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Miguel Carranza
The first five employees The main figures of the startup ecosystem are founders and investors. The incentives are not always...
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over a year ago
The main figures of the startup ecosystem are founders and investors. The incentives are not always aligned, and sometimes there is a notable lack of gratitude. But, for the most part, it’s a symbiotic relationship. Founders benefit from capital, and VCs need access to the best...
Asterisk
You’re Invited to a Colonoscopy! Colonoscopies are the first-line method for preventing colorectal cancer in America —and almost...
a year ago
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a year ago
Colonoscopies are the first-line method for preventing colorectal cancer in America —and almost nowhere else. But do they work? We finally have a comprehensive trial, but it’s left gastroenterologists with more questions than answers.
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Culmination of Contemporary Economism' For half a century my brother earned his living making picture frames, some of which were themselves...
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4 months ago
For half a century my brother earned his living making picture frames, some of which were themselves works of art. In later years he relied more on accounts with hotel chains and the glass office buildings in downtown Cleveland. Frames for these corporate accounts he called...
Seth's Blog
The lens or the problem? We often see problems through the lens that we’re used to using. The banker sees a solution around...
a year ago
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a year ago
We often see problems through the lens that we’re used to using. The banker sees a solution around money, the activist might see an opportunity for social justice. The technologist figures that a computer and more data might help, and the bureaucrat is looking for a system to put...
Maps Mania
WorldGuessr on Street View
4 months 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...
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6 months ago
Bird nests are among the most precious and luxurious dishes because they are rich in nutrients and beneficial for skin...
Diaries of Note
What a pack of lies intimate journals are Charles Ritchie was a renowned Canadian diplomat whose career spanned some of the most significant...
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a year ago
Charles Ritchie was a renowned Canadian diplomat whose career spanned some of the most significant events of the 20th century and, at the time of writing this brief entry, saw him stationed in London during the tumult of World War II. Amidst the chaos, Ritchie meticulously...
Push to Prod
When Overwhelmed, Make a List of Questions In my first big project at Netflix, I learned this disturbingly simple problem-solving technique.
5 months ago
diamond geezer
Unblogged September 30 unblogged things I did in September (contains nine additional clickable photos) Fri 1: "Hi,"...
a year ago
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a year ago
30 unblogged things I did in September (contains nine additional clickable photos) Fri 1: "Hi," said the email. "I hope this doesn't come across as too strange but here goes. I was recently browsing eBay for a few things and came across something that I think you might like. So...
David Perell
Thoughts on Free Will My friend Chris Sparks says: “When it comes to creating your environment, assume you have free will....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My friend Chris Sparks says: “When it comes to creating your environment, assume you have free will. When it comes to living in it, assume you have no free will.” Here’s an example: I lost my love of working out during the pandemic. Before it started, I worked out at a nice,...
Opsbros
Docker and CumulusMX I wanted to find out if I could successfully redeploy my Weather Station monitoring software into a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I wanted to find out if I could successfully redeploy my Weather Station monitoring software into a Docker container. Let's battle the elements together...
Posts on Nikita...
EuroRust 2024 I had the pleasure to speak at EuroRust this year! This was my third and final talk about elfo, an...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
I had the pleasure to speak at EuroRust this year! This was my third and final talk about elfo, an actor system written in Rust. As I’m no longer an active contributor to elfo, it feels a bit bittersweet to finish last thing related to the project. I wish maintainers of elfo well...
The American Scholar
Dottie Lo Bue House and home The post Dottie Lo Bue appeared first on The American Scholar.
2 months ago
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
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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…
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Poem Calls For a Formal Reading' I swore off poetry readings a long time ago for reasons of health. The atmosphere of pressurized...
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6 months ago
I swore off poetry readings a long time ago for reasons of health. The atmosphere of pressurized solipsism makes it difficult for me to breathe. Sugary adulation induces diabetic comas. Free verse is emetic and I’m allergic to hipsters but Thursday evening I broke my vow and went...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Strong Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: This is actually pretty close to a complaint lodged...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: This is actually pretty close to a complaint lodged at Egil Skallagrímsson by a princess. Today's News:
Seth's Blog
Books don’t sell That’s not true, actually. Books sell, but book doesn’t. The odds of a particular book selling a lot...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
That’s not true, actually. Books sell, but book doesn’t. The odds of a particular book selling a lot of copies are close to zero. The truth of the long tail is that most titles are way out on the fringe. Now that book publishing is unleashed from retail distribution, the math is...
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
Old Structures...
A Sometimes Disagreeable Foreign Land, Part 1 My off-hand comment yesterday about a Baedeker guide made me think that I should look to see what a...
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a month ago
My off-hand comment yesterday about a Baedeker guide made me think that I should look to see what a nineteenth-century European guidebook had to say about New York and I was not disappointed. The guidebooks put out by the Baedecker company since the 1830s are famous for their...
Ink & Switch
03 · Dynamic history Version control with dynamic history combines the best of auto-saving tools with manually-created...
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10 months ago
Version control with dynamic history combines the best of auto-saving tools with manually-created milestones.
Wuthering...
Books I Read in September 2023 Despite all evidence I hope to wrap up the Greek philosophy project within the next couple of...
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a year ago
Despite all evidence I hope to wrap up the Greek philosophy project within the next couple of weeks.  A medical deadline approaches.  That will help. As usual, I read good books.   PHILOSOPHY & SELF-HELP Letters from a Stoic (c. 60), Seneca - good timing for some...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Size markets using narratives, not numbers Anyone who has pitched VCs knows they are obsessed with market size.  If you can’t make the case...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Anyone who has pitched VCs knows they are obsessed with market size.  If you can’t make the case that you’re addressing a possible billion…
Calculated Risk
Wholesale Used Car Prices Decreased in December; Up 0.4% Year-over-year From Manheim Consulting today: Wholesale Used-Vehicle Prices Decreased in December Wholesale...
yesterday
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yesterday
From Manheim Consulting today: Wholesale Used-Vehicle Prices Decreased in December Wholesale used-vehicle prices (on a mix, mileage, and seasonally adjusted basis) were lower in December compared to November. The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index (MUVVI) fell to 204.8, an increase...
Archinect - Features
10 Ghost Towns With Unique Architecture Cities are like living bodies, each one animated by the pulse of human life. People give a city...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Cities are like living bodies, each one animated by the pulse of human life. People give a city purpose, identity, and movement. When a city is abandoned, its soul departs, leaving behind only the silent architecture, a skeletal remnant of what once was.  While such environments...
Ben Borgers
Pi
over a year ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau undefined
a year ago
Louwrentius
Why I still won't switch to Linux and keep my Mac The current state of Linux is amazing. If we take a look at, for example, Ubuntu Linux, we have to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The current state of Linux is amazing. If we take a look at, for example, Ubuntu Linux, we have to admit that the Linux desktop is really becoming a nice, user-friendly environment. I'm truly starting to like what I see. I considered whiping Mac OS X from my macbook, but there...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Font Blocking, Invisible Words, and Flames of Shame You never know when you will be confronted by a test of character. There will come a moment when you...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
You never know when you will be confronted by a test of character. There will come a moment when you are forced to choose. Do you stick to your beliefs, or do you fold under the pressure and sacrifice your very identity?
CONTEMPORIST
This Builders-Grade Kitchen Transformed Using Rift-Sawn White Oak Cabinets LTB Architecture together with interior design firm State., has shared photos of an interior...
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a year ago
LTB Architecture together with interior design firm State., has shared photos of an interior transformation they completed for an early 2000s home in Golden, Colorado. The renovation focused on the kitchen and dining room, as well as the living room. The original kitchen was a...
Birchtree
The day Birchtree grew up Today's a symbolically big day for Birchtree! After doing this site and its many offshoot projects...
2 days ago
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2 days ago
Today's a symbolically big day for Birchtree! After doing this site and its many offshoot projects since 2010, I finally put a ring on it and registered Birchtree Productions LLC. 🎉 For you, this means basically nothing at all. Footers might be updated and I might invest in
Londonist
Eid In Trafalgar Square: Muslim Celebrations Return This April End of Ramadan marked in style.
9 months ago
Christian Selig
Trials and Tribulations of Making an Interruptable Custom View Controller Transition on iOS I think it’s safe to say while the iOS custom view controller transition API is a very powerful one,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I think it’s safe to say while the iOS custom view controller transition API is a very powerful one, with that power comes a great deal of complexity. It can be tricky, and I’m having one of those days where it’s getting the better of me and I just cannot get it to do what I want...
CONTEMPORIST
A Boldly Colored Pasta Shop Brightens Up The Street In Athens Design firm Studio Materiality has shared photos of Macaroni, a pasta shop they completed that’s...
a year ago
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a year ago
Design firm Studio Materiality has shared photos of Macaroni, a pasta shop they completed that’s located in the heart of Athens, Greece. The designers drew inspiration from the 1970s, with a boldly colored design, complete with a font from that era to create the logo. The...
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting? undefined
6 months ago
Explorations of an...
A Month In Northern Peru, Part 6: A Long, Sketchy Drive To Find Atuen Antpittas (February 8, 2024) One of the fun aspects of birding during this particular period of history is that our understanding...
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One of the fun aspects of birding during this particular period of history is that our understanding of how birds are related to each other is changing rapidly. Back in the "old days", our collective knowledge of these topics was a bit more rudimentary. Species were grouped...
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay? Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
8 months ago
devonzuegel.com
Digital vs analog error correction The purpose of this writeup was to summarize something interesting I learned recently, to make sure...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The purpose of this writeup was to summarize something interesting I learned recently, to make sure I understood it. I figured others might find it interesting, too. ~ ~ ~ Digital signal processing corrects for errors better than its analog counterpart. This is one of the...
diamond geezer
Wanding Juniors #10004 ✅ Oddities What the hell is wanding? Why does it need to be done to juniors? Who is the...
a year ago
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a year ago
#10004 ✅ Oddities What the hell is wanding? Why does it need to be done to juniors? Who is the creepy character on the left? Is that a grinning CCTV camera? And why does that teddy bear look so pleased? This is our surveillance society gone mad! young supporters of West Ham...
Maps Mania
Active Video
8 months ago
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Provider Directories, Physician data, and Ribbon Health | Out-Of-Pocket why can't I find any important info about my doctor lol
a year ago
Asterisk
All Aboard the Bureaucracy Train The United States has the most expensive transportation infrastructure in the world. That’s because...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
The United States has the most expensive transportation infrastructure in the world. That’s because we refuse to learn from experts, other countries, and our own history.
alexwlchan
Finding the biggest items in my Photos Library I’m approaching the limit of my current iCloud storage tier, and most of that is my Photos...
a year ago
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a year ago
I’m approaching the limit of my current iCloud storage tier, and most of that is my Photos Library. I don’t really want to pay for the next iCloud storage tier – I’d be tripling my bill, but I’d barely use the extra space. (My library grows pretty slowly – I’ve only added ~6GB of...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Twitter as Universal Meta-Commentary Layer Musing about how Twitter can enhance your Internet reading experience
over a year ago
HTMHell
#12 accessible poll yes/no Bad code <form role="form"> <h2>Poll title</h2> <div id="pollQuestion">Is this...
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over a year ago
Bad code <form role="form"> <h2>Poll title</h2> <div id="pollQuestion">Is this accessible?</div> <div name="pollGroup" role="radiogroup"> <div role="radiogroup" aria-label="Poll title"> <input type="radio" name="poll" aria-labelledby="pollQuestion" value="[object...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Excuse Me Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Hey Austin, come see me at UT. 1:30pm April 5 2024...
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9 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Hey Austin, come see me at UT. 1:30pm April 5 2024 RLP 1.302E. I'll be talking space! Today's News: Hey Austin, come see me at UT. 1:30pm April 5 2024 RLP 1.302E. I'll be talking space!
GitButler
GitButler for Windows The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.
9 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Democratical Enemies of Truth' Like me, Matthew Walther was attracted to the work Sir Thomas Browne by his “enchanting prose.” I...
2 days ago
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2 days ago
Like me, Matthew Walther was attracted to the work Sir Thomas Browne by his “enchanting prose.” I see from the title page that I bought The Prose of Sir Thomas Browne in the Cleveland bookstore where I worked in April 1975. It’s a fat yellow paperback, part of the Anchor...
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas? undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums undefined
3 months ago
Joel Gascoigne
Creating order from chaos in a startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve been...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve been pondering recently about how my latest venture has very much felt like cycling between creating order from chaos and then ending up with chaos again. I wanted to share my experiences and...
Both Are True
A link to my daily log as a person who is offline here it is
a year ago
ribbonfarm
Harberger Tax It’s always nice to see trails of thought connect up. An idea I first encountered and really liked...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
It’s always nice to see trails of thought connect up. An idea I first encountered and really liked in a 2014 Steve Randy Waldman (interfluidity) post has apparently since acquired a name and a more extended provenance. Waldman’s post, Tax price, not value, presents the idea as a...
A Beautiful Site
The Term "Headless Component" is a Misnomer You've likely heard the term "headless component" tossed around. The idea is you get solid,...
a year ago
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a year ago
You've likely heard the term "headless component" tossed around. The idea is you get solid, accessible components without any styles. A clean slate to style from scratch! But the structure (bones) and logic (head) are there. You're mostly adding styles. They should be called...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Ism Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: St. Peter just taps the crudely drawn No Girls...
a year ago
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a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: St. Peter just taps the crudely drawn No Girls Allowed sign made by God. Today's News: Whoever made the A City on Mars wikipedia entry, bless you. Now when people argue against stuff that we didn't actually say, I'm just linking...
TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours undefined
8 months ago
TokyoDev
Working as a Software Engineer Intern in Tokyo There isn't much information available about being a software engineering intern in Japan. I...
a year ago
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a year ago
There isn't much information available about being a software engineering intern in Japan. I remember when I first considered doing one that I wanted an online resource on the topic. Now that I've done several software engineering internships at Japanese companies, I'll help...
Dan Cowell
Breaking the rules: I threw away 10 months of work after 2 months on the job. When I took over the team, they were in month 8 of a 3-month project to relaunch the company's...
a year ago
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a year ago
When I took over the team, they were in month 8 of a 3-month project to relaunch the company's ecommerce website. After 2 months leading the team, I decided to scrap it and start over. This is the story of how and why, and whether it all worked out.
CONTEMPORIST
Before & After – A Remodeled 1950s Ranch Home Photography by Studio Robert Jamieson (before photos), August Haeuser (exterior), Sam Orberter...
a year ago
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a year ago
Photography by Studio Robert Jamieson (before photos), August Haeuser (exterior), Sam Orberter (kitchen) Studio Robert Jamieson has shared photos of a 1950s ranch home remodel they completed in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. When the owners purchased this home outside of...
xkcd.com
METAR
3 weeks ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
There are two kinds of people in the world You’ve either started a company or you haven’t.  ”Started” doesn’t mean joining as an early...
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over a year ago
You’ve either started a company or you haven’t.  ”Started” doesn’t mean joining as an early employee, or investing or advising or helping…
Old Structures...
Infrastructure Density From 1954, “Sunnyside Yards” probably requires some explanation for people unfamiliar with western...
5 months ago
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From 1954, “Sunnyside Yards” probably requires some explanation for people unfamiliar with western Queens. The yard (foreground) was built with Penn Station in the aughts because there was simply not enough room near the station, in Manhattan, for a proper yard. So, except for a...
Artificial Ignorance
AI and the workplace How employees and CEOs alike can plan for the future.
8 months ago
Home on Erik...
Toxic meeting culture I spent six years at a company that went from 50 people to 1500 and one contributing factor leading...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I spent six years at a company that went from 50 people to 1500 and one contributing factor leading to my departure was that I went from a “maker” to a person stuck in meetings every day.
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED     We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AAAAAAAAAAA Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Have you tried tuning out all your coping...
a year ago
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a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Have you tried tuning out all your coping mechanisms and focusing entirely on your unresolvable problems? Today's News:
Steve Klabnik
Sparrow
over a year ago
Rozado’s Visual...
The political orientation of the ChatGPT AI system Applying the Pew Research Political Typology Quiz to a state-of-the-art AI Language model
over a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Joking Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I wonder if any supervillains read Nudge? Today's...
3 months ago
Steve Klabnik
Borrow checking, escape analysis, and the generational hypothesis
over a year ago
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
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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.
Louwrentius
Automated install of Debian Linux based on PXE net booting Every honest and good system administrator is continue bussy with automating his work. For two...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Every honest and good system administrator is continue bussy with automating his work. For two reasons: Repeating the same task over and over again is friggin boring. A system administrator has better things to do, such as drinking coffee. Humans make mistakes, especially if...
Coding Horror
The Rise of the Electric Scooter In an electric car, the (enormous) battery is a major part of the price. If electric car prices are...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In an electric car, the (enormous) battery is a major part of the price. If electric car prices are decreasing, battery costs must be decreasing, because it's not like the cost of fabricating rubber, aluminum, glass, and steel into car shapes can decline that much, right? On an
The Marginalian
A Glow in the Consciousness: The Continuous Creative Act of Seeing Clearly "Simply to look on anything... with the love that penetrates to its essence, is to widen the domain...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
"Simply to look on anything... with the love that penetrates to its essence, is to widen the domain of being in the vastness of non-being."
Mazdak
How to Use Pain to Fuel Your Personal Evolution Pain is inevitable, especially if you're chasing ambitious goals. But what if I told you that pain...
a year ago
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Pain is inevitable, especially if you're chasing ambitious goals. But what if I told you that pain can be a powerful tool for personal evolution? When you're feeling pain, it's a sign that you need to find a solution. This is an opportunity to learn and grow. If you can develop a...
Paolo Amoroso's...
Upgrading Crostini Linux from Bullseye to Bookworm <![CDATA[ChromeOS Stable 121 rolled out to my ASUS Chromebox 3 and brought with it a one-click...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
<![CDATA[ChromeOS Stable 121 rolled out to my ASUS Chromebox 3 and brought with it a one-click option to upgrade Crostini. Crostini, the Debian based Linux container of chromeOS, was running Bullseye prior to that. ChromeOS 121 popped up a notification with a button offering to...
Rest of World -...
Indonesia has more than 700 languages. Can AI save them? Most LLMs such as GPT, Llama, and Gemini are trained largely in English, but several Southeast Asian...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Most LLMs such as GPT, Llama, and Gemini are trained largely in English, but several Southeast Asian firms are focusing on Bahasa Indonesia and other regional languages.
Coding Horror
To Serve Man, with Software I didn't choose to be a programmer. Somehow, it seemed, the computers chose me. For a long time,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I didn't choose to be a programmer. Somehow, it seemed, the computers chose me. For a long time, that was fine, that was enough; that was all I needed. But along the way I never felt that being a programmer was this unambiguously great-for-everyone career field with zero
Folklore.org:...
Round Rects Are Everywhere! Steve inspires Bill by pointing out something about the real world
a year ago
Flashbak
Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875 The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a  “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Visit Corpus Christi, TX for Beaches and Outdoor Adventure
6 months ago
xkcd.com
Planetary Scientist
a year ago
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Faster Connectivity !== Faster Websites This post from Dan Luu discussing how web bloat impacts users with slow devices caused me to reflect...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
This post from Dan Luu discussing how web bloat impacts users with slow devices caused me to reflect on the supposition that faster connectivity means faster websites. I grew up in an era when slow internet was the primary limiting factor to a great experience on the web. I was...
Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 082: System prompts August 30, 2024.
4 months ago
Laetitia@Work
Single Mum By Default Laetitia@Work #45
over a year ago
Tony Finch's blog
Resurrected link log After an extremely long hiatus, I have resurrected my link log. As well as its web page,...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
After an extremely long hiatus, I have resurrected my link log. As well as its web page, https://dotat.at/:/, my link log is shared via: an Atom feed https://dotat.at/:/feed.atom the fediverse https://mendeddrum.org/@fanf Dreamwidth...
Daniel Miessler
GPT and Search There’s a lot of talk about how GPT is going to take over search. Meaning, compete with or take down...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There’s a lot of talk about how GPT is going to take over search. Meaning, compete with or take down Google. I get the excitement there, but there are some pretty serious barriers to having this happen immediately. First, GPT is non-deterministic, meaning you can ask it the same...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Christian Health Insurance | Out-Of-Pocket Love thy neighbor, pay for thy neighbor
a year ago
The American Scholar
Cats and Dogs The post Cats and Dogs appeared first on The American Scholar.
4 weeks ago
Math Is Still...
Invisible ‘Demon’ Discovered in Odd Superconductor Physicists have long suspected that hunks of metal could vibrate in a peculiar way that would be all...
a year ago
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a year ago
Physicists have long suspected that hunks of metal could vibrate in a peculiar way that would be all but invisible. Now physicists have spotted these “demon modes.” The post Invisible ‘Demon’ Discovered in Odd Superconductor first appeared on Quanta Magazine
The American Scholar
The Redoubtable Bull Shark Reflecting on one of nature’s most dangerous predators The post The Redoubtable Bull Shark appeared...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Reflecting on one of nature’s most dangerous predators The post The Redoubtable Bull Shark appeared first on The American Scholar.
diamond geezer
Interview with a Bus Rescheduler An interview with Liam Fennell, TfL Bus Rescheduler DG: Hi Liam, tell us what you do. Liam: Hi, I'm...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
An interview with Liam Fennell, TfL Bus Rescheduler DG: Hi Liam, tell us what you do. Liam: Hi, I'm the guy who slows the buses down. DG: I've always wondered who that was. Liam: It's quite a responsibility! DG: So how does that work? Liam: You know when you're on a bus, pootling...
Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 037: The AI IPCC October 20, 2023.
a year ago
diamond geezer
Bus of the day 177 Bus Route Of The Day 177: Peckham to Thamesmead Quadrant: London southeast Length of journey: 12...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Bus Route Of The Day 177: Peckham to Thamesmead Quadrant: London southeast Length of journey: 12 miles, 75 minutes Because it's 17th July I've been out riding the 177, because that's the Bus Route Of The Day. There are more glamorous ways to travel. 177 is your friend, and...
Fatih Arslan
Automating my gate door How to automate a gate door without remote capabilities using a smart relay and integrate it into...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
How to automate a gate door without remote capabilities using a smart relay and integrate it into HomeKit via Home Assistant.
A Weekly Dose of...
For the Love of (Architecture) Books Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, so I put together a list some things I love ❤️ about architecture books...
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Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, so I put together a list some things I love ❤️ about architecture books — and just as many things I don't love 💔 about them: 20 pairs in 4 categories. I can't be alone in having these opinions and I might be a bit harsh in my criticisms, but if I...
Math Is Still...
The Mystery of the Missing Multicellular Prokaryotes Why have bacteria never evolved complex multicellularity? A new hypothesis suggests that it could...
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Why have bacteria never evolved complex multicellularity? A new hypothesis suggests that it could come down to how prokaryotic genomes respond to a small population size. The post The Mystery of the Missing Multicellular Prokaryotes first appeared on Quanta...
The Elysian
Do we still want the future desired by the past? Why three socialist utopian novels are still relevant 100 years later.
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TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain? undefined
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Retail Design Blog
ZUCZUG Bazaar & Flat by Sò Studio Conveying the brand’s character and narrative and seeking breakthroughs through the use of spatial...
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Conveying the brand’s character and narrative and seeking breakthroughs through the use of spatial design language, the full integration of...
Nelson's Weblog
Cronometer is a good food diary Recently I switched to a new calorie counting app, Cronometer. I’m quite happy with it. It’s a huge...
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Recently I switched to a new calorie counting app, Cronometer. I’m quite happy with it. It’s a huge improvement over MyFitnessPal (MFP) or Lose It and is not exploitative like Noom. The key improvement with Cronometer is accuracy, particularly good data sources for nutrition...
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urgency A few days ago a Singapore Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence, causing one death and tens...
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A few days ago a Singapore Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence, causing one death and tens of people to be injured. The night the news broke out I commented to my partner...
Diaries of Note
You’d think I would be happy all the time Nikki Sixx was twenty-two when he co-founded Mötley Crüe, a heavy metal band destined to become one...
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Nikki Sixx was twenty-two when he co-founded Mötley Crüe, a heavy metal band destined to become one of the most successful music acts in history. As the band’s bassist and principal songwriter, Sixx played a key role in developing their iconic rebellious persona, his escalating...
Diaries of Note
Sunk deeply into the blues Sherwood Anderson was an important and influential writer, highly regarded for his seminal work...
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Sherwood Anderson was an important and influential writer, highly regarded for his seminal work Winesburg, Ohio, a collection of interrelated short stories that painted an intimate portrait of small-town America and had a lasting impact on American literature. By 1938, three...
Ben Borgers
War Room
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TheCollector
What Was the Transatlantic Slave Trade? undefined
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Left To Write
Who Am I? Hello new subscribers and what to expect from me
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Forecast Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: That's the official International Sign system...
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Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: That's the official International Sign system imagine for in-the-butt. Today's News:
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Getting Closure on React Hooks Learn React Hooks by building a clone of React - in 30 minutes!
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CONTEMPORIST
A New Extension And A Garden Studio For This Heritage-Listed Home Paul Archer Design has sent us photos of a rear addition they completed for a Grade II Listed Town...
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Paul Archer Design has sent us photos of a rear addition they completed for a Grade II Listed Town House in Greater London, England. Not only did they design the addition, but they also created a small garden studio that provides a workspace for the musician owner. A large...
Musings on Markets
Control, Complexity and Politics: Deconstructing the Adani Affair! The India Rising story hit some turbulence last week, as one of its biggest corporate success...
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The India Rising story hit some turbulence last week, as one of its biggest corporate success stories, the Adani Group, was hit with a report from Hindenburg Research, an investing group that specializes in targeting and shorting companies that it believes have dubious accounting...
AFAR Media - Travel...
5 Excursions With Afar and Atlas Ocean Voyages
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AFAR Media - Travel...
Kayak, Hike, and Bike in Off-Season Virginia Beach
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Marcus on AI
Two visions of AI’s future It’s not looking good
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./techtipsy
About the time my ThinkPad T430 ran with an external GPU The ThinkPad T430 is not a remarkable laptop. It’s thick, bulky and built like a tank. I got mine in...
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The ThinkPad T430 is not a remarkable laptop. It’s thick, bulky and built like a tank. I got mine in 2016 when the first university scholarship money dropped, and it’s still my backup laptop of choice. Around 2017 I did something every reasonable poor computer science...
Ben Borgers
No Dessert Challenge
over a year ago
Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And... Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
The Pragmatic...
The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter in 2023 The articles you enjoyed most this year, my personal favorites, and a recap of an unusually...
a year ago
Steve Klabnik
Six years with Rust
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Jonas Hietala
On The Decline of FPS Games Mr. Eriksson just sent me this link as a fitting video on my post on The Decline of FPS...
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Mr. Eriksson just sent me this link as a fitting video on my post on The Decline of FPS Games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZtBCpo0eU Oh How true!
Mazdak
Canada's Housing Crisis: Is There a Way Out? Canada's housing market has become a national concern. Soaring prices have pushed homeownership out...
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Canada's housing market has become a national concern. Soaring prices have pushed homeownership out of reach for many, and even renters struggle to find affordable options. The pandemic exacerbated this pre-existing crisis, highlighting the urgent need for solutions. This article...
The Rational Walk
The Magic of Compounding The magic of compounding was evident when I recently compared my lifetime gross wage income to my...
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The magic of compounding was evident when I recently compared my lifetime gross wage income to my current net worth.
Escaping Flatland
Seeing people clearly Head of people operations for the entire friend group
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The Light and Dark Side of the API Economy The 'API Economy' is a popular term for VC's and tech media, however Developers seem ironically out...
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The 'API Economy' is a popular term for VC's and tech media, however Developers seem ironically out of the loop despite their central importance to the whole story. Here's my explanation, together with a dash of economics and social implications.
Working Theorys
Full-Stack Something | Theory No. 17 I've realized that one thing I really enjoy about writing is that I can do it all myself. Usually...
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I've realized that one thing I really enjoy about writing is that I can do it all myself. Usually people tell you this isn't a good mentality to have — the desire to be self-sufficient. But I disagree. Whether it's writing, building products, etc. — I think it's good to be...
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King? undefined
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TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades undefined
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Maps Mania
US Segregation Maps
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Seth's Blog
If they know, they should tell us Asymmetrical information creates real problems. And fixing the flow of useful proxies benefits both...
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Asymmetrical information creates real problems. And fixing the flow of useful proxies benefits both sides. Cigarette companies knew a great deal about the addictions they were causing and the illnesses that resulted. If the public had known, they would have made different...
Archinect - Features
The Illusion of Space: Can Artificial Intelligence Understand the Third Dimension? Popular text-to-image generators like DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion have introduced what...
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Popular text-to-image generators like DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion have introduced what some believe to be a new creative frontier in the architectural design process. However, they also encourage us to reflect on a series of relationships at the heart of design,...
Seth's Blog
My Big Fat Greek Wedding Among the top 500 grossing Hollywood movies of all time, this movie is the most profitable in return...
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Among the top 500 grossing Hollywood movies of all time, this movie is the most profitable in return on investment. And among all Hollywood movies in the top 1,500 at the box office, Paranormal Activity is far and away the highest return, outperforming almost any investment the...
Arduino Blog
Team Ikaro scores success with the Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect! Team Ikaro is a vibrant group of high school students from the Pacinotti Archimede Institute in...
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Team Ikaro is a vibrant group of high school students from the Pacinotti Archimede Institute in Rome, sharing a strong passion for electronics and turning heads in the world of robotics! Specializing in Soccer Lightweight games (where robot-soccer players compete to score goals...
Acko.net
The GPU Banana Stand Freshly whipped WebGPU, with ice cream I recently rolled out version 0.7 of Use.GPU, my...
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Freshly whipped WebGPU, with ice cream I recently rolled out version 0.7 of Use.GPU, my declarative/reactive WebGPU library. This includes features and goodies by itself. But most important are the code patterns which are all nicely slotting into place. This continues to be...
Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’ The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place  “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
Mazdak
Buffett's $325 Billion Warning Is the legendary investor Warren Buffett sounding the alarm on the market? Berkshire Hathaway,...
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Is the legendary investor Warren Buffett sounding the alarm on the market? Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett's company, is sitting on a record $325 billion in cash after selling off major chunks of Apple and Bank of America stock.
TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature? undefined
9 months ago
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Deploying on Netlify with Apple’s Shortcuts Just a quick note on a personal workflow thing. I’ve written before about the many different ways I...
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Just a quick note on a personal workflow thing. I’ve written before about the many different ways I host my personal websites on Netlify. I’ve got a few websites that aren’t the traditional model of: commit to git, push, build triggers on Netlify, website goes live. Sometimes I...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 12-18 February 2024 Things to do for under a fiver.
11 months ago
Josh Thompson
62 lessons learned after one year of full-time travel Kristi and I put together a non-comprehensive list of things we’ve learned while traveling full-time...
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Kristi and I put together a non-comprehensive list of things we’ve learned while traveling full-time last year.  Samples: Kristi 1. Josh and I are such a good team, and we balance each other.  We’ve figured out our strengths and how to contribute to our successes together. It’s...
Notes on software...
Writing a minimal Lua implementation with a virtual machine from scratch in Rust By the end of this guide we'll have a minimal, working implementation of a small part of Lua from...
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By the end of this guide we'll have a minimal, working implementation of a small part of Lua from scratch. It will be able to run the following program (among others): function fib(n) if n < 2 then return n; end local n1 = fib(n-1); local n2 = fib(n-2); ...
The Map is Mostly...
Audiobooks Are Books and They’re Also Practice Speak low if you speak love. — Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing I’m very fond of audiobooks....
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Speak low if you speak love. — Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing I’m very fond of audiobooks. There is something endearing, maybe even romantic, about the act of listening. I get this same sense often in early photographs of radio listeners, that they appreciate the romance of...
A Beautiful Site
TinyPNG: A better way to compress PNG images By now, you know that optimizing images and other resources can reduce bandwidth and help your...
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By now, you know that optimizing images and other resources can reduce bandwidth and help your website load faster. Perhaps you've even used a tool like Pngcrush before to make your images smaller. Now, there's an even better solution. TinyPNG uses "smart lossy compression...
A Weekly Dose of...
Reading About Drawings Instead of digesting a new book or diving into a novel, something others do often but I do rarely, I...
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Instead of digesting a new book or diving into a novel, something others do often but I do rarely, I spent my holiday break reading a five-year-old book about a trio of intertwined topics I'm particularly fond of: drawings, exhibitions, and New York City. Drawing on...
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...
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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...
Archinect - Features
Let's Talk About Architectural Licensure Welcome to Archinect In-Depth: Licensure. Over the coming weeks, Archinect will explore the journey...
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Welcome to Archinect In-Depth: Licensure. Over the coming weeks, Archinect will explore the journey undertaken by those in the United States seeking to practice as a licensed architect, including reflections on the history of licensure, comparisons to other countries, the cost...
Tony Finch's blog
Where does "where does my computer get the time from?" come from? I am pleased that so many people enjoyed my talk about time at RIPE86. I thought I would write a few...
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I am pleased that so many people enjoyed my talk about time at RIPE86. I thought I would write a few notes on some of the things I left out. genesis Essen & Markowitz Galileo zones BIH irony genesis There were a couple of things that I thought would make a fun talk: Just how many...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn). uxn,...
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists undefined
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axio.ms
Maths is Fun and Useful but Lasers Are More So Way back when, I made a cool but basic paper sculpture (in Maths is Fun and Useful) by hand, using a...
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Way back when, I made a cool but basic paper sculpture (in Maths is Fun and Useful) by hand, using a perl script for the shape template. For cultural reasons, I wanted to make a gift out of paper and it had to be Heaps Good. I had finally got access to a laser cutter (omgomg)...
bt RSS Feed
Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero 2022-11-04 Eariler this year I posted detailed instructions on...
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Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero 2022-11-04 Eariler this year I posted detailed instructions on setting up Pi-Hole with Eero and it seemed to help out a few people having troubles. With AdGuard Home recently popping up on the frontpage of HackerNews, I thought now would be a...
abdz.do - Have you...
Aerial Geometric Landscapes Aerial Geometric Landscapes abduzeedo0206—23 Meet Vipurva...
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Aerial Geometric Landscapes abduzeedo0206—23 Meet Vipurva Parikh, a seasoned photographer hailing from India with 20+ years of snapping stunning shots under his belt. He's traveled the world capturing everything from portraits to automobiles...
Spoon & Tamago
Tomohiro Inaba Invites Viewers to Complete the Story of His Sculptures “To the promised land” (2024) | installation view at YukikoMizutani Tomohiro Inaba is an artist who...
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“To the promised land” (2024) | installation view at YukikoMizutani Tomohiro Inaba is an artist who creates sculptures that engage the viewer through their own imagination. Depending on your point of view, Inaba’s works look like they’re either disintegrating into mid-air or or...
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers undefined
a year ago
Max Rozen
2018: Reflections on trying to start an internet business A review post on what I've done this year in terms of trying to start an Internet business
over a year ago
Old Structures...
Messy First I apologize for the reflections and glare artifacts in the picture: trying to get a decent...
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First I apologize for the reflections and glare artifacts in the picture: trying to get a decent photo through a clean and polished storefront window on a sunny day is a frustrating endeavor. But at least that gives a second meaning to the post title. Second – but really first –...
Seth's Blog
Twenty questions Your next project might feel like a calling, but it’s a choice. A choice that will have an impact on...
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Your next project might feel like a calling, but it’s a choice. A choice that will have an impact on each day you spend on it. There are no right answers here, but before you fall in love with a business or an organization, it may pay to think about these and other options that...
mtlynch.io
Building My First Homelab Server Rack Seven years ago, I built my first home server. It made my software development work faster and more...
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Seven years ago, I built my first home server. It made my software development work faster and more enjoyable, so I’ve gotten more into the home server scene. I built a custom storage server, another development server, and a dedicated firewall. At some point, my wife gently...
Open Culture
Inside the Beautiful Home Frank Lloyd Wright Designed for His Son (1952) Being Frank Lloyd Wright’s son surely came with its downsides. But one of the upsides — assuming you...
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Being Frank Lloyd Wright’s son surely came with its downsides. But one of the upsides — assuming you could stay in the mercurial master’s good graces — was the possibility of his designing a house for you. Such was the fortune of his fourth child David Samuel Wright, a Phoenix...
Notes on software...
Reviewing the Surface Book 2 The first few paragraphs cover what I was looking for and what I considered. Then the review. Why...
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The first few paragraphs cover what I was looking for and what I considered. Then the review. Why the Surface Book 2 I used a Macbook throughout my professional career until I had the choice a few years ago when I started my current job. Here, I ran Gentoo, then FreeBSD, then...
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Ranking #1 on HN in Mid April I last wrote about Ranking #1 on HN in December, and wanted to offer an update from my mild hit...
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I last wrote about Ranking #1 on HN in December, and wanted to offer an update from my mild hit today. I am now taking Latent Space (the new name enabled by the previous owner of that domain selling it to me in my first P2P domain purchase) a lot more seriously with the support...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Gravity Prayers A cube of ice trembled in the hand of a stupid boy. Like a loaded dice, its melting walls possessed...
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A cube of ice trembled in the hand of a stupid boy. Like a loaded dice, its melting walls possessed the power to steer the fate of the foolish teenager. From the top of the bleachers the boy considers a dare as a high school marching band blares behind him. Two hundred feet below...
Jonas Hietala
Evolution of RTS games Introduction This is an essay for the course Game Design and I’m going to give you a ride through...
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Introduction This is an essay for the course Game Design and I’m going to give you a ride through the evolution of RTS game genre. I like RTS games and I’ve played them for as long as I can remember, from the classic Red Alert and Age of Empires to the newer Supreme Commander and...
Jibran’s Perspective
Project 1: Django + NextJS Boilerplate Links: Gumroad page Build Log My accidental new years resolution was to work on the 1 problem that...
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Links: Gumroad page Build Log My accidental new years resolution was to work on the 1 problem that has plagued me for my entire adult life; failure to commit and focus. I decided to work in 6 week “sprints” (inspired by Shape Up) and complete the projects I start - for some known...
David Perell
Why You’re Christian Becoming an educated citizen starts with understanding the lineage of your beliefs. For example,...
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Becoming an educated citizen starts with understanding the lineage of your beliefs. For example, look at this iconic line from one of America’s founding documents: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” The post Why You’re Christian appeared...
TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs undefined
a year ago
Stephen Diehl
A Haskell Implementation Reading List
over a year ago
Maps Mania
Map Disco 2000
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954) An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
Both Are True
i am who i think you think i am on not being the best // season one finale
11 months ago
Seth's Blog
The convenience fee Sometimes it’s obvious, like the $1 that you get charged for using an ATM or a credit card, and it’s...
a year ago
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a year ago
Sometimes it’s obvious, like the $1 that you get charged for using an ATM or a credit card, and it’s simply not worth the hassle to walk a few blocks. And sometimes it’s not, like the cost we all pay for the conveniently wrapped fruits or vegetables at the market–wrapped in...
Roberto Vitillo's...
I am writing a book I have released the first chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems ! "Wait, what? Weren't you...
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I have released the first chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems ! "Wait, what? Weren't you working on a video class?" - I hear you…
The Works in...
Issue 13: Deep heat Plus: the cocktail revolution, how war improved European states, and the mathematical basis of the...
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Plus: the cocktail revolution, how war improved European states, and the mathematical basis of the Industrial Revolution
SatPost by Trung...
Taylor Sheridan's Extreme Productivity The prolific mind behind "Sicario" and "Yellowstone" only started his writing career at 40. The...
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The prolific mind behind "Sicario" and "Yellowstone" only started his writing career at 40. The realest deadlines (a young family, a $350m ranch) have pushed him to grind at an unbelievable pace.
Max Rozen
Guidelines for choosing React Libraries There are a *lot* of React libraries out there. So how do you pick which one to use in your app?...
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There are a *lot* of React libraries out there. So how do you pick which one to use in your app? This article provides guidelines for choosing.
CONTEMPORIST
A Large Sliding Window Offers A Look Inside This Nature-Inspired Store Design Architecture and interiors firm MRDK have designed a modern retail store in Montreal, Canada, for...
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Architecture and interiors firm MRDK have designed a modern retail store in Montreal, Canada, for Attitude, a company that specializes in plastic-free beauty products. The design of the space reflects their commitment to sustainability and a connection to nature, which is visible...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism...
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by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism (referenced in the diagram above), and I wanted to use this opportunity to go over each of these in a little more detail. Hopefully you’ll get an understanding of what they mean,...
Liz Denys
Uber's robocall blitz to NYC landlines Uber was robocalling me about Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to place a cap on the number of vehicles...
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over a year ago
Uber was robocalling me about Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to place a cap on the number of vehicles they could operate in New York City. Uber has robocalled my home phone number - not the mobile number they have on file for me - four times to ask me to lobby on their behalf. This...
Cremieux Recueil
High-Frequency Trading Is Good Sichuan Mala has written a guest post on one of the most unfairly maligned parts of the financial...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Sichuan Mala has written a guest post on one of the most unfairly maligned parts of the financial industry
Transit Maps
Historical Map: Lines of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway, 1927 Here’s a fascinating map of streetcar lines in Omaha, Nebraska in 1927, beautifully hand drawn on...
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Here’s a fascinating map of streetcar lines in Omaha, Nebraska in 1927, beautifully hand drawn on top of a pre-printed single colour map of the area produced by the City’s engineering department. Not only does the map show the extent of all the streetcar lines (with 64.6 miles of...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Thus Massive Was the Vessel, Built in Vain' Gee-whiz technology soon grows obsolete and quaint. On this date in 1934, the USS Macon, a U.S. Navy...
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Gee-whiz technology soon grows obsolete and quaint. On this date in 1934, the USS Macon, a U.S. Navy airship – blimp, dirigible, Zeppelin – successfully tracked the heavy cruiser USS Houston as it carried President Franklin Roosevelt on a secret voyage from Annapolis, Md., to...
Retail Design Blog
union.bistro The union.bistro project combines functionality, aesthetics, and an atmosphere inspired by culinary...
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The union.bistro project combines functionality, aesthetics, and an atmosphere inspired by culinary art. Its design integrates materials, colors, textures, and...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Name Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: No other creature gives itself Latin names. We are...
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Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: No other creature gives itself Latin names. We are unique! Today's News:
Birchtree
I strongly recommend Portal: Revolution (members post) In this new series, I’ll be reviewing the media I experience (I don’t like saying I “consume” media)...
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In this new series, I’ll be reviewing the media I experience (I don’t like saying I “consume” media) in more detail than I normally do. Don’t worry, the movie reviews are staying free and on social media ✌️
The Ruffian
Best of The Ruffian 2024 Catch-up service:
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Paradigm Lost (CascadiaJS 2022 Talk Notes) Some show notes for my CascadiaJS talk for those who are looking for all the references and cut...
over a year ago
CONTEMPORIST
Contemporary Japanese Design Blends Seamlessly With Tropical Modernism In This New Home Architecture firm Alexis Dornier Makings has shared photos of a private residence in Berawa, Bali,...
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Architecture firm Alexis Dornier Makings has shared photos of a private residence in Berawa, Bali, that they completed which seamlessly blends contemporary Japanese design with tropical modernism. The centerpiece of ‘The Free Bird Project’ is a living room positioned above the...
Seth's Blog
Vocal fatigue Most of us talk, some of us do it for a living. When your voice is on the fritz, it can affect your...
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Most of us talk, some of us do it for a living. When your voice is on the fritz, it can affect your entire body as well as the way you approach your day. I’ve read all 25+ of my audiobooks myself, and I used to be able to complete each one in a day […]
elementary Blog
Let's Talk OS 8 One month ago today we released elementary OS 7.1 which provides new personalization options that...
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One month ago today we released elementary OS 7.1 which provides new personalization options that make it more inclusive and accessible, protects your privacy and ensures apps always operate with your explicit consent, and addresses your feedback with over 200 bug fixes, design...
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There’s often doubt. Giving someone the benefit of that doubt enables us to move forward, and that requires us to realize that our doubt might be unfounded. Systems that assume goodwill create possibility, connection and utility far easier than those that don’t. Being invited to...
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Given the current climate in tech globally, people often ask me what the current situation in Japan is. Overall, my impression is that it is nowhere as bad as places like the US, but nevertheless I have been hearing stories of developers struggling to get jobs here. In this...
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If the ferry is leaving in fifteen minutes, do you drive faster than normal to get to the dock on time? If someone is driving close behind you and pressuring you to turn when you don’t feel safe, are you more likely to go for it? We can do our work as fast as makes […]
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Levelsio and I go way back, like 8 years back. I first met him on the twitter when I came across the “indie hacker” scene.
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My click-spark web component was a fun, silly project at best. Yet I've seen it's had some love since being shared. So why not publish it as an npm package? No better time than the present, some say. I had done a major refactor before publishing, the most notable was that the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Adelie, released a program to create slideshows. GrimGrains,...
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Photo by Sergiu Nista on Unsplash We’ve noticed a disturbing trend here at our startup in the past 12 months or so. We’ve been growing and adding new team members, and almost without fail, almost all our new starters are getting hit with a scam email within a few days of...
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If you subscribe to our newsletter — which you do, right? — then you'll know that recently we've been thinking about conversations. We're a small group making fun software for people, and we like to have conversations with those people; the lovely folks who like our take on...
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I cringe at having to describe myself or write my own bios. No matter how casually an email, site, or form says "introduce yourself, no pressure," I shrink back. How do I convince myself that other people find who I am or what I do interesting? I found myself asking this question...
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Using SVG icons instead of PNG or JPG has a few performance benefits, but they're not always straightforward to use. Here's how you do it.
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The night is dark and full of errors, so how should we handle these gracefully and safely in our Rust programs? Let’s introduce two of every Rust programmer’s favourite types: Option and Result.
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Explorations of an...
Heading East Into The Atlantic Forest The Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica in Portuguese) stretches across the southeastern coastal region...
a year ago
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a year ago
The Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica in Portuguese) stretches across the southeastern coastal region of Brazil, reaching inland as far as southeastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. In broad terms, the Atlantic Forest is formed and continues to be maintained by...
The Elysian
Week 8: What communities should know about you? (Write a story about them)
8 months ago
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2 undefined
7 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
The Elysian
Three classic utopian novels—now collectibles More than 100 years ago, three thinkers imagined what a utopian future might look like in the year...
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4 months ago
More than 100 years ago, three thinkers imagined what a utopian future might look like in the year 2000. Now, their novels are available as a collectible set.
Louwrentius
Compiling Multicore PAR2 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin If you want to compile PAR2 with multicore support on Linux, it may not work right away from source....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If you want to compile PAR2 with multicore support on Linux, it may not work right away from source. I used this version of PAR2 with multicore support. Update 2015: the original link is dead, I foud a copy of the source and put it on my own site here for you to download. First,...
Anecdotal Evidence
'You Must Start Rewriting in Your Head' “Rhythm is never effortless. To achieve it, you must start rewriting in your head and then continue...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
“Rhythm is never effortless. To achieve it, you must start rewriting in your head and then continue rewriting on the page. The hallmark of a seductive style is to extend natural speech rhythm over the distance of a complex sentence.” When I applied for my first job on a...
Christian Selig
Choosing a travel pack is hard I love the “carry-on only” traveling style, it’s cheaper and you don’t have to worry about airlines...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
I love the “carry-on only” traveling style, it’s cheaper and you don’t have to worry about airlines losing your stuff. Outside of requiring a bit more planning, what’s not to love? Turns out this is a beloved product category with a passionate community behind it, and as a result...
Anecdotal Evidence
'An Ordinary Life Where Things Make Sense' An old friend back in upstate New York and I were texting. We worked years ago as reporters for the...
a year ago
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a year ago
An old friend back in upstate New York and I were texting. We worked years ago as reporters for the same newspaper. She was married then to her second husband, who had multiple sclerosis and died slowly and horribly. When she had to  go out of town, I would stay with him...