Steve Klabnik
We forget that open source is made of people
over a year ago
Blog - Practical...
These Metals Destroy Themselves to Prevent Rust
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is the old Howard...
over a year ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is the old Howard Frankland Bridge that carries roughly 180,000 vehicles per day across Old Tampa Bay between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida. A replacement for the bridge is currently under...
diamond geezer
Pudding Mill Lane 10
The DLR's youngest station is ten years old today.
Pudding Mill Lane opened on 28th April 2014...
7 months ago
The DLR's youngest station is ten years old today.
Pudding Mill Lane opened on 28th April 2014 and remains unnecessarily enormous.
Caveat: The station which opened 10 years ago was a rebuild paid for by Crossrail, because the original sat on the precise site where purple...
Remains of the Day
Revisionist commentary
I don't know that I'm aware of enough entries in this category to even consider it one, but I'm a...
over a year ago
I don't know that I'm aware of enough entries in this category to even consider it one, but I'm a sucker for the union of political and film satire as embodied in alternate film commentaries.
I was reminded of it when seeing The People's History of Tattooine which was first one...
The Marginalian
Heroism and the Human Search for Meaning: Ernest Becker on the Hidden Root of Our Existential...
"To become conscious of what one is doing to earn his feeling of heroism is the main self-analytic...
a year ago
"To become conscious of what one is doing to earn his feeling of heroism is the main self-analytic problem of life."
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Svelte stores: the curious parts
We've already learnt a lot about svelte's reactivity system — the primary way to work with state in...
a year ago
We've already learnt a lot about svelte's reactivity system — the primary way to work with state in svelte components. But not all state belongs in components — sometimes we want app-global state (think state manager), sometimes we just want to reuse logic between components....
diamond geezer
Green Chain 12
It's not often London's Strategic Walk Network is extended. The London Loop has been in existence...
10 months ago
It's not often London's Strategic Walk Network is extended. The London Loop has been in existence since 2001, the Capital Ring completed in 2005, the Green Chain grew an extra leg in 2010 and the Jubilee Greenway emerged in 2012. So I was thrilled to discover that the Green Chain...
Paolo Amoroso's...
Adding an Exec command and File Browser support to Insphex
<, which goes into a lot more detail than this one.*
When I was first looking for a job in Japan, I was surprised by the lack of entry level positions....
mtlynch.io
TinyPilot: Month 34
New here?
Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent...
a year ago
New here?
Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent computer hardware company. I started the company in 2020, and it now earns $60-80k/month in revenue and employs seven other people.
Every month, I publish a retrospective like this...
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Ditch google analytics now: 7 open-source alternatives
I love writing, and I also love data. When starting my blog, I integrated Google Analytics — it's...
a year ago
I love writing, and I also love data. When starting my blog, I integrated Google Analytics — it's free, easy to set up (just drop a few tags on the page), and that's what I knew back then. I did not enjoy it being run by a big corporation, but I was too lazy to research the...
Arduino Blog
Making fire detection more accurate with ML sensor fusion
The mere presence of a flame in a controlled environment, such as a candle, is perfectly acceptable,...
4 months ago
The mere presence of a flame in a controlled environment, such as a candle, is perfectly acceptable, but when tasked with determining if there is cause for alarm solely using vision data, embedded AI models can struggle with false positives. Solomon Githu’s project aims to lower...
Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 046: AI has a CSAM problem
December 22, 2023.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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2 weeks ago
bt RSS Feed
Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201
Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201
2023-04-02
I recently received a ThinkPad X201...
a year ago
Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201
2023-04-02
I recently received a ThinkPad X201 to start using as my daily driver. I purchased the X201 to replace my existing X260. Although some might look at this as a “downgrade” in terms of specs and hardware, I would have...
AI Snake Oil
Does the UK’s liver transplant matching algorithm systematically exclude younger patients?
Seemingly minor technical decisions can have life-or-death effects
a month ago
Seemingly minor technical decisions can have life-or-death effects
Val Sopi
Hello world
<p>I started toying with the web circa 2000. Since then, I have always wanted to have my own space...
over a year ago
<p>I started toying with the web circa 2000. Since then, I have always wanted to have my own space where I can spit out my thoughts, unfiltered, on my very own domain.</p>
<p>I was able to start a personal blog several times, but then got sidetracked.</p>
<p>I aim to keep this...
TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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2 months ago
Noahpinion
A few economists are starting to think seriously about industrial policy
But not enough researchers are paying attention, and we only know a little so far.
a year ago
But not enough researchers are paying attention, and we only know a little so far.
Seth's Blog
The seduction of compliance
We can tell from the words. “I’m just doing my job.” “Will this be on the test?” “Don’t blame me.”...
a year ago
We can tell from the words. “I’m just doing my job.” “Will this be on the test?” “Don’t blame me.” “It’s what everyone else is wearing.” Keep your head down, do what you’re told, don’t stick your neck out, and most of all, pay attention to what everyone else is doing. All of this...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Novels
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I feel like all these people trying to measure...
a year ago
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I feel like all these people trying to measure attention span degradation should just look at what percent of the population is cognitively capable of reading Sense and Sensibility.
Today's News:
Max Rozen
Why early stage startups are the worst for junior developers
Startups can be the best or worst thing for your career as a junior developer. Let's discuss why.
over a year ago
Startups can be the best or worst thing for your career as a junior developer. Let's discuss why.
ntietz.com blog
Solving my fun, frustrating docker-machine error
Last Saturday, I ran into a problem doing a routine backup of a web app I maintain. In fact, this...
over a year ago
Last Saturday, I ran into a problem doing a routine backup of a web app I maintain. In fact, this was the second time I ran into the exact same issue, so it's time to write it down. (Hopefully, the third time I run into this, I have the presence of mind to look up my own...
Rest of World -...
India’s election wasn’t the deepfake doomsday many feared
So far, AI-generated content has been more about trolling than information warfare.
6 months ago
So far, AI-generated content has been more about trolling than information warfare.
mtlynch.io
Chaos Monkeys by Antonio García Martínez
An insider’s story about Facebook in the years leading up to its IPO. It’s surprisingly candid — it...
over a year ago
An insider’s story about Facebook in the years leading up to its IPO. It’s surprisingly candid — it names names and exposes internal Facebook discussions that were never meant to be public.
An engaging read, but the narrator is painfully obnoxious.
Blog - Practical...
How Bridge Engineers Design Against Ship Collisions
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
On March 26, 2024 (just a few...
7 months ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
On March 26, 2024 (just a few weeks ago, if you're watching this as it comes out), a large container ship struck one of the main support piers of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsing...
Tech and Tea
I spent my morning talking to an AI chatbot
A tech "late-adopter" plays around with chat-gpt and other chatbots and is blown away by some use...
a year ago
A tech "late-adopter" plays around with chat-gpt and other chatbots and is blown away by some use cases and underwhelmed by others.
99% Invisible
Devil in the Details [EPISODE]
In 1994, an independent producer made a short, earnest video featuring an eccentric cast of...
a year ago
In 1994, an independent producer made a short, earnest video featuring an eccentric cast of characters who were focused on a very specific paranoia. The tape was made to look like a TV news special. It opens with a cheap, Jerry Springer-era computer graphic of a gold pentagram...
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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a year ago
Making software...
Super Mario Blocks in CSS
Super Mario Blocks in CSS
2019-02-15
Just because we can, let's make a quick demo on how to build...
over a year ago
Super Mario Blocks in CSS
2019-02-15
Just because we can, let's make a quick demo on how to build interactive elements based off the original Mario punch blocks.
What our final product will look like:
Live CodePen Example
The HTML
The set of Mario blocks doesn't require a huge...
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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8 months ago
CONTEMPORIST
Vertical Fins Surround The Exterior Of This House Giving It A Distinct Appearance
Architecture and design studio MDAMMM, has recently completed the remodel of a home that had a...
a year ago
Architecture and design studio MDAMMM, has recently completed the remodel of a home that had a nondescript appearance and little aesthetic appeal. The original home had an exposed brick facade in ochre tones and all other elements featured different grey tones and finishes. The...
AFAR Media - Travel...
An Architecture Lover’s Dream Tour Through Germany’s UNESCO Sites and Beyond
6 months ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
We ship whenever
PostHog ships every two weeks, unless it makes more sense not to. Why? Iterating frequently helps...
over a year ago
PostHog ships every two weeks, unless it makes more sense not to. Why? Iterating frequently helps improve our product. We get features in users’ hands…
Mazdak
Block, TikTok & Beyond
From Block's latest moves to TikTok's impact on the music industry, we explore the trends shaping...
a month ago
From Block's latest moves to TikTok's impact on the music industry, we explore the trends shaping our digital world.
Grow With Less
Journorequest: The Little-Known Twitter Hashtag That Will Help You Get Quality Backlinks
If you have ever tried to do outreach to build backlinks, you know how frustrating the process can...
over a year ago
If you have ever tried to do outreach to build backlinks, you know how frustrating the process can be.
You spend hours looking for the right people to reach out to, crafting your outreach emails and finally send them, already picturing yourself receiving a ton of quality...
Making software...
My Robotic Mower Woes
My Robotic Mower Woes
2023-05-19
A Brief Background
I'm no stranger to robotic lawnmowers. When my...
a year ago
My Robotic Mower Woes
2023-05-19
A Brief Background
I'm no stranger to robotic lawnmowers. When my wife and I moved into our rural home just over five years ago, we picked up the Husqvarna 450X Automower since I was far too lazy to manually mow my property and the cost was equal...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Kid
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I mean it's frustrating. Why can't we just select...
9 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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I mean it's frustrating. Why can't we just select the year that the sun swallows the Earth and work backward?
Today's News:
Tech and Tea
Three Maternity Leaves at Early-Stage Startups
How it was with different companies, roles, and experiences
4 months ago
How it was with different companies, roles, and experiences
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
Making software...
ThriftyName: $5 Brand Names
ThriftyName: $5 Brand Names
2021-02-25
It's been a while since I've written anything on this blog,...
over a year ago
ThriftyName: $5 Brand Names
2021-02-25
It's been a while since I've written anything on this blog, but for good reason - I've been working on a handful of side projects. I plan to drip-feed release these projects over time, but for today I'm announcing ThriftyName.
What is...
Londonist
Tips For Australians In London - From An Australian In London
Zoë Coombs Marr advises.
a year ago
macwright.com
codemirror-continue by
Wrote and released codemirror-continue today. When you’re writing a block comment in TypeScript and...
11 months ago
Wrote and released codemirror-continue today. When you’re writing a block comment in TypeScript and you hit “Enter”, this intelligently adds a * on the next line.
Most likely, your good editor (Neovim, VS Code) already has this behavior and you miss it in CodeMirror. So I wrote...
Noahpinion
Go read some Vernor Vinge
R.I.P. to my favorite science fiction author
9 months ago
R.I.P. to my favorite science fiction author
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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a month ago
Retail Design Blog
Flora Parfums by 300bees Branding Agency
2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Offensive AI
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I'm slightly regretting not having this as the...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
I'm slightly regretting not having this as the twist ending to a comedic novel. Gimme a few years.
Today's News:
One week until BEA WOLF DAY!
Seth's Blog
The natural size
No matter how many people come over for dinner, you’re only going to be able to engage with a few....
a year ago
No matter how many people come over for dinner, you’re only going to be able to engage with a few. And no matter how big the crowd in the arena, the musicians can only see the faces of a few hundred. An investor can only be engaged and smart about a very small number of […]
Rozado’s Visual...
The Political Preferences of LLMs
Substantial political homogeneity in Large Language Models (LLMs) responses to questions with...
10 months ago
Substantial political homogeneity in Large Language Models (LLMs) responses to questions with political connotations
Computer Ads from...
Ergotron's MacTilt
MacTilt is the Solution
3 weeks ago
The Gradient
Salmon in the Loop
On fish counting – a complex sociotechnical problem in a field that is going through the process of...
a year ago
On fish counting – a complex sociotechnical problem in a field that is going through the process of digital transformation.
Raptitude.com
How It Seems vs How It Is
The other day I replaced an old, cracked mirror in my bathroom. When I took the existing one down,...
2 weeks ago
The other day I replaced an old, cracked mirror in my bathroom. When I took the existing one down, suddenly the room seemed to lose half its size. Turns out it’s just a claustrophobic little room with a toilet, sink, and tub. The sense that there’s open space in front of me while...
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
swyx's site RSS Feed
My New Startup Checklist
some of you may know I've recently started a new company. I'm not ready to talk about -that- yet,...
a year ago
some of you may know I've recently started a new company. I'm not ready to talk about -that- yet, but I did want to capture some notes on logistical stuff I have had to ramp up on as a first time founder. hopefully this helps somebody out there.
Basta’s Notes
We need to be liked, and it might be the fault of social media.
If our god is a benevolent one, then why did he make us crave approval?
a year ago
If our god is a benevolent one, then why did he make us crave approval?
swyx's site RSS Feed
Errors Are Not Exceptions
Many language ecosystems use try/catch paradigms to represent both errors and exceptions. This is...
over a year ago
Many language ecosystems use try/catch paradigms to represent both errors and exceptions. This is wrong.
Koos Looijesteijn -...
I sold Big Timer
Five months ago I sold my countdown timer web app, Big Timer! I never really announced that, so...
over a year ago
Five months ago I sold my countdown timer web app, Big Timer! I never really announced that, so here’s what...
Blog - Guerrilla...
Bangalore's Disappearing Lakes
In an area of pronounced water scarcity high on the Deccan plateau, at an altitude removed from...
over a year ago
In an area of pronounced water scarcity high on the Deccan plateau, at an altitude removed from river-water and of water extraction from the ground, despite being historically nourished by monsoons, Bangalore's current population faces deep inequities of access to water which are...
The Modern House
Five joyful things to do this June
And just like that, it’s June: summer is here and – come rain or shine – our disposition will be...
a year ago
And just like that, it’s June: summer is here and – come rain or shine – our disposition will be thoroughly sunny, thanks to all the delightful things in our diaries. From an exhibition making a splash (and getting us in the mood for sun-soaked […]
Rozado’s Visual...
Define Wokeness! Or how you shall know a word by the company it keeps
Visualizing what words often appear in the vicinity of woke/wokeness in news media content...
a year ago
Visualizing what words often appear in the vicinity of woke/wokeness in news media content illustrates why communication is almost impossible between red and blue America
Tony Finch's blog
On "the OSI deprogrammer"
Back in December, George Michaelson posted an item on the APNIC blog titled
“That OSI model refuses...
9 months ago
Back in December, George Michaelson posted an item on the APNIC blog titled
“That OSI model refuses to die”,
in reaction to Robert Graham’s “OSI Deprogrammer”
published in September. I had discussed the OSI Deprogrammer on Lobsters,
and George’s blog post prompted me to write an...
Val Sopi
Going steady
<p>blogstatic has been going well. Better than any other app I've ever ran. Not sure what it is....
over a year ago
<p>blogstatic has been going well. Better than any other app I've ever ran. Not sure what it is. Could be that my experience over the years has caused for me to cover all the usual pitfalls, so everything looks good to the new client: from the marketing website all the way to the...
A Beautiful Site
Five things I've learned about taking risks
I had a cush job at a university with great benefits, decent pay, and normal hours. Five years ago,...
over a year ago
I had a cush job at a university with great benefits, decent pay, and normal hours. Five years ago, I took a risk and gave it all up to start a company. Here are the five most important lessons I've learned about risk-taking.
1. There are good risks and bad risks #
People that...
Stat Significant
Unpacking the Rise of Fan Fiction: From 'Star Trek' to 'Twilight'—A Statistical Analysis
An exploration of modern fan fiction and the unique demography of its participants.
2 weeks ago
An exploration of modern fan fiction and the unique demography of its participants.
Identity Designed
Pets at Home
Designed by Nomad, London.
a year ago
Designed by Nomad, London.
Blog - Guerrilla...
Pools and Populations in the SF Bay Area
For many people, swimming in a pool on a hot July day with kids splashing and lifeguards hollering...
a month ago
For many people, swimming in a pool on a hot July day with kids splashing and lifeguards hollering is the quintessential summer experience. Not only do pools provide a place for people to recreate and cool off in the summer heat, but access to pools is essential to making basic...
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Nor, Quitted Once, Can It Be Quite Recalled'
I think we have
fetishized age thirteen. It’s linguistic: the first -teen, as though that were some...
3 weeks ago
I think we have
fetishized age thirteen. It’s linguistic: the first -teen, as though that were some rite of passage. I remember awaiting
that age with trepidation, uncertain what was expected of me. I knew
contemporaries who were already shaving and one who was pregnant. (Where...
Seth's Blog
The list of compromises
All the no-compromise solutions have failed. If there was a way to solve our problem without giving...
a year ago
All the no-compromise solutions have failed. If there was a way to solve our problem without giving something up, we would have done that already. So, if a persistent problem important, the question is not: Should we compromise or not? The question is: Which changes are we going...
Anecdotal Evidence
'O Friend Unseen, Unborn, Unknown'
Rabbi David Wolpe tells me Monday’s post reminds him of a poem, “To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence,”...
3 weeks ago
Rabbi David Wolpe tells me Monday’s post reminds him of a poem, “To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence,” by a poet I knew only by name: James Elroy Flecker. “I've always been
moved,” David said, “especially by the penultimate stanza”:
“O friend
unseen, unborn, unknown,
Student of...
alexwlchan
Tag your infrastructure-as-code resources with a link to their definitions
The aspiration of infrastructure-as-code tools is that you use them to manage everything.
You create...
a year ago
The aspiration of infrastructure-as-code tools is that you use them to manage everything.
You create all your resources by writing a file that defines them, and any time you change something, you update the definition in that file.
It’s a nice idea, but easier said than...
Daniel Bourke
Small sways in the breeze make you strong
I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind.
When they were small, they’d almost fall...
2 months ago
I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind.
When they were small, they’d almost fall over.
But the post kept them up.
Now they’re big enough to stand on their own.
A breeze comes along and their branches move with it but
The Ruffian
What's the Point Of Protests?
Maybe Not What We Think It Is
7 months ago
Maybe Not What We Think It Is
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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6 months ago
SatPost by Trung...
Why I love Bluey (and hate Cocomelon)
These are the two most-streamed children's shows. And Joe Brumm's personal touch for Bluey trumps...
8 months ago
These are the two most-streamed children's shows. And Joe Brumm's personal touch for Bluey trumps Cocomelon's engagement-hacking approach.
Londonist
London History Mapped To The Stars
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
a year ago
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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6 months ago
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Northern Line
London's first deep-level tube.
a year ago
London's first deep-level tube.
Max Rozen
A Walkthrough of migrating MaxRozen.com from Gatsby to Next.js
I recently migrated MaxRozen.com from Gatsby to Next.js, in this article I'll detail the steps it...
over a year ago
I recently migrated MaxRozen.com from Gatsby to Next.js, in this article I'll detail the steps it took.
Open Culture
The Complete Howard Stern Interview with Kamala Harris
It’s hard to know where to start. This election comes down to whether or not we want to reward...
2 months ago
It’s hard to know where to start. This election comes down to whether or not we want to reward someone who tried to subvert our democracy four years ago. Whether we want to preserve the alliances that have kept the peace since World War II. Whether women want to resist losing...
Christopher Butler
Negative Space Typography
Controlling the space between text styles is as important as differentiating the styles...
a year ago
Controlling the space between text styles is as important as differentiating the styles themselves.
Whenever I review design documentation, there are a few things I look for in the first few seconds. All of them have to do with how scannable a page or screen’s layout is. In...
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 months ago
Odds and Ends of...
I'm pro-assisted dying in principle, but I'm not sure about the proposed law
Is no law better than a bad law?
a month ago
Is no law better than a bad law?
Max Rozen
How to handle server-side rendering in React
Getting server-side rendering to work in React is quite a hassle if you don't know what you're...
over a year ago
Getting server-side rendering to work in React is quite a hassle if you don't know what you're doing. Let's make it easier.
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
A Well Known URL For Your Personal Avatar
Well-known URLs are pretty neat. I’ve even dared propose one before here on my blog.
And now I’m...
a year ago
Well-known URLs are pretty neat. I’ve even dared propose one before here on my blog.
And now I’m here to propose another:
.well-known/avatar
The idea is: anybody that owns a domain can put their avatar in a well-known location.
I’ve already implemented this for my own site[1]....
Diaries of Note
The sea was alive with great hunchback whales
On 28th February, seven years before his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes, was to appear in...
a year ago
On 28th February, seven years before his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes, was to appear in print, Arthur Conan Doyle left Peterhead on S. S. Hope, a whaling ship led by Captain John Gray that was heading for the Arctic Ocean. Aged twenty and still studying medicine at...
mtlynch.io
My Sixth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder
Six years ago, I quit my job as a developer at Google to create my own bootstrapped software...
10 months ago
Six years ago, I quit my job as a developer at Google to create my own bootstrapped software company.
For the first few years, all of my businesses flopped. The best of them earned a few hundred dollars per month in revenue, but none were profitable.
Halfway through my third...
HTMHell
Getting Oriented with HTML Video
by Scott Jehl
A couple years back, I was in a window seat on a flight from Amsterdam to New York....
3 days ago
by Scott Jehl
A couple years back, I was in a window seat on a flight from Amsterdam to New York. The weather was gray and drizzly as the plane took off, but as it punched through the clouds a very different scene revealed itself. Out my window, it looked like a Maxfield Parrish...
bt RSS Feed
Modern Improvements for Default Browser Styles
Modern Improvements for Default Browser Styles
2021-11-09
This website almost exclusively uses the...
over a year ago
Modern Improvements for Default Browser Styles
2021-11-09
This website almost exclusively uses the browser’s (whichever one that might be) default styling to render it’s HTML. I firmly believe, and have stated in a previous post, that the default HTML styling across all browsers...
Christian Selig
Beware UserDefaults: a tale of hard to find bugs, and lost data
Excuse the alarmist title, but I think it’s justified, as it’s an issue that’s caused me a ton of...
2 months ago
Excuse the alarmist title, but I think it’s justified, as it’s an issue that’s caused me a ton of pain in both support emails and actually tracking it down, so I want to make others aware of it so they don’t similarly burned.
Brief intro
For the uninitiated, UserDefaults (née...
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
One Useful Thing
Gradually, then Suddenly: Upon the Threshold
Small improvements can lead to big changes
5 months ago
Small improvements can lead to big changes
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 months ago
Diaries of Note
Wonder, astonishment, and devotion
In December of 1831, HMS Beagle embarked on a historic voyage that would shape the course of...
a year ago
In December of 1831, HMS Beagle embarked on a historic voyage that would shape the course of scientific thought for generations to come. Aboard that ship, with a mere 22 years under his belt, was Charles Darwin, whose role would lead to remarkable discoveries about the natural...
McMansion Hell
New on Patreon: New Jersey Bonus Post (5 additional, “wonderful” rooms!“
new jersey bonus post: 5 additional, wonderful rooms | McMansionHell
New on Patreon: New Jersey...
3 weeks ago
new jersey bonus post: 5 additional, wonderful rooms | McMansionHell
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Tracing the Hidden Hand of Magnetism in the Galaxy
Susan Clark is helping to unravel the mysterious workings of the Milky Way’s magnetic field, a...
5 months ago
Susan Clark is helping to unravel the mysterious workings of the Milky Way’s magnetic field, a critical missing piece of the galactic puzzle.
The post Tracing the Hidden Hand of Magnetism in the Galaxy first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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Being a minor AI public figure
I was recently involved in moderating a chat with Kanjun Qiu of Imbue at the MIT AI conf:...
a year ago
I was recently involved in moderating a chat with Kanjun Qiu of Imbue at the MIT AI conf: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNJ9i78ICeg2YuemyAXmtStKvqr9l0Tao3xQWxmeAVjBALHn_NnFvPXFlNSkdMfqA?pli=1&key=dTFRRHBTLVRZTEVCem0zal8tNVkxblh0V3k4VXhR
computers are bad
2024-03-01 listening in on the neighborhood
Last week, someone leaked a spreadsheet of SoundThinking sensors to
Wired.
You are probably asking...
9 months ago
Last week, someone leaked a spreadsheet of SoundThinking sensors to
Wired.
You are probably asking "What is SoundThinking," because the company rebranded
last year. They used to be called ShotSpotter, and their outdoor acoustic
gunfire detection system still goes by the...
Both Are True
A parent's theory of relativity
twas the first day of preschool...
3 months ago
twas the first day of preschool...
Old Structures...
It Looked Familiar: Famous and Less So
On the left, Steve Rogers jogs off the Brooklyn Brige onto a walkway that doesn’t actually exist at...
10 months ago
On the left, Steve Rogers jogs off the Brooklyn Brige onto a walkway that doesn’t actually exist at the foot of the bridge. The S-curved pickets in the handrail above a stone base look very much like the walkway along the Hudson River in Battery Park City, on the other side of...
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How we rebranded PostHog in four weeks - a postmortem
We recently completed an entire rebrand of our website. From start to finish, it took less than a...
over a year ago
We recently completed an entire rebrand of our website. From start to finish, it took less than a month. This sounds like an incredible feat of…
Tinloof - Blog
Learn ESLint concepts, not rules
What is ESLint and why is it useful?
A solution is useless if it doesn't solve a problem. So let's...
over a year ago
What is ESLint and why is it useful?
A solution is useless if it doesn't solve a problem. So let's start with the problems we have when writing JavaScript code.
Problem #1: JavaScript is not compiled while you write it
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Your Father's
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Also you'll want to call this tech support number...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Also you'll want to call this tech support number your father called before you.
Today's News:
This is probably the right place to mention we made the thing people kept asking for.
Anecdotal Evidence
'And in the Darkness Comes the Light'
Chard Powers
Smith (1894-1977) was a latecomer to the protracted Era of American Writers
with Three...
a year ago
Chard Powers
Smith (1894-1977) was a latecomer to the protracted Era of American Writers
with Three Names, coming decades after John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell
Lowell and William Dean Howells. Smith is probably more thoroughly forgotten
than the others, though in 1939 he...
Open Culture
The Rolling Stones Introduce Bluesman Howlin’ Wolf on US TV, One of the “Greatest Cultural Moments...
Howlin’ Wolf may well have been the greatest blues singer of the 20th century. Certainly many people...
4 months ago
Howlin’ Wolf may well have been the greatest blues singer of the 20th century. Certainly many people have said so, but there are other measurements than mere opinion, though it’s one I happen to share. The man born Chester Arthur Burnett also had a profound historical effect on...
abdz.do - Have you...
Drive-In, lights, action! Cars in movies get a cool illustration twist
Drive-In, lights, action! Cars in movies get a cool illustration twist
...
a year ago
Drive-In, lights, action! Cars in movies get a cool illustration twist
abduzeedo0211—23
Cars have always been a staple in movies, from the classic muscle cars in "Grease" to the futuristic rides in "The Fifth Element". And let's not forget the...
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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a year ago
Acko.net
Fuck It, We'll Do It Live
How the Live effect run-time is implemented
In this post I describe how the Live run-time...
a year ago
How the Live effect run-time is implemented
In this post I describe how the Live run-time internals are implemented, which drive Use.GPU. Some pre-existing React and FP effect knowledge is useful.
I have written about Live before, but in general terms. You may therefor have...
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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Every Web Performance Test Tool
Check your site's speed quickly with a battery of tests
over a year ago
Check your site's speed quickly with a battery of tests
Atoms vs Bits
Alien Intelligence
I regularly commune with an alien intelligence (my cat)
3 months ago
I regularly commune with an alien intelligence (my cat)
Stoic Simple
AI Reveals What Marcus Aurelius Would Look Like Today, in Real Life
Marcus Aurelius is one of the best-known figures of the Roman Empire, thanks to his writings on...
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius is one of the best-known figures of the Roman Empire, thanks to his writings on Stoic philosophy and his place in history as "the last good emperor." His face is famous, too, even though he lived long before photography. The many surviving statues of Marcus...
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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6 months ago
Oxide Computer...
Benefits as a Reflection of Values
“We offer the best health insurance we could find” is what we promise in our job postings. On paper,...
over a year ago
“We offer the best health insurance we could find” is what we promise in our job postings. On paper, this is accurate: the health insurance Oxide offers is the best plan we can find that is offered to small businesses.
What we left unsaid until now is that the best health...
A Beautiful Site
Thoughts on AMP
Some time ago, a user asked about Google AMP support. At the time, I didn't know much about AMP...
over a year ago
Some time ago, a user asked about Google AMP support. At the time, I didn't know much about AMP aside from it made pages load faster on mobile devices. It sounded neat.
A couple weeks ago, I decided to dive in and integrate AMP with Postleaf. But the deeper I got, the more I...
Londonist
Stunning Light Trails And Illumination Festivals To See Near London This Winter
Absolutely enchanting evenings out in south-east England.
a year ago
Absolutely enchanting evenings out in south-east England.
Unpacked
Reddit's IPO Filing & India's AI Regulation | EP 7
Here are the highlights from the podcast episode. You can find a longer form analysis on both topics...
9 months ago
Here are the highlights from the podcast episode. You can find a longer form analysis on both topics in the podcast episode - Spotify | Apple Podcasts. The podcast follows the same core principles as the writing (primarily analysis driven with occasional opinions sprinkled in)....
Adventures In...
Cartography Workshop in Utrecht, April 2024
I’m going to be in the Netherlands April 23, 2024, to spend a day nerding out on map making. I’ll be...
11 months ago
I’m going to be in the Netherlands April 23, 2024, to spend a day nerding out on map making. I’ll be a guest of Esri Netherlands, and will lead this workshop day, called “Mapping Magic with John Nelson” (no pressure). It’s a kickoff to their Esri Connect 2024 event. Here’s a...
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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a month ago
Ferd.ca
The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents
2022/11/01
The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents
A few weeks ago, a coworker of mine was running...
over a year ago
2022/11/01
The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents
A few weeks ago, a coworker of mine was running an incident analysis in Jeli, and pointed out that the overall process was a big drag on their energy level, that it was hard to do, even if the final result was useful. They were...
The Honest Broker
The Ugly Truth About Spotify is Finally Revealed
A year-long investigation by an independent journalist is very alarming
3 days ago
A year-long investigation by an independent journalist is very alarming
TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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3 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'It All But Lovely As Silence Is'
Thanks to
S.J. Perelman and his 1952 collection The
Ill-Tempered Clavichord, I get confused with...
6 months ago
Thanks to
S.J. Perelman and his 1952 collection The
Ill-Tempered Clavichord, I get confused with Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier (1722) and with
that bone that runs from the sternum to the shoulder blade. You know, the
clavicle. Each time I need to cite one of the three, in writing...
Map of the Week
Forest Fires All Over North America
This has been a remarkably heavy year for forest fires and it's still very early in the season. The...
a year ago
This has been a remarkably heavy year for forest fires and it's still very early in the season. The last few summers the West Coast has experienced many days of terrible air quality. This year the East Coast is experiencing it. Last week cities like New York, Philadelphia and...
Steve Klabnik
Removing Turbolinks from Rails 4
over a year ago
nanoscale views
Foams! (or, why my split pea side dish boils over every Thanksgiving)
Foams can be great examples of mechanical metamaterials.
Adapted from TOC figure of this...
3 weeks ago
Foams can be great examples of mechanical metamaterials.
Adapted from TOC figure of this paper
Consider my shaving cream. You might imagine that the (mostly water) material would just pool as a homogeneous liquid, since water molecules have a strong attraction for one...
Old Structures...
Dramatic Foreshadowing
From 1875, the “New Tribune Building”: In my opinion, this was not the first skyscraper, pretty much...
10 months ago
From 1875, the “New Tribune Building”: In my opinion, this was not the first skyscraper, pretty much because I don’t believe there was a “first skyscraper.” The deveopment of skyscrapers was an evolutionary process and this was one of the early steps. In any case, the main roof...
Map of the Week
The New Acadian Heritage Room
On my recent trip to Nova Scotia, I stumbled upon the grand opening of the New Acadian Heritage Room...
a year ago
On my recent trip to Nova Scotia, I stumbled upon the grand opening of the New Acadian Heritage Room at the O’Dell House Museum in Annapolis Royal. I had not known anything about it, but was in the right place on the right day. The room is primarily a collection of maps from the...
A Smart Bear
Being who you are, while becoming better
We're told "be yourself" to seek happiness and success. But what if "being yourself" also means...
6 months ago
We're told "be yourself" to seek happiness and success. But what if "being yourself" also means striving to become better? What is "yourself?"
Rest of World -...
The startup founder bootstrapping his creator economy business
Douglas Kendyson, a former engineer at Flutterwave and Paystack, has built a profitable bootstrapped...
10 months ago
Douglas Kendyson, a former engineer at Flutterwave and Paystack, has built a profitable bootstrapped African startup.
Platformer
An Epic win jolts Google
The company's app store monopoly has been ruled illegal, and the ramifications will extend well...
a year ago
The company's app store monopoly has been ruled illegal, and the ramifications will extend well beyond Fortnite
Stephen Diehl
The Complete Argument Against Crypto
over a year ago
watchTowr Labs -...
Pots and Pans, AKA an SSLVPN - Palo Alto PAN-OS CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474
It'll be no surprise that 2024, 2023, 2022, and every other year of humanities' existence has been...
a month ago
It'll be no surprise that 2024, 2023, 2022, and every other year of humanities' existence has been tough for SSLVPN appliances.
Anyhow, there are new vulnerabilities (well, two of them) that are being exploited in the Palo Alto Networks firewall and SSLVPN offering, and as ever,...
A Beautiful Site
Find and replace hyperlinks and email addresses in PHP
These two PHP functions use regular expressions to add the appropriate HTML anchor tags around...
over a year ago
These two PHP functions use regular expressions to add the appropriate HTML anchor tags around hyperlinks and email addresses in $string.
PHP code #
function parseHyperlinks($string) {
// Add tags around all hyperlinks in $string
return...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 27 November-3 December 2023
The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
The best articles from the past week.
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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8 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
Tactical parenting
I'm so confused
TACTICAL PARENTING
Written by
Dynomight
INT TACTICAL HOME - DAY
WE OPEN on...
2 weeks ago
I'm so confused
TACTICAL PARENTING
Written by
Dynomight
INT TACTICAL HOME - DAY
WE OPEN on TACTICAL GUY’s house. A small tree is visible in a window. We see TACTICAL GUY staring at TACTICAL BABY on the ground.
CUT TO:
INT DESK - SAME DAY
TACTICAL GUY uses keyboard plugged...
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Lose Time and Money
over a year ago
NeuroLogica Blog
Age of the Moon Revised
There are a few interesting stories lurking in this news item, but lets start with the top level – a...
a year ago
There are a few interesting stories lurking in this news item, but lets start with the top level – a new study revises the minimum age of the Moon to 4.46 billion years, 40 million years older than the previous estimate. That in itself is interesting, but not game-changing. It’s...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
Steve Klabnik
Rust-y Scraps: iterating with a step
over a year ago
abdz.do - Have you...
RITM Generator, an interactive tool that generates abstract waveform graphics
RITM Generator, an interactive tool that generates abstract waveform graphics
...
a year ago
RITM Generator, an interactive tool that generates abstract waveform graphics
AoiroStudio0131—23
In the world of design, innovation is key to pushing the boundaries of what's possible. And Antlii's latest project is doing just that with RITM,...
diamond geezer
National Rail interchange symbols
What does the National Rail symbol on the tube map mean?
I ask because several stations with a...
7 months ago
What does the National Rail symbol on the tube map mean?
I ask because several stations with a National Rail service don't have the symbol, for example here in the northwest corner of the map.
The two symbol-less Metropolitan line stations are Rickmansworth and Chorleywood....
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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4 months ago
NeuroLogica Blog
Controlling the Narrative with AI
There is an ongoing battle in our society to control the narrative, to influence the flow of...
10 months ago
There is an ongoing battle in our society to control the narrative, to influence the flow of information, and thereby move the needle on what people think and how they behave. This is nothing new, but the mechanisms for controlling the narrative are evolving as our communication...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Visit Corpus Christi, TX for Beaches and Outdoor Adventure
5 months ago
Retail Design Blog
Ghyston Offices by Interaction
Interaction collaborated with Ghyston in Bristol to design a modern, flexible office space that...
3 months ago
Interaction collaborated with Ghyston in Bristol to design a modern, flexible office space that reflects their empowering culture, featuring inclusive,...
Liz Denys
Things I've learned about biking for transportation in NYC
I've been biking for transportation for a few months now, and honestly, I've never been a happier...
over a year ago
I've been biking for transportation for a few months now, and honestly, I've never been a happier person. That said, it took a while to go from very comfortable riding a bike around the car-free loop inside Prospect Park to no longer feeling extremely anxious riding on NYC...
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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5 months ago
Transit Maps
Submission – New Official Map: “Harmonized” Montréal Metropolitan Transit Services Map, 2023
A flurry of people have submitted this brand new map out of Montréal for review, so let’s get...
a year ago
A flurry of people have submitted this brand new map out of Montréal for review, so let’s get straight to it! First of all, it’s important to note that is part of a new suite of maps and wayfinding signage that’s been in development since 2018, Using Montréal’s iconic “black...
Old Structures...
Fireworks
The various amusement parks at Coney Island used to have spectacles as well as rides and ordinary...
5 months ago
The various amusement parks at Coney Island used to have spectacles as well as rides and ordinary shows. From 1885, a fireworks show at Manhattan beach called The Last Days of Pompeii: Happy Independence Day.
TheCollector
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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3 months ago
Out-of-Pocket Blog
GTFO Employers | Out-Of-Pocket
Back To The Future
a year ago
Explorations of an...
Tour Extension to Halmahera In The North Moluccas
Del and Marcie joined me for a four-day extension to the nearby island of Halmahera, located in the...
a year ago
Del and Marcie joined me for a four-day extension to the nearby island of Halmahera, located in the North Moluccas. We were now on the east side of the deep-water trench informally known as Weber’s Line and the avifauna was even more in line with New Guinea and Australia....
PostHog's RSS Feed
Building an all-remote company from scratch
Many companies are currently having to adjust to remote work, but what about the ones that started...
over a year ago
Many companies are currently having to adjust to remote work, but what about the ones that started this way from scratch? PostHog has a team of 12, 1…
diamond geezer
RP1
London's Free Buses
RP1: Richmond Park circular
Length of journey: 12 miles, 90 minutes
the RP1, a...
2 months ago
London's Free Buses
RP1: Richmond Park circular
Length of journey: 12 miles, 90 minutes
the RP1, a minibus service organised by the Royal Parks to provide accessible transport through and around Richmond Park. Just because you can't get around easily any more, why should you miss...
Nelson's Weblog
New linkblog website
I launched a new website for my linkblog; go check it out! I'm proud of how it looks.
My linkblog...
over a year ago
I launched a new website for my linkblog; go check it out! I'm proud of how it looks.
My linkblog is a collection of links I find interesting. I write it for an audience, a few links a day of general interest. I've been doing this for 19 years now and I think it's one of the...
TheCollector
7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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2 months ago
ntietz.com blog
Does technology have a right to exist? (No.)
So often, people argue against restrictions on technology (or tech companies) with the argument that...
a year ago
So often, people argue against restrictions on technology (or tech companies) with the argument that those restrictions aren't possible given the scale, value, or some other property of the technology.
For example, a common retort to arguments that Facebook and YouTube should...
Notes on software...
Experimenting with column- and row-oriented datastructures
This is an external post of mine. Click
here
if you are not redirected.
over a year ago
This is an external post of mine. Click
here
if you are not redirected.
The Codist
The Unreasonable Ineffectiveness of Estimates
In my long career, I've dealt with many different kinds of estimating, from the early days in the...
a year ago
In my long career, I've dealt with many different kinds of estimating, from the early days in the 1980s when there was no estimating because no one had any idea how to do it to my last job where estimation was always demanded but never actually relevant.
In
Anecdotal Evidence
'But There Must Have Been More'
One of the unexpected
gifts of being young and working as a newspaper reporter was the...
a year ago
One of the unexpected
gifts of being young and working as a newspaper reporter was the giddy
sensation of being thrown into life and finally mistaken for an adult. Some of
the one-time abstractions – murder, suicide, cancer – become real. Once you’ve
interviewed the parents of a...
The Gradient
A Brief Overview of Gender Bias in AI
A brief overview and discussion on gender bias in AI
8 months ago
A brief overview and discussion on gender bias in AI
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 6-12 November 2023
Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
Things to do for under a fiver.
diamond geezer
Bow Roundabout update #3
They've confirmed dates for the upcoming major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout.
This is annoying...
3 months ago
They've confirmed dates for the upcoming major roadworks at the Bow Roundabout.
This is annoying for a number of reasons.
It's hard to comprehend why local bus services have been worsened entirely unnecessarily for several weeks and I can only assume that this is because...
Londonist
Where To Eat Pancakes In London
Our favourite pancake spots, any day of the year.
11 months ago
Our favourite pancake spots, any day of the year.
AI Snake Oil
Generative AI companies must publish transparency reports
The debate about the harms of AI is happening in a data vacuum
a year ago
The debate about the harms of AI is happening in a data vacuum
Anecdotal Evidence
'Won’t You Turn Your Radio Down'
Most of the
surfaces in the radio station, not counting the DJs and turntables, are plastered
with...
a year ago
Most of the
surfaces in the radio station, not counting the DJs and turntables, are plastered
with yellow-on-black KTRU bumper stickers. In some cases, students have cut up
the stickers and rearranged the letters into the same timeless obscenities we
scrawled on the walls of the...
devonzuegel.com
Book notes: Against the Grain, by James C. Scott
Here are some notes and quotes that particularly stood out to me from each chapter of Against the...
over a year ago
Here are some notes and quotes that particularly stood out to me from each chapter of Against the Grain. This isn't a summary of the book. It's mostly for my future self to refer back to (and thus probably missing a lot for someone who hasn't read it), but the tidbits are so...
Seth's Blog
Regressing to the mean all by yourself
“The mean” is the average. Another word for “mediocre.” When an organization gets big enough, by...
9 months ago
“The mean” is the average. Another word for “mediocre.” When an organization gets big enough, by definition, it’s the average. When you have enough customers, they represent the population as a whole. If you find yourself seeking to serve the largest possible number of people,...
The Honest Broker
How an Angry Woman in Baltimore Almost Killed the Jazz Age
When Mrs. Martha Lee went to war against jazz (1922)
a year ago
When Mrs. Martha Lee went to war against jazz (1922)
Common Edge
Everything Is (Not) Architecture: Environmental Design and Architecture’s Slippery Slope
Does it exist, distinct from buildings and bodies?
a year ago
Does it exist, distinct from buildings and bodies?
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #45: Deliverism, blasphemy and selfies from space
Plus the best Minecraft-themed political deepfake you'll see today
2 weeks ago
Plus the best Minecraft-themed political deepfake you'll see today
Grow With Less
How to Use Haro to Build Backlinks from the World's Best Websites
You know you need backlinks
You may even have tried broken link building, the skyscraper technique,...
over a year ago
You know you need backlinks
You may even have tried broken link building, the skyscraper technique, and other link building tactics but they made you feel desperate.You don’t want to send hundreds of emails, you just want to build backlinks.
You are in the right place.
I love...
Strange Loop Canon
LLMs have special intelligence, not general, and that's plenty.
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
9 months ago
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
Rest of World -...
China is six months behind the U.S. on AI, the US has to move faster: Div Turakhia
The India-born tech investor, entrepreneur and billionaire businessman spoke to Rest of World about...
2 months ago
The India-born tech investor, entrepreneur and billionaire businessman spoke to Rest of World about the promise of AI technology, why the U.S. needs to move faster to compete with China, and the advantage the UAE has in building AI.
HTMHell
#34 a button is not a link
Bad code
<button type="button" onclick="window.open('https://example.com/other-page')">Link target...
3 weeks ago
Bad code
<button type="button" onclick="window.open('https://example.com/other-page')">Link target description</button>
Issues and how to fix them
A button opening a link will be unexpected behavior for screen reader users. No matter how it is styled.
Links disguised as buttons...
mtlynch.io
Strong Towns
I found it eye-opening in terms of understanding how municipal governments work in practice and how...
10 months ago
I found it eye-opening in terms of understanding how municipal governments work in practice and how perverse incentives lead to poor community outcomes. It had a huge impact on the way that I think about where to live and what policies I support in local government.
This book...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Working The Reverse 9 to 5
Having weird sleeping hours is working out... very well for me.
over a year ago
Having weird sleeping hours is working out... very well for me.
Tech + Economics +...
AI hardware is kind of cool.
PC Mag: The r1 AI Pocket Companion Will Take You Down the Rabbit Hole
LAM works "by first...
11 months ago
PC Mag: The r1 AI Pocket Companion Will Take You Down the Rabbit Hole
LAM works "by first understanding complex human intentions, then
spinning up on human-oriented interfaces across all mobile and desktop
environments on a customized cloud platform, and finally...
Founder's blog
System.Drawing vs SkiaSharp benchmark
This is a ridiculously short post for .NET devs looking to compare System.Drawing with SkiaSharp...
a year ago
This is a ridiculously short post for .NET devs looking to compare System.Drawing with SkiaSharp (the fastest open-source alternative).
I'm currently building a new pet project - a free tool, that will allow bloggers and webmasters generate open-graph "cover images" via...
Steve Blank
A Simple Map for Innovation at Scale
An edited version of this article previously appeared in the Boston Consulting Group’s strategy...
over a year ago
An edited version of this article previously appeared in the Boston Consulting Group’s strategy think tank website. I spent last week at a global Fortune 50 company offsite watching them grapple with disruption. This 100+-year-old company has seven major product divisions, each...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Tic
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Let's fight about it.
Today's News:
10 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Let's fight about it.
Today's News:
Blog - Guerrilla...
Guerrillas in the Midst: Crowdsourcing Cartography
When I think about what Guerrilla Cartography does, I think of building and creating something new...
3 months ago
When I think about what Guerrilla Cartography does, I think of building and creating something new from many different pieces, like a puzzle that only makes sense once it’s put together. But unlike a puzzle, there is no single correct way to put the pieces together, as they can...
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
Londonist
Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree: Where's It From? What's Its History? When's The Switch-On?
Spruce up on your arboreal knowhow.
a year ago
Spruce up on your arboreal knowhow.
Contemporist...
A Kitchen And Bathroom Renovation Updates This Home With New Ideas
Australian-based Studio Minosa has shared photos of a kitchen and bathroom renovation they completed...
a year ago
Australian-based Studio Minosa has shared photos of a kitchen and bathroom renovation they completed for a Sydney suburban home owned by a design-conscious couple.
TokyoDev
Announcing the 2021 International Developers in Japan Survey
The 2021 International Developers in Japan Survey is now live! By taking this survey, you'll be...
over a year ago
The 2021 International Developers in Japan Survey is now live! By taking this survey, you'll be helping other developers living here better understand the experience of their peers, and also help people considering making the move here understand what working here is actually...
TokyoDev
Which countries are overrepresented in Japan's foreigner population?
As a Canadian, I noticed that we were relatively overrepresented her in Japan compared to our...
over a year ago
As a Canadian, I noticed that we were relatively overrepresented her in Japan compared to our American neighbours. While the US's population is about nine times of ours, their population in Japan was only five times ours. This got me curious, and so I did some number crunching,...
Willem's Blog
Riding with a power meter on your bike
In this post I describe my experience with installing the 4iiii Precision Powermeter on my road...
over a year ago
In this post I describe my experience with installing the 4iiii Precision Powermeter on my road bike.
A Beautiful Site
There's a reason that Bootstrap 3 has ugly buttons
It's true. Everyone loves Bootstrap's buttons...at least they did until 3.0 came out.
But before you...
over a year ago
It's true. Everyone loves Bootstrap's buttons...at least they did until 3.0 came out.
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sending out pieces of my self
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8 months ago
In one of my recent posts I documented my experience with the risograph, and at the bottom of the post I wrote that I’ll be giving away 5 pieces of the poster...
Both Are True
forget thanksgiving its time for fearsharing
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The Amazon Weekly Business Review
Everything you need to know about the Amazon Weekly Business Review: how it works, why it works, and...
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Everything you need to know about the Amazon Weekly Business Review: how it works, why it works, and how it helps Amazon win.
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In-depth: PostHog vs Kubit
Kubit is a product analytics platform built for product teams. PostHog, on the other hand, is built...
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Kubit is a product analytics platform built for product teams. PostHog, on the other hand, is built primarily for engineers. In this article we’ll…
Maps Mania
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Calculated Risk
Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December 2024
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market;...
a week ago
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December 2024
A brief excerpt:
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Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 076: Grand theft audio
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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The Unique London Spot Where A Railway, A Road And A Canal All Cross Each Other
But which came first?
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Drew Ex Machina
Webb’s First Glimpse of Jupiter, Its Moons & Rings
A long time ago when I was a budding amateur astronomer, one of the first targets I would observe...
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My Fave Podcasts 2024 - The Big Reset
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Anecdotal Evidence
'They Never Settle Down'
A reader has
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A reader has
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500-1453 (1971), one he finds “especially amusing”:
“Cosmas [Indicopleustes]
tells us of monks who, ignoring their vows, live unchastely, engage in trade
and...
Mazdak
Threads Takes Europe!: Meta's Microblogging App Makes a Big Move
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a year ago
Calling all European Tweeters! 🇪🇺 Meta's microblogging platform, Threads, is officially landing on your shores. Months after its initial launch in the U.S., Threads is finally spreading its wings and embracing the vast and vibrant online communities of Europe. Mark Zuckerberg...
Christopher Butler
Designing for (Realistic) Attention
The average person is capable of reading 250 words per minute.
When I advise that a...
a year ago
The average person is capable of reading 250 words per minute.
When I advise that a webpage — like a service detail page — have a maximum main body word-count of 150 words, I’m really recommending that it ask a reader to commit to 30 seconds. To put that in perspective, a...
Rest of World -...
Cricket, influencers, layoffs: Alibaba’s risky bet in Pakistan
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a year ago
Since its acquisition by the Chinese giant, e-commerce site Daraz has been experimenting to reach new buyers amid an economic crisis.
Both Are True
hello from the other side
a record of my first two days away from the internet and social media and wow
a year ago
a record of my first two days away from the internet and social media and wow
Math Is Still...
The Year in Math
Landmark results in Ramsey theory and a remarkably simple aperiodic tile capped a year of...
a year ago
Landmark results in Ramsey theory and a remarkably simple aperiodic tile capped a year of mathematical delight and discovery.
The post The Year in Math first appeared on Quanta Magazine
tomcritchlow.com
The roadmap is not the territory
Most of my consulting work connects to “marketing strategy” in some way - clients come wanting to...
a year ago
Most of my consulting work connects to “marketing strategy” in some way - clients come wanting to talk about growing their business. But the funny thing about growth and marketing is that each component is like a thread that, once pulled, unravels the whole spool.
General Robots
So You Want To Do Robots, Part 3: How to Escape Pilot Purgatory
I hope you don’t fail, but building a robotics company is very hard. So it's useful to study the...
a year ago
I hope you don’t fail, but building a robotics company is very hard. So it's useful to study the patterns of what doesn’t work. We’re going to dig into the most common death pattern for robotics startups: starving in pilot purgatory. If you’ve been at a robot startup, this story...
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, May 2023
The Ware for May 2023 is shown below. This is yet another fine ware contributed by jackw01. I...
a year ago
The Ware for May 2023 is shown below. This is yet another fine ware contributed by jackw01. I suspect this one may be guessed quite quickly, but I’ll leave one hint anyways: there is more than one board in this assembly.
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The Internet Economy
We are living in an era of bundling. The big five consumer tech companies — Google, Apple, Facebook,...
over a year ago
We are living in an era of bundling. The big five consumer tech companies — Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft — have moved far…
Epic Web Dev
Hamburger Menu Animation (tip)
Learn how to create an engaging hamburger menu animation with Tailwind CSS, improving user...
a year ago
Learn how to create an engaging hamburger menu animation with Tailwind CSS, improving user experience and adding a touch of fun flair.
PHD Comics
09/24/21 PHD comic: '...Said No Academic Ever.'
Piled Higher
& Deeper by Jorge
Cham
www.phdcomics.com
...
over a year ago
Piled Higher
& Deeper by Jorge
Cham
www.phdcomics.com
title:
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9/24/2021
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The Coronavirus Recession and What it Means for Developers
The US is probably going into recession - here's why I'm talking about it now, what it could look...
over a year ago
The US is probably going into recession - here's why I'm talking about it now, what it could look like, what Devs can do to prepare, and why it's not the End of the World.
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Paul Graham: Essays
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Seth's Blog
The sixty-day staircase
In the moment, it’s really difficult. L’espirit descalier means, “the spirit of the staircase.” That...
a year ago
In the moment, it’s really difficult. L’espirit descalier means, “the spirit of the staircase.” That thing you wished you had a said just a moment ago, the bon mot or the clever riposte. It only comes to us as we’re walking away. But this sort of quick comment is good for the...
Retail Design Blog
Aesop store by 0321
Next the opening of a number of standalone stores in Shanghai, and very recently, in Beijing,...
6 months ago
Next the opening of a number of standalone stores in Shanghai, and very recently, in Beijing, Aesop‘s ambitious retail roll-out...
The Pragmatic...
The Roots of Today's Modern Backend Engineering Practices
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a year ago
What accidentally taking down Amazon.com in 1997 taught Joshua Burgin; tech industry veteran and one of Amazon’s first 100 employees
Alex Meub
Buying a House in Portland
After nearly 6 months of looking, my wife and I finally bought a house in Portland. We physically...
over a year ago
After nearly 6 months of looking, my wife and I finally bought a house in Portland. We physically toured more than 70 houses, put in 13 offers and looked over hundreds of listings in nearly every neighborhood in the city. I thought it might be a good time to reflect on the...
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Musings on Markets
Breach of Trust: Decoding the Banking Crisis
In March 2023, the fall of Silicon Valley Bank shocked investors not only because it was unforeseen,...
a year ago
In March 2023, the fall of Silicon Valley Bank shocked investors not only because it was unforeseen, but also because of the speed with which it unfolded. That failure has had a domino effect, with Signature Bank falling soon after, followed by Credit Suisse in April 2023 and by...
Anecdotal Evidence
'I Am Entirely Sure That I Like It'
On March 27,
1905, Theodore Roosevelt had just started his second term as president of the
United...
9 months ago
On March 27,
1905, Theodore Roosevelt had just started his second term as president of the
United States when he wrote a letter to a little-known poet living in Boston:
Dear Mr.
Robinson:
I have
enjoyed your poems especially The
Children of the Night so much that I must write to...
Diaries of Note
A movie has come to life and engulfed us
On the evening of 23rd March 2020, in a televised address to a shellshocked nation, British Prime...
a year ago
On the evening of 23rd March 2020, in a televised address to a shellshocked nation, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a legally-enforced, pandemic-induced lockdown across the UK that would immediately force millions to stay at home for months on end and countless...
Diaries of Note
A cord breaking
American playwright Tennessee Williams shared a deep bond with his beloved sister, Rose, whose life...
a year ago
American playwright Tennessee Williams shared a deep bond with his beloved sister, Rose, whose life began in 1919, two years before his. In 1937, her increasingly erratic behaviour was seemingly explained by a diagnosis of dementia praecox—now known as schizophrenia—and six years...
Making software...
Sharing The Things We Use
Sharing The Things We Use
2021-07-24
I always love stumbling across personal websites that include...
over a year ago
Sharing The Things We Use
2021-07-24
I always love stumbling across personal websites that include some form of a "uses" page. A place where the author lists out all the tools they use on a regular basis - whether it be hardware, software or something else entirely. It allows...
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Lovely review for Bea Wolf.
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The Slab
Every sizable city has one or more locally-specific building types, based on the culture and...
5 months ago
Every sizable city has one or more locally-specific building types, based on the culture and economics of real estate there. Some of the causes are rational, like the size of rowhouses being related to the wealth of a neighborhood; some are not, like the high stoops used in New...
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Hello, I am making a modern fullstack JS tutorial livestream. What questions do you have for me?
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over a year ago
Londonist
Things To Do This Week In London: 6-12 November 2023
Diwali celebrations, new karting and curling venues, and the Lord Mayor's Show.
a year ago
Diwali celebrations, new karting and curling venues, and the Lord Mayor's Show.
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How to Use class instead of className with Preact and TypeScript
## Bottom Line Up Front
over a year ago
99% Invisible
The Power Broker #05: Brandy Zadrozny [EPISODE]
This is the fifth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize...
7 months ago
This is the fifth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. This week, Roman and Elliott also sit down with Brandy Zadrozny, a senior reporter for NBC News who covers misinformation,...
abdz.do - Have you...
3D, concept art & motion design case study — The Quarry
3D, concept art & motion design case study — The Quarry
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a year ago
3D, concept art & motion design case study — The Quarry
abduzeedo0425—23
Nomographic is proud to present "The Quarry," a stunning motion design, 3D, and concept art project. This captivating piece takes you on a journey to a fantastical...
AVC
What Does “Native” Mean
When a new technology comes to market, we often look for “native” applications of that technology....
a year ago
When a new technology comes to market, we often look for “native” applications of that technology. What is a “native” AI application? What is a “native” Web3 application? I have not seen a better articulation of “native” than my partner Albert’s post from 2009 on native mobile...
Seth's Blog
Raising the bar
That’s not the same as raising the average. With the advent of the high jump, the idiom raising the...
a year ago
That’s not the same as raising the average. With the advent of the high jump, the idiom raising the bar became well understood: If you can’t jump over the bar that the current leader cleared, you don’t win. But most of the innovations that change our culture don’t actually...
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Content marketing strategy for devtool companies - How we do it at PostHog
Why you need content Dev tool marketing is tough. Developers are a selective bunch when it comes to...
over a year ago
Why you need content Dev tool marketing is tough. Developers are a selective bunch when it comes to what type of content they consume, and clickbait…
symmetry magazine
Seeing the full picture with line-intensity mapping
Astronomers are championing a relatively new technique as a method to understand the structure of...
a year ago
Astronomers are championing a relatively new technique as a method to understand the structure of the early universe in three dimensions.
Joel Gascoigne
What it's really like to grow a team when you're focused on culture-fit
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over a year ago
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It’s often interesting to look back and think about how much I’ve learned in the
past year or two. Especially areas where I almost had no understanding at all.
Company culture is one of those...
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
A Weekly Dose of...
Eight Decades of Modern Japanese Houses
A review of a new book released this week:
The Japanese House Since 1945 by Naomi Pollock, published...
a year ago
A review of a new book released this week:
The Japanese House Since 1945 by Naomi Pollock, published by Thames & Hudson, November 2023 (Amazon / Bookshop)
What makes modern and contemporary Japanese houses so appealing? Much of it stems from the novelty of residential designs,...
This Space
A loss of problems
Martin Amis' novels were among those I read when I began reading novels – one read what was being...
a year ago
Martin Amis' novels were among those I read when I began reading novels – one read what was being talked about on television and in newspapers. Money was the first quickly followed by each and every one that preceded it, including the journalism in The Moronic Inferno, which I...
Retail Design Blog
FENDI store
Little over two years after first setting up shop in Madrid, an event we’ve covered in a previous...
a month ago
Little over two years after first setting up shop in Madrid, an event we’ve covered in a previous post, FENDI...
The Marginalian
William James on the Most Vital Understanding for Successful Relationships
"Neither the whole of truth nor the whole of good is revealed to any single observer."
a year ago
"Neither the whole of truth nor the whole of good is revealed to any single observer."
Castles in the Sky
Good Lessons from Bad Men
Paradoxical lessons in masculinity from crime cinema
a year ago
Paradoxical lessons in masculinity from crime cinema
Blog posts of...
Why Lean Startup sucks for startups.
If you go to Lean Startup events you will find first time founders, consultants, accelerator...
over a year ago
If you go to Lean Startup events you will find first time founders, consultants, accelerator managers, r&d people, enterprise intr...
The Marginalian
Making Space: An Illustrated Ode to the Art of Welcoming the Unknown
It is the silence between the notes that distinguishes music from noise, the stillness of the soil...
3 months ago
It is the silence between the notes that distinguishes music from noise, the stillness of the soil that germinates the seeds to burst into bloom. It is in the gap of absence that we learn trust, in the gap between knowledge and mystery that we discover wonder. Every act of making...
Steve Klabnik
Cards for dad - follow-up
over a year ago
NeuroLogica Blog
A Climate Debate Regarding Health Effects – Part IV
Part 4 This will be the final installment of this mini-debate about climate change and health...
a year ago
Part 4 This will be the final installment of this mini-debate about climate change and health effects, following a typical format of each person getting to make a statement and a response. Scott makes a lot of complaints about tone, format and fairness while simultaneously trying...
Posts on Nikita...
Inside New Query Engine of MongoDB
Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters.
MongoDB has recently released a new query engine coming in...
a year ago
Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters.
MongoDB has recently released a new query engine coming in version 7.0. I was one of the people working on this engine during my 2 years in MongoDB and I would like to share some technical details about it.
Disclaimer: Prior to writing this...
The Elysian
Hint #3
I'm publishing a new print collection in one week.
3 months ago
I'm publishing a new print collection in one week.
TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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The Rational Walk
The Sad Irons
During the depths of the Great Depression, Lyndon Johnson was determined to electrify the Texas Hill...
a year ago
During the depths of the Great Depression, Lyndon Johnson was determined to electrify the Texas Hill Country. Success was integral to his path to greater power.
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
a week ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
Quantum Frontiers
Crossing the quantum chasm: From NISQ to fault tolerance
On December 6, I gave a keynote address at the Q2B 2023 Conference in Silicon Valley. Here is a...
a year ago
On December 6, I gave a keynote address at the Q2B 2023 Conference in Silicon Valley. Here is a transcript of my remarks. Toward quantum value The theme of this year’s Q2B meeting is “The Roadmap to Quantum Value.” I … Continue reading →
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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4 months ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Symmetry
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a year ago
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Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
Seth's Blog
What does reality look like?
Not what we see when we’re present, but what do we see when we imagine we’re present? In the early...
7 months ago
Not what we see when we’re present, but what do we see when we imagine we’re present? In the early days of photography, the world was black and white, and sort of flat. It’s worth noting that no one who saw these pictures complained about the fact that they didn’t exactly match...
The Honest Broker
How Miles Davis Hired John Coltrane
A fascinating interlude from James Kaplan's new book '3 Shades of Blue'
9 months ago
A fascinating interlude from James Kaplan's new book '3 Shades of Blue'
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