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Flushing DNS cache on macOS Here's the best way to flush DNS cache on macOS: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP...
2nd Mar 2016
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Flushing DNS cache on macOS

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Mar 2016
Here's the best way to flush DNS cache on macOS: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder; say cache flushed Notice that last part — that's why this is the best method. You get an audible "cache flushed" almost instantaneously, and the whole process becomes...
Home office renovation When we moved back to our childhood community and bought a house I had one pretty big requirement: I...
1st Mar 2019
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Home office renovation

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

1st Mar 2019
When we moved back to our childhood community and bought a house I had one pretty big requirement: I had to have a home office as I need to work remote. There simply isn’t any software development work for me here. So the later part of 2018 and early 2019 we’ve renovated an old...
Tech metaphors Tired of referencing the same yaks, sheds, and cars over and over again? Here’s a few new metaphors...
11th Nov 2019
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Tech metaphors

from Eric Bailey [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Nov 2019
Tired of referencing the same yaks, sheds, and cars over and over again? Here’s a few new metaphors to drop at your next sprint planning meeting: Winchester Mystery House A mansion in San Jose, California that was once occupied by Sarah Winchester, widow of the eponymous firearms...
Across the Spiderverse It is very gratifying for me to see all the praise for this movie, some of it feeling overdue from...
7th Jun 2023
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Across the Spiderverse

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jun 2023
It is very gratifying for me to see all the praise for this movie, some of it feeling overdue from the somehow-underappreciated Into the Spiderverse. And, to be sure, the praise is earned: this is "what if the first movie, but more" in the best way possible. I thought the former,...
Building as gardening Although I've never had a garden
9th Apr 2025
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Building as gardening

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Apr 2025
Although I've never had a garden
Housekeeping for 20240102 Some stats, updates, and whatnot
3rd Jan 2024
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Housekeeping for 20240102

from Abort Retry Fail [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jan 2024
Some stats, updates, and whatnot
Browser makers: where’s the new tab + homepage option? Ever since tabbed browsing hit the mainstream I've been hooked. It's rare to see less than a handful...
7th Aug 2009
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Browser makers: where’s the new tab + homepage option?

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Aug 2009
Ever since tabbed browsing hit the mainstream I've been hooked. It's rare to see less than a handful of tabs open in my web browser at any time. Whether I'm developing, checking email, or just surfing around, I can never seem to have enough tabs! But there's one thing about this...
How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts AI-based assistants or “agents” — autonomous programs that have access to the user’s computer,...
8th Mar 2026
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How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts

from Krebs on Security [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Mar 2026
AI-based assistants or “agents” — autonomous programs that have access to the user’s computer, files, online services and can automate virtually any task — are growing in popularity with developers and IT workers. But as so many eyebrow-raising headlines over the past few weeks...
Deep Research, Deep Bullshit, and the potential (model) collapse of science Sam Altman’s hype might just bite us all in the behind
3rd Feb 2025
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3rd Feb 2025
Sam Altman’s hype might just bite us all in the behind
So I saw this headline reading it was, "Is he Deommodore 64?" (No, unfortunately, Deommodore Lenoir's jersey number is 2,...
29th Jul 2025
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So I saw this headline

from Old Vintage Computing Research [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Jul 2025
reading it was, "Is he Deommodore 64?" (No, unfortunately, Deommodore Lenoir's jersey number is 2, and I'm not even a 49ers fan.)
on inner expectations I am not sure when it started, but I tend to feel like I am wasting my life if I am not doing...
1st Jun 2025
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on inner expectations

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

1st Jun 2025
I am not sure when it started, but I tend to feel like I am wasting my life if I am not doing something creative or enriching. Hence it has been difficult...
Building and launching my first iPhone app (And doing it the hard way.)
29th Jun 2019
1

Building and launching my first iPhone app

from Daniel Immke [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Jun 2019
(And doing it the hard way.)
1st Jun 2026
Re-sourcing the Mind The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No.
1st Aug 2024
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Re-sourcing the Mind

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Aug 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No.
Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback 2020-12-04 Sometimes websites and web apps might require...
4th Dec 2020
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Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback

from Making software better without sacrificing user experience. [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Dec 2020
Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback 2020-12-04 Sometimes websites and web apps might require content to be "injected" via Javascript. I should mention that I am strongly against this practice - but often this kind of thing is out of one's hands. So, the least I can do is...
India income tax e-filing utility for Linux India has made a major overhaul to it's Income Tax filing website and with it its offline e-filing...
1st Oct 2021
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India income tax e-filing utility for Linux

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Oct 2021
India has made a major overhaul to it's Income Tax filing website and with it its offline e-filing utilities which are now available only for Windows and Mac. Earlier the utility was in Java and was available for linux. Now it's been replaced with electron wrapper over the...
Why I believe the new Mac Pro won't be a great machine for gaming In Accidental Tech Podcast episode 18 (love the show), I learned that John Siracusa was thinking...
22nd Jun 2013
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Why I believe the new Mac Pro won't be a great machine for gaming

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Jun 2013
In Accidental Tech Podcast episode 18 (love the show), I learned that John Siracusa was thinking about buying a new Mac Pro for gaming. I believe that gaming on the new Mac Pro will be a mediocre experience. Driver support: as John mentioned himself, the video cards are...
Designing for People The kindest and strongest praise that you can give this book is that it was written in 1955 and...
1st Jan 2023
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Designing for People

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2023
The kindest and strongest praise that you can give this book is that it was written in 1955 and neither its praxis nor its theory has aged a day. A lot of external praise is directed at its much-ballyhooed prognostication of the future (predicting FaceTime in 1955, that sort of...
Using a Mylar Mask to Reduce Chatter in a Linocut One of the problems to overcome when printing a linocut is ink being picked up by the carved away...
2nd Jul 2025
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Using a Mylar Mask to Reduce Chatter in a Linocut

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Jul 2025
One of the problems to overcome when printing a linocut is ink being picked up by the carved away areas of the block. These lines print onto the paper causing 'chatter' or 'noise'. Sometimes chatter on a print can add character or interest to a piece but other times it can just...
Servicing a robot vacuum cleaner Back in 2011 I got myself an iRobot Roomba 555 robot vacuum cleaner to automatically clean my...
19th Mar 2019
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Servicing a robot vacuum cleaner

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Mar 2019
Back in 2011 I got myself an iRobot Roomba 555 robot vacuum cleaner to automatically clean my apartment. It's a little circle shaped robot that drives around sucking up dust bunnies. Over the years it has bravely fought the dangers of my apartment... shoes, cables, carpet and...
How I Stole Your Siacoin A seedy reddit post The night was June 9th, 2017. It was a typical Friday night for me. I was...
16th Jun 2017
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How I Stole Your Siacoin

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

16th Jun 2017
A seedy reddit post The night was June 9th, 2017. It was a typical Friday night for me. I was watching Netflix and checking reddit partying with cool kids. Suddenly, I saw this post on the “New” tab of the /r/siacoin subreddit: If you’re not familiar with Siacoin, it’s a...
Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at...
7th Nov 2023
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7th Nov 2023
Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at the All-In Summit that was really two talks in one. The first part was railing against the consequences of regulatory capture on innovation and a second part, about the...
#5 Kubera: What's my net worth? Respect master spreadsheet
8th Feb 2024
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#5 Kubera: What's my net worth?

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

8th Feb 2024
Respect master spreadsheet
The Hospitality Solution in Your Business A look at the main provocation of Will Guidara’s Unreasonable Hospitality: that you can solve...
11th Sep 2024
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The Hospitality Solution in Your Business

from Commoncog [alt+shift+b] in finance

11th Sep 2024
A look at the main provocation of Will Guidara’s Unreasonable Hospitality: that you can solve (certain) business problems with hospitality, and that it only takes a little thoughtfulness to do so.
The Disneyland Dilemma Disney's cash cow is the theme parks division. Can new CEO Josh D'Amaro milk Disneyland to complete...
2nd Apr 2026
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The Disneyland Dilemma

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

2nd Apr 2026
Disney's cash cow is the theme parks division. Can new CEO Josh D'Amaro milk Disneyland to complete the cable-to-streaming transition?
How to Pick a Problem So You Want To Do Robots: Part 7. Allright, you’re going to make a general purpose robot. Eventually...
11th Mar 2023
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How to Pick a Problem

from General Robots [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Mar 2023
So You Want To Do Robots: Part 7. Allright, you’re going to make a general purpose robot. Eventually it’s going to do all kinds of things. But right now it doesn’t do anything. What do you try first? In this post we’ll talk about the various pitfalls to avoid when choosing your...
COVID was bad for the climate William Cho The standard narrative on COVID and the climate is: People worked from home, cancelled...
28th Mar 2021
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COVID was bad for the climate

from Ryan Barrett [alt+shift+b] in startups

28th Mar 2021
William Cho The standard narrative on COVID and the climate is: People worked from home, cancelled travel plans, cut down overall consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions fell drastically. It’s great for the environment! Let’s keep it up! With apologies to H. L. Mencken, I...
Career Retrospective: Being Interviewed I'm starting a series on what I learned during my four decades as a working programmer. First, I...
4th Apr 2024
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Career Retrospective: Being Interviewed

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

4th Apr 2024
I'm starting a series on what I learned during my four decades as a working programmer. First, I will describe my experience of being interviewed. Interviews are part of being a programmer; every time you find a new job, you will go through interviews, which allow a prospective
XSS doesn’t have to be game over There’s a persistent belief among web security people that cross-site scripting (XSS) is a “game...
10th Dec 2020
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XSS doesn’t have to be game over

from Neil Madden [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Dec 2020
There’s a persistent belief among web security people that cross-site scripting (XSS) is a “game over” event for defence: there is no effective way to recover if an attacker can inject code into your site. Brian Campbell refers to this as “XSS Nihilism”, which is a great...
Euler, enlightenment genius The talents and personality of the most prolific mathematician in history
23rd Apr 2026
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Euler, enlightenment genius

from Patterns in Humanity [alt+shift+b] in history

23rd Apr 2026
The talents and personality of the most prolific mathematician in history
Proving that every program halts One of the best known hard problems in computer science is the halting problem. In fact, it's widely...
23rd Jun 2025
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Proving that every program halts

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

23rd Jun 2025
One of the best known hard problems in computer science is the halting problem. In fact, it's widely thought[1] that you cannot write a program that will, for any arbitrary program as input, tell you correctly whether or not it will terminate. This is written from the framing of...
Decreasing the F.Q. - A talk on Facial Recognition and the Opt Out Cap Links to a talk I gave on the Opt-Out cap and the state of surveillance via facial recognition.
10th Feb 2020
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Decreasing the F.Q. - A talk on Facial Recognition and the Opt Out Cap

from Blog - Mac Pierce [alt+shift+b] in creative

10th Feb 2020
Links to a talk I gave on the Opt-Out cap and the state of surveillance via facial recognition.
Why the web will win 197 billion apps were downloaded in 20171: that’s almost 26 per human being on the planet Earth. 6...
6th Jan 2018
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Why the web will win

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

6th Jan 2018
197 billion apps were downloaded in 20171: that’s almost 26 per human being on the planet Earth. 6 apps per second. In the 10 years since Apple opened the App Store, app downloads have doubled, on average, every two years.2 Given the numbers, it’s not surprising that many...
Jolted and Jumbled: Riding in a Sedan Chair in the 18th Century If there is one form of transport that perhaps typifies the 18th century more than any other, it is...
19th Aug 2025
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Jolted and Jumbled: Riding in a Sedan Chair in the 18th Century

from Dr Alun Withey [alt+shift+b] in history

19th Aug 2025
If there is one form of transport that perhaps typifies the 18th century more than any other, it is a sedan chair.  Recently I have been doing some work on stage coaches, and the experience of what it was actually like to travel in one. This is already turning up some interesting...
Top ten activities that make me happy Recently we finally moved out of our old apartment and into a new larger apartment and it’s awesome....
24th Jun 2017
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Top ten activities that make me happy

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

24th Jun 2017
Recently we finally moved out of our old apartment and into a new larger apartment and it’s awesome. It’s no more than a year old and feels very fresh compared to the old one. It’s also larger with an extra room, dishwasher (!) and closer to the city centrum and everything is...
Why do bees die when they sting you? Suicide is a truly bizarre evolutionary strategy. Why does it exist?
4th Oct 2021
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Why do bees die when they sting you?

from SubAnima [alt+shift+b] in science

4th Oct 2021
Suicide is a truly bizarre evolutionary strategy. Why does it exist?
The SMILE Curve Has Come for Software Why software value is migrating to the edges, just like hardware did decades ago
14th Apr 2026
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The SMILE Curve Has Come for Software

from Entrepreneur's Edge [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Apr 2026
Why software value is migrating to the edges, just like hardware did decades ago
The View From RSS What the web looks like when you subscribe to 2,000 RSS feeds.
3rd Mar 2026
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The View From RSS

from Caroline Crampton [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Mar 2026
What the web looks like when you subscribe to 2,000 RSS feeds.
Harris/Walz 2024 US Presidential Campaign Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: www.flickr.com Kit Karzen/Harris for President. License:...
4th Sep 2024
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Harris/Walz 2024 US Presidential Campaign

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

4th Sep 2024
Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: www.flickr.com Kit Karzen/Harris for President. License: All Rights Reserved. The Kamala Harris 2024 campaign identity, designed by Wide Eye Creative, is built around Sans Plomb, a condensed gothic not unlike the Bureau Grot used by...
Not Everything is About ROI Those who choose to try to optimize life by calculating the costs and benefits of every decision,...
2nd Aug 2025
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Not Everything is About ROI

from Hyphen Nation [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Aug 2025
Those who choose to try to optimize life by calculating the costs and benefits of every decision, are ultimately only cheating themselves.
Financial Update: February 2023 <p>In January, I managed to pay myself $500 for the first time — from my Saas making —&nbsp;since...
1st Feb 2023
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Financial Update: February 2023

from Val Sopi [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

1st Feb 2023
<p>In January, I managed to pay myself $500 for the first time — from my Saas making —&nbsp;since setting sail on <a href="https://valsopi.com/setting-sail">my journey to financial freedom</a>.</p><p>The plan is to keep paying myself at least $500 each month going forward, hoping...
9th Feb 2024
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Ask security questions

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

9th Feb 2024
Million-Mile Tech Durability is the ultimate feature. I wrote in October last year that I wouldn’t upgrade my iPhone...
21st Oct 2025
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Million-Mile Tech

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

21st Oct 2025
Durability is the ultimate feature. I wrote in October last year that I wouldn’t upgrade my iPhone 14 Pro. That’s also not quite true. I did upgrade my phone — with a new battery and leather case. This isn’t what people typically think of when they say they upgraded their phone....
Typescript-friendly label fallbacks Here's a quick workaround that keeps Typescript happy.
2nd Mar 2023
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Typescript-friendly label fallbacks

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

2nd Mar 2023
Here's a quick workaround that keeps Typescript happy.
trading off love is freedom
a week ago
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trading off

from bookbear express [alt+shift+b] in life

a week ago
love is freedom
The day I sold my car This week I sold my car, I now no longer own one. I look back at my years of owning a sports car, if...
12th Feb 2020
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The day I sold my car

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

12th Feb 2020
This week I sold my car, I now no longer own one. I look back at my years of owning a sports car, if you're looking for a reason to buy one you should check this out.
I deleted my favorite feature, and the image got better: Direct Binary Search (DBS) in OpenDithering When I created OpenDithering back in June, the feature I was proudest of was the Auto-tune button....
5 days ago
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5 days ago
When I created OpenDithering back in June, the feature I was proudest of was the Auto-tune button. It did the slider work for me: it compared the dithered result to the original image, nudged the settings, and repeated until the image stopped improving. Over the summer it grew...
Issue 17: No great stagnation in cruise ships Plus: animals as chemical factories, how progress lost its glamour, and how Madrid built 120 miles...
5th Dec 2024
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Issue 17: No great stagnation in cruise ships

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in science

5th Dec 2024
Plus: animals as chemical factories, how progress lost its glamour, and how Madrid built 120 miles of metro in twelve years.
A nearly perfect score After playing 498 days in a row, my score today in Bongo was the second-highest in the world:...
1st Mar 2026
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A nearly perfect score

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

1st Mar 2026
After playing 498 days in a row, my score today in Bongo was the second-highest in the world: There’s a difference between casual online games that have a right answer, and those that are open-ended. In crossword puzzles and most of the games from the Times (like Wordle and...
Fifty ways to leave your model A method for calculating the number of alternative causal models, given a number of variables/nodes.
15th Feb 2020
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Fifty ways to leave your model

from Peder M. Isager [alt+shift+b] in science

15th Feb 2020
A method for calculating the number of alternative causal models, given a number of variables/nodes.
28th Sep 2009
Premium: The Ways The AI Bubble Might Burst I've been struggling to think about what to write this week, if only because I've written so much...
5th Dec 2025
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Premium: The Ways The AI Bubble Might Burst

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Dec 2025
I've been struggling to think about what to write this week, if only because I've written so much recently and because, if I'm honest, things aren't really making a lot of sense. NVIDIA claims to have shipped six million Blackwell GPUs in
Monitoring my 3D printer with a Pi Zero, Home Assistant and TinyCore Linux Many devices in my home have become "smart" over the last couple of months, with one big exception:...
20th Apr 2020
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Monitoring my 3D printer with a Pi Zero, Home Assistant and TinyCore Linux

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Apr 2020
Many devices in my home have become "smart" over the last couple of months, with one big exception: my trusty 3D printer. It's a super reliable Prusa i3 MK3, but it lacks an internet connection.So I decided to use a Pi Zero to keep track of my 3D prints and send the progress to...
25th Mar 2024
Deciding whether an investment is worthwhile Why "expected value" doesn't work; here's a better framework for making long-term investments in...
4th Feb 2024
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Deciding whether an investment is worthwhile

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

4th Feb 2024
Why "expected value" doesn't work; here's a better framework for making long-term investments in your career, startup, and life.
Margaret Levi: The Organized Pursuit of Knowledge The human quest to understand our world continues. The Director of Stanford’s [Center for Advanced...
18th Apr 2018
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Margaret Levi: The Organized Pursuit of Knowledge

from Long Now [alt+shift+b] in science

18th Apr 2018
The human quest to understand our world continues. The Director of Stanford’s [Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)](http://casbs.stanford.edu/) discusses how academics and researchers have organized the study of human action, society, and institutions...
Name that Ware, October 2025 The Ware for October 2025 is shown below. Thanks to Juan C. for contributing this curious ware! I...
30th Oct 2025
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Name that Ware, October 2025

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

30th Oct 2025
The Ware for October 2025 is shown below. Thanks to Juan C. for contributing this curious ware! I really can’t get enough of how the whole device is integrated with a multi-layer stacked PCB. I imagine that inside the middle of the stack there could be some interesting circuitry...
American Elections Are Unfair Unfortunately, unfairness is baked in
5th Nov 2024
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American Elections Are Unfair

from Cremieux Recueil [alt+shift+b] in science

5th Nov 2024
Unfortunately, unfairness is baked in
The Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream has a water problem Tech giants are pouring oil riches into Middle East data centers as water scarcity threatens digital...
4th Aug 2025
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The Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream has a water problem

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

4th Aug 2025
Tech giants are pouring oil riches into Middle East data centers as water scarcity threatens digital ambitions.
Engineering Manager Archetypes and Career Paths Cross-posted from leaddev.com Exploring seven common leadership scenarios. If you’re looking for a...
3rd Aug 2021
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Engineering Manager Archetypes and Career Paths

from charity.wtf [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Aug 2021
Cross-posted from leaddev.com Exploring seven common leadership scenarios. If you’re looking for a very traditional breakdown of engineering manager archetypes – tech lead manager, team manager, director, and so forth – you can’t do better than Will Larson’s post, and I won’t...
Being a volunteer in Amsterdam-Zuidoost About my work as volunteer in the local community center in Amsterdam Zuidoost
20th Nov 2016
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Being a volunteer in Amsterdam-Zuidoost

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

20th Nov 2016
About my work as volunteer in the local community center in Amsterdam Zuidoost
Markus Buehler receives 2025 Washington Award Materials scientist is honored for his academic leadership and innovative research that bridge...
3rd Mar 2025
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Markus Buehler receives 2025 Washington Award

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Mar 2025
Materials scientist is honored for his academic leadership and innovative research that bridge engineering and nature.
The magic function How do you design user-friendly APIs in Rust? The answer is simple: you use them! Let’s build a...
3rd Jan 2025
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The magic function

from Blog - Bitfield Consulting [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jan 2025
How do you design user-friendly APIs in Rust? The answer is simple: you use them! Let’s build a simple Rust CLI tool using what I call the “magic function” approach.
Slow Horses (Season 2) Not as great as the first season; still tremendously entertaining television, with more than a few...
7th Jan 2024
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Slow Horses (Season 2)

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jan 2024
Not as great as the first season; still tremendously entertaining television, with more than a few twists that I couldn't predict and an underlying thread of competence in set design, pacing, and acting that is hard to deny.
Spring, 2025 Hello! I have so much to catch up with you about. The time has flown.
1st Jun 2025
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Spring, 2025

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jun 2025
Hello! I have so much to catch up with you about. The time has flown.
Historical data now available on DataBoutique.com Web scraped historical data access
3rd Jun 2024
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Historical data now available on DataBoutique.com

from Data Boutique [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Jun 2024
Web scraped historical data access
The immediate threat is AR and not AI Disclaimer: This is an attempt at trolling and satire. Don’t just tag me under technology fear...
8th Sep 2017
21

The immediate threat is AR and not AI

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2017
Disclaimer: This is an attempt at trolling and satire. Don’t just tag me under technology fear mongerer, I’m going to present an acute scenario in which AR could be misused to inflict significant damage to a large population. As a technology evangelist, I’am very excited to see...
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns? A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
9th May 2023
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Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?

from weird medieval guys [alt+shift+b] in history

9th May 2023
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
Africa's Poor Numbers How much do we really know about African state of affairs?
22nd Jun 2025
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Africa's Poor Numbers

from Patterns in Humanity [alt+shift+b] in history

22nd Jun 2025
How much do we really know about African state of affairs?
✏️ The Dark is Dubious We find ourselves sitting by a heated pool in autumn temperatures at 7,200 feet. Santa Fe has been...
1st Oct 2021
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✏️ The Dark is Dubious

from Naz Hamid — Journal + Links [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Oct 2021
We find ourselves sitting by a heated pool in autumn temperatures at 7,200 feet. Santa Fe has been home for two nights, where we luxuriated in a king-size bed with our own pillows (we don’t leave home without them). How We Got Here Since the last missive, we parted ways with...
#92 Kevin Hawkins on Project Quiver Kevin Hawkins is a bowyer based in North Carolina and moderator and owner of the Primitive Archer...
27th Aug 2026
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#92 Kevin Hawkins on Project Quiver

from Salish Wolf [alt+shift+b] in literature

27th Aug 2026
Kevin Hawkins is a bowyer based in North Carolina and moderator and owner of the Primitive Archer Forum. He recently took over the Forum from the founders to preserve the community that has given so much to him as a bowyer and plans to maintain and update it so it can...
Sailing for Gaza : A Message from a Wayward American Yachtpunk in the Thousand Madleens to Gaza... Famine has become one of the central weapons with which the Israeli government seeks to exterminate...
5th Oct 2025
1
5th Oct 2025
Famine has become one of the central weapons with which the Israeli government seeks to exterminate the population of Gaza. On October 1, the Israeli military attacked the Sumud flotilla, a fleet of ships attempting to break the siege around Gaza in order to deliver much-needed...
Why Car Companies Need More Interaction Designers The Citroën DS was designed by Flavio Bertoni who, together with aviation engineer André Lèfebvre,...
1st Apr 2019
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Why Car Companies Need More Interaction Designers

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Apr 2019
The Citroën DS was designed by Flavio Bertoni who, together with aviation engineer André Lèfebvre, created some of the most influential…
The Hottest Drummer You've Never Heard A new book pays tribute to the amazing Chick Webb, the hardest swinging jazz drummer of his day
3rd Jul 2023
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The Hottest Drummer You've Never Heard

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

3rd Jul 2023
A new book pays tribute to the amazing Chick Webb, the hardest swinging jazz drummer of his day
Bose SoundLink on-ear headphones battery replacement Skip to the bottom two paragraph for instructions on how to replace the battery. I bought my Bose...
25th Feb 2025
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Bose SoundLink on-ear headphones battery replacement

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Feb 2025
Skip to the bottom two paragraph for instructions on how to replace the battery. I bought my Bose SoundLink on-ear Bluetooth headphones for 250 Euros around 2017 and I really like them. They are small, light, comfortable and can easily fit in a coat pocket when folded. Up until...
On the Societal Impact of Open Foundation Models Adding precision to the debate on openness in AI
27th Feb 2024
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On the Societal Impact of Open Foundation Models

from AI as Normal Technology [alt+shift+b] in AI

27th Feb 2024
Adding precision to the debate on openness in AI
Amouage Zhang Yuan In the heart of Shanghai’s historic Zhang Yuan district, Paris-based agency Héroïne has redefined...
1st Aug 2025
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Amouage Zhang Yuan

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

1st Aug 2025
In the heart of Shanghai’s historic Zhang Yuan district, Paris-based agency Héroïne has redefined luxury retail with The Sillage, a...
3rd Dec 2025
Java’s SSLContext protocol name is a footgun This should be old news, but I keep seeing the same mistake crop up, so I thought I’d blog about it...
23rd Jun 2026
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Java’s SSLContext protocol name is a footgun

from Neil Madden [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Jun 2026
This should be old news, but I keep seeing the same mistake crop up, so I thought I’d blog about it and spread awareness. In Java, if you want to configure TLS you generally start with an SSLContext. And you get an instance of this class by calling the static method...
Establishing Habits with Habitica I have used Habitica the last 18 months to organize my habits and things I want to get done. I...
21st Nov 2015
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Establishing Habits with Habitica

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

21st Nov 2015
I have used Habitica the last 18 months to organize my habits and things I want to get done. I believe it all started with an amazing book called The Power of Habit which describes the amazing benefits habits can give, both in the context of your own life but also in business....
statself.com Btw I just put something up online that I spent a couple of evenings in my couch putting together:...
18th Oct 2013
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statself.com

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

18th Oct 2013
Btw I just put something up online that I spent a couple of evenings in my couch putting together: it's a website where you can track any numerical data on the web. Want to know how many Twitter followers you have?
Too much efficiency makes everything worse: overfitting and the strong version of Goodhart’s law window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} ...
6th Nov 2022
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6th Nov 2022
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-1XJMTJ5KCK'); Increased efficiency can sometimes, counterintuitively, lead to worse outcomes. This is true almost everywhere. We will name...
More Apps, More Features, More Cowbell! Hot off the release of OS 8.0.2, we’ve got a great new batch of feature updates for you as we get...
6th Oct 2025
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More Apps, More Features, More Cowbell!

from elementary Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Oct 2025
Hot off the release of OS 8.0.2, we’ve got a great new batch of feature updates for you as we get closer to the release of elementary OS 8.1! Maps The first stable release of elementary Maps is now available for download on any Linux OS. For now we’ve focused on some of the...
Revisiting LLM Geolocation Two Years Later In 2023 Bellingcat published “Can AI Chatbots Be Used for Geolocation?”. In that article, they...
21st Mar 2025
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Revisiting LLM Geolocation Two Years Later

from heavymeta.org [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Mar 2025
In 2023 Bellingcat published “Can AI Chatbots Be Used for Geolocation?”. In that article, they examine the ability of LLMs to geolocate photos. They gave Microsoft Bing and Google Bard three photos of locations in Canada: the Edmonton City Hall Churchill Square, also in...
On Opening Essays, Conference Talks, and Jam Jars How to open pieces of narrative non-fiction writing, conference talks, and sticky jars
13th Apr 2024
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On Opening Essays, Conference Talks, and Jam Jars

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

13th Apr 2024
How to open pieces of narrative non-fiction writing, conference talks, and sticky jars
The incredible March 2024 <p>March was an absolutely insane month for <a href="https://blogstatic.io/">blogstatic.io</a>. The...
2nd Apr 2024
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The incredible March 2024

from Val Sopi [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

2nd Apr 2024
<p>March was an absolutely insane month for <a href="https://blogstatic.io/">blogstatic.io</a>. The majority of this spike I can attribute to the <a href="https://blogstatic.io/blog/pricing-2024">price change announcement on March 1st</a> and customers were rushing to lock in...
Decaf is good, actually We have made decaf a villain. We often malign decaf coffee and those who drink it. "No thanks, give...
1st Apr 2024
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Decaf is good, actually

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

1st Apr 2024
We have made decaf a villain. We often malign decaf coffee and those who drink it. "No thanks, give me the good stuff." "Death before decaf." "Decaf isn't coffee." It has this reputation that it's bad and that coffee people avoid it. And yet, if you drink decaf, you're a true...
2015-04-02 "- Picture two conversations sharing a congested gateway as two separate train tracks with one...
2nd Apr 2015
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2015-04-02

from David Crawshaw [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Apr 2015
"- Picture two conversations sharing a congested gateway as two separate train tracks with one common section.- When a blue train waits for red trains to go through the shared section, the blue trains behind it catch up (get more clumped)- If the merge rules are efficient...
3 Ways You Can Sabotage Your Own Tech Career What they are and what you need to understand to avoid them
1st Apr 2025
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3 Ways You Can Sabotage Your Own Tech Career

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

1st Apr 2025
What they are and what you need to understand to avoid them
Should I Have a Blog? Yes. Or did you expect a different answer? You came to a blog to read an article on whether you...
14th Nov 2023
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Should I Have a Blog?

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Nov 2023
Yes. Or did you expect a different answer? You came to a blog to read an article on whether you should have a blog. Did you really think, even for a split second, the answer would be, "No, you shouldn't. And thinking about it, I'm closing my blog too. Sayōnara!" Blogs are great....
Longreads + Open Thread Funds, Slop, Schools, Lookism, Automation, Bots, Efficiency, Magnitogorsk
1st Aug 2026
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Longreads + Open Thread

from The Diff [alt+shift+b] in finance

1st Aug 2026
Funds, Slop, Schools, Lookism, Automation, Bots, Efficiency, Magnitogorsk
Pensieve: Mar 7 2024 - on Agency A collection of public thoughts that could be blogposts but i dont have time, so here, have the...
8th Mar 2024
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Pensieve: Mar 7 2024 - on Agency

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

8th Mar 2024
A collection of public thoughts that could be blogposts but i dont have time, so here, have the short form. I may upgrade these to full posts in future.
Patient Messaging Conundrum pt. 2 | Out-Of-Pocket Some thoughts from an academic, a behavioral scientist, a patient, and more
3rd Oct 2023
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Patient Messaging Conundrum pt. 2 | Out-Of-Pocket

from Out-of-Pocket Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

3rd Oct 2023
Some thoughts from an academic, a behavioral scientist, a patient, and more
New reptyr feature: TTY-stealing Ever since I wrote reptyr, I’ve been frustrated by a number of issues in reptyr that I fundamentally...
20th Aug 2014
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New reptyr feature: TTY-stealing

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

20th Aug 2014
Ever since I wrote reptyr, I’ve been frustrated by a number of issues in reptyr that I fundamentally didn’t know how to solve within the reptyr model. Most annoyingly, reptyr fundamentally only worked on single processes, and could not attach processes with children, making it...
Is the Human Washing Machine of our Dreams Finally Becoming a Reality? If you wandered the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion at Expo 2025 and felt like you’d stepped into a retro...
5th Oct 2025
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5th Oct 2025
If you wandered the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion at Expo 2025 and felt like you’d stepped into a retro sci-fi spa, you weren’t imagining things. One of the talk-of-the-fair exhibits is a futuristic bathing pod — billed as a “Future Human Washing Machine” — that promises to wash and...
A demo notefile for WebCard <![CDATA[To complete WebCard for my RetroChallenge 2024 project I created a demo notefile, a file...
27th Oct 2024
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A demo notefile for WebCard

from Paolo Amoroso's Journal [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Oct 2024
<![CDATA[To complete WebCard for my RetroChallenge 2024 project I created a demo notefile, a file that stores the data of a NoteCards hypertext. The notefile WCDEMO.NOTEFILE contains exmples of Web cards filed into various types of containers and cards such as fileboxes and Text...
Is Robert Pattinson Having the Greatest Movie Year Ever? Plus: A24 gets greedy, South Park’s staying power, Avengers never-Endgame, girl groups return, and...
6 days ago
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Is Robert Pattinson Having the Greatest Movie Year Ever?

from Stat Significant [alt+shift+b] in creative

6 days ago
Plus: A24 gets greedy, South Park’s staying power, Avengers never-Endgame, girl groups return, and some recommended reads and datasets.
An infuriating goodbye to Photoshop I’ve been using Photoshop since the mid-90s. First at school, with Photoshop 3, then through work. I...
12th Jul 2026
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An infuriating goodbye to Photoshop

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Jul 2026
I’ve been using Photoshop since the mid-90s. First at school, with Photoshop 3, then through work. I bought my first boxed copy of CS2 in 2005, then upgraded to CS5 in 2010. I subscribed to Photoshop Creative Cloud on day one. Today, I uninstalled it. I hope I never have to use...
24th Feb 2025
Ray Kurzweil: Kurzweil's Law ### Escape velocity Attempts to think long term, Ray Kurzweil began, keep making the mistake of...
24th Sep 2005
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Ray Kurzweil: Kurzweil's Law

from Long Now [alt+shift+b] in science

24th Sep 2005
### Escape velocity Attempts to think long term, Ray Kurzweil began, keep making the mistake of imagining that the pace of the future is like the pace of the past. Pondering the next ten years, we usually begin by studying the last ten years. He recommends studying the last...
Women’s Experience Trap Laetitia@Work #82
13th Jun 2025
Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop ...so I vibe-coded a tool for finding more of them
22nd Jul 2026
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Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop

from Res Obscura [alt+shift+b] in history

22nd Jul 2026
...so I vibe-coded a tool for finding more of them
Nine Principles For Success In The Age of AI An Idiosyncratic Career Guide
5th Apr 2025
Programming Errors at Project Scale Programming Errors at Project Scale Errors in Multi-Person Projects Errors in multi-person projects...
12th Aug 2014
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Programming Errors at Project Scale

from matt.sh [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th Aug 2014
Programming Errors at Project Scale Errors in Multi-Person Projects Errors in multi-person projects involve typical programming errors1 and, more annoyingly, interpersonal errors. This article is a quick overview of both technical and interpersonal errors we encounter when trying...
What’s the Point of Lower-Density Urbanism? We need new models for fixing existing sprawl and growing small towns.
5th Jul 2023
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What’s the Point of Lower-Density Urbanism?

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

5th Jul 2023
We need new models for fixing existing sprawl and growing small towns.
Navigating personal information with care Accessing personal information from customers is a serious matter. With the launch of HEY in 2020,...
24th Sep 2023
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Navigating personal information with care

from 37signals Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Sep 2023
Accessing personal information from customers is a serious matter. With the launch of HEY in 2020, we developed some technology and processes to support a very simple principle: employees shouldn’t have access — intentionally or unintentionally — to personal information from our...
Inside Walthamstow's Magnificent Town Hall And why it has a basement like a yellow submarine.
a week ago
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Inside Walthamstow's Magnificent Town Hall

from Londonist [alt+shift+b] in travel

a week ago
And why it has a basement like a yellow submarine.
Galloping Search I recently learned about Galloping Search while building a distributed log called s3-log. It’s used...
7th Dec 2024
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Galloping Search

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Dec 2024
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
Grand Unification Dream Kept at Bay Physicists have failed to find disintegrating protons, throwing into limbo the beloved theory that...
2nd Feb 2017
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Grand Unification Dream Kept at Bay

from The Quanta Podcast [alt+shift+b] in science

2nd Feb 2017
Physicists have failed to find disintegrating protons, throwing into limbo the beloved theory that the forces of nature were unified at the beginning of time. The post Grand Unification Dream Kept at Bay first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Seasonal relief Just a map for fun, made without writing any code, which is a nice change of pace. I finally spent a...
16th Feb 2018
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Seasonal relief

from Cartogrammar [alt+shift+b] in architecture

16th Feb 2018
Just a map for fun, made without writing any code, which is a nice change of pace. I finally spent a bit of time catching up with the great Daniel Huffman’s excellent tutorial on creating shaded relief maps with Blender. Do try it out if you haven’t; he’s written it up thoroughly...
You’re probably using the wrong dictionary The way I thought you used a dictionary was that you looked up words you've never heard of, or whose...
18th May 2014
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You’re probably using the wrong dictionary

from the jsomers.net blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th May 2014
The way I thought you used a dictionary was that you looked up words you've never heard of, or whose sense you're unsure of. You would never look up an ordinary word -- like example, or sport, or magic -- because all you'll learn is what it means, and that you already know....
The Caretakers If you haven’t been paying attention, which is likely given the small corner of the web I’m going to...
8th Aug 2026
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The Caretakers

from Lee A Johnson [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Aug 2026
If you haven’t been paying attention, which is likely given the small corner of the web I’m going to cover, you may have missed that BINGOS just hit 247 consecutive monthly uploads to CPAN1. This is noteworthy as it surpasses DROLSKY’s record set a while back. That’s an upload to...
How to Write Data Labeling/Annotation Guidelines Writing good instructions to achieve high precision and throughput.
12th Mar 2023
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How to Write Data Labeling/Annotation Guidelines

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th Mar 2023
Writing good instructions to achieve high precision and throughput.
TinyPilot: Month 3 Highlights TinyPilot generated $3,800 in revenue with zero marketing. I went from zero to a...
6th Oct 2020
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TinyPilot: Month 3

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

6th Oct 2020
Highlights TinyPilot generated $3,800 in revenue with zero marketing. I went from zero to a complete, custom manufactured product in 26 days. I’m still struggling to manage my inventory. Goal Grades At the start of each month, I declare what I’d like to accomplish. Here’s how I...
howdidyoufind.me a website about how people found this website
24th Sep 2024
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howdidyoufind.me

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

24th Sep 2024
a website about how people found this website
Educational Products: Month 8 Highlights The writing techniques I planned last month helped me publish faster and focus better. I...
4th Jun 2025
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Educational Products: Month 8

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

4th Jun 2025
Highlights The writing techniques I planned last month helped me publish faster and focus better. I need to find more ways to talk to readers about my book. Goal grades At the start of each month, I declare what I’d like to accomplish. Here’s how I did against those...
9th Jul 2012
Gold, volk and IQs Hayek’s fatal conceit
3rd Feb 2025
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Gold, volk and IQs

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

3rd Feb 2025
Hayek’s fatal conceit
Notes on a non-profit indicted for bank fraud Well-regarded non-profit runs domestic intelligence agency; distributes intelligence product;...
1st May 2026
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Notes on a non-profit indicted for bank fraud

from Bits about Money [alt+shift+b] in finance

1st May 2026
Well-regarded non-profit runs domestic intelligence agency; distributes intelligence product; achieves adoption in financial infrastructure; recruits agents and allies; intervenes against U.S. political fundraising.
Weekend projects: Chicken Squisher 3000 If it clucks like a duck...
14th Oct 2025
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Weekend projects: Chicken Squisher 3000

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

14th Oct 2025
If it clucks like a duck...
11th Feb 2026
Second Encounters Firsts are overrated
10th Mar 2024
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Second Encounters

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

10th Mar 2024
Firsts are overrated
Money laundering and AML compliance A brief overview of what money laundering is, what financial institutions do about it, and why.
10th Feb 2023
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Money laundering and AML compliance

from Bits about Money [alt+shift+b] in finance

10th Feb 2023
A brief overview of what money laundering is, what financial institutions do about it, and why.
What I Read in June 2025 - A life of agony was all for naught. My summer plan was to read, short, easy books, and I almost succeeded.  I read short, difficult...
3rd Jul 2025
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What I Read in June 2025 - A life of agony was all for naught.

from Wuthering Expectations [alt+shift+b] in literature

3rd Jul 2025
My summer plan was to read, short, easy books, and I almost succeeded.  I read short, difficult books in French, and accidentally read several grim, sad, violent books, alongside some playful nonsense.   FICTION The Field of Life and Death (1935), Xiao Hong – For example.  Ninety...
Maintainerati 2017: GitHub Design Last week I attended a Maintainerati event, an unconference/mini-summit for maintainers of popular...
18th Oct 2017
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Maintainerati 2017: GitHub Design

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Oct 2017
Last week I attended a Maintainerati event, an unconference/mini-summit for maintainers of popular software, run as a prelude to the GitHub Universe conference. After being brought up to speed on this year's secret handshake of the software elite, I had a great time in the...
Whose bug is this anyway?!? At a certain point in every programmer’s career we each find a bug that seems impossible because the...
18th Dec 2012
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Whose bug is this anyway?!?

from Code Of Honor [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Dec 2012
At a certain point in every programmer’s career we each find a bug that seems impossible because the code is right, dammit! So it must be the operating system, the tools or the computer that’s causing the problem. Right?!? Today’s story is about some of those bugs I’ve discovered...
The Process Behind the Touch Interaction Concept If you haven't yet seen the concept I created, click here Below is the rough design process that I...
1st May 2020
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The Process Behind the Touch Interaction Concept

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st May 2020
If you haven't yet seen the concept I created, click here Below is the rough design process that I followed. One of the main reasons…
First Pictures: Color View of the Earth & A Tropical Depression from Space – October 5, 1954 While today we are inundated with color images of the Earth, our earliest views from space were...
5th Oct 2024
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5th Oct 2024
While today we are inundated with color images of the Earth, our earliest views from space were confined to monochromatic or black and white images (see […]
Why Large Organizations Struggle With Disruption, and What to Do About It Seemingly overnight, disruption has allowed challengers to threaten the dominance of companies and...
30th Jul 2024
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30th Jul 2024
Seemingly overnight, disruption has allowed challengers to threaten the dominance of companies and government agencies as many of their existing systems have now been leapfrogged. How an organization reacts to this type of disruption determines whether they adapt or die. I’ve...
2024-11-09 iron mountain atomic storage I have quipped before about "underground datacenters," and how they never succeed. During the late...
9th Nov 2024
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2024-11-09 iron mountain atomic storage

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Nov 2024
I have quipped before about "underground datacenters," and how they never succeed. During the late decades of the Cold War and even into the '00s, the military and (to a lesser extent) the telecommunications industry parted ways with a great number of underground facilities....
Bruce Sterling: The Singularity: Your Future as a Black Hole One reason lots of people don't want to think long term these days is because technology keeps...
12th Jun 2004
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Bruce Sterling: The Singularity: Your Future as a Black Hole

from Long Now [alt+shift+b] in science

12th Jun 2004
One reason lots of people don't want to think long term these days is because technology keeps accelerating so rapidly, we assume the world will become unrecognizable in a few years and then move on to unimaginable. Long-term thinking must be either impossible or irrelevant. The...
The Pulse: is GitHub still best for AI-native development? Availability has dropped to one nine (~90% – !!), partly due to not being able to handle increased...
3rd Apr 2026
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The Pulse: is GitHub still best for AI-native development?

from The Pragmatic Engineer [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Apr 2026
Availability has dropped to one nine (~90% – !!), partly due to not being able to handle increased traffic from AI coding agents. There’s also no CEO and an apparent lack of direction.
our memories belong together Yesterday I checked-in on swarm (yes I still use that app) at Loft, and the app reminded me that I...
2nd Nov 2025
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our memories belong together

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

2nd Nov 2025
Yesterday I checked-in on swarm (yes I still use that app) at Loft, and the app reminded me that I was last there in 2018 with my partner: I had zero recollection...
The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines Tunneling is an important technology for modern civilization, as a tunnel is often the only...
6th Oct 2023
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The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines

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

6th Oct 2023
Tunneling is an important technology for modern civilization, as a tunnel is often the only reasonable way to create a direct path between two points. When the Hoosac tunnel was completed in 1875, it turned a difficult, 20-mile railroad route along “
Marathon Last Sunday I completed my first full marathon, covering a distance of 42KM in and around Amsterdam....
19th Oct 2024
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Marathon

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Oct 2024
Last Sunday I completed my first full marathon, covering a distance of 42KM in and around Amsterdam. An idea that started in a bar with some beers and concluded with a finish in the Olympic Stadium. What a journey, what an experience, well worthy of a blog post. About a year ago,...
Frank Gavin: Five Ways to Use History Well ### History-savvy Policy Why do policy makers and historians shun each other? Gavin observed that...
13th Jul 2010
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Frank Gavin: Five Ways to Use History Well

from Long Now [alt+shift+b] in science

13th Jul 2010
### History-savvy Policy Why do policy makers and historians shun each other? Gavin observed that policy people want actionable information, certainty, and simple explanations. Meanwhile historians revel in nuance, distrust simple explanations and also distrust power and those...
Maths is Fun and Useful but Lasers Are More So Way back when, I made a cool but basic paper sculpture (in Maths is Fun and Useful) by hand, using a...
11th Aug 2017
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Maths is Fun and Useful but Lasers Are More So

from axio.ms [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Aug 2017
Way back when, I made a cool but basic paper sculpture (in Maths is Fun and Useful) by hand, using a perl script for the shape template. For cultural reasons, I wanted to make a gift out of paper and it had to be Heaps Good. I had finally got access to a laser cutter (omgomg)...
We may now know what kind of AI bubble this is Think railroads, not crypto. PLUS: The government can't decide what to do about Mythos, and week one...
1st May 2026
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We may now know what kind of AI bubble this is

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2026
Think railroads, not crypto. PLUS: The government can't decide what to do about Mythos, and week one of the OpenAI-Elon Musk trial
Crime rise; more or the same. Did crime rise at the same rate in Democrats and Republican cities?
10th Mar 2023
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Crime rise; more or the same.

from Lefineder’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Mar 2023
Did crime rise at the same rate in Democrats and Republican cities?
How to generate color palettes for design systems It used to be easy to pick colors for design systems. Years ago, you could pick a handful of colors...
20th Apr 2024
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How to generate color palettes for design systems

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

20th Apr 2024
It used to be easy to pick colors for design systems. Years ago, you could pick a handful of colors to match your brand’s ethos, or start with an off-the-shelf palette (remember flatuicolors.com?). Each hue and shade served a purpose, and usually had a quirky name like “idea...
Vulkan 1.3 on the M1 in 1 month u{text-decoration-thickness:0.09em;text-decoration-color:skyblue} Finally, conformant Vulkan for the...
5th Jun 2024
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Vulkan 1.3 on the M1 in 1 month

from On Life and Lisp [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jun 2024
u{text-decoration-thickness:0.09em;text-decoration-color:skyblue} Finally, conformant Vulkan for the M1! The new “Honeykrisp” driver is the first conformant Vulkan® for Apple hardware on any operating system, implementing the full 1.3 spec without “portability”...
things i learned about contracting Always sign a contract for any job Charge by project, not by hour Give a quote properly Charge 1/2...
20th Sep 2025
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things i learned about contracting

from Shilin typing [alt+shift+b] in startups

20th Sep 2025
Always sign a contract for any job Charge by project, not by hour Give a quote properly Charge 1/2 upfront Don’t start until the payment goes through or is wired and in transfer Do your work well. Go the extra mile. Underpromise but overdeliver Never complain to the people you...
Gumdrop, a silly app for messing with my webcam During the COVID lockdowns, I spent long evenings at home on my own, and I amused myself by dressing...
5th Mar 2026
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Gumdrop, a silly app for messing with my webcam

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Mar 2026
During the COVID lockdowns, I spent long evenings at home on my own, and I amused myself by dressing up in extravagant and glamorous clothing. One dark night, I realised I could use my home working setup to have some fun, with just a webcam and a monitor. I turned off every light...
'The Things Which Make a Life of Ease' R.L. Barth, our finest living epigrammist (admittedly, not a vast job description), has sent me his...
1st Jun 2025
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'The Things Which Make a Life of Ease'

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

1st Jun 2025
R.L. Barth, our finest living epigrammist (admittedly, not a vast job description), has sent me his translation of a well-known epigram by Martial, the Roman master of the pithy form. Bob found it among his papers and doesn’t remember making it. “[T]ranslating something [Ben]...
Meet Trump’s memecoin dinner guests Trump's crypto-for-access dinner triggers broad ethics alarms, and 73% non-US attendance raises...
7th May 2025
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Meet Trump’s memecoin dinner guests

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

7th May 2025
Trump's crypto-for-access dinner triggers broad ethics alarms, and 73% non-US attendance raises fresh concerns over foreign influence
March 2021 Gwern.net Newsletter 2 major new site features: 'popins' and recursive Wikipedia popups
6th Apr 2021
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March 2021 Gwern.net Newsletter

from Gwern.net Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Apr 2021
2 major new site features: 'popins' and recursive Wikipedia popups
My adventures hunting down a Ruby memory leak 🎢 In this article, I tell the story of a memory leak we had in our HEY app, the cool tools I could use...
7th Mar 2024
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My adventures hunting down a Ruby memory leak 🎢

from 37signals Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Mar 2024
In this article, I tell the story of a memory leak we had in our HEY app, the cool tools I could use to investigate and how I finally figured out the root cause. Memory leaks can be tricky to diagnose and having the right set of tools makes a huge difference. I hope my adventures...
Master of Change In this post I discuss the brilliant book Master of Change by Brad Stulberg, providing a...
17th Jan 2025
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Master of Change

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

17th Jan 2025
In this post I discuss the brilliant book Master of Change by Brad Stulberg, providing a thought-provoking guide to thrive in a changing world.
Butler Flow: shipping code faster (but less like Alfred, more like CI on steroids) - Part 3 In Part 3, we take a look at some deep examples of where Butler Flow comes in handy.
4th Nov 2025
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4th Nov 2025
In Part 3, we take a look at some deep examples of where Butler Flow comes in handy.
TOMO M4: probably the coolest power bank I've owned A friend once showed me a power bank that was so cool that I had to get one myself. Ended up getting...
3rd Mar 2023
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TOMO M4: probably the coolest power bank I've owned

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Mar 2023
A friend once showed me a power bank that was so cool that I had to get one myself. Ended up getting two, and here’s why. This post is not sponsored. Removable batteries Let’s start with the feature that I appreciate the most: removable batteries! The TOMO M4 accepts up to 4...
AI Starting Points A friend is getting back into UX research after a two-year gap. Recognizing AI is a big deal, she...
3rd Feb 2026
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AI Starting Points

from Jorge Arango [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Feb 2026
A friend is getting back into UX research after a two-year gap. Recognizing AI is a big deal, she asked where to start learning. Great question! Other people are surely wondering as well, so I’m sharing my answers here. Caveats: These answers reflect how I learn; YMMV. You’re...
Handling State & User Interactions In UI Applications An early thinking about handling your app or component state can help you to avoid many bugs even...
5th Feb 2021
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Handling State & User Interactions In UI Applications

from Mahmoud Felfel's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Feb 2021
An early thinking about handling your app or component state can help you to avoid many bugs even before starting to write code.
Architecture as Described through Sight Lines: Hans Vredeman de Vries’ Perspective, 1604 Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527 – c. 1607) was a Renaissance architect from the Netherlands, best known...
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22nd Jun 2025
Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527 – c. 1607) was a Renaissance architect from the Netherlands, best known for his printed works. In 1604, he published his most renowned tome, which offers a rich visual exploration of the possibilities of linear perspective in the depiction of...
AI that was inevitable This is a feature I’ve been waiting for for the past two years.
23rd Jul 2025
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AI that was inevitable

from Jamesin’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in startups

23rd Jul 2025
This is a feature I’ve been waiting for for the past two years.
Sensitivity Isn’t Static The sensitivity of our senses ebbs and flows. If you’re looking to be more perceptive, start by...
30th Mar 2023
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Sensitivity Isn’t Static

from David Perell [alt+shift+b] in startups

30th Mar 2023
The sensitivity of our senses ebbs and flows. If you’re looking to be more perceptive, start by changing your environment. The post Sensitivity Isn’t Static appeared first on David Perell.
The Power of Principles in Web Development Decision-Making (article) Discover how The Epic Programming Principles can transform your web development decision-making,...
11th Mar 2025
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The Power of Principles in Web Development Decision-Making (article)

from Epic Web Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Mar 2025
Discover how The Epic Programming Principles can transform your web development decision-making, boost your career, and help you build better software.
Track Zelda release anniversaries in your calendar The original Legend of Zelda came out 40 years ago today. With other birthdays on the horizon, like...
21st Feb 2026
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Track Zelda release anniversaries in your calendar

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Feb 2026
The original Legend of Zelda came out 40 years ago today. With other birthdays on the horizon, like Twilight Princess’s 20th in November, I wanted a calendar that showed the anniversary of every Zelda game. So I made one. Subscribe to this URL in your calendar...
So We Read On Well, if it's not biography; and it's not literary criticism; and it's not scholarship... what is...
8th Aug 2023
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So We Read On

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Aug 2023
Well, if it's not biography; and it's not literary criticism; and it's not scholarship... what is it? And the answer appears to be poorly structured, rambling, fandom.
GPT-4o There are two things from our announcement today I wanted to highlight. First, a key part of our...
13th May 2024
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GPT-4o

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

13th May 2024
There are two things from our announcement today I wanted to highlight. First, a key part of our mission is to put very capable AI tools in the hands of people for free (or at a great price). I am very proud that we’ve made the best model in the world available for free in...
How To Cache Images - React Native Expo (Managed) Caching images in React Native can be easy, even if you are using Expo’s managed workflow. The...
4th Feb 2020
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How To Cache Images - React Native Expo (Managed)

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Feb 2020
Caching images in React Native can be easy, even if you are using Expo’s managed workflow. The problem many devs run into is that React Native only supports caching images on IOS out of the box.
From Azure Functions to FreeBSD Putting FreeBSD’s “power to serve” motto to the test
7th Dec 2025
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From Azure Functions to FreeBSD

from Blog System/5 [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Dec 2025
Putting FreeBSD’s “power to serve” motto to the test
19th Jan 2026
Space Tethers: Stringing up the Solar System All the methods we have used to reach space so far have been subject to the Tsiolkovsky rocket...
15th Sep 2020
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Space Tethers: Stringing up the Solar System

from ToughSF [alt+shift+b] in science

15th Sep 2020
All the methods we have used to reach space so far have been subject to the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation - propellant must be ejected and more and more of it is needed to go further. What if we could break that equation with rotating orbital tethers? The tether I have worked...
13th Oct 2025
The road from serfdom Using opt-ins to reform Russia's backwards tsarist agricultural sector
6th Mar 2024
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The road from serfdom

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in science

6th Mar 2024
Using opt-ins to reform Russia's backwards tsarist agricultural sector
Vitest Browser Mode vs Playwright (article) What is the difference between Vitest Browser Mode and Playwright? And when to use each in your...
12th Nov 2025
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Vitest Browser Mode vs Playwright (article)

from Epic Web Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Nov 2025
What is the difference between Vitest Browser Mode and Playwright? And when to use each in your tests?
Alan Turing and the Power of Negative Thinking Mathematical proofs based on a technique called diagonalization can be relentlessly contrarian, but...
5th Sep 2023
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Alan Turing and the Power of Negative Thinking

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

5th Sep 2023
Mathematical proofs based on a technique called diagonalization can be relentlessly contrarian, but they help reveal the limits of algorithms. The post Alan Turing and the Power of Negative Thinking first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Cable Length Measurement with an HP 8007B Pulse Generator MathJax.Hub.Config({ jax: ["input/TeX", "output/HTML-CSS"], tex2jax: { inlineMath: [...
1st Apr 2023
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Cable Length Measurement with an HP 8007B Pulse Generator

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Apr 2023
MathJax.Hub.Config({ jax: ["input/TeX", "output/HTML-CSS"], tex2jax: { inlineMath: [ ['$', '$'], ["\\(", "\\)"] ], displayMath: [ ['$$', '$$'], ["\\[", "\\]"] ], processEscapes: true, skipTags: ['script', 'noscript', 'style', 'textarea', 'pre',...
Til All Are One Read More The post Til All Are One appeared first on Least I Could Do.
29th Aug 2026
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Til All Are One

from Least I Could Do [alt+shift+b] in comics

29th Aug 2026
Read More The post Til All Are One appeared first on Least I Could Do.
Pointillism rose Sharpie on computer paper, Photoshop to brighten the colors.
3rd Feb 2013
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Pointillism rose

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

3rd Feb 2013
Sharpie on computer paper, Photoshop to brighten the colors.
The Intolerable Hypocrisy of Cyberlibertarianism I like the Internet. I am old enough to remember the pre-Internet era and despite the younger...
7th May 2026
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The Intolerable Hypocrisy of Cyberlibertarianism

from matduggan.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th May 2026
I like the Internet. I am old enough to remember the pre-Internet era and despite the younger generations pining for those simpler days, I was there. Paper maps were absolutely horrible, just you and a compass in your car on the side of the road in the middle of the
Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Dnsmasq Valet ¶Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel...
9th Sep 2019
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Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet

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

9th Sep 2019
Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Dnsmasq Valet ¶Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Valet is great. Occasionally though I need an app to respond on a different TLD to the default one. And there are even times when it makes sense to have an app respond on multiple...
Guile-bstructs 0.1.0 released I'm pleased to announce that the very first release of guile-bstructs, version 0.1.0, has been...
5th Jan 2025
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Guile-bstructs 0.1.0 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jan 2025
I'm pleased to announce that the very first release of guile-bstructs, version 0.1.0, has been released! This is a library I've been working on for quite some time and after more than one rewrite and many smaller refactors I think it's finally ready to release publicly. Let's...
Fossil DNA Reveals New Twists in Modern Human Origins Modern humans and more ancient hominins interbred many times throughout Eurasia and Africa, and the...
13th Aug 2020
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Fossil DNA Reveals New Twists in Modern Human Origins

from The Quanta Podcast [alt+shift+b] in science

13th Aug 2020
Modern humans and more ancient hominins interbred many times throughout Eurasia and Africa, and the genetic flow went both ways. The post Fossil DNA Reveals New Twists in Modern Human Origins first appeared on Quanta Magazine
American Equity I’d like feedback on the following idea. I think that every adult US citizen should get an annual...
27th Nov 2017
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American Equity

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

27th Nov 2017
I’d like feedback on the following idea. I think that every adult US citizen should get an annual share of the US GDP. I believe that owning something like a share in America would align all of us in making the country as successful as possible—the better the country does, the...
Design better by avoiding your cognitive biases Good UI design is all about guiding attention to what’s important. When making the right thing for...
30th Sep 2020
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Design better by avoiding your cognitive biases

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

30th Sep 2020
Good UI design is all about guiding attention to what’s important. When making the right thing for the user the...
Customer service is everything I was honestly surprised that CD Baby was such a runaway success. But I was even more surprised to...
1st Jul 2014
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Customer service is everything

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jul 2014
I was honestly surprised that CD Baby was such a runaway success. But I was even more surprised to find out why. Who could have guessed? Despite all your efforts put into features, pricing, design, partnerships, and more, people will choose one company over another just...
HoloISO: the unofficial Steam Deck experience on your PC If you have spent any time in gaming hardware circles, then you’ve probably heard about the Steam...
1st Dec 2022
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HoloISO: the unofficial Steam Deck experience on your PC

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2022
If you have spent any time in gaming hardware circles, then you’ve probably heard about the Steam Deck, the Linux-based handheld gaming PC built by Valve. Yes, you heard that right: not Windows, but Linux. I’ve had my fair share of attempts at gaming on Linux. When it works,...
Using Machine Learning to Generate Winamp Skins I used thousands of screenshots of Winamp skins and StyleGAN2 to train an ML model generate more...
7th Jul 2021
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Using Machine Learning to Generate Winamp Skins

from Jordan Eldredge's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Jul 2021
I used thousands of screenshots of Winamp skins and StyleGAN2 to train an ML model generate more Winamp skins.
Stumbling Toward the Cosmopolitan Christ On Apocalypse, Schism, and "Trad" Religion
21st May 2026
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Stumbling Toward the Cosmopolitan Christ

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

21st May 2026
On Apocalypse, Schism, and "Trad" Religion
Become the master of your eslint with no-restricted-syntax The other day I was doing my normal thing trying to force import '*.css' to be the last import in a...
2nd Jun 2021
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Become the master of your eslint with no-restricted-syntax

from Vladimir Klepov as a Coder [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jun 2021
The other day I was doing my normal thing trying to force import '*.css' to be the last import in a file, which ensures a predicatbale CSS order. I spent hours looking for a eslint plugin to do that, but with little luck. Without getting into too much details: The built-in...
ReadWriteWeb Mistaken for Facebook Login — Hilarity Ensues As internet culture continued to go mainstream over 2010, sometimes we at ReadWriteWeb got caught in...
4th Sep 2024
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ReadWriteWeb Mistaken for Facebook Login — Hilarity Ensues

from Cybercultural: Internet History [alt+shift+b] in history

4th Sep 2024
As internet culture continued to go mainstream over 2010, sometimes we at ReadWriteWeb got caught in the crosshairs. In February, our website was hilariously mistaken for the Facebook login page by thousands of people. We’d published a post entitled “Facebook Wants to Be Your One...
Full Stack AI Agents a UI for every man, woman, child, and ai agent
2nd Feb 2025
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Full Stack AI Agents

from Solving the decision problem [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd Feb 2025
a UI for every man, woman, child, and ai agent
Create a presskit in 10 minutes with Milou Talking to the press is an inevitable part of marketing a game or software. To make the journalist’s...
3rd Jun 2024
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Create a presskit in 10 minutes with Milou

from Alice GG [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jun 2024
Talking to the press is an inevitable part of marketing a game or software. To make the journalist’s job easier, it’s a good idea to put together a press kit. The press kit should contain all the information someone could want to write an article about your product, as well as...
🔵 TREND RADAR #20 :: TECH DRIVERS Soft Optimization in a Surveillance State
3rd Aug 2026
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🔵 TREND RADAR #20 :: TECH DRIVERS

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Aug 2026
Soft Optimization in a Surveillance State
How Would You Design Amazon S3? One of my favorite system design questions from a few years ago and a fascinating thing I learned...
1st Oct 2024
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How Would You Design Amazon S3?

from Push to Prod [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Oct 2024
One of my favorite system design questions from a few years ago and a fascinating thing I learned while answering it.
Trying to get past the 500 nits limit of the MacBook Pro (and failing) Update: I finally found a way to go over the limit in Lunar v5.5.1 Exactly 3 months and a day...
4th Feb 2022
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Trying to get past the 500 nits limit of the MacBook Pro (and failing)

from Copper • A blog about conductive layers [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Feb 2022
Update: I finally found a way to go over the limit in Lunar v5.5.1 Exactly 3 months and a day after placing an order through a Romanian Apple reseller, I finally got my 14-inch M1 Max. Well, actually.. I first got the wrong configuration (base model instead of CTO), had to...
Some tips for interacting with the press Here are a few things I’ve learned over the years about the best ways for entrepreneurs to interact...
1st Mar 2012
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Some tips for interacting with the press

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Mar 2012
Here are a few things I’ve learned over the years about the best ways for entrepreneurs to interact with the press (by press I mean blogs as…
What I'm up to - June 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in...
1st Jun 2026
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What I'm up to - June 2026

from Philip Ilic Thomas [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jun 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in May - Went to Oaxaca for vacation, which was a culturally rich and walkable place. I enjoyed a lot of ...
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