99% Invisible
The Art of the Olympics [EPISODE]
The 2024 Paris Olympics are currently under way, and we thought we’d play two stories from the 99%...
5 months ago
The 2024 Paris Olympics are currently under way, and we thought we’d play two stories from the 99% Invisible archives about the art of the Olympics. Mexico 68 The 1968 Olympics took place in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first Games ever hosted in a Latin American country. And...
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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5 months ago
balajis.com
The Balaji Newsletter
A single place for all updates at balajis.com
a year ago
A single place for all updates at balajis.com
Calculated Risk
Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 3.6% year-over-year in October
S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for October ("October" is a 3-month average...
3 days ago
S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for October ("October" is a 3-month average of August, September and October closing prices).
S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Records 3.6% Annual Gain in October 2024
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home...
Arduino Blog
Explore e-paper technology with Nano Matter and the new EPDK-Matter from Pervasive Displays
We’re excited to share that Pervasive Displays has just launched the E-Paper Development Kit for...
3 weeks ago
We’re excited to share that Pervasive Displays has just launched the E-Paper Development Kit for Matter! This groundbreaking, self-contained kit is designed to revolutionize how smart home devices use e-paper displays, enhancing user experience while driving down energy...
One Useful Thing
Acceleration.
7 days of new AI technologies shows us that everything is happening very fast.
a year ago
7 days of new AI technologies shows us that everything is happening very fast.
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...
CONTEMPORIST
A Thatched Roof And Charred Wood Siding Were Used To Create This Modern Home
PAX Architects has completed a modern summer house in Skagen, Denmark, whose design pays tribute to...
a year ago
PAX Architects has completed a modern summer house in Skagen, Denmark, whose design pays tribute to the local architecture and history of the town it’s located in. The materials chosen for the home were inspired by the houses built in Skagen’s Black Period, when charred wood from...
The Works in...
Notes on Progress: Breakfast with g
IQ, lived experience, and my boyfriend’s underpants
over a year ago
IQ, lived experience, and my boyfriend’s underpants
blag
Errata in Hekaton MVCC paper
Hekaton MVCC Paper contains a publication error. After reviewing the paper, I confirmed the error...
a year ago
Hekaton MVCC Paper contains a publication error. After reviewing the paper, I confirmed the error with one of the authors. This blog post explains the mistake, the implications and the fix.
Vitalik Buterin's...
Blockchain voting is overrated among uninformed people but underrated among informed people
over a year ago
Arduino Blog
A gamified approach to therapy and motor skills testing
For children who experience certain developmental delays, specific types of physical therapies are...
6 months ago
For children who experience certain developmental delays, specific types of physical therapies are often employed to assist them in improving their balance and motor skills/coordination. Ivan Hernandez, Juan Diego Zambrano, and Abdelrahman Farag were looking for a way to quantify...
bt RSS Feed
I Want to Suckless and You Can Too
I Want to Suckless and You Can Too
2022-12-23
The Desire to Suckless
While I have been happy with my...
over a year ago
I Want to Suckless and You Can Too
2022-12-23
The Desire to Suckless
While I have been happy with my previous desktop setup using Wayland on Alpine Linux, I just couldn’t shake the urge to fully embrace the suckless ecosystem. Although, this meant ditching Wayland and returning...
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
3 weeks ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
Transit Maps
Submission – Historical Map: Relief Map of Street Railway System in Pittsburgh and Vicinity, 1910
Submitted by Marc, who says: Hi ! I enjoy the historical maps, especially. Here’s my all-time...
4 months ago
Submitted by Marc, who says: Hi ! I enjoy the historical maps, especially. Here’s my all-time favorite historical map — a hand-made relief map of the Pittsburgh streetcar system, from 1910. Transit Maps says: Oh, I just love this, Marc! This fantastic map was included as part of...
Steve Blank
How Saboteurs Threaten Innovation–and What to Do About It
“Only the Paranoid Survive” Andy Grove – Intel CEO 1987-1998 I just had an urgent “can we meet...
2 months ago
“Only the Paranoid Survive” Andy Grove – Intel CEO 1987-1998 I just had an urgent “can we meet today?” coffee with Rohan, an ex-student. His three-year-old startup had been slapped with a notice of patent infringement from a Fortune 500 company. “My lawyers said defending this...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.41.0: Improving performance by up to 400%
Want to know more about what we're up to? Subscribe to our new newsletter , which we send once...
over a year ago
Want to know more about what we're up to? Subscribe to our new newsletter , which we send once every two weeks! 1.41.0 update guide for self-hosted…
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Fruity Cereal Version of Your Predicament
A dazed bunny landed inches from my head. It was the night before a race, the precious hours of...
over a year ago
A dazed bunny landed inches from my head. It was the night before a race, the precious hours of sleep before my 4am wake up call.
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
Blog - Guerrilla...
Shelter of Man
With the publication of Shelter of Man in Guerrila Cartography’s forthcoming Shelter: An Atlas, I...
over a year ago
With the publication of Shelter of Man in Guerrila Cartography’s forthcoming Shelter: An Atlas, I can officially call myself a guerrilla cartographer. I’m not just an artist anymore. My relationship with cartography developed while studying architecture in Australia. I might have...
Scarlet Ink
Work Enemies: Actions You Can Take to Protect Yourself From Bad Relationships
You won't always get along with your co-workers. What can you do to protect yourself?
4 months ago
You won't always get along with your co-workers. What can you do to protect yourself?
Notes on software...
Let's build a distributed Postgres proof of concept
What is CockroachDB under the hood? Take a look at
its go.mod
and notice a number of dependencies...
over a year ago
What is CockroachDB under the hood? Take a look at
its go.mod
and notice a number of dependencies that do a lot of work: a
PostgreSQL wire protocol
implementation, a storage
layer, a Raft implementation
for distributed consensus. And not
part of go.mod but still building on 3rd...
Computer Things
Stroustrup's Rule
Just finished two weeks of workshops and am exhausted, so this one will be light.
Hanuka Sale
Logic...
3 weeks ago
Just finished two weeks of workshops and am exhausted, so this one will be light.
Hanuka Sale
Logic for Programmers is on sale until the end of Chanukah! That's Jan 2nd if you're not Jewish. Get it for 40% off here.
Stroustrup's Rule
I first encountered Stroustrup's Rule on this...
Working Theorys
Writers Block
What I learned from Version 1.0, plus Version 2.0 soon :)
6 months ago
What I learned from Version 1.0, plus Version 2.0 soon :)
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
Construction Physics
The Long, Sad History of American Attempts to Build High-Speed Rail, Part I
California has received its fair share of criticism for the trajectory of its high-speed rail...
a year ago
California has received its fair share of criticism for the trajectory of its high-speed rail project. When voters first approved the $10 billion dollar bond issue for the project in 2008, it was projected to be completed by 2020 at a cost of $33 billion. Instead, its costs have
Old Structures...
A Different Definition of Speed
I’ve mentioned the “Speedway” a few times in passing. It was a pleasure drive along the Harlem...
2 months ago
I’ve mentioned the “Speedway” a few times in passing. It was a pleasure drive along the Harlem River, meant to provide a place for people with horses and horse carriages – i.e., the upper middle class and the wealthy – to have fun. There was nothing inherently terrible about...
Noahpinion
Interview: Chris Miller, historian and author of "Chip War"
In which I consult an expert on the battle to control the semiconductor industry.
a year ago
In which I consult an expert on the battle to control the semiconductor industry.
EXPLAIN EXTENDED
Happy New Year: Settlers of Catan in SQL
One of the best New Year presents I've ever got was a copy of the German-style board game, The...
over a year ago
One of the best New Year presents I've ever got was a copy of the German-style board game, The Settlers of Catan. This game has brought me and my friends many an hour of good entertainment. The game is played on a hexagon field with 19 hexagon tiles (3 + 4 + 5 + 4 […]
The post...
Matt Mullenweg
Cloudflare Stories
There are two great Cloudflare-related stories published this weekend. The first is Steven Levy’s...
2 months ago
There are two great Cloudflare-related stories published this weekend. The first is Steven Levy’s incredible story about Tim Jenkin, who created a secure communication protocol for the African National Congress to overthrow the apartheid regime in South Africa. Cloudflare’s CTO,...
diamond geezer
847
London's Free Buses
847: Stratford to Here East
Length of journey: 1 mile, 7 minutes
shuttle bus...
2 months ago
London's Free Buses
847: Stratford to Here East
Length of journey: 1 mile, 7 minutes
shuttle bus that runs up and down the Olympic Park and has done since May 2017. It may therefore come as a surprise to hear that I've never previously ridden it, especially as it's very close to...
HTMHell
Dear developer, your assumptions are wrong
As developers, validation of user input is one of the first things we are taught.
So, for example,...
over a year ago
As developers, validation of user input is one of the first things we are taught.
So, for example, we may think it would be a good idea to put some restrictions in an input field for a name:
<label for="name">First name:</label>
<input type="text" minlength="3" maxlength="20"...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #193
Dynamic pricing, Greenback emissions, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Working too hard, Ozempic's effect...
9 months ago
Dynamic pricing, Greenback emissions, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Working too hard, Ozempic's effect on the brain, Race and cardiovascular disease, Inflation's effect on insurance pricing
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
somethingaboutmaps
Thoughts on Practical Cartographic Education
While I have not conducted a formal survey, I think I have the right impression when I say that most...
over a year ago
While I have not conducted a formal survey, I think I have the right impression when I say that most university cartography courses, at least in the United States, are taught by people whose primary job (when they are not teaching) is not the regular production of maps. These...
Diaries of Note
Thanks be to God!
On 14th December 1911, after years of preparation and a gruelling journey in treacherous conditions,...
a year ago
On 14th December 1911, after years of preparation and a gruelling journey in treacherous conditions, Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole and raised the flag of Norway—an achievement that marked them as the first to stand at this geographical zenith having beaten...
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Comfort, Solace, Inspiration'
“A few
books, however,” writes Michael Dirda, “become lifelong companions, works we
regularly turn...
a year ago
“A few
books, however,” writes Michael Dirda, “become lifelong companions, works we
regularly turn to for comfort, solace, inspiration.” The reviewer identifies a slightly
different category, “the books we find ourselves crazy about and hope to
revisit someday,” as distinguished,...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #226
Warren Buffett donates $1.15 billion to his family foundations
a month ago
Warren Buffett donates $1.15 billion to his family foundations
CONTEMPORIST
A Tiny Public Library With A Roof Inspired By A Sheet Of Paper
Ninja Stuudio has shared photos of “White Sheet”, a tiny public library and reading pavilion they...
8 months ago
Ninja Stuudio has shared photos of “White Sheet”, a tiny public library and reading pavilion they completed in Tallinn, Estonia. The design has been inspired by the image of a literary idea, with the pavilion’s roof hovering as a light sheet of paper in mid-air relying only on...
Jonas Hietala
Writing lessons learned after writing a book
A good writer isn’t born; a good writer is created
It may sound dumb, but one of my reasons for...
a year ago
A good writer isn’t born; a good writer is created
It may sound dumb, but one of my reasons for writing a book was to improve my writing ability.
Maybe I could’ve practiced on the blog instead, but putting things on paper gave it some added weight I don’t think I would’ve gotten...
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 months ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Hatero
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Hovertext:
It's the baaaaasexuals you have to look out...
10 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
It's the baaaaasexuals you have to look out for.
Today's News:
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Nothing is Something
There’s a post on htmx.org about why htmx wasn’t the right fit for a particular project (which is...
a month ago
There’s a post on htmx.org about why htmx wasn’t the right fit for a particular project (which is dope, we need more websites that admit their thing might not be the right thing all the time).
The bit on AI being unfamiliar with their tool choice piqued my interest:
It’s worth...
Joel Gascoigne
Achieving scale by doing things that don't scale
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over a year ago
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Over the past few years of my journey with building startups, I’ve made a
conscious effort to absorb as much of the fascinating insights and learnings of
those more experienced than me.
Startups...
Marco.org
Overcast 4.2: The privacy update
Overcast 4.2 is out now. It enhances privacy in two major areas:
Anonymous sync by default
Overcast...
over a year ago
Overcast 4.2 is out now. It enhances privacy in two major areas:
Anonymous sync by default
Overcast has offered anonymous sync accounts since 2014. They’re fully functional, but they lack email addresses or passwords, so they can’t log into the website. A login token is stored in...
samwho.dev
Bloom Filters
.bf {
width: 100%;
height: 150px;
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width:...
10 months ago
.bf {
width: 100%;
height: 150px;
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 479px) {
.bf {
height: 200px;
}
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 676px) {
.bf {
height: 200px;
}
}
@media only screen and (min-width:...
Spoon & Tamago
This is the Time of Year Bamboo Shoots Grow, Sometimes Wreaking Havoc
a triptych by Toyokuni Utagawa depicting an excursion to gather bamboo shoots (early 1800s)...
7 months ago
a triptych by Toyokuni Utagawa depicting an excursion to gather bamboo shoots (early 1800s) According to Japan’s ancient calendar of 72 microseasons, right now is microseason 21: the time of year when “Bamboo Shoots Sprout.” Known as takenoko in Japan, these voracious plants have...
AVC
The New York Tech Sector
The New York Times had a piece yesterday suggesting that tech will no longer be a growth engine for...
a year ago
The New York Times had a piece yesterday suggesting that tech will no longer be a growth engine for NYC and the surrounding metro area as it has been for the last twenty years. I am not going to link to the piece because it is behind a paywall but if you want to read […]
journal – Winnie Lim
experimenting with Obsidian
Books have radically changed my life. One of the original purposes of this website was to share the...
a year ago
Books have radically changed my life. One of the original purposes of this website was to share the learnings I had from them – read through my personal lenses, layered with the...
TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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a year ago
One Useful Thing
The Best Available Human Standard
What are the imperatives of the upside?
a year ago
What are the imperatives of the upside?
Retail Design Blog
24 Festival calendar box by TOP BLUE PACKAGING
2 months ago
macwright.com
Recently
Busy month! In January, I wrote
about the first four Val Town runtimes, and built a lot of
features...
10 months ago
Busy month! In January, I wrote
about the first four Val Town runtimes, and built a lot of
features in Val Town.
I also hacked around enough to make
Placemark Play available
again, the “free-as-in-beer” Placemark UI. It still
has some warts, but it’s there. Want to improve...
Arduino Blog
This machine automatically creates chain art
Art is very personal and we often consider the process of creation itself when evaluating the...
5 months ago
Art is very personal and we often consider the process of creation itself when evaluating the resulting piece. Does a sculpture have more artistic value when molded by human hands rather than a 3D printer? Most would say that it does. But what if the automation was, itself, part...
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Man of My Kidney'
I met my
nephrologist for the first time when we shared an elevator to his office on the
fourth...
8 months ago
I met my
nephrologist for the first time when we shared an elevator to his office on the
fourth floor of the hospital. Between patients he was eating a banana, his breakfast, and carried a stack of folders in his other hand. On the front of his
white lab coat was his name, the...
Ognjen Regoje •...
Not wanting to work remotely is now a competitive advantage
As much as working remotely is a competitive hiring advantage again, not wanting to work remotely is...
a year ago
As much as working remotely is a competitive hiring advantage again, not wanting to work remotely is now an advantage for getting hired.
A lot of companies are mandating returns to the office. Many more are scrapping fully remote positions, with some even rescinding fully-remote...
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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5 months ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sauce
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Unfortunately, Sally is now set on the path toward...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Unfortunately, Sally is now set on the path toward cannibalism.
Today's News:
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...
Josh Thompson
Tiny Habits take 2
Dr. BJ Fogg runs
Tiny Habits, a one-week course on building new habits.
Since most of what we do is...
over a year ago
Dr. BJ Fogg runs
Tiny Habits, a one-week course on building new habits.
Since most of what we do is governed by habits, it is reasonable to study how to build new ones, or replace bad ones.
I
have done his course before, and had success. I have been reading
Freewith Kristi and...
Nat Eliason's...
How We Designed a FUN Nonfiction Book Cover
Every step and cover along the way
7 months ago
Every step and cover along the way
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Retaking the Test of Time
They don't play Dylan on 93.3, Denver's modern rock station. Not today, not in 1999 when I spent the...
over a year ago
They don't play Dylan on 93.3, Denver's modern rock station. Not today, not in 1999 when I spent the summer burning stencils and cleaning ink off silkscreens at a family-owned t-shirt factory.
Rest of World -...
WhatsApp voice notes are revolutionizing farming in Senegal
For farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write, sending voice notes has unlocked a new world...
a year ago
For farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write, sending voice notes has unlocked a new world of collaboration across the industry.
The Ruffian
Lessons In How Not To Lead
From the Dept. of What Were They Thinking
a year ago
From the Dept. of What Were They Thinking
Platformer
Bluesky's big moment
A new Twitter clone is surging in popularity. Could it have legs?
a year ago
A new Twitter clone is surging in popularity. Could it have legs?
Josh Thompson
Preparing to adopt a habit
There are many habits I wish I had. More times than I can count, I have tried to get up early. I...
over a year ago
There are many habits I wish I had. More times than I can count, I have tried to get up early. I faithfully set my alarm for some crack-of-dawn time that leaves me with a reasonable amount of sleep, but gives me time to myself before I have to get ready for work.
Almost as many...
McMansion Hell
Bonus McMansion Hell: Ye Olde Barrington
In which I am in my castle era.
a year ago
In which I am in my castle era.
AFAR Media - Travel...
7 New Luxury Hotels in California You Should Know About
10 months ago
Ink & Switch
Tablet Platform Showdown
Comparison of Android, iPad, Surface, and Chrome OS for research prototypes
over a year ago
Comparison of Android, iPad, Surface, and Chrome OS for research prototypes
David Heinemeier...
As we forgive those who trespass against us
Google's announcement that they're done discussing politics at work widely echoed the policy changes...
8 months ago
Google's announcement that they're done discussing politics at work widely echoed the policy changes Coinbase and we at 37signals did a few years back. So yesterday, I did two separate interviews with media outlets on the topic. And we spoke in part about those early weeks of...
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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2 months ago
High Signal
Productized service businesses - the ultimate guide
Productized services are growing rapidly in popularity. For founders, they offer a way to make a six...
a year ago
Productized services are growing rapidly in popularity. For founders, they offer a way to make a six figure salary relatively quickly. For companies, it means paying top talent without the downsides of hiring an employee like paying for a recruiter, paying extra taxes etc.
...
Folklore.org:...
Folon
Early Mac art from Jean-Michel Folon
a year ago
Early Mac art from Jean-Michel Folon
Archinect - Features
Echoes and Requiems: Reflecting on the Legacy of Woodbury University School of Architecture...
In the summer of 2006, I received a call from my friend and colleague Catherine Herbst, who had...
6 months ago
In the summer of 2006, I received a call from my friend and colleague Catherine Herbst, who had recently become the head of Woodbury University School of Architecture in San Diego (WUSD) following the departure of the previous chair, Geraldine Forbes, to New Mexico. During our...
Internal Tech Emails
"Things Sam is freaking out about"
buying SNAP
a year ago
Made by Ollin
Priors for Autonomous Vehicle Development
over a year ago
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Maplands
Maplands is a long-form generative art project I released on fxhash on 5th
Jan 2022. It sold out...
over a year ago
Maplands is a long-form generative art project I released on fxhash on 5th
Jan 2022. It sold out 256 pieces in exactly 2 minutes.
Alex Meub
Hotel Guest User Agent Data
I wrote a script that exposes browser and software platform data from hotels across the country....
over a year ago
I wrote a script that exposes browser and software platform data from hotels across the country. This data is very different from say: StatCounter or NetApplications estimates because they rely on getting their data from trackers on specific websites.
The data I pulled comes...
Blog - Mac Pierce
USB C to 12vDC Adaptors for Camera gear
Making converters to power all of my camera accessories off of USB-C
over a year ago
Making converters to power all of my camera accessories off of USB-C
Eukaryote Writes...
Internet Harvest (2024, 1)
Free covid treatment for everyone in the US, a novel orthopox virus, a really big machine, cameras...
9 months ago
Free covid treatment for everyone in the US, a novel orthopox virus, a really big machine, cameras used for good and evil, ant heaven now, and more.
Seth's Blog
More vs. better
If every building in the shopping district in a big city was owned by one landlord, rents would go...
a year ago
If every building in the shopping district in a big city was owned by one landlord, rents would go up. So would the prices of everything sold. The landlord would keep a significant percentage of each store’s profits and innovation would suffer as well. Google’s monopoly is real....
99% Invisible
Chambre de Bonne [EPISODE]
For many young people in Paris, it’s a right of passage to live in a very small, very French type of...
9 months ago
For many young people in Paris, it’s a right of passage to live in a very small, very French type of apartment, called a “chambre de bonne.” Literally, a maid’s room. A chambre de bonne is usually one small room, on the top floor of a five- or six-story apartment building, and...
Val Sopi
Punctuality Above All
<p>Here's a quick rundown about the article. For more read on below.</p>
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over a year ago
<p>Here's a quick rundown about the article. For more read on below.</p>
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<p>There are these two small restaurants close to one another...
Weighty Thoughts
VC Office Hours
Talk to James Wang, author of Weighty Thoughts and General Partner of Creative Ventures
11 months ago
Talk to James Wang, author of Weighty Thoughts and General Partner of Creative Ventures
Map of the Week
Fastest Growing and Shrinking Cities
This map shows the fastest growing and shrinking cities in the United States and Canada using 2023...
2 days ago
This map shows the fastest growing and shrinking cities in the United States and Canada using 2023 data.
The map appears on Visual Capitalist and the data is only for the city populations, it does not reflect the overall metropolitan areas. The top seven population gainers are...
Dominik Sobe's...
Lessons from a “failed” Product Hunt launch
over a year ago
Florian Bellmann |...
Processes don't create ownership, people do
Creating a sense of ownership in the team is crucial for the success of a project. What's the right...
7 months ago
Creating a sense of ownership in the team is crucial for the success of a project. What's the right angle?
Math Is Still...
The Deep Link Equating Math Proofs and Computer Programs
Mathematical logic and the code of computer programs are, in an exact way, mirror images of each...
a year ago
Mathematical logic and the code of computer programs are, in an exact way, mirror images of each other.
The post The Deep Link Equating Math Proofs and Computer Programs first appeared on Quanta Magazine
The Ruffian
The Biden Conundrum
On the president's prospects, plus a rattle bag of stimulants and delights
a year ago
On the president's prospects, plus a rattle bag of stimulants and delights
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 9
On cleaning up the shop.
a year ago
Josh Thompson
Growing in your first software development job
I started my first software developer role a year ago. (November 2017)
This is tremendously...
over a year ago
I started my first software developer role a year ago. (November 2017)
This is tremendously exciting, of course, but introduces its own set of challenges, like:
I finished Turing and I’ve got a job! Oh snap. I just finished a grueling program, and my reward is I’m fit to sit at...
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Musings on Markets
Data Update 3 for 2024: Interest Rates in 2023 - A Rule-breaking Year!
In my last post, I looked at equities in 2023, and argued that while they did well during 2023, the...
11 months ago
In my last post, I looked at equities in 2023, and argued that while they did well during 2023, the bounce back were uneven, with a few big winning companies and sectors, and a significant number of companies not partaking in the recovery. In this post, I look at interest rates,...
alexwlchan
Monki Gras 2024: Step… Step… Step…
Yesterday I gave a talk at Monki Gras 2024.
This year, the theme is “Prompting Craft: examining and...
9 months ago
Yesterday I gave a talk at Monki Gras 2024.
This year, the theme is “Prompting Craft: examining and discussing the art of the prompt in code and cultural creation”.
I did a talk about my experience of learning these new AI tools, and I draw comparisons to learning to dance.
This...
TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Louwrentius
An affordable server platform based on server-grade hardware
Updated post (June 2014) found HERE
There are some reasons why you should consider buying true...
over a year ago
Updated post (June 2014) found HERE
There are some reasons why you should consider buying true server-grade harware when building a server, wether it's for home or business use.
This is why I want to introduce you to the Supermicro X9SCM-F motherboard.
This motherboard costs...
Londonist
Secrets Of Tower Bridge
A behind the scenes tour of one of London's great icons.
a year ago
A behind the scenes tour of one of London's great icons.
SatPost by Trung...
Jensen Huang, Dario Amodei and Manufacturing Intelligence at Scale
PLUS: SpaceX's Starship miracle, Taco Bell's franchise model.
2 months ago
PLUS: SpaceX's Starship miracle, Taco Bell's franchise model.
diamond geezer
Substacks
For those who like writing online, the blogging platform of choice continues to evolve.
Substack,...
3 weeks ago
For those who like writing online, the blogging platform of choice continues to evolve.
Substack, founded in 2017, which has been picking up more and more top writers of late. I have no intention of jumping ship, let's make that clear at the start, but I thought I'd take a...
Notes on software...
How do databases execute expressions?
Databases are fun. They sit at the confluence of Computer
Science topics that might otherwise not...
a year ago
Databases are fun. They sit at the confluence of Computer
Science topics that might otherwise not seem practical in life as a
developer. For example, every database with a query language is also a
programming language implementation of some caliber. That doesn't
include all...
abdz.do - Have you...
Blueshift Collective: Where NFT Meets Creativity
Blueshift Collective: Where NFT Meets Creativity
abduzeedo0214—23
...
a year ago
Blueshift Collective: Where NFT Meets Creativity
abduzeedo0214—23
Are you tired of the same old NFT collections that feature the same type of art over and over again? Look no further than the Blueshift Collective - a free and open NFT...
Josh Thompson
Let Me Fix [some of] Your Parking Problems
Hi there! I’m Josh, and I’m your local neighborhood advocate for overlooked spaces.
Today, we’ll be...
a year ago
Hi there! I’m Josh, and I’m your local neighborhood advocate for overlooked spaces.
Today, we’ll be focusing on parking lots.
Your parking lot has a job to do, and every day, every night, rain or shine, hot or cold, clear, rainy, or snowy, your parking lot does the best it can at...
Rest of World -...
What it takes to raise a $300 million VC fund for Africa
Tidjane Deme talks about convincing investors to back Africa-focused tech funds amid a global...
8 months ago
Tidjane Deme talks about convincing investors to back Africa-focused tech funds amid a global funding slump.
NeuroLogica Blog
Managing Plastic Waste
The world produces 350-400 million metric tons of plastic waste. Less than 10% of this waste is...
a month ago
The world produces 350-400 million metric tons of plastic waste. Less than 10% of this waste is recycled, while 25% is mismanaged or littered. About 1.7 million tons ends up in the ocean. This is not sustainable, but whose responsibility is it to deal with this issue? The debate...
High Signal
500,000 users per month after quitting his developer job
Today's interview is with Ruurtjan, a Dutch founder whose two sites get 500,000 users a month....
a year ago
Today's interview is with Ruurtjan, a Dutch founder whose two sites get 500,000 users a month. Ruurtjan quit his job to go all in on his business
Calculated Risk
Ten Economic Questions for 2025
Here is a review of the Ten Economic Questions for 2024.
I'll follow up with some thoughts on each...
a week ago
Here is a review of the Ten Economic Questions for 2024.
I'll follow up with some thoughts on each of these questions.
We can assume the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will be extended. That larger tariffs will be imposed on some imports, and there will be some...
AI Snake Oil
The LLaMA is out of the bag. Should we expect a tidal wave of disinformation?
The bottleneck isn't the cost of producing disinfo, which is already very low.
a year ago
The bottleneck isn't the cost of producing disinfo, which is already very low.
Seth's Blog
The Beatles and Taylor Swift
When we’re in the middle of a cultural swirl, it’s normal to believe that everyone else is too....
a year ago
When we’re in the middle of a cultural swirl, it’s normal to believe that everyone else is too. That’s part of the magic of a cultural swirl–it’s our friends, our work, our world. Most of these moments are actually tiny pockets. An episode of the much-talked-about TV show...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Soulmate
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11 months ago
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Farza's Newsletter
pointed my tv remote at my microwave and then i met the Beatles, wild.
What’s going well: talking to users. I used to think that talking to users meant, like, talking to...
over a year ago
What’s going well: talking to users. I used to think that talking to users meant, like, talking to them on the phone. And, well, it does! That’s one way to talk to users. But, when I started Zip I wanted “talking to users” to be literally built into
The Modern House
Water's Edge: five homes that take in Britain’s rugged coastline
In the UK, you’re never more than 70 miles from the sea, but why put any distance between your home...
8 months ago
In the UK, you’re never more than 70 miles from the sea, but why put any distance between your home and the shifting shoreline? The pull of our luminous and varied coastline is undeniable, which is why we’ve found five homes a stone’s throw from […]
Common Edge
The Architecture of “Thin Places” and How to Design Them
Places that are “thin” offer experiences outside of the everyday.
a year ago
Places that are “thin” offer experiences outside of the everyday.
Commoncog
What Process Improvement in Education Looks Like
What rigorous trial and error looks like when applied to improving disadvantaged student outcomes...
3 months ago
What rigorous trial and error looks like when applied to improving disadvantaged student outcomes ... and why you should be able to do this in your own org contexts.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Constant
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a year ago
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It would've been so easy to set up The Matrix so that nobody would leave.
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Londonist
A Map Of Camden Place Name Origins
Etymology of the borough's road, parks and pubs.
10 months ago
Etymology of the borough's road, parks and pubs.
Tony Finch's blog
libc delenda est
Chris Wellons posted a good review of why large chunks of the C
library are terrible,
especially if...
a year ago
Chris Wellons posted a good review of why large chunks of the C
library are terrible,
especially if you are coding on Windows - good fun if you like staring
into the abyss. He followed up with let’s write a
setjmp which is fun in a
more positive way. I was also pleased to learn...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Some Godforsaken Province'
After the
Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, the poet Aleksander Wat fled to Lwów, already
occupied by...
7 months ago
After the
Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, the poet Aleksander Wat fled to Lwów, already
occupied by the Soviets. He was arrested by the NKVD the following year and
held in a military prison in that city, then moved to Kiev, the Lubyanka in Moscow, and Saratov, more than...
Cremieux Recueil
The Ottoman Origins of Modernity
Would we have the modern world without Islamic incursion into Southeastern Europe?
3 months ago
Would we have the modern world without Islamic incursion into Southeastern Europe?
Spoon & Tamago
In an Appeal to Young Workers, a Manufacturing Company Steps Away from Obscurity
all photos by Takumi Ota courtesy Schemata Architects For decades, Japanese manufacturers have...
2 months ago
all photos by Takumi Ota courtesy Schemata Architects For decades, Japanese manufacturers have worked in obscurity, churning out parts for the world’s biggest automakers and smartphone brands. And for the most part—largely owing to the confidential nature of their work—they have...
Irrational...
How to capitalize engineering costs.
There are many important meetings in your first ninety days as a new engineering leader, but one...
a year ago
There are many important meetings in your first ninety days as a new engineering leader, but one that’s both easy to forget and surprisingly important is your first meeting with the finance team. There’s a lot to learn from the finance team, particularly drilling into your profit...
Anecdotal Evidence
'A General Effect of Pleasing Impression'
Back in the Golden Age of Blogging, the decline of
which roughly coincided with the arrival of...
a year ago
Back in the Golden Age of Blogging, the decline of
which roughly coincided with the arrival of Anecdotal Evidence in 2006, literary
memes were far more popular. Some were trivial parlor games, a way for certain readers
to safely show off without having ever opened a book....
Laetitia@Work
What if generative AI was actually underwhelming?
Laetitia@Work #69
8 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
It's Hard To Hit First
You don't want to hit someone unjustifiably. But the upshot is, you lose.
11 months ago
You don't want to hit someone unjustifiably. But the upshot is, you lose.
Josh Thompson
Turing Prep Chapter 2: Run your first tests (and make them pass)
Preparing for Turing Series Index
What follows is an eight-part series that will help you pick up...
over a year ago
Preparing for Turing Series Index
What follows is an eight-part series that will help you pick up useful information about a number of topics related to Ruby, specifically geared for students learning the Ruby programming language, as part of the Turing School’s Backend Software...
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Sam Altman
How To Invest In Startups
There is a lot of advice about how to be a good startup founder. But there isn’t very much about...
over a year ago
There is a lot of advice about how to be a good startup founder. But there isn’t very much about how to be a good startup investor.
Before going any further, I should point out that this is a particularly hard time to invest in startups—it’s easier right now to be a...
SatPost by Trung...
Las Vegas, F1 and the sport's long history in America
PLUS: An unexpected Netflix hit and the world's most popular artist.
a year ago
PLUS: An unexpected Netflix hit and the world's most popular artist.
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Arduino Blog
How to customize your Arduino Cloud IoT dashboards on the go
The Arduino Cloud has long been a trusted platform for makers, engineers, and developers to manage...
2 months ago
The Arduino Cloud has long been a trusted platform for makers, engineers, and developers to manage their IoT projects with ease. From tracking sensor data to automating smart devices, the cloud enables seamless connectivity. Complementing this, the Arduino IoT Remote mobile app...
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Josh Thompson
Turing Prep Chapter 4: Arrays, Hashes, and Nested Collections
Preparing for Turing Series Index
What follows is an eight-part series that will help you pick up...
over a year ago
Preparing for Turing Series Index
What follows is an eight-part series that will help you pick up useful information about a number of topics related to Ruby, specifically geared for students learning the Ruby programming language, as part of the Turing School’s Backend Software...
Anecdotal Evidence
'One I Loved Taught Here, Provoking Strife'
When Yvor
Winters retired from the Stanford English Department in 1966 after almost forty
years, the...
2 months ago
When Yvor
Winters retired from the Stanford English Department in 1966 after almost forty
years, the university published a commemorative volume, Laurel, Archaic, Rude: A Collection of Poems. It gathers twenty-six
poems written by former students, including Edgar Bowers,...
Jonas Hietala
A simple timeline using CSS flexbox
As I added a /now page to the site I also decided to refresh my /about page and I figured it would...
4 months ago
As I added a /now page to the site I also decided to refresh my /about page and I figured it would be neat to have timeline element where I could list some of the larger events in my life.
To my surprise it wasn’t too difficult to create one that looks pretty clean—the flexbox...
Maps Mania
Which Airports are also Filetypes?
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Home on Erik...
3D in D3
I have spent some time lately with D3. It's a lot of fun to build interactive graphs. See for...
over a year ago
I have spent some time lately with D3. It's a lot of fun to build interactive graphs. See for instance this demo (will provide a longer writeup soon).
D3 doesn't have support for 3D but you can do projections into 2D pretty easily.
Acko.net
Fuck It, We'll Do It Live
How the Live effect run-time is implemented
In this post I describe how the Live run-time...
a year ago
How the Live effect run-time is implemented
In this post I describe how the Live run-time internals are implemented, which drive Use.GPU. Some pre-existing React and FP effect knowledge is useful.
I have written about Live before, but in general terms. You may therefor have...
The Convivial...
The Work of Art
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 8
6 months ago
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 8
blag
Moving to Hugo
some personal notes to remember the migration effort from Pelican to Hugo
over a year ago
some personal notes to remember the migration effort from Pelican to Hugo
TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Epic Web Dev
Full Stack Foundations (workshop)
The Full Stack Foundations workshop covers modern web development best practices including Styling,...
a year ago
The Full Stack Foundations workshop covers modern web development best practices including Styling, Routing, Data Loading, Forms, SEO, Error Handling, and more!
Vitalik Buterin's...
Against choosing your political allegiances based on who is "pro-crypto"
5 months ago
Construction Physics
Building the Bell System
If someone was making a list of the most important American companies today, it’s unlikely AT&T...
6 months ago
If someone was making a list of the most important American companies today, it’s unlikely AT&T would be anywhere near the top. It’s large, but not notably so: it came in 32nd in the 2024 Fortune 500 ranking, just above Comcast and below Verizon. Its offerings are not unique:...
Daniel Miessler
GPT and Search
There’s a lot of talk about how GPT is going to take over search. Meaning, compete with or take down...
over a year ago
There’s a lot of talk about how GPT is going to take over search. Meaning, compete with or take down Google. I get the excitement there, but there are some pretty serious barriers to having this happen immediately. First, GPT is non-deterministic, meaning you can ask it the same...
Simply Explained
Retrospective: 4 years on YouTube
Every year I sit down and take a look at how my YouTube channel has been doing. I reflect, evaluate,...
over a year ago
Every year I sit down and take a look at how my YouTube channel has been doing. I reflect, evaluate, and set goals for the coming year. This year is no exception. January 13th, 2020, marks my fourth year on YouTube. Time to do a little retrospective.
Castles in the Sky
The map is clear but the road is bumpy.
Castles in the Sky | October 27 - November 2, 2024
a month ago
Castles in the Sky | October 27 - November 2, 2024
Seth's Blog
Learning, connecting, deciding (and amazing)
My new short LinkedIn class on project management just launched, and I’ll be discussing it live...
a year ago
My new short LinkedIn class on project management just launched, and I’ll be discussing it live today with Amanda Ruud … we’ll be there if you want to bring your questions. Sooner or later, all important work becomes project work. After the extraordinary feedback from her last...
Open Culture
How Art Gets Stolen: What Happened to Egon Schiele’s Painting Boats Mirrored in the Water After Its...
George Clooney may be better regarded as an actor than as a director, but his occasional work in the...
3 months ago
George Clooney may be better regarded as an actor than as a director, but his occasional work in the latter capacity reveals an admirable interest in lesser-dramatized chapters of American history. His films have found their material in everything from the early years of the NFL...
ribbonfarm
Storytelling — Just Add Dinosaurs
In a previous part, I covered the storytelling model of Matthew Dicks, who specializes in live,...
9 months ago
In a previous part, I covered the storytelling model of Matthew Dicks, who specializes in live, spoken-word competitive storytelling from real life. He has a theory of stories I found deeply unsatisfying: That the essence of a story is a moment of character change where the...
Strange Loop Canon
State of the Canon
Onwards
a year ago
Birchtree
My favorite (and least favorite) movies of 2024
I’ve watched 48 new release movies in 2024, and with just a few weeks left in the year, I wanted to...
2 weeks ago
I’ve watched 48 new release movies in 2024, and with just a few weeks left in the year, I wanted to make what is my current top 10 (plus honorable mentions & worst movies). As we get to the end of the year and you might have some
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Machine learning is really good at partially solving just about any problem
There’s a saying in artificial intelligence circles that techniques like machine learning (and NLP)...
over a year ago
There’s a saying in artificial intelligence circles that techniques like machine learning (and NLP) can very quickly get you, say, 80% of…
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
Seth's Blog
Becoming intentional about virtual meetings
A manual I recently read listed the “cons” of having a meeting virtually: To be accurate, every one...
10 months ago
A manual I recently read listed the “cons” of having a meeting virtually: To be accurate, every one of these points should have “so far” added. The videogame market is far bigger than the box office of Hollywood films. The people who play video games at home for hours at a time...
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Seth's Blog
A protest or a project?
Protests let off steam. They organize people who might not show up by creating a moment in time...
a year ago
Protests let off steam. They organize people who might not show up by creating a moment in time where there’s enough opportunity and social pressure that they participate. A protest sends a message. But almost every time, the very things that made a protest appealing mean that it...
Eukaryote Writes...
A love letter to civilian OSINT
What is civilian OSINT, and could it be used altruistically?
over a year ago
What is civilian OSINT, and could it be used altruistically?
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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sbensu
The secondary market in gift cards
This post by patio11 covers a few things that I learned working with gift cards over the years.
over a year ago
This post by patio11 covers a few things that I learned working with gift cards over the years.
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
2 weeks ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bea
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a year ago
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Today's News:
The most frequently asked question is the age range for Bea Wolf readers,...
TheCollector
Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
Londonist
Rare Chelsea Books: Memories Of A Bookshop On The King's Road
"We discouraged visitors from bringing in galettes, to prevent sticky fingers."
a year ago
"We discouraged visitors from bringing in galettes, to prevent sticky fingers."
Willem's Blog
Riding with a power meter on your bike
In this post I describe my experience with installing the 4iiii Precision Powermeter on my road...
over a year ago
In this post I describe my experience with installing the 4iiii Precision Powermeter on my road bike.
Noahpinion
Did immigration bring down inflation?
I'm highly skeptical of this theory, but it's still quite interesting.
10 months ago
I'm highly skeptical of this theory, but it's still quite interesting.
Joel Gascoigne
Change at Buffer: The next phase, and why our co-founder and our CTO are moving on
> Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer...
over a year ago
> Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog
[https://open.buffer.com/change-at-buffer/].
We’ve always done things differently at Buffer. For me, this has always come
from a natural desire to question things.
Why base your company and team in a single location? Why is...
macwright.com
Reverse engineering a day’s worth of websites
Some light reverse-engineering of websites has been
a source of entertainment and knowledge for me....
5 months ago
Some light reverse-engineering of websites has been
a source of entertainment and knowledge for me. I’ll poke around
in the Chrome DevTools and figure out the basics of
how popular websites work.
Sure, it’s common to compress JavaScript
and other resources, and the HTML source of...
Tikalon Blog by Dev...
Ice Formation
In today's bigger is better world, you don't order a large coffee, you order a 20 fluid ounce Venti...
4 months ago
In today's bigger is better world, you don't order a large coffee, you order a 20 fluid ounce Venti coffee. From 1987 through 2004, McDonald's restaurants had a supersize option for larger than large portions of its French fries and soft drinks. The prefix, super, has been used...
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Retail Design Blog
Landmark Group Headquarters by Allen Architecture Interiors Design
Allen Architecture Interiors Design designed the Landmark Group offices in Dubai to accommodate...
3 months ago
Allen Architecture Interiors Design designed the Landmark Group offices in Dubai to accommodate multiple retail brands with individualized floors, embodying...
TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography?
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The Modern House
Love at First Sight: homes with spectacular views for sale
Is there anything quite like waking up to a breathtaking view? We’re particularly partial to...
a year ago
Is there anything quite like waking up to a breathtaking view? We’re particularly partial to panoramas of rolling fields, big blue waves and slick cityscapes – all of which appear in this story. From a flat in St Leonards overlooking the sea to a Limehouse […]
Hixie's Natural Log
Flutter: Static analysis of sample code snippets in API docs
One of the things I am particularly proud of with Flutter is the
quality of our API documentation....
a year ago
One of the things I am particularly proud of with Flutter is the
quality of our API documentation. With Flutter's web support, we're
even able to literally inline full sample applications into the API
docs and have them literally editable and executable inline. For
example,...
The Modern House
A flexible family home with flair in Clapton
a year ago
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Paul Cudenec
The global mafia and its designs on Africa
Rwanda has in recent years become an important nerve-centre for the global criminocracy’s...
3 weeks ago
Rwanda has in recent years become an important nerve-centre for the global criminocracy’s financial-imperialist designs on Africa, as I set out in an August 2023 article entitled ‘Cogs of corruption and control’.
NeuroLogica Blog
Fake Fossils
In 1931 a fossil lizard was recovered from the Italian Alps, believed to be a 280 million year old...
10 months ago
In 1931 a fossil lizard was recovered from the Italian Alps, believed to be a 280 million year old specimen. The fossil was also rare in that it appeared to have some preserved soft tissue. It was given the species designation Tridentinosaurus antiquus and was thought to be part...
Open Culture
The Longest Drivable Distance in the World: Discover the Ultimate Road Trip
No matter what country we live in, we’ve all fantasized about taking our own great American road...
3 months ago
No matter what country we live in, we’ve all fantasized about taking our own great American road trip, considering a variety of the infinitely many possible routes. The most obvious would be driving between Los Angeles and New York, a distance of 2,800 miles that would take a bit...
diamond geezer
Bakerloo 40
Happy 40th Birthday to the Bakerloo line.
that's 118, but the current extent of the line with...
7 months ago
Happy 40th Birthday to the Bakerloo line.
that's 118, but the current extent of the line with trains operating between Harrow & Wealdstone and Elephant & Castle. Elephant's been the southern terminus since 1906, despite umpteen attempts at an extension. But the northern terminus...
samwho.dev
Life Skills Learned Playing World of Warcraft
Between the ages of 14 and 17 I had an addiction to an online game called World of Warcraft...
over a year ago
Between the ages of 14 and 17 I had an addiction to an online game called World of Warcraft (WoW).
In the first half of this post I'm going to explain the game and how I played it. In the second half I'll talk about the skills I learned and how they've helped me.
If you played a...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Only Little People Frightened By the Long Night'
The calendar
and tradition assure us that Halloween is October 31 but the voice of the
people in our...
a year ago
The calendar
and tradition assure us that Halloween is October 31 but the voice of the
people in our neighborhood as expressed through the “group chat” I have never
looked at moved the celebration to October 29. The reasons are unclear. What
this means in practical terms is two...
Blog -...
Book Review - The Way of The Superior Man
There are very few books that have impacted my life with the intensity that
The Way of the...
over a year ago
There are very few books that have impacted my life with the intensity that
The Way of the Superior Man has. Even though it was first published more
than twenty years ago, its message could not be more fitting for
heterosexual men trying to navigate the intricacies of being...
Seth's Blog
The seduction of “why”
It’s classic linkbait. Headlines that explain why something is happening. Questions to AI about why...
a year ago
It’s classic linkbait. Headlines that explain why something is happening. Questions to AI about why something happens. Even kids, asking their parents. Why is easy to sell. Why is hard to deliver. Consultants make a good living explaining the why. And media companies try to. But...
Rozado’s Visual...
A brief response to a reader regarding prejudice denoting terms in Swedish media
Regarding when Swedish media started to increase mentions of prejudice denoting terminology and a...
3 weeks ago
Regarding when Swedish media started to increase mentions of prejudice denoting terminology and a reader comments about it, several things to note:
Seth's Blog
Design has a language
And it changes over time. You and I know what to do when we see a revolving door, or to speak...
a year ago
And it changes over time. You and I know what to do when we see a revolving door, or to speak quietly in a library. We have expectations of how the world works and what designers are saying with their work. Here’s a photo of a device with two controls. We’ve been taught our whole...
Louwrentius
Howto get the hard disk size under Linux?
A: There is no single tool for this job, but it seems that Fdisk is just fine:
server:~# fdisk -l 2>...
over a year ago
A: There is no single tool for this job, but it seems that Fdisk is just fine:
server:~# fdisk -l 2> /dev/null | grep Disk | grep -v identifier
Disk /dev/sda: 500.0 GB, 500028145664 bytes
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.0 GB, 500028145664 bytes
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.1 GB, 1000123400192...
NeuroLogica Blog
Will Hydrogen BEV Hybrids Be A Thing?
I recently recorded a YouTube video on the notion of hydrogen fuel cell cars (it will be posted...
a year ago
I recently recorded a YouTube video on the notion of hydrogen fuel cell cars (it will be posted soon, and I will add the link when it’s up). One question I did not get into in the video, but which is an interesting thought experiment, is hydrogen – plug-in battery hybrid...
Seth's Blog
Checking the date
After 2022, it’s hard to tell for sure. And going forward, public life is going to be even more...
a year ago
After 2022, it’s hard to tell for sure. And going forward, public life is going to be even more rumor-driven than it is now. Any video, any voiceover, any photograph–we can’t be sure. If YouTube or the Wayback Machine shows us that it happened after 2022, bring some doubt. AI and...
Home on Erik...
Domains for sale
Contact me at mail at erik bern dot com!
over a year ago
Contact me at mail at erik bern dot com!
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
Jonas Hietala
The killer features of the Steam Deck
In the beginning of the year I gave myself a late Christmas gift and bought a Steam Deck for...
a year ago
In the beginning of the year I gave myself a late Christmas gift and bought a Steam Deck for myself.
There were two main reasons I decided to buy it:
burnout and depression by picking up gaming again.
And boy did it deliver.
The Deck is probably the most impressive thing I can...
Rest of World -...
A buy-now-pay-later company is behind the explosion of EVs in Kenya
In just two years, M-Kopa has become the biggest financier for EVs in East Africa’s largest market.
5 months ago
In just two years, M-Kopa has become the biggest financier for EVs in East Africa’s largest market.
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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37signals Dev
Kamal 2.0 released
We’ve just released version 2 of Kamal, our deployment tool for running web apps directly on VMs or...
3 months ago
We’ve just released version 2 of Kamal, our deployment tool for running web apps directly on VMs or bare metal servers.
Kamal 1.0 was designed with 37signal’s use case in mind — deploying an application across multiple hosts, served with an external load balancer.
With Kamal 2.0...
Rest of World -...
Uber’s big plan for India: buses
Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to...
a month ago
Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities soon.
diamond geezer
Old Bexley & Sidcup
I've not been especially balanced in my recent reporting of the capital.
• Yesterday I went to...
7 months ago
I've not been especially balanced in my recent reporting of the capital.
• Yesterday I went to Carpenters Road in the constituency of Stratford & Bow where Labour's Uma Kumaran is going to walk it.
• The day before I went to Ham in the constituency of Richmond Park where Liberal...
The Marginalian
Trust, Betrayal, and the Nexus of Mathematics and Morality: The Prisoner’s Dilemma Animated
Illuminating the pitfalls of the mind in felt and gingerbread.
a year ago
Illuminating the pitfalls of the mind in felt and gingerbread.
The Ruffian
A Ruffian Catch-Up
In Case You Missed...
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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a year ago
A Beautiful Site
A Web Components Primer
On the eve of February, I was inspired to tweet about web components. What started as a simple...
over a year ago
On the eve of February, I was inspired to tweet about web components. What started as a simple thought quickly turned into a series of tweets that folks seem to find useful. I've adapted the thread and I'm posting it here for prosperity.
Overview #
Shadow DOM? Light DOM? Slots?...
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
2 months ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
Home on Erik...
There is no magic trick
(Warning: super speculative, feel free to ignore)
As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make...
over a year ago
(Warning: super speculative, feel free to ignore)
As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future”. Unfortunately predicting is hard, and unsurprisingly people look for the Magic Trick™ that can resolve all the uncertainty.
AFAR Media - Travel...
A Myrtle Beach Travel Guide for Travelers with Disabilities
3 months ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Inspired
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a year ago
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Castles in the Sky
Castles in the Sky 33 [May 2023]
Big, Big News!
a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Last Day
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a year ago
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The Ruffian
The Enigma of Luigi Mangione
And the Madness Of His Apologists
a week ago
And the Madness Of His Apologists
mtlynch.io
Recovery Month
Highlights Is It Keto’s revenue doubled to $82.44 with zero effort on my part. My task journaling...
over a year ago
Highlights Is It Keto’s revenue doubled to $82.44 with zero effort on my part. My task journaling app is almost ready for publication. I’ve begun setting up meetings with potential customers about my next project ideas. Goal Grades At the start of the month, I gave up on Is It...
mtlynch.io
What Got Done - Month 3
Highlights I’m shelving What Got Done, as customers seem uninterested in the idea. Zestful has...
over a year ago
Highlights I’m shelving What Got Done, as customers seem uninterested in the idea. Zestful has become my greatest challenge in not sweating the small stuff. Is It Keto continues growing in the background, with a 22% increase in revenue and a 35% rise in traffic. Goal Grades...
Drew Ex Machina
Accurate Characterization of 3D Winds Using Stereographic Observations from the Hurricane Hunter...
The teams at Tropical Weather Analytics (TWA) and Canada Weather Analytics (CWA), where this author...
11 months ago
The teams at Tropical Weather Analytics (TWA) and Canada Weather Analytics (CWA), where this author is the Chief Scientist, had the honor of having our abstract […]
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...
Tony Dinh's...
Sep 2022: I'm on Indie Hackers Podcast!
Also in September: $12K MRR, built a small new app, SEO, and other updates...
over a year ago
Also in September: $12K MRR, built a small new app, SEO, and other updates...
Saturday Morning...
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TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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2 months ago
On the Arts
Generative AI and the Falling Costs of Art Creation
For individual creators on a budget, the future is bright.
11 months ago
For individual creators on a budget, the future is bright.
TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
a week ago
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
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...
Mazdak
How to Build Wealth: 5 Key Principles
Building wealth is a long-term goal that requires time, discipline, and consistency. But it is...
a year ago
Building wealth is a long-term goal that requires time, discipline, and consistency. But it is possible for anyone who is willing to put in the work. Here are 5 key principles to help you build wealth: Live below your means. This is the single most important thing you can do to...
Cremieux Recueil
Eliminating Distractions in Longevity Research
Longevity maximizers should invest in biotechnology, not modifiable lifestyle factors
2 months ago
Longevity maximizers should invest in biotechnology, not modifiable lifestyle factors
Josh Thompson
Bootstrapping streetcars in Golden
I was describing this two or three stage plan to a friend the other day. They almost understood it,...
over a year ago
I was describing this two or three stage plan to a friend the other day. They almost understood it, but since they don’t live in Golden, and have not spent a lot of their life nerding out on “urban mobility infrastructure”, they didn’t quite get it.
Since I’m trying to write...
Londonist
The Top Exhibitions To See In London: April 2024
From Caravaggio to Antony Gormley.
9 months ago
From Caravaggio to Antony Gormley.
diamond geezer
The 'Inside The Circle Line' Tube Challenge
Let's celebrate the cancellation of today's tube strike by tackling a really pointless...
a year ago
Let's celebrate the cancellation of today's tube strike by tackling a really pointless challenge.
The 'Inside The Circle Line' Tube Challenge
No station can be visited more than once.
So, for example, you might ride one stop from Queensway to Lancaster Gate, then get out...
AI Snake Oil
Scientists should use AI as a tool, not an oracle
How AI hype leads to flawed research that fuels more hype
7 months ago
How AI hype leads to flawed research that fuels more hype
Andrej Karpathy blog
Short Story on AI: A Cognitive Discontinuity.
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over a year ago
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The idea of writing a collection of short stories has been on my mind for a while. This post is my first ever half-serious attempt at a story, and what better way to kick things off than with a story on AI and what that might look like if you...
The DESK Magazine
Your apps are not free
I often see people complaining about paying for their online apps. They point to another app that's...
a year ago
I often see people complaining about paying for their online apps. They point to another app that's free and wonder why they should have to pay for any app at all.
Steve Blank
Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2
Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops to a...
a year ago
Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops to a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to...
TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Koos Looijesteijn -...
Spent most of the day in bed with a cold. Head feels pretty clear though. I feel bad, but I’m...
over a year ago
Spent most of the day in bed with a cold. Head feels pretty clear though. I feel bad, but I’m...
Old Structures...
It Looked Familiar: Fancy Digs
Hawkeye chases some bad guys in New York: Looking north up Central Park West from a bit below 71st...
3 months ago
Hawkeye chases some bad guys in New York: Looking north up Central Park West from a bit below 71st Street: The relatively-low brown building two blocks up is the Dakota Apartments, but the drawing in the comic isn’t accurate enough to recognize it. The building at the first...
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Calculated Risk
Thursday: Unemployment Claims, GDP, Existing Home Sales
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
initial weekly...
2 weeks ago
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 232 thousand initial claims, down from 242 thousand last week.
Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2024 (Third...
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
7 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
The Modern House
Our guide to Camden Town and Primrose Hill: from panoramic views to a community ceramics space
a year ago
Vadim Kravcenko
How to better handle stress in a startup?
Dear Reader, First off, let me commend you on the courage and determination you’ve already shown on...
10 months ago
Dear Reader, First off, let me commend you on the courage and determination you’ve already shown on your journey. The […]
The post How to better handle stress in a startup? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Seth's Blog
Goals and expectations
[a note to a frustrated friend, just starting out on a long career] There are three reasons that our...
a year ago
[a note to a frustrated friend, just starting out on a long career] There are three reasons that our goals might not be achieved. In order of palatability, they are: Perhaps the goals are too lofty, too based on chance, unlikely for anyone to achieve, surrounded by barriers that...
Math Is Still...
‘The Rest of the World Disappears’: Claire Voisin on Mathematical Creativity
The recipient of the 2024 Crafoord Prize in Mathematics discusses math as art, math as language, and...
9 months ago
The recipient of the 2024 Crafoord Prize in Mathematics discusses math as art, math as language, and math as abstract thought.
The post ‘The Rest of the World Disappears’: Claire Voisin on Mathematical Creativity first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Generating The Alphabet
My current generative artwork-in-progress includes text, but I don’t want to use a font. In browser...
9 months ago
My current generative artwork-in-progress includes text, but I don’t want to use a font. In browser based art work, using a “web safe” font could produce inconsistent results, while including a font file would mean a large file size. Additionally, I don’t want a visual element of...
Herbert Lui
The new direction
When you’re exploring a new direction in your career, you are bound to experience confusion. It is a...
2 weeks ago
When you’re exploring a new direction in your career, you are bound to experience confusion. It is a particularly painful, vulnerable, emotion. You may experience an emotional instinct to reach out and fall back into the familiar. All of a sudden, the old, familiar, well-trodden...
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Saturday Morning...
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Castles in the Sky
Cathedral: A Short Story
Castles in the Sky #42
a year ago
bt RSS Feed
Introducing PageRoast
Introducing PageRoast
2021-03-11
Following up with my concept of releasing small side projects...
over a year ago
Introducing PageRoast
2021-03-11
Following up with my concept of releasing small side projects weekly, I have officially launched PageRoast. What is PageRoast I hear you ask?
Receive a detailed report analyzing your landing page with actionable items to improve your conversion...
Londonist
Support A Great Cause At The Guildhall's Spectacular Christmas Market!
Festive feasting, fantastic gifts, and medieval grandeur.
a year ago
Festive feasting, fantastic gifts, and medieval grandeur.
The Ruffian
In Praise of Slow Learners
How the Tortoise Beats the Hare
9 months ago
How the Tortoise Beats the Hare
Miguel Carranza
Full Circle
I’m back in Spain for my brother’s wedding. I rarely visit during the summer. The heat in my...
4 months ago
I’m back in Spain for my brother’s wedding. I rarely visit during the summer. The heat in my hometown is brutal, around 40 degrees Celsius (over 100 Fahrenheit for my imperial friends). Most people escape to the coast, just like my family did when I was a kid. I haven’t been here...
Daniel Bourke
Where’s the magic?
I got asked once my favourite person from history in a job interview.
I said Isaac Newton.
An old...
11 months ago
I got asked once my favourite person from history in a job interview.
I said Isaac Newton.
An old cricket coach told me about the laws of motion.
And I never forgot.
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
It helped fix my right arm leg spin.
I later
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...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
My Guest Appearance on JS Party #288
My frequent ramblings on this blog garnered enough of the attention of Jerod Santo that he...
a year ago
My frequent ramblings on this blog garnered enough of the attention of Jerod Santo that he graciously invited me to come on the JS Party podcast to talk about, well, my blog posts.
Which ones? To name a few:
Language-Level Toll Roads
The Art of Knowing When to Quit
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alexwlchan
Getting alerts about flaky ECS tasks in Slack
At work, we use Amazon ECS to run some of our Docker-based services.
ECS is a container...
a year ago
At work, we use Amazon ECS to run some of our Docker-based services.
ECS is a container orchestrator, similar to Kubernetes: we tell it what Docker images we want to run in what configuration, and it stops or starts containers to match.
If a container stops unexpectedly, ECS...
Jonas Hietala
My Dream Game: The RTS
Even if there are a million great games there’s one that has a very special place in my heart:...
over a year ago
Even if there are a million great games there’s one that has a very special place in my heart: Supreme Commander. It’s not the game I’ve played the most and there might even be games which are better and more fun but supcom was the game that introduced me to competitive gaming...
Nelson's Weblog
What are passkeys?
That’s the post. What are passkeys? I don’t have answers, just
questions. I believe passkeys are...
a year ago
That’s the post. What are passkeys? I don’t have answers, just
questions. I believe passkeys are a
great idea but the tech world is doing a terrible job explaining
them. Someone really needs to explain how passkeys work in Internet
products. Existing
descriptions aren’t sinking...
Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
Retail Design Blog
Mooncake gift box set 1: Tianyun Yayue by BXL Packaging Design
Grand Skylight Hotel and BXL have collaborated creatively to launch a mooncake gift box for the...
3 months ago
Grand Skylight Hotel and BXL have collaborated creatively to launch a mooncake gift box for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mooncake gift...
Citation Needed
Issue 52 – I am Sam's low-level culpability
Bitcoin prices are spiking. Are we in for another round of crypto mania? Also, Sam Bankman-Fried...
10 months ago
Bitcoin prices are spiking. Are we in for another round of crypto mania? Also, Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't want to go to jail for 100 years.
Epic Web Dev
Check if Custom Fonts are Properly Loaded in Your App (tip)
Learn how to use DevTools to check if the correct font is being applied to your app and troubleshoot...
a year ago
Learn how to use DevTools to check if the correct font is being applied to your app and troubleshoot issues related to loading custom fonts.
Maps Mania
Russia's Secret Nuclear Targets in China
4 months ago
Vitalik Buterin's...
What else could memecoins be?
9 months ago
TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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a year ago
Matt Blewitt
Corporate Legibility for Software Engineers
Corporate legibility is the art of making tasks, and their outcomes, easier to understand for those...
over a year ago
Corporate legibility is the art of making tasks, and their outcomes, easier to understand for those not directly involved. I’ll help you understand why this is an important thing to be aware of and how to use it to help your career.
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Making Films and Making Websites
I recently listened to an episode of the Scriptnoes podcast interviewing Christopher Nolan, director...
9 months ago
I recently listened to an episode of the Scriptnoes podcast interviewing Christopher Nolan, director of films such as The Dark Knight, Inception, and Oppenheimer.
Generally, it’s fascinating look at the creative process. More specifically, I couldn’t help but see the parallels...
The Rational Walk
Warren Buffett on Inflation — Part 3
During periods of high inflation, capital-light businesses have important advantages. See's Candies...
a year ago
During periods of high inflation, capital-light businesses have important advantages. See's Candies during the Great Inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s is a perfect case study.
Noahpinion
My sci-fi novel recommendations
A repost with some updates, just in time for the holidays.
a year ago
A repost with some updates, just in time for the holidays.
Infinite Scroll
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2 months ago
Limited time! 30% off paid access to Infinite Scroll
Londonist
The Woods At The End Of The Elizabeth Line Where You Can Take A Sound Bath
De-stress among the trees in east London.
11 months ago
De-stress among the trees in east London.
Construction Physics
Does All Semiconductor Manufacturing Depend on Spruce Pine Quartz?
Here’s an idea you see spreading across the internet every so often: that all semiconductor and...
a month ago
Here’s an idea you see spreading across the internet every so often: that all semiconductor and solar PV manufacturing depends on extremely pure quartz from the town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Why is enterprise tech so far behind consumer tech? Because it can be.
Brian Manning put it nicely in a comment to my post yesterday about enterprise software: In my...
over a year ago
Brian Manning put it nicely in a comment to my post yesterday about enterprise software: In my opinion, enterprise technology is WAY behind…
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