Product Identity
In awe of InVision
An aftermath promo for the nerdy designer
4 months ago
An aftermath promo for the nerdy designer
The Honest Broker
Tell Us What You're Doing?
Today is open mic day at The Honest Broker—and you can promote your own projects
3 months ago
Today is open mic day at The Honest Broker—and you can promote your own projects
Rest of World -...
How InstaDeep became Africa’s biggest AI startup success
Karim Beguir is the co-founder and CEO of InstaDeep, a Tunisian startup that was acquired for $682...
3 months ago
Karim Beguir is the co-founder and CEO of InstaDeep, a Tunisian startup that was acquired for $682 million by BioNTech.
lcamtuf’s thing
Shining light on photodiodes
Photodiodes are incredibly versatile, but commonly misused and misunderstood.
2 months ago
Photodiodes are incredibly versatile, but commonly misused and misunderstood.
Light from Space
The Path to the Pillars of Creation
Famously photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope, here's my first look at the Pillars of Creation...
over a year ago
Famously photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope, here's my first look at the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula (Messier 16).
Total exposure time: 16h 5m
Shot from my driveway near Tucson, AZ in April & May 2022
Telescope: William Optics RedCat 51 (250mm focal length ƒ
Retail Design Blog
Meng Du Hui Restaurant by Tanzo Space Design
In December 2023, on the southern side of the Wanshou Hotel, Meng Du Hui: New Huizhou Cuisine...
a month ago
In December 2023, on the southern side of the Wanshou Hotel, Meng Du Hui: New Huizhou Cuisine welcomed its first...
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
Open Culture
What Victorian People Sounded Like: Hear Recordings of Florence Nightingale & Queen Victoria Herself
More than 120 years after the end of the Victorian era, we might assume that we retain a more or...
a month ago
More than 120 years after the end of the Victorian era, we might assume that we retain a more or less accurate cultural memory of the Victorians themselves: of their social mores, their aesthetic sensibilities, their ambitions great and small, their many and varied hang-ups. Some...
The Marginalian
How the Sea Came to Be: An Illustrated Singsong Celebration of the Evolution of Life
“Who has known the ocean? Neither you nor I, with our earth-bound senses,” Rachel Carson wrote in...
a year ago
“Who has known the ocean? Neither you nor I, with our earth-bound senses,” Rachel Carson wrote in the pioneering 1937 essay that invited the human imagination into the science and splendor of the marine world for the first time — a world then more mysterious than the Moon, a...
Society's Backend
Always Be Networking
The things you should know about effective networking
a year ago
The things you should know about effective networking
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Dead Wall or a Thick Mist'
Reading occasionally reveals a pleasing convergence of thought between one writer, separated by...
a year ago
Reading occasionally reveals a pleasing convergence of thought between one writer, separated by centuries
and continents, and another. The happy reader is their ambassador and beneficiary.
I was again reading Nabokov’s brief, death-haunted novel from 1972, Transparent Things. Its...
NeuroLogica Blog
911 Conspiracy Theories Persist
On September 11, 2001, as part of a planned terrorist attack, commercial planes were hijacked and...
a month ago
On September 11, 2001, as part of a planned terrorist attack, commercial planes were hijacked and flown into each of the two towers at the World Trade Center in New York. A third plane was flown into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed after the passengers fought back. This, of...
Seth's Blog
The half-life of magic
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke Try to...
7 months ago
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke Try to imagine the you of twenty years ago holding a Rabbit R1, or using a cell phone or being able to listen to every song, ever recorded, for just a few dollars a month. We don’t just take...
Noahpinion
Americans hate inflation more than they hate unemployment
Lesson #2 from Trump's victory.
a month ago
Lesson #2 from Trump's victory.
Anecdotal Evidence
Arthur Krystal
My review of
two books by Arthur Krystal -- A Word or
Two Before I Go: Essays Then and Now and Some...
5 months ago
My review of
two books by Arthur Krystal -- A Word or
Two Before I Go: Essays Then and Now and Some Unfinished Chaos: The Lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald – is
published in Ron Slate’s On the Seawall.
Sam Altman
How To Be Successful
I’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to make a huge amount of...
over a year ago
I’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to make a huge amount of money or to create something important. Usually, people start off wanting the former and end up wanting the latter.
Here are 13 thoughts about how to achieve such outlier...
The Thinking Cap
Where Are the Good AI Products?
On waiting for AI's Godot.
10 months ago
On waiting for AI's Godot.
The Marginalian
Maira Kalman on How to Live with Remorse and Make of It a Portal of Creative Vitality
Each time we have tried to elevate ourselves above the other animals by claiming singular possession...
10 months ago
Each time we have tried to elevate ourselves above the other animals by claiming singular possession of some faculty, we have been humbled otherwise: Language, it turns out, is not ours alone, nor is the use of tools, nor is music. Elephants grieve, octopuses remember and...
devonzuegel.com
Inside Argentina's currency exchange black markets
In Argentina, your money is worth double if you skip the airport currency exchange and instead go to...
over a year ago
In Argentina, your money is worth double if you skip the airport currency exchange and instead go to one of the many black market exchanges hidden throughout Buenos Aires.
These illegal exchanges are called "cuevas" (the word for "cave" in Spanish), and they are a crucial part of...
Vadim Kravcenko
How much a CTO makes and where can I find CTO Jobs?
Question:
Here's the thing, I’m kind of stuck trying to figure out what a CTO actually makes in...
7 months ago
Question:
Here's the thing, I’m kind of stuck trying to figure out what a CTO actually makes in terms of $$$, most of the people in the field are secretive about how much they're getting. It's not just about the money (okay, it's a bit about the money), but also understanding if...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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2 months ago
Passing Time
Overthrowing Overstimulation
Making time to do nothing doesn’t have to be in pursuit of the profound
over a year ago
Making time to do nothing doesn’t have to be in pursuit of the profound
Seth's Blog
Emotional labor and its consequences
Forty years ago, Arlie Russell Hochschild wrote about emotional labor. The work that frontline...
a year ago
Forty years ago, Arlie Russell Hochschild wrote about emotional labor. The work that frontline employees had to do (especially women) in managing and expressing emotions as part of their job. She talked about how exhausting it was for flight attendants to show up with a smile,...
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 months ago
Both Are True
Babe wake up we’re sharing our fears
Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
a month ago
Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
Londonist
Dive Into This Free Exhibition About Billingsgate Fish Market
Living the bream.
10 months ago
Miguel Carranza
How NOT to apply to Y Combinator
Getting into Y Combinator in 2018 was a defining event in the history of RevenueCat. It was also...
over a year ago
Getting into Y Combinator in 2018 was a defining event in the history of RevenueCat. It was also quite impactful for Jacob and me as founders. I want to believe we would still be around even if we had not gotten into YC, but I am sure the company would not be where it is today....
Common Edge
The Next New Thing
In architecture, the gulf between the traditional and the modern seems wider than ever before.
5 months ago
In architecture, the gulf between the traditional and the modern seems wider than ever before.
Construction Physics
The Shape of Nuclear Policy
Book review: Nuclear Politics: Energy and the State in the United States, Sweden, and France
6 months ago
Book review: Nuclear Politics: Energy and the State in the United States, Sweden, and France
The Modern House
How David Roy and Angel Perez carve out space for playtime and parties in their flexible Hackney...
a year ago
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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10 months ago
Epic Web Dev
Mix Blend Modes (tip)
Learn how to create a stunning text over image effect using mix blend modes.
11 months ago
Learn how to create a stunning text over image effect using mix blend modes.
Archinect - Features
The Longevity & Legacy of the 'Vanilla Architect': How a Monoculture Yields Cycles of...
This Op-Ed explores how unconscious bias of mentors, tokenism, and resultant patterns of system...
4 months ago
This Op-Ed explores how unconscious bias of mentors, tokenism, and resultant patterns of system justification reinforce a status quo that marginalizes women and people of color. These complex and long-lived dynamics are unpacked through personal anecdotes, historical analysis,...
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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3 months ago
Both Are True
forget thanksgiving its time for fearsharing
a new holiday
a year ago
Joel Gascoigne
Steady yourself, those world-changing thoughts are not productive
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over a year ago
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Whilst building my latest startup, which I’m glad to say is picking up nicely,
there have been times when things have started to go a little crazy. It might be
being featured in a big blog, lots...
Seth's Blog
Little dents
Deciding to fix a big dent in a car isn’t perplexing. It’s an easy choice. There’s a huge dent, get...
2 months ago
Deciding to fix a big dent in a car isn’t perplexing. It’s an easy choice. There’s a huge dent, get it fixed. It’s the little dents that are a dilemma. But not fixing little dents means that pretty soon, we’re driving a car that we’re not happy with. Either that, or we define...
Internal Tech Emails
Elon Musk and OpenAI
Guys, I've had enough. This is the final straw.
a month ago
Guys, I've had enough. This is the final straw.
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
Londonist
David Hockney Makes A Splash With His Battersea Power Station Christmas Trees
You can see them every night till Christmas Day.
a year ago
You can see them every night till Christmas Day.
The Map is Mostly...
July 4, 2024
Happy Independence Day my dear American friends. We are very lucky to have this country. Let us...
5 months ago
Happy Independence Day my dear American friends. We are very lucky to have this country. Let us always be grateful for it. And let us always remember that good things are created not when people decide they have claims against an institution or a society, but when they have...
Retail Design Blog
Highsnobiety – Unter den Linden by VAUST Studio
“The Shell” is born from a blend of diverse creative approaches, functional necessities, and spatial...
7 months ago
“The Shell” is born from a blend of diverse creative approaches, functional necessities, and spatial dynamics. It embodies Highsnobiety’s refined...
mtlynch.io
My Fifth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder
Five years ago, I quit my job as a developer at Google to create my own bootstrapped software...
a year ago
Five years ago, I quit my job as a developer at Google to create my own bootstrapped software company.
For the first few years, all of my businesses flopped. None of them earned more than a few hundred dollars per month in revenue, and they all had negative profits.
Halfway...
The Diff
Are VCs Incentivized to be too Nice for Venture Debt?
Plus! Art of the Cram-Down; Transaction Costs; Amazon Air; Bull Markets; Misinformation
2 weeks ago
Plus! Art of the Cram-Down; Transaction Costs; Amazon Air; Bull Markets; Misinformation
Mazdak
A Review and Analysis of "The Laws of Human Nature" by Robert Greene
Robert Greene, the author of the controversial bestseller "The 48 Laws of Power," takes a different...
10 months ago
Robert Greene, the author of the controversial bestseller "The 48 Laws of Power," takes a different approach in his 2018 book, "The Laws of Human Nature." Instead of focusing on acquiring power over others, he dives deep into the intricate workings of human psychology, unveiling...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bingo
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
You ever feel bad for cartoon character graves,...
3 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
You ever feel bad for cartoon character graves, which just have first names and no dates?
Today's News:
orlp.net - Blog...
Ordering Numbers, How Hard Can It Be?
This article is not about deciding whether two floating
point numbers are ‘close enough’. There are...
a year ago
This article is not about deciding whether two floating
point numbers are ‘close enough’. There are plenty of resources on
this (often subjective) problem. We simply want to know if ${x \leq y.}$
Suppose that you are a programmer, and that you have two numbers. You want to
know...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.38.0: Exports, subscriptions and session analysis
PostHog 1.38.0 introduces exports and subscriptions for dashboards and insights, plus improved...
over a year ago
PostHog 1.38.0 introduces exports and subscriptions for dashboards and insights, plus improved feature flag persistence and much more!
Daniel Bourke
AI Anxiety
A walk into the unknown.
a year ago
Buck on Software
The Wrong Bet
The next decade in SaaS won't look like the last
over a year ago
The next decade in SaaS won't look like the last
computers are bad
2024-02-25 a history of the tty
It's one of those anachronisms that is deeply embedded in modern technology.
From cloud operator...
10 months ago
It's one of those anachronisms that is deeply embedded in modern technology.
From cloud operator servers to embedded controllers in appliances, there
must be uncountable devices that think they are connected to a TTY.
I will omit the many interesting details of the Linux terminal...
Retail Design Blog
Tasty Coffee by LINII
Tasty Coffee is not only a production, but also an entire ecosystem for wholesale and retail...
5 months ago
Tasty Coffee is not only a production, but also an entire ecosystem for wholesale and retail clients, which includes a...
Elad Blog
Startup Decoupling & Reckoning
The coming reset in mid-to-late stage startups in 2023-2024 is at this point likely largely...
a year ago
The coming reset in mid-to-late stage startups in 2023-2024 is at this point likely largely decoupled from interest rates and inflation. Implications are discussed.
alexwlchan
Finding a mystery IAM access key
Recently I had an issue with some IAM keys.
Somebody was trying to use an IAM access key to download...
a year ago
Recently I had an issue with some IAM keys.
Somebody was trying to use an IAM access key to download some objects from S3, and it wasn’t working – it was giving a “permission denied” error.
I wanted to inspect the permissions, but first I had to find where this IAM key came...
Steve Klabnik
Fast Rails tests with CanCan
over a year ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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3 months ago
Old Structures...
A Holdout
In January 1958, Angelo Rizzuto took this photo from the east side of Lexington Avenue, between 53rd...
7 months ago
In January 1958, Angelo Rizzuto took this photo from the east side of Lexington Avenue, between 53rd and 54th Streets, looking west toward Park Avenue. The block bounded by those four streets was at that time entirely empty except for this old rowhouse at 620 Lexington. It was...
Math Is Still...
Mathematicians Identify the Best Versions of Iconic Shapes
Researchers are discovering the shortest knots and fattest Möbius strips, among other “optimal...
11 months ago
Researchers are discovering the shortest knots and fattest Möbius strips, among other “optimal shapes.”
The post Mathematicians Identify the Best Versions of Iconic Shapes first appeared on Quanta Magazine
A Beautiful Site
Office 2007 files downloading as ZIP files in Internet Explorer
Today I learned that Microsoft Office 2007 files (you know, the new ones that end in DOCX, XLSX, and...
over a year ago
Today I learned that Microsoft Office 2007 files (you know, the new ones that end in DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX) don't always download properly in Internet Explorer. In fact, IE tends to see them as ZIP files and forces their extension to change to .zip when you select download. This...
Oykun
Design Your Way to Success: How task management can boost your career as a Designer
As designers, our days are filled with a variety of tasks and responsibilities.
Here is a likely...
a year ago
As designers, our days are filled with a variety of tasks and responsibilities.
Here is a likely scenario;
You wake up, go through your morning routine, and sit down at your desk to start working.
First, you see a flood of emails in your inbox. You start replying
Tony Dinh's...
Another 6-figure exit, and the future
I sold Xnapper, here is a quick update about the acquisition details
9 months ago
I sold Xnapper, here is a quick update about the acquisition details
cdixon.org RSS Feed
"I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies"
"I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is...
over a year ago
"I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal…
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
ntietz.com blog
Approximating pi using... a cake?
Happy Pi Day, fellow nerds!
This is a holiday I've celebrated every year since at least 2010, and...
a year ago
Happy Pi Day, fellow nerds!
This is a holiday I've celebrated every year since at least 2010, and I'm not stopping anytime soon.
The celebrations have evolved.
It used to be just "bake a pie" and "haha pi, pie".
Over time, I twisted it a bit (pizza is a pie of sorts! a cake with...
Atoms vs Bits
Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
a month ago
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
Liz Denys
xoxo
You and I meeting
Places to experiment, learn,
failure.
But you and I -
Places and spaces...
over a year ago
You and I meeting
Places to experiment, learn,
failure.
But you and I -
Places and spaces into
moments and memories and
bonds to hold onto
beyond those polygons,
yellow, orange, and red.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Email tips from the drowning
I have never seen an email message too short.
– Roman and Raphaelson, Writing
That Works
Email is a...
a year ago
I have never seen an email message too short.
– Roman and Raphaelson, Writing
That Works
Email is a cornerstone of remote work and a colossal waste of
time.
People say: “That meeting could have been an email.” But I’d add:
“That email could have been a few bullet points.”
Writing...
The Pragmatic...
How Microsoft does Quality Assurance (QA)
The Redmond Big Tech giant pioneered the SDET role in the 90s. It then retired it in 2014. What...
a year ago
The Redmond Big Tech giant pioneered the SDET role in the 90s. It then retired it in 2014. What happened and why?
Seth's Blog
Coercion
One way to look at power is “you get to tell people what to do.” But an alternative is that the most...
11 months ago
One way to look at power is “you get to tell people what to do.” But an alternative is that the most powerful institutions, brands and people are the ones who are in alignment with their audience. Trust and the benefit of the doubt are more powerful and resilient than command and...
Old Structures...
It Looked Familiar: Unmistakable
Ms. Marvel is set largely in Jersey City. Despite being the second-largest city in New Jersey,...
a year ago
Ms. Marvel is set largely in Jersey City. Despite being the second-largest city in New Jersey, Jersey City does not have much of a visual image. If you asked the average person in the New York metropolitan area to name a physical landmark there, it’s likely they would draw a...
The Gradient
Text-to-CAD: Risks and Opportunities
In the realm of AI-powered text-to-CAD, there's promise, but also a surge in subpar designs. Can we...
a year ago
In the realm of AI-powered text-to-CAD, there's promise, but also a surge in subpar designs. Can we steer this technology towards better outcomes?
Making software...
Menu Toggle with Pure CSS
Menu Toggle with Pure CSS
2020-10-19
When thinking through navigation designs for mobile devices...
over a year ago
Menu Toggle with Pure CSS
2020-10-19
When thinking through navigation designs for mobile devices sometimes the best option is to store away the content behind a toggle button. This button would then display the menu items upon interaction. Let me show you how to create such an...
Blog - Practical...
What Really Happened with the Substation Attack in North Carolina?
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
At around 7PM on the balmy...
a year ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
At around 7PM on the balmy evening of Saturday, December 3, 2022, nearly every electric customer in Moore County, North Carolina was simultaneously plunged into darkness. Amid the confusion, the power utility...
Maps Mania
Canada's Hidden Subterranean Rivers
8 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
Thoughts while watching myself be automated
An old friend visited me a few weeks ago. And we soon got to chatting about—what else—how long will...
3 months ago
An old friend visited me a few weeks ago. And we soon got to chatting about—what else—how long will it be before all human intellectual work is automated.
My position was: I dunno, because things are moving fast right now but what if we run out of data or scaling laws break and...
Old Structures...
Me And My Shadow
One nice thing about fire escapes: they let you get photos from a position that is effectively...
a year ago
One nice thing about fire escapes: they let you get photos from a position that is effectively floating in midair a few feet away from the building.
Blog - Practical...
How Bridge Engineers Design Against Ship Collisions
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
On March 26, 2024 (just a few...
7 months ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
On March 26, 2024 (just a few weeks ago, if you're watching this as it comes out), a large container ship struck one of the main support piers of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsing...
Escaping Flatland
How I write essays
Notes on process
2 weeks ago
Farza's Newsletter
tried to buy some honey for my tea from wikipedia but they were sold out
Life has been going pretty smoothly for the last month. Pretty much all my time is spent working on...
over a year ago
Life has been going pretty smoothly for the last month. Pretty much all my time is spent working on Zip, which is what I want! And, all the other time is spent on either watching anime or running lol. In terms of running, been running 4-5 miles per day, 6 days a week pretty...
ntietz.com blog
Gmail's "Smart Compose" feature should be considered harmful
In 2005, I got my invite to get a Gmail account. It was incredible, and I loved it, although I...
over a year ago
In 2005, I got my invite to get a Gmail account. It was incredible, and I loved it, although I didn't really know why at the time. It was a combination of really great design so it was pleasant to use, the hype built up by the invite system, the perpetual feeling of getting...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Netlify Year One - 360 Review
I thought I would write a quick coda to my [Netlify Year...
over a year ago
I thought I would write a quick coda to my [Netlify Year One](https://www.swyx.io/writing/netlify-year-one) Recap. That post was entirely me looking back at myself. It's helpful to see what others said about me at my review.
Quantum Frontiers
Building a Visceral Understanding of Quantum Phenomena
A great childhood memory that I have comes from first playing “The Incredible Machine” on PC in the...
4 months ago
A great childhood memory that I have comes from first playing “The Incredible Machine” on PC in the early 90’s. For those not in the know, this is a physics-based puzzle game about building Rube Goldberg style contraptions to achieve … Continue reading →
Common Edge
Hope and Squalor: Venezuelan Refugees at Chicago Police Stations
Nearly 3000 people are living in tents and inside police facilities.
a year ago
Nearly 3000 people are living in tents and inside police facilities.
journal – Winnie Lim
why i love hong kong
Hong Kong still seems like the same place in many ways, but it feels different. I don’t know how...
7 months ago
Hong Kong still seems like the same place in many ways, but it feels different. I don’t know how much of it is due to the changes in me or the changes...
Seth's Blog
Trouble in the grey zone
In many creative industries, there’s a similar pattern. When the stakes are very low, most creators...
a year ago
In many creative industries, there’s a similar pattern. When the stakes are very low, most creators produce things that are fairly banal and ordinary. Part of that is the law of large numbers, but it’s mostly our personal cultural resistance to leaning too far into weird stuff....
Maps Mania
Using AI to Detect Oil Spills
10 months ago
David Heinemeier...
Fonts don't have to look awful on Windows
I always thought it was a software problem — or at least a difference of aesthetics expressed in...
9 months ago
I always thought it was a software problem — or at least a difference of aesthetics expressed in software. But it turns out the reason many Mac owners, including yours truly, so strongly dislike how fonts typically look on Windows is actually a hardware problem!
See, every Mac...
TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Dew Drop Inn, Hurley
I think the Dew Drop Inn must exist, because I have photographic proof I was there on Saturday...
a year ago
I think the Dew Drop Inn must exist, because I have photographic proof I was there on Saturday afternoon, sheltering from the wind and rain in their front bar, cozying up next to a log fire and sipping on a pint of ale. I can see the payment on my credit card statement, I can see...
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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3 months ago
Commoncog
The Dangers of Expansion
A recurring pattern that seems to show up again and again in business: expansion is dangerous, and...
4 months ago
A recurring pattern that seems to show up again and again in business: expansion is dangerous, and everyone really only learns this through pain.
Seán Barry
Understanding TypeScript Generics
TypeScript generics can be confusing for beginners. This article explains why they are useful and...
over a year ago
TypeScript generics can be confusing for beginners. This article explains why they are useful and when to use them.
Joel Gascoigne
Work harder on yourself than you do on your startup
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A long time ago, I came across the amazing quote above, which was said often by
Jim Rohn. It stook in my mind, and as the years
Stephen Diehl
The Internet's Casino Boats
over a year ago
Math Is Still...
Computer Scientists Inch Closer to Major Algorithmic Goal
A new paper finds a faster method for determining when two mathematical groups are the same. ...
a year ago
A new paper finds a faster method for determining when two mathematical groups are the same.
The post Computer Scientists Inch Closer to Major Algorithmic Goal first appeared on Quanta Magazine
PostHog's RSS Feed
CEO diary: The things I learned in 2022
It's always helpful to look back on the year just gone, and 2022 was an exceptionally good year for...
a year ago
It's always helpful to look back on the year just gone, and 2022 was an exceptionally good year for PostHog. Here's my personal perspective on how it…
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, March 2024
The ware for March 2024 is shown below. This fine ware is courtesy of KE5FX. Really fascinating...
9 months ago
The ware for March 2024 is shown below. This fine ware is courtesy of KE5FX. Really fascinating stuff, thanks for the contribution!
Londonist
The Elysian Arcs: Giant Rainbows And Bubbles Appear Beneath Cheesegrater
Free installation bring colour to City.
9 months ago
Free installation bring colour to City.
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Weird health insurance concepts | Out-Of-Pocket
Intercompany eliminations, copay shenanigans, and reference-based pricing
a month ago
Intercompany eliminations, copay shenanigans, and reference-based pricing
Founder's blog
Reasons NOT to upgrade ASP.NET to ASP.NET Core (but you will have to anyway)
I know, I know, .NET Core is the future of .NET, and "cross-platform blah-blah", and...
a year ago
I know, I know, .NET Core is the future of .NET, and "cross-platform blah-blah", and "high-performance and scalable blah-blah", and also "microservices!!! containers!!!" etc. Even more - I understand that's it's inevitable. But still. Consider this an angry post on what's wrong...
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Google’s social strategy
It is widely believed that Facebook presents a significant competitive threat to Google. Google...
over a year ago
It is widely believed that Facebook presents a significant competitive threat to Google. Google itself seems to believe this – Larry Page…
Ferd.ca
Counting Forest Fires
2024/01/26
Counting Forest Fires
Today I'm hitting my 3 years mark at Honeycomb, and so I thought...
11 months ago
2024/01/26
Counting Forest Fires
Today I'm hitting my 3 years mark at Honeycomb, and so I thought I'd re-publish one of my favorite short blog posts written over there, Counting Forest Fires, which has become my go-to argument when discussing incident metrics when asked to count...
diamond geezer
The Secret Life of the Home
As science evolves, so does the Science Museum.
The Secret Life of the Home.
This much-loved...
7 months ago
As science evolves, so does the Science Museum.
The Secret Life of the Home.
This much-loved corner of the basement, where the life of the domestic appliance is quirkily celebrated, closes forever on Sunday 2nd June. I went for a last look round with a wall-to-wall smile,...
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
David Heinemeier...
Automattic is doing open source dirty
Automattic demanding 8% of WP Engine's revenues because they're not "giving back enough" to...
2 months ago
Automattic demanding 8% of WP Engine's revenues because they're not "giving back enough" to WordPress is a wanton violation of general open source ideals and the specifics of the GPL license. Automattic is completely out of line, and the potential damage to the open source world...
Retail Design Blog
LE LABO KYOTO MACHIYA store by Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects
Le Labo is a fragrance brand from New York. I first became aware of the brand in 2016, when many...
5 months ago
Le Labo is a fragrance brand from New York. I first became aware of the brand in 2016, when many...
Diaries of Note
He really wants me, as usual
In 1991, three decades before she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, French author Annie...
a year ago
In 1991, three decades before she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, French author Annie Ernaux published Passion simple, a brief, semi-autobiographical novel in which its narrator recounts her intensely passionate, all-consuming two-year relationship with a married man....
The Modern House
Architect Anaïs Bléhaut of Daab Design on restoring the balance of a Battersea terraced house
a year ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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NeuroLogica Blog
Trust in Science
How much does the public trust in science and scientists? Well, there’s some good news and some bad...
a year ago
How much does the public trust in science and scientists? Well, there’s some good news and some bad news. Let’s start with the bad news – a recent Pew survey finds that trust in scientist has been in decline for the last few years. From its recent peak in 2019, those who answered...
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Saturday Morning...
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Perspective
Perspective
2024-08-06
I recently read both Starting Hospice and No Salt posted on Jake’s blog and...
4 months ago
Perspective
2024-08-06
I recently read both Starting Hospice and No Salt posted on Jake’s blog and was quite moved. I don’t know Jake and have never met him - but his writing and shared experiences give a very real look into his mind and perspective. If you haven’t yet, I...
Arduino Blog
Introducing Arduino cores with ZephyrOS (beta): take your embedded development to the next level
Last July, when we announced the beginning of the transition from Mbed to Zephyr, we promised to...
2 weeks ago
Last July, when we announced the beginning of the transition from Mbed to Zephyr, we promised to release the first beta by the end of 2024. Today, we are excited to announce the first release of Arduino cores with ZephyrOS in beta! ZephyrOS is an open-source, real-time operating...
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Array 1.20.0
We're back! 2020 was a hectic year for us and our team put in a whole lot of effort to get PostHog...
over a year ago
We're back! 2020 was a hectic year for us and our team put in a whole lot of effort to get PostHog to where it is now. As such, we shut down PostHog…
Archinect - Features
Autonomous Algorithmic Architects: Wicked Problems of Machine Learning in Architecture
How should the architectural profession consider and respond to futures made possible by advances in...
a year ago
How should the architectural profession consider and respond to futures made possible by advances in artificial intelligence? Can we propose a willful, designed route that acknowledges the inevitability of intelligent machines intersecting with every dimension of design and...
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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The conformist startup rule you can ignore
This post is from our Substack newsletter, Product for Engineers . It's all about helping engineers...
a year ago
This post is from our Substack newsletter, Product for Engineers . It's all about helping engineers and founders build better products, and…
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 30-31 December 2023
The best ways to spend the last weekend of 2023 in the capital.
12 months ago
The best ways to spend the last weekend of 2023 in the capital.
Artificial Ignorance
Jevons Paradox and the future of programming
Supply and demand in the Age of AI.
8 months ago
Supply and demand in the Age of AI.
tomcritchlow.com
3,573 Days On The Road
Every year on the 24th October I've written a reflection on the last year of my independent...
3 months ago
Every year on the 24th October I've written a reflection on the last year of my independent consulting. This would have been my 10th issue, but is instead a special issue, for reasons that will become apparent.
Making software...
Simplifying the Craigslist Gallery
Simplifying the Craigslist Gallery
2022-10-03
This article was updated on October 11, 2022
I'm a big...
over a year ago
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...
Bits about Money
The Bond villain compliance strategy
Jurisdictional gamesmanship is a common strategy for crypto businesses. Here is how it worked out...
a year ago
Jurisdictional gamesmanship is a common strategy for crypto businesses. Here is how it worked out for Binance and its CEO. Spoiler: poorly.
Paolo Amoroso's...
How to build Medley Interlisp
<![CDATA[Although online access to Medley Interlisp is convenient and prebuilt binaries are...
3 months ago
<![CDATA[Although online access to Medley Interlisp is convenient and prebuilt binaries are available for all major operating system, it's also possible to compile it from source.
I first built Medley from source when I wanted to run it on my Raspberry Pi 400 and no ARM64...
TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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2 months ago
Daniel Bourke
Attitude follows behaviour
Imposter syndrome.
Feeling like you’re doing something you shouldn’t be.
Hanging around those who...
a year ago
Imposter syndrome.
Feeling like you’re doing something you shouldn’t be.
Hanging around those who you feel should be.
It’s true, if at any time you feel your skill is inadequate, it likely is.
But that just means you know what you don’t
diamond geezer
Bow Roundabout update #6
The first full week of roadworks at the Bow Roundabout has seen lengthy queues and a bit more...
2 months ago
The first full week of roadworks at the Bow Roundabout has seen lengthy queues and a bit more drilling. The queues were at their worst on Wednesday when an additional set of roadworks temporarily afflicted Tredegar Road, at one point stretching over three quarters of a mile along...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Advice on Blogging
In Manuel’s series People and Blogs, he asked me:
Given your experience, if you were to start a blog...
a year ago
In Manuel’s series People and Blogs, he asked me:
Given your experience, if you were to start a blog today, would you do anything differently?
I gave my answer, but I wanted to expand on it.
These kinds of questions are interesting to me.
As readers, I think the answer we’re...
A Beautiful Site
Dynamic Slots
Web Component authors already know how powerful slots are, but what if you could do even more with...
a year ago
Web Component authors already know how powerful slots are, but what if you could do even more with them? Here's an interesting technique to use (or abuse) slots in your custom elements. I've been calling the pattern dynamic slots.
Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at how...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 9-10 December 2023
Drag brunch, wheelchair basketball, life drawing, and a sci-fi film all-nighter.
a year ago
Drag brunch, wheelchair basketball, life drawing, and a sci-fi film all-nighter.
Rest of World -...
A horrific video sparks a national reckoning in India
The northeastern state of Manipur has plunged into violence since May as the two major ethnic groups...
a year ago
The northeastern state of Manipur has plunged into violence since May as the two major ethnic groups fight over identity, land, and influence.
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Osage Orange
It seemed strange to fixate on a single tree for more than a decade but that’s exactly what...
3 weeks ago
It seemed strange to fixate on a single tree for more than a decade but that’s exactly what happened. I notice it a few weeks every autumn and then quickly forget about it for another year. That all started sometime around 2013 when I began to ride a stretch of the Capital...
alexwlchan
The new Flickr Commons Explorer →
One of the things I’ve been working on at the Flickr Foundation is a new “Commons Explorer”, a way...
8 months ago
One of the things I’ve been working on at the Flickr Foundation is a new “Commons Explorer”, a way to browse the photos in the Flickr Commons.
Flickr Commons is a collection of historical photography from cultural institutions from all around the world, all with no known...
Joel Gascoigne
Buffer’s evolution and expansion
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog.
Almost exactly two years ago, I wrote this blog...
over a year ago
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog.
Almost exactly two years ago, I wrote this blog post about the next step in Buffer’s social media journey. I described Buffer’s multi-product vision of the future, which included Reply and Analyze. This idea was such a
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Ramones presidential seal logo
Contributed by Nick Sherman
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over a year ago
Contributed by Nick Sherman
Source: sinistersaladmusikal.wordpress.com License: All Rights Reserved.
Source: i-d.vice.com License: All Rights Reserved.
Arturo Vega had the logo tattooed on his back with his own name incorporated and a type style that is less stylized...
Old Structures...
Caught In The Act
This October 1952 photo by Angelo Rizzuto is titled “Aerial view of Manhattan” but it most obviously...
8 months ago
This October 1952 photo by Angelo Rizzuto is titled “Aerial view of Manhattan” but it most obviously shows the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. Like a lot of Rizzuto’s photos, it catches the East River waterfront and adjacent areas in the process of changing, even if it was not...
Words and Buttons...
[Renovated] Polynomial approximation and interpolation
This explains approximation and interpolation, how to use polynomials for that, and how to make both...
over a year ago
This explains approximation and interpolation, how to use polynomials for that, and how to make both concepts work together.
Contemporist...
Before & After - The Complete Renovation Of A Small Loft Apartment
New York City-based design studio beda (Brad Engelsman Design Architecture), has shared photos of a...
a month ago
New York City-based design studio beda (Brad Engelsman Design Architecture), has shared photos of a renovation project they completed of a small 500-square-foot (46 sqm) loft apartment.
journal – Winnie Lim
daring to be ugly
I was quite vain when I was younger due to a low self-esteem which led to a high level of...
a year ago
I was quite vain when I was younger due to a low self-esteem which led to a high level of insecurity. That insecurity made me feel ugly and that I was never...
Open Culture
Enter a Huge Archive of Amazing Stories, the World’s First Science Fiction Magazine, Launched in...
If you haven’t heard of Hugo Gernsback, you’ve surely heard of the Hugo Award. Next to the Nebula,...
5 months ago
If you haven’t heard of Hugo Gernsback, you’ve surely heard of the Hugo Award. Next to the Nebula, it’s the most prestigious of science fiction prizes, bringing together in its ranks of winners such venerable authors as Ursula K. Le Guin, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Neil...
Arduino Blog
This 3D-printed robotic arm can be built with just a few inexpensive components
Robotics is already an intimidating field, thanks to the complexity involved. And the cost of parts,...
2 months ago
Robotics is already an intimidating field, thanks to the complexity involved. And the cost of parts, such as actuators, only increases that feeling of inaccessibility. But as FABRI Creator shows in their most recent video, you can build a useful robotic arm with just a handful of...
Wanderingspace
Dust Storm On Mars
A dust storm in Olympia Planum's north polar dune fields was triggered by a late Martian summer cold...
8 months ago
A dust storm in Olympia Planum's north polar dune fields was triggered by a late Martian summer cold front. As the northern polar cap shrinks fast, it releases cold air that sometimes moves south, like on Earth. These cold fronts strengthen in late summer and early fall due to...
AI Snake Oil
Quantifying ChatGPT’s gender bias
Benchmarks allow us to dig deeper into what causes biases and what can be done about it
a year ago
Benchmarks allow us to dig deeper into what causes biases and what can be done about it
Working Theorys
Thoughts For Sale
Mass-market intellectualism is an oxymoron, right? Ask Substack.
a month ago
Mass-market intellectualism is an oxymoron, right? Ask Substack.
UX Collective
The split decision: IC or manager?
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
a month ago
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
Notes on software...
The world of PostgreSQL wire compatibility
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Am
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TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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nanoscale views
Items for discussion, including google's latest quantum computing result
As we head toward the end of the calendar year, a few items:
Google published a new result in...
a week ago
As we head toward the end of the calendar year, a few items:
Google published a new result in Nature a few days ago. This made a big news splash, including this accompanying press piece from google themselves, this nice article in Quanta, and the always thoughtful blog post by...
Acko.net
Frickin' Shaders With Frickin' Laser Beams
Hassle free GLSL
I've been working on a new library to compose GLSL shaders. This is part of a side...
over a year ago
Hassle free GLSL
I've been working on a new library to compose GLSL shaders. This is part of a side project to come up with a composable and incremental way of driving WebGPU and GPUs in general.
#pragma import { getColor } from 'path/to/color'
void main() {
gl_FragColor =...
Common Edge
Will Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” Be a City for All?
New York’s massive zoning overhaul has passed. What now?
6 days ago
New York’s massive zoning overhaul has passed. What now?
Old Structures...
Expertise
In the course of doing research on old buildings, I’ve looked at some non-traditional sources. For...
11 months ago
In the course of doing research on old buildings, I’ve looked at some non-traditional sources. For example, in trying to find original images of demolished and non-famous buildings, I’ve had some success with magazine ads from tenants. It used to be popular to put a picture of...
The Honest Broker
How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill?
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in...
2 months ago
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in dreams
Farza's Newsletter
me and george lucas just made a sound cloud hit
Below are some of my thoughts on doing work you’re passionate about. If you don’t care about my...
over a year ago
Below are some of my thoughts on doing work you’re passionate about. If you don’t care about my thoughts here, ignore this :). — I hear this really often from friends: I am currently doing X I really really want to do Y In order for me to leave X to do Y, I need to first do A, B,...
IEEE Spectrum
Why the Art of Invention Is Always Being Reinvented
Every invention begins with a problem—and the creative act of seeing a problem where others might...
a month ago
Every invention begins with a problem—and the creative act of seeing a problem where others might just see unchangeable reality. For one 5-year-old, the problem was simple: She liked to have her tummy rubbed as she fell asleep. But her mom, exhausted from working two jobs, often...
NeuroLogica Blog
World Events and the Conspiracy Instinct
By now most people have heard that on Saturday there was a failed assassination attempt on candidate...
5 months ago
By now most people have heard that on Saturday there was a failed assassination attempt on candidate Trump at a rally. While it has only been a few days, preliminary investigation has found that 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, using a AR style rifle purchased legally by his...
Noahpinion
A vote for Trump is a vote for chaos
Let's leave the 2010s in the past where they belong.
11 months ago
Let's leave the 2010s in the past where they belong.
Math Is Still...
The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology
Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static electricity to travel, avoid predators,...
2 months ago
Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static electricity to travel, avoid predators, collect pollen and more. New experiments explore how evolution may have influenced this phenomenon.
The post The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology first appeared...
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Good Enough
In general, you move faster and feel a lot less stress once you realize - You don't need "the best",...
over a year ago
In general, you move faster and feel a lot less stress once you realize - You don't need "the best", you just need "good enough".
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Cool Ideas For Dentistry + Medicine With Nisarg Patel | Out-Of-Pocket
plus what actually happens in the operating room?
a year ago
plus what actually happens in the operating room?
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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8 months ago
Old Structures...
The Grenfell Report
The “phase 2” report on the Grenfell has recently been published by the official inquiry panel:...
3 months ago
The “phase 2” report on the Grenfell has recently been published by the official inquiry panel: here. The New Civil Engineer has a good short summary here: “Grenfell disaster: ‘culmination of decades of failure by government and construction industry’” In one sense there are few...
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Who should learn to program?
Recently, there’s been a lot of talk in the tech world and beyond about getting more people to learn...
over a year ago
Recently, there’s been a lot of talk in the tech world and beyond about getting more people to learn computer programming. I think this is a…
Both Are True
well this is embarrassing
when you're madsad about the caviar problems
6 months ago
when you're madsad about the caviar problems
DYNOMIGHT
Please show lots of digits
Hi there. It’s me, the person who stares very hard at the numbers in the papers you write. I’ve...
a month ago
Hi there. It’s me, the person who stares very hard at the numbers in the papers you write. I’ve brought you here today to ask a favor.
Say you wrote something like this:
There were 446 students tested. The left-handed students passed 5.67664% more often than right-handed...
Retail Design Blog
andwander GINZA SIX by Schemata Architects
and wander features a wide range of unisex items available in various colors. Each item has its own...
a month ago
and wander features a wide range of unisex items available in various colors. Each item has its own unique cutting...
Style over Substance
Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 to Mamiya Press mount mod
How I modified an Instax Wide instant camera to mount a Mamiya Press medium format lens
The post...
over a year ago
How I modified an Instax Wide instant camera to mount a Mamiya Press medium format lens
The post Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 to Mamiya Press mount mod appeared first on Style over Substance.
The DESK Magazine
Why we built an anti-social tool
This article was originally intended for the upcoming mymind.com blog, but it feels so personal to...
over a year ago
This article was originally intended for the upcoming mymind.com blog, but it feels so personal to me, I found it fitting to share here with you.
diamond geezer
Just hanging around
25% of the 13 minute journey from Whitechapel to Paddington is spent not moving.
I tweeted this...
a year ago
25% of the 13 minute journey from Whitechapel to Paddington is spent not moving.
I tweeted this on Thursday, and it currently has 616 likes.
» Glad it’s not just me that’s noticed abnormally long dwell times. Very annoying!
» The padding is incredible
» God forbid a public...
Arduino Blog
Improve laser engraving speeds with an Arduino-controlled turntable
Engraving items with a laser-based system at home is amazingly convenient for one-off parts, but...
6 months ago
Engraving items with a laser-based system at home is amazingly convenient for one-off parts, but what happens when the production volume needs to increase? For element14 Presents host Clem Mayer, this usually meant preparing many uniform pieces of engraving stock, opening the...
The Gradient
Deep learning for single-cell sequencing: a microscope to see the diversity of cells
On the the pivotal role that Deep Learning has played as a key enabler for advancing single-cell...
11 months ago
On the the pivotal role that Deep Learning has played as a key enabler for advancing single-cell sequencing technologies.
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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4 months ago
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Fitbits, Bundled Payments, and Rollercoasters | Out-Of-Pocket
some papers I think are cool
a year ago
some papers I think are cool
On the Arts
The Necrologs of Bulgaria
Remembering the Dead in Daily Life
a year ago
Remembering the Dead in Daily Life
Rest of World -...
Why Southeast Asia became a spyware hotspot
A new Amnesty International report raises difficult questions.
7 months ago
A new Amnesty International report raises difficult questions.
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week
🙈 Copying doesn’t matter
a month ago
Making software...
The Wonders of Text Ellipsis
The Wonders of Text Ellipsis
2016-11-15
A common issue when working with constrained UI elements is...
over a year ago
The Wonders of Text Ellipsis
2016-11-15
A common issue when working with constrained UI elements is text overflowing outside of it's parent or breaking into addition lines (thus breaking the layout).
This is most commonly seen with the direct and placeholder values for input...
devonzuegel.com
Field notes: Panamá, SEZs, & biotech
I just spent a week in Panamá City, and figured I'd share my observations in case they're useful to...
over a year ago
I just spent a week in Panamá City, and figured I'd share my observations in case they're useful to anyone else interested in similar questions.
The purpose of the trip was to research locations for a gene therapy/stem cell clinic that my friend is planning to start. I also...
This Space
39 Books: 1998
I said I'd come back to "not writing".
A few months ago I watched Unstuck in Time, a long but...
7 months ago
I said I'd come back to "not writing".
A few months ago I watched Unstuck in Time, a long but captivating documentary on the life of Kurt Vonnegut and his friendship with the film's maker, Robert Weide. In his final years, Vonnegut moved to the country and stopped writing. His...
Liz Denys
Why is it easier to teach girls to code than to teach ourselves to treat women well?
When we ask ourselves "why aren't there more women in tech?", we're quick to discuss how the...
over a year ago
When we ask ourselves "why aren't there more women in tech?", we're quick to discuss how the pipeline fails young women. I would be lying if I didn't think there's room for improvement here - I've written about my own negative experiences as a young programmer - and it's exciting...
One Useful Thing
Now is the time for grimoires
It isn't data that will unlock AI, it is human expertise
a year ago
It isn't data that will unlock AI, it is human expertise
Gwern.net Newsletter
October 2020 news
October 2020 gwern.net newsletter with links on AI scaling, Euclid; further site reorganization &...
over a year ago
October 2020 gwern.net newsletter with links on AI scaling, Euclid; further site reorganization & improvement.
bt RSS Feed
Setting Up 1.1.1.1 for Families on a Pi-Hole
Setting Up 1.1.1.1 for Families on a Pi-Hole
2021-10-28
After seeing Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 for...
over a year ago
Setting Up 1.1.1.1 for Families on a Pi-Hole
2021-10-28
After seeing Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 for Families mentioned on the front page of HackerNews, I thought it might be helpful to show those currently using a pi-hole device how to include 1.1.1.1 alongside it.
Keeping Things...
Both Are True
You ask me anything / me ask you anything (yama/maya) #5
plus a look at everything I accomplished last year
2 months ago
plus a look at everything I accomplished last year
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Immortal
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8 months ago
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geezer's postbag
Thank you for your occasional emails, which I generally try to get round to answering...
11 months ago
Thank you for your occasional emails, which I generally try to get round to answering eventually.
storm names as agreed by the British, Irish and Dutch Met Offices.
Hi,
Agnes got a one word reply, and it wasn't Yes.
adventuregameco.com/things-to-do
I did not allow Babet to...
SatPost by Trung...
David Tran and Sriracha's $1B+ Journey
How a Vietnamese-Chinese refugee took a Southeast Asian recipe and turned it into a $1B hot sauce...
4 weeks ago
How a Vietnamese-Chinese refugee took a Southeast Asian recipe and turned it into a $1B hot sauce brand.
The Honest Broker
I Give the Worst Writing Advice in the World
But I believe every word of it
3 weeks ago
But I believe every word of it
Tony Finch's blog
Where does my computer get the time from?
This week I was in Rotterdam for a RIPE meeting.
On Friday morning I gave a lightning talk called...
a year ago
This week I was in Rotterdam for a RIPE meeting.
On Friday morning I gave a lightning talk called where does my
computer get the time from?
The RIPE meeting website has a copy of my slides and a video of the
talk; this is a blogified low-res version of the slides with a rough
and...
Don Melton
A metastasis in America
America is sick. And I don’t just mean with COVID-19. The bad news is that removing the ugly, orange...
over a year ago
America is sick. And I don’t just mean with COVID-19. The bad news is that removing the ugly, orange tumor in the White House next week will not be enough to affect a cure.
The malignancy has spread. It didn’t even start with the presidency. We’ve been brewing and self-dosing a...
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Teach
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Common Edge
Away From Old Architecture: What Corbu Really Meant
Rethinking the meaning of Le Corbusier’s groundbreaking manifesto.
a year ago
Rethinking the meaning of Le Corbusier’s groundbreaking manifesto.
Home on Erik...
I believe in the 10x engineer, but...
The easiest way to be a 10x engineer is to make 10 other engineers 2x more efficient. Someone can be...
over a year ago
The easiest way to be a 10x engineer is to make 10 other engineers 2x more efficient. Someone can be a 10x engineer if they do nothing for 364 days then convinces the team to change programming language to a 2x more productive language.
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Favorite Books of 2023
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Crossing the river news
Silvertown Tunnel toll news
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Both Are True
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Why Levittown Didn't Revolutionize Homebuilding
For decades, people have tried to bring mass production methods to housing: to build houses the way...
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
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At A Glance: What's Happening With London's Transport In 2024
New trains! New stations! Major closures!
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Bats Use the Same Brain Cells to Map Physical and Social Worlds
New research in social bats raises the intriguing possibility that evolution can reprogram the...
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New research in social bats raises the intriguing possibility that evolution can reprogram the brain’s “place cells,” which are typically associated with location, to encode all kinds of environmental information.
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“Write about your...
over a year ago
There is a lot of bad advice when it comes to finding a blog niche.
“Write about your passion.”
“Choose the most profitable niche.”
“Don’t choose a crowded niche.”
This advice is well-intentioned but ignores key psychological principles and causes many bloggers to give up...
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-->TfL's annual fare rise was announced yesterday. It's good news for buses and bad news for trains.
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that I was joining Val.town
and wrote a big...
a year ago
This was a big month of change for me – I announced
that I was joining Val.town
and wrote a big update about Placemark.
Plenty more to write, but at least here I’ll take a little
breather and just do the usual: what’s new!
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Anecdotal Evidence
'In Itself and Forever Shipwreck'
I’ve just
finished rereading William Maxwell’s final novel, So Long, See You Tomorrow, published in...
a year ago
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finished rereading William Maxwell’s final novel, So Long, See You Tomorrow, published in two issues of The New Yorker in 1979 and as a book the
following year. I read it in the magazine and I’ve since read the book –
Maxwell’s finest, written when he was seventy years...
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and that does have a...
a year ago
Lately I tend to stick to topics that are historic by at least twenty years,
and that does have a lot of advantages. But I am supposedly a DevOps
professional, and so I will occasionally indulge in giving DevOps advice... or
at least opinions, which are sort of like advice but...
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time I’ve had a slight intuition that...
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In 2015 I had been using Linux for a...
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In 2015 I had been using Linux for a couple of decades. Exasperated by the frequent maintenance issues, that year I migrated to ChromeOS. I was living in the browser anyway and ChromeOS seemed like a stable...
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Some days, if the temperature and humidity are just right, this door opens...
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that offers remote...
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The Bitfield Institute of Technology (BIT) is a software engineering school
that offers remote training and certifications in Go development to
students worldwide.
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Steve Jobs single-handedly restructured the mobile industry
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Got myself a Norco RPC-4020
I've got this fetish for storage. So I bought a case that gives me some room
for future expantion....
over a year ago
I've got this fetish for storage. So I bought a case that gives me some room
for future expantion. The current 6 TB RAID 6 storage server does not have any
room for expantion.
This Norco RPC-4020 case with 20 hot swap drive bays does however. Don't know
what to fill it with yet.
Old Structures...
Obvious In Restrospect
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The first real commuter rail in New York was the New York and Harlem Railroad, which eventually served, through a combination of horse-drawn street cars and heavy rail, from lower Manhattan to Chatham, New York, not far south of Albany. The portion in Manhattan south of 23rd...
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A frequent question entrepreneurs have when they are just starting their company is: how secretive should I be about my idea? My answer…
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Maximizing capacity utilization as a startup premise
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LEICESTER SQUARE
Colour group: yellow
Purchase price: £260
Rent: £22
Area: 2 acres
Borough: Westminster
Postcode: WC2
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If you want to be a poet, write poetry. Every day. Show us your work. If you want to do improv, start a troupe. Don’t wait to get picked. If you want to help animals, don’t wait for vet school. Volunteer at an animal shelter right now. If you want to write a screenplay, write […]
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Introduction
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Hugh Kenner’s
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once...
9 months ago
Hugh Kenner’s
first extant letter to Guy Davenport is dated March 7, 1958. Its manner is at
once business-like and chatty: “I hope subsequent activities haven’t yet
sufficed to obliterate our Boston dinner last fall from your memory.” The men had
first met in 1953 when each...
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over a year ago
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It's quite low in the sky here from Tucson (at a maximum of about 22º above
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In a previous post we looked at some real-world APIs, highlighting the good and the bad, and in this post we’re going to do the same!
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'Half the Pleasure of Reading New Books'
“[M]ost
American boys are hurried into active life so early, that even the few who have
the...
a year ago
“[M]ost
American boys are hurried into active life so early, that even the few who have
the possibility of developing literary taste have scarcely time to do so. Unless
they read the great English classics in high school and in college, they never
find time to read them.”
In...
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“Just” One Line
From Jeremy Keith’s piece “Responsibility”:
Dropping in one line of JavaScript seems like a...
6 months ago
From Jeremy Keith’s piece “Responsibility”:
Dropping in one line of JavaScript seems like a victimless crime. It’s just one small script, right? But JavaScript can import more JavaScript.
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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It’s been a busy summer, and the large shortfall in donations last month has been demoralizing, so...
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It’s been a busy summer, and the large shortfall in donations last month has been demoralizing, so we’re taking a week off to rest and recuperate. The curated links section will be (mostly) silent, and behind the scenes we’ll be taking a brief break from our usual researching,...
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a year ago
What would happen if public transportation were free? What if it were paid for by congestion pricing, digitally implemented? What if public toilets were safe, beautiful, well-appointed and consistently maintained? What if there were a tax on empty storefronts, payable after three...
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A novel type of “jumping gene” may explain why the genomes of complex cells aren’t all equally...
a year ago
A novel type of “jumping gene” may explain why the genomes of complex cells aren’t all equally stuffed with noncoding sequences.
The post How a DNA ‘Parasite’ May Have Fragmented Our Genes first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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Orson Welles Narrates an Animated Parable About How Xenophobia & Greed Will Put America Into Decline...
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Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes
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The Importance of Multiway Systems It’s all about systems where there can in effect be many possible paths of history. In a typical standard computational system like a cellular automaton, there’s always just one path, defined by evolution from one state to the next. But in a...
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Understanding your market
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Some startups become huge sensations without requiring any active marketing – YouTube, Skype, and Twitter come to mind. However, the vast…
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The best way to win a short-term game is to bet it all on one strategy. Someone is going to get...
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The best way to win a short-term game is to bet it all on one strategy. Someone is going to get lucky and it might be you. But we rarely thrive in the long run if we persist in playing a series of short-term games. Instead, organizations, individuals and teams do better when they...
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Santa Steam Express: Meet Father Christmas On A Vintage Train In London
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We are screen printers. We presume everyone knows that this is pushing ink through a mesh, which has...
over a year ago
We are screen printers. We presume everyone knows that this is pushing ink through a mesh, which has a pattern on it, using a squeegee. In our case, the screen and squeegee are quite big!
We print linen by the metre and it is mainly used for home decorations, including...
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An advanced tip for high-volume writers.
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