Good Enough
The Space Between Us
Good Enough is a fully-remote team, and I think it's safe to say that we'll never have a physical...
a year ago
Good Enough is a fully-remote team, and I think it's safe to say that we'll never have a physical office. I've been working remotely for more than ten years, and overall I really like it. I love the flexibility it affords, being more present with our families, and that my...
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
2 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
Tech + Economics +...
Feels bad, man: how memes escape from their creators and fuel extremism.
Meme content is so contextually bound and temporally sensitive that
yesterday’s viral sensation is...
a year ago
Meme content is so contextually bound and temporally sensitive that
yesterday’s viral sensation is today’s digital fossil. Writing about memes,
then, is a delicate dance on a stage where every word and interpretation
risks obsolescence as the cultural tide swiftly changes....
TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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6 months ago
Louwrentius
Why filtering DHCP traffic is not always possible with iptables
When configuring my new firewall using iptables, I noticed something very
peculiar. Even if all...
over a year ago
When configuring my new firewall using iptables, I noticed something very
peculiar. Even if all input, forward and output traffic was dropped, DHCP
traffic to and from my DHCP server was not blocked even if there were no
rules permitting this traffic.
I even flushed all rules,...
Rest of World -...
How Zimbabwe’s biggest fast-food company became a popular fintech solution
Innbucks started as an app to receive loose change at some restaurants. Now, it’s a licensed...
a year ago
Innbucks started as an app to receive loose change at some restaurants. Now, it’s a licensed microfinance institution.
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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a year ago
Moneyness
Elon Musk's understanding of payments dates back to his PayPal days. It needs an update
[This is a republication of my most recent CoinDesk opinion piece.]
You've
heard the script...
a year ago
[This is a republication of my most recent CoinDesk opinion piece.]
You've
heard the script before. Migrants need to make payments back home to
their family, but cross-border payments are achingly slow, taking days
to process. Luckily, revolutionary new technologies like...
Construction Physics
What Would It Take to Recreate Bell Labs?
For most of the 20th century, AT&T was almost entirely responsible for building and operating...
5 months ago
For most of the 20th century, AT&T was almost entirely responsible for building and operating America’s telephone infrastructure. It manufactured the phones and electrical equipment, laid hundreds of millions of miles of wire across the country, and built and operated the...
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
A Beautiful Site
Installing Shoelace in a React App
Although Shoelace is a web component library, it ships React wrappers that lets you use the library...
over a year ago
Although Shoelace is a web component library, it ships React wrappers that lets you use the library idiomatically in React. This video shows you how to install Shoelace in a brand new Create React App.
If you found this video helpful, please subscribe to my channel on YouTube...
Rest of World -...
Turn it up: Rest of World’s 2023 global party playlist
Impress your friends by queuing up these chart-topping pop songs from the countries we cover.
a year ago
Impress your friends by queuing up these chart-topping pop songs from the countries we cover.
TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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9 months ago
A Beautiful Site
A Web Components Primer
On the eve of February, I was inspired to tweet about web components. What started as a simple...
over a year ago
On the eve of February, I was inspired to tweet about web components. What started as a simple thought quickly turned into a series of tweets that folks seem to find useful. I've adapted the thread and I'm posting it here for prosperity.
Overview #
Shadow DOM? Light DOM? Slots?...
Ognjen Regoje •...
Do what's right
Doing what’s right is so interesting.
It’s so difficult
It’s difficult to be completely honest with...
11 months ago
Doing what’s right is so interesting.
It’s so difficult
It’s difficult to be completely honest with yourself when you know what’s right but you don’t want to do it.
It’s often physically more difficult: you’ll have to spend more effort, more time, more money.
But it’s so...
Handprinted - Blog
Using Pearl Ex Metallic Pigments to Enhance Linocuts
Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments are metallic pigments that can be mixed into printing inks, acrylics,...
9 months ago
Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments are metallic pigments that can be mixed into printing inks, acrylics, oils, encaustics and loads more. As printmakers we were keen to see how they could be used in various printmaking applications, starting with linocut.
We began by mixing Apple...
The Modern House
A Day Well Spent with Lisa Jones and Ruby Kean
a year ago
Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
Ruud van Asseldonk
A type system for RCL, part 2: The type system
5 months ago
Seth's Blog
Opening the pod bay door
A brand new episode of Akimbo this week, all about artificial intelligence. Part one of of two on...
a year ago
A brand new episode of Akimbo this week, all about artificial intelligence. Part one of of two on mediocrity and the choices we’re going to need to make. And, a while in the making, an experimental AI chat bot that has been trained on all 5,000,000 words of this blog. You can...
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Blog System/5
Porting the EndBASIC console to an LCD
In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of porting the EndBASIC hybrid console to the...
7 months ago
In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of porting the EndBASIC hybrid console to the ST7735s 1.44" LCD, which sports a resolution of 128x128 pixels, a D-pad, and 3 other buttons. I will cover the prerequisite work to make the port possible, dig into the GPIO and SPI...
Steve Klabnik
Ten Years of Ru...ewriting my website
over a year ago
Contemporist...
A New Home In Costa Rica Designed To Highlight Its Surroundings
Architecture firm Studio Saxe, has shared photos of a new home they completed in Costa Rica, that's...
4 months ago
Architecture firm Studio Saxe, has shared photos of a new home they completed in Costa Rica, that's designed to progressively highlight the wondrous ecological and topographical surroundings.
Christopher Butler
sketchbook – 2024 March 24 - March 30
If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance much less.
9 months ago
If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance much less.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Transparent
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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How come villains never have narrow achievable...
6 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
How come villains never have narrow achievable revenge plots?
Today's News:
Musings on Markets
Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?
In January 1993, I was valuing a retail company, and I found myself wondering what a reasonable...
11 months ago
In January 1993, I was valuing a retail company, and I found myself wondering what a reasonable margin was for a firm operating in the retail business. In pursuit of an answer to that question, I used company-specific data from Value Line, one of the earliest entrants into the...
Maps Mania
Which Airports are also Filetypes?
2 months ago
Rest of World -...
Tears of a get-rich-quick guru
Influencers like Sunny Ali promote the Amazon seller dream, but not everyone buys the hustlepreneur...
a year ago
Influencers like Sunny Ali promote the Amazon seller dream, but not everyone buys the hustlepreneur fantasy.
SatPost by Trung...
SpaceX's 5-Step Design Process
How rapid failure and iteration will get Starship to orbit and beyond.
a year ago
How rapid failure and iteration will get Starship to orbit and beyond.
Tom Blomfield
Getting Shit Done
I was recently talking to a handful of successful startups founders about issues they were facing as...
over a year ago
I was recently talking to a handful of successful startups founders about issues they were facing as they scaled up their companies. Unanimously, hiring and retaining people who “get shit done” seemed to be their biggest problem. I’ve been thinking about this for the last few...
The American Scholar
Bitten
The post Bitten appeared first on The American Scholar.
7 months ago
The post Bitten appeared first on The American Scholar.
Rest of World -...
Women in South Africa’s gig economy feel forced to work extra hours for free
Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask...
11 months ago
Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask them to do unpaid work, and the company hasn’t responded to their complaints.
The American Scholar
Catalina Schliebener Muñoz
Playing with dolls
The post Catalina Schliebener Muñoz appeared first on The American Scholar.
6 months ago
Playing with dolls
The post Catalina Schliebener Muñoz appeared first on The American Scholar.
A Beautiful Site
Table cells and max-widths in Internet Explorer 8
I recently came across a little issue with Internet Explorer 8 and max-width. I had an image inside...
over a year ago
I recently came across a little issue with Internet Explorer 8 and max-width. I had an image inside of a table cell and, for some reason, IE8 completely neglected the corresponding CSS max-width property. The result was the image rendering at full size rather than scaled down to...
A Beautiful Site
Downloading a list of URLs automatically
I recently needed to download a bunch of files from Amazon S3, but I didn't have direct access to...
over a year ago
I recently needed to download a bunch of files from Amazon S3, but I didn't have direct access to the bucket — I only had a list of URLs.
There were too many to fetch one by one, so I wanted to fetch them automatically. Here are a couple ways I found to do that.
Using curl #
Curl...
The American Scholar
“One Letter” by Liu Xiaobo
Poems read aloud, beautifully
The post “One Letter” by Liu Xiaobo appeared first on The American...
6 months ago
Poems read aloud, beautifully
The post “One Letter” by Liu Xiaobo appeared first on The American Scholar.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Lessons in Competitive Comms from the Plaid-Stripe Kerfuffle
Now that the dust has settled on the Plaid-Stripe thing it's time to recap lessons learned.
over a year ago
Now that the dust has settled on the Plaid-Stripe thing it's time to recap lessons learned.
Anecdotal Evidence
'Certificate of Naturalization'
In our
basement was a gray file cabinet we were forbidden to touch. Naturally I opened
it and in one...
3 months ago
In our
basement was a gray file cabinet we were forbidden to touch. Naturally I opened
it and in one of the drawers I found an old leather wallet containing the ID
cards of a stranger with the surname Kurpiewski. Who is this? Why is the name
so similar to ours? I couldn’t ask...
Contemporist...
Reclaimed Weathered Wood Siding Covers This Home Inspired By Farm Buildings
Architecture and building company BIRDSEYE has shared photos of a home they completed in Sagaponack,...
a year ago
Architecture and building company BIRDSEYE has shared photos of a home they completed in Sagaponack, New York, that features an exterior clad in reclaimed weathered wood siding.
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
Grow With Less
The 27 tools I use to grow my online business
People often ask me what tools I use to build and grow French Together so I thought I would put...
over a year ago
People often ask me what tools I use to build and grow French Together so I thought I would put together a list of my favorites.
These are not necessarily the best and trendiest tools, some may even be considered old-fasshioned. But they are the tools that help me build and grow...
The Turn Signal RSS...
How We Designed a White-Label In-Car Infotainment System
Infotainment systems are often overcomplicated and poorly built. Until recently, it was difficult to...
4 months ago
Infotainment systems are often overcomplicated and poorly built. Until recently, it was difficult to change this because each carmaker had…
swyx's site RSS Feed
Observability for Frontend Developers
Some thoughts on how frontend developers can also embrace instrumenting their apps for observability
over a year ago
Some thoughts on how frontend developers can also embrace instrumenting their apps for observability
Londonist
Life Drawing With Wolves... In A London Hotel
Anyone can get involved... even kids!
a year ago
Anyone can get involved... even kids!
The Honest Broker
Is There Such a Thing as Western Harmony?
Does anyone really own music theory, and who gets to decide?
a year ago
Does anyone really own music theory, and who gets to decide?
nanoscale views
What is a metal-insulator transition?
The recent excitement about the alleged high temperature superconductor "LK99" has introduced some...
a year ago
The recent excitement about the alleged high temperature superconductor "LK99" has introduced some in the public to the idea of a metal-insulator or insulator-metal transition (MIT/IMT). For example, one strong candidate explanation for the sharp drop in resistance as a function...
Common Edge
Light and Color: The Spirit-Led Work of James Turrell
The artist is driven not just by curiosity or ambition, but by the precepts of his Quakerism.
a month ago
The artist is driven not just by curiosity or ambition, but by the precepts of his Quakerism.
Words and Buttons...
[Renovated] Interactive introduction to iterative algorithms
An interactive explanation of how iterative algorithms work. This explains convergence and the exit...
over a year ago
An interactive explanation of how iterative algorithms work. This explains convergence and the exit condition problem on an oversimplified linear system solver.
ToughSF
Actively Cooled Armor: from Helium to Liquid Tin.
We have seen designs for long ranged particle beams
and powerful lasers. Could they be the end-all,...
over a year ago
We have seen designs for long ranged particle beams
and powerful lasers. Could they be the end-all, be-all of space warfare? Not if we fend off their destructive
power with actively cooled armor.
Let's have a look at the different cooling
solutions, from high pressure gas to...
Retail Design Blog
Polene Paris Seoul Flagship Store by WGNB
The design narrative of Polène’s Seoul flagship store is a sophisticated exploration of space...
a month ago
The design narrative of Polène’s Seoul flagship store is a sophisticated exploration of space through the metaphorical and practical use...
TheCollector
Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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2 months ago
Daniel Bourke
Small sways in the breeze make you strong
I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind.
When they were small, they’d almost fall...
2 months ago
I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind.
When they were small, they’d almost fall over.
But the post kept them up.
Now they’re big enough to stand on their own.
A breeze comes along and their branches move with it but
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Vadim Kravcenko
How to hire first rockstar employee
You want someone who can hit the ground running, who’s passionate about your mission, and who can...
over a year ago
You want someone who can hit the ground running, who’s passionate about your mission, and who can survive being locked […]
The post How to hire first rockstar employee appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Mazdak
Stock Buybacks: A Popular Yet Polarizing Practice
Stock buybacks have become a prevalent practice in the financial world, but they also generate...
9 months ago
Stock buybacks have become a prevalent practice in the financial world, but they also generate significant debate. This article dives into the concept of buybacks, explores their motivations, and examines the arguments for and against them. What are Stock Buybacks?
The American Scholar
Good Intentions
The post Good Intentions appeared first on The American Scholar.
2 months ago
The post Good Intentions appeared first on The American Scholar.
Math Is Still...
The Search for What Shook the Earth for Nine Days Straight
Last year, an immense but brief outburst of seismic energy was soon followed by a long hum that made...
3 months ago
Last year, an immense but brief outburst of seismic energy was soon followed by a long hum that made the world ring. Finding its cause took 68 scientists and an assist by the Danish military.
The post The Search for What Shook the Earth for Nine Days Straight first...
Escaping Flatland
After AI beat them, professional Go players got better and more creative
For many decades, it seemed professional Go players had reached a hard limit on how well it is...
11 months ago
For many decades, it seemed professional Go players had reached a hard limit on how well it is possible to play. Then AI beat them.
The Codist
Career Retrospective: Being Interviewed
I'm starting a series on what I learned during my four decades as a working programmer. First, I...
8 months ago
I'm starting a series on what I learned during my four decades as a working programmer. First, I will describe my experience of being interviewed.
Interviews are part of being a programmer; every time you find a new job, you will go through interviews, which allow a prospective
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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a year ago
Louwrentius
My 71 TiB ZFS NAS after 10 years and zero drive failures
My 4U 71 TiB ZFS NAS built with twenty-four 4 TB drives is over 10 years old and still going...
3 months ago
My 4U 71 TiB ZFS NAS built with twenty-four 4 TB drives is over 10 years old and still going strong.
Although now on its second motherboard and power supply, the system has yet to experience a single drive failure (knock on wood).
Zero drive failures in ten years, how is that...
Arduino Blog
Marble art madness from a marvelous machine
Marbles are underrated. They’re very round, roll well, tend to be pretty shiny, and come in all...
2 months ago
Marbles are underrated. They’re very round, roll well, tend to be pretty shiny, and come in all sorts of neat colors. That last characteristic makes them suitable for artwork, like orbicular pixels. In his most ambitious project to date, Engineezy took advantage of those...
journal – Winnie Lim
a small life
A few weeks ago my host emailed me that for some reason google bot was hitting my site so much that...
yesterday
A few weeks ago my host emailed me that for some reason google bot was hitting my site so much that it slowed down the entire server – since it was affecting...
Mazdak
Meta's AI & Reuters: A New Era of News?
Meta's AI is changing how we consume news. The tech giant has partnered with Reuters, a leading...
a month ago
Meta's AI is changing how we consume news. The tech giant has partnered with Reuters, a leading global news provider, to bring real-time news updates directly to users through Meta's AI chatbot.
Mazdak
Apple Intelligence is FINALLY HERE! 🤯 What You NEED to Know! 🧠
Join us as we explore Apple's groundbreaking AI platform:
a month ago
Join us as we explore Apple's groundbreaking AI platform:
Construction Physics
Do U.S. Ports Need More Automation?
On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily...
2 months ago
On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily dockworkers on East and Gulf Coast ports, went on strike after failing to agree contract terms with USMX, an alliance of port operators and employers.
Archinect - Features
How ‘Architect’ Became a Protected Title in the United States
In the second part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we chart the origins of licensure in the United...
7 months ago
In the second part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we chart the origins of licensure in the United States. We explore how a combination of safety concerns, technological advances, and insecurity among architects over their own relevance led to the protection of the title...
TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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10 months ago
Joel Gascoigne
Achieving overnight success: Tom Preston-Werner
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over a year ago
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This is the second article in my achieving overnight success
[https://joel.is/tagged/achieving-overnight-success] series where I aim to dispel
the myth of overnight success. To do this, I look...
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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diamond geezer
Everyman Stratford International
Stratford has a new cinema.
Everyman and can be found in the highrise nomansland that separates...
4 days ago
Stratford has a new cinema.
Everyman and can be found in the highrise nomansland that separates Westfield from the Olympic Park, now officially known as Stratford Cross. It's housed in a brushed metal box tucked beneath 20 floors of Grade A office space. It has three screens,...
There are two types...
DONALD TRUMP & EVIL – A Post-Halloween / Election-Eve Story
Almost forty years ago, I owned a small house in the Greenwich “backcountry” just a few miles from...
a month ago
Almost forty years ago, I owned a small house in the Greenwich “backcountry” just a few miles from the Westchester County Airport. One morning, I was talking on the phone with a friend whom I would see later in the … Continue reading →
The post DONALD TRUMP & EVIL – A...
Contemporist...
This Elevated Home Allows Plants To Be Grown Underneath
Bates Masi + Architects has sent us photos of a new home they recently completed in Bridgehampton,...
11 months ago
Bates Masi + Architects has sent us photos of a new home they recently completed in Bridgehampton, New York, that has its living spaces elevated above the ground.
Acko.net
In Search of Sophistication
Cultural Assimilation, Theory vs Practice
The other day, I read the following, shared 22,000+ times...
over a year ago
Cultural Assimilation, Theory vs Practice
The other day, I read the following, shared 22,000+ times on social media:
"Broken English is a sign of courage and intelligence, and it would be nice if more people remembered that when interacting with immigrants and refugees."
This...
Contemporist...
This Sculptural Home Is Full Of Curves And Surrounded By Landscaping
Niko Architect has shared photos of a sculptural home with curves they designed that's been built...
9 months ago
Niko Architect has shared photos of a sculptural home with curves they designed that's been built into an artificially created landscape.
Stephen Wolfram...
Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes
The Importance of Multiway Systems It’s all about systems where there can in effect be many possible...
a year ago
The Importance of Multiway Systems It’s all about systems where there can in effect be many possible paths of history. In a typical standard computational system like a cellular automaton, there’s always just one path, defined by evolution from one state to the next. But in a...
balajis.com
Decentralizing Education with Synthesis
I'm co-leading a round in Synthesis, a startup scaling the custom school built for Elon Musk’s kids.
over a year ago
I'm co-leading a round in Synthesis, a startup scaling the custom school built for Elon Musk’s kids.
Anecdotal Evidence
'Taking Your Time, Angel of Death'
I like plain
speaking when it comes to death. Not needlessly harsh but direct and above all...
a month ago
I like plain
speaking when it comes to death. Not needlessly harsh but direct and above all unvarnished,
no flowers, closer to a coroner’s report than a greeting card. A well-meaning
reader has sent belated condolences for my brother’s death in August without
once using any of...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Feelings
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Also, self-destructiveness stops being attractive...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Also, self-destructiveness stops being attractive some time around age 22, but for some reason people keep doing it.
Today's News:
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Contrived
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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How come nobody ever considers the increased CO2...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
How come nobody ever considers the increased CO2 emissions of causing the trolley to switch tracks?
Today's News:
Another prestigious publication compelled to say Weinersmith.
High Signal
Selling a directory website for $10,000 - Damn Good Tools
Imagine selling a website you made for $10,000. Pretty great, huh? Well that's exactly what Dmytro...
a year ago
Imagine selling a website you made for $10,000. Pretty great, huh? Well that's exactly what Dmytro did
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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9 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
my mind, the invisible loudspeaker
Anhedonia. The inability to feel pleasure. I wonder if I have sort of been this way for as long as I...
a year ago
Anhedonia. The inability to feel pleasure. I wonder if I have sort of been this way for as long as I can remember. Is that why I’ve always been somewhat reckless and...
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Single Line of Calm'
Judged
solely as a liquid asset, the most valuable book I ever held was a history of
Argentina...
2 weeks ago
Judged
solely as a liquid asset, the most valuable book I ever held was a history of
Argentina borrowed from the public library in Schenectady, N.Y. At home I discovered
the previous reader had marked his place with a twenty-dollar bill. I returned
the book but not the cash. It...
Joel on Software
Announcing Stack Overflow for Teams
New product: Stack Overflow for Teams lets you direct questions to members of your own team,...
over a year ago
New product: Stack Overflow for Teams lets you direct questions to members of your own team, company, or organization. Read more "Announcing Stack Overflow for Teams"
Londonist
Direct Trains From London To Paris Were A Thing In 1936
These trains went over, rather than under, the water.
11 months ago
These trains went over, rather than under, the water.
The Forney Flyer
Congratulations Hannah!
Congratulations Hannah! We are so proud of you!
over a year ago
Congratulations Hannah! We are so proud of you!
Old Structures...
The Personal Connection Times Three
It’s hard to overstate the importance of personal links in discussing how people feel about the...
7 months ago
It’s hard to overstate the importance of personal links in discussing how people feel about the built environment. This 1952 photo by Angelo Rizzuto looks east past St. Paul’s Chapel to the St. Paul and Park Row buildings: I’ve worked on St. Paul’s and the Park Row building. As a...
Christopher Butler
Unscalable, Hand-Crafted Lists of Links
Or, Technology vs. Taste
The first search engine wasn’t one at all. It was a webpage with a...
7 months ago
Or, Technology vs. Taste
The first search engine wasn’t one at all. It was a webpage with a list of links on it. There were many of these, some freely accessible, and others within the first walled-gardens of America Online, Prodigy, and so on. But the most famous one is...
diamond geezer
Splitting lines
Now that the Overground lines are being separately named, some people are asking whether other TfL...
10 months ago
Now that the Overground lines are being separately named, some people are asking whether other TfL services should follow suit.
n.b. The answer to this question is 'No', but stay with me as we go through the motions.
n.b. These days the Circle line shadows the Hammersmith &...
Articles - Chris...
Moved to tears
20 years ago, on January 15 2004, a little before 2 AM Pacific time, was
the payoff.
It was...
10 months ago
20 years ago, on January 15 2004, a little before 2 AM Pacific time, was
the payoff.
It was cause for celebration. But first, I wept.
A small freedom area...
Exploring intricate execution mysteries by reversing a crackme
It's been a very long time since I've done some actual reverse engineering
work. Going through a...
over a year ago
It's been a very long time since I've done some actual reverse engineering
work. Going through a difficult period currently, I needed to take a break from
the graphics world and go back to the roots: understanding obscure or
elementary tech stuff. One may argue that it was most...
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
Daniel Miessler
NO. 359 | WhatsLeak, CCTV Ban, Meta Threats
SECURITY NEWS There appears to be a WhatsApp data leak of over 500 million users' data in 84...
over a year ago
SECURITY NEWS There appears to be a WhatsApp data leak of over 500 million users' data in 84 countries. They're supposedly selling the data for $7K in the UK, and around $2K in the US and Germany. MORE The FCC has banned Chinese CCTV cameras on sensitive government sites and...
The DESK Magazine
Does it FEEL right?
Design is often taught as a set of rigid rules. And in principle, it makes sense. We may call them...
6 months ago
Design is often taught as a set of rigid rules. And in principle, it makes sense. We may call them "rules" but perhaps it's better to call them fundamentals.
Maps Mania
Battles of World War II & American Wars
5 months ago
alexwlchan
Making a PDF that’s larger than Germany
I was browsing social media this morning, and I saw a claim I’ve seen go past a few times now – that...
10 months ago
I was browsing social media this morning, and I saw a claim I’ve seen go past a few times now – that there’s a maximum size for a PDF document:
Terrible Maps
@TerribleMaps
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99% Invisible
You Ain’t Nothin But a Postmark [EPISODE]
Over a decade after Elvis Presley’s death, the king of rock & roll took over headlines once again as...
a year ago
Over a decade after Elvis Presley’s death, the king of rock & roll took over headlines once again as Americans weighed in on which portrait of Elvis would be forever immortalized on a 29 cent US postage stamp. It was put to a popular vote: should the stamp feature an image of...
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Turning the Static Dynamic with Gatsby + Netlify Functions + Netlify Identity
Gatsby is great for not only static sites but also traditional web applications. You can add...
over a year ago
Gatsby is great for not only static sites but also traditional web applications. You can add authentication and serverless functionality and get up and running incredibly quickly with Netlify - here's how.
Retail Design Blog
Triage Staffing Offices by LEO A DALY
LEO A DALY transformed four abandoned floors into a vibrant, employee-focused office space for...
7 months ago
LEO A DALY transformed four abandoned floors into a vibrant, employee-focused office space for Triage Staffing in Omaha, reflecting the...
Identity Designed
Pilo
Designed by 5.5, Paris.
a year ago
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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6 months ago
Build In Public...
How I Built This In Public: Khe Hy
Lessons from building RadReads and helping over 40,000 professionals in public
a year ago
Lessons from building RadReads and helping over 40,000 professionals in public
The Roots of...
Four lenses on AI risks
All powerful new technologies create both benefits and risks: cars, planes, drugs, radiation. AI is...
a year ago
All powerful new technologies create both benefits and risks: cars, planes, drugs, radiation. AI is on a trajectory to become one of the most powerful technologies we possess; in some scenarios, it becomes by far the most powerful. It therefore will create both extraordinary...
NeuroLogica Blog
Understanding Jumbo Phage Viruses
Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, are the most abundant form of life on Earth. And yet...
7 months ago
Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, are the most abundant form of life on Earth. And yet we know comparatively little about them. But in recent years phage research has taken off with renewed interest. This is partly driven by the availability of CRISPR-based tools for...
Seth's Blog
Just looking
Lots of people go to the beach but very few get in the water. 3,000 students go to the football game...
a year ago
Lots of people go to the beach but very few get in the water. 3,000 students go to the football game to watch 20 of their peers play. And we go to a conference to meet people and connect, and then spend most of our time hoping someone else will see us and care enough […]
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Mouldering Boots of Other Days'
The triolet,
like its cousins the rondeau, rondel, and rondelet, is an intricate French
verse form,...
9 months ago
The triolet,
like its cousins the rondeau, rondel, and rondelet, is an intricate French
verse form, usually eight lines long and written in iambic tetrameter. The
first line is repeated as the fourth and seventh lines. Among English-language
poets, Robert Bridges and Thomas Hardy...
diamond geezer
Loo symbols
This is one of the toughest decisions I've faced recently.
This is the entrance to the public...
10 months ago
This is one of the toughest decisions I've faced recently.
This is the entrance to the public conveniences under the Fulham Broadway Retail Centre.
I should point out that I'm not in the habit of photographing public conveniences. But the toilets at Fulham were very quiet,...
journal – Winnie Lim
how we were loved profoundly influences how we live and love
a personal review of "A general theory of love"
a year ago
a personal review of "A general theory of love"
Casey Handmer's blog
Entrepreneurship changed the way I think
A quick note with some self reflection on the eve of my 37th year and after nearly three years of...
3 months ago
A quick note with some self reflection on the eve of my 37th year and after nearly three years of running a hardware start up. I never saw myself as a founder. At some point a few years ago I realized nearly all my friends were founders or managers of their own business, but I...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
The Out-Of-Pocket Game plan | Out-Of-Pocket
How to build the on-boarding system for healthcare
a year ago
How to build the on-boarding system for healthcare
The Honest Broker
How I Stopped Hating Steely Dan
I thought I was immune, but still became a Dan stan—this is my story
a year ago
I thought I was immune, but still became a Dan stan—this is my story
watchTowr Labs -...
Visionaries Have Democratised Remote Network Access - Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops...
Well, we’re back again, with yet another fresh-off-the-press bug chain (and associated Interactive...
a month ago
Well, we’re back again, with yet another fresh-off-the-press bug chain (and associated Interactive Artifact Generator). This time, it’s in Citrix’s “Virtual Apps and Desktops” offering.
This is a tech stack that enables end-users (and likely, your friendly neighbourhood...
Retail Design Blog
FREITAG store
Following the opening in 2017 of FREITAG‘s first store Down Under, in collaboration with local...
3 months ago
Following the opening in 2017 of FREITAG‘s first store Down Under, in collaboration with local retailer Keoma, the innovative Zurich-based...
Computer Ads from...
Plus Post: Rockwell AIM 65
The Company Rockwell International has been around for quite a while. Willard Rockwell started the...
7 months ago
The Company Rockwell International has been around for quite a while. Willard Rockwell started the company in 1919 to sell a newly designed truck axle bearing. Over the years, Rockwell acquired businesses in many different fields, including defense, industrial electronics,...
NeuroLogica Blog
Everything Will Evaporate
What will be the ultimate fate of our universe? There are a number of theories and possibilities,...
a year ago
What will be the ultimate fate of our universe? There are a number of theories and possibilities, but at present the most likely scenario seems to be that the universe will continue to expand, most mass will eventually find its way into a black hole, and those black holes will...
Jake Zimmerman
Bug squash: An underrated interview question
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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a year ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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12 months ago
Math Is Still...
How Randomness Improves Algorithms
Unpredictability can help computer scientists solve otherwise intractable problems.
The...
a year ago
Unpredictability can help computer scientists solve otherwise intractable problems.
The post How Randomness Improves Algorithms first appeared on Quanta Magazine
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The importance of asking people questions
Andy Weissman’s blog has the tagline “Maximizing the serendipity around you.” It’s a good...
over a year ago
Andy Weissman’s blog has the tagline “Maximizing the serendipity around you.” It’s a good philosophy. I think one of the simplest ways to…
The Rational Walk
A Mind at Play
Claude Shannon is most famous for his groundbreaking work related to information theory, one of many...
a year ago
Claude Shannon is most famous for his groundbreaking work related to information theory, one of many subjects discussed in his fascinating biography.
Musings on Markets
A Zomato 2022 Update: Value, Pricing and the Gap
On July 21, 2021, I valued Zomato just ahead of its initial public offering at about ₹41 per share....
over a year ago
On July 21, 2021, I valued Zomato just ahead of its initial public offering at about ₹41 per share. The market clearly had a very different view, as the stock premiered at ₹74 per share and soared into the stratosphere, peaking at ₹169 per share in late 2021. The last few months...
Londonist
Olympic Park's East Bank Is Open, With Two Landmark Buildings To Visit
Just walk in: UCL East and London College of Fashion.
a year ago
Just walk in: UCL East and London College of Fashion.
A Beautiful Site
Web Components Are Not the Future — They’re the Present
It’s disappointing that some of the most outspoken individuals against Web Components are framework...
2 months ago
It’s disappointing that some of the most outspoken individuals against Web Components are framework maintainers. These individuals are, after all, in some of the best positions to provide valuable feedback. They have a lot of great ideas!
Alas, there’s little incentive for them...
Wait But Why
100 Blocks a Day
Everyone gets 100 10-minute time blocks to use every day. How are you using yours?
The post 100...
over a year ago
Everyone gets 100 10-minute time blocks to use every day. How are you using yours?
The post 100 Blocks a Day appeared first on Wait But Why.
Irrational...
Make an effective executive LinkedIn profile.
tl;dr - it’s valuable to update your LinkedIn profile to be a concise, accurate, and current summary...
a year ago
tl;dr - it’s valuable to update your LinkedIn profile to be a concise, accurate, and current summary of your accomplishment. Spend at most two hours updating it, then ask a friend (ideally a recruiter) for feedback. Incorporate that feedback and don’t think about your profile...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The problem with online “local” businesses
One of the most popular areas for startups today is “local.” I probably see a couple of business...
over a year ago
One of the most popular areas for startups today is “local.” I probably see a couple of business plans a week that involve local search…
diamond geezer
QEOP development check
Ten years ago, when Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park fully opened, I showed you this graphic showing all...
8 months ago
Ten years ago, when Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park fully opened, I showed you this graphic showing all the adjacent parcels of land proposed for development. Ignore the blues because they were already up and running in 2014, specifically the East Village (previously the Athletes...
Alex Meub
Building an E-Ink Joke of the Day Fridge Magnet
My 6-year-old is obsessed with jokes and often asks me for any new ones I’ve heard. I usually can’t...
a year ago
My 6-year-old is obsessed with jokes and often asks me for any new ones I’ve heard. I usually can’t remember many, which gave me the idea of creating a fridge magnet to display jokes in our kitchen. This is the finished product:
I wanted a highly readable and battery-efficient...
Construction Physics
The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines
Tunneling is an important technology for modern civilization, as a tunnel is often the only...
a year ago
Tunneling is an important technology for modern civilization, as a tunnel is often the only reasonable way to create a direct path between two points. When the Hoosac tunnel was completed in 1875, it turned a difficult, 20-mile railroad route along “
Common Edge
How Might We Talk About the Shoreline of San Francisco?
Bay Lexicon continues Jane Wolff’s exploration of landscapes and how finding a common language can...
10 months ago
Bay Lexicon continues Jane Wolff’s exploration of landscapes and how finding a common language can enable better conversations about them.
Probably...
Testing Percentiles
Here’s another installment in Data Q&A: Answering the real questions with Python. Previous...
7 months ago
Here’s another installment in Data Q&A: Answering the real questions with Python. Previous installments are available from the Data Q&A landing page. test_percentile Testing percentiles¶ Here’s a question from the Reddit statistics forum. I have two different samples (about 100...
TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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5 months ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bring Back
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
This is the real afterlife.
Today's News:
5 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
This is the real afterlife.
Today's News:
ntietz.com blog
It's easier to code review Rust than Python
On Monday, I was talking to a friend about programming and I mentioned that I prefer to review Rust...
a year ago
On Monday, I was talking to a friend about programming and I mentioned that I prefer to review Rust code over Python code.
He asked why, and I had some rambling answer, but I had to take some time to think about it.
It boils down to the fact that I can give a much better review...
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
a week ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
Jonas Hietala
Vacation
Finally back from a 2 week vacation up at Övertorneå. It’s been pretty great to be taken care of and...
over a year ago
Finally back from a 2 week vacation up at Övertorneå. It’s been pretty great to be taken care of and not doing anything. Well, I did get my ass kicked in Terra Mystica and I played a bit of Minecraft, but still. We got some nice food and my in-laws and my parents were nice.
I’m...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Why Svelte? (The Short Version)
The short version of Why Svelte
over a year ago
The short version of Why Svelte
SatPost by Trung...
Who Will Run Berkshire After Buffett?
PLUS: Group Chat Rules, 5 Banks in Disguise, Chipotle's Memo.
6 months ago
PLUS: Group Chat Rules, 5 Banks in Disguise, Chipotle's Memo.
mtlynch.io
Guidelines for Freelance Developers Working with Me
I’ve been hiring software developers and other freelancers for the past seven years. Even though I...
over a year ago
I’ve been hiring software developers and other freelancers for the past seven years. Even though I write most code myself, hiring other developers is a tremendous force multiplier that frees up time for other parts of my business.
Freelancers work well if you manage the...
macwright.com
How to set headers on objects in R2 using rclone
How do you set a Cache-Control header on an object in R2 when you’re using rclone to upload?
I...
11 months ago
How do you set a Cache-Control header on an object in R2 when you’re using rclone to upload?
I burned a lot of time figuring this out. There are a lot of options that look like they’ll do it, but here it is:
--header-upload='Cache-Control:...
Product Identity
The identity of Product Identity
A premiere launching letter
a year ago
A premiere launching letter
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
Patrick Kayongo
On Leaving Coffee
It’s not the smell of the brew that you miss most Though the scent certainly does do something It’s...
a year ago
It’s not the smell of the brew that you miss most Though the scent certainly does do something It’s not the memory of the dark beans that haunt your thoughts Though their beauty can’t be unseen It’s not the burst of energy from the first sip Though it’s hard to find other means...
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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11 months ago
Daniel Bourke
Home alone on a Saturday night
Got caught in thought space today.
Ideas galore, activities here and there, actions minimal, lots of...
over a year ago
Got caught in thought space today.
Ideas galore, activities here and there, actions minimal, lots of standing around watching not enough touching.
Like the guy with a crush on a girl but never says anything.
So I took a step outside thought space.
And found gravity.
Twenty...
Contemporist...
This Library Is Almost Entirely Built Into The Land Around It
Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has recently completed a new library in Kisarazu, Japan, that has been built...
a year ago
Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has recently completed a new library in Kisarazu, Japan, that has been built into the earth.
Math Is Still...
A Tower of Conjectures That Rests Upon a Needle
On its surface, the Kakeya conjecture is a simple statement about rotating needles. But it underlies...
a year ago
On its surface, the Kakeya conjecture is a simple statement about rotating needles. But it underlies a wealth of mathematics.
The post A Tower of Conjectures That Rests Upon a Needle first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Notes on software...
Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 6. LLVM system calls
Previously in compiler basics:
1. lisp to assembly
2. user-defined functions and variables
...
over a year ago
Previously in compiler basics:
1. lisp to assembly
2. user-defined functions and variables
3. LLVM
4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci
5. an x86 upgrade
In this post we'll extend the ulisp
compiler's LLVM backend to
support printing integers to...
Maps Mania
2½ Half Weeks with Mrs Rauer
11 months ago
Strange Loop Canon
Why AI hasn’t shown up in the GDP statistics yet
AI is meant to bring us closer to utopia, according to its builders.
4 months ago
AI is meant to bring us closer to utopia, according to its builders.
diamond geezer
Sunday transport news
Some transport news
Central line news
well known in tubular circles that the longest direct...
9 months ago
Some transport news
Central line news
well known in tubular circles that the longest direct journey on the Underground is between Epping and West Ruislip on the Central line. It's 54.9km long (34.1 miles), comfortably ahead of Uxbridge to Cockfosters on the Piccadilly line...
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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2 months ago
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker: Lisa Stubbs
Hi, I'm a printmaker and illustrator living in the Holme Valley in Yorkshire, with a little print...
8 months ago
Hi, I'm a printmaker and illustrator living in the Holme Valley in Yorkshire, with a little print studio in the neighbouring Colne valley.
Describe your printmaking process.
Playful and experimental! I love being curious during my process, combining different processes together...
The Marginalian
Beautiful Bacteria: Mesmerizing Photomicroscopy of Earth’s Oldest Life-forms
For as long as humans have been alive, we have mistaken the limits of our sense-perception for the...
a month ago
For as long as humans have been alive, we have mistaken the limits of our sense-perception for the full extent of reality — thinking our galaxy the only one, because that was as far as we could see; thinking life impossible below 300 fathoms, because that was as far as we could...
mtlynch.io
Start Small, Stay Small by Rob Walling
I wish that I had found this book nine years ago. It taught me a great deal about choosing the right...
over a year ago
I wish that I had found this book nine years ago. It taught me a great deal about choosing the right product to build and the advantages of targeting small niches. The author makes compelling points about the importance of marketing and small founders’ common pitfall of treating...
TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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a month ago
CONTEMPORIST
Cork Was Used As The Exterior Siding On This Home Extension
Mitchell + Corti Architects has designed a new rear ground floor extension for a home in England,...
a year ago
Mitchell + Corti Architects has designed a new rear ground floor extension for a home in England, that’s clad in cork. The architect mentions, “We chose to clad the extension in something a little different a dark patterned cork, in order to use a sustainable material and test...
alexwlchan
Two examples of hover styles on images
I enjoy adding :hover styles to my websites.
A good hover style reminds me of how fast and...
2 months ago
I enjoy adding :hover styles to my websites.
A good hover style reminds me of how fast and responsive our computers can be, if we let them.
For example, I add a thicker underline when you hover over a link on this site, and it appears/disappears almost instantly as I move my...
Paul Graham: Essays
You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss
over a year ago
Coding Horror
The Great Filter Comes For Us All
With a 13 billion year head start on evolution, why haven't any other forms of life in the universe...
2 weeks ago
With a 13 billion year head start on evolution, why haven't any other forms of life in the universe contacted us by now?
teaching the aliens how to exit Vim
(Arrival is a fantastic movie. Watch it, but don't stop there - read the Story of
Coding Horror
Hacker, Hack Thyself
We've read so many sad stories about communities that were fatally compromised or destroyed due to...
over a year ago
We've read so many sad stories about communities that were fatally compromised or destroyed due to security exploits. We took that lesson to heart when we founded the Discourse project; we endeavor to build open source software that is secure and safe for communities by default,...
Maps Mania
Mapping Mythical Islands & Imaginary Lands
a month ago
Herbert Lui
Disorientation
When you first land in a new place, where you don’t speak the language, you’re probably going to...
2 weeks ago
When you first land in a new place, where you don’t speak the language, you’re probably going to make some mistakes. You’ll get in the wrong line at the airport. Queue on the wrong side of the escalator. Realize you’ve unintentionally broken etiquette or convention of some sort....
Open Culture
What’s Under London? Discover London’s Forbidden Underworld
When the words London and underground come together, the first thing that comes to most of our...
6 months ago
When the words London and underground come together, the first thing that comes to most of our minds, naturally, is the London Underground. But though it may enjoy the honorable distinction of the world’s first railway to run below the streets, the stalwart Tube is hardly the...
McMansion Hell
here are some things i like
Often people say to me, “Kate, you’re an architecture critic! You must have an impeccably designed...
a year ago
Often people say to me, “Kate, you’re an architecture critic! You must have an impeccably designed home full of wonderful design.” Haha, NO! However, I do think it’s entirely possible to collect design and live an aesthetically satisfying life on, like, a normal salary. Last...
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware February 2023
The Ware for February 2023 is just a tiny portion of a Pioneer DDJ-400. Still enough for wrm to...
a year ago
The Ware for February 2023 is just a tiny portion of a Pioneer DDJ-400. Still enough for wrm to guess it exactly! Congrats, email me for your prize. It is the case that Pioneer gear has a very distinctive design style to it. I wonder if their PCB design software isn’t some...
SatPost by Trung...
Gordon Ramsay's Apprenticeship
The iconic chef said a top-tier mentor (Marco Pierre-White) taught him the value of learning high...
8 months ago
The iconic chef said a top-tier mentor (Marco Pierre-White) taught him the value of learning high standards and how to take the reins.
AFAR Media - Travel...
Reasons Why Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Are the Getaway Destinations
a year ago
Eukaryote Writes...
Internet Harvest (2020, 2)
Internet Harvest is a selection of the most succulent links on the internet that I’ve recently...
over a year ago
Internet Harvest is a selection of the most succulent links on the internet that I’ve recently plucked from its fruitful boughs. Feel free to discuss the links in the comments. Also, semi-intentionally, none of the links in this harvest are COVID-19-related. If you want some...
Posts on Nikita...
Writing JIT Compiler on the Plane
Feel free to join the discussion on HackerNews.
Compilers always seemed a little bit like magic to...
over a year ago
Feel free to join the discussion on HackerNews.
Compilers always seemed a little bit like magic to me. You write the code in some language and then it spits out bitcode that a small crystall inside your computer understands.
Some databases ship with a specialized compiler inside...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 5-11 February 2024
The best articles from the past week.
10 months ago
The best articles from the past week.
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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5 months ago
Christian Selig
Smart Open Xcode
If you’re like me, you often have multiple versions of Xcode installed. One or two beta versions, a...
a year ago
If you’re like me, you often have multiple versions of Xcode installed. One or two beta versions, a stable version, and maybe another version in case the most recent stable version has something weird about it.
I also really like mapping my Caps Lock key to something more useful,...
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, January 2024
The Ware for January 2024 is shown below. I picked up this little gizmo at a junk shop in Akihabara....
10 months ago
The Ware for January 2024 is shown below. I picked up this little gizmo at a junk shop in Akihabara. I actually have no idea what the original purpose was, so I’m curious to see if anyone can convince me as to what this thing did, presumably for many years and millions of times....
Wanderingspace
Saturn Vortex
“This is a view of a ~2,000-km-wide vortex of swirling clouds above Saturn's north pole, imaged in...
3 weeks ago
“This is a view of a ~2,000-km-wide vortex of swirling clouds above Saturn's north pole, imaged in polarized light with Cassini's narrow-angle camera on November 27, 2012. I've processed the original monochrome image to approximate the color of the area at the time.” — Jason...
Rest of World -...
Ride-hailing unions in Africa are struggling for traction
Drivers’ unions in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Tanzania say they’re no match for...
a year ago
Drivers’ unions in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Tanzania say they’re no match for companies like Uber, Bolt, and inDrive.
A Beautiful Site
Semantic version numbers
Gone are the days of arbitrarily assigning version numbers to every new software release. With...
over a year ago
Gone are the days of arbitrarily assigning version numbers to every new software release. With semantic versioning, the question of how and when to bump versions is made simple.
According to semver.org, the syntax for version numbers should go like this: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
When...
Epic Web Dev
Unleash the Designer in You (with Tailwind CSS) (article)
Explore how Tailwind CSS fosters collaboration between developers and designers, enhancing UI design...
5 months ago
Explore how Tailwind CSS fosters collaboration between developers and designers, enhancing UI design skills with utility classes and shared principles.
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Dayton, Ohio Part 7 (Hodgepodge)
The Dayton trip came to an end but I still had a bunch of stuff to talk about that didn’t fit into...
7 months ago
The Dayton trip came to an end but I still had a bunch of stuff to talk about that didn’t fit into any of the earlier articles. Naturally I’ve collected them all together within this final compilation to serve as a wrap-up. Then we can call this one done and move onto the next...
Good Enough
My Tears of the Kingdom Addiction
I don’t know how big my internet social bubble really is, but it feels like everyone in the world...
a year ago
I don’t know how big my internet social bubble really is, but it feels like everyone in the world that bubble has been playing a lot of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom lately. Me included! It’s amazing, and I’m thoroughly engrossed—I think I’ve stayed up playing until...
Aaron's Essays
Utopia Bets / Apocalypse Bets
I think that it is nearly impossible to figure out the exact changes that new technologies will...
over a year ago
I think that it is nearly impossible to figure out the exact changes that new technologies will create in the world. That's problematic because investing in startups is largely about figuring out whether or not a team with a new technology - or application of existing technology...
This Space
Notes from overground
Seventeen years ago my copy of Richard Ford's The Lay of the Land was delayed in the post and...
12 months ago
Seventeen years ago my copy of Richard Ford's The Lay of the Land was delayed in the post and arrived long after the novel had been reviewed in all the big newspapers so, instead of riding the wave of publication, I was dragged under by its backwash. I had to answer a question...
Fonts In Use: Blog...
Martyr! book jacket
Contributed by Stephen Coles
Source: lithub.com License: All Rights Reserved.
Martyr! is a...
9 months ago
Contributed by Stephen Coles
Source: lithub.com License: All Rights Reserved.
Martyr! is a novel by Iranian-American writer Kaveh Akbar that combines modern situations with traditional imagery. For the jacket, prolific cover designer Linda Huang did what she does so...
Matt Mullenweg
Where is Lee Wittlinger?
Lee controls the board of WP Engine. The board is why WP Engine hasn’t done a trademark deal for...
2 months ago
Lee controls the board of WP Engine. The board is why WP Engine hasn’t done a trademark deal for their use of the WordPress and WooCommerce trademarks. You hide behind lawyers and corporate PR when you’re wrong, not when you’re right. I’m replying on Twitter, I’m commenting on...
Strange Loop Canon
Whither Utopia?
The mystery of why we don't dream of building perfect societies anymore
6 months ago
The mystery of why we don't dream of building perfect societies anymore
Nat Eliason's...
Great Writing is Invisible
Helping the hallucination
a year ago
Helping the hallucination
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
The Diff
Longreads + Open Thread
Shanghai, Wrong, Returns, Nuclear, Employee Performance, Feedback Loops, Buffett
3 weeks ago
Shanghai, Wrong, Returns, Nuclear, Employee Performance, Feedback Loops, Buffett
A Beautiful Site
I'm taking "startup" back
The word "startup" has taken on a very unfortunate meaning over the years. I used to think of my own...
over a year ago
The word "startup" has taken on a very unfortunate meaning over the years. I used to think of my own business as a startup, but as its definition evolved, I quickly realized I didn't fit that description at all.
The word "startup", by definition, means the act or instance of...
NeuroLogica Blog
What Happened to the Atmosphere on Mars
Of every world known to humans outside the Earth, Mars is likely the most habitable. We have not...
2 months ago
Of every world known to humans outside the Earth, Mars is likely the most habitable. We have not found any genuinely Earth-like exoplanets. They are almost sure to exist, but we just haven’t found any yet. The closest so far is Kepler 452-b, which is a super Earth, specifically...
Nothing Human
Prayer over a new smartphone
Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most...
a year ago
Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most treasured possession. I will feel your weight in my pocket every moment of every day, a presence as constant as my breath. The muscles and bones of my hand, arm, and shoulder will deform...
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“It is the human friction that makes the sparks”
From Jonah Lehrer, Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work (via Stowe Boyd): Building 20 [a scene of...
over a year ago
From Jonah Lehrer, Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work (via Stowe Boyd): Building 20 [a scene of incredible innovation at MIT] and…
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Happiness
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5 months ago
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A Beautiful Site
Passing data from PHP to JavaScript
Have you ever needed to send a PHP variable, array, or object to JavaScript? It can get complicated...
over a year ago
Have you ever needed to send a PHP variable, array, or object to JavaScript? It can get complicated trying to escape the output properly. Here's a way that always works—no escaping necessary.
Let's say we have the following variable in PHP:
$name = 'Bob Marley';
And we want to...
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
Scott DeLong
Weeks 40-43: A $5k Month and Billion Dollar Idea
The second to the last update is focused and short. I have just one goal: convert subscribers into...
a year ago
The second to the last update is focused and short. I have just one goal: convert subscribers into paying customers.
The post Weeks 40-43: A $5k Month and Billion Dollar Idea appeared first on Scott DeLong.
Londonist
16 Spring Day Trips From London: April 2024
Steam trains, flower festivals and a mysterious grotto.
9 months ago
Steam trains, flower festivals and a mysterious grotto.
Stoic Simple
How Stoicism Teaches Us To Have Healthier Relationships
In the pursuit of healthy relationships, many individuals turn to various forms of therapy and...
a year ago
In the pursuit of healthy relationships, many individuals turn to various forms of therapy and self-help techniques to improve their communication skills, emotional intelligence, and overall well-being. One such approach that has gained popularity in recent years is Stoicism....
Anecdotal Evidence
'It Bubbles and Chuckles Along'
“Persistently
obscure writers will usually be found to be defective human beings.”
A truth I
had...
2 months ago
“Persistently
obscure writers will usually be found to be defective human beings.”
A truth I
had been waiting to hear for much of my life. Willful obscurity (which is not
the same as complexity) is favored by writers contemptuous of readers. Avant-gardistes often fancy...
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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9 months ago
diamond geezer
The most/least popular journeys between tube stations
What's the most popular journey between tube stations?
an FOI request published yesterday. The...
6 months ago
What's the most popular journey between tube stations?
an FOI request published yesterday. The data is
a) for journeys in the calendar year 2023
We have had similar spreadsheets before, but this is the first
The most popular journey is from Liverpool Street to Tottenham...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Empirical
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11 months ago
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TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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4 months ago
Home on Erik...
The software engineering rule of 3
Here's a dumb extremely accurate rule I'm postulating* for software engineering projects: *you need...
over a year ago
Here's a dumb extremely accurate rule I'm postulating* for software engineering projects: *you need at least 3 examples before you solve the right problem*.
This is what I've noticed:
Don't factor out shared code between two classes.
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Local Baker’s Top Picks to Maine’s Best Winter Adventures
4 months ago
Posts on Made of...
Why the Sorbet typechecker is fast
This is the second in an indefinite series of posts about things that I think went well in the...
over a year ago
This is the second in an indefinite series of posts about things that I think went well in the Sorbet project. The previous one covered our testing approach.
Sorbet is fast. Numerous of our early users commented specifically on how fast it was, and how much they appreciated this...
Seth's Blog
Confusion and delay
Marketing is generally about action. Marketers seek to create the conditions for a change to happen,...
a year ago
Marketing is generally about action. Marketers seek to create the conditions for a change to happen, for people to accomplish their goals and to satisfy their needs. But since 1950, some marketers have worked in a different direction. To sow confusion and doubt, and most of all,...
diamond geezer
Dangleway Week (3)
Danglegeek (6) Final facts
• Did you know that if your Dangleway journey is delayed for 15...
a year ago
Danglegeek (6) Final facts
• Did you know that if your Dangleway journey is delayed for 15 minutes or more by bad weather, customer incidents, engineering works, security alerts or strikes you may be able to get a refund. It says so on the delay repay webpage.
TfL website, one...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Canvas: A Bet On New EMRs | Out-Of-Pocket
what if EMRs didn't totally suck?
a year ago
what if EMRs didn't totally suck?
Old Structures...
The Grenfell Report
The “phase 2” report on the Grenfell has recently been published by the official inquiry panel:...
3 months ago
The “phase 2” report on the Grenfell has recently been published by the official inquiry panel: here. The New Civil Engineer has a good short summary here: “Grenfell disaster: ‘culmination of decades of failure by government and construction industry’” In one sense there are few...
Seth's Blog
“What’s the catch?”
It’s an important question. Lots of opportunities come with one, and going in with your eyes open...
8 months ago
It’s an important question. Lots of opportunities come with one, and going in with your eyes open helps avoid problems later. Two challenges: Sometimes, a really good opportunity doesn’t actually have a catch. And spending a lot of time looking for one keeps us from the work we...
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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The premise trap
The hardest part for me about collaborating with junior programmers, whether it's in open source or...
6 days ago
The hardest part for me about collaborating with junior programmers, whether it's in open source or at work, is avoiding the premise trap. That's where the fundamental assumptions baked into the first draft of the code aren't questioned until you've already spent far too long...
The Marginalian
Nothing: The Illustrated Story of How John Cage Revolutionized Music Through Silence
"We make our lives by what we love."
7 months ago
"We make our lives by what we love."
Retail Design Blog
AP House by Lissoni & Partners
Swiss ultra luxury watch maker Audemars Piguet continues to raise its profile in Europe‘s leading...
7 months ago
Swiss ultra luxury watch maker Audemars Piguet continues to raise its profile in Europe‘s leading shopping destinations by opening flagship...
Mark Manson
3 Principles for a Better Life
I used to have a newsletter with the pitch, “3 Ideas That Can Change Your Life.” For years, I sent...
over a year ago
I used to have a newsletter with the pitch, “3 Ideas That Can Change Your Life.” For years, I sent out emails in that format: three ideas—one, two, three—thank you, drive through.
News flash: I've got a new weekly newsletter now called The Breakthrough where I send out ideas and...
Louwrentius
ZFS: resilver performance of various RAID schemas
When building your own DIY home NAS, it is important that you simulate and test drive failures...
over a year ago
When building your own DIY home NAS, it is important that you simulate and test drive failures before you put your important data on it. It makes sense to know what to do in case a drive needs to be replaced. I also recommend putting a substantial amount of data on your NAS and...
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
Both Are True
My son, the two year old soccer prodigy
he just doesn't know it yet // S1E2
a year ago
he just doesn't know it yet // S1E2
A Smart Bear
Discount gambit
Discounting is the typical sales technique, but refusing to discount can lead to a much better...
a year ago
Discounting is the typical sales technique, but refusing to discount can lead to a much better business, even in the Enterprise.
diamond geezer
Unblogged 1984
31 unblogged things I did in December 1984
They didn't have blogs or the internet forty years ago,...
3 days ago
31 unblogged things I did in December 1984
They didn't have blogs or the internet forty years ago, indeed my Sinclair ZX81 wasn't capable of much, but here are 31 things I didn't digitally publish at the time. To help you get your bearings I was 19 and December featured one week...
Retail Design Blog
Nikon flagship store by LUKSTUDIO
‘Creativity is the art of balancing the infinite and the finite.’ This quote from Oscar Wilde...
3 months ago
‘Creativity is the art of balancing the infinite and the finite.’ This quote from Oscar Wilde perfectly captures the essence...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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11 months ago
Open Culture
Read 20 Short Stories From Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Alice Munro (RIP) Free Online
Note: Back in 2013, when Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature, we published a post...
7 months ago
Note: Back in 2013, when Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature, we published a post featuring 20 short stories written by Munro. Today, with the sad news that Alice Munro has passed away, at the age of 92, we’re bringing the original post (from October 10, 2013) back to...
Hixie's Natural Log
Assertions
We're pretty aggressive about assertions in the Flutter framework.
There's several reasons for...
a year ago
We're pretty aggressive about assertions in the Flutter framework.
There's several reasons for this.
The original reason was that when I wrote a bunch of this code, I had nowhere for it to run. I literally wrote the first few thousand(?) lines of framework code before we...
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Data outlasts Code, yet Code keeps winning
My recent End of Localhost piece on Hacker News came with the usual dash of HN criticism devolving...
over a year ago
My recent End of Localhost piece on Hacker News came with the usual dash of HN criticism devolving into blaming beginners for not knowing the same parts of the stack that they consider mandatory:
TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
Artificial Ignorance
The State of AI Engineering (2024)
Notes from the AI Engineer World's Fair.
5 months ago
Notes from the AI Engineer World's Fair.
Old Structures...
The Same But Different
This is an 1884 photograph of Broadway looking north from just south of Houston Street. Broadway...
11 months ago
This is an 1884 photograph of Broadway looking north from just south of Houston Street. Broadway runs straight from here until the bend at 10th Street where Grace Church is, and the church is just barely visible at the end of the street. Unlike most photos of Manhattan from the...
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How to Download Twitter Spaces That Aren't Yours
Grabbing the audio
over a year ago
AVC
The Blackbird Platform
The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird‘s platform. It is a friends...
a year ago
The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird‘s platform. It is a friends and family program at a restaurant in Williamsburg Brooklyn called Gertie. Blackbird wrote about it today on their excellent Supersonic blog: Throughout, when you tap Gertie’s...
Quentin Santos
AMD CPUs, CCDs and CCXs
When researching for my article about Linux pipes and for other upcoming articles, I had to get more...
2 months ago
When researching for my article about Linux pipes and for other upcoming articles, I had to get more familiar with how my CPU works. I thought I knew quite a bit, with L1/L2/L3 caches, ISA extensions, branch predictors, register renaming and so much more. But, it turns out, even...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Netlify Public Folder, Part V: Now With an Image CDN
On ShopTalkShow no. 628, Chris and Dave got to talking about s3/r2 and hosted media solutions. Dave...
4 months ago
On ShopTalkShow no. 628, Chris and Dave got to talking about s3/r2 and hosted media solutions. Dave graciously gave a shoutout to my Netlify “public folder” workflow, which reminded me of something I’ve been meaning to write about.
Chris mentions how he prefers being able to drop...
Home on Erik...
Nearest neighbors and vector models – part 2 – algorithms and data structures
This is a blog post rewritten from a presentation at NYC Machine Learning on Sep 17. It covers a...
over a year ago
This is a blog post rewritten from a presentation at NYC Machine Learning on Sep 17. It covers a library called Annoy that I have built that helps you do nearest neighbor queries in high dimensional spaces.
Noahpinion
How did the U.S. achieve a soft landing?
Four simple theories.
a year ago
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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a year ago
Left To Write
The Power of Storytelling
Seriously, this is the skill you want to learn
a year ago
Seriously, this is the skill you want to learn
Sarah Parmenter
Blushbar is 4 this year–here’s what I’ve learned.
. The Salon Business is Hard It’s been four long years, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’ve...
over a year ago
. The Salon Business is Hard It’s been four long years, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’ve learned so much about business during these last four years; I can’t even begin to start writing it all down. The salon business is a complicated business to make work. It runs on...
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 months ago
The Modern House
Our guide to Camden Town and Primrose Hill: from panoramic views to a community ceramics space
a year ago
somethingaboutmaps
2022 Freelancer Survey Results
Thank you once again to everyone who participated in this year’s survey of freelance cartographer...
over a year ago
Thank you once again to everyone who participated in this year’s survey of freelance cartographer rates and business practices! Herein, you will find the results of the survey, sliced into a few different charts and visuals, all crafted by my survey partner Aly Ollivierre. For...
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
Neil Madden
Making things
I made my daughter a toy tree house thing for Christmas out of old firewood (and a slice of cedar...
over a year ago
I made my daughter a toy tree house thing for Christmas out of old firewood (and a slice of cedar donated by a neighbour). It’s a bit clunky in places — “rustic” shall we say? But I probably enjoyed making this, over a few weeks of lunchtimes and evenings, more than anything I’ve...
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
Probably...
Zipf’s Law
Elements of Data Science is in print now, available from Lulu.com and online booksellers. To...
a month ago
Elements of Data Science is in print now, available from Lulu.com and online booksellers. To celebrate, I’ll post some excerpts here, starting with one of my favorite examples, Zipf’s Law. You can read the complete chapter here, or run the Jupyter notebook on Colab. In almost any...
Maggie Appleton
Immutable Data with Immer and Personal Assistant Bots
over a year ago
This Space
Wall by Jen Craig
“This novel gives the reader one of the best depictions of thinking in fiction that I have read in a...
a year ago
“This novel gives the reader one of the best depictions of thinking in fiction that I have read in a long time” – Talking Big
"... combines exactitude and vagueness, immediacy and distance, to approximate how scatty, worm-like human thought might be represented on the page" – The...
Making software...
Improving Laptop Battery Performance on OpenBSD
Improving Laptop Battery Performance on OpenBSD
2023-06-13
It is no secret that OpenBSD has poor...
a year ago
Improving Laptop Battery Performance on OpenBSD
2023-06-13
It is no secret that OpenBSD has poor battery performance on laptops. Although not as impressive as something like Alpine Linux or FreeBSD, you can tweak OpenBSD just enough to squeeze more life out of your machine's...
Common Edge
In Warsaw, a Student-Designed Architectural Response to Dark Times
The Freedom Pavilion offers a beautiful way to contemplate peace, freedom, and solidarity with...
a year ago
The Freedom Pavilion offers a beautiful way to contemplate peace, freedom, and solidarity with Ukraine.
Willem's Blog
Making my own tablet OS
I wondered if I could escape Windows by installing Debian GNU/Linux on a Surface Go, read along to...
over a year ago
I wondered if I could escape Windows by installing Debian GNU/Linux on a Surface Go, read along to find out how to do this!
Moneyness
How is the foreign expansion of Canadian banks going?
With the high profile nixing of TD Bank's purchase of First Horizon Bank last month, I thought I'd...
a year ago
With the high profile nixing of TD Bank's purchase of First Horizon Bank last month, I thought I'd take a step back and try to visualize the last few decades of Canadian bank expansion outside of the country.
What I've done is go through the annual reports of the big-5 banks at...
TheCollector
Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
Common Edge
The Deceptive Grandeur of City Skylines
Empty office towers are likely to remain that way for years.
4 months ago
Empty office towers are likely to remain that way for years.
Uncharted...
6 Questions You Asked Yourself about Solar
How fast will it take over, how fast are costs shrinking, why is it so cheap, what industries will...
a month ago
How fast will it take over, how fast are costs shrinking, why is it so cheap, what industries will it birth, how much surface will it take up, where will it appear first?
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Light
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have...
a year ago
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Bed in Summer This post is part of a series about building a house that looks and feels traditional in New Hampshire. However, this...
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Notes on Time Management from a Dying Professor
Notes on Randy Pausch's lecture on Time Management
over a year ago
Notes on Randy Pausch's lecture on Time Management
Old Structures...
Born In The Bronx
The central dome of the US Capitol on May 9, 1861: There was a certain symbolism to its incomplete...
6 months ago
The central dome of the US Capitol on May 9, 1861: There was a certain symbolism to its incomplete state given that the Civil War had begun the previous month, but that was a coincidence. The replacement of the original wooden dome had been planned for some time. The old dome was...
Londonist
The Must-See London Exhibitions To Look Forward To In 2024
A glance ahead to the capital's upcoming blockbuster exhibitions.
a year ago
A glance ahead to the capital's upcoming blockbuster exhibitions.
The Pragmatic...
The state of startup funding
I’ve crunched data from a variety of sources for a sense of how startup funding is trending. So far,...
a year ago
I’ve crunched data from a variety of sources for a sense of how startup funding is trending. So far, it’s downwards. What does this mean for tech? My analysis.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Pitching the VC partnership
The last step to raising venture capital is normally a 1 hour pitch to the whole partnership during...
over a year ago
The last step to raising venture capital is normally a 1 hour pitch to the whole partnership during their weekly monday meeting. This is…
Tech + Economics +...
I hate work.
The piercing sound of my alarm shatters the stillness of my room at the
ungodly hour of 5 AM, and...
a year ago
The piercing sound of my alarm shatters the stillness of my room at the
ungodly hour of 5 AM, and I reluctantly drag myself out of bed. It’s the
same daily grind, a routine I’ve been stuck in for years, first as a sound
engineer, then as a tech exec, and now as an indie...
Tech and Tea
Small steps, Big dreams
proudly announcing Tech and Tea
a year ago
proudly announcing Tech and Tea
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
How to make volunteer-driven open source projects successful
Success can come in many ways. But many aspire to have a big user base: it’s nice if your open...
over a year ago
Success can come in many ways. But many aspire to have a big user base: it’s nice if your open...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Madder Cutch & Co.
We are screen printers. We presume everyone knows that this is pushing ink through a mesh, which has...
over a year ago
We are screen printers. We presume everyone knows that this is pushing ink through a mesh, which has a pattern on it, using a squeegee. In our case, the screen and squeegee are quite big!
We print linen by the metre and it is mainly used for home decorations, including...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Paradox
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4 months ago
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Whenever I explain this to someone the only responses are amazement and being unable to fathom why anyone would care.
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