darlings of astrobiologists, who study the potential for life beyond Earth. In this episode, co-host Janna Levin speaks with astrobiologist and cave explorer Penelope Boston about how life...
Anecdotal Evidence
'It Is Wonderful to Be a Writer'
I met the Israeli novelist
Aharon Appelfeld in 1987 on the same day I met Raul Hilberg and Cynthia...
8 months ago
I met the Israeli novelist
Aharon Appelfeld in 1987 on the same day I met Raul Hilberg and Cynthia Ozick.
I had read Appelfeld’s first novel, Badenheim
1939 (1978; trans. 1980), several years earlier and found it disturbing in
a novel way. The action takes place on the cusp of...
abdz.do - Have you...
Blueshift Collective: Where NFT Meets Creativity
Blueshift Collective: Where NFT Meets Creativity
abduzeedo0214—23
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a year ago
Blueshift Collective: Where NFT Meets Creativity
abduzeedo0214—23
Are you tired of the same old NFT collections that feature the same type of art over and over again? Look no further than the Blueshift Collective - a free and open NFT...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
"There's no way to tell where the border is between measurement and manipulation"
Jaron Lanier discussing whether machine learning systems like Netflix recommendations, Facebook's...
over a year ago
Jaron Lanier discussing whether machine learning systems like Netflix recommendations, Facebook's newsfeed, Google search etc are…
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
Toni Lijic's Blog
2024 Year in Review
Everything that happened to me this year
3 weeks ago
Everything that happened to me this year
The Forney Flyer
From the Flight Line
Here's some random shots from the flight line. First, one of our Cessna 208B Grand Caravans taking...
over a year ago
Here's some random shots from the flight line. First, one of our Cessna 208B Grand Caravans taking off from our home airstrip in Kajjansi, Uganda. This aircraft is now serving in Liberia.
I've always loved watching the sky and the weather. Last week I was out of the city and...
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Life That Is More Real Than Life'
My nephew and I were
talking about our teenage efforts to be “cool,” wearing irony like...
2 weeks ago
My nephew and I were
talking about our teenage efforts to be “cool,” wearing irony like Kevlar,
feigning sophistication while avoiding the shock of experience. Some of us
outgrow it and become open to life’s surprises. Others carry the stance latently
for life, like the...
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...
9 months 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...
Marian's Blog
Agent V – Global Game Jam 2018 Project
This year I participated in my first game jam, the Global Game Jam 2018. With a team of artists,...
over a year ago
This year I participated in my first game jam, the Global Game Jam 2018. With a team of artists, programmers and a sound designer, we made a video game within 48 hours. You play the game as a virus that infiltrates a company’s headquarters. The virus can not move on its own, it...
macwright.com
Work hard and take everything really seriously
Every few months on Twitter, there’s some dustup about work-life
balance and whether it’s a good or...
12 months ago
Every few months on Twitter, there’s some dustup about work-life
balance and whether it’s a good or bad idea to work hard when you’re
young. Like most of these recurring debates, it has generated two
opposite archetypes:
The anti-capitalist tells the young worker not to trust HR...
ToughSF
Advanced Solar Energy in Space: Part I
Solar Thermal Rockets can be efficient and have high performance. However, they remain...
over a year ago
Solar Thermal Rockets can be efficient and have high performance. However, they remain temperature-limited to an exhaust velocity of 12km/s.
How do we surpass this limit?
The limits
NASA's Suntower concept.
Solar Thermal Rockets have been shown to have great potential if...
Blog - Mac Pierce
XL Flex Arms, posable mounting for cameras and lighting.
Making a few custom mounts for cameras and camera accessories.
over a year ago
Making a few custom mounts for cameras and camera accessories.
DYNOMIGHT
Taste games
I bet you like it when beautiful people laugh at your jokes. And I bet you like the taste of sugar....
11 months ago
I bet you like it when beautiful people laugh at your jokes. And I bet you like the taste of sugar. I sure do.
But what about camping or dubstep or chain restaurants or installation art? What about blue cheese or pick-up trucks or reality TV? Me, I like some and loathe others....
IEEE Spectrum
The Incredible Story Behind the First Transistor Radio
But that’s pretty much what Pat Haggerty, vice president of Texas Instruments, did in 1954. The...
3 months ago
But that’s pretty much what Pat Haggerty, vice president of Texas Instruments, did in 1954. The result was the
Regency TR-1, the world’s first commercial transistor radio, which debuted 70 years ago this month. The engineers delivered on Haggerty’s audacious goal, and I...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Networking Essentials: Network Security
What is Traffic Engineering?
over a year ago
What is Traffic Engineering?
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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2 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Travel to Costal Germany's Historical UNESCO Sites
8 months ago
Irrational...
Physics and perception.
At one point in 2019, several parts of Stripe’s engineering organization were going through a polite...
6 months ago
At one point in 2019, several parts of Stripe’s engineering organization were going through a polite civil war.
The conflict was driven by one group’s belief that Java should replace Ruby.
Java would, they posited, address the ongoing challenge of delivering a quality platform in...
The Honest Broker
Google Is Now the East India Company of the Internet
Long ago, another company tried to control global connectivity—it had an unhappy ending
15 hours ago
Long ago, another company tried to control global connectivity—it had an unhappy ending
Noahpinion
How did the U.S. achieve a soft landing?
Four simple theories.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Economic development is doing OK
Poor countries aren't catching up as fast as we'd like, but they're catching up faster than before.
a year ago
Poor countries aren't catching up as fast as we'd like, but they're catching up faster than before.
diamond geezer
Route 310
Route 310: Golders Green - Stamford Hill
Length of journey: 7 miles, 45 minutes
promised during the...
4 months ago
Route 310: Golders Green - Stamford Hill
Length of journey: 7 miles, 45 minutes
promised during the Mayoral election. It shadows two existing bus routes. It's being delivered on a twelve-month trial basis. It runs every day but not all of the day. It tackles one very specific...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Its Super-Ego Has Gone AWOL'
The American
philosopher Brand Blanshard delivered the Riecker Memorial Lecture at the
University of...
3 months ago
The American
philosopher Brand Blanshard delivered the Riecker Memorial Lecture at the
University of Arizona in 1962. It was published that year as a twenty-three-page
pamphlet titled “On Sanity in Thought and Art.” For much of the text Blanshard
reviews various twentieth-century...
./techtipsy
Accidentally turning the ASRock DeskMini X300 into a semi-passively cooled PC
After playing around with fan curves on my ASRock DeskMini X300
based home server, I noticed one...
over a year ago
After playing around with fan curves on my ASRock DeskMini X300
based home server, I noticed one interesting thing. At least it was
interesting to me.
Background
I had one goal: to try to see if I could turn it into a semi-passive PC by only
turning the fan on when the PC was...
Posts on Made of...
Software Engineers should keep lab notebooks
Software engineers, as a rule, suck at writing things down. Part of this is training – unlike...
over a year ago
Software engineers, as a rule, suck at writing things down. Part of this is training – unlike chemists and biologists who are trailed to obsessively document everything they do in their lab notebooks, computer scientists are taught to document the end results of their work, but...
Christian Selig
Announcing Apollo: a new Reddit app for iPhone
I’m really excited to unveil a project I’ve been working on for the last year or so. It’s called...
over a year ago
I’m really excited to unveil a project I’ve been working on for the last year or so. It’s called Apollo and it’s a new Reddit app for iPhone.
I’ve been a Reddit user for about four years now, and the site is a constant source of interesting discussion, hilarity and news for me...
Common Edge
In Praise of a Great Mentor: Working With Geoffrey Bawa
Life-long lessons from the father of Tropical Modernism.
a year ago
Life-long lessons from the father of Tropical Modernism.
tomcritchlow.com
Notes on Search and AI
What to say about the future of AI and search?
11 months ago
What to say about the future of AI and search?
bt RSS Feed
Switching Things Over to ikiwiki
Switching Things Over to ikiwiki
2023-12-17
I’ve done it again. My personal website is no longer...
a year ago
Switching Things Over to ikiwiki
2023-12-17
I’ve done it again. My personal website is no longer generated with barf but is instead built on top of ikiwiki. The old RSS feed (btxx.org/atom.xml) still exists but will no longer receive updates. The new feed can be found on the...
Home on Erik...
The hardest challenge about becoming a manager
Note: this post is full of pseudo-psychology and highly speculative content. Like most fun stuff!
I...
over a year ago
Note: this post is full of pseudo-psychology and highly speculative content. Like most fun stuff!
I became a manager back in 2009. Being a developer is fun. You have this very tangible way to measure yourself.
Christopher Butler
Periodical – 5
Happy Thanksgiving!
Here in Durham, it is close to perfect. Clear skies and heading toward 57°;...
a year ago
Happy Thanksgiving!
Here in Durham, it is close to perfect. Clear skies and heading toward 57°; the aroma of holiday fireplaces is drifting through the neighborhood.
Tonight, we’ll be enjoying a special treat — a holiday sherry cocktail, the Sherry Flip. It’s simple to...
Retail Design Blog
Neptune Energy Offices by Parella
Parella designed innovative, collaborative workspaces for Neptune Energy in The Hague, reflecting...
a month ago
Parella designed innovative, collaborative workspaces for Neptune Energy in The Hague, reflecting the company’s culture with open areas, communal spaces,...
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
Blog -...
Book Review - Open
Open by Andre Agassi is a narrative tour de force. I literally could not
put it down. I usually...
over a year ago
Open by Andre Agassi is a narrative tour de force. I literally could not
put it down. I usually have four to six books on the go at any time, but
all of them were put on pause for the day and a half it took me to devour
this book.
Old Structures...
Overgrowth
It’s worth taking a look at two pictures of Newspaper Row/Printing House Square. First, around 1900:...
10 months ago
It’s worth taking a look at two pictures of Newspaper Row/Printing House Square. First, around 1900: Second, 1936, from Berenice Abbott’s “Changing New York” project. We have the same line-up in both pictures, from left to right: The World Building, the Tribune Building, the New...
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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11 months ago
The History of the...
The Gift of Code
In the open source community, there is perhaps no greater gift than code. This is about that time...
4 months ago
In the open source community, there is perhaps no greater gift than code. This is about that time 135,000 lines of gifted code created a new era of JavaScript
The post The Gift of Code appeared first on The History of the Web.
Old Structures...
It Looked Familiar – But No More
Above, the entrance to a nightclub in the comic book “Powers.” Below, courtesy of Except that, as of...
a year ago
Above, the entrance to a nightclub in the comic book “Powers.” Below, courtesy of Except that, as of this past summer, the Hotel Pennsylvania is gone. It was arguably the last of the grand railroad hotels left in New York, and it was no longer a grand railroad hotel since that...
The Marginalian
The Secret Life of Chocolate: Oliver Sacks on the Cultural and Natural History of Cacao
Without chocolate, life would be a mistake — not a paraphrasing of Nietzsche he would have easily...
11 months ago
Without chocolate, life would be a mistake — not a paraphrasing of Nietzsche he would have easily envisioned, for he was a toddler in Germany when a British chocolatier created the first modern version of what we now think of as chocolate: a paste of sugar, chocolate liquor, and...
Posts on Made of...
Followup to "A Very Subtle Bug"
After my previous post got posted to reddit, there was a bunch of interesting discussion there about...
over a year ago
After my previous post got posted to reddit, there was a bunch of interesting discussion there about some details I’d handwaved over. This is a quick followup on some the investigation that various people carried out, and the conclusions they reached.
In the reddit thread,...
Mazdak
Mastering Twitter/X Growth: Strategies to Skyrocket Your Follower Count
Twitter/X stands as one of the leading platforms for sharing ideas, connecting with others, and...
a year ago
Twitter/X stands as one of the leading platforms for sharing ideas, connecting with others, and building your personal brand. With the right strategies, you can transform your Twitter presence into a thriving community of engaged followers. In this blog post, I'll dive into...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Where They Grind the Grain of Thought'
Let me sing
the praises of Miss Milly, Miss McClain, Miss Esson, Miss Shaker, Miss Martin,
Miss...
a year ago
Let me sing
the praises of Miss Milly, Miss McClain, Miss Esson, Miss Shaker, Miss Martin,
Miss Rose, Miss Whistler – my teachers, K-6, at Pearl Road Elementary School.
Most were young and pretty, more like big sisters than mothers. On the
television in Miss Shaker’s class we...
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
11 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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11 months ago
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 2
In which I ship a CLI (for real this time), and improve a few things
a year ago
In which I ship a CLI (for real this time), and improve a few things
Scott Jenson
Design can be free (part 3)
This is the third in a series. The first two showed how confusing products could be fixed with...
a year ago
This is the third in a series. The first two showed how confusing products could be fixed with fairly simple changes. It’s often possible to significantly improve a product even using the same hardware. This one tackles a much trickier problem: improving the quality of hardware....
Farza's Newsletter
was playing super smash melee w voldemort he mains yoshi wow
Hey everyone! Been a while :). I’ll talk more about this next time, but, we’ve decided to pivot away...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! Been a while :). I’ll talk more about this next time, but, we’ve decided to pivot away from ZipSchool to BuildSpace. Check it out, sign-up, and talk more next week!!! Got a lot of work to do right now. I’m feeling better than ever. 🚀
Arduino Blog
This machine automatically creates chain art
Art is very personal and we often consider the process of creation itself when evaluating the...
6 months ago
Art is very personal and we often consider the process of creation itself when evaluating the resulting piece. Does a sculpture have more artistic value when molded by human hands rather than a 3D printer? Most would say that it does. But what if the automation was, itself, part...
Seth's Blog
Everyone wants to be connected
But we hesitate to be the connector. Everyone wants to be trusted, but we hesitate to trust. And...
a year ago
But we hesitate to be the connector. Everyone wants to be trusted, but we hesitate to trust. And everyone wants to be respected, but we often fail to offer our respect. What an opportunity.
Arduino Blog
RIoT Secure joins Arduino’s SIPP as Gold Partner
We are excited to announce that RIoT Secure has joined Arduino’s System Integrators Partnership...
7 months ago
We are excited to announce that RIoT Secure has joined Arduino’s System Integrators Partnership Program at the Gold level. Founded in 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden, RIoT Secure is at the forefront of IoT security, especially in regards to resource-constrained microcontrollers,...
Grow With Less
Journorequest: The Little-Known Twitter Hashtag That Will Help You Get Quality Backlinks
If you have ever tried to do outreach to build backlinks, you know how frustrating the process can...
over a year ago
If you have ever tried to do outreach to build backlinks, you know how frustrating the process can be.
You spend hours looking for the right people to reach out to, crafting your outreach emails and finally send them, already picturing yourself receiving a ton of quality...
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
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.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Introduction to MobX 4 for React/Redux Developers
an introduction to mobx 4 for people coming from react and redux
over a year ago
an introduction to mobx 4 for people coming from react and redux
The Works in...
How America Made Machines Make Machines
A new section from Stewart Brand's Maintenance on Books in Progress
a year ago
A new section from Stewart Brand's Maintenance on Books in Progress
Max Rozen
Prefetch your Google Fonts for Performance Gains in Gatsby
Self-hosting your Google Fonts can save your customers around 3-400ms per page load. There's a...
over a year ago
Self-hosting your Google Fonts can save your customers around 3-400ms per page load. There's a Gatsby plugin that makes it super easy.
Wuthering...
My cancer - "It can’t be true! It can’t, but it is."
Liver cancer. That
was a surprise. I knew something was
wrong, but I was not expecting that.
Since...
a year ago
Liver cancer. That
was a surprise. I knew something was
wrong, but I was not expecting that.
Since the diagnosis last summer, since it was known for a
fact that I had something serious, things have moved fast. It has been like boarding a train. Once in motion there is no way...
Computer Ads from...
Vote for the Topic of the February 2024 Plus Post
If you are a paid subscriber, voting is open for one week
11 months ago
If you are a paid subscriber, voting is open for one week
How to Be a Stoic
Stoic Q&A: can virtue justify evil?
[Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org.]...
over a year ago
[Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org.] V. writes: My question is: can Stoic virtues be used as excuses to conduct evil deeds? I’m asking this question for several reasons. First, in the current political climate, the...
Math Is Still...
‘Metaphysical Experiments’ Probe Our Hidden Assumptions About Reality
Experiments that test physics and philosophy "as a single whole" may be our only route to surefire...
5 months ago
Experiments that test physics and philosophy "as a single whole" may be our only route to surefire knowledge about the universe.
The post ‘Metaphysical Experiments’ Probe Our Hidden Assumptions About Reality first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Noahpinion
A data-driven case for productivity optimism
A guest post by Brian Albrecht of Economic Forces.
5 months ago
A guest post by Brian Albrecht of Economic Forces.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Mocking and Using CRUD APIs with MirageJS and React-Query
This is how to pair two newcomers on the React scene for mocking and using CRUD APIs, for a great...
over a year ago
This is how to pair two newcomers on the React scene for mocking and using CRUD APIs, for a great developer experience.
Math Is Still...
Emmy Murphy Is a Mathematician Who Finds Beauty in Flexibility
The prize-winning geometer feels most fulfilled when exploring the fertile ground where constraint...
a year ago
The prize-winning geometer feels most fulfilled when exploring the fertile ground where constraint meets creation.
The post Emmy Murphy Is a Mathematician Who Finds Beauty in Flexibility first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Archinect - Features
'AI Is a Dangerous Distraction From the Pressing Issues Defining Our Generation'; A...
Liam Young was once described by the BBC as “the man designing our future.” In 2023, with open...
a year ago
Liam Young was once described by the BBC as “the man designing our future.” In 2023, with open letters penned on the risks of extinction posed by artificial intelligence, such a role should be in high demand.
Young’s speculations on the future take the form of fictional stories...
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
7 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
Handprinted - Blog
Screen Printing with Permaset Puff Paste
Puff Paste is a great way to add a little something extra to your fabric prints! It adds depth and...
over a year ago
Puff Paste is a great way to add a little something extra to your fabric prints! It adds depth and texture and is so much fun to use. In this project, we have exposed a screen and used it to print with Puff Paste onto a tote bag:
Half-fill the coating trough with photo emulsion....
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Milestone, Insignificant'
Understandably,
readers and critics like to take credit for rediscovering forgotten writers...
a month ago
Understandably,
readers and critics like to take credit for rediscovering forgotten writers and
resuscitating their reputations. Imagine being the guy who, in 1909, read Moby-Dick (1851; out of print, 1887) and
declared Melville (d. 1891) a genius a decade before Van Doren,...
The Honest Broker
Crisis in the Culture: An Update
I revisit past predictions
7 months ago
I revisit past predictions
Stories by Andrej...
A Peek at Trends in Machine Learning
over a year ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 months ago
The personal website...
We'll fix it later
I recently read a fantastic essay by Alexis Lloyd titled “Design process for the messy in-between.”...
over a year ago
I recently read a fantastic essay by Alexis Lloyd titled “Design process for the messy in-between.” Towards the end of the essay, Alexis suggests that not everything has to be perfect the first time:
Constraints mean that we almost always have to pick things that aren’t going to...
Londonist
Captain Zip's Amazing Film Footage Of London Punks In The 1970s And 80s
They even visit Downing Street.
a year ago
They even visit Downing Street.
dthompson
Guile-SDL2 0.8.0 released
I'm happy to announce that Guile-SDL2 0.8.0 has been released!
Guile-SDL2 provides Guile Scheme...
over a year ago
I'm happy to announce that Guile-SDL2 0.8.0 has been released!
Guile-SDL2 provides Guile Scheme bindings for the SDL2 C shared
library. The bindings are written in pure Scheme using Guile's foreign
function interface.
New bindings in this...
Maggie Appleton
Gathering Structures
How to gather people and create communities in ways that are low-stress and high-payoff
11 months ago
How to gather people and create communities in ways that are low-stress and high-payoff
The Marginalian
What It Takes to Grow: Pioneering Psychoanalyst Karen Horney on the Key to Self-Realization
"Self-knowledge... is not an aim in itself, but a means of liberating the forces of spontaneous...
a year ago
"Self-knowledge... is not an aim in itself, but a means of liberating the forces of spontaneous growth. In this sense, to work at ourselves becomes not only the prime moral obligation, but... the prime moral privilege."
lcamtuf’s thing
Getting silly with C, part (void*)2
They won't be able to find bugs in your code if they can't figure out how it works.
a week ago
They won't be able to find bugs in your code if they can't figure out how it works.
Internal Tech Emails
Elon Musk's Twitter texts
I'm not joining the board. This is a waste of time.
over a year ago
I'm not joining the board. This is a waste of time.
diamond geezer
The Ballot Box
Pub of the Day: the Ballot Box UB6 7QL
Ballot Box, it's on Horsenden Lane between Perivale and...
6 months ago
Pub of the Day: the Ballot Box UB6 7QL
Ballot Box, it's on Horsenden Lane between Perivale and North Greenford. Nothing big drives this way thanks to a width restriction at the old bridge over the Grand Union, but the Capital Ring passes by just after its detour up Horsenden...
Maggie Appleton
Building VR Apps with React360
Illustrated notes on building VR web apps with React360
over a year ago
Illustrated notes on building VR web apps with React360
Noahpinion
Harris has the right idea on housing
It has to be managed as both a consumer good and as an asset class.
5 months ago
It has to be managed as both a consumer good and as an asset class.
TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
"The Economist" Cover Curse, Explained
PLUS: My Dune 2 review, TikTok Ban and Why Jalapeños are Less Spicy.
10 months ago
PLUS: My Dune 2 review, TikTok Ban and Why Jalapeños are Less Spicy.
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.22.0
PostHog 1.22 is out with awesome new features, usability and performance improvements, and the usual...
over a year ago
PostHog 1.22 is out with awesome new features, usability and performance improvements, and the usual bug squashing. Community MVP The community MVP…
Notes on software...
Unit testing C code with gtest
This post covers building and testing a minimal, but still useful, C
project. We'll use...
over a year ago
This post covers building and testing a minimal, but still useful, C
project. We'll use Google's
gtest and
CMake for testing C code. This will serve as a
foundation for some upcoming posts/projects on programming Linux,
userland networking and interpreters.
test/CMakeLists.txt...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Embeds and Quotations in Writing
Chris wrote “0 KB Social Media Embeds” and it got me thinking about my own approach to embeds and...
a year ago
Chris wrote “0 KB Social Media Embeds” and it got me thinking about my own approach to embeds and quotations in my writing.
A lot of my blogging is quoting other people.
I remember debating the use of social embeds on my blog because I quoted a lot of things on Twitter.
But I...
Ink & Switch
Ink & Switch Unconference [2023 / Lisboa, PT]
over a year ago
The Ruffian
Rattle Bag
History, learning, screw-ups, and suitcase-packing
a year ago
History, learning, screw-ups, and suitcase-packing
Common Edge
The Sphere in Las Vegas: A Placeless Object in a Placeless City
The latest Sin City spectacle is just that—spectacle. Pure, crystalline spectacle.
12 months ago
The latest Sin City spectacle is just that—spectacle. Pure, crystalline spectacle.
CONTEMPORIST
This Wood-Framed Glass Box Is The Ultimate Backyard Office
Architecture firm SWATT + PARTNERS has shared photos of a backyard office they designed for their...
8 months ago
Architecture firm SWATT + PARTNERS has shared photos of a backyard office they designed for their clients in Dry Creek Valley, California. The wood-framed glass box hovers above the rugged terrain, it’s placed west of the main house, is partially above a narrow level pad, and...
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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a year ago
Journal and Links by...
🔗 Pageboy — The world’s simplest static site generator.
Pageboy is a tiny app that lives in your Mac’s menu bar and helps you make static websites a bit...
a month ago
Pageboy is a tiny app that lives in your Mac’s menu bar and helps you make static websites a bit more easily. Use the good ol’ HTML, CSS, and JS you already know to build your headers, footers, and partials — then bring it together with a simple tag and instantly see the output....
Daniel Bourke
Attitude follows behaviour
Imposter syndrome.
Feeling like you’re doing something you shouldn’t be.
Hanging around those who...
a year ago
Imposter syndrome.
Feeling like you’re doing something you shouldn’t be.
Hanging around those who you feel should be.
It’s true, if at any time you feel your skill is inadequate, it likely is.
But that just means you know what you don’t
Beautiful Public...
Here’s All the Rocks We Hauled Back From the Moon
The 12 human beings who walked on the Moon collected, catalogued and returned 842 pounds of lunar...
a year ago
The 12 human beings who walked on the Moon collected, catalogued and returned 842 pounds of lunar rock and soil. Each sample has been meticulously documented in NASA's Lunar Sample Catalog.
The Gradient
Financial Market Applications of LLMs
The AI revolution drove frenzied investment in both private and public companies and captured the...
9 months ago
The AI revolution drove frenzied investment in both private and public companies and captured the public’s imagination in 2023. Transformational consumer products like ChatGPT are powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) that excel at modeling sequences of tokens that represent...
Left To Write
Soul In The Game
Going all in on life
a year ago
Sarah Parmenter
British Summertime
Aha, the great British Summer. You really never know what you’re going to get and it makes planning...
over a year ago
Aha, the great British Summer. You really never know what you’re going to get and it makes planning weekends so darn difficult. Us Brits really do love to talk about the weather; as I write this post I started the day in shorts and a t-shirt and I’m about to go and fetch a...
The American Scholar
“What a Strange Path”
Three new prompts
The post “What a Strange Path” appeared first on The American Scholar.
a month ago
Three new prompts
The post “What a Strange Path” appeared first on The American Scholar.
Mazdak
Canadian Real Estate Market Predictions for 2024
As we enter the year 2024, the Canadian real estate market presents a unique landscape for...
a year ago
As we enter the year 2024, the Canadian real estate market presents a unique landscape for investors. While the explosive growth of recent years is likely to abate, a multitude of factors will continue to shape the market's trajectory. Understanding these factors is crucial for...
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
Analyzing browserify bundles to minimize JavaScript bundle size
When building web apps, it’s important to keep the size of JavaScript code delivered to the browser...
over a year ago
When building web apps, it’s important to keep the size of JavaScript code delivered to the browser as small as possible.
I write in ES6 or TypeScript then use browserify to combine all JavaScript code into a single bundle file. For production builds I use uglify to make the...
99% Invisible
Roman Mars Describes Athens GA As It Is [EPISODE]
This is the third and final episode in a three-part series of Roman Mars recording on-location...
9 months ago
This is the third and final episode in a three-part series of Roman Mars recording on-location guides to the design features and interesting spots in cities he loves. Roman moved to Athens, Georgia, to pursue a PhD in plant genetics, but dropped out and got into the local music...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
There’s Something You Need to Know About Web Design and Development
You’re doing great at it.
(❤️ from Bluey: Baby Race)
Email, Twitter,
Mastodon
a year ago
You’re doing great at it.
(❤️ from Bluey: Baby Race)
Email, Twitter,
Mastodon
The Modern House
Mark Bonskek and Sabba Khan’s playful Maryland home is a masterclass in materiality
a year ago
Citation Needed
Issue 73 – Degen volunteer fire brigade
Terra founder Do Kwon is finally extradited, the CFPB proposes crypto consumer protections, and...
a week ago
Terra founder Do Kwon is finally extradited, the CFPB proposes crypto consumer protections, and Polymarket reaches new lows.
Math Is Still...
Mathematicians Attempt to Glimpse Past the Big Bang
By studying the geometry of model space-times, researchers offer alternative views of the universe’s...
7 months ago
By studying the geometry of model space-times, researchers offer alternative views of the universe’s first moments.
The post Mathematicians Attempt to Glimpse Past the Big Bang first appeared on Quanta Magazine
CONTEMPORIST
A Modern Tree House With Two Rooms
Architecture firm Studio MEMM has designed a tree house for their clients that could be used by both...
a year ago
Architecture firm Studio MEMM has designed a tree house for their clients that could be used by both children and adults. Located in the middle of the Brazilian forest, the design of the treehouse was inspired by the geometries of the surrounding sycamore leaf structures...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
3 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
balajis.com
The Network School
We’re starting a new school near Singapore for the dark talent of the world. Apply online at...
5 months ago
We’re starting a new school near Singapore for the dark talent of the world. Apply online at ns.com/apply.
Julia Evans
Some notes on using nix
Recently I started using a Mac for the first time. The biggest downside I’ve
noticed so far is that...
a year ago
Recently I started using a Mac for the first time. The biggest downside I’ve
noticed so far is that the package management is much worse than on Linux.
At some point I got frustrated with homebrew because I felt like it was
spending too much time upgrading when I installed new...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bottling
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
If we all live by metaphors, all you have to pick...
3 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
If we all live by metaphors, all you have to pick is the stupidest metaphor you can find.
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Seeking Wisdom
Stay the course
I spend a couple of weeks every February keeping up with my investments, timing it to coincide with...
10 months ago
I spend a couple of weeks every February keeping up with my investments, timing it to coincide with the release of Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders. I found something interesting while performing this ritual this time. I came across Aswath Damodaran’s website, where he has...
Damn Interesting
Fifteen Years Forsaken
Editor’s Note: This article contains quotations from contemporaneous accounts which might be...
over a year ago
Editor’s Note: This article contains quotations from contemporaneous accounts which might be offensive for today’s readers.
The moon was new on the night of 31 July 1761, and the wide expanse of the Indian Ocean uniformly black. But Captain Jean de Lafargue of the French cargo...
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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9 months ago
Open Culture
The Isolated Bass Grooves of The Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh (RIP)
This past Friday, the bassist of The Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh, passed away at age 84. Almost...
2 months ago
This past Friday, the bassist of The Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh, passed away at age 84. Almost immediately the tributes poured in, most recognizing that Lesh wasn’t your ordinary bassist. As Jon Pareles wrote in the New York Times, Phil Lesh held songs “aloft.” His “bass lines...
Calculated Risk
Sunday Night Futures
Weekend:
Schedule for Week of January 5, 2025
Question #2 for 2025: How much will job growth slow in...
2 weeks ago
Weekend:
Schedule for Week of January 5, 2025
Question #2 for 2025: How much will job growth slow in 2025? Or will the economy lose jobs?
Question #1 for 2025: How much will the economy grow in 2025? Will there be a recession in 2025?
Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500...
Josh Thompson
Content but Restless
There is tension between being content with what you have, and striving for more.
We have all heard...
over a year ago
There is tension between being content with what you have, and striving for more.
We have all heard the “serenity prayer”:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
This prayer is...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
The Climate Game — Can you reach net zero?
I lost my position as global minister for future generations because I spent my effort points to...
over a year ago
I lost my position as global minister for future generations because I spent my effort points to fast to reach net zero.
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Why you Might Want to Extend React Components
Do not extend components. If there is anything React community agrees upon, this is it. Use HOCs....
over a year ago
Do not extend components. If there is anything React community agrees upon, this is it. Use HOCs. Use state managers (and their connector HOCs). Use render props. Do not inherit. Remember, composition over inheritance! Obey your guru. Once upon a time, a developer extended his...
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
Neil Madden
Entity authentication with a KEM
In cryptography, the process of authenticating a user (or app/service) is known as entity...
a year ago
In cryptography, the process of authenticating a user (or app/service) is known as entity authentication or identification (to distinguish it from message authentication or data origin authentication). There are lots of ways to do this. In this post I’m going to talk about...
Journal and Links by...
🔗 The great escape from Reichsdummvogel.
People change, we’ve changed, and no matter where we choose to interact online, who we are today is...
2 months ago
People change, we’ve changed, and no matter where we choose to interact online, who we are today is coming with us. I don’t mean to suggest that in a negative way, but I have yet to come across anyone who is 5-10 years older who hasn’t changed. And many of those folks feel...
The Modern House
Cath Kidston: the floral-obsessed entrepreneur on why life isn’t always a bed of roses
Cath Kidston needs little introduction. Her eponymous brand was something of a zeitgeist, becoming...
11 months ago
Cath Kidston needs little introduction. Her eponymous brand was something of a zeitgeist, becoming entirely synonymous with a certain strand of the shabby-chic look that so gripped the late 1990s and early 2000s. But there was life before the company – Cath worked first for […]
Kevin Chen
Analyzing Tesla AI Day 2022
I was fortunate enough to attend this year’s Tesla AI Day. Tesla’s architecture has always been...
over a year ago
I was fortunate enough to attend this year’s Tesla AI Day. Tesla’s architecture has always been interesting to me because their hardware limitations drive advances in their software. Relative to other players in the industry:
Low-spec sensors require ML- and data-first...
Melting Asphalt
A Natural History of Beauty
A mashup of ideas from David Deutsch, Geoffrey Miller, and Richard Prum, with a little César Hidalgo...
over a year ago
A mashup of ideas from David Deutsch, Geoffrey Miller, and Richard Prum, with a little César Hidalgo thrown in for good measure. —— Of all the problems that can plague a discussion of beauty — and there are several — perhaps…
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Seth's Blog
Just looking
Lots of people go to the beach but very few get in the water. 3,000 students go to the football game...
a year ago
Lots of people go to the beach but very few get in the water. 3,000 students go to the football game to watch 20 of their peers play. And we go to a conference to meet people and connect, and then spend most of our time hoping someone else will see us and care enough […]
A Beautiful Site
IE8 burns the Acid 2 test
An internal build of IE8 is reported to have passed the Acid 2 test. This is great news, as...
over a year ago
An internal build of IE8 is reported to have passed the Acid 2 test. This is great news, as Microsoft is showing more and more progress towards incorporating web standards into Internet Explorer, even though IE7 has remained dormant since it's release back in October 2006.
The...
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✏️ Let This Be a Moment
A moment when you discover that legacy media is not in your best interest, being fueled by...
a month ago
A moment when you discover that legacy media is not in your best interest, being fueled by advertising and bureaucratic bullshit. If you've worked anywhere, you should understand that no organization is immune to this.
A moment when you might consider stepping out of your shoes...
A Smart Bear
Brittle Points: How to make companies robust
Brittleness is when the company fails because just one component breaks. Learn some strategies for...
a month ago
Brittleness is when the company fails because just one component breaks. Learn some strategies for fixing Brittle Points.
Stoic Simple
A Beginner’s Guide to Practicing Stoicism
The ancient philosophy of Stoicism has recently gained popularity as a way to navigate life's...
a year ago
The ancient philosophy of Stoicism has recently gained popularity as a way to navigate life's challenges with a clearer, more level-headed mindset. Here, we will explore the key principles of Stoicism and offer practical ways to incorporate them into your daily life....
On Life and Lisp
The Apple GPU and the Impossible Bug
In late 2020, Apple debuted the M1 with Apple’s GPU architecture, AGX, rumoured to be derived from...
over a year ago
In late 2020, Apple debuted the M1 with Apple’s GPU architecture, AGX, rumoured to be derived from Imagination’s PowerVR series. Since then, we’ve been reverse-engineering AGX and building open source graphics drivers. Last January, I rendered a triangle with my own code, but...
blag
Internet is wholesome: MVCC edition
This is a short story about how I hit a wall while implementing a database research paper, found a...
a year ago
This is a short story about how I hit a wall while implementing a database research paper, found a publication error and how people on the internet helped me.
Asterisk
Intelligence Testing
Everyone agrees that AIs are getting smarter — but it’s surprisingly difficult to measure by how...
a year ago
Everyone agrees that AIs are getting smarter — but it’s surprisingly difficult to measure by how much.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
CONTEMPORIST
Curved Windows Allow This Home To Have Unobstructed Water Views
The Wiseman Group has updated a 90’s home in Sausalito, California, that was originally designed by...
11 months ago
The Wiseman Group has updated a 90’s home in Sausalito, California, that was originally designed by the late architect Donald Olsen. Located on a hillside with waterfront views, the home has been thoughtfully modernized as an elegant family living space that still honors the...
Christopher Butler
Periodical 13
Image ecology and my top 10 science fiction films.
Hello from warm vibeland, where we are...
a year ago
Image ecology and my top 10 science fiction films.
Hello from warm vibeland, where we are enjoying a glass of wine, a great record on the stereo, and skillet-roasting a nicely seasoned chicken surrounded by root vegetables. All is well.
I’ve promised to myself to only...
abdz.do - Have you...
CG animation and motion design — Oknoplast PAVA
CG animation and motion design — Oknoplast PAVA
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...
a year ago
CG animation and motion design — Oknoplast PAVA
abduzeedo0505—23
Polish creative agency Ars Thanea recently completed a stunning CG animation project powered by the new OKNOPLAST window. The result is a breathtaking volcanic world that tells a...
Res Obscura
2,000-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past
Why artifacts like the Carmona Wine Urn, the Pazyryk Rug, and the Sword of Goujian are so important
a week ago
Why artifacts like the Carmona Wine Urn, the Pazyryk Rug, and the Sword of Goujian are so important
sbensu
Default blind
In a software business, it is hard to even know what is going on.
4 months ago
In a software business, it is hard to even know what is going on.
Londonist
The Petrie Museum: Ancient Egypt Without The British Museum Crowds
The Bloomsbury museum hidden in UCL.
11 months ago
The Bloomsbury museum hidden in UCL.
CONTEMPORIST
This Cafe In Austria Has a Cycling Inspired Design
Architecture and interior design studio Archisphere collaborated with Carbone & Kacerovsky to design...
a year ago
Architecture and interior design studio Archisphere collaborated with Carbone & Kacerovsky to design a ‘Cyclist’, a modern cafe at the Hotel Andaz am Belvedere Vienna. Archisphere drew inspiration from the movement, freedom, and enjoyment associated with cycling. In addition to...
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Anecdotal Evidence
'When Young Men Go to Die'
Like most lifelong civilian Americans, I have
never fired a gun in my life. I owned a BB gun when I...
8 months ago
Like most lifelong civilian Americans, I have
never fired a gun in my life. I owned a BB gun when I was a kid and often fired
my brother’s pellet gun. My experience with firearms is entirely second- or
third-hand via the movies, which give me the illusion that I know...
Epic Web Dev
Automatic Browser Request Cancellation (tip)
Discover how automatic browser request cancellation works and its implications for web development.
a year ago
Discover how automatic browser request cancellation works and its implications for web development.
nanoscale views
Tour de force work: Bragg, diffraction, and diamond
There are some examples of scientific progress that just seem so far above and beyond the norm, it's...
a year ago
There are some examples of scientific progress that just seem so far above and beyond the norm, it's almost jaw dropping in terms of the mental leap needed for the insight. One example that I always liked to point out to first-year undergrads learning about gravity is Johannes...
Alice GG
Is technical analysis just stock market astrology?
Technical analysis is a part of finance that studies price moves to guide investment decisions.
A...
a year ago
Technical analysis is a part of finance that studies price moves to guide investment decisions.
A lot of investors seem skeptical of the use of past price data, which leads to technical analysis often being perceived as similar to astrology.
In this article, I will try to see if...
TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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3 months ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
How to run a transparent startup
There really hasn't been a single situation where transparency hasn't been to our company's...
over a year ago
There really hasn't been a single situation where transparency hasn't been to our company's advantage. Most companies seem to share when necessary but…
PostHog's RSS Feed
Things I learned last year
2021 went well for PostHog - especially given we're not even two years old yet. 7,014 customers...
over a year ago
2021 went well for PostHog - especially given we're not even two years old yet. 7,014 customers across our range of products (!) 800% increase in…
A Smart Bear
Why I feel like a fraud (Impostor Syndrome)
Most high-performing people experience Impostor Syndrome. I did too. When you understand the cause,...
a year ago
Most high-performing people experience Impostor Syndrome. I did too. When you understand the cause, you can defeat it.
Calculated Risk
FOMC Minutes: "The process [of reaching inflation target] could take longer than previously...
From the Fed: Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, December 17–18, 2024. Excerpt:
With...
a week ago
From the Fed: Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, December 17–18, 2024. Excerpt:
With regard to the outlook for inflation, participants expected that inflation would continue to move toward 2 percent, although they noted that recent higher-than-expected readings on...
Commoncog
Strong at Capital, Bad at Everything Else
Two examples of operators who were strong on the capital side of the business expertise triad, but...
a year ago
Two examples of operators who were strong on the capital side of the business expertise triad, but weak in just about everything else.
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
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Inventing Cyrillic
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markround.com
DevOps for the Sinclair Spectrum - Part 1
Discussion on Hacker News Discussion on lobste.rs
Intro
When I was around 8-9 years old, I...
over a year ago
Discussion on Hacker News Discussion on lobste.rs
Intro
When I was around 8-9 years old, I received a Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer for my birthday. One of my earliest memories I remember is sitting with my Dad, reading the manual to work out the magic commands to load...
TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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a year ago
The Modern House
Dancing down the decades at Domus – a monument to mid-century modernism
5 months ago
Noahpinion
Interview: Sarah C. Paine
A scholar of the 20th century explains the conflicts of the 21st.
11 months ago
A scholar of the 20th century explains the conflicts of the 21st.
alexwlchan
Monki Gras 2024: Step… Step… Step…
Yesterday I gave a talk at Monki Gras 2024.
This year, the theme is “Prompting Craft: examining and...
10 months ago
Yesterday I gave a talk at Monki Gras 2024.
This year, the theme is “Prompting Craft: examining and discussing the art of the prompt in code and cultural creation”.
I did a talk about my experience of learning these new AI tools, and I draw comparisons to learning to dance.
This...
The Ruffian
The Google Gemini Debacle Shows Us Why Office Politics Matters More Than Ever
On the Real Alignment Problem
10 months ago
On the Real Alignment Problem
Seth's Blog
The useful agreement
Contrary to expectations, written contracts don’t have to be adversarial. In fact, the effective...
a year ago
Contrary to expectations, written contracts don’t have to be adversarial. In fact, the effective ones rarely are. When you hand someone a release, a royalty agreement or even a partnership document, it pays to point out the gnarly parts, the controversial bits and the ones that...
Arduino Blog
Kick off the Monaco Grand Prix weekend with these Formula 1-inspired Arduino projects
The Monaco Grand Prix is just days away and will likely be one of the most exciting races of the...
8 months ago
The Monaco Grand Prix is just days away and will likely be one of the most exciting races of the season. While most fans can’t participate directly — except as spectators — they can celebrate their passion through DIY projects. That’s why we’ve scoured the community to find the...
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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9 months ago
Seth's Blog
The digital barback
A barback supports the bartending staff. There are always clean glasses and fresh ingredients, ready...
9 months ago
A barback supports the bartending staff. There are always clean glasses and fresh ingredients, ready to go. Having someone else do your mise en place can dramatically improve your productivity. And now, with a bit of effort, you can train an AI and a few systems to do it for you....
Rest of World -...
The apps were designed for home security. They’re being used to watch and harass domestic workers
Tiger Global-backed MyGate and Google-backed NoBrokerHood are digitizing social biases.
a year ago
Tiger Global-backed MyGate and Google-backed NoBrokerHood are digitizing social biases.
Seth's Blog
Return on effort
It’s a pretty simple calculation. How much value per dollar does a freelancer produce for you?...
7 months ago
It’s a pretty simple calculation. How much value per dollar does a freelancer produce for you? What’s the psychic reward for the time you put into your favorite hobby? That machine that takes time and money to set up and run… what does it create when it’s operating? Not...
Marian's Blog
Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape Representations
This article provides an overview of the paper "Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape...
over a year ago
This article provides an overview of the paper "Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape Representations", which I co-authored with Matthias Fey.
While the paper focuses on the theoretical aspects, I'll provide a higher level explanation and and some visualizations...
A Beautiful Site
Avoiding timestamp errors when calculating dates in php
When calculating dates in PHP, it is easy to add millisecond values such as 60 * 60 * 24 to...
over a year ago
When calculating dates in PHP, it is easy to add millisecond values such as 60 * 60 * 24 to increment the time by one day. This can become problematic for two main reasons.
Issues with leap years #
A year has approximately 365.25 days, hence a leap year occurs once every four...
Asterisk
The Art of Asking Questions
Everyone seems to agree that self-report questions are fraught with lies, biases, errors, and other...
a month ago
Everyone seems to agree that self-report questions are fraught with lies, biases, errors, and other inaccuracies. We all use them anyway. How can we ask them better?
The Honest Broker
Where Do Music Genres Come From?
A new section from my online book 'Music to Raise the Dead'
4 months ago
A new section from my online book 'Music to Raise the Dead'
Ken Shirriff's blog
The first microcomputer: The transfluxor-powered Arma Micro Computer from 1962
What would you say is the first microcomputer?1 The Apple I from 1976? The Altair 8800 from...
11 months ago
What would you say is the first microcomputer?1 The Apple I from 1976? The Altair 8800 from 1974?
Perhaps the lesser-known Micral N (1973) or Q1 (1972)?
How about the Arma Micro Computer from way back in 1962.
The Arma Micro Computer was a compact 20-pound transistorized...
The Honest Broker
A Tribute to Tony Bennett (1926-2023)
I've been a fan since childhood—and it feels like I've lost a part of my extended family
a year ago
I've been a fan since childhood—and it feels like I've lost a part of my extended family
The Modern House
The best of Kensal Rise and Queen’s Park, north-west London
a year ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
Retention rate vs churn rate: An intro to churn analysis
Here's what you need to know about churn rate and retention rate: Churn rate is the percentage of...
a year ago
Here's what you need to know about churn rate and retention rate: Churn rate is the percentage of customers who stop using your product during a…
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - License
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6 months ago
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Josh Thompson
On Friction
warning. self-indulgeant diatribe coming. I generally try to avoid these, but it’s my website, and I...
over a year ago
warning. self-indulgeant diatribe coming. I generally try to avoid these, but it’s my website, and I can write what I want.
We’re rapidly approaching the end of the year, and I’ve got a few dozen ideas rolling around my head that I want to solidify my thoughts on.
One of the...
This Space
At home he’s a tourist: The Moment by Peter Holm Jensen
Such a modest, self-effacing title, barely relieved by the blanched map on the cover. In everyday...
over a year ago
Such a modest, self-effacing title, barely relieved by the blanched map on the cover. In everyday speech, a word or two is usually added to supplement the weedy noun: people say “At this moment in time”, which is when I ask: can a moment be in anything else; a moment in lampposts...
Open Culture
Ray Bradbury Wrote the First Draft of Fahrenheit 451 on Coin-Operated Typewriters, for a Total of...
Image by Alan Light, via Wikimedia Commons It sounds like a third grade math problem: “If Ray...
7 months ago
Image by Alan Light, via Wikimedia Commons It sounds like a third grade math problem: “If Ray Bradbury wrote the first draft of Fahrenheit 451 (1953) on a coin-operated typewriter that charged 10 cents for every 30 minutes, and he spent a total of $9.80, how many hours did it...
CONTEMPORIST
Top 20 A’ Design Award Winners From Past Years
This article has been brought to you by A’ Design Award and Competition. A’ Design Award &...
a year ago
This article has been brought to you by A’ Design Award and Competition. A’ Design Award & Competition is the Worlds’ leading design accolade reaching design enthusiasts around the world, and showcasing winners from 114 countries in 139 different design disciplines. More than...
Seth's Blog
Decisions as effort
Why are we more likely to get tasks done than to take on new initiatives? Checking something off a...
3 months ago
Why are we more likely to get tasks done than to take on new initiatives? Checking something off a to-do list requires far less emotional energy than adding something to the list was in the first place. As is often the case, “resistance” is the answer. It’s easy to type a book,...
Steve Klabnik
Deleuze for developers: deterritorialization
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
How utterly mad it all is
Although her life was cut tragically short, Lorraine Hansberry’s influence on American theatre was...
a year ago
Although her life was cut tragically short, Lorraine Hansberry’s influence on American theatre was profound. Raised amid the racial turbulence of 1930s Chicago, she channelled her experiences into A Raisin in the Sun, a groundbreaking play that earned her three distinctions: the...
The Codist
My Wikipedia Entry For Trapeze
Maury Markowitz wrote up the story of Trapeze (covered earlier in this blog) on Wikipedia.
It sure...
a year ago
Maury Markowitz wrote up the story of Trapeze (covered earlier in this blog) on Wikipedia.
It sure seems like a long time ago.
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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My Pardot landing page starter kit
Over the past year, I’ve built an increasing amount of Pardot landing pages in my day to day role. I...
over a year ago
Over the past year, I’ve built an increasing amount of Pardot landing pages in my day to day role. I think landing pages are a really…
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bayesing
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The bigotry of Modernism
We know that history tends to repeat itself, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse....
8 months ago
We know that history tends to repeat itself, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. Unfortunately, the architecture world, including academics and practitioners, is often unaware that it perpetuates backward and bigoted attitudes, stifling the creativity of architects and...
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
a year ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
Matt Mullenweg
Michael Palmisano on Collier
I’ve been obsessed with Jacob Collier since I first saw his Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing cover on...
2 months ago
I’ve been obsessed with Jacob Collier since I first saw his Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing cover on YouTube, and one of my favorite genres of videos is genius musicians breaking down the incredible musical stuff Jacob is doing. (He even has his own instrument now.) This reaction...
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
3 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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3 months ago
Noahpinion
Vibes vs. data
It's asymmetric warfare out there.
a year ago
It's asymmetric warfare out there.
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Open Source Typeface Pairings
Open Source Typeface Pairings
2018-01-25
I always love finding new typeface pairings to use across...
over a year ago
Open Source Typeface Pairings
2018-01-25
I always love finding new typeface pairings to use across my personal and client projects, but I find many suggested pairings come with a hefty price tag (rightly so - premium typefaces are normally always worth their cost).
So, I’ve...
orlp.net - Blog...
Bitwise Binary Search: Elegant and Fast
I recently read the article Beautiful Branchless Binary Search
by Malte Skarupke. In it they discuss...
a year ago
I recently read the article Beautiful Branchless Binary Search
by Malte Skarupke. In it they discuss the merits of the following snippet of
C++ code implementing a binary search:
template<typename It, typename T, typename Cmp>
It lower_bound_skarupke(It begin, It end, const T&...
Calculated Risk
FOMC Statement: 25bp Rate Cut
Fed Chair Powell press conference video here or on YouTube here, starting at 2:30 PM ET.
FOMC...
a month ago
Fed Chair Powell press conference video here or on YouTube here, starting at 2:30 PM ET.
FOMC Statement:
lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 percentage point to 4-1/4 to 4-1/2 percent. In considering the extent and timing of additional adjustments to the...
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Series
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Seth's Blog
The Net Promoter Score
More than two-thirds of the companies surveyed said that they used NPS methodology with their...
8 months ago
More than two-thirds of the companies surveyed said that they used NPS methodology with their customers. Some are using it to measure employee satisfaction as well. The P stands for ‘promoter’, but of course, it doesn’t actually measure promotion. If that many of your customers...
macwright.com
Recently
I saw Tim Hecker at Pioneer Works, and was astounded by the opener, Mizu.
Bought the album as soon...
a year ago
I saw Tim Hecker at Pioneer Works, and was astounded by the opener, Mizu.
Bought the album as soon as I got home. It is, crudely explained, like if
Zoë Keating dialed up the synths and pedals and rhythm, and it was also a
remarkable live show.
Distant Intervals by MIZU
Reading
I...
Epic Web Dev
Deploy Web Applications All Over the World (tutorial)
a year ago
Birchtree
Comfort Zone predicts tech in 2025
In this very special episode, the gang makes their "Pro" and "Pro Max" predictions for tech in 2025...
5 days ago
In this very special episode, the gang makes their "Pro" and "Pro Max" predictions for tech in 2025 and oh my, does it get wild! Who's best clued into the tech coming this year? Who is just wish-casting their way to third place? This
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Galloping Search
I recently learned about Galloping Search while building a distributed log called s3-log. It’s used...
a month ago
I recently learned about Galloping Search while building a distributed log called s3-log. It’s used to search sorted items when the upper bound is unknown. In this short post, I will share my notes and other alternatives I discovered for searching over unbounded items
Londonist
Where On The Tube Can You See A WWII Gun Emplacement?
A defensive relic on the District line.
a year ago
A defensive relic on the District line.
Noahpinion
Do poor countries need a new development strategy?
Bangladesh and Southeast Asia are defying the economists who say industrialization is dead.
11 months ago
Bangladesh and Southeast Asia are defying the economists who say industrialization is dead.
Retail Design Blog
SONGZIO Galerie Noir
The SONGZIO fashion brand was founded in 1993 by designer and ESMOD graduate Zio Song and was one of...
8 months ago
The SONGZIO fashion brand was founded in 1993 by designer and ESMOD graduate Zio Song and was one of the...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Look for Truth, for Knowledge, for Wisdom'
“The library
is, and always has been, the heart of a college. . . . For professors--professors
of...
a year ago
“The library
is, and always has been, the heart of a college. . . . For professors--professors
of the humanities, at any rate--as much as students, are the creatures of the
library. Just as the laboratory is the domain of the sciences, so the library
is the domain of the...
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