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My Taipei Quarantine Part of what brought me to Taiwan was bureaucratic thrill seeking. Few other countries had gone...
26th Apr 2022
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My Taipei Quarantine

from Idle Words [alt+shift+b] in literature

26th Apr 2022
Part of what brought me to Taiwan was bureaucratic thrill seeking. Few other countries had gone from “just hop on a plane” to North Korean levels of inaccessibility as fast as Taiwan, and like a cat that paws at a door just because it's closed, I wanted in. The country was...
Zoo elephants get a musical toy to enrich their lives Everyone loves looking at exotic animals and most of us only get to do that at zoos. But, of course,...
2nd Dec 2024
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Zoo elephants get a musical toy to enrich their lives

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

2nd Dec 2024
Everyone loves looking at exotic animals and most of us only get to do that at zoos. But, of course, there is a lot to be said about the morality of keeping those animals in captivity. So, good zoos put a lot of effort into keeping their animals healthy and happy. For more...
Jennifer Granick: Modern Surveillance: Why You Should Care and What You Can Do The future of privacy begins with the current state of surveillance. The 21st century practices of...
4th May 2020
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4th May 2020
The future of privacy begins with the current state of surveillance. The 21st century practices of US intelligence agencies push the technological, legal and political limits of lawful surveillance. Jennifer Granick is a civil liberties and privacy law expert with the American...
ET-Jekyll Theme ET-Jekyll Theme 2018-01-14 ET-Jekyll theme is based off of Dave Liepmann’s awesome Tufte CSS - which...
14th Jan 2018
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ET-Jekyll Theme

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

14th Jan 2018
ET-Jekyll Theme 2018-01-14 ET-Jekyll theme is based off of Dave Liepmann’s awesome Tufte CSS - which takes it’s style and inspiration from the wonderful book and handout designs of Edward Tufte. The differences are subtle when comparing my variation to Tufte CSS, but these...
Apple has a new CEO. Now comes the hard part. September is here, and there’s actually quite a bit going on.
1st Sep 2026
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Apple has a new CEO. Now comes the hard part.

from Mazdak [alt+shift+b] in finance

1st Sep 2026
September is here, and there’s actually quite a bit going on.
The USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map A new, colorful map from the USGS synthesizes decades of state and federal geologic surveys to...
1st Dec 2025
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The USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map

from Beautiful Public Data [alt+shift+b] in science

1st Dec 2025
A new, colorful map from the USGS synthesizes decades of state and federal geologic surveys to create the most detailed visualization of the geology of the contiguous United States to date.
28th Jul 2014
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2014-07-28

from David Crawshaw [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Jul 2014
The Cloud vs Edge Debate Is Over Why choose between Cloud and Edge when you can have both?
26th May 2026
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The Cloud vs Edge Debate Is Over

from Marco Bambini [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th May 2026
Why choose between Cloud and Edge when you can have both?
Is AI Sentient Revisited On the SGU this week we interviewed Blake Lemoine, the ex-Google employee who believes that Google’s...
3rd Apr 2023
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Is AI Sentient Revisited

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

3rd Apr 2023
On the SGU this week we interviewed Blake Lemoine, the ex-Google employee who believes that Google’s LaMDA may be sentient, based on his interactions with it. This was a fascinating discussion, and even though I think we did a pretty deep dive in the time we had, it also felt...
The Mirror With No Reflection From lovers to spouses, from employers to parental approval, we search for ourselves in others'...
12th Sep 2025
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The Mirror With No Reflection

from Simone Salis [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Sep 2025
From lovers to spouses, from employers to parental approval, we search for ourselves in others' eyes—creating perhaps the most elaborate illusion ever sustained: that validation exists outside the self that seeks it.
Contribution and abundance Ben Horowitz gave this remarkable response to a question about joy and happiness on Time Well Spent:...
4th May 2021
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Contribution and abundance

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

4th May 2021
Ben Horowitz gave this remarkable response to a question about joy and happiness on Time Well Spent: In my experience there are really two things that lead to happiness and everything else is mostly noise. The two things are contribution and abundance. Contribution is basically...
Short Posts Why are posts so long?
14th Feb 2024
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Short Posts

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

14th Feb 2024
Why are posts so long?
The Best Product Managers Have The Worst Ideas It’s hard finding good product people. That fact is really a tragedy because they are probably the...
2nd Nov 2021
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The Best Product Managers Have The Worst Ideas

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Nov 2021
It’s hard finding good product people. That fact is really a tragedy because they are probably the most important part of any product-focused organization. I think there is a misconception in the software industry that product managers have a good sense of “what users want”,...
Cold Storage I furnished my last design studio with bespoke Danish shelving, three Eames desk units, nine glass...
2nd Jan 2026
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Cold Storage

from Jeffrey Zeldman Presents [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Jan 2026
I furnished my last design studio with bespoke Danish shelving, three Eames desk units, nine glass tables, 12 chairs, etc. When I closed the studio I moved the furnishings plus a few hundred design books—including books I’d written, foreign translations of my work, books by other...
Meeting philosophy Decline meetings aggressively. Always try to resolve issues by e-mail or chat first if...
8th Sep 2023
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Meeting philosophy

from Hixie's Natural Log [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Sep 2023
Decline meetings aggressively. Always try to resolve issues by e-mail or chat first if possible. Decline any meeting without an explicit agenda (I make exceptions for my immediate manager). Decline any meeting where the agenda doesn't seem relevant to your work. Decline any...
Why Visual Design Matters Visual Design often doesn't receive the respect it deserves among other disciplines such as UX,...
24th Jun 2023
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Why Visual Design Matters

from Oykun Yilmaz [alt+shift+b] in design

24th Jun 2023
Visual Design often doesn't receive the respect it deserves among other disciplines such as UX, Development, and so on. I have faced situations like: Devs have already started the development based on UX. Just spend a few hours adding colours, please. We do not need visual...
People I Want to Work With This is an evolved thought of my post about my favourite designers ever. Since I opened my creative...
5th Aug 2025
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People I Want to Work With

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

5th Aug 2025
This is an evolved thought of my post about my favourite designers ever. Since I opened my creative lab FormFeelingFunction®, I’ve also opened my mind to connecting with more creative people. The reason is simple: to make unexpected objects in both digital and analogue form...
4th Mar 2024
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Real friends

from Ryan Hoover's Writing [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Mar 2024
Shameless green: TDD in Go Building software is easy when we’re guided by tests, because we can start with quick-and-dirty...
23rd Jun 2024
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Shameless green: TDD in Go

from Blog - Bitfield Consulting [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Jun 2024
Building software is easy when we’re guided by tests, because we can start with quick-and-dirty solutions, without worrying about whether the code is elegant and readable—yet. Let’s see how to use the TDD technique called “Shameless Green”.
Co chciałbym wiedzieć wcześniej o ADHD Wystarczy co jakiś czas wrzucić mem o ADHD i dostaję multum pytań, jakbym był jakimś ekspertem. Nie...
30th Sep 2022
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Co chciałbym wiedzieć wcześniej o ADHD

from Piotr Migdał's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

30th Sep 2022
Wystarczy co jakiś czas wrzucić mem o ADHD i dostaję multum pytań, jakbym był jakimś ekspertem. Nie jestem — ale i tak staram się…
Small steps, Big dreams proudly announcing Tech and Tea
2nd Apr 2023
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Small steps, Big dreams

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

2nd Apr 2023
proudly announcing Tech and Tea
An AI agent coding skeptic tries AI agent coding, in excessive detail No vagueposting here, just look at the Estimated Read Time.
27th Feb 2026
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An AI agent coding skeptic tries AI agent coding, in excessive detail

from Max Woolf's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

27th Feb 2026
No vagueposting here, just look at the Estimated Read Time.
Qucocoma Philippe Samyn ? Qucocoma Philippe Samyn ? J’apprends avec tristesse le décès de l’architecte Philippe Samyn, un...
1st Jun 2026
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Qucocoma Philippe Samyn ?

from Ploum.net [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Jun 2026
Qucocoma Philippe Samyn ? J’apprends avec tristesse le décès de l’architecte Philippe Samyn, un esprit incroyable aux idées fulgurantes avec qui j’ai eu de longues et passionnantes discussions. Philippe Samyn - Wikipédia (fr.wikipedia.org) Car l’architecture était pour lui une...
Certificates vs Diplomas in Computer Science When I was looking into getting my first job related to programming, I had no idea what the...
2nd Dec 2020
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Certificates vs Diplomas in Computer Science

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Dec 2020
When I was looking into getting my first job related to programming, I had no idea what the difference between a certificate and a diploma was. I was terrified that I’d have to go back to school and spend 2-4 years getting a degree in computer science before an employer would...
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop’s Illustrations For Walter de la Mare’s The Three Mulla-Mulgars “Long long is Time, though books be brief: Adventures strange ay, past belief…” – Walter de la Mare,...
1st May 2025
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1st May 2025
“Long long is Time, though books be brief: Adventures strange ay, past belief…” – Walter de la Mare, The Three Mulla-Mulgars illustrated by Dorothy Pulis Lathrop   Soon after Dorothy Pulis Lathrop (April 16, 1891–December 30, 1980) was hired to illustrate a book of experimental...
Scam applicants are an increasing problem in Japan この記事は日本語でもお読みいただけます。 Over the last six months, TokyoDev has received a handful of reports from our...
3rd Jun 2026
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Scam applicants are an increasing problem in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jun 2026
この記事は日本語でもお読みいただけます。 Over the last six months, TokyoDev has received a handful of reports from our clients about fraudulent applications, in which candidates purport to be different people than they actually are. As a relatively niche job board that helped Japanese companies...
Can we “cure” cancer? In an excellent recent essay on “big visions for biology,” Sam Rodriques writes: Ask most biologists...
1st Feb 2023
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Can we “cure” cancer?

from The Roots of Progress | Articles [alt+shift+b] in science

1st Feb 2023
In an excellent recent essay on “big visions for biology,” Sam Rodriques writes: Ask most biologists about the cure for cancer, and they will tell you it doesn’t exist: cancer is many diseases that are mostly unrelated to each other, and that all have to be cured one at a...
RAID 5 is perfectly fine for home usage RAID 5 gets a lot of flak these days. You either run RAID 1, RAID 10 or you use RAID 6, but if you...
8th Sep 2016
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RAID 5 is perfectly fine for home usage

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2016
RAID 5 gets a lot of flak these days. You either run RAID 1, RAID 10 or you use RAID 6, but if you run RAID 5 you're told that you are a crazy person. Using RAID 5 is portrayed as an unreasonable risk to the availability of your data. It is suggested that it is likely that you...
Sandinista! To Our Friends, 20 Years Later : In Memory of Timur Kacharava, Russian Anti-Fascist Twenty years ago, on November 13, 2005, Timur Kacharava, an anti-fascist and a hardcore musician,...
17th Nov 2025
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17th Nov 2025
Twenty years ago, on November 13, 2005, Timur Kacharava, an anti-fascist and a hardcore musician, was murdered in a barbaric attack by neo-Nazis in the very center of St. Petersburg, Russia. Although for us, his death was not only a huge personal loss, but also an event that...
Thoughts on Zettelkasten and the slip box I had a bunch of thoughts yesterday about the Zettelkasten method and how I could use it effectively...
27th Jul 2022
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Thoughts on Zettelkasten and the slip box

from Jibran’s Perspective [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Jul 2022
I had a bunch of thoughts yesterday about the Zettelkasten method and how I could use it effectively to manage my knowledge base. I started the day by dumping my thoughts into Logseq. Here they are. These are open questions for now. I plan to investigate this further and try out...
Using Tailwind CSS with React and CSS-in-JS If you're already using a CSS-in-JS library, trying out Tailwind CSS with your existing app might be...
11th Jan 2021
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Using Tailwind CSS with React and CSS-in-JS

from Max Rozen [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

11th Jan 2021
If you're already using a CSS-in-JS library, trying out Tailwind CSS with your existing app might be much easier than you think.
Bulletproof Method to Solving Problems Step 1: Write down the problem in a message you plan to send to a co-worker. Most of the time you’ll...
1st May 2024
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Bulletproof Method to Solving Problems

from Jim Nielsen’s Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2024
Step 1: Write down the problem in a message you plan to send to a co-worker. Most of the time you’ll solve the problem before you’re done with Step 1. However, if you complete Step 1 and still have the problem, continue to Step 2. Step 2: Hit the “Send” button. Shortly after...
Niall Ferguson: Networks and Power “This time is different.” Historians: “Ha.” “The Net is net beneficial.” Historian Niall...
13th Dec 2018
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Niall Ferguson: Networks and Power

from Long Now [alt+shift+b] in science

13th Dec 2018
“This time is different.” Historians: “Ha.” “The Net is net beneficial.” Historian Niall Ferguson: “Globalization is in crisis. Populism is on the march. Authoritarian states are ascendant. Technology meanwhile marches inexorably ahead, threatening to render most human beings...
Charming Carhop Girls: Photos from When Roller Skates and Drive-Ins Defined American Cool Long before the era of fast-food drive-throughs, there was a time when meals were served on...
17th Oct 2025
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17th Oct 2025
Long before the era of fast-food drive-throughs, there was a time when meals were served on wheels—literally. The carhop became a symbol of mid-century Americana, blending convenience, charm, and a touch of showmanship. These waiters and waitresses delivered burgers, fries, and...
The Fruitfulness of Grunt Work I had an interesting software development problem the other day. I was working on a NodeJS...
30th Apr 2024
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The Fruitfulness of Grunt Work

from Patrick Kayongo [alt+shift+b] in programming

30th Apr 2024
I had an interesting software development problem the other day. I was working on a NodeJS application, doing general maintenance work, which led me down an interesting rabbit hole. I could’ve used an online knowledge tool such as the various LLM-based tools available now. But...
Andromeda: Our Galactic Neighbor Many things have been said about the Andromeda Galaxy, arguably the most majestic galaxy that...
27th Sep 2024
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Andromeda: Our Galactic Neighbor

from Light from Space [alt+shift+b] in science

27th Sep 2024
Many things have been said about the Andromeda Galaxy, arguably the most majestic galaxy that amateur astronomers can image due to it's sheer size in the sky—many times larger than the Moon appears to us, but also many times dimmer. With the naked eye, even in
Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software Some of you might remember the legendary comment of Eric Diven on a Docker CLI issue he opened years...
28th Apr 2024
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Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software

from Copper • A blog about conductive layers [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Apr 2024
Some of you might remember the legendary comment of Eric Diven on a Docker CLI issue he opened years ago: @solvaholic: Sorry I missed your comment of many months ago. I no longer build software; I now make furniture out of wood. The hours are long, the pay sucks, and there’s...
The bittersweet end of a year of independence Just over a year ago, I left the startup I was working for and started my own business. My intention...
2nd Sep 2017
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The bittersweet end of a year of independence

from ntietz.com blog - technically a blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Sep 2017
Just over a year ago, I left the startup I was working for and started my own business. My intention was to do freelance work ("consulting", to all my clients) until I was able to launch my first product, and then shift into being a product company. My ambitions and confidence...
Switching From C++ to Rust Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters. I have been writing C++ professionally for the last 4 years...
13th Mar 2023
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Switching From C++ to Rust

from Posts on Nikita Lapkov [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Mar 2023
Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters. I have been writing C++ professionally for the last 4 years and 3 months ago I started a new job in Rust. I would like to share my experience and thoughts on the transition between 2 languages. Disclaimer: This article is not a C++ vs Rust...
Edward O. Wilson: The Social Conquest of Earth ### The real creation story “History makes no sense without prehistory,“ Wilson declared, “and...
21st Apr 2012
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Edward O. Wilson: The Social Conquest of Earth

from Long Now [alt+shift+b] in science

21st Apr 2012
### The real creation story “History makes no sense without prehistory,“ Wilson declared, “and prehistory makes no sense without biology.” He began by noting that every religion has a different creation story, all of them necessarily based on ignorance of what really happened in...
Poetry in Pieces Hi readers, this post is something a bit different.
5th Jul 2026
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Poetry in Pieces

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Jul 2026
Hi readers, this post is something a bit different.
Pit Bulls Part I: Identification Pit bull type dogs are readily identifiable
16th Jan 2026
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Pit Bulls Part I: Identification

from Cremieux Recueil [alt+shift+b] in science

16th Jan 2026
Pit bull type dogs are readily identifiable
Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral This week we’re going to look a specific piece of early Roman military equipment, the humble bronze...
3rd Apr 2026
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Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral

from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry [alt+shift+b] in history

3rd Apr 2026
This week we’re going to look a specific piece of early Roman military equipment, the humble bronze pectoral, which it turns out is surprisingly tricky for us to confidently reconstruct, in part because the period of its use that most interests us (the run from c. 264 to c. 146...
Boomba is a Roomba with every upgrade imaginable In the classic Ship of Theseus thought experiment, we’re led to wonder if a ship is still the same...
5th May 2026
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Boomba is a Roomba with every upgrade imaginable

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

5th May 2026
In the classic Ship of Theseus thought experiment, we’re led to wonder if a ship is still the same ship after all of its parts have been replaced. But we might need to rename that to the “Robot of Boomba,” after Lucas completely rebuilt a Roomba to serve as a robotics platform....
Metabrand Has Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook, or rebranded VR? What is the metaverse? And can any...
7th Nov 2021
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Metabrand

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Nov 2021
Has Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook, or rebranded VR? What is the metaverse? And can any company decide to build the future anymore?
Track Zelda release anniversaries in your calendar The original Legend of Zelda came out 40 years ago today. With other birthdays on the horizon, like...
21st Feb 2026
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Track Zelda release anniversaries in your calendar

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Feb 2026
The original Legend of Zelda came out 40 years ago today. With other birthdays on the horizon, like Twilight Princess’s 20th in November, I wanted a calendar that showed the anniversary of every Zelda game. So I made one. Subscribe to this URL in your calendar...
Issue 90 – Crime szn bro The Trump administration cracks down on software to limit surveillance of crypto transactions, while...
13th Aug 2025
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Issue 90 – Crime szn bro

from Citation Needed [alt+shift+b] in finance

13th Aug 2025
The Trump administration cracks down on software to limit surveillance of crypto transactions, while celebrating a “deregulatory blitz” tailored for its billionaire benefactors
Rethinking Databases for Humans and AI Agents Databases Were Built for Engines. It’s Time to Build Them for Humans.
1st Jul 2026
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Rethinking Databases for Humans and AI Agents

from Marco Bambini [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jul 2026
Databases Were Built for Engines. It’s Time to Build Them for Humans.
Exotic Programming Ideas, Part 1 (Module Systems) Exotic Programming Ideas: Part 1 (Module Systems) All successful programming languages are alike;...
1st Mar 2021
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Exotic Programming Ideas, Part 1 (Module Systems)

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Mar 2021
Exotic Programming Ideas: Part 1 (Module Systems) All successful programming languages are alike; every unsuccessful programming language is unsuccessful in its own way. The history of software is one that runs parallel to a simultaneous but separate conversation, and that is the...
Don’t start a business until people are asking you to When you bake a cake, you need to do first things first. You need to get the ingredients before you...
13th Apr 2016
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Don’t start a business until people are asking you to

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Apr 2016
When you bake a cake, you need to do first things first. You need to get the ingredients before you turn on the oven. You need to bake it before you frost it and slice it. Most have an idea but no customers. For them I always say, “Don’t start a business until people are...
Running Pull Requests in Github Codespaces Earlier this week, I was having a lot of trouble understanding how to get Dev Containers working....
23rd Oct 2025
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Running Pull Requests in Github Codespaces

from These Yaks Ain't Gonna Shave Themselves [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Oct 2025
Earlier this week, I was having a lot of trouble understanding how to get Dev Containers working. Dev Containers are the required way to enable Github Codespaces, which was my actual goal. I finally got to something that works, so I want to document what I learned. Dev Containers...
AI news that's fit to print My talk at SXSW 2024
11th Mar 2024
2025-03-01 the cold glow of tritium I have been slowly working on a book. Don't get too excited, it is on a very niche topic and I will...
1st Mar 2025
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2025-03-01 the cold glow of tritium

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2025
I have been slowly working on a book. Don't get too excited, it is on a very niche topic and I will probably eventually barely finish it and then post it here. But in the mean time, I will recount some stories which are related, but don't quite fit in. Today, we'll learn a bit...
15th Jul 2011
Have we been measuring AI political bias wrong? A better approach is possible Why ideological preferences and epistemic failure in LLMs are not the same thing — and why the...
22nd Jun 2026
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Have we been measuring AI political bias wrong? A better approach is possible

from David Rozado Substack [alt+shift+b] in AI

22nd Jun 2026
Why ideological preferences and epistemic failure in LLMs are not the same thing — and why the difference matters
Mapping out the tribes of climate Climate is a gravity well for talent, but why don’t other, equally impactful topics attract talent...
30th Nov 2022
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Mapping out the tribes of climate

from Nadia Asparouhova [alt+shift+b] in startups

30th Nov 2022
Climate is a gravity well for talent, but why don’t other, equally impactful topics attract talent in the same way? Why isn’t everyone dropping everything to work on homelessness, or global poverty, or curing cancer? With many peers in tech now working on climate issues, I tried...
24th Dec 2025
Demonstration Junction Repair on Downing in Denver I was out and about by scooter a recent warm january saturday evening. Earlier in the week a few...
9th Dec 2025
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Demonstration Junction Repair on Downing in Denver

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

9th Dec 2025
I was out and about by scooter a recent warm january saturday evening. Earlier in the week a few companies had been operating drilling equipment in the area. I’m not sure what they were doing, but they were scattered all about the neighborhood. The work was done, but traffic...
Is the Love Song Dying? Is love dead in pop music? We checked all 5,141 Top 10 hits since 1958.
11th Nov 2024
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Is the Love Song Dying?

from The Pudding [alt+shift+b] in design

11th Nov 2024
Is love dead in pop music? We checked all 5,141 Top 10 hits since 1958.
ESP32: Tips to increase battery life Running an ESP32 on a battery is a tricky operation. The chip is a powerhouse, and with power comes...
4th Dec 2019
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ESP32: Tips to increase battery life

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Dec 2019
Running an ESP32 on a battery is a tricky operation. The chip is a powerhouse, and with power comes great responsibility. In this post, I’ll outline how I got an ESP32 to run for over 15 weeks (and counting) on a single 1000mAh battery.
No hassle detected! The importance of tools
9th Aug 2024
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No hassle detected!

from Basta’s Notes [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Aug 2024
The importance of tools
Manage your priorities and energy. Back when I was managing at Uber, I latched onto a thinking tool that I drilled into the teams I...
3rd Aug 2023
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Manage your priorities and energy.

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

3rd Aug 2023
Back when I was managing at Uber, I latched onto a thinking tool that I drilled into the teams I worked with: reach the right outcomes by prioritizing the company first, your team second, and yourself third. This “company, team, self” framework proved a helpful decision-making...
Are we worrying more about AI than global warming So, my friend said this — If I may state mine — It’s not we’re more worried about AI, it’s the media...
29th Aug 2017
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Are we worrying more about AI than global warming

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Aug 2017
So, my friend said this — If I may state mine — It’s not we’re more worried about AI, it’s the media inducing cognitive biases fuelled by Hollywood when a celebrity speaks about dooms day AI. Let’s discuss some facts, Let’s take prof. Hawing, he’s vocal about the need to keep AI...
Notes on a non-profit indicted for bank fraud Well-regarded non-profit runs domestic intelligence agency; distributes intelligence product;...
1st May 2026
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Notes on a non-profit indicted for bank fraud

from Bits about Money [alt+shift+b] in finance

1st May 2026
Well-regarded non-profit runs domestic intelligence agency; distributes intelligence product; achieves adoption in financial infrastructure; recruits agents and allies; intervenes against U.S. political fundraising.
The Tragedy of the Agentic Commons Demonstrating why everyone getting their own AI agents will necessitate markets; otherwise known as...
20th Jan 2026
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The Tragedy of the Agentic Commons

from Strange Loop Canon [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Jan 2026
Demonstrating why everyone getting their own AI agents will necessitate markets; otherwise known as Hayek's revenge
Why Skyscrapers Became Glass Boxes Everything put into the building that is unnecessary, every cubic foot that is used for purely...
13th Jan 2025
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Why Skyscrapers Became Glass Boxes

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Jan 2025
Everything put into the building that is unnecessary, every cubic foot that is used for purely ornamental purposes beyond that needed to express its use and to make it harmonize with others of its class, is a waste — is, to put it in plain English, perverting someone’s money —...
“Can’t complain” (but it might be worth considering) Complaining is a cultural phenomenon, but it’s particularly prevalent in societies with a consumer...
1st Feb 2025
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“Can’t complain” (but it might be worth considering)

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

1st Feb 2025
Complaining is a cultural phenomenon, but it’s particularly prevalent in societies with a consumer culture (the customer is always right) and those where comfort is coming to be expected. Given all the complaining we do (about the weather, leadership, products, service and...
Seaside Sweeper keeps beaches pristine Without anyone caring for them, beaches quickly become trash-covered swaths of disappointment. That...
2nd May 2024
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Seaside Sweeper keeps beaches pristine

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

2nd May 2024
Without anyone caring for them, beaches quickly become trash-covered swaths of disappointment. That care is necessary to maintain the beautiful sandy havens that we all want to enjoy, but it requires a lot of labor. A capstone team of students from the University of Colorado...
Pi in the Pentium: reverse-engineering the constants in its floating-point unit Intel released the powerful Pentium processor in 1993, establishing a long-running brand of...
5th Jan 2025
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Pi in the Pentium: reverse-engineering the constants in its floating-point unit

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

5th Jan 2025
Intel released the powerful Pentium processor in 1993, establishing a long-running brand of high-performance processors.1 The Pentium includes a floating-point unit that can rapidly compute functions such as sines, cosines, logarithms, and exponentials. But how does the Pentium...
Projection Cards I had a whimsical idea a few months ago: map projection trading cards. Something nerdy and...
8th Apr 2022
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Projection Cards

from somethingaboutmaps [alt+shift+b] in cartography

8th Apr 2022
I had a whimsical idea a few months ago: map projection trading cards. Something nerdy and map-related that you could collect and exchange at conferences. I poked around at some design ideas for a while, and here’s what I’ve come up with so far. This is the front side of the...
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Asheville Restaurants Refining Appalachian Culinary Traditions

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

3rd Jan 2024
The Feather "A breathtakingly beautiful book that shows how even a tiny bit of virtue can overcome any...
10th Oct 2024
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The Feather

from Stoic Simple [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Oct 2024
"A breathtakingly beautiful book that shows how even a tiny bit of virtue can overcome any darkness." —Dustin Brady, author of Superhero for a Day After falling from an angel's wing, a tiny feather drifts past the boundaries of Heaven and into the mortal realm below. No longer...
Getting Too Good at the Wrong Thing The siren song of subs
9th Oct 2023
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Getting Too Good at the Wrong Thing

from Nat Eliason's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Oct 2023
The siren song of subs
The Inbetweeners (Ebbsfleet International and Stratford International, UK) Well then. At the end of the last article I promised to write about the stations on HS2 phase 1...
29th May 2024
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The Inbetweeners (Ebbsfleet International and Stratford International, UK)

from The Beauty of Transport [alt+shift+b] in architecture

29th May 2024
Well then. At the end of the last article I promised to write about the stations on HS2 phase 1 assuming that I hadn’t been too enraged by the political fallout from hopefully soon-to-be-ex-prime minister Rishi Sunak’s cancellation of phase 2 of HS2. Reader, I have been enraged....
Still Here... Again. Folks, I'm still alive! I don't just mean that figuratively, I mean it literally. It seem like I've...
1st Jun 2019
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Still Here... Again.

from The Forney Flyer [alt+shift+b] in travel

1st Jun 2019
Folks, I'm still alive! I don't just mean that figuratively, I mean it literally. It seem like I've made a lot of excuses on this blog over the past year, for the chunks of time where I seem to disappear for a while. Well, this time I really had a good excuse!  Last October I...
Retaking the Test of Time They don't play Dylan on 93.3, Denver's modern rock station. Not today, not in 1999 when I spent the...
4th Feb 2017
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Retaking the Test of Time

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Feb 2017
They don't play Dylan on 93.3, Denver's modern rock station. Not today, not in 1999 when I spent the summer burning stencils and cleaning ink off silkscreens at a family-owned t-shirt factory.
The Boot.dev Beat. December 2024 Potions got a rework, solutions were added to the Git course, and I’ve been sick for like 10 days...
6th Dec 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2024

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Dec 2024
Potions got a rework, solutions were added to the Git course, and I’ve been sick for like 10 days straight… hope your Holidays are staying healthier than mine!
Who will control the software that powers the Internet? Originally published by Wired. As the internet has evolved over its 35-year lifespan, control over...
4th Jan 2019
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Who will control the software that powers the Internet?

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Jan 2019
Originally published by Wired. As the internet has evolved over its 35-year lifespan, control over its most important services has gradually shifted from open source protocols maintained by non-profit communities ...
Sticking With It A sobering chronicle of our toxic times The post Sticking With It appeared first on The American...
2nd Jun 2025
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Sticking With It

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

2nd Jun 2025
A sobering chronicle of our toxic times The post Sticking With It appeared first on The American Scholar.
Haunt 0.4.0 released I'm quite a bit late on this one, but Haunt version 0.4.0 was released released back in July. I...
22nd Sep 2026
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Haunt 0.4.0 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Sep 2026
I'm quite a bit late on this one, but Haunt version 0.4.0 was released released back in July. I haven't had much time for blogging, but I'm catching up now! This release contains a small set of improvements and bug fixes since the 0.3.0 release in 2024. About Haunt Haunt is a...
Metaprogramming in Zig and parsing CSS I knew Zig supported some sort of reflection on types. But I had been confused about how to use it....
19th Jun 2023
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Metaprogramming in Zig and parsing CSS

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

19th Jun 2023
I knew Zig supported some sort of reflection on types. But I had been confused about how to use it. What's the difference between @typeInfo and @TypeOf? I ignored this aspect of Zig until a problem came up at work where reflection made sense. The situation was parsing and storing...
internet in paradise Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
1st Jul 2017
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internet in paradise

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

1st Jul 2017
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef. Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
Writing a simple Python compiler: 1. hello, fibonacci In this post we'll write a Python to C compiler in Python. This is especially easy to do since...
16th Aug 2020
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Writing a simple Python compiler: 1. hello, fibonacci

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

16th Aug 2020
In this post we'll write a Python to C compiler in Python. This is especially easy to do since Python has a builtin parser library and because a number of CPython internals are exposed for extension writers. By the end of this post, in a few hundred lines of Python, we'll be able...
Stream Online Monty Python and the Holy Grail Free on Its 50th Anniversary This year, YouTube celebrated its twentieth anniversary, prompting younger users to wonder what life...
1st May 2025
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1st May 2025
This year, YouTube celebrated its twentieth anniversary, prompting younger users to wonder what life could have been like before it. The fiftieth anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which premiered in April of 1975, has inspired similar reflection among comedy...
Jazz Ukulele "Love Is a Song" from Bambi I arranged and recorded 'Love Is a Song' from Walt Disney's Bambi on my new ukulele.
6th Feb 2010
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Jazz Ukulele "Love Is a Song" from Bambi

from Jordan Eldredge's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Feb 2010
I arranged and recorded 'Love Is a Song' from Walt Disney's Bambi on my new ukulele.
What’s the Purpose of Information Architecture? It’s been fifty years since information architecture’s coming out party in Philadelphia. Alas, the...
7th Aug 2026
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What’s the Purpose of Information Architecture?

from Jorge Arango [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Aug 2026
It’s been fifty years since information architecture’s coming out party in Philadelphia. Alas, the discipline is still widely misunderstood. The main obstacle? The very thing that brought it to many people’s attention: the World Wide Web. I’d venture most people who’ve heard the...
How Data Boutique Works #3: Third Party Solutions Working with data? List your solution on Data Boutique
4th Apr 2024
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How Data Boutique Works #3: Third Party Solutions

from Data Boutique [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Apr 2024
Working with data? List your solution on Data Boutique
Announcing Quina (My First App)! The story of building Quina, a word game Progressive Web App built with Nuxt, and launched on the...
10th Dec 2020
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Announcing Quina (My First App)!

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

10th Dec 2020
The story of building Quina, a word game Progressive Web App built with Nuxt, and launched on the Google Play Store.
Leaving Spotify Febrary 6 was my last day at Spotify. In total I spent more than six years at Spotify and it was an...
11th Feb 2015
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Leaving Spotify

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Feb 2015
Febrary 6 was my last day at Spotify. In total I spent more than six years at Spotify and it was an amazing experience. I joined Spotify in Stockholm in 2008, mainly because a bunch of friends from programming competitions had joined already.
We can have a different web Many yearn for the “good old days” of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something...
1st May 2024
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We can have a different web

from Citation Needed [alt+shift+b] in finance

1st May 2024
Many yearn for the “good old days” of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.
Announcing posetree.py: Wrangling Timestamps and Transforms for Robots A python library for doing pose math for fun and profit. (Although I open sourced it for free so, no...
10th Jul 2023
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Announcing posetree.py: Wrangling Timestamps and Transforms for Robots

from General Robots [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Jul 2023
A python library for doing pose math for fun and profit. (Although I open sourced it for free so, no profit for me I guess). Check it out!
What I learned from a Taipei alley I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy...
15th May 2018
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What I learned from a Taipei alley

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

15th May 2018
I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy schedule, it wasn't like my usual travels abroad for fun, it felt more like a work trip. Still, even if I'd been there purely for vacation, I would've wanted to try a different mode of...
The Imitation Game: Defending against AI's Dark Side! A few weeks ago, I started receiving a stream of message about an Instagram post that I was...
5th Aug 2025
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The Imitation Game: Defending against AI's Dark Side!

from Musings on Markets [alt+shift+b] in finance

5th Aug 2025
A few weeks ago, I started receiving a stream of message about an Instagram post that I was allegedly starring in, where after offering my views on Palantir's valuation, I was soliciting investors to invest with me (or with an investment entity that had ties to me). I was not...
New Photography Shortcuts Using ToolBox Pro My love affair with Apple’s Shortcuts took a bit of a hit during the transition to iOS 13, but my...
14th Nov 2019
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New Photography Shortcuts Using ToolBox Pro

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

14th Nov 2019
My love affair with Apple’s Shortcuts took a bit of a hit during the transition to iOS 13, but my fascination with this on-device development environment has been rekindled thanks to a new app called ToolBox Pro. ToolBox Pro is a free iOS/iPadOS app that adds powerful new actions...
The Internet’s Impact on Culture “It feels like the internet’s impact on culture is just beginning. A world in which culture is based...
29th Jan 2020
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The Internet’s Impact on Culture

from Cybercultural: Internet History [alt+shift+b] in history

29th Jan 2020
“It feels like the internet’s impact on culture is just beginning. A world in which culture is based on the internet, which is what I think is happening, is just the very start. Right, ’cause it had to get universal before it could set the culture.” Those words were spoken by...
Refactoring English: Month 10 New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and founder of small, indie tech businesses. I’m...
7th Oct 2025
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Refactoring English: Month 10

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

7th Oct 2025
New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and founder of small, indie tech businesses. I’m currently working on a book called Refactoring English: Effective Writing for Software Developers. Every month, I publish a retrospective like this one to share how things are...
Oversimplified guide into snapshots on the btrfs filesystem Friday afternoon. You’re trying out a script that you wrote to mass-rename and move some files...
5th Apr 2022
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Oversimplified guide into snapshots on the btrfs filesystem

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

5th Apr 2022
Friday afternoon. You’re trying out a script that you wrote to mass-rename and move some files around. You finish the script and test it out. Oops. All the files now have all the wrong names, and some have been randomly moved 10 folders deep. It’s a mess. And you didn’t make a...
He looks like a blimp An Important Announcement from the US President
6th Feb 2026
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He looks like a blimp

from Letters of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Feb 2026
An Important Announcement from the US President
I'm shutting down my job tech jobs board after two-and-a-half years I started The Pragmatic Engineer Job Board in October 2021. 2.5 years later, I am shutting it down...
9th Apr 2024
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I'm shutting down my job tech jobs board after two-and-a-half years

from The Pragmatic Engineer [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Apr 2024
I started The Pragmatic Engineer Job Board in October 2021. 2.5 years later, I am shutting it down permanently, despite a reasonable success in traction. The shutdown was triggered by my vendor – Pallet – discontinuing their job board and talent collective approach. However, I ...
Fibonacci Goals A system for goalsetting.
1st Jan 2021
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Fibonacci Goals

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

1st Jan 2021
A system for goalsetting.
Rearranging the File Browser menu for Insphex <![CDATA[Insphex adds the Hexdump item to the File Browser menu to view the hex dump of the selected...
1st Mar 2026
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Rearranging the File Browser menu for Insphex

from Paolo Amoroso's Journal [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Mar 2026
<![CDATA[Insphex adds the Hexdump item to the File Browser menu to view the hex dump of the selected files. The initial implementation called the public API for adding commands at the top level of the menu. To later move the item to the See sumbenu that groups various file...
I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
22nd Sep 2023
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I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser

from A Day In The Life Of... [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Sep 2023
I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
AC vs DC and other Power Questions I was away last week, first at CSICON and then at a conference in Dubai. I was invited to give a 9...
4th Nov 2024
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AC vs DC and other Power Questions

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

4th Nov 2024
I was away last week, first at CSICON and then at a conference in Dubai. I was invited to give a 9 hour seminar on scientific skepticism for the Dubai Future Foundation. That sounds like a lot of time, but it isn’t. It was a good reminder of the vast body of knowledge that is...
Simplifying the Craigslist Gallery Simplifying the Craigslist Gallery 2022-10-03 This article was updated on October 11, 2022 I'm a big...
3rd Oct 2022
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Simplifying the Craigslist Gallery

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

3rd Oct 2022
Simplifying the Craigslist Gallery 2022-10-03 This article was updated on October 11, 2022 I'm a big fan of craigslist.org and the overall UX used throughout their application. My own website is an ever-changing example of "brutalist" or minimalist design, so I'm always inspired...
Your life is your art use it to get to know yourself
10th Nov 2025
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Your life is your art

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Nov 2025
use it to get to know yourself
Incredible Vitest Defaults (article) Learn how to use Vitest’s defaults to eliminate extra configuration and prevent flaky results,...
2nd Sep 2025
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Incredible Vitest Defaults (article)

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

2nd Sep 2025
Learn how to use Vitest’s defaults to eliminate extra configuration and prevent flaky results, letting you write reliable tests with less effort.
Machine Learning and the triumph of GOFAI I’ve been slowly reading Brian Cantwell Smith’s “The Promise of Artificial Intelligence” recently. I...
30th Jun 2024
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Machine Learning and the triumph of GOFAI

from Neil Madden [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Jun 2024
I’ve been slowly reading Brian Cantwell Smith’s “The Promise of Artificial Intelligence” recently. I haven’t finished reading it yet, and like much of BCS’s writing, it’ll probably take me 3 or 4 read-throughs to really understand it, but there’s one point that I want to pick up...
How Sony Invented the 3.5-Inch Floppy Disk The Little Disk That Conquered the World
2nd Nov 2025
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How Sony Invented the 3.5-Inch Floppy Disk

from Obsolete Sony’s Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in history

2nd Nov 2025
The Little Disk That Conquered the World
Making music from death row “Every life hinges on poverty, gender and race,” Rrome Alone declares in the 2024 song, “and the pay...
17th Jul 2026
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Making music from death row

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

17th Jul 2026
“Every life hinges on poverty, gender and race,” Rrome Alone declares in the 2024 song, “and the pay of the attorney defending your case.”
Idea Generation The most common question prospective startup founders ask is how to get ideas for startups. The...
28th May 2020
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Idea Generation

from Sam Altman [alt+shift+b] in AI

28th May 2020
The most common question prospective startup founders ask is how to get ideas for startups. The second most common question is if you have any ideas for their startup. But giving founders an idea almost always doesn’t work. Having ideas is among the most important qualities for...
Making Money Online Is More Difficult Than Ever – Or Is It? Maybe we should all look to the story of LEGO to see how this next chapter unfolds. The post Making...
28th Oct 2025
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Making Money Online Is More Difficult Than Ever – Or Is It?

from Scott DeLong [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

28th Oct 2025
Maybe we should all look to the story of LEGO to see how this next chapter unfolds. The post Making Money Online Is More Difficult Than Ever – Or Is It? appeared first on Scott DeLong.
The faded world: my experience with cataract <![CDATA[I always preferred the light theme and never figured what's the fuss with the dark theme....
22nd Dec 2024
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The faded world: my experience with cataract

from Paolo Amoroso's Journal [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Dec 2024
<![CDATA[I always preferred the light theme and never figured what's the fuss with the dark theme. Until cataract came. In May of 2024 my ophthalmologist confirmed what I surmised: both of my eyes were affected by cataract. It came earlier than my age would suggest but that's...
How on-target is that ETA, really? Now there’s a way to know. We pop open the hood on a shared benchmark to measure the accuracy of public transit's real-time...
11th Apr 2024
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How on-target is that ETA, really? Now there’s a way to know.

from News Archives | Transit [alt+shift+b] in travel

11th Apr 2024
We pop open the hood on a shared benchmark to measure the accuracy of public transit's real-time countdowns The post How on-target is that ETA, really? Now there’s a way to know. appeared first on Transit.
Super Bubbly: React Native kids game TLDR: I built a simple & fun game using React Native, try it out on iPhone and iPad! In the...
21st Sep 2025
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Super Bubbly: React Native kids game

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Sep 2025
TLDR: I built a simple & fun game using React Native, try it out on iPhone and iPad! In the Beginning…. My kids are 7 & 9 as I write this in 2025, but 6 years ago in 2019 they loved a simple little bubble popping app on my phone, and I thought it’d be fun to make the best...
Alchemy Some thoughts on attempts to create gold out of nothing, and how generative AI, in many ways,...
9th Nov 2025
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Alchemy

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

9th Nov 2025
Some thoughts on attempts to create gold out of nothing, and how generative AI, in many ways, mirrors that doomed pursuit
135 Cedar Street 1:20 Scratchbuilt miniature based off 135 Cedar Street, San Francisco. Wood, MDF, Plastruct,...
27th Mar 2017
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135 Cedar Street

from Joshua Smith [alt+shift+b] in design

27th Mar 2017
1:20 Scratchbuilt miniature based off 135 Cedar Street, San Francisco. Wood, MDF, Plastruct, Cardboard, Paper, Plastic Card, Wire, Acrylic paint, Spraypaint, Chalk pastels. February 2016 SOLD. Photo Credit: Andrew Beveridge/ASB Creative The post 135 Cedar Street appeared first on...
I Don’t Want a Learning Dashboard for My Child What analog and AI education both get wrong
17th Feb 2026
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I Don’t Want a Learning Dashboard for My Child

from fast.ai [alt+shift+b] in AI

17th Feb 2026
What analog and AI education both get wrong
What they don’t tell you when you translate your app Forget inverting binary trees, translating or localizing a digital experience is one of the most...
2nd Sep 2021
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What they don’t tell you when you translate your app

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

2nd Sep 2021
Forget inverting binary trees, translating or localizing a digital experience is one of the most difficult things you can do with software. There’s plenty of content out there about how to perform the basic design and development aspects of translation and localization work....
Tiny data visualizations This is a direct translation of a talk I gave at the NYC D3.js meetup in January of 2016. If you’d...
8th Feb 2016
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Tiny data visualizations

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

8th Feb 2016
This is a direct translation of a talk I gave at the NYC D3.js meetup in January of 2016. If you’d like to see a video of the talk, you can check it out on YouTube. Have you seen this comprehensive list of Donald Trump’s insults? Or maybe this detailed rundown of the 2016...
Expert Beginners and Lone Wolves will dominate this early LLM era After migrating this blog from a static site generator into Drupal in 2009, I noted: As a sad...
1st Mar 2026
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Expert Beginners and Lone Wolves will dominate this early LLM era

from Jeff Geerling [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2026
After migrating this blog from a static site generator into Drupal in 2009, I noted: As a sad side-effect, all the blog comments are gone. Forever. Wiped out. But have no fear, we can start new discussions on many new posts! I archived all the comments from the old 'Thingamablog'...
Implementing MVCC and major SQL transaction isolation levels In this post we'll build a database in 400 lines of code with basic support for five standard SQL...
16th May 2024
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Implementing MVCC and major SQL transaction isolation levels

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

16th May 2024
In this post we'll build a database in 400 lines of code with basic support for five standard SQL transaction levels: Read Uncommitted, Read Committed, Repeatable Read, Snapshot Isolation and Serializable. We'll use multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) and optimistic...
This 20-Minute On-Page SEO Checklist Could Save Your Rankings What’s the worst thing that could happen to your blog? For many bloggers, the answer is getting...
11th Dec 2019
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This 20-Minute On-Page SEO Checklist Could Save Your Rankings

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

11th Dec 2019
What’s the worst thing that could happen to your blog? For many bloggers, the answer is getting blacklisted by Google and seeing all their organic traffic vanish overnight. And a common way this happens is when Google realizes your blog is infected before you do and simply...
3rd Apr 2012
2024 Book Roundup My goal for 2024 was to read 30 books. I had set a stretch goal despite not meeting my 2023 goal. I...
5th Jan 2025
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2024 Book Roundup

from The Web Witch's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jan 2025
My goal for 2024 was to read 30 books. I had set a stretch goal despite not meeting my 2023 goal. I finished 31 books in 2024 and I am damn proud of that. I found myself prioritizing reading and having more time to do so. Perhaps it was finally abandoning Twitter, after realizing...
19th Mar 2024
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Peace, Love, & Ass

from Neocha – Culture & Creativity in Asia [alt+shift+b] in creative

19th Mar 2024
How Germany’s Most Beautiful City Was Destroyed… and Rebuilt Dresden, a stunning city in Germany, was nearly wiped out during World War II when it was bombed,...
4th Feb 2025
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How Germany’s Most Beautiful City Was Destroyed… and Rebuilt

from THE ARCHITECTURAL UPRISING [alt+shift+b] in architecture

4th Feb 2025
Dresden, a stunning city in Germany, was nearly wiped out during World War II when it was bombed, leaving only ruins behind. But its story didn’t end there—this is a tale of how Dresden came back to life, and rose from the ashes like a phoenix. Before the war, Dresden was known...
Talking tablets: what makes a great tablet? Earlier this year Microsoft released their brand new Surface Pro X tablet computer, in many ways...
13th Apr 2020
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Talking tablets: what makes a great tablet?

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Apr 2020
Earlier this year Microsoft released their brand new Surface Pro X tablet computer, in many ways this is a forward thinking device. As I like working with tablets I wondered what exactly makes a great tablet? Is Surface Pro X any good? Read along to find out. Surface Pro X Unlike...
It's time for Abundance to get mad Sunny visions of the future are great. But if you want to lead the Democrats, you need to fight.
2nd Jun 2025
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It's time for Abundance to get mad

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jun 2025
Sunny visions of the future are great. But if you want to lead the Democrats, you need to fight.
The Daily Shame (耻) UK News Report #8: August 2026
1st Sep 2026
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The Daily Shame (耻)

from Wrong Side of History [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Sep 2026
UK News Report #8: August 2026
Is It Keto - Month 8 Highlights Is It Keto continued its streak of growth, with a 72% jump in revenue to an all-time high...
6th Sep 2019
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Is It Keto - Month 8

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

6th Sep 2019
Highlights Is It Keto continued its streak of growth, with a 72% jump in revenue to an all-time high of $389 for August. Given that Is It Keto is doing better than any of my other projects, I decided to stop ignoring it. I finally got a high-ranking domain to link to Is It Keto,...
Design of Public Posts: Twitter vs Facebook What design tells you about the company’s values Both Facebook and Twitter allow posts to be...
1st Feb 2018
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Design of Public Posts: Twitter vs Facebook

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

1st Feb 2018
What design tells you about the company’s values Both Facebook and Twitter allow posts to be publicly accessible by people who have not…
Why You’re Always Right My cat refuses all medicine because she doesn’t understand the benefits. Nothing can make her see...
9th Feb 2026
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Why You’re Always Right

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Feb 2026
My cat refuses all medicine because she doesn’t understand the benefits. Nothing can make her see that having bitter liquid squirted into her mouth will prevent her from getting intestinal worms. So I have to force the matter by wrapping her in a towel like a burrito, so that she...
Certificates vs Diplomas in Computer Science When I was looking into getting my first job related to programming, I had no idea what the...
2nd Dec 2020
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Certificates vs Diplomas in Computer Science

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Dec 2020
When I was looking into getting my first job related to programming, I had no idea what the difference between a certificate and a diploma was. I was terrified that I’d have to go back to school and spend 2-4 years getting a degree in computer science before an employer would...
TinyPilot: Month 23 Highlights The TinyPilot website redesign is finally done. I’ve learned to make Debian packages, and...
8th Jun 2022
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TinyPilot: Month 23

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

8th Jun 2022
Highlights The TinyPilot website redesign is finally done. I’ve learned to make Debian packages, and it’s surprisingly simple. I’ve given up on Vue and frontend frameworks in general. Goal Grades At the start of each month, I declare what I’d like to accomplish. Here’s how I did...
me and the beatles just ate some waffles in tokyo I've raised $12M for my company + hired amazing people -- and until very recently, whenever anyone...
16th May 2024
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me and the beatles just ate some waffles in tokyo

from Farza's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

16th May 2024
I've raised $12M for my company + hired amazing people -- and until very recently, whenever anyone would ask me my 10-year plan I would flat out say "I have no idea".
The Bitcoin ETF is the spiritual reversal of Executive Order 6102 Back in 1935, they seized the gold. But now, digital gold is back.
11th Jan 2024
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The Bitcoin ETF is the spiritual reversal of Executive Order 6102

from balajis.com [alt+shift+b] in finance

11th Jan 2024
Back in 1935, they seized the gold. But now, digital gold is back.
1st Apr 2021
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Pay-what-you-want subscriptions

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

1st Apr 2021
This is no joke.
What is OpenAI going to do when the truth comes out? Sam Altman’s deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. What happens when the public realizes...
3rd Mar 2026
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What is OpenAI going to do when the truth comes out?

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Mar 2026
Sam Altman’s deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. What happens when the public realizes that?
My release checklist for chrome extensions Many products can be updated very quickly. You spot a bug, you push a fix in next 5 minutes, sadly...
9th Jul 2022
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My release checklist for chrome extensions

from Tiny struggles [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Jul 2022
Many products can be updated very quickly. You spot a bug, you push a fix in next 5 minutes, sadly for chrome extensions it’s not like that. When you update a chrome extension in the chrome web store you submit a package that then goes through a lengthy review. It can take...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Apple Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: 'It's pretty clear Eden is just a simulation,...
1st Nov 2023
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Apple

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

1st Nov 2023
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: 'It's pretty clear Eden is just a simulation, man.' Today's News:
Meta Earnings, Meta’s Timing Problems, The Financial Tail Meta's earnings were a bit disappointing; future promises about AI products were more disconcerting.
3rd Aug 2026
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Meta Earnings, Meta’s Timing Problems, The Financial Tail

from Stratechery by Ben Thompson [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Aug 2026
Meta's earnings were a bit disappointing; future promises about AI products were more disconcerting.
Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IIIa: Focusing on Politics This is the first half of the third part (I, II) of our long-delayed series looking at Hearts of...
3 weeks ago
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Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IIIa: Focusing on Politics

from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry [alt+shift+b] in history

3 weeks ago
This is the first half of the third part (I, II) of our long-delayed series looking at Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Interactive’s World War II grand strategy game, easily one of the most popular historical games on the market today and thus tremendously influential in both the...
The Problem with Education is a Problem of Incentives I’ve found that almost anyone I talk to agrees with the statement: There is something wrong with...
10th May 2022
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The Problem with Education is a Problem of Incentives

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th May 2022
I’ve found that almost anyone I talk to agrees with the statement: There is something wrong with education, particularly higher education.
I Made It! It’s been over a year, but I haven’t lost (most) my touch yet! For the second time I’ve completed a...
2nd May 2011
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I Made It!

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

2nd May 2011
It’s been over a year, but I haven’t lost (most) my touch yet! For the second time I’ve completed a Ludum Dare! Not an easy feat and yet there are tons of games that look absolutely wonderful. I’m not there yet but now I have at least gotten back into game making again, long...
10/22/21 PHD comic: 'Current Status' Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com ...
25th Oct 2021
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10/22/21 PHD comic: 'Current Status'

from PHD Comics [alt+shift+b] in comics

25th Oct 2021
Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "Current Status" - originally published 10/22/2021 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!
The T-34/0 keyboard layout This is an update to the T-34 keyboard layout I’ve been using for a solid number of weeks. While...
5th Sep 2021
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The T-34/0 keyboard layout

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

5th Sep 2021
This is an update to the T-34 keyboard layout I’ve been using for a solid number of weeks. While there are more changes I’d like to try, I’m quite pleased with these changes so I figured I might as well immortalize them before I explore further. (And I do have a bunch of big...
California Is Not A Democracy It's a one-party state. They hold elections, but the Party always wins.
10th Jun 2024
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California Is Not A Democracy

from balajis.com [alt+shift+b] in finance

10th Jun 2024
It's a one-party state. They hold elections, but the Party always wins.
WhatsApp voice notes are revolutionizing farming in Senegal For farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write, sending voice notes has unlocked a new world...
3rd Jul 2023
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WhatsApp voice notes are revolutionizing farming in Senegal

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

3rd Jul 2023
For farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write, sending voice notes has unlocked a new world of collaboration across the industry.
The Lofstrom Loop: A Bridge to Space Imagine you could take a train ride to space. Tracks that slope up into the sky, higher and higher,...
9th Dec 2023
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The Lofstrom Loop: A Bridge to Space

from ToughSF [alt+shift+b] in science

9th Dec 2023
Imagine you could take a train ride to space. Tracks that slope up into the sky, higher and higher, until you reach a plateau above the planet where it’s a straight line up to orbital velocity. That’s what’s possible with a Lofstrom Loop. But sending you into orbit is just one...
TIL: Fixing Broken Social Share Images in Twitter/X I have an admission to make. Social share images for Pika were broken on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and...
12th Nov 2024
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TIL: Fixing Broken Social Share Images in Twitter/X

from Good Enough [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Nov 2024
I have an admission to make. Social share images for Pika were broken on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and Apple Messages for months. And it made me sad. But in the past few months we got it fixed. And that made me very happy! We really love our Pika social share images. They are pretty....
Lighthouse map Lovely global map with animated lights sweeping the waters
3 weeks ago
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Lighthouse map

from Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

3 weeks ago
Lovely global map with animated lights sweeping the waters
Green flags for investable founders Here are a few things I’ve seen founders do that made me confident in their ability and...
2nd Jan 2024
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Green flags for investable founders

from Ognjen Regoje • ognjen.io [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jan 2024
Here are a few things I’ve seen founders do that made me confident in their ability and dedication. Elevator pitch in LinkedIn tagline A founder who is all in is constantly selling. That means their tagline will: a) be for their company, not for them b) be the sales pitch, not a...
Five Ways to Become a Better Designer (That Aren't Design) There’s vast world of design learning and opportunity right in front of us constantly. All we need...
4th Feb 2017
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Five Ways to Become a Better Designer (That Aren't Design)

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

4th Feb 2017
There’s vast world of design learning and opportunity right in front of us constantly. All we need to do is take the time to notice it and learn from it.
#5 Kubera: What's my net worth? Respect master spreadsheet
8th Feb 2024
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#5 Kubera: What's my net worth?

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

8th Feb 2024
Respect master spreadsheet
the mind is a trap be careful what you convince yourself of
13th Feb 2025
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the mind is a trap

from Mind Mine [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Feb 2025
be careful what you convince yourself of
1st Apr 2026
Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVb: Working Days This is the continuation – the first of several – of the fourth part of our series looking at the...
5th Sep 2025
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Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVb: Working Days

from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry [alt+shift+b] in history

5th Sep 2025
This is the continuation – the first of several – of the fourth part of our series looking at the lives of pre-modern peasant farmers – a majority of all of the humans who have ever lived. Last time we discussed the survival requirements (in food and textiles) of a peasant...
Carlos Morago. Across the Ordinary Interior Contemporary Spanish painter Carlos Morago depicts realistic interior scenes that are mostly reduced...
22nd Jan 2023
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Carlos Morago. Across the Ordinary Interior

from SOCKS [alt+shift+b] in architecture

22nd Jan 2023
Contemporary Spanish painter Carlos Morago depicts realistic interior scenes that are mostly reduced to the bare minimum: light floors and walls and sporadical furniture. Empty corridors and rooms are framed through opened doors and walls while opening on uneventful exteriors...
being more available to myself requires me to be less available to others & other patterns i am trying to notice and break within myself
9th Aug 2024
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9th Aug 2024
& other patterns i am trying to notice and break within myself
Dwarf Planet Ring Mystery Scientists love mysteries, because that is where new discoveries lay. It is nice to find evidence...
9th Feb 2023
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Dwarf Planet Ring Mystery

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

9th Feb 2023
Scientists love mysteries, because that is where new discoveries lay. It is nice to find evidence consistent with existing theories, providing further confirmation, but it’s exciting to find evidence that cannot be explained with existing theories. Astronomers may have found such...
Handling JSON objects with duplicate names in Python Consider the following JSON object: { "sides": 4, "colour": "red", "sides": 5, "colour":...
4th May 2025
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Handling JSON objects with duplicate names in Python

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th May 2025
Consider the following JSON object: { "sides": 4, "colour": "red", "sides": 5, "colour": "blue" } Notice that sides and colour both appear twice. This looks invalid, but I learnt recently that this is actually legal JSON syntax! It’s unusual and discouraged, but it’s...
No wait, of course THAT is the single most important SaaS metric Is it LTV? Retention? NRR? Magic Number? Rule of 40? Or: Do you need to un-ask the question.
3rd Nov 2024
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No wait, of course THAT is the single most important SaaS metric

from A Smart Bear [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Nov 2024
Is it LTV? Retention? NRR? Magic Number? Rule of 40? Or: Do you need to un-ask the question.
'The Things Which Make a Life of Ease' R.L. Barth, our finest living epigrammist (admittedly, not a vast job description), has sent me his...
1st Jun 2025
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'The Things Which Make a Life of Ease'

from Anecdotal Evidence [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Jun 2025
R.L. Barth, our finest living epigrammist (admittedly, not a vast job description), has sent me his translation of a well-known epigram by Martial, the Roman master of the pithy form. Bob found it among his papers and doesn’t remember making it. “[T]ranslating something [Ben]...
Putting my JAX-trained models on the Hugging Face Hub I hadn't uploaded the models that I trained using JAX to the Hugging Face Hub because Transformers...
3rd Sep 2026
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Putting my JAX-trained models on the Hugging Face Hub

from Giles' blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Sep 2026
I hadn't uploaded the models that I trained using JAX to the Hugging Face Hub because Transformers has been PyTorch-only since version 5 (though they say they're working to add interoperability with JAX in the future), so it would have been tough to get them working natively with...
How to get a taste of ReasonML by building something useful ReasonML, a programming language that compiles to JavaScript, was built by extending the functional...
8th Jan 2019
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How to get a taste of ReasonML by building something useful

from Tinloof - Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jan 2019
ReasonML, a programming language that compiles to JavaScript, was built by extending the functional programming language OCaml, leveraging powerful and safe types smartly inferred by default. Reason’s official documentation is clear, yet covering the theory with “Hello World”...
9th Feb 2024
21

Ask security questions

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Feb 2024
16th Aug 2013
#23 A card pattern Bad code <article> <div> <div class="sr-only">Image</div> <img src="/feature-teaser.png"...
12th Nov 2020
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#23 A card pattern

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Nov 2020
Bad code <article> <div> <div class="sr-only">Image</div> <img src="/feature-teaser.png" alt="Feature teaser" /> </div> </article> <div> <span> <span>Exciting feature!</span> </span> <div> This text describes what the feature does! </div> <a...
You Complete Me When Good Enough was in its infancy as a truly American LLC (formed in Delaware and representing one...
4th Dec 2024
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You Complete Me

from Good Enough [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Dec 2024
When Good Enough was in its infancy as a truly American LLC (formed in Delaware and representing one or two people who were only semi-serious about a business), it was fun to play around with building websites. Shawn and I were truly just playing and exploring, more than anything...
Media Server Journey I manage my legally obtained content using a media server. Over the years, both hardware and...
28th Dec 2025
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Media Server Journey

from Posts on Nikita Lapkov [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Dec 2025
I manage my legally obtained content using a media server. Over the years, both hardware and software on the server went through a bunch of transformations which I find interesting. In order to not look at ads on my Samsung TV, I view all of my content through NVIDIA Shield. It...
Longreads + Open Thread Funds, Slop, Schools, Lookism, Automation, Bots, Efficiency, Magnitogorsk
1st Aug 2026
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Longreads + Open Thread

from The Diff [alt+shift+b] in finance

1st Aug 2026
Funds, Slop, Schools, Lookism, Automation, Bots, Efficiency, Magnitogorsk
New Whale Fossil – Possibly Heaviest Animal Ever The largest and heaviest animal to ever live on the Earth, as far as we know, is the blue whale,...
3rd Aug 2023
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New Whale Fossil – Possibly Heaviest Animal Ever

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

3rd Aug 2023
The largest and heaviest animal to ever live on the Earth, as far as we know, is the blue whale, which is extant today. The blue whale is larger than any dinosaur, even the giant sauropods. The average weight of a blue whale is 160 tons, with the largest specimen being 190 tons,...
Reduce hallucinations with Bespoke-Minicheck Bespoke-Minicheck is a new grounded factuality checking model developed by Bespoke Labs that is now...
18th Sep 2024
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Reduce hallucinations with Bespoke-Minicheck

from Ollama [alt+shift+b] in AI

18th Sep 2024
Bespoke-Minicheck is a new grounded factuality checking model developed by Bespoke Labs that is now available in Ollama. It can fact-check responses generated by other models to detect and reduce hallucinations.
The Boot.dev Beat. May 2023 We hit some amazing milestones in April. We now have over 40,000 registered students and over...
3rd May 2023
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The Boot.dev Beat. May 2023

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd May 2023
We hit some amazing milestones in April. We now have over 40,000 registered students and over 500,000 lessons completed on the platform! I hope your learnings are going well, and that everything we’re building is helping you, even if it’s in a small way.
Costless Sacrifice Going off the Gold Standard but for Information
5th Mar 2026
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Costless Sacrifice

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Mar 2026
Going off the Gold Standard but for Information
Bernie Beigne While walking to the metro station after our visit to Lester's, we noticed a huge lineup for donuts...
1st Mar 2026
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Bernie Beigne

from Sherman's Food Adventures [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Mar 2026
While walking to the metro station after our visit to Lester's, we noticed a huge lineup for donuts at Bernie Beigne.  Not only that, we watched where they took freshly fried donuts and hand-dipped them into glaze.  Then they hung them for all to see in the window.  Wow, if that...
Programming transforms your brain. Here's how. Knowing how to program has a multitude of positive effects on the brain.
7th Aug 2023
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Programming transforms your brain. Here's how.

from Devmoh [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Aug 2023
Knowing how to program has a multitude of positive effects on the brain.
TinyPilot: Month 13 Highlights TinyPilot’s EU distributor is on track to begin sales by the end of August. I’ve freed up...
5th Aug 2021
129

TinyPilot: Month 13

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

5th Aug 2021
Highlights TinyPilot’s EU distributor is on track to begin sales by the end of August. I’ve freed up time by delegating responsibilities to my teammates. I miraculously became unstuck on two tasks that have been blocking work for months. Goal Grades At the start of each month, I...
5th May 2022
What I'm up to - October 2025 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Oct 2025
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What I'm up to - October 2025

from Philip Ilic Thomas [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Oct 2025
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in September - Spent Labor Day in Boulder - Went to Alchemy Springs Sauna in SF- I'm happy to see...
Exploiting Undocumented Hardware Blocks in the LPC55S69 At Oxide Computer, we are designing a new computer system from the ground up. Along the way we...
30th Apr 2021
48

Exploiting Undocumented Hardware Blocks in the LPC55S69

from Oxide Computer Company Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

30th Apr 2021
At Oxide Computer, we are designing a new computer system from the ground up. Along the way we carefully review all hardware selected to ensure it meets not only functional needs but our security needs as well. This work includes reverse engineering where necessary to get a full...
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