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A “Fairly Highly Valued” Market: A Fed Chair Opines on Stocks, but should we listen? In December 1996, Alan Greenspan used the words "irrational exuberance" to describe the stock market...
6th Oct 2025
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6th Oct 2025
In December 1996, Alan Greenspan used the words "irrational exuberance" to describe the stock market at the time, and those words not only became the title of Robert Shiller's cautionary book on market bubbles, but also the beginnings of the belief that central bankers had the...
Genuine Poetry Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art,...
9th May 2026
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Genuine Poetry

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

9th May 2026
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art, the true and the beautiful…
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently...
8th Aug 2026
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Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together

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

8th Aug 2026
This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently five-part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are organized, in particular exploring the principle that armies cannot help but recreate their civilian...
Sometimes, You Should Ignore The Studies (And Just Try The Thing) For certain kinds of topics, average impact doesn't really matter.
4th Jan 2023
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4th Jan 2023
For certain kinds of topics, average impact doesn't really matter.
AOT-compilation of Javascript with V8 tldr; I'm working on a AOT-compiled Javascript implementation called jsc. Many dynamically typed...
26th Feb 2019
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AOT-compilation of Javascript with V8

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

26th Feb 2019
tldr; I'm working on a AOT-compiled Javascript implementation called jsc. Many dynamically typed programming languages have implementations that compile to native binaries: Python: Cython Common Lisp: SBCL Scheme: Chicken Scheme The benefits of compiling dynamically typed...
choosing memories over things As I go through my things, selling everything I once bought and setting aside only a small carry-on...
6th May 2025
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choosing memories over things

from Shilin typing [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th May 2025
As I go through my things, selling everything I once bought and setting aside only a small carry-on bag for my flight to Asia, I reflected on material items and gifts. No, I don't like gifts. Or rather the physical version of them. Few material items make me happy. My guitar did....
Write on the Boot.dev Blog We’ve just opened up the Boot.dev Blog to public contributions! We’re really excited to see all the...
2nd Sep 2022
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Write on the Boot.dev Blog

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

2nd Sep 2022
We’ve just opened up the Boot.dev Blog to public contributions! We’re really excited to see all the great stories that our readers and students will create.
The Square and the Circle: The Palace of Charles V in Granada (1527) The palace of Charles V in Granada was built starting in 1527 as a summer palace for the emperor....
2nd Oct 2022
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2nd Oct 2022
The palace of Charles V in Granada was built starting in 1527 as a summer palace for the emperor. The Renaissance building is located inside the Alhambra, the former Nasrid complex on Sabika hill, a notable example of Islamic architecture.  The structure is built in stone and is...
The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stainer My recommendation: 7/10 More details and reviews on Amazon Focusing on the good you can do for...
1st Feb 2023
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The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stainer

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

1st Feb 2023
My recommendation: 7/10 More details and reviews on Amazon Focusing on the good you can do for others than yourself was an interesting perspective to build habits. I found the practical tips about how to phrase some questions useful such as using "What..." instead of "Why.
Uber Ads: Accelerating the path to profitability What makes advertising attractive is that it's a 100% margin product that can subsidize the lower...
4th Aug 2023
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Uber Ads: Accelerating the path to profitability

from Unpacked [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Aug 2023
What makes advertising attractive is that it's a 100% margin product that can subsidize the lower margin core business.
Adrian Hon: A History of the Future in 100 Objects ### Future artifacts Speaking from 02082, Hon described 5 (of 100) objects and events from this...
17th Jul 2014
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Adrian Hon: A History of the Future in 100 Objects

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

17th Jul 2014
### Future artifacts Speaking from 02082, Hon described 5 (of 100) objects and events from this century’s history he felt most strongly evoked the astonishing trends that have transformed humanity in the past 8 decades. Not all developments proved to be positive. One such was...
Song Huong Eatery Many years ago, I would visit Song Huong out on Nanaimo for their Vietnamese fare, in particularly,...
1st Jun 2026
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Song Huong Eatery

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

1st Jun 2026
Many years ago, I would visit Song Huong out on Nanaimo for their Vietnamese fare, in particularly, their Bò 7 Món.  For those who are not familiar, this is seven courses of beef that is usually served during celebrations.  So when they opened a second location near me, I knew I...
Top ten activities that make me happy Recently we finally moved out of our old apartment and into a new larger apartment and it’s awesome....
24th Jun 2017
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Top ten activities that make me happy

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

24th Jun 2017
Recently we finally moved out of our old apartment and into a new larger apartment and it’s awesome. It’s no more than a year old and feels very fresh compared to the old one. It’s also larger with an extra room, dishwasher (!) and closer to the city centrum and everything is...
How to Remove Virtual Desktop’s Leftover macOS Audio Devices Uninstalling Virtual Desktop Streamer can leave Virtual Desktop Mic and Virtual Desktop Speakers...
4 weeks ago
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How to Remove Virtual Desktop’s Leftover macOS Audio Devices

from Azad's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

4 weeks ago
Uninstalling Virtual Desktop Streamer can leave Virtual Desktop Mic and Virtual Desktop Speakers behind in macOS Sound settings. Copy-paste this prompt to your AI agent Prompt: Remove the leftover Virtual Desktop Streamer audio components from my Mac. Move these exact items to...
Building an Agent That Leverages Throwaway Code In August I wrote about my experiments with replacing MCP (Model Context Protocol) with code. ...
17th Oct 2025
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Building an Agent That Leverages Throwaway Code

from Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [alt+shift+b] in AI

17th Oct 2025
In August I wrote about my experiments with replacing MCP (Model Context Protocol) with code. In the time since I utilized that idea for exploring non-coding agents at Earendil. And I’m not alone! In the meantime, multiple people have explored this space and I felt it was...
Using Dall-E/AI to create kids colouring pages in KidzFun.art Over the past couple of years I’ve been building KidzFun.art, an art & education app for my young...
9th Apr 2024
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9th Apr 2024
Over the past couple of years I’ve been building KidzFun.art, an art & education app for my young kids and hopefully yours. The first feature I ever added was simple colouring pages, hand drawn by my lovely and talented wife. However that was a slow and laborious process, and...
History is More Like Science Fiction Than Fantasy I’ve been slow-reading Bettany Hughes’ Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities for months now, ever since I...
2nd Apr 2024
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History is More Like Science Fiction Than Fantasy

from ribbonfarm [alt+shift+b] in literature

2nd Apr 2024
I’ve been slow-reading Bettany Hughes’ Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities for months now, ever since I visited the city (on Kindle, so I didn’t realize when I started that it’s 600 pages plus another 250 odd notes). It’s dense and absorbing and I’ll probably do a reflections post...
The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad For Business) My friend Molly has had an impressive career. She got a job as a software engineer after graduating...
23rd Sep 2022
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The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad For Business)

from charity.wtf [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Sep 2022
My friend Molly has had an impressive career. She got a job as a software engineer after graduating from college, and after kicking ass for a year or so she was offered a promotion to management, which she accepted with relish. Molly was smart, driven, and fiercely ambitious, so...
On the Security of AES in HomeMatic HomeMatic is a line of home automation devices that are popular in Germany and use a proprietary...
15th Sep 2015
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On the Security of AES in HomeMatic

from home automation - Tinker, Tamper, Alter, Fry [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Sep 2015
HomeMatic is a line of home automation devices that are popular in Germany and use a proprietary radio protocol (BidCoS, Bidirectional Communication Standard) on a frequency of 868MHz. Some devices allow optional use of “AES signing” for message authentication. When enabled, the...
Books To Help Us Understand The World? Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
1st Nov 2023
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?

from Trying to Understand the World [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Nov 2023
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
Cherry by Nico Walker (Alfred A. Knopf) Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.janet-hansen.com Janet Hansen. License: All Rights...
6th Jun 2019
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Cherry by Nico Walker (Alfred A. Knopf)

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

6th Jun 2019
Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.janet-hansen.com Janet Hansen. License: All Rights Reserved. The cover for Nico Walker’s debut novel Cherry was designed by Janet Hansen, senior designer at Alfred A. Knopf, with creative direction from Carol Devine Carson. It was...
Early stage funding markets for science - an analysis In the summer of 2022, with support from Schmidt Futures, I took a closer look at several emerging...
23rd Jan 2023
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Early stage funding markets for science - an analysis

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

23rd Jan 2023
In the summer of 2022, with support from Schmidt Futures, I took a closer look at several emerging science funding mechanisms – rapid grants, scout programs, and focused research organizations (FROs) – to understand how they serve the needs of early stage science. I also...
Anthropic and Dario Amodei I unfortunately don’t see a way forward
19th Jul 2026
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Anthropic and Dario Amodei

from Internal Tech Emails [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th Jul 2026
I unfortunately don’t see a way forward
Starlink in Nov 2022 My Starlink Internet service has gotten pretty bad; every evening I'm well under 50Mbps and some...
26th Nov 2022
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Starlink in Nov 2022

from Nelson's Weblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Nov 2022
My Starlink Internet service has gotten pretty bad; every evening I'm well under 50Mbps and some hours I only get 2Mbps. (Compare 100Mbps+ last year.) I've given up trying to stream 1080p video at night; that's a pretty dismal result for a new Internet service in 2022. Starlink...
Klute A terrific, terrific film, with a great performance by Jane Fonda (insert quip of "the film should...
2nd Sep 2023
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Klute

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Sep 2023
A terrific, terrific film, with a great performance by Jane Fonda (insert quip of "the film should be called Bree!" here.) I think some of the noir aspects felt a little more obvious than in The Conversation, but the pair of performances and the deep sense of sonic dread that...
1st Aug 2021
Educational Products: Month 6 Highlights My book’s pre-sale succeeded (just barely). I wrote a bunch of blog posts, and I was bad...
9th Apr 2025
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Educational Products: Month 6

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

9th Apr 2025
Highlights My book’s pre-sale succeeded (just barely). I wrote a bunch of blog posts, and I was bad at predicting their performance. Now, I need to pick a markup language for writing my book. Goal grades At the start of each month, I declare what I’d like to accomplish. Here’s...
Introducing Nutrify 2.0 Multi-Food Mode, 552 New Foods and Food Share
9th Dec 2025
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Introducing Nutrify 2.0

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Dec 2025
Multi-Food Mode, 552 New Foods and Food Share
Introducing The 10-Year Battery for AirTag My camera bag with $10k of gear was stolen from my car. When I saw the broken glass and empty...
18th Dec 2024
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Introducing The 10-Year Battery for AirTag

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Dec 2024
My camera bag with $10k of gear was stolen from my car. When I saw the broken glass and empty backseat, I immediately pulled up FindMy to track the thief - only to find that its last location was my office 3 months ago... because I hadn't changed the AirTag's battery. It was a...
The Wrong Kind of City? How much can the way cities grow tell us about the economic trajectory of their countries? According...
4th Sep 2024
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The Wrong Kind of City?

from Asterisk [alt+shift+b] in science

4th Sep 2024
How much can the way cities grow tell us about the economic trajectory of their countries? According to the father of modern sociology, quite a lot.
There's no rebound in sight for unprofitable SaaS Anyone reviewing their S&P 500 retirement fund these days will do so with a broader smile than last...
19th Jul 2023
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There's no rebound in sight for unprofitable SaaS

from David Heinemeier Hansson [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Jul 2023
Anyone reviewing their S&P 500 retirement fund these days will do so with a broader smile than last year. The market as a whole is up, and if you're in the whole market, you're benefitting. But all of that upside, basically, belongs to just a handful of mega tech companies. This...
scenes from tsukiji & asakusa Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at...
1st Dec 2023
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scenes from tsukiji & asakusa

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Dec 2023
Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at 740am because I read that the crowds will start to get crazy at...
The Illusion of Solitude Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
1st Nov 2024
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The Illusion of Solitude

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Nov 2024
Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
Plates and states I was recently visiting Vermont for a work trip – my first time in the USA since I was a child. I...
14th Aug 2024
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Plates and states

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Aug 2024
I was recently visiting Vermont for a work trip – my first time in the USA since I was a child. I was drawn to the license plates on passing cars, and how they look different to the cars I’m used to. Whenever I visit new places, I enjoy looking for the tiny bits of infrastructure...
Scientists should use AI as a tool, not an oracle How AI hype leads to flawed research that fuels more hype
3rd Jun 2024
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Scientists should use AI as a tool, not an oracle

from AI Snake Oil [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Jun 2024
How AI hype leads to flawed research that fuels more hype
Organizing AI Engineer World's Fair 2024 > note... this only represents my half of running AIE - the intention was to have Ben also write his...
29th Jun 2024
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Organizing AI Engineer World's Fair 2024

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

29th Jun 2024
> note... this only represents my half of running AIE - the intention was to have Ben also write his side on the logistics and sponsorships but we never got round to it and its been a year and a half so... you get what you get, this brain dump of stuff. sorry. 2025's version is...
ATVBT Survey: April post about posts
2nd May 2025
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ATVBT Survey: April

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

2nd May 2025
post about posts
Silly little rules in healthcare | Out-Of-Pocket The industry is chock full of ‘em, here's 3
3rd Jun 2024
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Silly little rules in healthcare | Out-Of-Pocket

from Out-of-Pocket Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

3rd Jun 2024
The industry is chock full of ‘em, here's 3
Introducing Nutrify | A Pokédex for Food Like Shazam. But for food. A simple app to make learning about food fun.
27th Feb 2024
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Introducing Nutrify | A Pokédex for Food

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

27th Feb 2024
Like Shazam. But for food. A simple app to make learning about food fun.
The political orientation of the ChatGPT AI system Applying the Pew Research Political Typology Quiz to a state-of-the-art AI Language model
5th Dec 2022
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The political orientation of the ChatGPT AI system

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

5th Dec 2022
Applying the Pew Research Political Typology Quiz to a state-of-the-art AI Language model
Humanities Crash Course Week 9: The Bible For week 9 of the humanities crash course, I revisited the most important text in Western culture:...
2nd Mar 2025
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Humanities Crash Course Week 9: The Bible

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

2nd Mar 2025
For week 9 of the humanities crash course, I revisited the most important text in Western culture: the Bible. Of course, I didn’t read the whole book – only a small subset. Still, it was a lot. As I’ve done in previous weeks, I followed Gioia’s suggestions for the...
Installing WordPress on NearlyFreeSpeech Installing WordPress on NearlyFreeSpeech 2024-05-27 I recently went through the process of porting...
27th May 2024
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Installing WordPress on NearlyFreeSpeech

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

27th May 2024
Installing WordPress on NearlyFreeSpeech 2024-05-27 I recently went through the process of porting over my wife’s small business website (built off of WordPress + Woocommerce) from EasyWP to NearlyFreeSpeech. Although the process was fairly easy-going, I thought I would post my...
Of fascination and addiction Knowledge of learning and deep knowledge
3rd Oct 2025
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Of fascination and addiction

from Global Inequality and More 3.0 [alt+shift+b] in history

3rd Oct 2025
Knowledge of learning and deep knowledge
Weekend Tournaments This weekend was filled by playing cards. On Saturday I hosted a small Game of Thrones tournament...
6th Sep 2016
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Weekend Tournaments

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

6th Sep 2016
This weekend was filled by playing cards. On Saturday I hosted a small Game of Thrones tournament and on Sunday the local Netrunner community hosted a small summer kit tournament. Game of Thrones We’ve had a similar tournament once before when me and my girlfriend invited two of...
In a ‘Dark Dimension,’ Physicists Search for the Universe’s Missing Matter An idea derived from string theory suggests that dark matter is hiding in a (relatively) large extra...
1st Feb 2024
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1st Feb 2024
An idea derived from string theory suggests that dark matter is hiding in a (relatively) large extra dimension. The theory makes testable predictions that physicists are investigating now. The post In a ‘Dark Dimension,’ Physicists Search for the Universe’s Missing...
The Office Bell Ringer At my company, it’s a tradition to say “ring the bell” when we sign a new customer, release a new...
19th Feb 2020
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The Office Bell Ringer

from Alex Meub [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Feb 2020
At my company, it’s a tradition to say “ring the bell” when we sign a new customer, release a new feature or receive other positive news, big or small. When we hear the large bell ring in the center of the office, we know that something good just happened. It’s been a great way...
Recently I missed last month’s Recently because I was traveling. I’ll be pretty busy this weekend too, so...
29th Aug 2025
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Recently

from Tom MacWright [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Aug 2025
I missed last month’s Recently because I was traveling. I’ll be pretty busy this weekend too, so I’ll publish this now: a solid double-length post to make up for it. Listening It’s been a really good time for music: both discovering new albums by bands I’ve followed, and finding...
Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math Three physicists stumbled across an unexpected relationship between some of the most ubiquitous...
8th Oct 2020
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Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math

from The Quanta Podcast [alt+shift+b] in science

8th Oct 2020
Three physicists stumbled across an unexpected relationship between some of the most ubiquitous objects in math. The post Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Focus Is Saying No To Good Ideas Several stories about one of the hardest maxims to put to practice in business.
18th Oct 2022
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Focus Is Saying No To Good Ideas

from Commoncog [alt+shift+b] in finance

18th Oct 2022
Several stories about one of the hardest maxims to put to practice in business.
Talking tablets: what makes a great tablet? Over the past few weeks I worked with Microsoft Surface Pro X to see if it is any good, can it be...
13th Apr 2020
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Talking tablets: what makes a great tablet?

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Apr 2020
Over the past few weeks I worked with Microsoft Surface Pro X to see if it is any good, can it be your main computer?
Network School 2025 Network School reopens March 1 with double the capacity. Apply now at ns.com.
2nd Feb 2025
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Network School 2025

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

2nd Feb 2025
Network School reopens March 1 with double the capacity. Apply now at ns.com.
Preparing For The Habitable Worlds Observatory, Our Best Shot at Finding ET Life In a solar system far, far away, life of some sort is just waiting to be found.  Or so the world of...
17th Oct 2023
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17th Oct 2023
In a solar system far, far away, life of some sort is just waiting to be found.  Or so the world of astrobiology sure hopes it is. The new player in the astrobiology world, now called the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), is planned to launch in the 2040s if all goes well. ...
Why Build a Robot Company? So You Want To Do Robots: Part 1
6th Feb 2023
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Why Build a Robot Company?

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

6th Feb 2023
So You Want To Do Robots: Part 1
13th Dec 2024
What's up It’s been a while again since the last time we met mr. Blog. I’ve been busy with school and other...
22nd Apr 2011
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What's up

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

22nd Apr 2011
It’s been a while again since the last time we met mr. Blog. I’ve been busy with school and other stuff. I’ve thought about you but I just never really picked up emacs to write to you. I know it’s my fault but I beg of your mercy mr. Blog. You know that I had laid off school for...
Documentation Belongs in Engineering Many product companies start out with a very heavy focus on their engineering teams. At some point,...
29th Aug 2023
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Documentation Belongs in Engineering

from Lennart Koopmann (KJ5KRF) [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Aug 2023
Many product companies start out with a very heavy focus on their engineering teams. At some point, many companies move the hosting and writing of documentation out of engineering and into a separate part of the company. It could be marketing, it could be customer success. This...
Three Macro Predictions on AI And also a reaction to OpenAI's GPT-5 release
9th Aug 2025
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Three Macro Predictions on AI

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

9th Aug 2025
And also a reaction to OpenAI's GPT-5 release
Easter 2022: A Roman Pilgrimage This Easter, my wife and I headed to Rome. What follows is a simple journal that records some of the...
5th May 2022
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Easter 2022: A Roman Pilgrimage

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

5th May 2022
This Easter, my wife and I headed to Rome. What follows is a simple journal that records some of the things that we did, with a selection of photographs from each day.
Selling pickaxes during a gold rush There is a saying in the startup world that “you can mine for gold or you can sell pickaxes.” This...
5th Feb 2011
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Selling pickaxes during a gold rush

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Feb 2011
There is a saying in the startup world that “you can mine for gold or you can sell pickaxes.” This is of course an allusion to the…
Paper Paper is good. Somehow, a blank page and a pen makes the universe open up before you. Why paper has...
10th Apr 2025
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Paper

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Apr 2025
Paper is good. Somehow, a blank page and a pen makes the universe open up before you. Why paper has this unique power is a mystery to me, but I think we should all stop trying to resist this reality and just accept it. Also, the world needs way more mundane blogging. So let me...
Signal Conversation Archive Backup Signal Conversation Archive Backup SCAB Welcome to Signal Conversation Archive Backup...
26th Dec 2018
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Signal Conversation Archive Backup

from matt.sh [alt+shift+b] in AI

26th Dec 2018
Signal Conversation Archive Backup SCAB Welcome to Signal Conversation Archive Backup (SCAB)! (alternative title: Conversation Retrieval And Persistence) Why do we need SCAB? Well, Signal is hostile when it comes to letting users own their private conversations1. Just take a look...
Solving the NYTimes Pips puzzle with a constraint solver pre { background: #f4f4f4; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-left: 3px solid #a03; ...
18th Oct 2025
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Solving the NYTimes Pips puzzle with a constraint solver

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

18th Oct 2025
pre { background: #f4f4f4; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-left: 3px solid #a03; border-radius: 2px; color: #666; display: block; font-family: monospace; line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: 1.6em; max-width: 60em; overflow: auto; padding: 1em 1.5em; ...
The impact of the MDADM bitmap on RAID performance Introduction I'm aware that most people with intensive storage workloads won't run those workloads...
6th Apr 2020
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The impact of the MDADM bitmap on RAID performance

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

6th Apr 2020
Introduction I'm aware that most people with intensive storage workloads won't run those workloads on hard drives anymore, that ship has sailed a long time ago. SSDs have taken their place (or 'the cloud'). For those few left who do use hard drives in Linux software RAID setups...
Comic for 2026.04.01 - Point Out The Suspect New Cyanide and Happiness Comic
1st Apr 2026
As We Are Now book jacket Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.abebooks.com Between the Covers (edited). License:...
13th Aug 2024
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As We Are Now book jacket

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

13th Aug 2024
Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.abebooks.com Between the Covers (edited). License: All Rights Reserved. One advantage that lettering has over typeset text is that the artist can always alter letterforms ad hoc, depending on the context. This allows her to make...
Constructing the Pattern on the Sala de la Barca Ceiling I was flipping through Owen Jones’s Grammar of Ornament a couple months ago, and my eye was caught...
4th Apr 2024
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Constructing the Pattern on the Sala de la Barca Ceiling

from The Wandering Cartographer [alt+shift+b] in architecture

4th Apr 2024
I was flipping through Owen Jones’s Grammar of Ornament a couple months ago, and my eye was caught by this handsome pattern I had not noticed before. This is Jones’s Plate XLII, in the chapter on designs from the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. He calls it, “Part of the ceiling of...
Why Investors Don’t Care About Your Business Founders with great businesses are often frustrated that they can’t raise money. Here’s why. I’ve...
1st Jul 2025
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Why Investors Don’t Care About Your Business

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jul 2025
Founders with great businesses are often frustrated that they can’t raise money. Here’s why. I’ve been having coffee with lots of frustrated founders (my students and others) bemoaning most VCs won’t even meet with them unless they have AI in their fundraising pitch. And the AI...
Problems with the Institute Of Noetic Sciences I was interviewed recently for a Daily Beast article on recent research involving the Institute of...
1st May 2023
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Problems with the Institute Of Noetic Sciences

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

1st May 2023
I was interviewed recently for a Daily Beast article on recent research involving the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS). Overall the article is very good, and author Maddie Bender was fair and reasonable in how I was quoted. I can’t always take that as a given. No matter how...
6 Things I Would Improve About Dify.AI After using Dify.AI extensively for building a demo, here are six key improvements I'd like to see...
11th Nov 2024
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6 Things I Would Improve About Dify.AI

from Dylan Huang Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

11th Nov 2024
After using Dify.AI extensively for building a demo, here are six key improvements I'd like to see in this powerful prompt engineering tool based on my hands-on experience.
Congratulations Hannah! Congratulations Hannah! We are so proud of you!
6th Jun 2020
1

Congratulations Hannah!

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

6th Jun 2020
Congratulations Hannah! We are so proud of you!
Homographic Spoofing: a new Ruby toolkit What is an homograph attack Homograph characters look the same or very similar to other characters,...
25th Jun 2024
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Homographic Spoofing: a new Ruby toolkit

from 37signals Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Jun 2024
What is an homograph attack Homograph characters look the same or very similar to other characters, but are different. For example, the letters “l” and “ӏ” (Cyrrilic “ӏ”) look the same but are different characters. A homograph attack is a phishing attack where the attacker uses...
Halloween Nerd Projects 👻 Last year I got 229 trick-or-treaters at my house. Candy, yo! The previous year it was 194. The...
30th Oct 2018
1

Halloween Nerd Projects 👻

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

30th Oct 2018
Last year I got 229 trick-or-treaters at my house. Candy, yo! The previous year it was 194. The year before that it was 176. The year before that I lived in a duplex that was roughly two blocks from my current house; that year I didn’t think to track how many trick-or-treaters...
Conservation beyond boundaries When an environmental impact assessment concludes that only a small number of shorebirds will be...
7th Apr 2023
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Conservation beyond boundaries

from wadertales [alt+shift+b] in science

7th Apr 2023
When an environmental impact assessment concludes that only a small number of shorebirds will be affected by a new airport, because relatively small flocks are counted during field surveys, is there an assumption that the birds encountered are always the same individuals? What if...
How to run a mastermind group Thinking about starting a business mastermind group? Here are resources for finding members, running...
5th Apr 2019
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How to run a mastermind group

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Apr 2019
Thinking about starting a business mastermind group? Here are resources for finding members, running your meetings, and getting the most out of it.
The Six-Week Cure [EPISODE] In the mid-1900s, people flocked to Reno, Nevada — not for frontier gold or loose slots, but to get...
5th Nov 2023
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The Six-Week Cure [EPISODE]

from 99% Invisible [alt+shift+b] in architecture

5th Nov 2023
In the mid-1900s, people flocked to Reno, Nevada — not for frontier gold or loose slots, but to get out of bad marries.  The city became known as the “Divorce Capital of the World.” For much of modern history, it has been relatively easy to get married, and extremely difficult to...
Is Voice Interaction a Solution to Driver Distraction? Diving into the research behind in-car voice interaction
1st Aug 2022
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Is Voice Interaction a Solution to Driver Distraction?

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Aug 2022
Diving into the research behind in-car voice interaction
MLIR Part 7 - Transformers Transformers The transformer architecture revolutionized the field of natural language processing...
11th Apr 2025
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MLIR Part 7 - Transformers

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

11th Apr 2025
Transformers The transformer architecture revolutionized the field of natural language processing when introduced in the landmark 2017 paper Attention is All You Need. Breaking away from traditional sequence models, transformers employ self-attention mechanisms (more on this...
New and Old #280 Durable homes, the return of the Walkman (?), and very rare video gaming artifacts
4 weeks ago
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New and Old #280

from The Deleted Scenes [alt+shift+b] in architecture

4 weeks ago
Durable homes, the return of the Walkman (?), and very rare video gaming artifacts
A peek inside Japan's largest Dagashi store Every morning, 67-year Hideyuki Akiyama drives to his store along the rural roads of Okayama in...
29th May 2023
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A peek inside Japan's largest Dagashi store

from One from Nippon [alt+shift+b] in travel

29th May 2023
Every morning, 67-year Hideyuki Akiyama drives to his store along the rural roads of Okayama in Western Japan. Today is no different. A line of excited customers queuing up before the shutters are open. “Disneyland isn’t our land of dreams, this is!” says one 20-something woman.
Porting the EndBASIC console to an LCD In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of porting the EndBASIC hybrid console to the...
26th Apr 2024
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Porting the EndBASIC console to an LCD

from Blog System/5 [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Apr 2024
In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of porting the EndBASIC hybrid console to the ST7735s 1.44" LCD, which sports a resolution of 128x128 pixels, a D-pad, and 3 other buttons. I will cover the prerequisite work to make the port possible, dig into the GPIO and SPI...
Winners Take All The book is not groundbreaking, and it owes a lot (in terms of "MarketWorld" and "protocols") to...
5th Jun 2020
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Winners Take All

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Jun 2020
The book is not groundbreaking, and it owes a lot (in terms of "MarketWorld" and "protocols") to James Scott, but I liked it more than I thought it would. The distillation of a corporate "win-win" ethos was a pretty damning excoriation of my alma mater's consulting pipeline, and...
Inside-out vs. outside-in: the adoption of new technologies There are broadly two adoption paths for new computing technologies: inside-out and outside-in....
17th Jan 2020
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Inside-out vs. outside-in: the adoption of new technologies

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Jan 2020
There are broadly two adoption paths for new computing technologies: inside-out and outside-in. Inside-out technologies are pioneered by…
My policy on the use of generative AI in creative work I have never used generative AI software to produce original written content, images, code, audio,...
10th Jun 2024
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My policy on the use of generative AI in creative work

from Nela Dunato Art & Design [alt+shift+b] in design

10th Jun 2024
I have never used generative AI software to produce original written content, images, code, audio, or video, and do not intend to in the future. All of the art, design, photography, writing, video, and audio material published on NelaDunato.com and other websites I own have been...
AI Hallucinations: Proven Unsolvable | Why They Exist | Why They Incentivize Nefarious AI Uses The numerous reasons that AI hallucinations can never be solved including a formal proof.
17th Jun 2025
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17th Jun 2025
The numerous reasons that AI hallucinations can never be solved including a formal proof.
How Core Git Developers Configure Git What `git config` settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core...
22nd Feb 2025
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How Core Git Developers Configure Git

from GitButler [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Feb 2025
What `git config` settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core developers change.
Some incomplete thoughts about Gödel I saw another article on Gödel’s incompleteness theorems linked from Reddit today. It’s a topic I’ve...
17th Nov 2020
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Some incomplete thoughts about Gödel

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

17th Nov 2020
I saw another article on Gödel’s incompleteness theorems linked from Reddit today. It’s a topic I’ve wanted to write about for some time. Although many articles do a decent job in giving an idea of what the big deal is (and this one is pretty good), they can sometimes give a...
Saving six round trips with OCSP stapling I was trying to figure out why my site was so slow on my phone after I enabled HTTPS. After all, TLS...
25th Aug 2017
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Saving six round trips with OCSP stapling

from Kevin Chen [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Aug 2017
I was trying to figure out why my site was so slow on my phone after I enabled HTTPS. After all, TLS is supposed to be fast now, right? But even when there was plenty of bandwidth, it still took several seconds to load a page of text. One WebPageTest later, and I found the...
from hookswitch to grave Through decades of consolidation, reorganization, and divestiture, AT&T left a famously complicated...
14th Jun 2026
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from hookswitch to grave

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

14th Jun 2026
Through decades of consolidation, reorganization, and divestiture, AT&T left a famously complicated corporate history. One of the greatest enterprises in American history, arguably the greatest enterprise, AT&T has often rivaled the federal government in the size of its budget...
Singapore H1B1 Tips > Aug 2019 edit: I don't know the exact date I wrote this but it was [originally on...
1st Aug 2018
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Singapore H1B1 Tips

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

1st Aug 2018
> Aug 2019 edit: I don't know the exact date I wrote this but it was [originally on /r/sg](https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/7nflav/h1b1_visa_ama/) about 1yr ago. Please also read this blogpost from /u/omakaselife!...
Hello world “Start a blog” has been on my todo list for so long, it’s going to leave a gaping void in my life...
27th Dec 2015
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Hello world

from charity.wtf [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Dec 2015
“Start a blog” has been on my todo list for so long, it’s going to leave a gaping void in my life when I check it off. There are some things I have been wanting to talk about for a while now, in a way that’s less ephemeral than twitter. Like how the tech industry […]
The Human Story of the Open Web STOP ME if you’ve heard this one: The members of an extended family spend years curating a shared...
2nd Jul 2026
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The Human Story of the Open Web

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

2nd Jul 2026
STOP ME if you’ve heard this one: The members of an extended family spend years curating a shared online photo album. Then the website they posted on vanishes, flushing their collective memories away forever. Or this: A Queer kid growing up isolated in Nebraska discovers a...
Bomb Squad Peripherals' BLOWGUN It Could Have Been a Lot Worse - His Data is BLOWGUN Protected!
19th Jun 2024
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Bomb Squad Peripherals' BLOWGUN

from Computer Ads from the Past [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Jun 2024
It Could Have Been a Lot Worse - His Data is BLOWGUN Protected!
the wince avoidance is a signal
7th Jan 2025
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the wince

from bookbear express [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Jan 2025
avoidance is a signal
The Architectural League of New York seeks its next Program Director Following our previous look at an opening for a Project Architect at STUDIO BANAA, we are using this...
1st Apr 2026
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1st Apr 2026
Following our previous look at an opening for a Project Architect at STUDIO BANAA, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Program Director at the Architectural League of New York. The role, based in New York...
The Caldera: a sleek split and wireless keyboard I designed my own keyboard and it’s freely available! I’m calling it the Caldera, and it’s basically...
20th Jul 2024
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The Caldera: a sleek split and wireless keyboard

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Jul 2024
I designed my own keyboard and it’s freely available! I’m calling it the Caldera, and it’s basically my dream wireless split keyboard. I’ve been using it for months, and I love it. Video overview If you’re a visual person, I made a fun little video showcasing the...
The Shape of the Thing Where we are right now, and what likely happens next
12th Mar 2026
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The Shape of the Thing

from One Useful Thing [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th Mar 2026
Where we are right now, and what likely happens next
One year since "setting sail" <p><i>For context, read <a href="https://valsopi.com/setting-sail">this article</a>...
1st Sep 2023
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One year since "setting sail"

from Val Sopi [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

1st Sep 2023
<p><i>For context, read <a href="https://valsopi.com/setting-sail">this article</a> first.</i></p><p><i>TLDR:&nbsp;A year ago, I took out a loan and went all–in pursuing my financial freedom. The words below are an update a year on the day.</i></p><hr><h2>Poetically...
Enjoying the moment * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When I look back...
1st May 2011
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Enjoying the moment

from Joel Gascoigne [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2011
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When I look back on the times I’ve done the most productive work on my startup [http://bufferapp.com], it has always been when I’ve had a great balance of work and rest...
This really is it no time to review this cuz the kids are screaming again lol I hope it doesn't suck
2nd Aug 2024
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This really is it

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Aug 2024
no time to review this cuz the kids are screaming again lol I hope it doesn't suck
Begging Bowl '25: I'm Looking for Two Readers Willing to Help Me Buy a New Thrift-Store Shirt The goal is to move incrementally toward a kind of happiness that actually makes us happy. That's...
2nd Feb 2025
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Begging Bowl '25: I'm Looking for Two Readers Willing to Help Me Buy a New Thrift-Store Shirt

from oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith [alt+shift+b] in finance

2nd Feb 2025
The goal is to move incrementally toward a kind of happiness that actually makes us happy. That's the goal of my work. I admire unvarnished honesty, which is scarce. And like everything else that's increasingly scarce, it behooves us to hoard our stash. In the unvarnished...
Who cares about plagiarism? Plagiarism is unforgivable in academia but it’s not plagiarism itself that should trouble us. It’s...
21st Jan 2022
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Who cares about plagiarism?

from Works in Progress RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in science

21st Jan 2022
Plagiarism is unforgivable in academia but it’s not plagiarism itself that should trouble us. It’s carelessness and a lack of originality.
Suburban Sprawl Puts Western Homes at Risk from Wildfires Recent fires in Spokane, Washington, and Reno, Nevada, illustrate the risks from suburban sprawl,...
4 weeks ago
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Suburban Sprawl Puts Western Homes at Risk from Wildfires

from Yale E360 [alt+shift+b] in science

4 weeks ago
Recent fires in Spokane, Washington, and Reno, Nevada, illustrate the risks from suburban sprawl, experts say. In both cities, encroaching flames burned homes built at the edge of wilderness. Read more on E360 →
Going Full Time on My SaaS After 13 Years In January 2010 I soft-launched launched Preceden, a web-based timeline maker tool, followed a few...
4th Jan 2023
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Going Full Time on My SaaS After 13 Years

from Matt Mazur [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th Jan 2023
In January 2010 I soft-launched launched Preceden, a web-based timeline maker tool, followed a few weeks later by a larger launch on HackerNews: Today – almost 13 years to the day since the initial launch – I’m going full time on it and I couldn’t be more excited. A brief history...
There’s no such thing as data Data is the new oil, we are told. Every country needs a data strategy, and all of us should own...
31st May 2022
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There’s no such thing as data

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

31st May 2022
Data is the new oil, we are told. Every country needs a data strategy, and all of us should own our data, and be paid for it. But really, there is no such thing as data, it’s not yours, and it’s not worth anything.
Linny's After all these tasting menus and elevated fine-dining experiences, it was time to...  go for...
24th Sep 2025
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Linny's

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

24th Sep 2025
After all these tasting menus and elevated fine-dining experiences, it was time to...  go for another tasting menu!  Now, this was a little different as we made our way out to Ossington for Linny's.  This high-class deli and steakhouse elicits vibes from yesteryear with New York...
Notes From Cream-of-the-Valley Road Delayed Due Dates, Paternal Nerves, and the New York State Flag
3rd Sep 2025
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Notes From Cream-of-the-Valley Road

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Sep 2025
Delayed Due Dates, Paternal Nerves, and the New York State Flag
Robert Pirsig on Selfless Climbing While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition...
13th Jun 2024
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Robert Pirsig on Selfless Climbing

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

13th Jun 2024
While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition of Henri Nouwen’s The Genesee Diary: Report from a Trappist Monastery.
February updates We started the year with lots of new updates
4th Feb 2019
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February updates

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

4th Feb 2019
We started the year with lots of new updates
Bare Metal vs. Virtualization Performance I just built a new homelab server. Specs are as follows: Neil's Lab Server Specifications CPU...
7th Dec 2021
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Bare Metal vs. Virtualization Performance

from Neil Panchal [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Dec 2021
I just built a new homelab server. Specs are as follows: Neil's Lab Server Specifications CPU Model Intel® Xeon® Gold 6326, 16 Cores (32 Threads), 2.90 GHz (Base), 3.50 GHz (Turbo) CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12S DX-4189 Motherboard Supermicro...
1st Apr 2026
Deadlines Work If you had told me that I'm capable of cycling 50km non-stop, soaked to the skin in torrential rain,...
18th Mar 2024
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Deadlines Work

from Dan Cowell [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Mar 2024
If you had told me that I'm capable of cycling 50km non-stop, soaked to the skin in torrential rain, eyes burning with sunblock, sweat and ocean spray, in sub-10°C conditions, I would have called you a filthy liar. Then yesterday happened. It was meant to be
The Newest Members of the USV Team Last Thursday, three new blog posts hit USV.com announcing our three new analysts: This is our...
6th Mar 2023
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The Newest Members of the USV Team

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Mar 2023
Last Thursday, three new blog posts hit USV.com announcing our three new analysts: This is our tradition at USV. When someone starts at USV, we ask them to write a post on the USV blog introducing themselves. This helps founders who come to talk to us about their companies...
Why I joined OpenAI The staggering and fast-growing cost of AI datacenters is a call for performance engineering like no...
6th Feb 2026
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Why I joined OpenAI

from Brendan Gregg's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Feb 2026
The staggering and fast-growing cost of AI datacenters is a call for performance engineering like no other in history; it's not just about saving costs – it's about saving the planet. I have joined OpenAI to work on this challenge directly, with an initial focus on ChatGPT...
A website to call my own Most of this site was built at my favorite coffee shop of late, Sump. I make a living designing and...
2nd Dec 2013
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A website to call my own

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

2nd Dec 2013
Most of this site was built at my favorite coffee shop of late, Sump. I make a living designing and developing, among many many other things, websites. So, for the past few years, I’ve had the embarrassing task of explaining something to all my clients and — worse, if you can...
Web Push Pitfall Web Push Pitfall Posted on March 30, 2023 This post is from a legacy version of this blog! No...
30th Mar 2023
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Web Push Pitfall

from videah.net [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Mar 2023
Web Push Pitfall Posted on March 30, 2023 This post is from a legacy version of this blog! No changes have been made to the content in the migration, so things might read weird. Whilst implementing Web Push notifications for my toy Q&A service curiouswolf I ran into an issue...
Will gene sequencing finally prove its worth? DNA sequencing hasn’t lived up to the hype Twenty to thirty years ago, politicians, scientific...
12th May 2025
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Will gene sequencing finally prove its worth?

from Rachel Thomas, PhD [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th May 2025
DNA sequencing hasn’t lived up to the hype Twenty to thirty years ago, politicians, scientific leaders, journalists, and even Nobel laureates predicted that sequencing the human genome would revolutionize how we treat disease. And while the advances in DNA sequencing that have...
Slow Horses (Season 2) Not as great as the first season; still tremendously entertaining television, with more than a few...
7th Jan 2024
1

Slow Horses (Season 2)

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jan 2024
Not as great as the first season; still tremendously entertaining television, with more than a few twists that I couldn't predict and an underlying thread of competence in set design, pacing, and acting that is hard to deny.
Doomprompting Is the New Doomscrolling. The new slot machines of thought — AI’s infinite scroll and the quiet outsourcing of our intention.
10th Aug 2025
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Doomprompting Is the New Doomscrolling.

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

10th Aug 2025
The new slot machines of thought — AI’s infinite scroll and the quiet outsourcing of our intention.
San Diego Photologs from the 1970s A collection of beautiful, high-resolution photolog scans reveals a colorful world of pastel-colored...
23rd Jun 2026
1

San Diego Photologs from the 1970s

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

23rd Jun 2026
A collection of beautiful, high-resolution photolog scans reveals a colorful world of pastel-colored cars and whimsical signage.
Scalable application design without magic As part of the online food ordering app I'm building, I needed to design a scalable backend...
10th May 2020
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Scalable application design without magic

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

10th May 2020
As part of the online food ordering app I'm building, I needed to design a scalable backend infrastructure that could handle lots of concurrent users. Scalability is considered a hard problem to tackle. Often it's presented like it's something magical, done by million dollar...
Integrating git with your existing website Better git it in your soul*. Git has a lot of great tutorials for getting started. There are also a...
21st Oct 2012
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Integrating git with your existing website

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Oct 2012
Better git it in your soul*. Git has a lot of great tutorials for getting started. There are also a number of great articles on how to use git and github for your workflow. What I haven’t seen is an article on how to integrate git with your current site without storing any code...
Review of AI in 2024 and Updates Guest Post in AI Supremacy
9th Jan 2025
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Review of AI in 2024 and Updates

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

9th Jan 2025
Guest Post in AI Supremacy
Free Things Are Complicated (Especially the Sphere Spectrum!) I’ve spent the last week at CT2025, which has just come to a close. It was great getting to see so...
20th Jul 2025
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Free Things Are Complicated (Especially the Sphere Spectrum!)

from Chris Grossack's Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

20th Jul 2025
I’ve spent the last week at CT2025, which has just come to a close. It was great getting to see so many old friends and meet so many new ones, and every time I go to a CT I’m reminded of just how much category theory there is in the world, as well as just how much I enjoy all...
Zoo elephants get a musical toy to enrich their lives Everyone loves looking at exotic animals and most of us only get to do that at zoos. But, of course,...
2nd Dec 2024
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Zoo elephants get a musical toy to enrich their lives

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

2nd Dec 2024
Everyone loves looking at exotic animals and most of us only get to do that at zoos. But, of course, there is a lot to be said about the morality of keeping those animals in captivity. So, good zoos put a lot of effort into keeping their animals healthy and happy. For more...
The Manager's Handbook I've been writing a book on management for the last two years. Today it's getting released! The...
9th Sep 2021
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The Manager's Handbook

from Alex MacCaw [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Sep 2021
I've been writing a book on management for the last two years. Today it's getting released! The paperback and Kindle versions are now available on Amazon (along with the free web version). If you've read and enjoyed it, please Tweet about how it'
Two of My Science-Fiction Stories Published in May View this email in your browser A Change of Pace from Astronomy News  As you may know, I have been...
2nd Jun 2025
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Two of My Science-Fiction Stories Published in May

from Andrew Fraknoi – Astronomy Lectures – Astronomy Education Resources [alt+shift+b] in science

2nd Jun 2025
View this email in your browser A Change of Pace from Astronomy News  As you may know, I have been writing science-fiction stories based on good astronomy as my retirement project.  After a good number of rejections from the finest sci-fi magazines the world over, I am now...
The case for being ignorant I am sure you know this feeling. You find a new book that you absolutely love. A new movie, a new TV...
14th May 2024
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The case for being ignorant

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

14th May 2024
I am sure you know this feeling. You find a new book that you absolutely love. A new movie, a new TV series or even a new hobby such as cycling or designing. It can be anything and everything.
Send automations based on email addresses Send automations based on email addresses
1st Nov 2023
1

Send automations based on email addresses

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

1st Nov 2023
Send automations based on email addresses
Academia’s Abstraction Failure One of the greatest obstacles to humanity using abstract thought to help on its biggest issues is...
4th Jan 2026
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Academia’s Abstraction Failure

from Overcoming Bias [alt+shift+b] in history

4th Jan 2026
One of the greatest obstacles to humanity using abstract thought to help on its biggest issues is this: our main professional specialists in abstract though applied to big issues are academics, and they refuse to think abstractly about how they allocate resources.
Towards Crypto Literacy Consumer scale isn’t reached by abstracting the crypto away — not yet, at least.
6th Feb 2023
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Towards Crypto Literacy

from Greater Still by Gaby Goldberg [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Feb 2023
Consumer scale isn’t reached by abstracting the crypto away — not yet, at least.
30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
5th May 2024
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30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

5th May 2024
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
Self-help for cocoons and what's on my mind
7th Mar 2024
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Self-help for cocoons

from Escaping Flatland [alt+shift+b] in literature

7th Mar 2024
and what's on my mind
About this book In my first book, Anything You Want, I told the story of how I started, grew, and sold my...
1st Jun 2018
1

About this book

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

1st Jun 2018
In my first book, Anything You Want, I told the story of how I started, grew, and sold my company. I thought a lot about what’s worth doing, fixing faulty thinking, and making things happen. For the next ten years, I wrote for hours a day in my private journal, asking myself...
Pots of Gold Here’s a painful contradiction at the heart of spending time on startups: all the good stuff you can...
6th Dec 2021
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Pots of Gold

from Aaron's Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Dec 2021
Here’s a painful contradiction at the heart of spending time on startups: all the good stuff you can create is in the future, but all the patterns you look at to learn what to do are in the past. This makes your brain do funny things. On the one hand, you see how huge things can...
Tech Heroin Curtis dropped this post today, and I love the analogy. Liberals sell heroin, conservatives sell...
7th Jan 2024
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Tech Heroin

from the singularity is nearer [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Jan 2024
Curtis dropped this post today, and I love the analogy. Liberals sell heroin, conservatives sell cocaine. Techno-Optimism is cocaine. Atlas Shrugged is cocaine. Futurism is cocaine. I am a progressive. A liberal. I believe in progress. I am not a conservative. Conservatives lose....
22nd Oct 2025
America is ruled by gangsters now Three takeaways from Trump's disastrous meeting with Zelensky.
2nd Mar 2025
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America is ruled by gangsters now

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Mar 2025
Three takeaways from Trump's disastrous meeting with Zelensky.
Singletons in ES6 - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Singletons are fairly controversial as far as I can tell, especially in JavaScript programming....
4th Nov 2019
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Singletons in ES6 - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

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

4th Nov 2019
Singletons are fairly controversial as far as I can tell, especially in JavaScript programming. Let’s take a look at what they are, when to (maybe) use them, and when not to.
Developing An Intuition For Georgism WIRED published our weird ramblings on Land; here's the even weirder ramblings.
4th May 2023
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Developing An Intuition For Georgism

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

4th May 2023
WIRED published our weird ramblings on Land; here's the even weirder ramblings.
How Tech Automated the January 6 Investigations Josh Coker’s Facebook page doesn’t show any MAGA memes or Trump quotes. He wasn’t live-streaming on...
5th Jan 2024
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How Tech Automated the January 6 Investigations

from IEEE Spectrum [alt+shift+b] in science

5th Jan 2024
Josh Coker’s Facebook page doesn’t show any MAGA memes or Trump quotes. He wasn’t live-streaming on 6 January 2021, and no one has ever stepped forward to identify him as one of the mob that stormed the US Capitol that day. Oregon, Ohio, with five counts connected to the failed...
Must-have Windows Apps Notepad++ - Best text-editor ever Cygwin/mintty - Awesome linux environment on windows Paint.net -...
10th Apr 2012
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Must-have Windows Apps

from Alex Meub [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Apr 2012
Notepad++ - Best text-editor ever Cygwin/mintty - Awesome linux environment on windows Paint.net - Fast, lightweight image editor Foobar2000 - Fast, lightweight, music player (supports FLAC) IrfanView - Awesome, lightweight, image viewer for all formats Media Player Classic -...
AMD CPUs, CCDs and CCXs When researching for my article about Linux pipes and for other upcoming articles, I had to get more...
3rd Oct 2024
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AMD CPUs, CCDs and CCXs

from Quentin Santos [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Oct 2024
When researching for my article about Linux pipes and for other upcoming articles, I had to get more familiar with how my CPU works. I thought I knew quite a bit, with L1/L2/L3 caches, ISA extensions, branch predictors, register renaming and so much more. But, it turns out, even...
A Practical Guide to Modular Monoliths with .NET Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
14th Jan 2024
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A Practical Guide to Modular Monoliths with .NET

from Charles Chen [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Jan 2024
Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
Sorting with Fibonacci Numbers and a Knuth Reward Check The following incredibly small sorting algorithm has an $O(n^{4/3})$ worst-case runtime: def...
31st Dec 2025
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Sorting with Fibonacci Numbers and a Knuth Reward Check

from orlp.net - Blog Archive [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Dec 2025
The following incredibly small sorting algorithm has an $O(n^{4/3})$ worst-case runtime: def fibonacci_sort(v): a, b = 1, 1 while a * b < len(v): a, b = b, a + b while a > 0: a, b = b - a, a g = a * b for i in range(g, len(v)): ...
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work? The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
11th Jul 2023
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?

from Res Obscura [alt+shift+b] in history

11th Jul 2023
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Andy Weir: The Red Planet for Real Before Andy Weir's self-published novel _The Martian_ became a _New York Times_ bestseller and a...
9th Jun 2017
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Andy Weir: The Red Planet for Real

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

9th Jun 2017
Before Andy Weir's self-published novel _The Martian_ became a _New York Times_ bestseller and a blockbuster film, it began as a series of blog posts. Those posts, and the online conversation they sparked, reflect Andy's lifelong love of space and his detailed research into how...
How to write semantic HTML Writing semantic HTML markup is one of the first steps to writing accessible websites. Let's learn...
13th Jul 2019
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How to write semantic HTML

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

13th Jul 2019
Writing semantic HTML markup is one of the first steps to writing accessible websites. Let's learn how to get started!
Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and Our Search for Meaning: Oliver Sacks on ChatGPT, 30... "We are not incoherent, a bundle of sensations, but a self, rising from experience, continually...
2nd May 2023
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2nd May 2023
"We are not incoherent, a bundle of sensations, but a self, rising from experience, continually growing and revised... Through experience, education, art, and life, we teach our brains to become unique. We learn to be individuals. This is a neurological learning as well as a...
The costs of the i386 to x86-64 upgrade If you read my previous article on DOS memory models, you may have dismissed everything I wrote as...
7th Oct 2024
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The costs of the i386 to x86-64 upgrade

from Blog System/5 [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Oct 2024
If you read my previous article on DOS memory models, you may have dismissed everything I wrote as “legacy cruft from the 1990s that nobody cares about any longer”.  It's time to see how any of that carried over through the 16-bit to 64-bit evolution.
Watt lies beneath The earth’s core is hot. So hot, that if we drilled deep enough, we could power the world millions...
15th Nov 2023
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Watt lies beneath

from Works in Progress RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in science

15th Nov 2023
The earth’s core is hot. So hot, that if we drilled deep enough, we could power the world millions of times over with cheap, clean energy, supporting renewables when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. But getting there is tough.
"Flow" in software development is overrated Tackling the myth that "flow" is critical for software development. Decided not to go with the...
5th Nov 2025
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"Flow" in software development is overrated

from Arguing with Algorithms [alt+shift+b] in AI

5th Nov 2025
Tackling the myth that "flow" is critical for software development. Decided not to go with the obvious "Flow considered harmful" title. You're welcome.
Per-Project Development Environments with Nix Nix is a broad product with a steep learning curve. It’s capable of everything from installing a...
17th Oct 2023
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Per-Project Development Environments with Nix

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

17th Oct 2023
Nix is a broad product with a steep learning curve. It’s capable of everything from installing a single package to managing every file and application on your OS. One useful thing you can do with Nix, even as a complete beginner, is manage your dev environments. Nix lets me have...
The Soviet Zond 3 Lunar Flyby: Revealing the Rest of the Far Side Naturally, the early history of space exploration is filled with firsts. Just six decades ago at...
18th Jul 2025
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The Soviet Zond 3 Lunar Flyby: Revealing the Rest of the Far Side

from Drew Ex Machina [alt+shift+b] in science

18th Jul 2025
Naturally, the early history of space exploration is filled with firsts. Just six decades ago at this time, the world watched as NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft […]
How to solve it (with raycasting) In 1945, mathematician George Pólya released the book “How to solve it”. It aims at helping math...
1st May 2024
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How to solve it (with raycasting)

from Alice GG [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2024
In 1945, mathematician George Pólya released the book “How to solve it”. It aims at helping math teachers guide their students into solving abstract problems by asking the right questions. It has since had a large influence on math education and computer science, to the point of...
Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire This week we’re looking at a specific visual motif common in TV and film: the arrow volley. You know...
2nd May 2025
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Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire

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

2nd May 2025
This week we’re looking at a specific visual motif common in TV and film: the arrow volley. You know the scene: the general readies his archers, he orders them to ‘draw!’ and then holds up his hand with that ‘wait for it’ gesture and then shouts ‘loose!’ (or worse yet, ‘fire!’)...
What I'm up to - June 2023 ✨ What I've been up to It's been a busy month at Contraption Company. I'm amid building a new...
1st Jun 2023
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What I'm up to - June 2023

from Philip I. Thomas [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jun 2023
✨ What I've been up to It's been a busy month at Contraption Company. I'm amid building a new product called Booklet, which I plan to launch this Summer. It's a community platform designed to be a cal...
Git Super-Power: The Three-Way Merge tl;dr: git config --global merge.conflictstyle diff3 In my previous post, I preached about the one...
1st May 2024
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Git Super-Power: The Three-Way Merge

from Quentin Santos [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2024
tl;dr: git config --global merge.conflictstyle diff3 In my previous post, I preached about the one true way to merge MRs in a git workflow. The answer is obviously to rebase for conflicts, and a merge commit for posterity of the MR. What I did not talk about is that there is a...
"I wonder if we should consider buying Instagram" I'm worried we're so far behind that we don't even understand how far behind we are
8th Mar 2026
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"I wonder if we should consider buying Instagram"

from Internal Tech Emails [alt+shift+b] in startups

8th Mar 2026
I'm worried we're so far behind that we don't even understand how far behind we are
"I didn't launder the cash, your honor. The robot did." Crypto enthusiasts protest the trial of Alexey Pertsev As the multiple Tornado Cash legal cases...
11th Jun 2024
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"I didn't launder the cash, your honor. The robot did."

from Moneyness [alt+shift+b] in finance

11th Jun 2024
Crypto enthusiasts protest the trial of Alexey Pertsev As the multiple Tornado Cash legal cases wend their way through courts in the Netherlands and the U.S., we continue to learn how society's money laundering laws will be applied to some of the more unique financial...
Danny Meyer’s Business Expertise Let's break down Danny Meyer's business expertise as an exercise in biography reading.
7th Aug 2024
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Danny Meyer’s Business Expertise

from Commoncog [alt+shift+b] in finance

7th Aug 2024
Let's break down Danny Meyer's business expertise as an exercise in biography reading.
Writing a SQL database from scratch in Go: 3. indexes Previously in database basics: 1. SELECT, INSERT, CREATE and a REPL 2. binary expressions...
1st May 2020
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Writing a SQL database from scratch in Go: 3. indexes

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

1st May 2020
Previously in database basics: 1. SELECT, INSERT, CREATE and a REPL 2. binary expressions and WHERE filters 4. a database/sql driver In this post, we extend gosql to support indexes. We focus on the addition of PRIMARY KEY constraints on table creation and some easy...
'So a Fool Returneth to His Folly' Grownups seldom credit children with insight into human psychology, thus treating them as smaller,...
1st Apr 2025
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'So a Fool Returneth to His Folly'

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

1st Apr 2025
Grownups seldom credit children with insight into human psychology, thus treating them as smaller, more annoying versions of themselves. My father had an acquaintance even he knew was a fool. By admitting such knowledge, he was violating adult solidarity. His friend's customary...
The imminent risk of vibe coding Negative feedback loops caused by vibe coded change sets
30th Jan 2026
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The imminent risk of vibe coding

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

30th Jan 2026
Negative feedback loops caused by vibe coded change sets
Saving Academics from Themselves The university will survive AI. That doesn’t mean we’ll like what it turns into.
1st Jul 2026
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Saving Academics from Themselves

from Asterisk [alt+shift+b] in science

1st Jul 2026
The university will survive AI. That doesn’t mean we’ll like what it turns into.
Introducing Dashboard Touch, a build-your-own version of Touch ID For years, I’ve wanted to have a standalone version of Apple’s Touch ID authentication feature for...
20th Aug 2026
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20th Aug 2026
For years, I’ve wanted to have a standalone version of Apple’s Touch ID authentication feature for my Mac, but without having to use an Apple keyboard. (I generally like their keyboards, but my daily driver keyboard these days is a big clicky mechanical beast.) I’d gone down...
Markdown is easier than ever Our new toolbar makes writing your email easier than ever!
11th Mar 2018
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Markdown is easier than ever

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

11th Mar 2018
Our new toolbar makes writing your email easier than ever!
Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 6. LLVM system calls Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables ...
22nd Jun 2019
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Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 6. LLVM system calls

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

22nd Jun 2019
Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables 3. LLVM 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci 5. an x86 upgrade In this post we'll extend the ulisp compiler's LLVM backend to support printing integers to...
Limitations of My Own Thinking I sometimes make recommendations, or at least recount a story that has “actionable insights”....
5th Nov 2015
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Limitations of My Own Thinking

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

5th Nov 2015
I sometimes make recommendations, or at least recount a story that has “actionable insights”. Anytime this happens, I start tripping over myself with warnings and qualifying statements. Here’s what would happen: I would make a recommendation (“start a side project to help get a...
My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design 2021-05-19 Hey would you look at that - my personal...
19th May 2021
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My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design

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

19th May 2021
My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design 2021-05-19 Hey would you look at that - my personal blog has been redesigned again! Although I am still using good ol' Jekyll for the backend, I have now added a more fleshed-out CSS design which also includes a set of open source...
25.7 LONGEVITY QUEST Forever young
9th Jun 2025
A Natural History of Beauty A mashup of ideas from David Deutsch, Geoffrey Miller, and Richard Prum, with a little César Hidalgo...
30th Oct 2018
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A Natural History of Beauty

from Melting Asphalt [alt+shift+b] in science

30th Oct 2018
A mashup of ideas from David Deutsch, Geoffrey Miller, and Richard Prum, with a little César Hidalgo thrown in for good measure. —— Of all the problems that can plague a discussion of beauty — and there are several — perhaps… Read more ›
ChatGPT is a bullshit generator. But it can still be amazingly useful The philosopher Harry Frankfurt defined bullshit as speech that is intended to persuade without...
6th Dec 2022
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6th Dec 2022
The philosopher Harry Frankfurt defined bullshit as speech that is intended to persuade without regard for the truth. By this measure, OpenAI’s new chatbot ChatGPT is the greatest bullshitter ever. Large Language Models (LLMs) are trained to produce
How to create an accessible React modal A modal dialog is a window overlaid on top of the main application. It’s an inert window where the...
1st Apr 2019
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How to create an accessible React modal

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

1st Apr 2019
A modal dialog is a window overlaid on top of the main application. It’s an inert window where the user can’t interact with the rest of the application. Creating a modal in React is fairly easy. There are dozens of resources that explain how to do so, including the React...
DIY: Use an IKEA VINDRIKTNING air quality sensor in Home Assistant with ESPHome IKEA has released some interesting new products lately, focused on air quality. In this product...
21st Aug 2021
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DIY: Use an IKEA VINDRIKTNING air quality sensor in Home Assistant with ESPHome

from Style over Substance [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Aug 2021
IKEA has released some interesting new products lately, focused on air quality. In this product line, one unit that stands out is the VINDRIKTNING air quality sensor. This cheap (just €9,99) sensor measures the air quality in your home, using a simple traffic light scheme to...
30 Useful Concepts (Autumn 2023) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
25th Nov 2023
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30 Useful Concepts (Autumn 2023)

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

25th Nov 2023
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
Conformant OpenGL 4.6 on the M1 For years, the M1 has only supported OpenGL 4.1. That changes today – with our release of full...
14th Feb 2024
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Conformant OpenGL 4.6 on the M1

from Alyssa Rosenzweig [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Feb 2024
For years, the M1 has only supported OpenGL 4.1. That changes today – with our release of full OpenGL® 4.6 and OpenGL® ES 3.2! Install Fedora for the latest M1/M2-series drivers. Already installed? Just dnf upgrade --refresh. Unlike the vendor’s non-conformant 4.1 drivers, our...
CSS-Tricks could be a co-op I owe a lot of my professional identity and success to CSS-Tricks. CSS-Tricks repeatedly gave me the...
a week ago
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CSS-Tricks could be a co-op

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

a week ago
I owe a lot of my professional identity and success to CSS-Tricks. CSS-Tricks repeatedly gave me the opportunity to write for them. In doing so, they helped to both socialize and normalize accessibility as a mainstream frontend concern. I’m deeply thankful to them for this. The...
The Hidden Cost of Process: A Guide for Tech Leaders Building processes is a mechanism for resolving issues fully. But they're also bottlenecks which...
23rd Jun 2025
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The Hidden Cost of Process: A Guide for Tech Leaders

from Scarlet Ink [alt+shift+b] in life

23rd Jun 2025
Building processes is a mechanism for resolving issues fully. But they're also bottlenecks which slow your organization down. How do you navigate this conundrum?
Glossary of Printmaking Terminology Scroll through the list below to find definitions and explanations of common printmaking...
2nd Mar 2023
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Glossary of Printmaking Terminology

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Mar 2023
Scroll through the list below to find definitions and explanations of common printmaking terms: Acid-free – refers to papers that are made with an alkaline pulp, usually with calcium carbonate added. Acids contribute to the deterioration of paper and therefore of prints. Aisuki –...
Implementation-First GraphQL Defining a meaningful distinction within code-first GraphQL server libraries.
17th Apr 2023
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Implementation-First GraphQL

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

17th Apr 2023
Defining a meaningful distinction within code-first GraphQL server libraries.
How to change visibility in massive GitHub organizations like EpicGames? How to publicize and un-publicize your visibility in massive GitHub orgs?
23rd Oct 2021
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How to change visibility in massive GitHub organizations like EpicGames?

from Avestura's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Oct 2021
How to publicize and un-publicize your visibility in massive GitHub orgs?
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
3rd Nov 2023
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces

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

3rd Nov 2023
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results Learn how to record and analyse your mobile device traffic, take an app from the list of "shady"...
17th Apr 2025
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17th Apr 2025
Learn how to record and analyse your mobile device traffic, take an app from the list of "shady" apps and share the results.
How to animate multiplayer cursors Smoothly rendering live cursors is more difficult than it sounds when real-world conditions are...
5th Jul 2022
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How to animate multiplayer cursors

from Chris Nicholas [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jul 2022
Smoothly rendering live cursors is more difficult than it sounds when real-world conditions are taken into account.
Wireheading City I spent the last 2 weeks travelling around India, and I came up with this line: There’s a fine line...
11th Apr 2023
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Wireheading City

from the singularity is nearer [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Apr 2023
I spent the last 2 weeks travelling around India, and I came up with this line: There’s a fine line that defines civilization. Several beggars approached me on the street, and I didn’t give them anything. I suspect they would be surprised to learn that we have worse beggars in...
Selling a directory website for $10,000 - Damn Good Tools Imagine selling a website you made for $10,000. Pretty great, huh? Well that's exactly what Dmytro...
1st Nov 2023
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Selling a directory website for $10,000 - Damn Good Tools

from High Signal [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

1st Nov 2023
Imagine selling a website you made for $10,000. Pretty great, huh? Well that's exactly what Dmytro did
Optimizing for iteration speed I've written before about the importance of iterating quickly but I didn't necessarily talk about...
6th Jul 2017
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Optimizing for iteration speed

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

6th Jul 2017
I've written before about the importance of iterating quickly but I didn't necessarily talk about some concrete things you can do. When I've built up the tech team at Better, I've intentionally optimized for fast iteration speed above almost everything else.
Protests and Power In August 2020, the New York Times asked me to write an op-ed for a special feature on...
4th Oct 2020
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Protests and Power

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

4th Oct 2020
In August 2020, the New York Times asked me to write an op-ed for a special feature on authoritarianism and democracy. They declined to publish my submission, which I am sharing here instead. When the George Floyd protests began to spread nationally in the summer of 2020, I...
Binary search The page contains interactive plots to play with different strategies and distributions.
12th Feb 2020
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Binary search

from Words and Buttons Online [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Feb 2020
The page contains interactive plots to play with different strategies and distributions.
New Map of Meaning in the Brain Changes Ideas About Memory Researchers have mapped hundreds of semantic categories to the tiny bits of the cortex that...
11th May 2022
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New Map of Meaning in the Brain Changes Ideas About Memory

from The Quanta Podcast [alt+shift+b] in science

11th May 2022
Researchers have mapped hundreds of semantic categories to the tiny bits of the cortex that represent them in our thoughts and perceptions. What they discovered might change our view of memory. The post New Map of Meaning in the Brain Changes Ideas About Memory first...
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