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ramencraft restaurant by SOA architekti
Quite similar to coffee, ramen has gained an extensive global reach, becoming even a culinary...
7 months ago
Quite similar to coffee, ramen has gained an extensive global reach, becoming even a culinary routine in the lifestyle of...
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a month ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
Seth's Blog
Bongo 4 – Thinking about power users (skive!)
Power users are tempting. They know what they want, they’re happy to share their preferences and...
a month ago
Power users are tempting. They know what they want, they’re happy to share their preferences and they show up. But power users can also be a trap, because their specific needs might not match the market you seek to serve. When you pick your customers, you pick your future. Brooke...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - DD
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Hovertext:
His pall Quantum Quail insists that even if history...
2 days ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
His pall Quantum Quail insists that even if history is a random process it wouldn't permit free will.
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lcamtuf’s thing
The secret lives of snowblowers
Yes, they throw snow. But the mechanical design of residential snowblowers is more interesting than...
5 months ago
Yes, they throw snow. But the mechanical design of residential snowblowers is more interesting than it seems.
David Perell
Chrisman Frank and Ana Lorena Fabrega: How Childhood Education Will Change
This week, I have two guests. Both are affiliated with Synthesis, a new kind of online school where...
over a year ago
This week, I have two guests. Both are affiliated with Synthesis, a new kind of online school where kids learn through games and simulations. One is Chrisman Frank, the CEO of Synthesis. The other is Ana Lorena Fabrega, who is their Chief Evangelist. Here’s the backstory: A few...
A Beautiful Site
Access pages without the php extension using .htaccess
There are a number of ways to make "clean URLs" work on your site, but this one is pretty straight...
over a year ago
There are a number of ways to make "clean URLs" work on your site, but this one is pretty straight forward. It allows you to access /any-page.php by simply going to /any-page. Just place the following into your .htaccess file (and make sure that mod_rewrite is...
Louwrentius
The sorry state of CoW file systems
I'd like to argue that both ZFS and BTRFS both are incomplete file systems with their own drawbacks...
over a year ago
I'd like to argue that both ZFS and BTRFS both are incomplete file systems with their own drawbacks and that it may still be a long way off before we have something truly great.
Both ZFS and BTRFS are two heroic feats of engineering, created by people who are probably ten times...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Why I Moved Off Dev.to
2 years ago I moved all my blogging to Dev.to. Today my main blog is on Github Issues and I've just...
over a year ago
2 years ago I moved all my blogging to Dev.to. Today my main blog is on Github Issues and I've just launched DXTips on Hashnode.
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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6 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
sharing my protocol as a moderately covid cautious person
There may be a misconception that all covid cautious people are the same, but it is pretty wide...
5 months ago
There may be a misconception that all covid cautious people are the same, but it is pretty wide spectrum. Some covid cautious people may frown upon my behaviour because I still travel...
David Heinemeier...
Beware the leviathans
I've been pleading with antitrust authorities around the world to do something about Big Tech for...
10 months ago
I've been pleading with antitrust authorities around the world to do something about Big Tech for years now. Especially with those awful app store monopolies that have been choking out developers left, right, and center. But now that something finally looks to be happening, I'm...
Vadim Kravcenko
Networking as an introvert CTO
There I was, standing in the middle of a buzzing tech event that our company organized, feeling like...
a year ago
There I was, standing in the middle of a buzzing tech event that our company organized, feeling like a fish […]
The post Networking as an introvert CTO appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Val Sopi
On the first page of Hacker News with Subsection
<p><i><a href="https://subsection.io/" target="_blank">Subsection</a> is an app that helps create...
over a year ago
<p><i><a href="https://subsection.io/" target="_blank">Subsection</a> is an app that helps create support docs, such as user guides, knowledge bases, documentation, and changelogs. </i></p><p><i>Below I describe the launch of Subsection of <a...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism and Free Will: What Do Stoics Believe About Choices?
Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for thousands of years. It was first developed in...
a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for thousands of years. It was first developed in ancient Greece and has since spread throughout the world. One of the core principles of Stoicism is the concept of free will. Understanding this concept is vital to understanding the...
Quantum Frontiers
A classical foreshadow of John Preskill’s Bell Prize
Editor’s Note: This post was co-authored by Hsin-Yuan Huang (Robert) and Richard Kueng. John...
11 months ago
Editor’s Note: This post was co-authored by Hsin-Yuan Huang (Robert) and Richard Kueng. John Preskill, Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, has been named the 2024 John Stewart Bell Prize recipient. The prize honors John’s contributions in … Continue...
nanoscale views
The Nobels, physics and chemistry
As you undoubtedly know, the 2023 Nobel in physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc...
a year ago
As you undoubtedly know, the 2023 Nobel in physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L'Huillier, for the development of techniques associated with attosecond-scale optical pulses. Here is the more popular write-up about this (including a good handwave...
Rest of World -...
Fake news verification tools fail the test during elections in India
Rest of World tested 11 leading WhatsApp-based chatbots that promise to help Indian voters identify...
8 months ago
Rest of World tested 11 leading WhatsApp-based chatbots that promise to help Indian voters identify misinformation. There were long delays and inconsistencies in responses even for content that can easily be identified as AI-generated and fake.
NeuroLogica Blog
How We Determine What to Believe as True
Psychologists have been studying a very basic cognitive function that appears to be of increasing...
a year ago
Psychologists have been studying a very basic cognitive function that appears to be of increasing importance – how do we choose what to believe as true or false? We live in a world awash in information, and access to essentially the world’s store of knowledge is now a trivial...
Jonas Hietala
Speeding Ahead
Life is slowly settling down over here. School has started with some pretty interesting stuff this...
over a year ago
Life is slowly settling down over here. School has started with some pretty interesting stuff this year. Firstly we have a math analysis course in multiple variables which is ok. I’m not a fan of the previous analysis courses but maybe this will be a bit different. We’re...
Mazdak
Loonie on the Brink: Can Canada Escape US Monetary Policy?
The Canadian and American economies are deeply intertwined.
2 months ago
The Canadian and American economies are deeply intertwined.
Anecdotal Evidence
'Favourable Enough for a Writer'
Jules Renard
writing in his journal on November 22, 1906:
“I am in no
great hurry to see the...
a year ago
Jules Renard
writing in his journal on November 22, 1906:
“I am in no
great hurry to see the society of the future – our own favourable enough for a
writer. By its absurdities, its injustices, its vices, its stupidities, it
nourishes a writer’s observations. The more men...
symmetry magazine
A cosmological headache
For over a century, scientists have wondered what is counteracting the force of gravity in the...
a year ago
For over a century, scientists have wondered what is counteracting the force of gravity in the universe.
diamond geezer
2023 index
dg 2023 index
Beyond London
Nottingham: Not just Robin Hood and cricket, but also caves, Boots and a...
a year ago
dg 2023 index
Beyond London
Nottingham: Not just Robin Hood and cricket, but also caves, Boots and a complete traverse of the tram network [photos]
West Midlands Metro: A day of faffing about on the trams, especially the latest extensions
Cheltenham and Gloucester: Spas, racing...
Open Culture
James Earl Jones (RIP) Reads Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”
Note: With the sad passing of James Earl Jones, at age 93, we’re bringing back a post from our...
4 months ago
Note: With the sad passing of James Earl Jones, at age 93, we’re bringing back a post from our archive–one featuring Jones reading two great American poets, Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman. These readings first appeared on our site in 2014. For all its many flaws the original...
Florian Bellmann |...
The late night coding session
A small reflection on the joy of late night coding session
a year ago
A small reflection on the joy of late night coding session
Applied Cartography
Things take time
Things take time.
Nintendo fairly famously was born in 1889, and the modern incarnation — Yamamuchi...
8 months ago
Things take time.
Nintendo fairly famously was born in 1889, and the modern incarnation — Yamamuchi Nintendo & Co., LTD — was established nearly fifty years later, in 1933. They spent forty years selling playing cards, then another decade operating merely as a distributor of...
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.
Rest of World -...
India’s electric cab companies can’t find enough cars to put on the road
There are only a handful of electric taxi manufacturers in India today, slowing the country’s EV...
3 months ago
There are only a handful of electric taxi manufacturers in India today, slowing the country’s EV revolution.
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
PostHog's RSS Feed
Remote companies can be too asynchronous
Even when Tim (my cofounder) and I were doing a Y Combinator (YC) batch in 2020, we realized we...
over a year ago
Even when Tim (my cofounder) and I were doing a Y Combinator (YC) batch in 2020, we realized we got more work done when we worked asynchronously…
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
Eric Bailey
#WorstWorkWednesday
This post is in reply to a Tweet from Sara Soueidan about only sharing our best work. It is a...
over a year ago
This post is in reply to a Tweet from Sara Soueidan about only sharing our best work. It is a conversation how people don’t share negative things on social media, especially in the context of a professional account.
#WorstWorkWednesday, the title of this post, is a hashtag coined...
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
Londonist
Welsh Things To Do In London
Daffodils, beer and male voice choirs.
10 months ago
Daffodils, beer and male voice choirs.
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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10 months ago
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, July 2024
The Ware for July 2024 is shown below. Thanks again to jackw01 for contributing this ware! The last...
5 months ago
The Ware for July 2024 is shown below. Thanks again to jackw01 for contributing this ware! The last two images might be killer clues that give away the ware, but they are also so cool I couldn’t not include them as part of the post.
Tech and Tea
Three Maternity Leaves at Early-Stage Startups
How it was with different companies, roles, and experiences
5 months ago
How it was with different companies, roles, and experiences
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Remember
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Hovertext:
I was in a train station a few years ago and all...
7 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
I was in a train station a few years ago and all the women were dressed like it was the eighties. Went back to my farm and emerged a year later to see all the men had developed mustaches as a kind of reflexive mating...
AI Snake Oil
FAQ about the book and our writing process
What's in the book and how we wrote it
3 months ago
What's in the book and how we wrote it
A Smart Bear
"Stealth mode" and other f'ing brilliant strategies
Oh you secretive devil! The last thing you need is anyone finding out about your startup. Like...
3 days ago
Oh you secretive devil! The last thing you need is anyone finding out about your startup. Like competitors. Or customers.
Vadim Kravcenko
How can you tell if you’re a good developer?
Question:
Hey Vadim, So, I've been coding for money for about 5 years now. I've jumped around a lot...
9 months ago
Question:
Hey Vadim, So, I've been coding for money for about 5 years now. I've jumped around a lot — Java, Javascript, Python, NodeJS — you name it. The job market's been great, making it super easy for me to switch between gigs. I've done both full-time and contract work across...
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Costa Rica, Part 2 (In the Shadow of the Volcano)
We landed at Juan Santamaría airport in San José on a Friday afternoon, clearing Immigration and...
a year ago
We landed at Juan Santamaría airport in San José on a Friday afternoon, clearing Immigration and Customs nearly effortlessly. Then we got a taste of rush hour traffic riding on the shuttle to retrieve our rental car. Driving conditions became a lot more difficult later in the...
Josh Comeau's blog
An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid
CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful...
a year ago
CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful tools, there's a significant learning curve. In this tutorial, we'll build a mental model for how CSS Grid works and how we can use it effectively. I'll share the biggest 💡 lightbulb...
Jonas Hietala
FTL got a new victim
Faster than Light the great game I lost a ton of time on, has found a new victim. It’s not someone...
over a year ago
Faster than Light the great game I lost a ton of time on, has found a new victim. It’s not someone you’d expect, it’s even someone who said: “What a bad game” when she saw me playing it. But nevertheless this Saturday she played it more than 2.5 hours!
I told Veronica I wanted...
The Modern House
Samuel Ross gives us a first look at his renovated family home in Northamptonshire
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Why the web economy will continue growing rapidly
Here’s the really good news for the web economy over the next decade. Consumers are spending more...
over a year ago
Here’s the really good news for the web economy over the next decade. Consumers are spending more and more time online, yet only about 1…
Old Structures...
The Same But Different
This is an 1884 photograph of Broadway looking north from just south of Houston Street. Broadway...
12 months ago
This is an 1884 photograph of Broadway looking north from just south of Houston Street. Broadway runs straight from here until the bend at 10th Street where Grace Church is, and the church is just barely visible at the end of the street. Unlike most photos of Manhattan from the...
The Pragmatic...
PagerDuty alternatives
12 alternatives to the market-leading alerting tool, PagerDuty.
a year ago
12 alternatives to the market-leading alerting tool, PagerDuty.
Paolo Amoroso's...
A brief experience with the Cardputer uLisp Machine
<![CDATA[For Chrismtas 2024 I bought myself a lovely little Cardputer uLisp Machine, an M5Stack...
3 weeks ago
<![CDATA[For Chrismtas 2024 I bought myself a lovely little Cardputer uLisp Machine, an M5Stack Cardputer that can run uLisp.
The M5Stack Cardputer is a card-sized, microcontroller-based portable system for home automation, hobby, and industrial applications. Although not...
Identity Designed
The Dinner Ladies
Designed by Universal Favourite, Sydney.
7 months ago
Designed by Universal Favourite, Sydney.
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a month ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
HTMHell
PSA: Stop using the title attribute as tooltip!
by Daniela Kubesch
It's almost 2025, so it's time to stop using the title attribute everywhere....
a month ago
by Daniela Kubesch
It's almost 2025, so it's time to stop using the title attribute everywhere. Images, text, buttons, ... you name it, devs really like to put it on any element in sight. Most of the time, people actually want to create a tooltip. You know, that little bubble of...
Irrational...
Drafted Eng Executive's Primer!
Back in late April, I mentioned that I was
working on a new book,
The Engineering Executive’s...
a year ago
Back in late April, I mentioned that I was
working on a new book,
The Engineering Executive’s Primer,
with O’Reilly.
I wanted to share a few notes on progress!
First, there’s a cover, shown above in this post’s image, and also in the right rail (or bottom footer if you’re
reading...
swyx's site RSS Feed
The 4 Types of Activity timeouts in Temporal
This post (together with the embedded talk) aims to give you a solid mental model on what each...
over a year ago
This post (together with the embedded talk) aims to give you a solid mental model on what each Activity timeout in Temporal does and when to use it.
Old Structures...
New Ringing The Old
Here’s a terrible photo I took through the window of a ferry: There’s a weird concentric-circle...
4 months ago
Here’s a terrible photo I took through the window of a ferry: There’s a weird concentric-circle effect to the buildings in much of lower Manhattan that you can see clearly here, that the buildings on the waterfront are new and bigger than the ones behind them. It’s a simple...
blag
What I want to do at Recurse Center
Projects I want to work on at RC
over a year ago
Projects I want to work on at RC
swyx's site RSS Feed
REST Endpoint + CRUD with AWS Lambda and DynamoDB in 2 minutes
A lightning fast overview of everything you need to know to set up a REST endpoint with full CRUD...
over a year ago
A lightning fast overview of everything you need to know to set up a REST endpoint with full CRUD capability with AWS Lambda, DynamoDB and AWS Amplify in 2 minutes.
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 18
Starting the year by cleaning up even more
a year ago
Starting the year by cleaning up even more
Josh Thompson
Your "Community" Should Not Be Local
When Kristi and I were planning our move from Maryland to Colorado, the biggest challenge we...
over a year ago
When Kristi and I were planning our move from Maryland to Colorado, the biggest challenge we anticipated was no longer being a short drive away from my sister,
Jen, and Kristi’s brother,
Richard. There are a few reasons, however, that we decided the benefits of moving...
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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3 months ago
Explorations of an...
Day Four At Río Bigal - Birding The Interior Trails
November 5, 2023
Sunday began overcast, but unlike the previous day there did not seem to be the...
a year ago
November 5, 2023
Sunday began overcast, but unlike the previous day there did not seem to be the same threat of rain looming over everything. Therefore, yesterday's plan shifted to today. Natalia made me a packed lunch and I prepared for a day on my own on the long PNS trail. I...
Jonas Hietala
Language spec in code blocks
Even though I just recently restyled the blog and wasn’t going to touch it, there was one thing I...
a year ago
Even though I just recently restyled the blog and wasn’t going to touch it, there was one thing I wanted to add, but it felt a little bothersome so I skipped it.
It was to display the highlighted language in code blocks:
The code spec displays what programming language the code...
Computer Ads from...
Comics from 1983/08 Today Mag
Time for some levity. The following comics were all found in the August 1983 issue of Today...
10 months ago
Time for some levity. The following comics were all found in the August 1983 issue of Today magazine. Enjoy! What computer ads would you like to see in the future? Please comment below. If you enjoyed it, please share it with your friends and relatives. Thank you.
Londonist
30 Beautiful Giraffe Sculptures To Discover On This Croydon Art Trail
Done the gorillas? Now do these.
a year ago
Done the gorillas? Now do these.
Diaries of Note
Tabiboo sant, tabiboo sant!
In March of 1834, 25-year-old John Kirk Townsend was invited by fellow naturalist Thomas Nuttall to...
a year ago
In March of 1834, 25-year-old John Kirk Townsend was invited by fellow naturalist Thomas Nuttall to join him on an expedition across the Rocky Mountains, his role being to collect and identify birds and mammals as they journeyed. Before long, Townsend, a keen ornithologist,...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Bandwidth
I try not to pay too much attention to time, but sometimes it's hard to ignore. It passes far too...
a year ago
I try not to pay too much attention to time, but sometimes it's hard to ignore. It passes far too quickly for my liking, but that's also because I'm nearing an age of self-reflection, but let's not go there! I enjoy routine and with that, life can get a little hazy albeit...
A Smart Bear
Procrastinate for Success!
Procrastination can be a useful tool. You can't do everything. So don't.
6 months ago
Procrastination can be a useful tool. You can't do everything. So don't.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
Anecdotal Evidence
'Some Could, Some Could Not, Shake Off Misery'
Last week I
wrote a post about the poet Bob Barth, the patrol he led as a 21-year-old...
5 months ago
Last week I
wrote a post about the poet Bob Barth, the patrol he led as a 21-year-old Marine
Corporal in Vietnam, and the war correspondent who wrote a dispatch about him
for a newspaper. Two days later, after learning that the stringer, Albert W.
Vinson, soon took his own life,...
Noahpinion
Our climate change debates are out of date
Solar and batteries are going to win, and our thinking needs to adjust accordingly.
a year ago
Solar and batteries are going to win, and our thinking needs to adjust accordingly.
Londonist
BFI Flare: Huge LGBTQIA+ Film Festival Lands In London This March
Feat. Layla, Close To You and All Of Us Strangers.
11 months ago
Feat. Layla, Close To You and All Of Us Strangers.
Dustin Curtis
Block Carefully
A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture...
3 months ago
A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to block me. Since then, I have been unable to view his posts1, which is a shame because I valued his thoughts and opinions.
Today, X engineering announced...
Seth's Blog
Getting to no
“Yes” is magical. It brings possibility and forward motion. But it’s almost impossible without “no”...
a year ago
“Yes” is magical. It brings possibility and forward motion. But it’s almost impossible without “no” and no can be just as frightening. First, there’s the no of “I can’t go for that.” The no of refusing to race to the bottom, the no of avoiding the selfish hustle, the no of...
Society's Backend
Side Projects to Get a Job in ML, a Survey of Small Language Models, How to Build ML Pipelines, and...
Society's Backend Reading List 11-11-2024
2 months ago
Society's Backend Reading List 11-11-2024
Calculated Risk
Tuesday: PPI
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Slightly Higher to Start New Week
The...
a week ago
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Slightly Higher to Start New Week
The more important consideration is the new round of potential volatility on the horizon. Whereas it was the jobs report last week, this week's critical data will be Wednesday's Consumer...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Our simpler goal: Help engineers to be better at product
One of the things I've learned at PostHog is the simpler a strategy, the more likely it's right. We...
a year ago
One of the things I've learned at PostHog is the simpler a strategy, the more likely it's right. We simplified our strategy recently. This post…
CONTEMPORIST
The Design Of This Shingle-Clad Hotel Lobby Was Inspired By A Coconut
Architecture firm Onion, has shared photos of a hotel lobby they completed for Holiday Inn Samui in...
a year ago
Architecture firm Onion, has shared photos of a hotel lobby they completed for Holiday Inn Samui in Thailand, whose design is inspired by the coconut shell after its meat has been grated to make Thai dessert. The curved building exterior is clad with wooden shingles, with...
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Titus About?
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3 days ago
Josh Thompson
Quotes from 'Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving', by Pete Walker
I’ve found Pete Walker’s Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving to be deeply helpful.
Some of you,...
over a year ago
I’ve found Pete Walker’s Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving to be deeply helpful.
Some of you, many of you, have blessed me and cared for me in kind ways, sometimes with very little knowledge of what was going on, or why I was the way that I was. Thank you. I’ve been...
TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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a year ago
Map of the Week
The Inequalities of Climate Change
There was much talk, if not much action, at the recent COP27 conference about wealthier countries...
over a year ago
There was much talk, if not much action, at the recent COP27 conference about wealthier countries compensating poorer ones for the impacts of climate change. The poorer countries see the largest impacts, while contributing the least to the problem. This map illustrates the...
Paolo Amoroso's...
A fix for duplicate definitions in Femtounit
<![CDATA[I finally fixed a longstanding duplicate definitions issue with Femtounit, my Interlisp...
10 months ago
<![CDATA[I finally fixed a longstanding duplicate definitions issue with Femtounit, my Interlisp unit test framework.
Femtounit creates a new File Manager type for unit tests, TESTS. DEFTEST, which defines a test, adds an entry of type TESTS and expands into an internal function...
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Local Baker’s Top Picks to Maine’s Best Winter Adventures
5 months ago
Archinect - Features
'What Is Truly Good About AI, Nobody Has Probably Thought of Yet'; A Conversation with...
To many, Richard Saul Wurman is inevitably introduced as "the man who created TED." Since Wurman...
a year ago
To many, Richard Saul Wurman is inevitably introduced as "the man who created TED." Since Wurman organized the first TED conference in 1984, the organization's library has expanded to over 4,300 publicly available videos from some of the world's greatest minds about some of...
Irrational...
Getting a job as an engineering executive.
I started my first executive job search when I was 25.
Eventually, I got an offer to lead...
over a year ago
I started my first executive job search when I was 25.
Eventually, I got an offer to lead engineering at a startup with four engineers,
which I turned down to join Uber.
It wasn’t until a decade later that I joined Calm and started my first executive role.
If you start...
Nela Dunato Art &...
Motivate Yourself to Create More Art + Fantasy Watercolor Portrait Painting Process
In this episode of Nela’s Art Chat I'm showing the mixed media drawing and painting process of a...
9 months ago
In this episode of Nela’s Art Chat I'm showing the mixed media drawing and painting process of a forest fae portrait, while sharing lots of tips that can help you create more art. I often struggle finding motivation, energy, and time to create elaborate pieces of art, so I’ve...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 11-17 March 2024
Things to do for under a fiver.
10 months ago
Things to do for under a fiver.
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
9 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
Drew Ex Machina
Memories of Project RAMOS (Russian American Observation Satellites) 1991 – 2004
During the course of my professional career, one of the more important projects I had the pleasure...
a year ago
During the course of my professional career, one of the more important projects I had the pleasure to work on was the joint US/Russian Federation (RF) […]
Citation Needed
Issue 54 – Cases continue
Crypto-related litigation is in full swing, as the Terra civil fraud trial has kicked off and two...
9 months ago
Crypto-related litigation is in full swing, as the Terra civil fraud trial has kicked off and two other cases against crypto companies have survived motions to dismiss.
Uncharted...
The Moral Case for More People on Earth
Today we’re going to cover four points that have emerged from the last few articles on growing our...
a month ago
Today we’re going to cover four points that have emerged from the last few articles on growing our population, but which I haven’t covered yet:
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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computers are bad
2024-08-31 ipmi
I am making steady progress towards moving the Computers Are Bad enterprise
cloud to its new home,...
4 months ago
I am making steady progress towards moving the Computers Are Bad enterprise
cloud to its new home, here in New Mexico. One of the steps in this process is,
of course, purchasing a new server... the current Big Iron is getting rather
old (probably about a decade!) and here in...
Naveen Arun's Blog
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
It’s often the case that when we do good things for others, we open ourselves to new risks. A...
a year ago
It’s often the case that when we do good things for others, we open ourselves to new risks. A student helps a classmate, only to get accused of cheating. A friend lends money, which strains the friendship. A driver stops their car for a pedestrian, then gets rear-ended. We do so...
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Calculated Risk
Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week: Case-Shiller Index Up 3.6% year-over-year in October
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:
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2 weeks ago
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:
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Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 3.6% year-over-year in October
Final Look at Local Housing Markets in November and a Look Ahead to December Sales
Fannie and Freddie: Single...
Common Edge
Capturing America, One State Capitol at a Time
A new book celebrates the lost grandeur and optimism of democracy.
a year ago
A new book celebrates the lost grandeur and optimism of democracy.
Rest of World -...
Sing your way to learning a new language
Unlike apps like Duolingo, Beelinguapp focuses on storytelling and song to engage its over 5 million...
a year ago
Unlike apps like Duolingo, Beelinguapp focuses on storytelling and song to engage its over 5 million users.
mtlynch.io
TinyPilot: Month 14
Highlights A redesign of TinyPilot’s website seems to have increased sales. TinyPilot now has a...
over a year ago
Highlights A redesign of TinyPilot’s website seems to have increased sales. TinyPilot now has a European distributor. After three years, I’ve earned back my investment in Zestful (and I might sell it). I’m still ruthlessly delegating every task I can. Goal Grades At the start of...
Louwrentius
Raspberry Pi as a router using a single network interface
Introduction
Disclaimer: this article is intended for consumers and hobbyists.
If you want to run...
over a year ago
Introduction
Disclaimer: this article is intended for consumers and hobbyists.
If you want to run your own router at home, the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B1 can be an excelent hardware choice:
it's fairly cheap
it's fast enough
it can saturate it's gigabit network port
it is...
General Robots
Humanoid Robots: Dollars and GPTs
Whats With All The Humanoid Robots? Part 2
8 months ago
Whats With All The Humanoid Robots? Part 2
Cheese and Biscuits
Nanyang Blossom, Knightsbridge
For better or worse, every moment spent eating out in London is an education, and on a warm Tuesday...
6 months ago
For better or worse, every moment spent eating out in London is an education, and on a warm Tuesday evening last week I went to Knightsbridge to learn about Nanyang cuisine. It has a somewhat fluid definition, as these things often do, but generally refers to food from SE China...
Rest of World -...
Uber Eats drivers in South Africa are unionizing
Citing meager wages, no safety gear, and exploitative working conditions, the country’s drivers are...
a year ago
Citing meager wages, no safety gear, and exploitative working conditions, the country’s drivers are organizing to demand better.
Saturday Morning...
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Mondragon as the new City-State
This cooperative could be its own country.
4 months ago
This cooperative could be its own country.
Joel Gascoigne
The undervalued advantages of being a small startup
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I remember when I was 12, I was desperate to grow up. I think most of us are
when we’re young. Similarly, when you’re getting your startup off the ground, it
can be easy to wish ourselves ahead
XO Capital - Field...
2023 In Review
2023 was a tough year. It started out with a bang (high expectations, everything going right) and...
a year ago
2023 was a tough year. It started out with a bang (high expectations, everything going right) and ended with a whimper for us. The zero interest rate environment really came down hard on a few products like Cold Email Studio and now that the AI craze is cooling off, we&
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
5 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
Wanderingspace
ISS Looks Like a Toy
These animated gifs of The International Space Station look just like metal toys — but they are...
over a year ago
These animated gifs of The International Space Station look just like metal toys — but they are real. Each frame is taken with ground based amateur telescopes and then pieced together with common image software like Adobe Photoshop.
It is incredible to me that there are people...
TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Yes, accessibility is also a backend concern
There is a prevailing notion in web development that the frontend—the discipline of creating what...
over a year ago
There is a prevailing notion in web development that the frontend—the discipline of creating what someone can see and do on a website or web app—is the only place you need to consider accessibility.
This simply isn’t true. Accessibility is a holistic practice that touches every...
The Honest Broker
Why Streaming Subscription Prices Will Continue to Rise
You are a user—so get ready to be used
2 months ago
You are a user—so get ready to be used
Rest of World -...
Japan’s digital ID program is a complicated mess
The “My Number” card program, initially hopeful, is now making more headaches than headway.
a year ago
The “My Number” card program, initially hopeful, is now making more headaches than headway.
Anecdotal Evidence
'Still to Suruiue in My Immortall Song'
Many of the best
things in life, so long as they persist, are accompanied by a shadow of...
a month ago
Many of the best
things in life, so long as they persist, are accompanied by a shadow of their
disappearance. If fortunate, we learn this lesson early. Their transitoriness
becomes part of their charm, whether a cat, a garden or a brother. We are
grateful and enjoy them...
TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Product Identity
I'm writing a zine
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a month ago
Will I become an author now?
bt RSS Feed
Installing Custom Fonts on Linux from the Command Line
Installing Custom Fonts on Linux from the Command Line
2022-09-20
Installing custom fonts is a...
over a year ago
Installing Custom Fonts on Linux from the Command Line
2022-09-20
Installing custom fonts is a fairly streamlined feature on operating systems like MacOS and Windows. Linux, on the other hand, struggles to make this workflow easy for everyday users. Many newcomers tend to get...
Londonist
How London Underground Became The Coolest Brand In The World
From the first roundel to moquette trainers.
a year ago
From the first roundel to moquette trainers.
ntietz.com blog
Three days of Advent of Code in Hurl
Every year I do some of Advent of Code.
One year I completed it, but usually I just do some of it as...
a year ago
Every year I do some of Advent of Code.
One year I completed it, but usually I just do some of it as a social thing with friends and then taper off as interest wanes.
This year, I did three days of it, and stopped because I really truly did not want to write more solutions in the...
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The Part Time Creator Manifesto
Why we need more people creating Part Time and how you can do it too.
over a year ago
Why we need more people creating Part Time and how you can do it too.
A Smart Bear
Not disruptive, and proud of it
I remember "disruptive" when it was called a "paradigm shift." You should be worrying more about...
6 months ago
I remember "disruptive" when it was called a "paradigm shift." You should be worrying more about making something people want to buy, and less about disrupting everything.
Londonist
Astounding Animal Statues By Gillie And Marc Near London Bridge
A Wild Life for Wildlife.
a year ago
A Wild Life for Wildlife.
Tony Finch's blog
Introducing BIND9 dnssec-policy
Here are some notes about using BIND’s new-ish dnssec-policy feature
to sign a DNS zone that is...
8 months ago
Here are some notes about using BIND’s new-ish dnssec-policy feature
to sign a DNS zone that is currently unsigned.
I am in the process of migrating my DNS zones from BIND’s old
auto-dnssec to its new dnssec-policy, and writing a blog post
about it. These introductory sections...
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How we justified quitting our jobs and financing PostHog early on
Let me tell you a story of the financial pressures that face new founders and how that pressure...
over a year ago
Let me tell you a story of the financial pressures that face new founders and how that pressure motivated Tim and me to make an epic pivot leap…
macwright.com
Chrome Devtools protip: Emulate a focused page
This is a Devtools feature that you will only need once in a while, but it is a life-saver.
Some...
a year ago
This is a Devtools feature that you will only need once in a while, but it is a life-saver.
Some frontend libraries, like CodeMirror, have UIs like autocompletion, tools, or popovers, that are triggered by typing text or hovering your mouse cursor, and disappear when that...
The American Scholar
Bards Behind Bars
Reading Sartre aloud inside a maximum-security prison
The post Bards Behind Bars appeared first on...
7 months ago
Reading Sartre aloud inside a maximum-security prison
The post Bards Behind Bars appeared first on The American Scholar.
Anecdotal Evidence
'In a More Just World'
Our youngest
son’s bedroom has lately turned into an overstuffed warehouse. Last year, as a
junior...
3 months ago
Our youngest
son’s bedroom has lately turned into an overstuffed warehouse. Last year, as a
junior at Rice, he lived off-campus in an apartment. This year he’s back in a
dormitory so most of his “housewares” – clothing, dishes and utensils, tchotchkes
– have been heaped in his...
Musings on Markets
Data Update 4 for 2023: Country Risk - Measures and Implications
I describe myself as a dabbler, and it does get in the way of my best laid plans. A few weeks ago, I...
a year ago
I describe myself as a dabbler, and it does get in the way of my best laid plans. A few weeks ago, I posted my first data update pulling together what I had learned from looking at the data in 2023, and promised many more on the topic. In the month since, I have added two more...
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
8 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
Notes on software...
Transparency and communication on small teams
I saw a post on
dev.to
that talks about dysfunctional teams. This is a response that...
over a year ago
I saw a post on
dev.to
that talks about dysfunctional teams. This is a response that focuses
specifically on how to prevent burnout from overworking. This is aimed
at senior/lead engineers and engineering/project managers -- because
everyone in a leadership role is responsible...
99% Invisible
The Price is Wrong [EPISODE]
Insurance companies are not climate activists, but they know more about climate risk than just about...
4 months ago
Insurance companies are not climate activists, but they know more about climate risk than just about anyone. And as storms get more extreme and unpredictable a lot of insurers are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore. For decades,...
Hixie's Natural Log
How big is the Flutter team?
I often get asked how many people contribute to Flutter.
It's a hard question to answer because...
11 months ago
I often get asked how many people contribute to Flutter.
It's a hard question to answer because "contribute" is a very vague concept. There's tens of thousands of packages on pub.dev, all of which are written by contributors to the community. There's over 100,000 of issues...
Oykun
Design Your Way to Success: How task management can boost your career as a Designer
As designers, our days are filled with a variety of tasks and responsibilities.
Here is a likely...
a year ago
As designers, our days are filled with a variety of tasks and responsibilities.
Here is a likely scenario;
You wake up, go through your morning routine, and sit down at your desk to start working.
First, you see a flood of emails in your inbox. You start replying
TokyoDev
Progress and Challenges: Reflections of a Working Mother in Japan
The result of [TokyoDev's International Developers in Japan Survey...
a year ago
The result of [TokyoDev's International Developers in Japan Survey 2022](/insights/2022-developer-survey) revealed that the country is still struggling to close the gender gap in the workplace in the tech industry.
As a Japanese woman and a mother of two children, I was very...
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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nanoscale views
The difficult need for creativity on demand
Thoughts at the end of another busy year…. Good science is a creative enterprise. Some stereotypes...
over a year ago
Thoughts at the end of another busy year…. Good science is a creative enterprise. Some stereotypes paint most scientists as toiling away, so deeply constrained by logic that they function more like automatons grinding out the next incremental advance in a steady if slow march of...
David Heinemeier...
Bad Therapy
This book nails it. What it's like to be a parent with school-age children in America right now. So...
9 months ago
This book nails it. What it's like to be a parent with school-age children in America right now. So many kids with a diagnosis of one sort or another, so much monitoring of children's every move, so much anxiety over the most trivial things, like the sugar content of a cupcake....
HTMHell
The hidden depths of the input element
by Phil Nash
The <input> element is the most fascinating element in HTML.
Most elements behave the...
a year ago
by Phil Nash
The <input> element is the most fascinating element in HTML.
Most elements behave the same way regardless of their attributes, the type attribute of the <input> element can take 1 of 22 different values that gives it not only different behaviour, but a different...
The American Scholar
The Sound of the Picturesque
Charles Ives and the Visual
The post The Sound of the Picturesque appeared first on The American...
4 months ago
Charles Ives and the Visual
The post The Sound of the Picturesque appeared first on The American Scholar.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Simple Living Is Simpler Today
Whether we like it or not, we are currently living more isolated lives, and for some people a life...
over a year ago
Whether we like it or not, we are currently living more isolated lives, and for some people a life of solitude. There’s massive disruption. When the world faces a global pandemic, we all have important decisions to make. Some of these are reactive and some of these are...
The Rational Walk
My Years with General Motors
General Motors, under the leadership of Alfred P. Sloan, capitalized on the mistakes of Henry Ford...
a year ago
General Motors, under the leadership of Alfred P. Sloan, capitalized on the mistakes of Henry Ford in the 1920s to become the dominant American automaker.
Archinect - Features
'A Commitment to Craft Is Intrinsic to This Place': A Conversation with Portland-Based...
For our latest Studio Snapshot conversation, we had the pleasure of chatting with Brent Linden and...
11 months ago
For our latest Studio Snapshot conversation, we had the pleasure of chatting with Brent Linden and Chris Brown, founding partners of Portland, Oregon-based Linden, Brown Architecture. Established in 2018 as a collaborative venture after working for large, established firms, the...
IEEE Spectrum
Video Friday: Swiss-Mile Robot vs. Humans
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE...
2 months ago
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
Humanoids 2024: 22–24 November...
diamond geezer
The Wrythe
Today we're off to the only south London suburb that starts with The, namely The Wrythe which is a...
8 months ago
Today we're off to the only south London suburb that starts with The, namely The Wrythe which is a significant part of Sutton. Essentially it's North Carshalton but has had a separate identity since medieval times, actual residents since Victorian times and today forms a...
NeuroLogica Blog
Harvesting Energy from Water Vapor
I did not plan to write yet another post about energy, but this popped up and I had to write about...
a year ago
I did not plan to write yet another post about energy, but this popped up and I had to write about it. UMASS researchers have produced a device that generates electricity by harvesting charge from water vapor. They write: The common feature of these materials is that they are...
Cognitive...
Demystifying OpenAI's Terms of Use with Regards to Dataset Licenses
With the recent update to OpenAI's Terms of Use on October 23, 2024, there’s been a flurry of online...
2 months ago
With the recent update to OpenAI's Terms of Use on October 23, 2024, there’s been a flurry of online discussions around what these terms mean for developers, businesses, and everyday users of AI tools like ChatGPT. Much of the conversation, especiall...
TheCollector
Are Supernatural Beliefs Real?
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Old Structures...
Not Much Of A Mystery
There floors of apartments over two floors of commercial space: If you’ve spent enough time in...
6 months ago
There floors of apartments over two floors of commercial space: If you’ve spent enough time in Manhattan, the immediate thought is that this was a house with a stoop, and the extension to the front lot line is an alteration that removed the stoop and raised the basement to street...
charity.wtf
“Founder Mode” and the Art of Mythmaking
I’ve never been good at “hot takes”. Anyone who knows anything about marketing can tell you that the...
a month ago
I’ve never been good at “hot takes”. Anyone who knows anything about marketing can tell you that the best time to share your opinion about something is when everyone is all worked up about it. Hot topics drive clicks and eyeballs and attention en masse. Unfortunately, my internal...
TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Construction Physics
How We Got the Lithium-ion Battery
It took decades of research, performed around the world, before a practical lithium-ion battery was...
a month ago
It took decades of research, performed around the world, before a practical lithium-ion battery was possible.
The Ruffian
The Biden Conundrum
On the president's prospects, plus a rattle bag of stimulants and delights
a year ago
On the president's prospects, plus a rattle bag of stimulants and delights
HTMHell
Reading the meter
The <meter> element is a little known and rarely used semantic element. It's a non-interactive form...
over a year ago
The <meter> element is a little known and rarely used semantic element. It's a non-interactive form element that renders as a partially filled horizontal bar. Browsers provide user-agent styles, but the <meter> element can also be styled.
<meter min="10" max="200"...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 19-20 August 2023
Black Pride, All Points East, a foodie weekend, a cocktail festival and more.
a year ago
Black Pride, All Points East, a foodie weekend, a cocktail festival and more.
Saturday Morning...
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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AVC
The 83b Election
First and foremost, this is not tax advice. I am not a tax advisor and you should never take...
a year ago
First and foremost, this is not tax advice. I am not a tax advisor and you should never take anything you read here as tax advice. If you read something here that makes you think you should take some tax-related action, please always consult your tax advisor. With that disclosure...
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Oct 2019 Recap
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over a year ago
Hello mailing list friends!
Nabeel S. Qureshi
The Serendipity Machine
Notes on Using Twitter
a year ago
Christian Selig
A free, 3D printable Meta Quest 3 stand
People were really kind and seemed to enjoy my 3D printable Apple Vision Pro stand, a stand I...
9 months ago
People were really kind and seemed to enjoy my 3D printable Apple Vision Pro stand, a stand I designed in Fusion 360 with the goal of being visually appealing and compact as it stored the headset vertically so it wouldn’t take up too much space on your desk.
Turns out there were...
computers are bad
2023-06-02 the reinvention of owens lake
Programming note: In an effort to introduce an exciting new social aspect to
Computers Are Bad (a...
a year ago
Programming note: In an effort to introduce an exciting new social aspect to
Computers Are Bad (a functional necessity to appease early-stage investor
demands for "engagement")¸ I am launching a Matrix room for CAB readers.
You can join it! Do whatever you do to join rooms in...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Like a Golden Retriever'
Part of the pleasure of listening to the late jazz
musician Dave McKenna playing piano was hearing...
a year ago
Part of the pleasure of listening to the late jazz
musician Dave McKenna playing piano was hearing the musical quotes he wove into his improvisations. The practice, deplored by some
critics, was not unique to McKenna, of course. To cite only jazz musicians I
have seen in person,...
Mind Mine
have you noticed that rule is arbitrary?
stop playing by Bad Rules
a month ago
stop playing by Bad Rules
Musings on Markets
Data Update 7 for 2023: Dividends, Buybacks and Cash Flows
This is the last of my data update posts for 2023, and in this one, I will focus on dividends and...
a year ago
This is the last of my data update posts for 2023, and in this one, I will focus on dividends and buybacks, perhaps the most most misunderstood and misplayed element of corporate finance. To illustrate the heat that buybacks evoke, consider two stories in the last two weeks where...
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Poet's Hope'
Erica Light
is the daughter of my late friend Helen Pinkerton (1927-2017), the poet and
Melville...
8 months ago
Erica Light
is the daughter of my late friend Helen Pinkerton (1927-2017), the poet and
Melville scholar. We exchange emails several times each year, usually devoted
to what we are reading. This week she reported reading some of the writers and books I’ve
mentioned recently at...
Asterisk
The Misery Bomb
Children across the Western world are getting less happy. If we can’t find a way to reverse the...
6 months ago
Children across the Western world are getting less happy. If we can’t find a way to reverse the trend, it might have an outsized impact on their future.
Rest of World -...
A little-known AI startup is behind Nigeria’s first government-backed LLM
Awarri has been tapped to help increase the representation of Nigerian languages in AI.
7 months ago
Awarri has been tapped to help increase the representation of Nigerian languages in AI.
The Ruffian
The Enigma of Luigi Mangione
And the Madness Of His Apologists
a month ago
And the Madness Of His Apologists
Alex MacCaw
Pain
I've been staying with my friend Matt Mochary at his house in Hawaii for the last few days. He...
4 months ago
I've been staying with my friend Matt Mochary at his house in Hawaii for the last few days. He shared an excellent insight about dealing with pain that I believe everyone should hear. So here it is:
We all experience pain caused by others. Perhaps even earlier today
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Fastest Way To Ruin Your Life
8 easy steps
a month ago
Retail Design Blog
Mita Bird Nest by RYMEE Creative
Bird nests are among the most precious and luxurious dishes because they are rich in nutrients and...
7 months ago
Bird nests are among the most precious and luxurious dishes because they are rich in nutrients and beneficial for skin...
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Eponymous Laws
Interesting Two Word ideas with names of people on them
over a year ago
Interesting Two Word ideas with names of people on them
the jsomers.net blog
Should we cool it with the historical present?
On podcasts it's pretty common to hear something like this: So Alexander Hamilton has just finished...
over a year ago
On podcasts it's pretty common to hear something like this: So Alexander Hamilton has just finished law school, and he's trying to make a name for himself. He's only been in New York a few years. So he takes on this case... The problem with the past tense ("Hamilton had just...
Noahpinion
Stop saying "there is no decoupling". There is!
Decoupling will take time, and it won't look like the Iron Curtain, but it's happening.
a year ago
Decoupling will take time, and it won't look like the Iron Curtain, but it's happening.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Institutional failure
The TV show The Wire is an incredibly instructive lesson on how the modern world works (besides...
over a year ago
The TV show The Wire is an incredibly instructive lesson on how the modern world works (besides being a great work of art). The recurring…
Eric Bailey
Give me a definition for the word dashboard
I finished up a research project a couple of weeks ago, and I'd like to share a detail that...
over a year ago
I finished up a research project a couple of weeks ago, and I'd like to share a detail that completely threw me for a loop.
We were conducting user research with a demographic with a high degree of variability in both skill level and technological literacy. The common thread was...
Saturday Morning...
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bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware February 2024
The ware for February 2024 is the core of a B&G 213 Masthead Wind Sensor, an instrument capable of...
10 months ago
The ware for February 2024 is the core of a B&G 213 Masthead Wind Sensor, an instrument capable of reporting both wind speed and direction. Thanks again to FETguy and Renew Computers for the contribution! The coil on the left hand side is a brushless resolver, which determines...
The Oatmeal - Comics...
I'm thinking of a word. Try to guess what it is.
I coded a daily word-guessing game.
View on my website
over a year ago
I coded a daily word-guessing game.
View on my website
HTMHell
#21 Legendary legend!
Context: A button that expands and collapses a section of text.
Bad code
<button...
over a year ago
Context: A button that expands and collapses a section of text.
Bad code
<button class="panel-heading" tabindex="0" href="#collapse0" aria-expanded="true">
<legend> Industries Served </legend>
</button>
Issues and how to fix them
legend is not allowed as a child of any other...
Society's Backend
The Unfortunate Truth Regarding AI Regulation
And the impact it'll have for decades to come
7 months ago
And the impact it'll have for decades to come
Explorations of an...
El Valle Encantado (The Enchanted Valley), And A Bump In The Road
January 19, 2023
It is not always easy to find trails worth exploring in the Andes, and the reason...
a year ago
January 19, 2023
It is not always easy to find trails worth exploring in the Andes, and the reason for this is simple. The extreme topographical changes in the mountains, combined with frequent rainfall and thick vegetation do not lend themselves to the construction and regular...
NeuroLogica Blog
Will Hydrogen BEV Hybrids Be A Thing?
I recently recorded a YouTube video on the notion of hydrogen fuel cell cars (it will be posted...
a year ago
I recently recorded a YouTube video on the notion of hydrogen fuel cell cars (it will be posted soon, and I will add the link when it’s up). One question I did not get into in the video, but which is an interesting thought experiment, is hydrogen – plug-in battery hybrid...
The Modern House
James Lohan: the co-founder of Mr & Mrs Smith on how his first experience of home shaped an...
James Lohan’s entrepreneurial spirit first came to light in the school dinner queue when he saw the...
8 months ago
James Lohan’s entrepreneurial spirit first came to light in the school dinner queue when he saw the potential for turning a profit on a stack of cheese toasties. A series of successful business ventures followed suit, but it was in 2003 that James and his […]
Louwrentius
Compiling Ceph on the Raspberry Pi 3B+ (armhf) using Clang/LLVM
UPDATE 2019 / 2020
There are official ARM64 binaries of Ceph that you can run on a 64-bit version of...
over a year ago
UPDATE 2019 / 2020
There are official ARM64 binaries of Ceph that you can run on a 64-bit version of Ubuntu 18.04.
Important: I consider this page obsolete. I will keep it up for transparency's sake
Introduction
In this blog post I'll show you how to compile Ceph Luminous for...
The DESK Magazine
The secret behind inspiration
I wrote about inspiration before. It's a fascinating topic to me personally. In fact, it's on my...
6 months ago
I wrote about inspiration before. It's a fascinating topic to me personally. In fact, it's on my mind almost every day. As creatives, its the fuel that powers us through our days, and we are all painfully aware how it feels on those days when inspiration
SatPost by Trung...
LinkedIn's Social Pivot
How the 1B+ user professional network went from a cringe-inducing activity feed to a useful and less...
4 months ago
How the 1B+ user professional network went from a cringe-inducing activity feed to a useful and less cringey social feed.
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...
TheCollector
What Are the Ethical Values of Gen Z?
undefined
2 days ago
diamond geezer
Notes from the SL1
Notes from the SL1
Route SL1: North Finchley - Walthamstow Central
Length of journey: 10 miles, 50...
a year ago
Notes from the SL1
Route SL1: North Finchley - Walthamstow Central
Length of journey: 10 miles, 50 minutes
• The SL1 is the second new Superloop route, as opposed to a rebrand. It's also the first, numerically speaking, although nobody has ever satisfactorily explained why...
The Roots of...
A plea for solutionism on AI safety
Will AI kill us all?
This question has rapidly gone mainstream. A few months ago, it wasn’t...
a year ago
Will AI kill us all?
This question has rapidly gone mainstream. A few months ago, it wasn’t seriously debated very far outside the rationalist community of LessWrong; now it’s reported in major media outlets including the NY Times, The Guardian, the Times of London, BBC, WIRED,...
Eukaryote Writes...
Internet Harvest (2020, 1)
Internet Harvest is a selection of the most succulent links on the internet that I’ve recently...
over a year ago
Internet Harvest is a selection of the most succulent links on the internet that I’ve recently plucked from its fruitful boughs.
Diaries of Note
BOREDOM, HOMESICK, LOVESICK
In April 1918, Spike Milligan was born. A titan in the world of comedy and literature, he is...
a year ago
In April 1918, Spike Milligan was born. A titan in the world of comedy and literature, he is arguably most fondly remembered for ‘The Goon Show’, a radio comedy programme that not only brought laughter to millions but also reshaped the landscape of British humour. But Milligan’s...
Benny Kuriakose
The Making of Unique Athangudi Tiles : An Unforgettable Experience
Chettinad, the land of wealthy Chettiars in the southern part of Tamil Nadu, is famous not only for...
a year ago
Chettinad, the land of wealthy Chettiars in the southern part of Tamil Nadu, is famous not only for its mouth-watering cuisine but also...
Paul Graham: Essays
The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn
over a year ago
A Beautiful Site
Code can change
As a web developer, your code is often visible to anyone who wants to review it. If you're like me,...
over a year ago
As a web developer, your code is often visible to anyone who wants to review it. If you're like me, you might get stressed out about the thought of people looking at your work and critiquing or criticizing your app's design.
Take a deep breath, recenter, and remember that code...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker: Lisa Stubbs
Hi, I'm a printmaker and illustrator living in the Holme Valley in Yorkshire, with a little print...
9 months ago
Hi, I'm a printmaker and illustrator living in the Holme Valley in Yorkshire, with a little print studio in the neighbouring Colne valley.
Describe your printmaking process.
Playful and experimental! I love being curious during my process, combining different processes together...
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
11 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
./techtipsy
I tried out the CyberPower UT650EG UPS
After some spicy feedback to my post where a ThinkPad T430 acted as a server,
I decided to try out...
over a year ago
After some spicy feedback to my post where a ThinkPad T430 acted as a server,
I decided to try out one UPS that was recommended on the basis of it being much
more power efficient compared to the APC UPS that I previously ran.
That UPS? CyberPower UT650EG.
Why switch out a...
AFAR Media - Travel...
An Insider’s Guide to Wellness Travel in Sweden and Norway
5 months ago
bt RSS Feed
Using a New Domain and Switching Static Hosts
Using a New Domain and Switching Static Hosts
2021-11-25
As you can most likely tell by looking at...
over a year ago
Using a New Domain and Switching Static Hosts
2021-11-25
As you can most likely tell by looking at your browser’s URL - I’ve swapped over to a new domain for my personal website: tdarb.org. I’m a fickle person and this is a random change - but it is one I’ve been planning to do...
Nelson's Weblog
Starlink in Nov 2022
My Starlink Internet service has gotten pretty bad; every evening I'm well under 50Mbps
and some...
over a year ago
My Starlink Internet service has gotten pretty bad; every evening I'm well under 50Mbps
and some hours I only get 2Mbps. (Compare 100Mbps+ last
year.) I've given up trying to stream 1080p video at night; that's a pretty
dismal result for a new Internet service in 2022.
Starlink...
Asterisk
Moving Past Environmental Proceduralism
The foundations of modern environmental legislation were laid in the early ‘70s. Some of these laws...
9 months ago
The foundations of modern environmental legislation were laid in the early ‘70s. Some of these laws helped fix the ozone layer, clean up DDT, and fight lead pollution — while others are delaying the necessary transition to green energy. If the activists of fifty years ago had...
Both Are True
Babe wake up we’re sharing our fears
Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
2 months ago
Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
diamond geezer
Tube 160 Treasure Hunt
Are you at a loose end tomorrow? Do you like looking at station architecture? Would you like a...
a year ago
Are you at a loose end tomorrow? Do you like looking at station architecture? Would you like a surprise birthday gift from TfL? If the answer to all these questions is yes then why not take part in the Tube 160 Treasure Hunt? You even get to travel round central London for...
alexwlchan
My favourite books from 2023
I read 75 books this year, which is slightly up on previous years (2022, 2021).
I’m pleased with...
a year ago
I read 75 books this year, which is slightly up on previous years (2022, 2021).
I’m pleased with that number, although overall I found it a slightly disappointing year for reading.
Although I read more books, there were less that I really loved – less of the sort of book that...
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
a month ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
Liz Denys
Liz rides the subway on May 31, 2016: 'innocent until proven guilty' gives cover to abusers
Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment...
over a year ago
Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment to get me to write more. The ride home after yet another day hearing someone famous has been abusing a woman in his life:
Content warning: abuse, rape
Johnny Depp has allegedly been...
TheCollector
Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
undefined
3 months ago
swyx's site RSS Feed
How to Contribute to Open Source Frameworks
One of the best ways to level up in programming is to contribute to a high quality open source...
over a year ago
One of the best ways to level up in programming is to contribute to a high quality open source project, especially a framework.
Stephen Diehl
Sunsetting "What I Wish I Knew"
over a year ago
Common Edge
What Would Jane Jacobs Do? Toward a New Model for Houses of Worship
Cities need to prepare for a wave of declining churches.
a year ago
Cities need to prepare for a wave of declining churches.
Both Are True
forget thanksgiving its time for fearsharing
a new holiday (year two)
a month ago
Epic Web Dev
Testing Accessibility with Screen Readers (article)
Dive into the world of screen reader testing and discover why relying on a single tool isn't enough....
2 weeks ago
Dive into the world of screen reader testing and discover why relying on a single tool isn't enough. Create genuinely accessible web apps that work for everyone
Epic Web Dev
Tips and Techniques for 'Pixel Perfect' Figma to Tailwind CSS Conversions (article)
Master converting Figma designs to Tailwind CSS with near "pixel perfection". Learn HTML structure,...
6 months ago
Master converting Figma designs to Tailwind CSS with near "pixel perfection". Learn HTML structure, design tokens, layouts, responsive design, and animations.
Seth's Blog
The paradox of points
Points aren’t just for games. Points are how we keep score and decide what to do next. Pick your...
2 months ago
Points aren’t just for games. Points are how we keep score and decide what to do next. Pick your scorekeeping wisely. Too much focus on the score can bend us or break us, pushing us to engage with too much focus and without regard for balance. And our attachment to obvious points...
History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
a month ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
Platformer
OpenAI's alignment problem
The company's board failed the institution. But did it have a point?
a year ago
The company's board failed the institution. But did it have a point?
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Rachael Haggerty
Hello, I’m Rachael and I am a printmaker based in Bath, UK. I generally work with linocut and mainly...
a year ago
Hello, I’m Rachael and I am a printmaker based in Bath, UK. I generally work with linocut and mainly print in monochrome or bright primary colours. My work celebrates family life, nature and the local area.
Describe your printmaking process.
I normally sketch out a composition...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 9-15 October 2023
Live music, a Superpower Academy and a free games night - all under a fiver.
a year ago
Live music, a Superpower Academy and a free games night - all under a fiver.
Noahpinion
Who's afraid of the Huawei Mate 60 Pro?
Export controls were never going to make China's semiconductor industry vanish.
a year ago
Export controls were never going to make China's semiconductor industry vanish.
On Life and Lisp
Hilariously Fast Volume Computation with the Divergence Theorem
(No, there won’t be jokes.)
The following presents a fast algorithm for volume computation of a...
over a year ago
(No, there won’t be jokes.)
The following presents a fast algorithm for volume computation of a simple, closed, triangulated 3D mesh. This assumption is a consequence of the divergence theorem. Further extensions may generalise to other meshes as well, although that is presently...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Good News
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The silver lining is due to cesium...
9 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The silver lining is due to cesium contamination.
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TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
Louwrentius
Benchmarking a 1.44 MB floppy drive
I've used fio - a storage benchmarking tool - to benchmark a 1.44 MB floppy drive to gauge its...
over a year ago
I've used fio - a storage benchmarking tool - to benchmark a 1.44 MB floppy drive to gauge its random I/O performance. I have no real reason for doing this. I just thought it was funny.
I've run a benchmark against the floppy drives for different queue depths. The results are...
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
undefined
7 months ago
Explorations of an...
Marsh Birding In Ceibas And Otamendi
February 18, 2023
Laura and I left Parque Nacional El Palmar and continued south towards Buenos...
a year ago
February 18, 2023
Laura and I left Parque Nacional El Palmar and continued south towards Buenos Aires and beyond. We had just five days remaining in our Argentina trip, with ferry tickets purchased that would take us to Uruguay on February 23. At this point in the trip, potential...
diamond geezer
Consequential
Some weeks are consequential.
a) Today is the Budget.
This budget also feels like it's been...
2 months ago
Some weeks are consequential.
a) Today is the Budget.
This budget also feels like it's been coming for ages, the General Election being 17 weeks ago, but it takes time to check the nation's finances, develop a plan and balance strategic gains with individual pain. There has...
devonzuegel.com
What are startup cities for?
While the startup cities industry is still small, it is already quite heterogeneous. Each project...
over a year ago
While the startup cities industry is still small, it is already quite heterogeneous. Each project has its own distinct set of goals, motivations, and scope. However, this diversity isn’t fully captured by the vocabulary we use right now.
To help myself create a mental map of the...
Christopher Butler
The Top Five Hitchcock Films
This is my personal ranking, subject to change at any time.
Rear Window
North by...
2 months ago
This is my personal ranking, subject to change at any time.
Rear Window
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Rebecca
Rope
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Spellbound
Notorious
To Catch a Thief
Strangers on a Train
Seth's Blog
Taken for granted
A poignant definition of civilization is all the conveniences, courtesies, standards, insulation and...
4 months ago
A poignant definition of civilization is all the conveniences, courtesies, standards, insulation and tools that we hardly notice now but that we would miss if they were gone.
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
The Elysian
Week 5: Write one (pitchable) think piece
9 months ago
Math Is Still...
Dark Energy May Be Weakening, Major Astrophysics Study Finds
A generation of physicists has referred to the dark energy that permeates the universe as “the...
9 months ago
A generation of physicists has referred to the dark energy that permeates the universe as “the cosmological constant.” Now the largest map of the cosmos to date hints that this mysterious energy has been changing over billions of years.
The post Dark Energy May Be...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - River
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Some of the comics are written just so Corey Mohler...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Some of the comics are written just so Corey Mohler will look at his screen, shake his head, and sigh.
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Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week
🛳️ Cruise hustles
5 months ago
Tinloof - Blog
Guide to content creation with Sanity
We go through how Sanity can be used as a headless CMS to create and manage content.
over a year ago
We go through how Sanity can be used as a headless CMS to create and manage content.
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
3 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
Retail Design Blog
ROOM
Our main challenge was to design a versatile space adaptable to diverse programs. Situated in Buenos...
6 days ago
Our main challenge was to design a versatile space adaptable to diverse programs. Situated in Buenos Aires’ vibrant Palermo neighborhood,...
symmetry magazine
New map of space precisely measures nearly 400,000 nearby galaxies
The Siena Galaxy Atlas will be a tool for research into how galaxies form and evolve, gravitational...
a year ago
The Siena Galaxy Atlas will be a tool for research into how galaxies form and evolve, gravitational waves, dark matter and the structure of our universe.
The Roots of...
The American Information Revolution in Global Perspective
In “What if they gave an Industrial Revolution and nobody came?” I reviewed The British Industrial...
a year ago
In “What if they gave an Industrial Revolution and nobody came?” I reviewed The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, by Robert Allen. In brief, Allen’s explanation for the Industrial Revolution is that Britain had high wages and cheap energy, which meant it was...
Devmoh
Programming transforms your brain. Here's how.
Knowing how to program has a multitude of positive effects on the brain.
a year ago
Knowing how to program has a multitude of positive effects on the brain.
Commoncog
The Two Types of Data Analysis
Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to data analysis in business. The two approaches have...
a year ago
Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to data analysis in business. The two approaches have different worldviews, and express different tradeoffs. Here's why that matters.
Josh Thompson
Save hundreds by being willing to spend $20
When you pack for a trip, you pack “just in case” items, right? Things that in a certain situation...
over a year ago
When you pack for a trip, you pack “just in case” items, right? Things that in a certain situation would be priceless. Think “umbrella” or “underpants”.
But then you think of all the possible situations you might encounter, and you’ll find your “just in case” items quickly...
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
undefined
5 months ago
Seth's Blog
The challenge of “a risky scheme”
New ideas aren’t adopted all at once. A few people go first while the rest of us watch to see how it...
5 months ago
New ideas aren’t adopted all at once. A few people go first while the rest of us watch to see how it goes. “Look, Mikey, he likes it!” This is the story of tech innovations, dance crazes and even food. Ideas spread horizontally, and people who prefer the status quo will embrace...
Kagi Blog
Taking web search through the last mile
(This piece first appeared on the kagi.ai blog (...
over a year ago
(This piece first appeared on the kagi.ai blog ( https://web.archive.org/web/20200927234617/https://kagi.ai/last-mile-for-web-search.html ) a few short years ago.
Paul Graham: Essays
Why Startups Condense in America
over a year ago
swyx's site RSS Feed
Organizing State of Diffusion++
I manifested a "State of Diffusion++" meetup yesterday that I felt was a success. 200 people signed...
10 months ago
I manifested a "State of Diffusion++" meetup yesterday that I felt was a success. 200 people signed up! Here are some photos!
Christopher Butler
visual journal – 2024 April 28 - May 06
Imaginary places, interference, the grid.
My daughter brought this doodle home from school....
8 months ago
Imaginary places, interference, the grid.
My daughter brought this doodle home from school. I asked her if I could have it and she said “yes.”
I would love to stroll by this building and it’s great green sealed windows. It’s too bad it’s not...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Gorillas
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Unprompted, they will walk into a cafe and pretend...
5 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Unprompted, they will walk into a cafe and pretend they have important business to do.
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swyx's site RSS Feed
Unofficial VS Code Snippets for AWS Amplify
making my own vs code snippets helpers for working with AWS Amplify
over a year ago
making my own vs code snippets helpers for working with AWS Amplify
Build In Public...
Build In Public - Community Edition (Oct 2021)
Hey everyone 👋 Let’s open this newsletter with a powerful quote ⬇️ Luck surface area. Aka...
over a year ago
Hey everyone 👋 Let’s open this newsletter with a powerful quote ⬇️ Luck surface area. Aka serendipity. Aka helping relevant and like-minded people find you through your content. That’s what building in public is all about. With that said, get ready for October’s community...
Wait But Why
The Trump-Biden Debate
In case you missed it...
The post The Trump-Biden Debate appeared first on Wait But Why.
over a year ago
In case you missed it...
The post The Trump-Biden Debate appeared first on Wait But Why.
Rest of World -...
How a Ugandan startup wound up in Mexico
Assak's unexpected entry into Mexico bodes well for international investment.
a year ago
Assak's unexpected entry into Mexico bodes well for international investment.
AFAR Media - Travel...
Inside Marie Antoinette’s Reopened Apartment At Versailles
a year ago
Londonist
The Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Drives Into London This Week
Merry fizz-mas!
a year ago
Seth's Blog
Discernment in creativity
The hard part isn’t good ideas. It never has been. The hard part is choosing. Ask GPT for ten...
a year ago
The hard part isn’t good ideas. It never has been. The hard part is choosing. Ask GPT for ten subtitles for your book, or sixteen ways to hold a surprise party, and you’ll be delighted at how useful they are. Ask Dreamstudio or Kittl for some logo designs, same thing. There is...
The Oatmeal - Comics...
How my pets see me
I created a little animation about how I see my pets versus how they see me.
View on my website
a year ago
I created a little animation about how I see my pets versus how they see me.
View on my website
TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
Louwrentius
Creating a basic ZFS file system on Linux
Here are some notes on creating a basic ZFS file system on Linux, using ZFS on Linux.
I'm...
over a year ago
Here are some notes on creating a basic ZFS file system on Linux, using ZFS on Linux.
I'm documenting the scenario where I just want to create a file system that can tollerate at least a single drive failure and can be shared over NFS.
Identify the drives you want to use for the...
The Honest Broker
How I Take Notes
In response to reader requests, I share my 3 levels of note-taking
a year ago
In response to reader requests, I share my 3 levels of note-taking
Math Is Still...
How Is Cell Death Essential to Life?
Cells in our bodies are constantly dying — and these countless tiny deaths are essential to human...
a month ago
Cells in our bodies are constantly dying — and these countless tiny deaths are essential to human health and multicellular life itself. In this episode, co-host Steven Strogatz speaks with cellular biologist Shai Shaham about what makes a cell “alive” and the latest developments...
PostHog's RSS Feed
The 4 best HIPAA-compliant analytics tools
Passed in 1996, HIPAA (aka Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) defines the legal...
over a year ago
Passed in 1996, HIPAA (aka Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) defines the legal requirements for securing and handling health…
Wait But Why
All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro
Welcome to the 2030s.
The post All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro appeared first on...
11 months ago
Welcome to the 2030s.
The post All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro appeared first on Wait But Why.
Calculated Risk
The Housing Bubble and Mortgage Debt as a Percent of GDP
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Update: The Housing Bubble and Mortgage Debt...
a week ago
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Update: The Housing Bubble and Mortgage Debt as a Percent of GDP
A brief excerpt:
Two years ago, I wrote The Housing Bubble and Mortgage Debt as a Percent of GDP. Here is an update to a couple of graphs. The bottom line...
Arduino Blog
Hey Google! Meet Arduino Cloud
We’re excited to announce that the Arduino Cloud now supports Google Home™! This means you can now...
8 months ago
We’re excited to announce that the Arduino Cloud now supports Google Home™! This means you can now interact with your devices, simply through your Google Home Assistant: use voice commands, the Google Home app, or create new routines integrating Arduino solutions. This new...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Pull
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A single tear twinkled in the twink's eyes.
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a year ago
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