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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Discrete
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a year ago
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Seth's Blog
What comes after trust?
Walk into a bank with a stocking on your head and you’re probably going to get arrested. Civil...
a year ago
Walk into a bank with a stocking on your head and you’re probably going to get arrested. Civil society as we know it is dependent on identity and responsibility. A person does something and owns the consequences. This requirement of identity leads to the dynamic of the free...
High Signal
Making $200k/year at 25 from online startups
Ch Daniel is a 25 year old founder who is making $200,000 in annual revenue from a variety of...
a year ago
Ch Daniel is a 25 year old founder who is making $200,000 in annual revenue from a variety of websites.
Blog - Practical...
How To Install a Pipeline Under a Railroad
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is the Union Pacific...
10 months ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is the Union Pacific Railroad’s Austin Subdivision in central Texas. It’s a busy corridor that moves both freight and passengers north and south between Austin and San Antonio… But it’s mostly freight....
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
IEEE Spectrum
Chuck E. Cheese’s Animatronics Band Bows Out
That may have been the last time I entered a Chuck E. Cheese pizzeria. And yet, when I heard that...
2 weeks ago
That may have been the last time I entered a Chuck E. Cheese pizzeria. And yet, when I heard that the company was phasing out the animatronic bands from all but five locations by the end of this year, I felt a twinge of nostalgia. Much to my surprise, I was truly sad that the...
tonsky.me
Clojure macros continue to surprise me
Clojure macros have two modes: avoid them at all costs/do very basic stuff, or go absolutely...
5 months ago
Clojure macros have two modes: avoid them at all costs/do very basic stuff, or go absolutely crazy.
Here’s the problem: I’m working on Humble UI’s component library, and I wanted to document it. While at it, I figured it could serve as an integration test as well—since I showcase...
alexwlchan
Drawing a better bandwidth graph for Netlify
I currently host this site on Netlify’s Starter plan, which means I can serve 100GB of bandwidth per...
3 months ago
I currently host this site on Netlify’s Starter plan, which means I can serve 100GB of bandwidth per month.
That’s usually plenty, and I’ve only exceeded it a few times – this site is mostly text, and I only have a modest audience.
I can see how much bandwidth I’ve used in the...
ntietz.com blog
Growing Teams and Baking Bread
One of the keys in baking bread is getting the dough to rise well. As the yeast does its work, it...
over a year ago
One of the keys in baking bread is getting the dough to rise well. As the yeast does its work, it ferments some of the sugars in the dough into alcohol and carbon dioxide, resulting in a growing, bubbly mass of dough.
There are some tricks to making dough rise quickly, like using...
Left To Write
Do The Verb To Become The Noun
Chasing after who you want to become is hard
a year ago
Chasing after who you want to become is hard
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Developer Exception Engineering
It's time we look beyond the easy questions in developer experience, and start addressing the...
over a year ago
It's time we look beyond the easy questions in developer experience, and start addressing the uncomfortable ones.
Stephen Diehl
The Intellectual Incoherence of Cryptoassets
over a year ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'One Realises How Absolutely Modern the Best of the Old Things Are'
My late
father-in-law left me The Works of
Rudyard Kipling in twenty-three volumes, the American...
10 months ago
My late
father-in-law left me The Works of
Rudyard Kipling in twenty-three volumes, the American edition published by
Scribner’s in 1899 when the author was thirty-four years old. As a writer, Kipling
was a wonder of nature, as prodigious as Shakespeare and Dickens. To put...
NeuroLogica Blog
The Threat of Technology
In my second book (shameless plug alert) – The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future – my coauthors and I...
a year ago
In my second book (shameless plug alert) – The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future – my coauthors and I try to imagine both the utopian and dystopian versions of the future, brought about by technology, either individually or collectively. This topic has come up multiple times recently...
bunnie's blog
Designing The Light Source for IRIS
This post is part of a longer-running series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their...
9 months ago
This post is part of a longer-running series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their hardware through my IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ) technique. IRIS allows us to see the insides of certain types of chips, even after they are soldered to a circuit board. This is possible...
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Three Jobs of Containers
A great nugget I learned from watching Brian Holt's Intro to Containers workshop
over a year ago
A great nugget I learned from watching Brian Holt's Intro to Containers workshop
TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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3 months ago
diamond geezer
From eight to nine
Yesterday I undertook the not inconsequential task of buying a new laptop, something I'd been...
3 months ago
Yesterday I undertook the not inconsequential task of buying a new laptop, something I'd been putting off for a long time.
2020 and your collective advice was "if it's still working keep using it" so I did. It's got slower, as you'd expect, but I've worked around that and put up...
Willem's Blog
Cash is king, or is it?
Is the time right to ditch the wallet?
over a year ago
Is the time right to ditch the wallet?
TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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a year ago
The Changelog
Review of Reputable, Functional, and Secure Email Service
I last reviewed email services in 2019. That review focused a lot of attention on privacy. At the...
7 months ago
I last reviewed email services in 2019. That review focused a lot of attention on privacy. At the time, I selected mailbox.org as my provider, and have been using them for these 5 years since. However, both their service and their support have gone significantly downhill since,...
The Honest Broker
The Rise and Fall of The Village Voice
A new book reminds us what we lost when the counterculture disappeared
8 months ago
A new book reminds us what we lost when the counterculture disappeared
Words and Buttons...
A smooth and sharp image interpolation you probably haven't heard of
An image interpolation that gives us a continuous and smooth image, where every interpolated value...
7 months ago
An image interpolation that gives us a continuous and smooth image, where every interpolated value only depends on the four neighboring pixel values. The image becomes smooth, but sharp features remain sharp.
Londonist
Where To Celebrate Hanukkah 2023 In London
Where to celebrate Chanukah this December.
a year ago
Where to celebrate Chanukah this December.
Construction Physics
How We Got the Lithium-ion Battery
It took decades of research, performed around the world, before a practical lithium-ion battery was...
3 weeks ago
It took decades of research, performed around the world, before a practical lithium-ion battery was possible.
NeuroLogica Blog
Microbes Aboard the ISS
As I have written many times, including in yesterday’s post, people occupying space is hard. The...
11 months ago
As I have written many times, including in yesterday’s post, people occupying space is hard. The environment of space, or really anywhere not on Earth, is harsh and unforgiving. One of the issues, for example, rarely addressed in science fiction or even discussions of space...
Both Are True
Aren't all parents competitive???
A convo with Rae Katz on handling that oh-so-icky feeling of wanting your kid to be THE BEST
a year ago
A convo with Rae Katz on handling that oh-so-icky feeling of wanting your kid to be THE BEST
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Announcement!
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2 months ago
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Rest of World -...
Amazon and Walmart didn’t defeat India’s mom-and-pop stores. But rapid delivery might
Services like Blinkit and Zepto are estimated to put more than 25% of India’s neighborhood kirana...
a month ago
Services like Blinkit and Zepto are estimated to put more than 25% of India’s neighborhood kirana stores out of business by 2030.
Maps Mania
Racial Covenants in Santa Clara Properties
2 months ago
Daniel Miessler
The 2 Current Major AI Bottlenecks
I’ve been going hardcore on using GPT to create essays, reports, and other kinds of analysis. I’ve...
a year ago
I’ve been going hardcore on using GPT to create essays, reports, and other kinds of analysis. I’ve had tons of success with it, and it’s given me a clear view of current limitations with the current tech. I’m not complaining. This stuff is brand-new. Here are the current...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
Val Sopi
The incredible March 2024
<p>March was an absolutely insane month for <a href="https://blogstatic.io/">blogstatic.io</a>. The...
8 months ago
<p>March was an absolutely insane month for <a href="https://blogstatic.io/">blogstatic.io</a>. The majority of this spike I can attribute to the <a href="https://blogstatic.io/blog/pricing-2024">price change announcement on March 1st</a> and customers were rushing to lock in...
A Smart Bear
How many things should there be? (Hint: Not 10)
If we happened to evolve with nine fingers, we would have "Top 9" lists. So, a "Top 10" list...
a year ago
If we happened to evolve with nine fingers, we would have "Top 9" lists. So, a "Top 10" list probably doesn't have the correct number of things.
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things to start your week (#51)
Falling obesity; the red-state boom; U.S. housing supply; men avoiding college; China's economic...
2 months ago
Falling obesity; the red-state boom; U.S. housing supply; men avoiding college; China's economic goals; implicit taxes on the poor; Garcia interviews Krugman and Cowen interviews Scanlon
Diaries of Note
Last day of shoot
Emma Thompson spent five years crafting the screenplay for Sense and Sensibility, a period that...
a year ago
Emma Thompson spent five years crafting the screenplay for Sense and Sensibility, a period that might be described as part love affair with Jane Austen’s novel, part wrestling match with the challenge of adapting it for the big screen. When finally released in 1995, boasting a...
Open Culture
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book...
2 months ago
If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart from other manuscripts of the same period by the quality of its artwork and the...
TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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10 months ago
Probably...
Small percentiles and missing data
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. low_percentile Bootstrapping percentiles¶ Here’s a question from the Reddit statistics forum. I’m trying to figure out how to...
Ian Betteridge
Weeknote, Sunday 8th December 2024
This time of year, work becomes a tension between two opposing forces: the inevitable winding down...
a week ago
This time of year, work becomes a tension between two opposing forces: the inevitable winding down of the year, as fewer projects appear and people begin to drift away, and the equally inevitable rush to get whatever remains to be done. It’s a tension that keeps me awake at night...
Christopher Butler
The Rhythm of Your Screen
Length is not the problem; lack of rhythm is.
It’s 2023 and I’m still frequently asked by...
a year ago
Length is not the problem; lack of rhythm is.
It’s 2023 and I’m still frequently asked by clients about scrolling. I understand why.
Every design comes with assumptions about how much content will be seen by people because the space in which people access our designs is...
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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11 months ago
TokyoDev
Announcing the 2022 International Developers in Japan Survey
The 2022 International Developers in Japan Survey is now live! By taking this survey, you'll be...
over a year ago
The 2022 International Developers in Japan Survey is now live! By taking this survey, you'll be helping other developers living here better understand the experience of their peers, and also help people considering making the move here understand what working here is actually...
Engineer’s Codex
How one line of code caused a $60 million loss
60,000 people lost full phone service, half of AT&T's network was down, and 500 airline flights were...
a year ago
60,000 people lost full phone service, half of AT&T's network was down, and 500 airline flights were delayed
Maps Mania
Every Basketball Court on Google Maps
3 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'One of the Finest of Human Creatures'
Turnstile One (1948) is a slender anthology of poems,
stories, essays and reviews edited by V.S...
10 months ago
Turnstile One (1948) is a slender anthology of poems,
stories, essays and reviews edited by V.S Pritchett and drawn from The New Statesman and Nation. Founded in
1913 by the Webbs and others associated with the Fabian Society, the magazine’s
politics were left-wing and many of...
Max Rozen
Guidelines for Deploying React
These days there are a heck of a lot of options for deploying React. It can be a bit overwhelming....
over a year ago
These days there are a heck of a lot of options for deploying React. It can be a bit overwhelming. This article simplifies your choices.
Londonist
Hammersmith Bridge Is Reopening To Cyclists... But Only For 10 Weeks
And it's got something to do with West Ham fans.
10 months ago
And it's got something to do with West Ham fans.
Anarchy Unfolds
Paths to peace
Letters to an anarchist - Part 4
a month ago
Letters to an anarchist - Part 4
Old Structures...
It Looked Familiar: Hot Dogs In A Temple
Above, a somewhat pathetic villain threatens the people of Gotham City, while Batgirl muses. Below,...
a year ago
Above, a somewhat pathetic villain threatens the people of Gotham City, while Batgirl muses. Below, the stair connecting the train shed at the old Penn Station with the concourse: And zoomed in: And another angle:
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Shell
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a year ago
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Londonist
V&A East - Brand New Museum Opening In 2025 Announces Its First Exhibition
The Music Is Black: A British Story will get the ball rolling.
a year ago
The Music Is Black: A British Story will get the ball rolling.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Dividing equity between founders
A friend asked me recently if I knew of any good guidelines for dividing up equity between founders,...
over a year ago
A friend asked me recently if I knew of any good guidelines for dividing up equity between founders, and specifically what to do in the case…
The American Scholar
From Las Cosas Nuevas by Ennio Moltedo
The post From <em>Las Cosas Nuevas</em> by Ennio Moltedo appeared first on The American Scholar.
8 months ago
The post From <em>Las Cosas Nuevas</em> by Ennio Moltedo appeared first on The American Scholar.
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Magnetism, an Ardor, a Refusal to Be False'
In “The Madonna of the Future,” an 1873 story by Henry James, an American painter in
Florence tells...
a year ago
In “The Madonna of the Future,” an 1873 story by Henry James, an American painter in
Florence tells the narrator, “If you but knew the rapture of observation! I
gather with every glance some hint for light, for color or relief! When I get home, I pour out my treasures into
the...
Internal Tech Emails
Mark Zuckerberg: Could Facebook move faster?
In China there is this strong culture of cloning things quickly and building lots of different...
over a year ago
In China there is this strong culture of cloning things quickly and building lots of different products instead of just focusing on one thing at a time. This allows them to plant lots of seeds, and although it yields lower quality products in the short term as they're cloning and...
Handprinted - Blog
Drypoint with Aluminium Plates
Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking method that involves scratching an image into a plate with a...
a year ago
Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking method that involves scratching an image into a plate with a pointed tool. These lines create a burr that holds ink, meaning that the print reveals the drawing.
Drypoint is an easy technique to get to grips with and is a great method if you...
Seth's Blog
Who cares?
A question we don’t ask ourselves very often, but a choice we make every day. It’s tempting to not...
a year ago
A question we don’t ask ourselves very often, but a choice we make every day. It’s tempting to not care. If you choose to not care, you’re off the hook. It’s simply to do as little as possible, avoid too much trouble, ask if it will be on the test, try to stay off the […]
The Modern House
Samuel Ross gives us a first look at his renovated family home in Northamptonshire
a year ago
Notes on software...
On NYC, Tokyo and Seoul
I’ve lived in NYC for the past year — moved here after years in Philly
and after growing up in a...
over a year ago
I’ve lived in NYC for the past year — moved here after years in Philly
and after growing up in a rural community a few hours west of
there. My wife is South Korean and last week concluded my second trip
to the suburbs of Seoul to visit her family. We finished up that trip
with a...
Castles in the Sky
The Many Faces of Mexican Heirloom Corn | Introducing the Vignettes Series
Vignettes #1
8 months ago
David Perell
Thoughts on Montreal
I visited Montreal for the first time. Here are my general impressions of the city, based on walks...
over a year ago
I visited Montreal for the first time. Here are my general impressions of the city, based on walks around town and casual conversations with friends: Culture: My favorite thing about Montreal is its commitment to culture. French is the dominant language, which is partially why it...
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Blogging for 7 Years
Blogging for 7 Years
2023-06-24
My first public article was posted on June 28th 2016. That was seven...
a year ago
Blogging for 7 Years
2023-06-24
My first public article was posted on June 28th 2016. That was seven years ago.
In that time, quite a lot has changed in my life both personally and professionally. So, I figured it would be interesting to reflect on these years and document it for...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Some Thoughts On Startups Overpromising | Out-Of-Pocket
the role RFPs play, how it's difficult to define patient harm, and more
9 months ago
the role RFPs play, how it's difficult to define patient harm, and more
swyx's site RSS Feed
3 Tips from Kent C Dodds for People Just Getting Started
advice for beginners from a podcast
over a year ago
advice for beginners from a podcast
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Keep a React component mounted
The second most important React optimization technique after shouldComponentUpdate and friends is...
over a year ago
The second most important React optimization technique after shouldComponentUpdate and friends is remount management. Some portions of the UI can be hidden or shown — sidebars, drop-down menus, modals and draggable widgets are all prominent examples. The basic React pattern for...
The Marginalian
Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” Brought to Life in a Spanish Flashmob of 100 Musicians
A touchingly human reminder of our capacity for ecstasy, transcendence, and collective felicity.
a year ago
A touchingly human reminder of our capacity for ecstasy, transcendence, and collective felicity.
AFAR Media - Travel...
Discover the Best Fall Getaways: 3 American Cities You Must Visit
6 months ago
37signals Dev
Mission Control — Jobs 1.0 released
We’ve just released Mission Control — Jobs v1.0.0, the dashboard and set of extensions to operate...
2 weeks ago
We’ve just released Mission Control — Jobs v1.0.0, the dashboard and set of extensions to operate background jobs that we introduced earlier this year. This new version is the result of 92 pull requests, 67 issues and the help of 35 different contributors. It includes many...
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
Passing Time
Season-Chasing
Life is like the snow; it'll come and it will go
10 months ago
Life is like the snow; it'll come and it will go
Rest of World -...
Gig drivers in South Africa clash over Bolt’s low-priced Indian cars
Bolt introduced the cars to bring down fares. Now, other drivers see them as a threat.
a year ago
Bolt introduced the cars to bring down fares. Now, other drivers see them as a threat.
Old Structures...
Three Dimentionality
I was in Minneapolis a few months ago and took some pictures of the Lumber Exchange, one of the...
9 months ago
I was in Minneapolis a few months ago and took some pictures of the Lumber Exchange, one of the first tall buildings constructed there. Here’s an overall view of the original wing (the building is L shaped, with the wings constructed at different times): It’s not deserted – the...
sancho.dev
query-json: jq written in Reason
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
YouTube is the final place to watch unbiased news in India. Can it last?
As Modi’s government clamps down on the free press, top journalists are forging their own channels...
a year ago
As Modi’s government clamps down on the free press, top journalists are forging their own channels to report unbiased news — for now.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
News is a lousy business for Google too
There is a widespread myth that search engines have taken profits away from news websites. A few...
over a year ago
There is a widespread myth that search engines have taken profits away from news websites. A few months ago, Rupert Murdoch said: “Google…
Noahpinion
Strategies to secure America's supply chains
A guest post by Yann Calvó López and Ben Golub.
2 months ago
A guest post by Yann Calvó López and Ben Golub.
Citation Needed
Businessweek: Crypto Got What It Wanted in November’s Election. Now What?
The industry is now in a position to weaken financial rules that might protect consumers from the...
5 days ago
The industry is now in a position to weaken financial rules that might protect consumers from the next crypto crash.
diamond geezer
Carpenders Park
One Stop Beyond: Carpenders Park
In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater...
a month ago
One Stop Beyond: Carpenders Park
In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater London boundary, getting off and seeing what's there. Today that means Carpenders Park, one stop beyond Hatch End on what will next week be the Lioness line. For positioning purposes...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Memories Packed in the Rapid-Access File'
Last
Saturday morning, the day my brother would die, the Uber driver who carried me
from hotel to...
3 months ago
Last
Saturday morning, the day my brother would die, the Uber driver who carried me
from hotel to hospice in the morning went by the professional name “Lazarus” –
an omen I choose to leave unexamined and merely enjoy. Ken would have enjoyed
it.
Shortly after his death one of the...
TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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4 months ago
The Forney Flyer
From the Flight Line
Here's some random shots from the flight line. First, one of our Cessna 208B Grand Caravans taking...
over a year ago
Here's some random shots from the flight line. First, one of our Cessna 208B Grand Caravans taking off from our home airstrip in Kajjansi, Uganda. This aircraft is now serving in Liberia.
I've always loved watching the sky and the weather. Last week I was out of the city and...
AFAR Media - Travel...
9 Greek Travel Experiences for a Luxurious Escape
a month ago
blag
Snapshot Testing
A smoll intro to snapshot testing
9 months ago
A smoll intro to snapshot testing
Arduino Blog
An Arduino-powered robotic ukulele that plays itself
The ukulele has a bit of a reputation for being quaint, but it is a legitimate instrument like any...
4 months ago
The ukulele has a bit of a reputation for being quaint, but it is a legitimate instrument like any other and that means it takes a lot of practice to play competently. Zeroshot is too busy building cool stuff to bother with all of that, so he put his skills to use constructing...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Living Through Radical Change'
Ten years
ago, Joseph Epstein wrote to his friend Frederic Raphael:
“I have
myself long ago put...
8 months ago
Ten years
ago, Joseph Epstein wrote to his friend Frederic Raphael:
“I have
myself long ago put aside any thought about writing an autobiography. . . .
When I became, almost without conscious decision, a bookish and a scribbling
man, the larger sense of adventure went out of my...
Daniel Bourke
The same feeling
Starting something new.
A business, a relationship, an adventure, a creation.
Hell, it doesn’t even...
a year ago
Starting something new.
A business, a relationship, an adventure, a creation.
Hell, it doesn’t even have to be new.
Or even the start.
Still, the feelings creep in.
Am I going to make it?
Does she like me?
What does he think?
Goodness what if I go broke?
Rest of World -...
An end of an era for Latin American tech
Foreign businesses are making strides in the region while local tech companies reshuffle.
a year ago
Foreign businesses are making strides in the region while local tech companies reshuffle.
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
The Codist
My Compensation Over Four Decades As A Programmer
It's a lie, as I don't remember exactly what I made in every job, and it changed during each job....
a year ago
It's a lie, as I don't remember exactly what I made in every job, and it changed during each job. Also, I never worked for a big tech company (other than Apple briefly, but that was when they were going out of business) and only a
Spoon & Tamago
Kirie Artist Lito Celebrates Tanabata with Handcut Leaves
Today is Tanabata (七夕, meaning “Evening of the seventh”), a Japanese festival celebrating the...
5 months ago
Today is Tanabata (七夕, meaning “Evening of the seventh”), a Japanese festival celebrating the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi. According to legend, the Milky Way separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh...
Seth's Blog
On the dot
Hardy came home from school and proudly showed his mom the cheap plastic trinkets he had earned that...
a year ago
Hardy came home from school and proudly showed his mom the cheap plastic trinkets he had earned that day. “I stood quietly on the dot and so I got some tickets. And if I stand on the dot quietly tomorrow, I can get some more prizes!” First grade! That’s one way to indoctrinate...
Daniel Miessler
Humiliation is Deadly
I’ve been thinking for a few years about the danger presented by humiliated people and groups. That...
over a year ago
I’ve been thinking for a few years about the danger presented by humiliated people and groups. That is, people who not only feel like they have no respect and no options to gain any respect, but who also feel that: They deserve those things, and… That someone else is the cause of...
dthompson
Chickadee 0.8.0 released
I'm happy to announce that Chickadee 0.8.0 has been released!
Chickadee is a game development...
over a year ago
I'm happy to announce that Chickadee 0.8.0 has been released!
Chickadee is a game development toolkit for Guile. Chickadee aims to
provide all the features that parenthetically inclined game developers
need to make 2D and 3D games in Scheme.
Notable improvements and...
Seth's Blog
The 500 ways
There are thousands of ways to express encouragement and enthusiasm and support. Few of them require...
a year ago
There are thousands of ways to express encouragement and enthusiasm and support. Few of them require a blood oath or even much inconvenience. “I’m thrilled that you’re contributing.” “Can’t wait to see how this turns out.” “I know someone who really needs to hear about this.” “Go...
Londonist
Around London In 14 Lions And Lionesses
One to paw over.
a year ago
Old Structures...
A First Attempt
If you’re familiar with a final product, looking at the early ideas can be disconcerting. Things...
10 months ago
If you’re familiar with a final product, looking at the early ideas can be disconcerting. Things seem familiar but wrong, as can be seen in this 1870s map with a proposal for Morningside Park. The Upper West Side was pretty sparsely populated at that time because of the...
Joel Gascoigne
Feeling like a fraud while doing startups
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over a year ago
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Before I had any success with Buffer, I helped many startups with their ideas. I
attended events, spoke at events and even created my own meetup for startups.
These were not particularly big...
Val Sopi
Year 2300
<p><i>From all that is currently happening to us, I want to believe that we’re at the dawn of a new...
5 months ago
<p><i>From all that is currently happening to us, I want to believe that we’re at the dawn of a new era </i>✊</p><hr><p>I am predicting year 2300 to be the one when we’re living the progressive dreams of today.<br></p><p>By then we have reached a new...
tomcritchlow.com
The Magic of Small Databases
summary
Publishing documents to the web is a well-served use case but publishing small indexes,...
a year ago
summary
Publishing documents to the web is a well-served use case but publishing small indexes, databases and collections to the web is still an incredibly frustrating and under-served use case. Here I outline why I think it matters and a variety of approaches to solving it.
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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a year ago
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
Old Structures...
The Inspiration
The 14th Street station on the Eighth Avenue subway has an art installation by Tom Otterness called...
7 months ago
The 14th Street station on the Eighth Avenue subway has an art installation by Tom Otterness called “Life Underground” It consists of a series of brass figures, both human and animal, engaged in various pursuits. Everyone always focuses on the alligator climbing out of a sewer to...
Data Boutique
Web Data in Emergency Situations: The MatchesFashion case
More case studies for web data
9 months ago
More case studies for web data
Words and Buttons...
[Renovated] Outperforming everything with anything
It's about 100 lines of Python code that generate a linear solver in LLVM intermediate language...
over a year ago
It's about 100 lines of Python code that generate a linear solver in LLVM intermediate language outperforming C and C++ solutions. Originally published in mid 2018, now completetly rewritten.
Vladimir Klepov as a...
The most useful programming language
Aspiring developers often ask me what's the best programming language to learn. Personally, I mostly...
11 months ago
Aspiring developers often ask me what's the best programming language to learn. Personally, I mostly work with JS — solid choice, but everyone and their dog learns JS these days, so it might be time to add some diversity. I'm curious — which single programming language covers the...
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
Birchtree
2 weeks to go and I don't think I'll have to eat that AirPod
Last month I made the courageous promise that I would eat an AirPod if a 9to5Mac writer's prediction...
5 days ago
Last month I made the courageous promise that I would eat an AirPod if a 9to5Mac writer's prediction that "[b]efore the end of the year, I have no doubt Apple’s AI features—especially what’s coming in 18.2—will become
IEEE Spectrum
The Sneaky Standard
A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, Ernie Smith’s newsletter, which hunts for the...
7 months ago
A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, Ernie Smith’s newsletter, which hunts for the end of the long tail.
Personal computing has changed a lot in the past four decades, and one of the biggest changes, perhaps the most unheralded, comes down to compatibility. These...
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
Stoic Simple
Artificial Intelligence and “4D” Philosophy
Artificial intelligence is capable of forging philosophical concepts that transcend the organic...
a year ago
Artificial intelligence is capable of forging philosophical concepts that transcend the organic limitations of human neural networks. Is there a way for us to comprehend a "shadow" of this new form of AI wisdom? by Phil Van Treuren Humanity has practiced philosophy for thousands...
NeuroLogica Blog
Artificial Robotic Muscles
By now we have all seen the impressive robot videos, such as the ones from Boston Dynamics, in which...
3 months ago
By now we have all seen the impressive robot videos, such as the ones from Boston Dynamics, in which robots show incredible flexibility and agility. These are amazing, but I understand they are a bit like trick-shot videos – we are being shown the ones that worked, which may not...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Working a Thing Out'
Long ago an
editor urged me never to assume I knew what readers were thinking or what they
wanted....
5 months ago
Long ago an
editor urged me never to assume I knew what readers were thinking or what they
wanted. It’s presumptuous to do so. Mind-reading quickly turns into seeking
approval from readers and sucking up to them. Be clear, don’t condescend,
respect the reader’s intelligence....
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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4 months ago
Seth's Blog
Invite: Behind-the-scenes webinar for the new book
In two weeks, I’ll be hosting a live webinar about my new book, answering questions and connecting...
a year ago
In two weeks, I’ll be hosting a live webinar about my new book, answering questions and connecting people to get serious in discussing the new way of work. The details are here. I hope you can make it. It’s possible that I’ve now written more bestselling business titles than any...
Diaries of Note
Wonder, astonishment, and devotion
In December of 1831, HMS Beagle embarked on a historic voyage that would shape the course of...
a year ago
In December of 1831, HMS Beagle embarked on a historic voyage that would shape the course of scientific thought for generations to come. Aboard that ship, with a mere 22 years under his belt, was Charles Darwin, whose role would lead to remarkable discoveries about the natural...
Unpacked
Twitter Pays Creators: The Momentum Towards Revenue Sharing
Amidst fierce platform competition, creators stand to gain a lot from the emergence of...
a year ago
Amidst fierce platform competition, creators stand to gain a lot from the emergence of revenue-sharing programs
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Immeasurable Impact
Jerod has a good post on The Changelog contrasting the different ways of measuring impact.
One way...
11 months ago
Jerod has a good post on The Changelog contrasting the different ways of measuring impact.
One way to measure impact is breadth (i.e. virality):
Virality is all about breadth of impact: your content reaching as many people as possible as fast as possible. This feels great and is...
Laetitia@Work
Looking for precious time
Laetitia@Work #49
over a year ago
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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6 months ago
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Healthcare should NOT be local | Out-Of-Pocket
Let's think bigger
a year ago
Mazdak
Commercial vs. Residential Real Estate: Which One Is Right for You?
Investing in real estate can be a great way to build wealth and generate passive income. But which...
a year ago
Investing in real estate can be a great way to build wealth and generate passive income. But which type of real estate is right for you? Commercial or residential? In this blog post, we will compare and contrast commercial and residential real estate, and help you decide which...
Christopher Butler
visual journal – 2024 June 1 - June 16
An End
I made two small collages side-by-side, simultaneously, then glued them in to the...
6 months ago
An End
I made two small collages side-by-side, simultaneously, then glued them in to the book.
ontological shock
Another small collage I made outside of this book. I’ve been enjoying the process of making these; I’ve been thinking of them as...
Map of the Week
30 Day Map Challenge-Admiring the Work of Others
For the past several years November for me has meant working on the 30 Day Map Challenge. This year...
a month ago
For the past several years November for me has meant working on the 30 Day Map Challenge. This year I’ve been too busy to participate - also I really needed a break from it. Not participating means I’ve been able to admire the work of other cartographers. Here are some highlights...
Blog - Mac Pierce
Creating art out of a weapon. Using the Stuxnet Virus.
How and why I made Portrait of a Digital Weapon, a piece of electronic art
made from the Stuxnet...
over a year ago
How and why I made Portrait of a Digital Weapon, a piece of electronic art
made from the Stuxnet Virus.
Rest of World -...
Crunchyroll is trying to turn India into a nation of anime lovers
The world’s largest anime streaming service is opening its second local office, working with...
4 months ago
The world’s largest anime streaming service is opening its second local office, working with Bollywood stars, and adding dozens of shows per quarter.
Matt Mullenweg
On with Theo / T3.gg
On Thursday, a prominent developer, YouTuber, Twitch streamer, and journalist posted a video titled...
2 months ago
On Thursday, a prominent developer, YouTuber, Twitch streamer, and journalist posted a video titled This might be the end of WordPress. It was very harsh. In that video you’ll hear him say about me, “he’s a chronic hater” (7:55), “seems like he’s been a pretty petty bastard for a...
Applied Cartography
Hidden settings are for cowards
At Stripe, we had two abstractions for branching logic in production: flags, which were meant to be...
2 weeks ago
At Stripe, we had two abstractions for branching logic in production: flags, which were meant to be explicitly temporal (temporarily split-testing traffic; rolling out a new feature or code path; exposing a specific path for a cohort of users during a closed beta) and gates,...
High Signal
$100k from building a SaaS boilerplate for Django
Cory Zue has built a living making Django SaaS boilerplates for founders. It means you can get...
a year ago
Cory Zue has built a living making Django SaaS boilerplates for founders. It means you can get started with your SaaS much quicker
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 months ago
mtlynch.io
TinyPilot: Month 43
New here?
Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent...
10 months ago
New here?
Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent computer hardware company. I started the company in 2020, and it now earns $80-100k/month in revenue and employs six other people.
Every month, I publish a retrospective like this one...
PostHog's RSS Feed
In-depth: How to measure product-market fit
Startups can't succeed without achieving product-market fit – it's one of the few things startup...
a year ago
Startups can't succeed without achieving product-market fit – it's one of the few things startup gurus agree on. It's often described as a feeling…
Steve Klabnik
The profile link relation and you
over a year ago
Seth's Blog
Judgment
AI pushes us to do what we actually get paid to do: make decisions. Craft used to drive our hours or...
a year ago
AI pushes us to do what we actually get paid to do: make decisions. Craft used to drive our hours or even days. Get the pen lines just right. Source the Letraset. Get your instrument in tune. Sweat the details, because the details are everything. Now, I can choose from 1,000...
Spoon & Tamago
Coworking Space in Kinosaki Onsen Encourages Users to Take Bath Breaks
Photo: Madoka Nishiyama courtesy KIAC This might very well be the coworking space of our dreams. The...
a year ago
Photo: Madoka Nishiyama courtesy KIAC This might very well be the coworking space of our dreams. The Kinosaki International Art Center (KIAC) is a multipurpose community center located in Kinosaki Onsen, a quaint town on the coast of Japan that’s known for their natural hot...
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
Platformer
Google's most serious antitrust challenge to date
The US government is coming after the company's ad business — and it might win
a year ago
The US government is coming after the company's ad business — and it might win
TheCollector
La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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5 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Otherwise, as Apolitical as Possible"
“If Ralph
Nader is for it, I am against it; otherwise, as apolitical as possible.”
That sort...
9 months ago
“If Ralph
Nader is for it, I am against it; otherwise, as apolitical as possible.”
That sort of
common sense becomes as rare as humility by the hour. It’s the time of year
when we start filling the recycling bin with unsolicited, unread campaign literature. This
season’s favored...
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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a month ago
diamond geezer
Where's WHS?
I needed to buy something from WHSmith but they didn't have it in the Stratford Westfield branch so...
a year ago
I needed to buy something from WHSmith but they didn't have it in the Stratford Westfield branch so I went to Canary Wharf instead. Except it turned out there isn't a Canary Wharf branch, there hasn't been for years, despite Google telling me it existed and was open. I did some...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Poets in an Age of Prose'
Yvor Winters
published his final book, Forms of Discovery,
in October 1967, three months before his...
a year ago
Yvor Winters
published his final book, Forms of Discovery,
in October 1967, three months before his death from cancer at age sixty-seven on
January 25, 1968. Read his late correspondence in The Selected Letters of Yvor Winters (ed. R.L. Barth, 2000) for an
understanding of the...
alexwlchan
Beware of transparent backgrounds when using AVIF with ImageMagick 6
One of the things I did over my Christmas break was redo all the image handling on this site.
Mostly...
a year ago
One of the things I did over my Christmas break was redo all the image handling on this site.
Mostly I’m catching up on the current “best practices” for images on the web.
I’ve written a Jekyll plugin which allows me to use an image in a post like so:
{%
picture
...
David Heinemeier...
Europe is half the cost for our company meet-ups
Since the pandemic ended, we've had the pleasure of organizing three different company meet-ups for...
a year ago
Since the pandemic ended, we've had the pleasure of organizing three different company meet-ups for 37signals. We got going again in Miami, then hopped to Amsterdam, and most recently we went to New Orleans. Next we're going to Barcelona in the fall. Would you have guessed that...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Musings on CVS, two-way negotiation, and dynamic pricing | Out-Of-Pocket
+ we're hosting another dinner! and courses ending!
8 months ago
+ we're hosting another dinner! and courses ending!
Platformer
How Google's Bard AI could shake up search
Dependence on search traffic has already kickstarted a race to the bottom for publishers. Will...
a year ago
Dependence on search traffic has already kickstarted a race to the bottom for publishers. Will Google's new AI tools accelerate it?
journal – Winnie Lim
sending out pieces of my self
In one of my recent posts I documented my experience with the risograph, and at the bottom of the...
8 months ago
In one of my recent posts I documented my experience with the risograph, and at the bottom of the post I wrote that I’ll be giving away 5 pieces of the poster...
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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a month ago
CONTEMPORIST
Custom Bunk Beds Were Designed For This Jungle-Themed Kid’s Bedroom
Interior design firm Britt White Studio has shared photos of a jungle-themed kid’s bedroom they...
a year ago
Interior design firm Britt White Studio has shared photos of a jungle-themed kid’s bedroom they designed as part of an overall penthouse project. The room was designed for two brothers, aged 7 and 9, who worked directly with the designers for the creation of their shared room,...
Platformer
A visit to TikTok's transparency center
Few companies have ever made their code so available for inspection. How much will it matter?
a year ago
Few companies have ever made their code so available for inspection. How much will it matter?
PostHog's RSS Feed
HogMail #18: What can SaaS learn from the New York Times?
Welcome to HogMail, our newsletter featuring the best of the PostHog blog, tutorials, product...
over a year ago
Welcome to HogMail, our newsletter featuring the best of the PostHog blog, tutorials, product guides, and curated articles on building great products…
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Sam Altman Is Full Of Shit
Note: In my last newsletter, I said that my next post would be the second part of my Facebook...
7 months ago
Note: In my last newsletter, I said that my next post would be the second part of my Facebook autopsy. Don’t worry, that’s still coming, but given the recent drama between Sam Altman, OpenAI, and Scarlett Johansson, I felt the need to write something. Don’
Musings on Markets
Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!
In my last post, I talked about the ritual that I go through every year ahead of my teaching each...
a year ago
In my last post, I talked about the ritual that I go through every year ahead of my teaching each spring, and in this one, I will start on the first of a series of posts that I make at the start of each year, where I look at data, both macro and company-level. In this post, I...
Math Is Still...
Do We Need a New Theory of Gravity?
Since Newton had his initial revelation about gravity, our understanding of this fundamental concept...
3 months ago
Since Newton had his initial revelation about gravity, our understanding of this fundamental concept has evolved in unexpected ways. In this week’s episode, theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham and co-host Janna Levin discuss the ways our current understanding of gravity needs...
diamond geezer
King's Cross Station
KING'S CROSS
STATION
🚂
£200
London's Monopoly Streets
KING'S CROSS STATION
Group: British...
10 months ago
KING'S CROSS
STATION
🚂
£200
London's Monopoly Streets
KING'S CROSS STATION
Group: British Railways
Purchase price: £200
Rent: £25
Annual passengers: 23 million
Borough: Camden
Postcode: N1
A (very) brief history: King's Cross station opened in 1852 to replace a temporary...
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.
Ralph Ammer
So… this is a job?
What is Design?
The post So… this is a job? appeared first on Ralph Ammer.
over a year ago
What is Design?
The post So… this is a job? appeared first on Ralph Ammer.
Seth's Blog
Practical philosophy
Engineering is the powerful practice of being able to deliver artifacts that do what they’re...
a year ago
Engineering is the powerful practice of being able to deliver artifacts that do what they’re supposed to. Bridges that don’t fall down, software that runs, IV leads that don’t get infected. But if we want to create something, it helps to know what it’s for. That simple question,...
nanoscale views
Lots to read, including fab for quantum and "Immaterial Science"
Sometimes there are upticks in the rate of fun reading material. In the last few days:
A...
3 months ago
Sometimes there are upticks in the rate of fun reading material. In the last few days:
A Nature paper has been published by a group of authors predominantly from IMEC in Belgium, in which they demonstrate CMOS-compatible manufacturing of superconducting qubit hardware...
Anecdotal Evidence
'On Satan’s Chamberlains Highseated in Berlin'
In 2011, in
an antiques-cum-junk shop here in Houston, I found a copy of an anthology, The Spirit of...
a year ago
In 2011, in
an antiques-cum-junk shop here in Houston, I found a copy of an anthology, The Spirit of Man, published as a
wartime morale booster in 1916, edited by the Poet Laureate, Robert
Bridges. It’s the fourth edition, from 1923. I knew the title because of the
contribution...
SatPost by Trung...
Introducing "Caffeinated Deep Dives"
My new podcast.
a month ago
TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
NeuroLogica Blog
Hunter-Gatherers and Childcare
What is “natural” for humans? It’s often hard to say, and in my opinion this is a highly overused...
a year ago
What is “natural” for humans? It’s often hard to say, and in my opinion this is a highly overused concept. Primarily this is because humans are adaptable – we adapt to our environment, our situation, and our culture. So it is “natural” for us not to have a natural state. But this...
HTMHell
#24 A placeholder is not a label
Bad code
<input type="text" placeholder="First name">
Issues and how to fix them
Every form input...
over a year ago
Bad code
<input type="text" placeholder="First name">
Issues and how to fix them
Every form input element needs a label. When screen reader users access a form field, the label is announced with the field type (e.g. first name, edit text). If it’s missing, users might not know...
Old Structures...
Pareidolia
He’s a happy little gas-powered guy.
5 months ago
He’s a happy little gas-powered guy.
Blog System/5
20 years of blogging
A recap of my experience writing a blog for 20 years straight and the transition to writing a...
6 months ago
A recap of my experience writing a blog for 20 years straight and the transition to writing a newsletter using Substack.
AVC
Read Write Own
Chris Dixon, who leads the A16Z crypto fund, and has been an entrepreneur, VC, and friend of mine...
11 months ago
Chris Dixon, who leads the A16Z crypto fund, and has been an entrepreneur, VC, and friend of mine for over twenty years, has written a book called Read Write Own that is available for pre-order now and will start shipping at the end of the month. Chris gave me a copy right before...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Personal Websites Are As Vulnerable As Us
I look at some people’s personal websites and think, “Stupendous! If I ever reach that zenith of...
3 months ago
I look at some people’s personal websites and think, “Stupendous! If I ever reach that zenith of personal web design, I will call it quits.”
Then I read a post by them later and they say something like, “Gah! I just really don’t like where I’m at with my personal website.”
And in...
Diaries of Note
My oldest Friend is at last going to leave me
Born in 1741 in Caernarvonshire, Wales, Hester Thrale belonged to the esteemed Salusbury family....
a year ago
Born in 1741 in Caernarvonshire, Wales, Hester Thrale belonged to the esteemed Salusbury family. Famous for her friendships with such luminaries as Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, and David Garrick, Thrale was a prominent figure of the period, and her writings, particularly the...
Archinect - Features
'Everything in Design Is Extremely Collaborative': A Conversation with Emerging Architecture...
Starting your own practice comes with a mixture of excitement, collaboration, stressors, and endless...
a year ago
Starting your own practice comes with a mixture of excitement, collaboration, stressors, and endless problem-solving. As a new firm, architects Neda Kakhsaz and Zabie Mustafa are developing their approach to architectural design and how they would like to make their mark within...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Daylight confusion week
Time is a river. A violent current of events.
– Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Here we are again:...
a year ago
Time is a river. A violent current of events.
– Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Here we are again: Daylight Confusion Week.
Much of Europe ends Daylight Savings Time today.
But North America will neglect their clocks for another week. And for
us remoties, that means next week’s...
Engineers Need Art
Experiments in Printmaking - Part 1
Trying some unconventional techniques to create a pop-art print of a Cherry Mash candy bar.
9 months ago
Trying some unconventional techniques to create a pop-art print of a Cherry Mash candy bar.
Explorations of an...
Uruguay Part 3: Lagoon Shorebirding
February 28, 2023
Our first few days in Uruguay had been very successful. We had been able to...
a year ago
February 28, 2023
Our first few days in Uruguay had been very successful. We had been able to experience a few days in the beautiful rural countryside, staying at a wonderful hacienda. We had found our first Uruguayan snake. And we had found most of the potential bird lifers that...
Christopher Butler
We Have Five Years Left
We must radically reduce carbon emissions by 2030 in order to avoid the most catastrophic damage of...
7 months ago
We must radically reduce carbon emissions by 2030 in order to avoid the most catastrophic damage of climate change. How can you help?
We have only 5 years left to do something about climate change. Depending upon how you define “do something,” we have even less time,...
The Modern House
Four flawless apartments provide surprising sanctuary in Peckham Rye
6 months ago
./techtipsy
My server setups throughout the years
My self-hosting adventure started during my university days. Once I actually had money to buy myself...
over a year ago
My self-hosting adventure started during my university days. Once I actually had money to buy myself a decent used laptop
(ThinkPad T430) that had more than 3GB of RAM that my ThinkPad T60 had, I could use some of my older hardware as
testbeds for any of the stupid ideas that I...
Contemporist...
This Small Apartment Has A Yoga Wall And A Coffee Bar
LITTLEMORE INTERIOR DESIGN has shared photos of a small 380-square-foot (35 sqm) apartment in Hong...
a year ago
LITTLEMORE INTERIOR DESIGN has shared photos of a small 380-square-foot (35 sqm) apartment in Hong Kong, that includes both a custom yoga wall and a coffee bar.
Diaries of Note
I can’t find the words
Andy Horwitz had been sitting at his desk for a quarter of an hour when a loud bang shattered the...
a year ago
Andy Horwitz had been sitting at his desk for a quarter of an hour when a loud bang shattered the morning calm. The time was 8:46 a.m., and the first of two planes had just been flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center that stood two blocks from his office. But soon...
Seth's Blog
“I didn’t see you there”
Someone I’ve worked with over the years happened to be driving down my street. I called out and said...
a month ago
Someone I’ve worked with over the years happened to be driving down my street. I called out and said hello… They ignored me. So I repeated myself. “Oh,” they said, recognizing me. “It’s you.” We’re more likely to see, hear and care if the person over there is actually a person. A...
TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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a year ago
Math Is Still...
First-Year Graduate Student Finds Paradoxical Set
No two pairs have the same sum; add three numbers together, and you can get any whole number. ...
a year ago
No two pairs have the same sum; add three numbers together, and you can get any whole number.
The post First-Year Graduate Student Finds Paradoxical Set first appeared on Quanta Magazine
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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a year ago
A Weekly Dose of...
On the Future of Cities
The recent publication of two books prompted me to ponder the future of cities and do a write-up of...
a year ago
The recent publication of two books prompted me to ponder the future of cities and do a write-up of them together:
Implementing Urban Design: Green, Civic, and Community Strategies by Jonathan Barnett, published by Routledge, June 2023 (Amazon / Bookshop)
Renewing the Dream: The...
Seth's Blog
Celebrating the thousand with a special package
[Lots of links in this post… US offer is here, international is here.] Ideas travel horizontally....
3 months ago
[Lots of links in this post… US offer is here, international is here.] Ideas travel horizontally. Not from the creator to the audience as much as from one person to another. It’s easy to misunderstand the insight of Kevin Kelly’s 1,000 True Fans. Decades ago he argued that the...
The Rational Walk
The Year in Review
Growth in 2023, top articles, and plans for the future
a year ago
Growth in 2023, top articles, and plans for the future
Transit Maps
New Official Map: Los Angeles Metro with Regional Connector, 2023
Just dropped on the LA Metro Twitter account, here’s a first look at their new system map once the...
a year ago
Just dropped on the LA Metro Twitter account, here’s a first look at their new system map once the Regional Connector opens at noon, this Friday June 16. First off, one prediction I made in my previous review [October 2022] has been proven true: this map marks the end of the old...
Diaries of Note
I am going to do my best
Yoko Moriwaki was born in Japan in 1932 on the picturesque island of Itsukushima, better known to...
a year ago
Yoko Moriwaki was born in Japan in 1932 on the picturesque island of Itsukushima, better known to locals as Miyajima, and until war broke out in 1941 her childhood was a happy one, filled with simple joys. In 1944, with the conflict casting a heavy shadow, her father was called...
watchTowr Labs -...
Hop-Skip-FortiJump-FortiJump-Higher - Fortinet FortiManager CVE-2024-47575
It’s been a tricky time for Fortinet (and their customers) lately - arguably, even more so than...
a month ago
It’s been a tricky time for Fortinet (and their customers) lately - arguably, even more so than usual. Adding to the steady flow of vulnerabilities in appliances recently was a nasty CVSS 9.8 vulnerability in FortiManager, their tool for central management of FortiGate...
Seth's Blog
Willfully uninformed
Access to information used to be scarce. We ranked college libraries on how many books they had, and...
9 months ago
Access to information used to be scarce. We ranked college libraries on how many books they had, and time at the microfilm reader was booked in advance. Today, if there’s something I don’t know, it’s almost certainly because I haven’t cared enough to find out. I don’t understand...
Common Edge
Measuring Progress: The Building Sector’s Response to the Climate Crisis
From huge CO2 reductions to surging solar investments, the sector is paving the path to a...
5 months ago
From huge CO2 reductions to surging solar investments, the sector is paving the path to a sustainable future, but the time for bold action is now.
Julia Evans
Open sourcing the nginx playground
Hello! In 2021 I released a small playground for testing nginx configurations
called nginx...
a year ago
Hello! In 2021 I released a small playground for testing nginx configurations
called nginx playground. There’s a
blog post about it here.
This is an extremely short post to say that at the time I didn’t make it open source,
but I am making it open source now. It’s not a lot of...
Christopher Butler
Blogging Is Not Publishing It's Therapy
I keep a NOTES.txt document as a catch-all for any ideas I jot down that don’t have an immediate...
a year ago
I keep a NOTES.txt document as a catch-all for any ideas I jot down that don’t have an immediate place elsewhere. It is a digital container that is at least 15 years old at this point. I’ve carried it from machine to machine. Every now and then I go back through it to see if...
Paul Graham: Essays
The Four Quadrants of Conformism
over a year ago
Confessions of a...
Marine Ecology or Marine Biology….what’s the difference!?!?!?
A few of you may be wondering why the blog is called ‘Confessions of a Marine Ecologist” and not...
over a year ago
A few of you may be wondering why the blog is called ‘Confessions of a Marine Ecologist” and not ‘Confessions of a Marine Biologist”. After all, if you ask a group of school kids what they want to be when they grow up, more than a handful would happily answer “marine biologist”,...
The Marginalian
Working Out, Working In: Applying the Six Principles of Athletic Training to Writing and Creative...
The highest and hardest task of life may be to become entirely ourselves — to continually purify and...
a year ago
The highest and hardest task of life may be to become entirely ourselves — to continually purify and clarify who and what we are, shedding the shoulds of culture, convention, and expectation to discover the innermost musts: those deepest and truest callings of the authentic self,...
Open Culture
Watch Hardware Wars, the Original Star Wars Parody, in HD (1978)
This past May, YouTuber Jenny Nicholson set off waves of social-media discourse with “The...
5 months ago
This past May, YouTuber Jenny Nicholson set off waves of social-media discourse with “The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel,” a four-hour-long video critique of Disney’s hugely expensive, now-shuttered Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser in Orlando, Florida. Having gone...
Seth's Blog
Long form AI
The new version of Claude can read a document of up to 400 pages in about three minutes. You can...
a year ago
The new version of Claude can read a document of up to 400 pages in about three minutes. You can then ask it for criticism, summaries or other insights. I wouldn’t use it on a piece of literature, but if you’re reading for work (aren’t we all), it will dramatically increase how...
Home on Erik...
Machine, Platform, Crowd
I just bought Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future and discovered that it...
over a year ago
I just bought Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future and discovered that it mentions my blog – in particular the post When machine learning matters.
Ok, I lied a little bit. I didn't discover it serendipitously.
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
NeuroLogica Blog
Tandem Perovskite Silicon Solar Panels Are Coming
It’s pretty clear that we are at an inflection point with adoption of solar power. For the last 18...
a year ago
It’s pretty clear that we are at an inflection point with adoption of solar power. For the last 18 years in a row, solar PV electricity capacity has increased more (as a percentage increase) than any power source. Solar now accounts for 4.5% of global power generation. Wind...
A Beautiful Site
Prefers Reduced Motion
By now, most devs are familiar with the prefers-reduced-motion media query that tells whether or not...
over a year ago
By now, most devs are familiar with the prefers-reduced-motion media query that tells whether or not a user prefers, well, reduced motion. You can use this to tone down (or turn off) transitions and animations in your stylesheet to accommodate users with vestibular motion...
One from Nippon
A peek into Japan’s Hot Springs (Part 2)
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part post. Part 1 can be found here.
The Hot Spring...
a year ago
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part post. Part 1 can be found here.
The Hot Spring Act of 1948
Lest you think any old well could be an onsen, the Japanese government has very clear rules on what can be called an onsen.
These are
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
Math Is Still...
The Lawlessness of Large Numbers
Mathematicians can often figure out what happens as quantities grow infinitely large. What about...
a year ago
Mathematicians can often figure out what happens as quantities grow infinitely large. What about when they are just a little big?
The post The Lawlessness of Large Numbers first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Blog - Practical...
4 Myths About Construction Debunked
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
Construction is something you...
over a year ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
Construction is something you probably either love or hate, depending on your commute or profession. Obviously, as a civil engineer, it’s something I think a lot about, and over the past 6 years of reading...
Passing Time
Mixing Memory and Desire
Rage & tranquility; decay & rebirth; memory and desire.
a year ago
Rage & tranquility; decay & rebirth; memory and desire.
Common Edge
Jane Jacobs, Cyclist
We should have known the famed urbanist loved the bike.
7 months ago
We should have known the famed urbanist loved the bike.
haseeb qureshi
Flash Loans: Why Flash Attacks will be the New Normal
Flash loans have been the center of attention lately. Recently two hackers used flash loans to...
over a year ago
Flash loans have been the center of attention lately. Recently two hackers used flash loans to attack the margin trading protocol bZx, first in a $350K attack and later in a $600K copycat attack.
These attacks were, in a word, magnificent. In each attack, a penniless attacker...
Mark Manson
Mark Manson’s 3 Rules for Life
Hey party people! It's Mark Manson, and today I want to talk about Dr. Jordan Peterson and his...
a year ago
Hey party people! It's Mark Manson, and today I want to talk about Dr. Jordan Peterson and his books, "12 Rules for Life" and "12 More Rules for Life."
I've had the pleasure of chatting with him on his podcast and even got some F-bombs out of him. But what really stuck with me...
Fonts In Use: Blog...
Philip K. Dick paperback covers (Panther Science Fiction)
Contributed by Florian Hardwig
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citizen3xx24j....
over a year ago
Contributed by Florian Hardwig
Source: www.flickr.com Uploaded to Flickr by
citizen3xx24j. License: All Rights Reserved.
Now Wait for Last Year (1975). Cover art by Chris Foss. [More info on ISFDB]
Roslyn Gothic arguably saw its most extensive and iconic use on the...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How we made feature flags faster and more reliable
Feature-flags-as-a-service is an interesting space. If your service stops working, it affects both...
a year ago
Feature-flags-as-a-service is an interesting space. If your service stops working, it affects both your customers and your customer's customers…
Making software...
Simple Accessibility
Simple Accessibility
2018-09-07
Implementing proper accessibility practices can seem a little...
over a year ago
Simple Accessibility
2018-09-07
Implementing proper accessibility practices can seem a little daunting at first, but there are a few basic standards you can introduce into your project work-flow that are fairly straightforward:
Basic design
Test that your project has the proper...
Archinect - Features
NYIT School of Architecture & Design's M.Arch Graduate Studio Explores 'Designing...
Continuing with our Archinect Studio Pin-Ups series, we connect with Archinect Partner School New...
a year ago
Continuing with our Archinect Studio Pin-Ups series, we connect with Archinect Partner School New York Institute of Technology to learn more about its Fall/Spring semester M.Arch studio led by Marcella Del Signore, the school's Associate Professor and Director of the Master of...
Londonist
It Wasn't Fun Unwrapping Christmas Parcels At Mount Pleasant In 1927
"We are absolutely fed up with Christmas" complained staff.
a year ago
"We are absolutely fed up with Christmas" complained staff.
RhysTranter.com
Notes on Blindness
Set in the summer of 1983,
Notes on Blindness
is a beautiful 2016 docudrama that explores the life...
over a year ago
Set in the summer of 1983,
Notes on Blindness
is a beautiful 2016 docudrama that explores the life of
writer and theologian John M. Hull.
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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2 months ago
Citation Needed
Issue 43 – Laser eyes
Two crypto firms emerge from bankruptcy, and a Bored Ape party turns out even worse than it sounds.
a year ago
Two crypto firms emerge from bankruptcy, and a Bored Ape party turns out even worse than it sounds.
The Modern House
Tiny homes: six homes that prove good things come in at under 600 square feet
6 months ago
Mazdak
Nearly All US Job Growth in November Came From Just 3 Sectors!
Did you know? The US economy added 199,000 jobs in November, slightly more than expected. But what's...
a year ago
Did you know? The US economy added 199,000 jobs in November, slightly more than expected. But what's even more interesting is that nearly all of this job growth came from just three sectors! So, which sectors are we talking about? Healthcare: Leading the pack with a steady demand...
NeuroLogica Blog
Evolution and Copy-Paste Errors
Evolution deniers (I know there is a spectrum, but generally speaking) are terrible scientists and...
8 months ago
Evolution deniers (I know there is a spectrum, but generally speaking) are terrible scientists and logicians. The obvious reason is because they are committing the primary mortal sin of pseudoscience – working backwards from a desired conclusion rather than following evidence and...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
A Subtle Nicety of Fault Tolerance in HTML & CSS
HTML and CSS are designed to be fault tolerant.
Rather than failing completely when encountering...
11 months ago
HTML and CSS are designed to be fault tolerant.
Rather than failing completely when encountering syntax they don’t understand — looking at you JS/SyntaxError — browsers will continue parsing HTML and CSS as best they can when you introduce incorrect syntax.
For someone who is...
42!
The folly of trying to replace spreadsheets
Our very earliest marketing copy for our HR SaaS was “Replace your spreadsheet nightmare with a nice...
a year ago
Our very earliest marketing copy for our HR SaaS was “Replace your spreadsheet nightmare with a nice clean HR database…”
We thought it was a cute and quirky tagline, and that it would immediately relatable to our target audience of business and human resource managers. After all...
Epic Web Dev
Authentication Strategies & Implementation (workshop)
Learn best practices for managing user sessions, passwords, 2FA, email verification, OAuth, and more...
a year ago
Learn best practices for managing user sessions, passwords, 2FA, email verification, OAuth, and more in the Authentication Strategies & Implementation Workshop!
MMapped blog
Fungible tokens: payment flows
over a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
These Are the 7 Best Hotels for Watching the Perseid Meteor Shower—and You Can Still Book Them
a year ago
A Beautiful Site
Redirecting to and from the www subdomain with .htaccess
Here are a few snippets that will come in handy if you ever need to redirect www.example.com to...
over a year ago
Here are a few snippets that will come in handy if you ever need to redirect www.example.com to example.com or vice versa. There are a number of similar methods out there, but I prefer these as you don't need to modify anything between development and production.
#...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Consequent
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Today's...
7 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Gwern.net Newsletter
June gwern.net newsletter
June 2020 gwern.net newsletter with 3 new pages/essays, and links on CRISPR, population screening,...
over a year ago
June 2020 gwern.net newsletter with 3 new pages/essays, and links on CRISPR, population screening, AI scaling, politics, and technological unemployment.
Londonist
The Best Music Festivals In London 2024
Party in a field without leaving the capital.
10 months ago
Party in a field without leaving the capital.
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...
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
ntietz.com blog
The origin and virtues of semicolons in programming languages
While working on the grammar for my programming language, Lilac, I was exploring different choices...
8 months ago
While working on the grammar for my programming language, Lilac, I was exploring different choices for statement terminators.
. is very appealing, or !.
Ultimately, I might make the "boring" choice of using either ; or significant whitespace.
But that had me asking: why is it...
Mazdak
AI Energy Fears: Overblown or the Next Crisis?
Is the fear of AI's energy consumption a tempest in a teapot or a sign of a looming energy crisis?
a month ago
Is the fear of AI's energy consumption a tempest in a teapot or a sign of a looming energy crisis?
TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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a year ago
Bits about Money
Requiem for a bank loan
A brief retrospective on an attractive product First Republic used to offer, and a wider discourse...
a year ago
A brief retrospective on an attractive product First Republic used to offer, and a wider discourse on the banking crisis.
Paolo Amoroso's...
Reading Recursion via Pascal
<![CDATA[I read the book Recursion via Pascal by Jeffrey S. Rohl, Cambridge University Press, 1984....
9 months ago
<![CDATA[I read the book Recursion via Pascal by Jeffrey S. Rohl, Cambridge University Press, 1984. I discovered this rare, little known gem by chance and, although it's available online, I also bought a cheap printed copy.
The book Recursion via Pascal.
What makes this short...
Jonas Hietala
The Little Things in Life
It’s the little things in life that makes it extra special. Sometimes it’s the luxury of coffee...
over a year ago
It’s the little things in life that makes it extra special. Sometimes it’s the luxury of coffee together with the morning paper and other times it’s just a small simple smile from a random stranger, kid or dog. Today when I got this bad headache I got saved by a two hour nap and...
Blog - Practical...
Why Engineers Can't Control Rivers
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is the Old River Control...
a year ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is the Old River Control Structure, a relatively innocuous complex of floodgates and levees off the Mississippi River in central Louisiana. It was built in the 1950s to solve a serious problem. Typically...
Nat Eliason's...
7 Things I Learned Drafting a Novel in 26 Days
85,000 words and many caffeinated drinks later
2 months ago
85,000 words and many caffeinated drinks later
The American Scholar
American Horror Story
Jeremy Dauber on our obsession with fear
The post American Horror Story appeared first on The...
a month ago
Jeremy Dauber on our obsession with fear
The post American Horror Story appeared first on The American Scholar.
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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4 months ago
Old Structures...
Just Because I Like It
A view of 99 Prince Street: It’s a little hard to believe it today, but this was built simply an...
a month ago
A view of 99 Prince Street: It’s a little hard to believe it today, but this was built simply an ordinary commercial building with retail and office space. It was completed in 1888 by architect William Schickel working for “J. J. Astor.” That was either John Jacob Astor III near...
axio.ms
Pickle plus mains
Back in February 2014, it was a cold (but dry) winter’s night and we decided to warm our hearts with...
over a year ago
Back in February 2014, it was a cold (but dry) winter’s night and we decided to warm our hearts with some science.
Our experiment was to observe the conduction of electricity through a pickle, using salt ions. We connected a pickle to the mains supply. Pickles have a strong...
Seth's Blog
The broomstick objection
Every founder, leader, sales rep and person on a dating app has heard this. Why did the Wizard ask...
2 months ago
Every founder, leader, sales rep and person on a dating app has heard this. Why did the Wizard ask Dorothy to bring him the broomstick of the Wicked Witch? It’s not because he needed a broomstick. It’s because he wanted Dorothy to go away. If you send someone away to get...
David Heinemeier...
Our cloud exit has already yielded $1m/year in savings
Getting our applications out of the cloud provided the main celebration for our exit, but seeing the...
a year ago
Getting our applications out of the cloud provided the main celebration for our exit, but seeing the actual spend tumble is the prize. See, the only way to get pricing in the cloud down from obscene to merely offensive is through reserved instances. This is where you sign up for...
mtlynch.io
How to Hire a Cartoonist to Make Your Blog Less Boring
I had just completed a passionate blog post.
Too passionate, maybe, as I had written over 8,000...
over a year ago
I had just completed a passionate blog post.
Too passionate, maybe, as I had written over 8,000 words. That’s 1000x longer than the average Buzzfeed article. Worse, it was a giant wall of text with nary a visual element to break it up aside from some screenshots and a few tables....
Liz Denys
Save your old bio: it stores confidence as well as content
I cringe at having to describe myself or write my own bios. No matter how casually an email, site,...
over a year ago
I cringe at having to describe myself or write my own bios. No matter how casually an email, site, or form says "introduce yourself, no pressure," I shrink back. How do I convince myself that other people find who I am or what I do interesting?
I found myself asking this question...
CONTEMPORIST
A Garage Transformed Into An Apartment With A Home Office
YR Architecture + Design has shared photos of a modern 575 square foot (53 sqm) live/work studio in...
a year ago
YR Architecture + Design has shared photos of a modern 575 square foot (53 sqm) live/work studio in Columbus, OH, that was once a 2-car garage. The homeowners were determined for their two-car garage to be an asset, with the couple seeking to maximize their property, and at the...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Thales the Milesian
Like a lot of things we think are obvious today, financial options were first invented by a...
over a year ago
Like a lot of things we think are obvious today, financial options were first invented by a philosopher: There is the anecdote of Thales the…
TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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9 months ago
mtlynch.io
Hiring Content Writers: Part One - Finding Writers
Overview: Hiring Content Writers Part One: Finding Writers (this section) Part Two - Creating a...
over a year ago
Overview: Hiring Content Writers Part One: Finding Writers (this section) Part Two - Creating a Detailed Job Description Part Three: Screening Candidates Part Four - Working with Writers Part Five - Terminating Writers There are thousands of working freelance writers in the...
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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a year ago
Seeking Wisdom
Ruturaj Gaikwad, P-value, and Bayes’ Theorem
IPL is one of the greatest entertainments for a cricket lover like me. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is...
7 months ago
IPL is one of the greatest entertainments for a cricket lover like me. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is my favorite team. Ruturaj Gaikwad, the new CSK captain for the IPL 2024 season, lost 10 out of 13 tosses: LLLLWLLLLLLWL. The probability of seeing the sequence LLLLWLLLLLLWL is...
CONTEMPORIST
Clerestory Windows Add Natural Light Inside This New Addition To An Australian Home
Architecture firm Bryant Alsop has shared photos of a contemporary renovation and extension of a...
9 months ago
Architecture firm Bryant Alsop has shared photos of a contemporary renovation and extension of a typical free-standing timber period home in Australia. The view from the front door shows off the hallway that connects the original home with the new extension. The hallway...
Josh Comeau's blog
Why My Blog is Closed-Source
In our community, it's so common for developer projects to be open-source. I'm breaking with this...
over a year ago
In our community, it's so common for developer projects to be open-source. I'm breaking with this trend for my blog, but I have good reasons! In this article, I'll share my reasoning, as well as a workaround in case you _really_ want to see the source. If you're considering...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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8 months ago
Drew Ex Machina
First Pictures: Views of Mars from NASA’s Mars Observer – July 27, 1993
Having enthusiastically followed NASA’s Viking mission to Mars as a teenager during the late-1970s,...
a year ago
Having enthusiastically followed NASA’s Viking mission to Mars as a teenager during the late-1970s, the lack of any new NASA missions to Mars during the 1980s […]
wadertales
When mates behave differently
Iceland’s 40,000 Oystercatchers are an interesting mix of resident birds and migrants, providing an...
over a year ago
Iceland’s 40,000 Oystercatchers are an interesting mix of resident birds and migrants, providing an ideal system in which to study the costs and benefits of the two options, and to try to work out what influences whether an individual becomes a ‘resident’ or a ‘migrant’. I’ve...
bt RSS Feed
Website Backups with Apple iCloud
Website Backups with Apple iCloud
2024-02-16
My main work machine, an M2 MacBook Air, meshes really...
10 months ago
Website Backups with Apple iCloud
2024-02-16
My main work machine, an M2 MacBook Air, meshes really well with my iPhone SE (they are in the same ecosystem after all - duh!). Since both of these devices are Apple products, it makes sense that I pay for the optional iCloud service...
TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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8 months ago
diamond geezer
Tuesday transport news
Subscribe now to get a dose of London transport news in your inbox every Tuesday.
The Main...
a year ago
Subscribe now to get a dose of London transport news in your inbox every Tuesday.
The Main Drag
acton mail line. What's more they'd made this spelling error previously in spring 2021 and now they'd made it again in autumn 2023. It wasn't clever. We may have giggled.
acton...
Londonist
London Overground Strikes Announced For February And March
Plan ahead if you use the Ginger Line.
10 months ago
Plan ahead if you use the Ginger Line.
Paolo Amoroso's...
Importing Common Lisp Files in Medley with TextModules
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