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Both Are True
meeting my demons with the help of ai is this why i'm so stuck all the time? no, it can't be, unless...
4 months ago
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meeting my demons with the help of ai

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

4 months ago
is this why i'm so stuck all the time? no, it can't be, unless...
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Rest of World -...
Scammers are cashing in on Worldcoin’s chaotic Kenya launch Without a cash withdrawal option, Kenyans are turning to the country’s informal crypto economy — and...
a year ago
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Scammers are cashing in on Worldcoin’s chaotic Kenya launch

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

a year ago
Without a cash withdrawal option, Kenyans are turning to the country’s informal crypto economy — and some are losing their coins in the process.
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Calculated Risk
ISM® Manufacturing index Decreased to 49.0% in March (Posted with permission). The ISM manufacturing index indicated expansion. The PMI® was at 49.0%...
3 months ago
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ISM® Manufacturing index Decreased to 49.0% in March

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

3 months ago
(Posted with permission). The ISM manufacturing index indicated expansion. The PMI® was at 49.0% in March, down from 50.3% in February. The employment index was at 44.7%, down from 47.6% the previous month, and the new orders index was at 45.2%, down from 48.6%. Manufacturing...
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Vladimir Klepov as a...
Seven habits of bad interviewers I’ve been to plenty of bad interviews. Sometimes, only some questions are bad, but usually it goes...
over a year ago
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Seven habits of bad interviewers

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

over a year ago
I’ve been to plenty of bad interviews. Sometimes, only some questions are bad, but usually it goes further than that. Bizarre questions like “what’s the difference between a number and an array” are just a symptom of deeper issues. Let’s take a step back — why are we...
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brr
South Pole Topography The relentless accumulation (and management) of snow.
over a year ago
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South Pole Topography

from brr [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
The relentless accumulation (and management) of snow.
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Open Culture
Discover the CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual: A Timeless Guide to Subverting Any Organization... I’ve always admired people who can successfully navigate what I refer to as “Kafka’s Castle,” a term...
7 months ago
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Discover the CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual: A Timeless Guide to Subverting Any Organization with “Purposeful Stupidity” (1944)

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in creative

7 months ago
I’ve always admired people who can successfully navigate what I refer to as “Kafka’s Castle,” a term of dread for the many government and corporate agencies that have an inordinate amount of power over our permanent records, and that seem as inscrutable and chillingly absurd as...
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Buck on Software
Explaining the growth software sell-off The terminal value double whammy of rising interest rates
over a year ago
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Explaining the growth software sell-off

from Buck on Software [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
The terminal value double whammy of rising interest rates
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Atoms vs Bits
Raising Bread In the days before yeast, we had yeast
2 months ago
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Raising Bread

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

2 months ago
In the days before yeast, we had yeast
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Ferd.ca
A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed 2023/01/01 A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed When I first started my forever project, a peer to...
over a year ago
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A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed

from Ferd.ca [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
2023/01/01 A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed When I first started my forever project, a peer to peer file sync software using Interval Tree Clocks, I wanted to build it right. That meant property-based testing everything, specifying the protocol fully, dealing with error...
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wingolog
here we go again Good evening, fey readers. Tonight, a note on human rights and human wrongs. I am in my...
5 months ago
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here we go again

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

5 months ago
Good evening, fey readers. Tonight, a note on human rights and human wrongs. I am in my mid-fourties, and so I have seen some garbage governments in my time; one of the worst was Trump’s election in 2016. My heart ached in so many ways, but most of all for immigrants in the US....
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Open Culture
How the Oldest Company in the World, Japan’s Temple-Builder Kongō Gumi, Has Survived Nearly 1,500... Image from New York Public Library, via Wikimedia Commons If you visit Osaka, you’ll be urged to see...
10 months ago
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How the Oldest Company in the World, Japan’s Temple-Builder Kongō Gumi, Has Survived Nearly 1,500 Years

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in creative

10 months ago
Image from New York Public Library, via Wikimedia Commons If you visit Osaka, you’ll be urged to see two old buildings in particular: Osaka Castle and Shitennō-ji (above), Japan’s first Buddhist temple. In beholding both, you’ll behold the work of construction firm Kongō Gumi...
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TheCollector
How Many Israelite Temples Were Built? According to the Bible, David gathered building materials for a temple that was to replace Israel’s...
4 months ago
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How Many Israelite Temples Were Built?

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

4 months ago
According to the Bible, David gathered building materials for a temple that was to replace Israel’s mobile house of worship, called the tabernacle, which had been built under Moses’s direction during Israel’s nomadic years in the Sinai Peninsula. David’s son and successor Solomon...
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Retail Design Blog
FENDI store Little over two years after first setting up shop in Madrid, an event we’ve covered in a previous...
8 months ago
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FENDI store

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

8 months ago
Little over two years after first setting up shop in Madrid, an event we’ve covered in a previous post, FENDI...
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Notes on software...
Emulating linux/AMD64 userland: interpreting an ELF binary In this post we'll stumble toward a working emulator for a barebones C program compiled for...
over a year ago
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Emulating linux/AMD64 userland: interpreting an ELF binary

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
In this post we'll stumble toward a working emulator for a barebones C program compiled for linux/AMD64. The approach will be slightly more so based on observation than by following a spec; a great way to quickly become familiar with a topic, and a bad way to...
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bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, April 2025 The Ware for this month is shown below: It’s a tiny portion of a much larger ware, but for various...
2 months ago
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Name that Ware, April 2025

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

2 months ago
The Ware for this month is shown below: It’s a tiny portion of a much larger ware, but for various reasons I think this is sufficient for someone to guess at least the type of ware this came from, if not the exact make/model. There’s a particularly interesting bit about this...
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Old Structures...
Metaphorical Significant Figures Continuing a bit further with yesterday’s line of thinking…what happens if we use the wrong code?...
a year ago
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Metaphorical Significant Figures

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
Continuing a bit further with yesterday’s line of thinking…what happens if we use the wrong code? (I’m going to say now, at the beginning of this post, and I’ll repeat at the end: we can and should use the current codes. I use current codes in analysis and design; I use old codes...
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Londonist
13 Autumnal Day Trips From London: October 2023 Charming events within easy reach of London.
a year ago
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13 Autumnal Day Trips From London: October 2023

from Londonist [alt+shift+b] in travel

a year ago
Charming events within easy reach of London.
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Marian's Blog
16×16 LED Matrix This is a 16×16 RGB LED matrix, made of 256 WS2812B LEDs. It’s powered by a Raspberry Pi and can...
over a year ago
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16×16 LED Matrix

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

over a year ago
This is a 16×16 RGB LED matrix, made of 256 WS2812B LEDs. It’s powered by a Raspberry Pi and can display images and animations. With a game controller attached, it can play games. The pictures below show how I built the frame. Painting the base plate Drawing...
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TheCollector
The Curious Case of the Roman God Janus: Origins, Epithets, History Ancient Rome unfairly has a reputation for having stolen or copied their mythology and religious...
3 months ago
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The Curious Case of the Roman God Janus: Origins, Epithets, History

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

3 months ago
Ancient Rome unfairly has a reputation for having stolen or copied their mythology and religious traditions from the Greeks and given them Latin names to claim as their own. This is easily disproved by looking at Roman traditions in a broad sense but more specifically, it is...
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Maps Mania
The History Quiz Map!
3 months ago
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The History Quiz Map!

from Maps Mania [alt+shift+b] in cartography

3 months ago
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Daniel De Laney
Objectivity is superstition An objective, external world is a non-falsifiable assumption. The prevailing theory is that our...
3 months ago
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Objectivity is superstition

from Daniel De Laney [alt+shift+b] in technology

3 months ago
An objective, external world is a non-falsifiable assumption. The prevailing theory is that our subjective experiences correspond to an external reality. However, they may simply be subjective through and through. That which we claim to be evidence of external reality is actually...
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Articles
Ideas that create opportunities
a year ago
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Ideas that create opportunities

from Articles [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
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Naz Hamid — Journal...
🔗 The art in everyday life It’s becoming more important than ever that people keep making art, in the age of derivative AI slop...
7 months ago
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🔗 The art in everyday life

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

7 months ago
It’s becoming more important than ever that people keep making art, in the age of derivative AI slop and an ever-worsening political climate. Deliberately creative pursuits are radical. I gave a talk a while back about building personal websites (and I’ll write that talk up soon)...
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watchTowr Labs
Auth. Bypass In (Un)Limited Scenarios - Progress MOVEit Transfer (CVE-2024-5806) In the early hours of a day in a month in 2024, watchTowr Labs was sent a chat log: 13:37 -!-...
a year ago
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Auth. Bypass In (Un)Limited Scenarios - Progress MOVEit Transfer (CVE-2024-5806)

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

a year ago
In the early hours of a day in a month in 2024, watchTowr Labs was sent a chat log: 13:37 -!- dav1d_bl41ne [def_not_phalanx@kernel.org] has joined #!hack (irc.efnet.nl) 13:37 -!- dav1d_bl41ne changed the topic of #!hack to: mag1c sh0w
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Tech and Tea
Owning your unique experience moving away from a deficiency mindset
over a year ago
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Owning your unique experience

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

over a year ago
moving away from a deficiency mindset
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Unfiltered by Tim...
I'm 38. If You're in Your 20's or 30's, Read This. 1. When you turn 35 you'll see the difference between those who took risks and those who didn't.
5 months ago
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I'm 38. If You're in Your 20's or 30's, Read This.

from Unfiltered by Tim Denning [alt+shift+b] in life

5 months ago
1. When you turn 35 you'll see the difference between those who took risks and those who didn't.
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Freethink Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: For the record, this was shot a while ago and my...
a year ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Freethink

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: For the record, this was shot a while ago and my hair is back to being gross. Today's News: Or click here if you prefer.
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Weighty Thoughts
Who’s Winning the AI War? All of us, except the AI startups and VCs—unless a real war breaks out
a year ago
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Who’s Winning the AI War?

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

a year ago
All of us, except the AI startups and VCs—unless a real war breaks out
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Out-of-Pocket Blog
Paying for friends, Gaming Insurance Via Marriage, and hacking CPAP machines | Out-Of-Pocket What are some more fringe healthcare behaviors?
2 months ago
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Paying for friends, Gaming Insurance Via Marriage, and hacking CPAP machines | Out-Of-Pocket

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

2 months ago
What are some more fringe healthcare behaviors?
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Carl Barenbrug RSS...
A Blog Post Marketplace This is a response to Manu's post, Adoption Sponsorships. How can bloggers monetise their content...
over a year ago
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A Blog Post Marketplace

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

over a year ago
This is a response to Manu's post, Adoption Sponsorships. How can bloggers monetise their content without going down the path of a paywall such as Patreon or premium newsletters? Donations are possible but rely on a small number of very generous people. A blogger definitely isn't...
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Handprinted - Blog
Jigsaw Block Printing on Fabric Block printing onto fabric is such a fun way to create your own designs. Jigsaw printing allows you...
a month ago
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Jigsaw Block Printing on Fabric

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

a month ago
Block printing onto fabric is such a fun way to create your own designs. Jigsaw printing allows you to carve just one block to print a multi-coloured design. By cutting our carved block into jigsaw pieces we can ink them up separately and print onto the fabric, knowing they'll...
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Londonist
London To Brighton Veteran Car Run 2023: When Is It? What's The Route? Which Vehicles Will I See? What a sight!
a year ago
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London To Brighton Veteran Car Run 2023: When Is It? What's The Route? Which Vehicles Will I See?

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a year ago
What a sight!
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David Perell
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online For years, I thought that being successful and being myself were diametrically opposed, but becoming...
over a year ago
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The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online

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

over a year ago
For years, I thought that being successful and being myself were diametrically opposed, but becoming an online writer has shown me that I can succeed by bringing out more of myself — and so can you.  The post The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online appeared first on David Perell.
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Epic Web Dev
.toBeVisible() or .toBeInTheDocument()? (article) A deep dive into Testing Library's .toBeVisible() and .toBeInTheDocument() matchers, exploring their...
3 months ago
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.toBeVisible() or .toBeInTheDocument()? (article)

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

3 months ago
A deep dive into Testing Library's .toBeVisible() and .toBeInTheDocument() matchers, exploring their differences, use cases, and best practices
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Damn Interesting
Devouring the Heart of Portugal On the morning of Thursday, 04 December 1924, a tall and well-dressed Dutch trader named Karel...
over a year ago
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Devouring the Heart of Portugal

from Damn Interesting [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
On the morning of Thursday, 04 December 1924, a tall and well-dressed Dutch trader named Karel Marang strolled along Great Winchester Street in the City of London, among the bustling crowds of bankers and brokers of the business district, unaware that the parcel he carried held...
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Data Boutique
Urgency Factor: Why Timing is as Critical as Cost The Issues of Planning Web Data Projects
over a year ago
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Urgency Factor: Why Timing is as Critical as Cost

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over a year ago
The Issues of Planning Web Data Projects
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Alex Meub
Building the DataToaster 3000 Last summer, I was inspired by a computer that was built inside of a toaster that I saw at a local...
9 months ago
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Building the DataToaster 3000

from Alex Meub [alt+shift+b] in programming

9 months ago
Last summer, I was inspired by a computer that was built inside of a toaster that I saw at a local computer recycling store. The idea of a computer with the design of a home appliance was really appealing and so was the absurdity of it. It occurred to me that this would be a fun...
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Jonas Hietala
CS:GO AWP Nerf When this man opens his mouth, truth comes out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsFnJYJ2buU If I...
over a year ago
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CS:GO AWP Nerf

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

over a year ago
When this man opens his mouth, truth comes out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsFnJYJ2buU If I ever make a game and I want someone to balance it and I had the money, I would hire Thorin.
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This Space
Dead Souls by Sam Riviere Even before one begins reading Sam Riviere’s first novel there is despondency as one registers that...
over a year ago
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Dead Souls by Sam Riviere

from This Space [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
Even before one begins reading Sam Riviere’s first novel there is despondency as one registers that the title is a duplication of the English translation of Nikolai Gogol’s Мёртвые души, the novel in which a character seeks to buy dead serfs from their owners but who have yet to...
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
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Summary of changes for August 2024

from Hundred Rabbits [alt+shift+b] in history

10 months ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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NeuroLogica Blog
AI Copilots Are Coming I’m going to do something I rarely do and make a straight-up prediction – I think we are close to...
9 months ago
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AI Copilots Are Coming

from NeuroLogica Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

9 months ago
I’m going to do something I rarely do and make a straight-up prediction – I think we are close to having AI apps that will function as our all-purpose digital assistants. That’s not really a tough call, we already have digital assistants and they are progressing rapidly. So I am...
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Rest of World -...
Trump’s tariffs test Vietnam’s role as manufacturing alternative to China The U.S.-China trade war drove Apple’s Chinese suppliers to Vietnam. Now they’re stuck with hard...
3 months ago
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Trump’s tariffs test Vietnam’s role as manufacturing alternative to China

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

3 months ago
The U.S.-China trade war drove Apple’s Chinese suppliers to Vietnam. Now they’re stuck with hard choices.
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Matt Mullenweg
Falling Snow The talented Felix Arntz has given an incredible Christmas gift to the WordPress community with his...
6 months ago
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Falling Snow

from Matt Mullenweg [alt+shift+b] in technology

6 months ago
The talented Felix Arntz has given an incredible Christmas gift to the WordPress community with his fast, light, and accessible Snow Fall plugin, which is live on this site and you can install on yours. I hope everyone is having a happy holidays! Search for “snow fall” in your...
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Remains of the Day
The inefficiency of large, infrequent transactions In a conversation with Matt Levine, Tyler Cowen asks: COWEN: Like you, I’m mostly an efficient...
over a year ago
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The inefficiency of large, infrequent transactions

from Remains of the Day [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
In a conversation with Matt Levine, Tyler Cowen asks: COWEN: Like you, I’m mostly an efficient markets guy, but when I look at initial public offerings I’m very baffled because investment banks take such a huge cut.   If you needed to argue, “Well, they need the cut because they...
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Seth's Blog
PW1: Two hats for productivity Welcome to 2024. Back to work, here we go. So it’s Productivity Week on the blog. Productivity is...
a year ago
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PW1: Two hats for productivity

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

a year ago
Welcome to 2024. Back to work, here we go. So it’s Productivity Week on the blog. Productivity is the measure of the output (value) we get for the time or money we spend. Two hats for productivity: When I’m clearing my inbox, responding to comments in a doc, cooking lunch–these...
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Tech + Economics +...
A requiem for Tumblr. Automattic's recent announcement that Tumblr is being put into maintenance mode feels like the end...
a year ago
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A requiem for Tumblr.

from Tech + Economics + Humans [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
Automattic's recent announcement that Tumblr is being put into maintenance mode feels like the end of a personal era. Tumblr wasn't just another social network; it was a cultural phenomenon, a haven for the eclectic and the expressive, where the internet's fringes found a...
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alexwlchan
Ten years of blogging I bought the alexwlchan.net domain on November 8th, 2012, and the first web page would have appeared...
over a year ago
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Ten years of blogging

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
I bought the alexwlchan.net domain on November 8th, 2012, and the first web page would have appeared shortly after that (but the exact date is lost to history). This means I’ve been writing at alexwlchan.net for about a decade. The site looks very different now to how it...
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mtlynch.io
Which New Language Should I Learn for Web Development? One of my goals for the year is to learn a new programming language. It’s been a while since I...
a month ago
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Which New Language Should I Learn for Web Development?

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a month ago
One of my goals for the year is to learn a new programming language. It’s been a while since I learned a new language, and I feel like a lot of the languages I know well (Go, Python, C++) are similar to each other, so I want to try getting out of my comfort zone a bit with a...
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Josh Thompson
A Five-Hour Experiment Josh Kaufman wrote an excellent book called The First 20 Hours. In it, he carefully plots out a...
over a year ago
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A Five-Hour Experiment

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over a year ago
Josh Kaufman wrote an excellent book called The First 20 Hours. In it, he carefully plots out a handful of experiments to acquire a reasonable amount of skill in a new thing in twenty hours. He studied yoga, windsurfing, programming, Colemak typing, a form of Chinese chess...
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Marcus on AI
Five ways in which the last 3 months — and especially the DeepSeek era — have vindicated “Deep... A demonized paper from three years ago that has stood the test of time
5 months ago
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Five ways in which the last 3 months — and especially the DeepSeek era — have vindicated “Deep learning is hitting a wall"

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5 months ago
A demonized paper from three years ago that has stood the test of time
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AI Snake Oil
Is GPT-4 getting worse over time? A new paper going viral has been widely misinterpreted
a year ago
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Is GPT-4 getting worse over time?

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a year ago
A new paper going viral has been widely misinterpreted
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Weighty Thoughts
Commentary on Technology, Startups, and Investing Welcome to Weighty Thoughts by me, James Wang. General Partner at Creative Ventures. Ex-Bridgewater...
over a year ago
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Commentary on Technology, Startups, and Investing

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over a year ago
Welcome to Weighty Thoughts by me, James Wang. General Partner at Creative Ventures. Ex-Bridgewater and Google X. Co-Founder Lioness. Sign up now so you don’t miss the first issue. In the meantime, tell your friends!
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Steve Klabnik
"C is not how the computer works" can lead to inefficient code
over a year ago
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"C is not how the computer works" can lead to inefficient code

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TheCollector
What Are the Five Pillars of Islam? The foundation of religious life for Sunni Muslims, who comprise around eighty-five percent of...
4 months ago
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What Are the Five Pillars of Islam?

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4 months ago
The foundation of religious life for Sunni Muslims, who comprise around eighty-five percent of Muslims worldwide, is known as the “Five Pillars of Islam.” They are designed not merely for personal use, but to foster solidarity within the Muslim ummah, or community. They are not a...
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Jonas Hietala
A Week of Headache This was supposed to be a productive week with lots and lots of Perl and Ada but instead I’ve had...
over a year ago
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A Week of Headache

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

over a year ago
This was supposed to be a productive week with lots and lots of Perl and Ada but instead I’ve had this big headache all week, and some the week before and it’s gotten pretty bad so I can’t really concentrate on anything really. The electronics assignment was a bitch and it took a...
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Liz Denys
Bottle glass planter and drip tray, 2024 Algae in pond water / crests and troughs / sea glass
a year ago
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Bottle glass planter and drip tray, 2024

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a year ago
Algae in pond water / crests and troughs / sea glass
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Citation Needed
Privacy, human rights, and Tornado Cash I am more worried about privacy than crypto crime.
a year ago
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Privacy, human rights, and Tornado Cash

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a year ago
I am more worried about privacy than crypto crime.
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Old Structures...
Not What’s Expected I’ve met a lot of people who have not been to New York who think that Central Park is like a London...
10 months ago
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Not What’s Expected

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

10 months ago
I’ve met a lot of people who have not been to New York who think that Central Park is like a London square, a block-sized oasis surrounded by buildings. The “surrounded by buildings” part is correct, but the size is a bit off. It’s 1.3 square miles (3.4 square kilometers for...
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nanoscale views
What are parastatistics? While I could certainly write more about what is going on in the US these days (ahh, trying to...
4 months ago
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What are parastatistics?

from nanoscale views [alt+shift+b] in science

4 months ago
While I could certainly write more about what is going on in the US these days (ahh, trying to dismantle organizations you don't understand), instead I want to briefly highlight a very exciting result from my colleagues, published in Nature last month.  (I almost titled this post...
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TheCollector
Japan’s 1931 Invasion of Manchuria: Here’s What Happened On September 18, 1931, the explosion of the Japanese-owned railway track near the city of Mukden,...
2 months ago
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Japan’s 1931 Invasion of Manchuria: Here’s What Happened

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2 months ago
On September 18, 1931, the explosion of the Japanese-owned railway track near the city of Mukden, Manchuria in northeastern China, marked the beginning of a full-scale Japanese invasion of Manchuria. With minor resistance from the Chinese army, Japanese troops occupied the region...
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The Changelog
Using dar for Data Archiving This is the third post in a series about data archiving to removable media (optical discs and hard...
over a year ago
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Using dar for Data Archiving

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over a year ago
This is the third post in a series about data archiving to removable media (optical discs and hard drives). In the first, I explained the difference between backing up and archiving, established goals for the project, and said I’d evaluate git-annex and dar. The second post...
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Londonist
Where To Eat And Drink In Canary Wharf: The Best Restaurants, Cafes, Bars And Pubs Scran among the 'scrapers.
a year ago
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Where To Eat And Drink In Canary Wharf: The Best Restaurants, Cafes, Bars And Pubs

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a year ago
Scran among the 'scrapers.
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Retail Design Blog
PLP City Range by ASWA Situated within the tranquil and upscale neighborhood of the Thonglor area in Bangkok, the PLP City...
3 months ago
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PLP City Range by ASWA

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

3 months ago
Situated within the tranquil and upscale neighborhood of the Thonglor area in Bangkok, the PLP City range presents an innovative...
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Seth's Blog
Which sort of sinecure? Sooner or later, we find a place to hide. A place of security or sustenance. A place of safety. That...
over a year ago
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Which sort of sinecure?

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

over a year ago
Sooner or later, we find a place to hide. A place of security or sustenance. A place of safety. That sort of foundation can give us peace of mind and open the door to possibility. But, it’s possible that we can turn it into a trap as well. A situation so perfectly created that...
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Adventures In...
The Geoholics Podcast I got to join The Geoholics podcast this week and had a fun conversation with Kent Groh, Ryan Kelly,...
over a year ago
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The Geoholics Podcast

from Adventures In Mapping [alt+shift+b] in cartography

over a year ago
I got to join The Geoholics podcast this week and had a fun conversation with Kent Groh, Ryan Kelly, and Nik Smilovsky Here is a link to the episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0sHBwsGyfAoZE3ra5RaeVB?si=f1f3bdf9ab3b4695 Here’s the episode’s description: Raised by two...
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The American Scholar
“How Happy Is the Little Stone” by Emily Dickinson Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “How Happy Is the Little Stone” by Emily Dickinson appeared...
a year ago
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“How Happy Is the Little Stone” by Emily Dickinson

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “How Happy Is the Little Stone” by Emily Dickinson appeared first on The American Scholar.
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One Useful Thing
On giving AI eyes and ears AI can listen and see, with bigger implications than we might realize.
over a year ago
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On giving AI eyes and ears

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over a year ago
AI can listen and see, with bigger implications than we might realize.
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Benny Kuriakose
Designing Student Amenities That Encourage Creative Growth Providing spaces in schools that promote extracurricular activities in children and grow interests,...
over a year ago
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Designing Student Amenities That Encourage Creative Growth

from Benny Kuriakose [alt+shift+b] in architecture

over a year ago
Providing spaces in schools that promote extracurricular activities in children and grow interests, hobbies, and talents is highly...
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Alex Baldwin
Taco Week Live every week like it’s Taco Week. Last year’s articles are now up on Medium.
over a year ago
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Taco Week

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over a year ago
Live every week like it’s Taco Week. Last year’s articles are now up on Medium.
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Both Are True
i interviewed a bunch of cool ppl and now it's a...print publication??! Whoa, Vol 1: Conversations to make you feel human
8 months ago
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i interviewed a bunch of cool ppl and now it's a...print publication??!

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8 months ago
Whoa, Vol 1: Conversations to make you feel human
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diamond geezer
Broadband update After waking up yesterday I checked my router in case my broadband had restarted overnight. Still...
3 months ago
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Broadband update

from diamond geezer [alt+shift+b] in travel

3 months ago
After waking up yesterday I checked my router in case my broadband had restarted overnight. Still red, so no. "We wanted you to know that the fault you reported to us is now fixed. Please turn your router off and on, and your service should be fully...
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Josh Comeau's blog
A World-Class Code Playground with Sandpack No developer blog or technical documentation site is complete without an interactive code...
over a year ago
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A World-Class Code Playground with Sandpack

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

over a year ago
No developer blog or technical documentation site is complete without an interactive code playground. The CodeSandbox team recently released a wonderful tool called Sandpack, to help us create these live-updating code editors. In this tutorial, I'll show you how I use it on this...
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The Changelog
Joyful is the Dark “Joyful is the dark   coolness of the tomb, waiting for the wonder   of the morning. Never was that...
over a year ago
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Joyful is the Dark

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

over a year ago
“Joyful is the dark   coolness of the tomb, waiting for the wonder   of the morning. Never was that midnight   touched by dread and gloom; darkness was the cradle   of the dawning.” – Brian Wren Most of us are not personally experiencing symptoms of a pandemic virus, but with all...
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Battriangulation Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: The good news is that it'll also increase lottery...
3 months ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Battriangulation

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

3 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: The good news is that it'll also increase lottery ticket sales. Today's News:
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Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice “Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
8 months ago
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice

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8 months ago
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart   Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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Louwrentius
Debian Linux Preseeding - an installation framework Look Ma! No hands! just watching a system PXE-boot and install itself into a fully...
over a year ago
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Debian Linux Preseeding - an installation framework

from Louwrentius [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
Look Ma! No hands! just watching a system PXE-boot and install itself into a fully operational system is fun. PXE boot and preseeding is not enough however to accomplish this. By itself, preseeding only installs a basic operating system. Next, you need to configure all sorts of...
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Irrational...
Writers who operate. Occasionally folks tell me that I should “write full time.” I’ve thought about this a lot, and have...
a year ago
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Writers who operate.

from Irrational Exuberance [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
Occasionally folks tell me that I should “write full time.” I’ve thought about this a lot, and have rejected that option because I believe that writers who operate (e.g. write concurrently with holding a non-writing industry role) are best positioned to keep writing valuable work...
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The Ruffian
Why Does Being Left-Wing Make You Unhappy? The Ideological Well-Being Gap
a year ago
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Why Does Being Left-Wing Make You Unhappy?

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a year ago
The Ideological Well-Being Gap
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TheCollector
The Devaluation of the Denarius Under Augustus: What Happened? In the 3rd century BCE, the Romans began using the silver denarius as their standard form of...
2 months ago
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The Devaluation of the Denarius Under Augustus: What Happened?

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2 months ago
In the 3rd century BCE, the Romans began using the silver denarius as their standard form of currency. As the Republic grew in size and stature, the denarius played an important role in the international economy, requiring more silver to mint the coins. The system continued to...
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Birchtree
On the "streaming is more expensive than cable" complaint A social media post flew by today where someone was complaining that they stopped paying $180 for...
2 months ago
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On the "streaming is more expensive than cable" complaint

from Birchtree [alt+shift+b] in technology

2 months ago
A social media post flew by today where someone was complaining that they stopped paying $180 for cable and now they're paying $200 for streaming apps. I see this sort of complaint a lot, and I find myself feeling like I'm taking crazy pills whenever I
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Koos Looijesteijn
Are design ethics useless?
a year ago
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Are design ethics useless?

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a year ago
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Steve Klabnik
New Beginnings
over a year ago
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New Beginnings

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over a year ago
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Computer Things
Solving a "Layton Puzzle" with Prolog I have a lot in the works for the this month's Logic for Programmers release. Among other things,...
3 months ago
90

Solving a "Layton Puzzle" with Prolog

from Computer Things [alt+shift+b] in programming

3 months ago
I have a lot in the works for the this month's Logic for Programmers release. Among other things, I'm completely rewriting the chapter on Logic Programming Languages. I originally showcased the paradigm with puzzle solvers, like eight queens or four-coloring. Lots of other demos...
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Hot Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Let's see if we can make this one more...
4 months ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Hot

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4 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Let's see if we can make this one more controversial than yesterday's, shall we? Today's News:
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Posts on Made of...
Computers can be understood Introduction This post attempts to describe a mindset I’ve come to realize I bring to essentially...
over a year ago
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Computers can be understood

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

over a year ago
Introduction This post attempts to describe a mindset I’ve come to realize I bring to essentially all of my work with software. I attempt to articulate this mindset, some of its implications and strengths, and some of the ways in which it’s lead me astray. Software can be...
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TheCollector
Baths of Caracalla: Public Baths in Imperial Rome Much of what we know about individual Roman emperors comes from what they chose to build. In the 1st...
2 months ago
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Baths of Caracalla: Public Baths in Imperial Rome

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2 months ago
Much of what we know about individual Roman emperors comes from what they chose to build. In the 1st century CE, Nero was vilified for his greed, hoovering up great tracts of the city to turn into a private palace, the infamous Domus Aurea. A decade later, Vespasian was lauded...
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Old Structures...
An APT Webinar I’m giving a webinar on February 27 for the Association for Preservation Technology on our analysis...
a year ago
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An APT Webinar

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
I’m giving a webinar on February 27 for the Association for Preservation Technology on our analysis of a somewhat weird building with concrete and masonry structure, and the implications for investigation and analysis of buildings with old concrete structure. More information...
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Abort Retry Fail
The History of Slackware The Oldest Surviving Linux Distribution
a year ago
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The History of Slackware

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

a year ago
The Oldest Surviving Linux Distribution
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Quanta Magazine
The Year in Physics Physicists discovered strange supersolids, constructed new kinds of superconductors, and continued...
6 months ago
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The Year in Physics

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

6 months ago
Physicists discovered strange supersolids, constructed new kinds of superconductors, and continued to make the case that the cosmos is far weirder than anyone suspected. The post The Year in Physics first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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The Elysian
Democracy should happen online A Guest Lecture with Margo Loor, co-founder of the Estonian participatory democracy platform Citizen...
4 weeks ago
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Democracy should happen online

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4 weeks ago
A Guest Lecture with Margo Loor, co-founder of the Estonian participatory democracy platform Citizen OS.
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Archinect - Features
Architectural Visualization Was Rather Flat: Then We Invented Perspective Before the invention of architectural perspective, architects and artists faced significant...
8 months ago
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Architectural Visualization Was Rather Flat: Then We Invented Perspective

from Archinect - Features [alt+shift+b] in architecture

8 months ago
Before the invention of architectural perspective, architects and artists faced significant challenges in visualizing and communicating architectural space. Without a systematic way to represent depth and spatial relationships, architectural drawings were often symbolic,...
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Damn Interesting
Lofty Ambitions One summer day in 1933, in a brief pocket of time between the two World Wars, a British man named...
over a year ago
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Lofty Ambitions

from Damn Interesting [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
One summer day in 1933, in a brief pocket of time between the two World Wars, a British man named Maurice Wilson clutched the stick of his tiny, open air biplane and watched his fuel gauge dwindle. He had only learned to fly two months earlier, but inexperience was not his...
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McMansion Hell
Howdy everyone! Some exciting news: I’m doing a stint at The Nation this month writing... Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex Howdy everyone! Some exciting news: I’m...
over a year ago
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Howdy everyone! Some exciting news: I’m doing a stint at The Nation this month writing biweekly…

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over a year ago
Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex Howdy everyone! Some exciting news: I’m doing a stint at The Nation this month writing biweekly design columns. In this first one, I’ve done my best to expand on an earlier McMansion Hell post in order to answer the...
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Dustin Curtis
Tesla and Storytelling Last week, Tesla unveiled two world-changing products: Robotaxi1, a fully self-driving taxi with no...
9 months ago
88

Tesla and Storytelling

from Dustin Curtis [alt+shift+b] in startups

9 months ago
Last week, Tesla unveiled two world-changing products: Robotaxi1, a fully self-driving taxi with no steering wheel or pedals, and an autonomous humanoid robot, called Optimus2, that can walk and has fully functioning hands and feet. Both of these products have been depicted in...
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Liz Denys
My love-hate relationship with typeface rendering in Ubuntu We take good, er at least reasonable, typography for granted all the time. This is especially true...
over a year ago
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My love-hate relationship with typeface rendering in Ubuntu

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

over a year ago
We take good, er at least reasonable, typography for granted all the time. This is especially true when it comes to personal computers because with Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X - upwards of 98 percent of the market - you get characters that are easy on the eye right out of the...
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Eric Bailey
Heading elements have been added to Project board views to improve screen reader page navigation
9 months ago
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Heading elements have been added to Project board views to improve screen reader page navigation

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9 months ago
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Londonist
The BT Tower Is Becoming A Hotel Iconic building sold for £275m.
a year ago
36

The BT Tower Is Becoming A Hotel

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a year ago
Iconic building sold for £275m.
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bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, February 2025 Here’s the Ware for February 2025: Thanks again to spida for contributing yet another guest ware!...
4 months ago
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Name that Ware, February 2025

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4 months ago
Here’s the Ware for February 2025: Thanks again to spida for contributing yet another guest ware! Hopefully this one is a smidge easier to guess compared to last month’s.
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Diaries of Note
Why me? Famous for the autobiographical monologues he performed on stage, American actor and writer Spalding...
over a year ago
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Why me?

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Famous for the autobiographical monologues he performed on stage, American actor and writer Spalding Gray turned his life into riveting art, his unique shows, such as the acclaimed Swimming to Cambodia, providing a compelling insight into his personal experiences. In 2001, while...
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diamond geezer
On holiday I don't know if you've noticed but I'm on holiday this week. I don't normally go away on holiday so...
2 months ago
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On holiday

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2 months ago
I don't know if you've noticed but I'm on holiday this week. I don't normally go away on holiday so you might have got used to me always being around. But I'm not around at the moment, I am very much away from home, so what you've been reading recently are a number of posts I...
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Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 9 On cleaning up the shop.
over a year ago
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OnlineOrNot Diaries 9

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over a year ago
On cleaning up the shop.
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NeuroLogica Blog
The Conversation Gets it Wrong on GMOs Even high quality media outlets will get it wrong from time to time. I notice this tends to happen...
a year ago
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The Conversation Gets it Wrong on GMOs

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a year ago
Even high quality media outlets will get it wrong from time to time. I notice this tends to happen when there is a mature and sophisticated propaganda campaign that has had enough time and reach to essentially gaslight a major portion of the public, and further where a particular...
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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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You’re Invited to a Colonoscopy!

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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.
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Flashbak
Painted Ants Scurry Over Vintage Porcelain by Evelyn Bracklow German artist Evelyn Bracklow’s porcelain cups, saucers, teapots and dinner service is covered in...
3 months ago
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Painted Ants Scurry Over Vintage Porcelain by Evelyn Bracklow

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3 months ago
German artist Evelyn Bracklow’s porcelain cups, saucers, teapots and dinner service is covered in ants. On some she’s painted a piece of food and then had her hand-painted black ants congregate around it. The effect is fascinating stuff and unsettling. We know that ants exist in...
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Naz Hamid — Journal...
🔗 Dragönsteel Inspired by heavy metal logos, 1980s role-playing games, and maybe dragons and dusty, leather-bound...
12 months ago
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🔗 Dragönsteel

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12 months ago
Inspired by heavy metal logos, 1980s role-playing games, and maybe dragons and dusty, leather-bound books, Dragönsteel is our take on a modern-ish blackletter typeface. — Dan Cederholm Visit original link → or View on nazhamid.com →
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Willem's Blog
Hello, stranger "Discover the transformative power of simple conversations in our tech-dominated world, as one...
a year ago
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Hello, stranger

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a year ago
"Discover the transformative power of simple conversations in our tech-dominated world, as one individual delves into the lost art of talking to strangers and the profound connections it can forge."
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Both Are True
Would you pay me $25 to attend one of these workshops??? Or: Russell Nohelty teaches me how to get the f out of my own way as a writer
3 months ago
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Would you pay me $25 to attend one of these workshops???

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Or: Russell Nohelty teaches me how to get the f out of my own way as a writer
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Open Culture
How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome: A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals an Ancient Tax Evasion Scheme It was surely not a coincidence that the New York Times published its story on the trial of a...
2 months ago
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How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome: A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals an Ancient Tax Evasion Scheme

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2 months ago
It was surely not a coincidence that the New York Times published its story on the trial of a certain Gadalias and Saulos this past Monday, April 14th. The defendants, as their names suggest, did not live in modernity: the papyrus documenting their legal troubles dates to the...
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Maine Maine’s history is a rich blend of Indigenous heritage, colonial conflict, maritime industry, and...
a month ago
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Maine

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a month ago
Maine’s history is a rich blend of Indigenous heritage, colonial conflict, maritime industry, and cultural resilience. Once part of Massachusetts, Maine played a pivotal role in early American warfare, from French and Indian battles to Revolutionary outposts like Fort Western and...
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Bits about Money
Money laundering and AML compliance A brief overview of what money laundering is, what financial institutions do about it, and why.
over a year ago
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Money laundering and AML compliance

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over a year ago
A brief overview of what money laundering is, what financial institutions do about it, and why.
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Astral Codex Ten
Highlights From The Comments On Tegmark's Mathematical Universe ...
4 months ago
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Highlights From The Comments On Tegmark's Mathematical Universe

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4 months ago
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Marcus on AI
Grok 3 Beta in Shambles Maximal Truth still seems far away
4 months ago
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Grok 3 Beta in Shambles

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4 months ago
Maximal Truth still seems far away
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Artificial Ignorance
Inside Pulley's AI-Native Engineering Team Lessons from a year of daily AI coding at a fast-growing startup (and why "Cursor wrote it" is not a...
3 weeks ago
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Inside Pulley's AI-Native Engineering Team

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3 weeks ago
Lessons from a year of daily AI coding at a fast-growing startup (and why "Cursor wrote it" is not a valid excuse).
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Drew Ex Machina
First Pictures: NASA’s Mars Pathfinder – July 4, 1997 During the morning hours of July 4, 1997, I experienced a strange sense of déjà vu as I sat glued to...
over a year ago
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First Pictures: NASA’s Mars Pathfinder – July 4, 1997

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over a year ago
During the morning hours of July 4, 1997, I experienced a strange sense of déjà vu as I sat glued to the television set watching live […]
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journal – Winnie Lim
the capacity to be flexible I woke up yesterday with the intention to run, but the PSI had entered unhealthy ranges due to the...
a year ago
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the capacity to be flexible

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a year ago
I woke up yesterday with the intention to run, but the PSI had entered unhealthy ranges due to the seasonal haze that comes in from Indonesia. When I was younger I used...
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xkcd.com
Inspiration
a year ago
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Inspiration

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a year ago
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Maps Mania
Rebuilding the Berlin Wall
4 months ago
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Rebuilding the Berlin Wall

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4 months ago
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Out-of-Pocket Blog
Food as medicine | Out-Of-Pocket The most cost-effective intervention we have
a year ago
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Food as medicine | Out-Of-Pocket

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a year ago
The most cost-effective intervention we have
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Left To Write
The Power of Storytelling Seriously, this is the skill you want to learn
over a year ago
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The Power of Storytelling

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over a year ago
Seriously, this is the skill you want to learn
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Jonas Hietala
Why is my file so huge? My latest game was absolutely huge! And I’m not talking about the music (which was pretty huge too -...
over a year ago
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Why is my file so huge?

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over a year ago
My latest game was absolutely huge! And I’m not talking about the music (which was pretty huge too - roughly 20mb) but the little .exe file. It was 14,6mb!! Now every way you look at it, that’s incredibly huge. It’s like comparing an ant to a human. Normally the little ant is the...
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Matt Blewitt
Point and Call It’s 2AM. You’re paged to respond to a failing set of components that you are the Subject Matter...
over a year ago
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Point and Call

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over a year ago
It’s 2AM. You’re paged to respond to a failing set of components that you are the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for. Sleepy, you load up the playbook for when the SplineReticulatorBlocked alert has gone off, and start executing. The Incident Commander (IC) is vaguely aware of what...
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TheCollector
What Did the Romans Think of Alexander the Great? Why was Alexander the Great seen by the Romans as the greatest military leader of the ancient world?...
a month ago
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What Did the Romans Think of Alexander the Great?

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a month ago
Why was Alexander the Great seen by the Romans as the greatest military leader of the ancient world? This question would endlessly fascinate and drive Roman commanders to envy his innovative military strategies since he was the standard for battlefield excellence. The Martial...
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Arduino Blog
Reduce power consumption in IoT and wearable devices, with Arduino’s new power management library! Developing energy-efficient IoT and wearable devices is complex and time-consuming, yet it is...
9 months ago
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Reduce power consumption in IoT and wearable devices, with Arduino’s new power management library!

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9 months ago
Developing energy-efficient IoT and wearable devices is complex and time-consuming, yet it is essential for creating high-quality products that stand out in today’s market. A key part in this process is optimizing power consumption without sacrificing performance or...
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mtlynch.io
KetoHub: Month 2 Prior to February 2019, I published all my retrospectives on Indie Hackers: KetoHub Month 2
over a year ago
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KetoHub: Month 2

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over a year ago
Prior to February 2019, I published all my retrospectives on Indie Hackers: KetoHub Month 2
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Commoncog
The Art of the Asian Joint Venture How Robert Kuok used the joint venture to expand his business empire ... and what this tells us...
2 weeks ago
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The Art of the Asian Joint Venture

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2 weeks ago
How Robert Kuok used the joint venture to expand his business empire ... and what this tells us about business in Southeast Asia.
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Chris Grossack's...
Preprint -- The RAAG Functor as a Categorical Embedding After almost a year of sitting on my hard drive, I finally had time in August to finish revising my...
a year ago
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Preprint -- The RAAG Functor as a Categorical Embedding

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a year ago
After almost a year of sitting on my hard drive, I finally had time in August to finish revising my new preprint on Right Angled Artin Groups (Raags). And in September I had time to put it on the arxiv for people to see! Within 24 hours I had an email from somebody who had...
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Tony Dinh's...
Oct 2022 updates: I will write a book! Also in October: Speak at JOM Launch Asia 2022, and the thing about Elon Musk.
over a year ago
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Oct 2022 updates: I will write a book!

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over a year ago
Also in October: Speak at JOM Launch Asia 2022, and the thing about Elon Musk.
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Vitalik Buterin's...
Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 4: The Verge
8 months ago
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Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 4: The Verge

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8 months ago
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Making software...
Proper UI Hierarchy Proper UI Hierarchy 2019-02-05 I often feel like an old man when I complain about flat design and...
over a year ago
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Proper UI Hierarchy

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

over a year ago
Proper UI Hierarchy 2019-02-05 I often feel like an old man when I complain about flat design and how designers these days have lost (or willfully forgotten) the skill to create accessible UIs with proper visual hierarchy. A skill which at it's core seems so simple - yet is...
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The Oatmeal - Comics...
I am making an Exploding Kittens TV series at Netflix It's being produced by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels. View on my website
over a year ago
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I am making an Exploding Kittens TV series at Netflix

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over a year ago
It's being produced by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels. View on my website
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Paul Cudenec
Gordon Brown and the single global mafia Gordon Brown was prime minister of the UK from 2007 to 2010, having, from 1997, been chancellor of...
7 months ago
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Gordon Brown and the single global mafia

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

7 months ago
Gordon Brown was prime minister of the UK from 2007 to 2010, having, from 1997, been chancellor of the exchequer under Tony Blair, whose links to the Rothschilds I explored in 2023.
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Tech + Economics +...
What are the conservatives going to do - talk to each other? The fundamental truth at the heart of right-wing communities: the satisfaction derived from...
a year ago
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What are the conservatives going to do - talk to each other?

from Tech + Economics + Humans [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
The fundamental truth at the heart of right-wing communities: the satisfaction derived from sharing their viewpoints and beliefs is intrinsically linked to the presence of a progressive adversary who will respond to them. It's not the platform that matters, nor the freedom...
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
a year ago
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How to Steal From Homer

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a year ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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mtlynch.io
TinyPilot: Month 29 New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent...
over a year ago
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TinyPilot: Month 29

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over 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 six other people. Every month, I publish a retrospective like this one...
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A Beautiful Site
CSS reset with box-sizing fix For ultra lightweight projects where a framework is overkill, I tend to use Eric Meyers' CSS reset....
over a year ago
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CSS reset with box-sizing fix

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

over a year ago
For ultra lightweight projects where a framework is overkill, I tend to use Eric Meyers' CSS reset. And since I'm not a glutton for punishment, I also throw in the tried and tested box-sizing fix popularized by Paul Irish. Instead of searching for and combining these...
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Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Family: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/f4sPP8SkiYQ Family was, without a doubt, an important element in the...
over a year ago
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Stoic Quotes on Family: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases

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over a year ago
Previous Next https://youtu.be/f4sPP8SkiYQ Family was, without a doubt, an important element in the lives of the ancient Stoic philosophers. While Stoicism teaches that we shouldn't become too attached to people and that we should remember everyone can be taken from us, it also...
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The Rational Walk
Staying the Course It is much easier for "know nothing" investors to stick with a dollar cost averaging program in the...
4 months ago
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Staying the Course

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4 months ago
It is much easier for "know nothing" investors to stick with a dollar cost averaging program in the long run.
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swyx's site RSS Feed
Friendcatchers Patrick McKenzie's simple concept for making friends on the Internet.
over a year ago
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Friendcatchers

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

over a year ago
Patrick McKenzie's simple concept for making friends on the Internet.
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Diaries of Note
No sooner am I happy, than he crushes me It was on the eve of their wedding in September of 1862 that Russian writer Leo Tolstoy showed his...
a year ago
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No sooner am I happy, than he crushes me

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a year ago
It was on the eve of their wedding in September of 1862 that Russian writer Leo Tolstoy showed his diaries to 18-year-old Sofia Behrs, the young woman with whom he was to spend his life. Filled with lurid confessions and tales of past affairs, these notebooks made an instant,...
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Notes on software...
Tail call elimination In this post we'll explore what tail calls are, why they are useful, and how they can be eliminated...
over a year ago
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Tail call elimination

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over a year ago
In this post we'll explore what tail calls are, why they are useful, and how they can be eliminated in an interpreter, a compiler targeting C++, and a compiler targeting LLVM IR. Tail calls A tail call is a function call made at the end of a block that returns the value of the...
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Fatih Arslan
Four years at PlanetScale It’s been four years since I joined PlanetScale. In this post, I'm reflecting on my journey and...
5 months ago
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Four years at PlanetScale

from Fatih Arslan [alt+shift+b] in design

5 months ago
It’s been four years since I joined PlanetScale. In this post, I'm reflecting on my journey and accomplishments during this period.
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swyx's site RSS Feed
Beware The Fallacy of Composition Many things that make sense individually don't make sense as a group.
over a year ago
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Beware The Fallacy of Composition

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

over a year ago
Many things that make sense individually don't make sense as a group.
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Quanta Magazine
Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the...
3 months ago
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Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex

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3 months ago
A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution. The post Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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Wanderingspace
The First Ever Real-Time Video from Another Planet When you watch this video, if you find yourself thinking of the Apollo moon landings— here is why:...
over a year ago
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The First Ever Real-Time Video from Another Planet

from Wanderingspace [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
When you watch this video, if you find yourself thinking of the Apollo moon landings— here is why: this is the first real-time video taken from another world since 1972, and this is the first ever taken on another planet. Most “video” you see from other planetary missions are...
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Anarchy Unfolds
May '24 Myths & Recs Biden, Kurzgesagt, 90s Christian bands, and more
a year ago
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May '24 Myths & Recs

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a year ago
Biden, Kurzgesagt, 90s Christian bands, and more
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TheCollector
Excavations Reveal Ancient “Mosaic House” in Pergamon Turkish archaeologists discovered 2,000-year-old mosaics in Pergamon, an important center of power...
4 months ago
23

Excavations Reveal Ancient “Mosaic House” in Pergamon

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4 months ago
Turkish archaeologists discovered 2,000-year-old mosaics in Pergamon, an important center of power and culture in Hellenistic Greece. The “ornate” tile floors, which belong to a Roman period residence, offer new insights into the lives of the ancient city’s elite.   Mosaic House...
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The Honest Broker
Open Thread: What Are Your Picks for the Cultural Highlights of 2023? What music, books, movies, or other creative works made the biggest impact on you this year?
a year ago
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Open Thread: What Are Your Picks for the Cultural Highlights of 2023?

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a year ago
What music, books, movies, or other creative works made the biggest impact on you this year?
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The Elysian
Substack could create the future of books Here’s how that could look.
a year ago
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Substack could create the future of books

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a year ago
Here’s how that could look.
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Ben Borgers
Professorship Bias
over a year ago
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Professorship Bias

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over a year ago
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Arduino Blog
Explore two ways to white label with Arduino Cloud We’re excited to announce a brand-new feature called “Custom Branding,” which allows Enterprise plan...
a year ago
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Explore two ways to white label with Arduino Cloud

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

a year ago
We’re excited to announce a brand-new feature called “Custom Branding,” which allows Enterprise plan users to white label their workspace and enhance the overall user experience. This announcement is exciting because it empowers businesses to create a truly tailored environment...
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Rest of World -...
iPhones were already losing ground in China. Then came Trump’s tariffs Consumers ditch Apple for more advanced features and to support Chinese brands.
3 months ago
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iPhones were already losing ground in China. Then came Trump’s tariffs

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

3 months ago
Consumers ditch Apple for more advanced features and to support Chinese brands.
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Josh Collinsworth
Ten tips for better CSS transitions and animations Creating high-quality, polished web animations is both a science and an art. This post covers the...
over a year ago
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Ten tips for better CSS transitions and animations

from Josh Collinsworth [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Creating high-quality, polished web animations is both a science and an art. This post covers the best things I've learned over the last decade of crafting web UIs.
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./techtipsy
Things I've learned during my self-hosting adventure This is a list of lessons that I’ve learned while playing around with my computer setup during the...
over a year ago
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Things I've learned during my self-hosting adventure

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

over a year ago
This is a list of lessons that I’ve learned while playing around with my computer setup during the last 6-7 years or so. USB connected storage is a bad idea when you are using BTRFS. USB connected storage is still a bad idea when you are using ZFS, but it is at least much more...
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Noahpinion
Book review: "Abundance" In which Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson offer a whole new way of thinking about political economy.
3 months ago
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Book review: "Abundance"

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3 months ago
In which Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson offer a whole new way of thinking about political economy.
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Diaries of Note
His tiny tadpole body… When she wrote this diary entry in April of 1890, Beatrice Potter could not have imagined that a...
over a year ago
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His tiny tadpole body…

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over a year ago
When she wrote this diary entry in April of 1890, Beatrice Potter could not have imagined that a mere two years later, this man with the “tiny tadpole body,” Sidney Webb, would become her husband. Nor could she have foreseen the powerful intellectual partnership that would...
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Artificial Ignorance
The AI research tool that saves me hours every week And why it might revolutionize the search industry.
a year ago
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The AI research tool that saves me hours every week

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a year ago
And why it might revolutionize the search industry.
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
over a year ago
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The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of

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over a year ago
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
a year ago
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Where parents make a difference

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a year ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Quanta Magazine
How Does Math Keep Secrets? Cryptography is the thread that connects Julius Caesar, World War II and quantum computing, and it...
11 months ago
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How Does Math Keep Secrets?

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

11 months ago
Cryptography is the thread that connects Julius Caesar, World War II and quantum computing, and it now lies under nearly every part of modern life. In this week’s episode, computer scientist Boaz Barak and co-host Janna Levin discuss the past and future of secrecy. ...
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Josh Thompson
Parking in Golden Parking in Golden is broken. This deeply broken parking situation causes vehicle and pedestrian...
over a year ago
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Parking in Golden

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over a year ago
Parking in Golden is broken. This deeply broken parking situation causes vehicle and pedestrian traffic in Golden to break, in the same way that if a machine on a manufacturing line breaks, adjacent components need to stop, or it will also malfunction. The topic of parking (at...
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TheCollector
Who Was Flavius Josephus? The Problematic Chronicler of the Jewish War Flavius Josephus was a Jewish aristocrat who was initially a general in the Jewish rebellion of...
3 months ago
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Who Was Flavius Josephus? The Problematic Chronicler of the Jewish War

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

3 months ago
Flavius Josephus was a Jewish aristocrat who was initially a general in the Jewish rebellion of 66-71 CE, but soon surrendered to the Romans and became a collaborator during the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem. He famously ingratiated himself with the Romans by...
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Seth's Blog
Getting to next There’s a difference between ‘rich’ and ‘richer’. And ‘fit’ and ‘fitter’. The problem with a pre-amp...
a month ago
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Getting to next

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

a month ago
There’s a difference between ‘rich’ and ‘richer’. And ‘fit’ and ‘fitter’. The problem with a pre-amp that goes all the way to 11 isn’t that it’s louder. The problem is that very soon, the person who bought one of these will want one that goes to 12. Living in the liminal space is...
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Inappropriate Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Favorite fun fact from researching A City on Mars...
11 months ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Inappropriate

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11 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Favorite fun fact from researching A City on Mars was how ASTP in 1975 had to have androgynous docking so nobody was the girl spaceship. Today's News:
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Retail Design Blog
Marsh Offices by Shirli Zamir Design Studio Shirli Zamir Design Studio created a 1000-square-meter space for Marsh in Ramat Gan inspired by the...
a year ago
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Marsh Offices by Shirli Zamir Design Studio

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a year ago
Shirli Zamir Design Studio created a 1000-square-meter space for Marsh in Ramat Gan inspired by the insurance industry, featuring minimalist...
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Daniel Miessler
Something is Up With Meritocracy I’ve been thinking a lot about meritocracy lately, and I’ve come to believe that opportunity...
over a year ago
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Something is Up With Meritocracy

from Daniel Miessler [alt+shift+b] in AI

over a year ago
I’ve been thinking a lot about meritocracy lately, and I’ve come to believe that opportunity magnifies inequality. Here’s one way I’ve seen it explained: If there are two main reasons for outcome differences: innate talent and environment, and if you equalize environment you will...
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Uncharted...
The Force That Drives Korea The force that split Korea in 1945 in two is not recent: It has been pulling it apart for thousands...
3 months ago
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The Force That Drives Korea

from Uncharted Territories [alt+shift+b] in science

3 months ago
The force that split Korea in 1945 in two is not recent: It has been pulling it apart for thousands of years. If you understand it, you can understand all of Korea's history.
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Christopher Butler
Order is Always More Important than Action in Design Before users can meaningfully act, they must understand — a principle our metrics-obsessed design...
a month ago
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Order is Always More Important than Action in Design

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

a month ago
Before users can meaningfully act, they must understand — a principle our metrics-obsessed design culture has forgotten. Today’s metrics-obsessed design culture is too fixated on action. Clicks, conversions, and other easily quantified metrics have become our purpose. We’re...
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Stephen Diehl
Bitcoin: The Postmodern Ponzi
over a year ago
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Bitcoin: The Postmodern Ponzi

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over a year ago
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Grow With Less
Journorequest, Snowmaker and 20 other Link Building Strategies That Work Great in 2022 Creating awesome content is not enough. If you want traffic, you need to build high-quality...
over a year ago
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Journorequest, Snowmaker and 20 other Link Building Strategies That Work Great in 2022

from Grow With Less [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

over a year ago
Creating awesome content is not enough. If you want traffic, you need to build high-quality backlinks. But how do you do that? There are hundreds of articles listing the best link building strategies but the reality is that you don’t need 100 strategies that make you feel pushy...
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Citation Needed
Review: Chris Dixon's Read Write Own Prominent crypto venture capitalist Chris Dixon provides an unconvincing bible for blockchain...
a year ago
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Review: Chris Dixon's Read Write Own

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a year ago
Prominent crypto venture capitalist Chris Dixon provides an unconvincing bible for blockchain solutionists.
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Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Weight Loss In some sense, the 80/20 of weight loss is to take ozempic, though maybe that's less of an 80/20 and...
3 months ago
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80/20 Weight Loss

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3 months ago
In some sense, the 80/20 of weight loss is to take ozempic, though maybe that's less of an 80/20 and more of a 95/5. Still, suppose that you want to lose some weight but sans zempy – where does that leave you? I'm
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Engaged Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Panels 3 and 4 are the last 10 years of Internet...
over a year ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Engaged

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

over a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Panels 3 and 4 are the last 10 years of Internet summarized. Today's News: For the three of you who read this blog, we're doing a livechat about Bea Wolf in 30 minutes on instagram!
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Rest of World -...
Sierra Leone’s first lady hopes going viral on TikTok will secure Saturday’s elections Amid economic turmoil, President Julius Maada Bio is seeking re-election in Sierra Leone. His wife,...
over a year ago
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Sierra Leone’s first lady hopes going viral on TikTok will secure Saturday’s elections

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

over a year ago
Amid economic turmoil, President Julius Maada Bio is seeking re-election in Sierra Leone. His wife, Fatima, is dancing to a crowd of over 200,000 on TikTok to drum up votes.
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Noahpinion
The crisis of the 21st century is here Slipping a little bit closer toward a world of war.
2 months ago
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The crisis of the 21st century is here

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2 months ago
Slipping a little bit closer toward a world of war.
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Dustin Curtis
Bourdain on The Journey Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your...
over a year ago
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Bourdain on The Journey

from Dustin Curtis [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with...
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Apoorva Srinivasan
an experiment in navigating the knowledge frontier beyond search Lately, I've been experimenting with interfaces for large language models (LLMs) in my free time....
a year ago
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an experiment in navigating the knowledge frontier beyond search

from Apoorva Srinivasan [alt+shift+b] in science

a year ago
Lately, I've been experimenting with interfaces for large language models (LLMs) in my free time. The fruit of this labor is something I'm calling "curie," an exploratory and sense-making tool designed to navigate complex topics. 0:00 ...
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Christopher Butler
Digital Echoes and Unquiet Minds There’s a psychological burden of digital life even heavier than distraction. When the iPhone...
3 months ago
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Digital Echoes and Unquiet Minds

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

3 months ago
There’s a psychological burden of digital life even heavier than distraction. When the iPhone was first introduced in 2007, the notion of an “everything device” was universally celebrated. A single object that could serve as phone, camera, music player, web browser, and so...
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Ink & Switch
Untangle: Solving problems with fuzzy constraints How to sketch, and satisfy, logic problems
over a year ago
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Untangle: Solving problems with fuzzy constraints

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over a year ago
How to sketch, and satisfy, logic problems
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Making software...
Goodbye CSS Preprocessors Goodbye CSS Preprocessors 2017-09-07 I have been using preprocessors across all my side projects...
over a year ago
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Goodbye CSS Preprocessors

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

over a year ago
Goodbye CSS Preprocessors 2017-09-07 I have been using preprocessors across all my side projects since they first popped onto the scene. Sass, Stylus, LESS — you name the CSS preprocessor and I've most likely used it because CSS preprocessors are awesome. But that all changes...
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Willem's Blog
The value of notifications It's easy to dismiss your phone's notifications as something that disturbs you, but if you take the...
over a year ago
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The value of notifications

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

over a year ago
It's easy to dismiss your phone's notifications as something that disturbs you, but if you take the time to set them up correctly, notifications can actually save you time!
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Calculated Risk
Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreased 7.7% Year-over-year From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 11 January The U.S. hotel industry reported negative...
5 months ago
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Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreased 7.7% Year-over-year

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5 months ago
From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 11 January The U.S. hotel industry reported negative year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 11 January. ... 5-11 January 2025 (percentage change from comparable week in 2024): Occupancy: 49.2%...
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The Rational Walk
Buffett Resumes Occidental Purchases Berkshire spent $246.4 million to acquire 3.9 million OXY shares between October 23 and October 25.
a year ago
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Buffett Resumes Occidental Purchases

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a year ago
Berkshire spent $246.4 million to acquire 3.9 million OXY shares between October 23 and October 25.
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Contemporist...
A Clever Pass-Through Window Turns This Kitchen Into a Social Hub Located in Seattle, Washington, the Broadview Residence by KO Architecture was designed for a couple...
a month ago
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A Clever Pass-Through Window Turns This Kitchen Into a Social Hub

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a month ago
Located in Seattle, Washington, the Broadview Residence by KO Architecture was designed for a couple with a school-age daughter. The home prioritizes flexibility, long-term use, and budget-conscious design, meeting the family’s needs now while staying adaptable for retirement.
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AI Snake Oil
People keep anthropomorphizing AI. Here’s why Companies and journalists both contribute to the confusion
over a year ago
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People keep anthropomorphizing AI. Here’s why

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over a year ago
Companies and journalists both contribute to the confusion
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Calculated Risk
A Comment on GDPNow On Friday, I noted: Q1 GDP Tracking: Wide Range, GDPNow Goes Negative GDPNow from the Atlanta Fed...
4 months ago
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A Comment on GDPNow

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

4 months ago
On Friday, I noted: Q1 GDP Tracking: Wide Range, GDPNow Goes Negative GDPNow from the Atlanta Fed went strongly negative in the most recent reading: "The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first quarter of 2025 is -1.5 percent on...
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Global Inequality...
Do you want to be a synonym? I had a dinner with a friend tonight and we spoke of how the new era which has just begun makes lots...
3 months ago
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Do you want to be a synonym?

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

3 months ago
I had a dinner with a friend tonight and we spoke of how the new era which has just begun makes lots of our knowledge, or the ways of thinking, about international relations, economic policies, poverty and wealth etc.
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A Smart Bear
Using the Needs Stack for competitive strategy This simple method positions your product to be more valuable, especially against competitors who...
over a year ago
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Using the Needs Stack for competitive strategy

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over a year ago
This simple method positions your product to be more valuable, especially against competitors who aim to disrupt you, or you them.
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Computer Ads from...
Ergotron's MacTilt MacTilt is the Solution
7 months ago
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Ergotron's MacTilt

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7 months ago
MacTilt is the Solution
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Both Are True
i am who i think you think i am on not being the best // season one finale
a year ago
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i am who i think you think i am

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a year ago
on not being the best // season one finale
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Mazdak
Amazon AWS Enters the Quantum Race with Ocelot Amazon Web Services (AWS) has officially entered the quantum computing race with the unveiling of...
4 months ago
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Amazon AWS Enters the Quantum Race with Ocelot

from Mazdak [alt+shift+b] in finance

4 months ago
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has officially entered the quantum computing race with the unveiling of Ocelot, its first quantum chip, developed in collaboration with Caltech.
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Rest of World -...
Parents turn to AI tablets after China’s tutor crackdown Tech companies iFlytek, Baidu, and BKK are cashing in on parents who fear their child will fall...
a year ago
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Parents turn to AI tablets after China’s tutor crackdown

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a year ago
Tech companies iFlytek, Baidu, and BKK are cashing in on parents who fear their child will fall behind their peers.
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DYNOMIGHT
Car trouble Some time ago—I’m not sure when exactly—my car started rattling. It would only rattle: When the...
5 months ago
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Car trouble

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5 months ago
Some time ago—I’m not sure when exactly—my car started rattling. It would only rattle: When the engine was on, sitting idle, or When accelerating with just the right amount of throttle. This rattle, I did not like it. It sounded like a tiny spoon in a garbage disposal. Which...
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The Honest Broker
An Ugly New Marketing Strategy Is Driving Me Nuts (and You Too) That's its purpose
a month ago
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An Ugly New Marketing Strategy Is Driving Me Nuts (and You Too)

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a month ago
That's its purpose
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Jonas Hietala
Faster than Light So I returned to Faster than Light again this weekend, this time for real. I bought it when it came...
over a year ago
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Faster than Light

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

over a year ago
So I returned to Faster than Light again this weekend, this time for real. I bought it when it came out and I played it only in passing, but this weekend I played it a ton. Aaahh a new beginning in FTL. Will it be death once more I generally don’t like games where you have to...
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Maps Mania
The 2025 Australian Election Map
3 months ago
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The 2025 Australian Election Map

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3 months ago
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Josh Thompson
Cheap fix to night-time teeth grinding A few years ago, I found out I grind me teeth at night. Kristi says it sounds like I’m chewing...
over a year ago
15

Cheap fix to night-time teeth grinding

from Josh Thompson [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
A few years ago, I found out I grind me teeth at night. Kristi says it sounds like I’m chewing marbles. Others who grind their teeth give themselves headaches, or wake themselves up at night. You can’t really stop yourself from grinding your teeth, since you’re asleep. You can...
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PostHog's RSS Feed
What we learned about hiring from our first five employees Our CEO and co-founder, James Hawkins, recently joined Y Combinator to talk about the first five...
over a year ago
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What we learned about hiring from our first five employees

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

over a year ago
Our CEO and co-founder, James Hawkins, recently joined Y Combinator to talk about the first five hires PostHog ever made, how we made them, and why…
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Old Structures...
Slow Death Of An Unneeded Building A lot of rail was built in and around New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,...
a year ago
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Slow Death Of An Unneeded Building

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
A lot of rail was built in and around New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, much of it overlapping. Railroad as such had been around for a long time, but the idea of tailoring stations and schedules to fit huge masses of commuters was relatively new;...
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CONTEMPORIST
An Apartment Designed With Cats In Mind AODA Interior Design Co. has shared photos of an apartment interior in Taiwan they recently...
9 months ago
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An Apartment Designed With Cats In Mind

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

9 months ago
AODA Interior Design Co. has shared photos of an apartment interior in Taiwan they recently completed, that includes a variety of design elements specifically for the home owners cats. The clients are a couple with four cats and two medium-to-large dogs. Previously, they lived in...
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bt RSS Feed
Web Development on a $200 Chromebook Web Development on a $200 Chromebook 2020-01-07 This blog post was written, edited and tested...
over a year ago
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Web Development on a $200 Chromebook

from bt RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Web Development on a $200 Chromebook 2020-01-07 This blog post was written, edited and tested locally on a cheap $200 Chromebook. The article draft was composed in Sublime Text. Jekyll (the SSG this website uses) was generated via the Linux Beta Terminal running alongside Chrome...
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Anecdotal Evidence
'A Certain Saving Humor' “Except for a certain saving humor, I should indeed have been a full monster.”  One definition of a...
5 months ago
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'A Certain Saving Humor'

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5 months ago
“Except for a certain saving humor, I should indeed have been a full monster.”  One definition of a friend is someone with whom you can share any joke or other comic effort without fear of offending him. It may not be funny – the only pertinent criterion for judging humorousness...
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Seth's Blog
Promises and our best There is a significant difference between, “I promise,” and “I’ll do my best.” Promises are...
8 months ago
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Promises and our best

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There is a significant difference between, “I promise,” and “I’ll do my best.” Promises are difficult to keep and ought to be offered with that in mind. Doing our best is assumed.
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Birchtree
🫡 A certain individual who owns a certain social media site spoke at a certain President's...
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🫡

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5 months ago
A certain individual who owns a certain social media site spoke at a certain President's inauguration earlier this week and at one point gave a very distinctive salute. Now look, I'm not calling this billionaire a Nazi, and I'm not telling you whether I
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Handprinted - Blog
Making a Copper Sulphate Mordant Solution Copper sulphate is a non-toxic mordant used to etch aluminium, zinc and steel plates for intaglio...
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Making a Copper Sulphate Mordant Solution

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over a year ago
Copper sulphate is a non-toxic mordant used to etch aluminium, zinc and steel plates for intaglio printmaking. Copper sulphate is a safer alternative to acids - and we always opt for safer solutions here at the Handprinted studio! Metal plates are traditionally etched using...
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Citation Needed
POSSE: Reclaiming social media in a fragmented world A simple technique offers the best of both worlds: total control over your own work, while still...
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POSSE: Reclaiming social media in a fragmented world

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9 months ago
A simple technique offers the best of both worlds: total control over your own work, while still maintaining a presence on third-party platforms.
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brr
Sunset Hunkering down for the winter!
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Sunset

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Hunkering down for the winter!
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Jonas Hietala
Ugly and Slow Progress Ludum Dare is coming along… Slowly. The rust on me is probably so brown it’s nearly black. But I...
over a year ago
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Ugly and Slow Progress

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Ludum Dare is coming along… Slowly. The rust on me is probably so brown it’s nearly black. But I have an idea and it might be good, all I need to do is execute it. Right? Programmer graphics coming to take you away! Anyway it’s going to be a risk-like game with a twist: you can...
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Old Structures...
Buildings Are Meant To Be Used With the partial exception of industrial buildings, you can always distinguish buildings constructed...
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Buildings Are Meant To Be Used

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7 months ago
With the partial exception of industrial buildings, you can always distinguish buildings constructed before the 1950s from their later counterparts by looking for light courts. If your lights are, at best, incandescent bulbs, and your ventilation is mostly or entirely though...
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dthompson
Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 Summary The Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 submission deadline has now passed and we are now in the rating...
over a year ago
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Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 Summary

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over a year ago
The Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 submission deadline has now passed and we are now in the rating period. I was a co-host of the jam alongside technomancy but he did all the real work setting everything up. There were 30 submissions this time around, which I believe is a new record...
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TheCollector
Giuseppe Verdi: The Bard of the Risorgimento (Bio & Facts) On January 30, 1901, as a hearse drove the coffin of Giuseppe Verdi to the cemetery in Milan, a huge...
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Giuseppe Verdi: The Bard of the Risorgimento (Bio & Facts)

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On January 30, 1901, as a hearse drove the coffin of Giuseppe Verdi to the cemetery in Milan, a huge crowd gathered to honor the greatest 19th-century Italian composer. As the small funeral procession advanced through the city, the people waiting along the route began to sing the...
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Vladimir Klepov as a...
7 things you may not know about useState Doing code reviews for our hook-based project, I often see fellow developers not aware of some...
over a year ago
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7 things you may not know about useState

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over a year ago
Doing code reviews for our hook-based project, I often see fellow developers not aware of some awesome features (and nasty pitfalls) useState offers. Since it's one of my favourite hooks, I decided to help spread a word. Don't expect any huge revelations, but here're the 7 facts...
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The Marginalian
An Illustrated Field Guide to the Science and Wonder of the Clouds Clouds drift ephemeral across the dome of this world, carrying eternity — condensing molecules that...
12 months ago
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An Illustrated Field Guide to the Science and Wonder of the Clouds

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12 months ago
Clouds drift ephemeral across the dome of this world, carrying eternity — condensing molecules that animated the first breath of life, coursing with electric charges that will power the last thought. To me, a cloud will always be a spell against indifference — a little bloom of...
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IEEE Spectrum
Video Friday: Agile Upgrade Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE...
5 months ago
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Video Friday: Agile Upgrade

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5 months ago
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. RoboCup German Open: 12–16 March...
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Retail Design Blog
New children’s boutique in Moscow with premium brands, family-friendly zones, and collectible design Dear All, my name is Elena Grabar and I represent leading architects and designers worldwide through...
3 weeks ago
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New children’s boutique in Moscow with premium brands, family-friendly zones, and collectible design

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3 weeks ago
Dear All, my name is Elena Grabar and I represent leading architects and designers worldwide through my PR agency. I...
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cdixon.org RSS Feed
Full stack startups Many of today's most exciting startups were tried before in a different form. Suppose you develop a...
over a year ago
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Full stack startups

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over a year ago
Many of today's most exciting startups were tried before in a different form. Suppose you develop a new technology that is valuable to some…
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Citation Needed
Issue 84 – Rogue overseas support agents Coinbase’s substantial data breach coincides with a convenient terms of service update, while the...
a month ago
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Issue 84 – Rogue overseas support agents

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a month ago
Coinbase’s substantial data breach coincides with a convenient terms of service update, while the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill regains momentum in the Senate
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Calculated Risk
ISM® Services Index Increases to 54.1% in December (Posted with permission). The ISM® Services index was at 54.1%, up from 52.1% last month. The...
6 months ago
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ISM® Services Index Increases to 54.1% in December

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6 months ago
(Posted with permission). The ISM® Services index was at 54.1%, up from 52.1% last month. The employment index decreased to 51.4%, from 51.5%. Note: Above 50 indicates expansion, below 50 in contraction. Services PMI® at 54.1% December 2024 Services ISM® Report On...
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swyx's site RSS Feed
How to Design Almost Any Backend and Deploy It to AWS with No Code With the Amplify Sandbox, it is really easy to model and think through any app backend scenario
over a year ago
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How to Design Almost Any Backend and Deploy It to AWS with No Code

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over a year ago
With the Amplify Sandbox, it is really easy to model and think through any app backend scenario
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Rozado’s Visual...
The decreasing/increasing prevalence of the terms "global warming" and "climate change" in news... I will drop this here as a simple curiosity without much further comment: The decreasing/increasing...
over a year ago
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The decreasing/increasing prevalence of the terms "global warming" and "climate change" in news media discourse

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over a year ago
I will drop this here as a simple curiosity without much further comment: The decreasing/increasing prevalence of the terms global warming and climate change in news media discourse. For some reason, peak usage of the term global warming happened in 2007 and it has been dropping...
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PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.14.0 Over the past three weeks, there was one word on everyone's mind: feedback. We did a bunch of...
over a year ago
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Array 1.14.0

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over a year ago
Over the past three weeks, there was one word on everyone's mind: feedback. We did a bunch of interviews with users and had a lot of discussions with…
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Articles
A better parking lot
over a year ago
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A better parking lot

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Open Culture
Simone de Beauvoir Explains “Why I’m a Feminist” in a Rare TV Interview (1975) In Simone de Beauvoir’s 1945 novel The Blood of Others, the narrator, Jean Blomart, reports on his...
12 months ago
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Simone de Beauvoir Explains “Why I’m a Feminist” in a Rare TV Interview (1975)

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12 months ago
In Simone de Beauvoir’s 1945 novel The Blood of Others, the narrator, Jean Blomart, reports on his childhood friend Marcel’s reaction to the word “revolution”: It was senseless to try to change anything in the world or in life; things were bad enough even if one did not meddle...
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nanoscale views
March Meeting 2025, Day 0 Technically, this year the conference is known as the APS Global Physics Summit rather than the...
3 months ago
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March Meeting 2025, Day 0

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3 months ago
Technically, this year the conference is known as the APS Global Physics Summit rather than the March Meeting, but I'm keeping my blog post titles consistent with previous years.   Over 14,000 physicists have descended upon Anaheim, and there are parallel events in more than a...
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The Marginalian
The Human Scale: Oliver Sacks on How to Save Humanity from Itself "...or there will be genocide, atomic bombs, and we'll all perish and take the planet with us."
a year ago
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The Human Scale: Oliver Sacks on How to Save Humanity from Itself

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a year ago
"...or there will be genocide, atomic bombs, and we'll all perish and take the planet with us."
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Odds and Ends of...
The Planning Bill, Lab Meat, and why Milton Keynes isn't afraid of growth The Abundance Agenda - Episode 2 - with Chris Curtis MP
3 months ago
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The Planning Bill, Lab Meat, and why Milton Keynes isn't afraid of growth

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3 months ago
The Abundance Agenda - Episode 2 - with Chris Curtis MP
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Arduino Blog
Venderoo is an Arduino Mega-powered DIY vending machine For now-college student Joel Grayson, making something that combined his interests in mechanics,...
9 months ago
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Venderoo is an Arduino Mega-powered DIY vending machine

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9 months ago
For now-college student Joel Grayson, making something that combined his interests in mechanics, electronics, and programming while being simultaneously useful to those around him was a longtime goal. His recent Venderoo project is exactly that, as the creatively named vending...
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The Roots of...
What is progress? In one sense, the concept of progress is simple, straightforward, and uncontroversial. In another...
a year ago
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What is progress?

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a year ago
In one sense, the concept of progress is simple, straightforward, and uncontroversial. In another sense, it contains an entire worldview. The most basic meaning of “progress” is simply advancement along a path, or more generally from one state to another that is considered more...
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Both Are True
well this is embarrassing when you're madsad about the caviar problems
a year ago
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well this is embarrassing

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a year ago
when you're madsad about the caviar problems
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice “The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
a year ago
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice

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a year ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin   Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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On Test Automation
The test automation quadrant, or a different way to look at your tests Like many others working in software testing, and more specifically in automation, I have been...
7 months ago
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The test automation quadrant, or a different way to look at your tests

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7 months ago
Like many others working in software testing, and more specifically in automation, I have been introduced to the concept of the test automation pyramid early on in my career. While this model has received its share of criticism in the testing community over the years, I still use...
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TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Medieval Woman in England “Medieval” has come to mean backward, uninformed, and brutal, particularly when looking at the lives...
4 months ago
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A Day in the Life of a Medieval Woman in England

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4 months ago
“Medieval” has come to mean backward, uninformed, and brutal, particularly when looking at the lives of women. This does not reflect the reality of the time but is an interpretation of a later age that sought to create a divide between the enlightened Classical world and their...
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Rest of World -...
Style Guide This style guide documents the core visual identity and design principles for Rest of World.
a month ago
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Style Guide

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a month ago
This style guide documents the core visual identity and design principles for Rest of World.
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Diaries of Note
A night of terror In September of 1939, English housewife Nella Last began keeping a diary that would span 30 years,...
over a year ago
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A night of terror

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over a year ago
In September of 1939, English housewife Nella Last began keeping a diary that would span 30 years, ultimately producing one of the longest diaries in the English language at more than 12 million words. Born Nellie Lord in 1890, she was a voluntary participant in the Mass...
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Unfiltered by Tim...
This Is the Single Breathtaking Moment When Your Entire Life Changes Don't miss it
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This Is the Single Breathtaking Moment When Your Entire Life Changes

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8 months ago
Don't miss it
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A Smart Bear
Navigating the unpredictability of everything We dramatically, repeatedly fail predict the future. Does that mean "strategy" is senseless? No, it...
over a year ago
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Navigating the unpredictability of everything

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over a year ago
We dramatically, repeatedly fail predict the future. Does that mean "strategy" is senseless? No, it means you need these techniques to navigate a volatile world.
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Engineer’s Codex
Meta reveals their serverless platform processing trillions of function calls a day XFaaS is Meta's private platform for "Hyperscale and Low Cost Serverless Functions." It is more...
a year ago
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Meta reveals their serverless platform processing trillions of function calls a day

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a year ago
XFaaS is Meta's private platform for "Hyperscale and Low Cost Serverless Functions." It is more efficient than AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and Google Cloud Functions.
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Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
9 months ago
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop

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9 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat.  “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Seth's Blog
“Be yourself” Really? Which self? The self you were when you were two years old, almost out of diapers? The self...
3 months ago
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“Be yourself”

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3 months ago
Really? Which self? The self you were when you were two years old, almost out of diapers? The self you were when you were screaming with the fans at the big game? The self you were after a long night? How about this: Become the self you’d be proud to be. Hang out with people […]
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the singularity is...
…and now we see what is possible Every 70 years America goes through a revolutionary transition. Washington, Lincoln, FDR, now? The...
8 months ago
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…and now we see what is possible

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8 months ago
Every 70 years America goes through a revolutionary transition. Washington, Lincoln, FDR, now? The Republicans now control the Presidency, the House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court. Is that everything? Does government power lie there, like we are told, or is it all secretly...
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Maggie Appleton
A Collection of Design Engineers Collecting people I know who work at the intersection of design and engineering, in an attempt to...
a year ago
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A Collection of Design Engineers

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a year ago
Collecting people I know who work at the intersection of design and engineering, in an attempt to figure out what a design engineer is
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Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 18-24 December 2023 Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
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Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 18-24 December 2023

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a year ago
Things to do for under a fiver.
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC ‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
a year ago
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC

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a year ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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Naz Hamid — Journal...
✏️ Road to Mesa Good morning, light. I awoke early this morning, perched on a mesa cliff-side, surrounded by low...
over a year ago
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✏️ Road to Mesa

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over a year ago
Good morning, light. I awoke early this morning, perched on a mesa cliff-side, surrounded by low foliage, cow patties galore, and a few skeletons and carcasses of younger cattle that couldn’t survive the path of migration that was next to our camp. Everyone else was still mildly...
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Noahpinion
The elemental foe Lifting humanity out of poverty is Job #1.
a year ago
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The elemental foe

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a year ago
Lifting humanity out of poverty is Job #1.
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bt RSS Feed
Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch 2022-07-06 If you’re an RSS subscriber, I’ve probably blown...
over a year ago
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Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch

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over a year ago
Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch 2022-07-06 If you’re an RSS subscriber, I’ve probably blown up your feed reader (again). This seems to be an on-going theme with this blog. I can’t help it. This website now uses my new Pandoc-based static blog generator: pblog. I won’t go...
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Jonas Hietala
My first rust Contribution The problem with open-source for most people isn’t writing code, but it’s all the other things. How...
over a year ago
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My first rust Contribution

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over a year ago
The problem with open-source for most people isn’t writing code, but it’s all the other things. How shall I push my changes? How do I handle git? What should I do? I was the same and I actually dreaded my awesome summer job, just a little bit, because now I’m supposed to...
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Faro, Portugal In Faro, you will marvel at the Moorish and Medieval buildings that stand beside the stunning...
2 months ago
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Faro, Portugal

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2 months ago
In Faro, you will marvel at the Moorish and Medieval buildings that stand beside the stunning Baroque and Neoclassical monuments that define the city’s landscape. In this article, we will show you the city’s iconic must-visit landmarks.   1. Milreu Roman Ruins   Located nine...
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Jonas Hietala
HandCash handles require trust and are insecure The HandCash wallet has recently become a popular Bitcoin Cash wallet in large part thanks to their...
over a year ago
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HandCash handles require trust and are insecure

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

over a year ago
The HandCash wallet has recently become a popular Bitcoin Cash wallet in large part thanks to their $handle concept. It’s basically a username you use instead of the normal Bitcoin Cash address, similar to how domain names abstract away IP addresses. For example instead of...
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Eric Bailey
My Mastodon strategy I know, I know. Yet another “how to Mastodon” post. That said, I feel like I’ve finally gotten at...
over a year ago
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My Mastodon strategy

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

over a year ago
I know, I know. Yet another “how to Mastodon” post. That said, I feel like I’ve finally gotten at least a semblance of traction on making my Mastodon feed worthwhile. Reader, it was not easy. I should also point out that I was incredibly invested in Twitter for staying on top of...
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Himanshu Mishra |...
Letters What did you do?? I have developed a habbit of writing letters to friends and family for the past...
over a year ago
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Letters

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
What did you do?? I have developed a habbit of writing letters to friends and family for the past few years. Today, I made some of them…
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Elegant Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Max Tegmark is reading this in his office, shaking...
6 months ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Elegant

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

6 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Max Tegmark is reading this in his office, shaking his fist and shouting 'Weinersmith!' Today's News:
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CrimethInc.
“They Can’t Beat All of Us” : A Reportback from the Florida Abolitionist Gathering The banner at the Civic Media Center welcoming participants to the 2025 Florida Abolitionist...
3 months ago
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“They Can’t Beat All of Us” : A Reportback from the Florida Abolitionist Gathering

from CrimethInc. [alt+shift+b] in history

3 months ago
The banner at the Civic Media Center welcoming participants to the 2025 Florida Abolitionist Gathering. From February 28 to March 2, hundreds of abolitionists and anarchists from across the country converged in Gainesville for the first Florida Abolitionist Gathering...
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Maggie Appleton
Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious...
6 months ago
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Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks

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

6 months ago
Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious understanding of how you are doing it
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Yale E360
London Inches Closer to Running Transit System Entirely on Renewable Power Under a new agreement, London will source enough solar power to run its light railway and tram...
a week ago
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London Inches Closer to Running Transit System Entirely on Renewable Power

from Yale E360 [alt+shift+b] in science

a week ago
Under a new agreement, London will source enough solar power to run its light railway and tram networks entirely on renewable energy. Read more on E360 →
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Computer Things
What makes concurrency so hard? A lot of my formal specification projects involve concurrent or distributed system. That's in the...
a year ago
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What makes concurrency so hard?

from Computer Things [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
A lot of my formal specification projects involve concurrent or distributed system. That's in the sweet spot of "difficult to get right" and "severe costs to getting it wrong" that leads to people spending time and money on writing specifications. Given its relevance to my job, I...
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Posts on Made of...
Conkeror I’ve recently switched to Conkeror as my primary browser. It started life as a Firefox extension,...
over a year ago
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Conkeror

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

over a year ago
I’ve recently switched to Conkeror as my primary browser. It started life as a Firefox extension, but nowadays it’s a standalone app built on top of Mozilla’s xulrunner, so it uses the Gecko rendering engine. What it is, is an emacs implemented in Javascript, for the web. This...
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Working Theorys
How to Go Direct Owning your own message, with intermediaries
a year ago
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How to Go Direct

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

a year ago
Owning your own message, with intermediaries
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Contemporist...
Inside a Quietly Modern Home Inspired by Rural Sheds Tucked into the sloping terrain of Ballybrew, a quiet townland in County Wicklow, Ireland, this...
a month ago
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Inside a Quietly Modern Home Inspired by Rural Sheds

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a month ago
Tucked into the sloping terrain of Ballybrew, a quiet townland in County Wicklow, Ireland, this contemporary home by DUA (Design Urbanism Architecture) doesn’t shout for attention, it listens.
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AFAR Media - Travel...
These Are the 7 Best Hotels for Watching the Perseid Meteor Shower—and You Can Still Book Them
a year ago
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These Are the 7 Best Hotels for Watching the Perseid Meteor Shower—and You Can Still Book Them

from AFAR Media - Travel Stories, News, Reviews, Tips + Guides [alt+shift+b] in travel

a year ago
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Tech + Economics +...
Don’t look down on TikTok creators. Learn from them. It’s both terrifying and fascinating to watch a generation half my age redefine creativity on...
a year ago
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Don’t look down on TikTok creators. Learn from them.

from Tech + Economics + Humans [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
It’s both terrifying and fascinating to watch a generation half my age redefine creativity on platforms like TikTok. As a 34-year-old writer, I’ve seen the evolution of storytelling from physical print to digital media to the dazzling, and fast-paced world of social video....
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Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Ian O' Halloran My name is Ian O’Halloran. I am a professional Artist and Printmaker living and working in the...
a month ago
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Meet the Maker: Ian O' Halloran

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

a month ago
My name is Ian O’Halloran. I am a professional Artist and Printmaker living and working in the Sussex Weald near Herstmonceux (UK). I am and always have been inspired by the British landscape. I came to art later in life than most, having had a career in civil engineering first...
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Calculated Risk
Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreased 1.0% Year-over-year From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 26 April The U.S. hotel industry reported mixed...
2 months ago
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Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreased 1.0% Year-over-year

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

2 months ago
From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 26 April The U.S. hotel industry reported mixed year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 26 April. ... 20-26 April 2025 (percentage change from comparable week in 2024): Occupancy: 65.1% (-1.0%) emphasis...
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Notes on software...
Why (and how) to read books The last time I read for fun was in elementary school. Since college I knew I must read more, but I...
over a year ago
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Why (and how) to read books

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
The last time I read for fun was in elementary school. Since college I knew I must read more, but I never forced myself to build the habit. Then three years ago I spent time around my brother and a coworker who were avid readers. This "peer pressure" helped me get started. Since...
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Noahpinion
Decoupling is just going to happen Chinese policy and geopolitical risk are doing a lot of the work here.
over a year ago
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Decoupling is just going to happen

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
Chinese policy and geopolitical risk are doing a lot of the work here.
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Sometimes It Works...
A Modular Monolith in Laravel Lumen A Modular Monolith in Laravel Lumen What’s not in Lumen A Ghost in the Shell MaaM: Module as a...
over a year ago
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A Modular Monolith in Laravel Lumen

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

over a year ago
A Modular Monolith in Laravel Lumen What’s not in Lumen A Ghost in the Shell MaaM: Module as a microservice Packages all the way down ¶A Modular Monolith in Laravel Lumen If you use Laravel, you’ve probably heard of Lumen. In case you haven’t: Lumen is the micro-framework to...
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Himanshu Mishra |...
A brief history of Platform Engineering I remember the day I heard the word microservices for the first time. For a while, I did not know...
a year ago
15

A brief history of Platform Engineering

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

a year ago
I remember the day I heard the word microservices for the first time. For a while, I did not know what it truly meant. But it was a very hot…
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Seth's Blog
A finite ordered set of interesting objects The alphabet is one. 26 letters, no more. One order, that’s it. The Beatles are another. John, Paul,...
over a year ago
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A finite ordered set of interesting objects

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

over a year ago
The alphabet is one. 26 letters, no more. One order, that’s it. The Beatles are another. John, Paul, George and then Ringo. The Marx Brothers, the Three Stooges, The Supremes. The astrological zodiac gets us to twelve, but I’m having a really difficult time finding a memorable...
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Open Culture
Everything You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live: A Deep Dive into Every Season of the Iconic... Saturday Night Live began its 50th season last fall, around the same time as the premiere of Jason...
5 months ago
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Everything You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live: A Deep Dive into Every Season of the Iconic Comedy Show

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in history

5 months ago
Saturday Night Live began its 50th season last fall, around the same time as the premiere of Jason Reitman’s film Saturday Night, which dramatizes the program’s 1975 debut. All of this has put fans into something of a retrospective mood, especially if they happen to have been...
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Wuthering...
Not Shakespeare - a preliminary, semi-formed invitation to read plays by Shakespeare's... Here’s something I’ve been wanting to do.  I’ve been wanting to return to the plays of...
a month ago
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Not Shakespeare - a preliminary, semi-formed invitation to read plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries

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

a month ago
Here’s something I’ve been wanting to do.  I’ve been wanting to return to the plays of Shakespeare’s contemporaries, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson and so on.  The Spanish Tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, The Knight of the Burning Pestle,  Bartholomew Fair.  It has been a while...
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Tony Dinh's...
Feb 2023 updates: Twitter API, ChatGPT API, Hackaigon. It was a such a short month!
over a year ago
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Feb 2023 updates: Twitter API, ChatGPT API, Hackaigon.

from Tony Dinh's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

over a year ago
It was a such a short month!
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Naz Hamid — Journal...
✏️ The Long Start I am awakened by the sound of people shuffling by our camp. When I look out the side past the flap...
a year ago
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✏️ The Long Start

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

a year ago
I am awakened by the sound of people shuffling by our camp. When I look out the side past the flap of our rooftop tent, I can see what appears to be runners or hikers. I get out and wave at them. It's mid-May of 2022, and it's a glorious morning. Then it dawns on me; it's a trail...
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./techtipsy
Why my blog was down for over 24 hours in November 2024 In November 2024, my blog was down for over 24 hours. Here’s what I learned from this absolute...
5 months ago
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Why my blog was down for over 24 hours in November 2024

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

5 months ago
In November 2024, my blog was down for over 24 hours. Here’s what I learned from this absolute clusterfuck of an incident. Lead-up to the incident I was browsing through photos on my Nextcloud instance. Everything was fine, until Nextcloud started generating preview images for...
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Seth's Blog
The opposite of ‘perfect’ It’s not junk. No, the opposite of perfect is: Meets spec Useful On time Productive Valuable By...
9 months ago
48

The opposite of ‘perfect’

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

9 months ago
It’s not junk. No, the opposite of perfect is: Meets spec Useful On time Productive Valuable By definition, good enough is good enough. If the spec isn’t what you need, change the spec. But perfect is unattainable and perfect is a place to hide.
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art Through the Ages
10 months ago
36

Ancient Greek Art

from Classical Wisdom [alt+shift+b] in history

10 months ago
Through the Ages
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swyx's site RSS Feed
How to Contribute to Open Source Frameworks One of the best ways to level up in programming is to contribute to a high quality open source...
over a year ago
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How to Contribute to Open Source Frameworks

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

over a year ago
One of the best ways to level up in programming is to contribute to a high quality open source project, especially a framework.
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NeuroLogica Blog
Checkup on Climate Change There is good evidence that if you want to lose weight, you need to weigh yourself at least weekly....
over a year ago
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Checkup on Climate Change

from NeuroLogica Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
There is good evidence that if you want to lose weight, you need to weigh yourself at least weekly. You need the constant feedback of the scale to adjust your behavior. This is a good general principle – having outcome feedback to measure the effect of what you are doing so you...
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Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness Event News
a year ago
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness

from Classical Wisdom [alt+shift+b] in history

a year ago
Event News
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Ken Shirriff's blog
Reverse engineering the 59-pound printer onboard the Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle contained a bulky printer so the astronauts could receive procedures, mission...
11 months ago
19

Reverse engineering the 59-pound printer onboard the Space Shuttle

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

11 months ago
The Space Shuttle contained a bulky printer so the astronauts could receive procedures, mission plans, weather reports, crew activity plans, and other documents. Needed for the first Shuttle launch in 1981, this printer was designed in just 7 months, built around an Army...
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Krebs on Security
Microsoft: 6 Zero-Days in March 2025 Patch Tuesday Microsoft today issued more than 50 security updates for its various Windows operating systems,...
4 months ago
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Microsoft: 6 Zero-Days in March 2025 Patch Tuesday

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

4 months ago
Microsoft today issued more than 50 security updates for its various Windows operating systems, including fixes for a whopping six zero-day vulnerabilities that are already seeing active exploitation.
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Charlie Becker
Those who support you may not support your art. Castles in the Sky #43
a year ago
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Those who support you may not support your art.

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

a year ago
Castles in the Sky #43
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Londonist
How To Spend A Weekend In Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote And neighbouring Los Pocillos too.
a year ago
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How To Spend A Weekend In Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote

from Londonist [alt+shift+b] in travel

a year ago
And neighbouring Los Pocillos too.
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The DESK Magazine
The case for being ignorant I am sure you know this feeling. You find a new book that you absolutely love. A new movie, a new TV...
a year ago
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The case for being ignorant

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

a year ago
I am sure you know this feeling. You find a new book that you absolutely love. A new movie, a new TV series or even a new hobby such as cycling or designing. It can be anything and everything.
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The Universe of...
Claude and Merle Miller let me down Claude My relationship with Claude has its ups and downs, and I'm still trying to figure out what to...
7 months ago
19

Claude and Merle Miller let me down

from The Universe of Discourse [alt+shift+b] in history

7 months ago
Claude My relationship with Claude has its ups and downs, and I'm still trying to figure out what to use it for and what not. It's great at rewriting my job application cover letters to sound less like an awkward nerd. Last week I was in the supermarket and decided to try asking...
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Forever Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Better than the stoic genies who just tell you to...
a year ago
35

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Forever

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Better than the stoic genies who just tell you to appreciate that your current situation is in line with the nature of things. Today's News:
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Transit Maps
Quick Project: Queensland Rail Network Diagram Okay, as promised in the previous post, here’s my version of the Queensland passenger rail network...
a week ago
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Quick Project: Queensland Rail Network Diagram

from Transit Maps [alt+shift+b] in cartography

a week ago
Okay, as promised in the previous post, here’s my version of the Queensland passenger rail network as a diagram. As is usual for these redesigns, I’ve only spent a few hours on this – just to show that better design doesn’t necessarily need to take a lot of time. Everything is...
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BLDGBLOG
Agency of the Subsurface [Image: The Heathen Gate at Carnuntum, outside Vienna; photo by Geoff Manaugh.] Last summer, a...
a year ago
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Agency of the Subsurface

from BLDGBLOG [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
[Image: The Heathen Gate at Carnuntum, outside Vienna; photo by Geoff Manaugh.] Last summer, a geophysicist at the University of Vienna named Immo Trinks proposed the creation of an EU-funded “International Subsurface Exploration Agency.” Modeled after NASA or the ESA, this new...
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Articles
is twitter done? Elon took possession of Twitter on October 27. Since then, lots has happened. Many are wondering: is...
over a year ago
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is twitter done?

from Articles [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
Elon took possession of Twitter on October 27. Since then, lots has happened. Many are wondering: is this going to kill Twitter?
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Seth's Blog
Problems and the clover Systemic and existential problems dance their way through three circles: If it’s not solvable, we’ll...
a year ago
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Problems and the clover

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

a year ago
Systemic and existential problems dance their way through three circles: If it’s not solvable, we’ll pretend it’s not a problem. If the cultural cost of solving the problem is too high, we’ll pretend there’s no solution. People don’t spend a lot of time planning for death because...
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Naz Hamid — Journal...
🔗 Accumulated instinct With age and experience, I’ve accumulated enough inspiration to trust my instincts. There’s a...
6 months ago
18

🔗 Accumulated instinct

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

6 months ago
With age and experience, I’ve accumulated enough inspiration to trust my instincts. There’s a confidence that when the moment arrives, I’ll recall that inspiring visual with just enough detail to fuel my decision-making or creative process. — Simon Collison Simon and I have...
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AFAR Media - Travel...
What To Do and Visit in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi
a year ago
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What To Do and Visit in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi

from AFAR Media - Travel Stories, News, Reviews, Tips + Guides [alt+shift+b] in travel

a year ago
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Don't Worry About...
The Paris AI Anti-Safety Summit It doesn’t look good.
4 months ago
28

The Paris AI Anti-Safety Summit

from Don't Worry About the Vase [alt+shift+b] in AI

4 months ago
It doesn’t look good.
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The Marginalian
Kafka on Friendship and the Art of Reconnection Among the paradoxes of friendship is this: All friendships of depth and durability are based on a...
7 months ago
48

Kafka on Friendship and the Art of Reconnection

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

7 months ago
Among the paradoxes of friendship is this: All friendships of depth and durability are based on a profound knowledge of each other, of the soul beneath the costume of personality — that lovely Celtic notion of anam cara. We bring this knowledge, this mutual understanding, to...
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bt RSS Feed
My Cheapskate Commenting System My Cheapskate Commenting System 2022-02-03 My blog now has comments! Well, kind of… I went down a...
over a year ago
20

My Cheapskate Commenting System

from bt RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
My Cheapskate Commenting System 2022-02-03 My blog now has comments! Well, kind of… I went down a two day long rabbit-hole trying to find the best solution for implementing comments on my static website (generated via Jekyll FYI). There are a ton of options out there and many...
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays From Anya, Joel and Frida
a year ago
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Happy Holidays

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a year ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
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swyx's site RSS Feed
Memento Vivere Remember what life can do.
over a year ago
35

Memento Vivere

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

over a year ago
Remember what life can do.
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alexwlchan
It’s cool to care I’m sitting in a small coffee shop in Brooklyn. I have a warm drink, and it’s just started to snow...
4 months ago
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It’s cool to care

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

4 months ago
I’m sitting in a small coffee shop in Brooklyn. I have a warm drink, and it’s just started to snow outside. I’m visiting New York to see Operation Mincemeat on Broadway – I was at the dress rehearsal yesterday, and I’ll be at the opening preview tonight. I’ve seen this show more...
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Explosm.net
Comic for 2025.05.30 - Mystery Solved New Cyanide and Happiness Comic
a month ago
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Comic for 2025.05.30 - Mystery Solved

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New Cyanide and Happiness Comic
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Turing Prep appendix: Troubleshooting Errors Pretty much any time I hear the same question twice, I will try to add a section here for it, and...
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Turing Prep appendix: Troubleshooting Errors

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Pretty much any time I hear the same question twice, I will try to add a section here for it, and make it as findable by future students as possible. Do you have a question not answered here? PLEASE send me a DM in Slack or @ me (I’m josh_t in the Turing slack). I’ll take a...
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A Glass-Enclosed Library And Home Office Creates A Separate Space Inside This Apartment Canadian design firm Level Studio has shared photos of a loft apartment located in a building that...
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A Glass-Enclosed Library And Home Office Creates A Separate Space Inside This Apartment

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Canadian design firm Level Studio has shared photos of a loft apartment located in a building that was once home to offices but has been converted into residential apartments.
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Comic for 2025.05.11 - Long Face New Cyanide and Happiness Comic
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Comic for 2025.05.11 - Long Face

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