TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
Paul Cudenec
The stench of the system: conspiracy
Something is smelling decidedly ‘off’ in today’s world, with nauseating levels of corruption, mass...
a month ago
Something is smelling decidedly ‘off’ in today’s world, with nauseating levels of corruption, mass murder, lies, hypocrisy and repression.
Seth's Blog
Opening the pod bay door
A brand new episode of Akimbo this week, all about artificial intelligence. Part one of of two on...
a year ago
A brand new episode of Akimbo this week, all about artificial intelligence. Part one of of two on mediocrity and the choices we’re going to need to make. And, a while in the making, an experimental AI chat bot that has been trained on all 5,000,000 words of this blog. You can...
Probably...
Small percentiles and missing data
Here’s another installment in Data Q&A: Answering the real questions with Python. Previous...
7 months ago
Here’s another installment in Data Q&A: Answering the real questions with Python. Previous installments are available from the Data Q&A landing page. low_percentile Bootstrapping percentiles¶ Here’s a question from the Reddit statistics forum. I’m trying to figure out how to...
Internal Tech Emails
Microsoft's gaming strategy
we are exactly like Polaroid. We are core gaming which isn't growing its TAM (analogous to film...
a year ago
we are exactly like Polaroid. We are core gaming which isn't growing its TAM (analogous to film photographers) while mobile gaming MAU is growing WW at a significant rate (like digital photography was growing).
Eukaryote Writes...
Web-surfing tips for strange times
Meditations on what's bad about the internet lately and how to use it anyhow.
6 months ago
Meditations on what's bad about the internet lately and how to use it anyhow.
Home on Erik...
The software engineering rule of 3
Here's a dumb extremely accurate rule I'm postulating* for software engineering projects: *you need...
over a year ago
Here's a dumb extremely accurate rule I'm postulating* for software engineering projects: *you need at least 3 examples before you solve the right problem*.
This is what I've noticed:
Don't factor out shared code between two classes.
Making software...
Pure CSS Bar Graphs with Graceful Mobile Fallbacks
Pure CSS Bar Graphs with Graceful Mobile Fallbacks
2020-12-08
I recently published a new open source...
over a year ago
Pure CSS Bar Graphs with Graceful Mobile Fallbacks
2020-12-08
I recently published a new open source project, Flexbox Bar Graphs, and wanted to share a simple breakdown of how it was built. It isn't anything mind-blowing, but I like the idea of placing bar graphs in a web page...
Vadim Kravcenko
Aging Code
In a quaint bar on the outskirts of Catania (Italy), as whiskey glasses clinked and muted...
a year ago
In a quaint bar on the outskirts of Catania (Italy), as whiskey glasses clinked and muted conversations blended into a […]
The post Aging Code appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
The Changelog
Tools for Communicating Offline and in Difficult Circumstances
Note: this post is also available on my website, where it will be updated periodically. When things...
over a year ago
Note: this post is also available on my website, where it will be updated periodically. When things are difficult – maybe there’s been a disaster, or an invasion (this page is being written in 2022 just after Russia invaded Ukraine), or maybe you’re just backpacking off the grid...
Noahpinion
Here...comes...INDIA!!!
The world has a new largest country, and it's on the move.
a year ago
The world has a new largest country, and it's on the move.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Indie
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4 months ago
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Vadim Kravcenko
Should I quit my well-paid job to start a startup?
Short answer: Do it in your spare time. Dip your toes into the startup world without going full...
a year ago
Short answer: Do it in your spare time. Dip your toes into the startup world without going full crazy. Test […]
The post Should I quit my well-paid job to start a startup? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Making software...
Don't Make a Blog, Make a Brain Dump
Don't Make a Blog, Make a Brain Dump
2022-09-10
Not enough people have personal blogs. This is a...
over a year ago
Don't Make a Blog, Make a Brain Dump
2022-09-10
Not enough people have personal blogs. This is a point brought up by many of those passionate about the "golden age" in the timeline of the modern internet. A time when websites were more like a small collection of winding...
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 months ago
Tech + Economics +...
Dear Blackbird. Women in tech are not “corporate girlies.”
Capital Brief: Blackbird-backed Kiki outlined plan to target 'corporate
girlies' in December...
11 months ago
Capital Brief: Blackbird-backed Kiki outlined plan to target 'corporate
girlies' in December investor memo
Blackbird-backed subletting startup Kiki wrote to investors on
Christmas Eve to tell them that it was struggling and would pivot to
target the “super...
TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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5 months ago
The Rational Walk
The Year in Review
Growth in 2023, top articles, and plans for the future
a year ago
Growth in 2023, top articles, and plans for the future
Paul Graham: Essays
The Anatomy of Determination
over a year ago
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Networking Essentials: Content Distribution
How CDNs, BitTorrent and Distributed Hash tables work
over a year ago
How CDNs, BitTorrent and Distributed Hash tables work
Ink & Switch
05 · Edit groups
“Formality on demand” allows writers to choose the level of structure they want in their...
9 months ago
“Formality on demand” allows writers to choose the level of structure they want in their collaboration, and avoid needless ceremony.
A Smart Bear
No wait, of course THAT is the single most important SaaS metric
Is it LTV? Retention? NRR? Magic Number? Rule of 40? Or: Do you need to un-ask the question.
a month ago
Is it LTV? Retention? NRR? Magic Number? Rule of 40? Or: Do you need to un-ask the question.
Open Culture
When Samuel Beckett Drove Young André the Giant to School
Are your idle moments spent inventing imaginary conversations between strange bedfellows? The sort...
4 months ago
Are your idle moments spent inventing imaginary conversations between strange bedfellows? The sort of conversation that might transpire in a pickup truck belonging to Samuel Beckett, say, were the Irish playwright to chauffeur the child André Rene Roussimoff—aka pro wrestler...
The Works in...
The Cocktail Revolution
How bad drinks became good, and good drinks became great
a year ago
How bad drinks became good, and good drinks became great
Seth's Blog
What comes after trust?
Walk into a bank with a stocking on your head and you’re probably going to get arrested. Civil...
a year ago
Walk into a bank with a stocking on your head and you’re probably going to get arrested. Civil society as we know it is dependent on identity and responsibility. A person does something and owns the consequences. This requirement of identity leads to the dynamic of the free...
Wanderingspace
Morning and Night on Mars
Yeah. Um… Wow. Nice Job NASA. I’ll just copy/paste how The Planetary Society explained it:
“NASA's...
over a year ago
Yeah. Um… Wow. Nice Job NASA. I’ll just copy/paste how The Planetary Society explained it:
“NASA's Curiosity team made this artistic interpretation of the rover's view from high up Mt. Sharp by combining pictures taken at different times of day and adding colors to bring out the...
Irrational...
Setting engineering org values.
Uber’s best known corporate value is probably Super Pumped,
which, in addition to being a one-time...
a year ago
Uber’s best known corporate value is probably Super Pumped,
which, in addition to being a one-time company value, is also the title of Mike Isaac’s account of Uber
and the subsequent television show.
However, for me personally, the value I remember most is Let Builders...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 11-17 December 2023
Roundup of Londonist articles from the past week.
a year ago
Roundup of Londonist articles from the past week.
Confessions of a...
Connecting CPython's GC Internals to Real-World Performance
Learn how the knowledge of CPython internals translate into performance insights for your code
2 months ago
Learn how the knowledge of CPython internals translate into performance insights for your code
Essays - Benedict...
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...
over a year ago
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.
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Caring for Aging & Elderly Parents: Ask Marcus Aurelius
Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
a year ago
Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from historical records, we created an AI digital personality that spoke with us about how to practice Stoicism in our modern world. This AI persona literally thinks that it's Marcus...
Mazdak
Gannett Sues Google for Digital Advertising Monopoly.
Gannett Sues Google for Digital Ad Monopoly. iPhone 15 Pro Max: Everything We Know So Far About...
a year ago
Gannett Sues Google for Digital Ad Monopoly. iPhone 15 Pro Max: Everything We Know So Far About Apple's Next Flagship. Reddit Protests Continue as Company Threatens to Remove Moderators. Gannett Sues Google for Digital Ad Monopoly. Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper chain, has...
abdz.do - Have you...
Delicious brand identity and packaging design for chocolate co.
Delicious brand identity and packaging design for chocolate co.
...
a year ago
Delicious brand identity and packaging design for chocolate co.
abduzeedo0503—23
Beta, a leading design agency, has recently undertaken a packaging design project for Morella Chocolates, a brand that prides itself on offering healthy products...
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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2 weeks ago
Jonas Hietala
Rewriting my blog in Rust for fun and profit
Background
I’ve used Hakyll as my static site generator for around 9 years now. Before that I think...
over a year ago
Background
I’ve used Hakyll as my static site generator for around 9 years now. Before that I think I used Jekyll and also more dynamic pages with Mojolicious in Perl and Kohana in PHP, but I can’t be completely sure as the git history doesn’t go back that far.
But all good...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Knots 3D
"Feel free to explore our knot catalog and learn how to tie over 150 knots!
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over a year ago
"Feel free to explore our knot catalog and learn how to tie over 150 knots!
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PostHog's RSS Feed
How we designed the PostHog mascot
Creating mascots goes beyond just putting iPencil to iPad. It’s a long, confusing, and sometimes...
over a year ago
Creating mascots goes beyond just putting iPencil to iPad. It’s a long, confusing, and sometimes frustrating process which requires a lot of patience…
Josh Collinsworth
Why you should never use px to set font-size in CSS
Many developers seem to believe there's no difference between px and other CSS units. Let's dispel...
over a year ago
Many developers seem to believe there's no difference between px and other CSS units. Let's dispel that myth, for the sake of better accessibility.
Construction Physics
Building Fast and Slow Part III: Design of the World Trade Center
This is Part III in a series comparing the construction of the Empire State Building and the World...
over a year ago
This is Part III in a series comparing the construction of the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center. Part I covers the design and construction of the Empire State Building, and Part II covers the initial development of the World Trade Center
Noahpinion
Toward a shallower future
Adversity isn't worth the price of adversity.
11 months ago
Adversity isn't worth the price of adversity.
A Beautiful Site
Rebuilding your Spotlight index in macOS
I use Spotlight more than I like to admit, usually for launching apps. Recently, some of my apps and...
over a year ago
I use Spotlight more than I like to admit, usually for launching apps. Recently, some of my apps and files stopped appearing — even ones I access frequently.
After sifting through numerous posts online, I finally discovered one that seems to work. Running this command in the...
Old Structures...
Best Commute Ever
The conference I am currently attending is at ETH, the famous engineering school in Zurich. My hotel...
5 months ago
The conference I am currently attending is at ETH, the famous engineering school in Zurich. My hotel is not far away in a two-dimensional sense. I picked it some months ago by looking at a map and thinking that it was a short walk from campus. It’s a short flight to campus if...
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Slack is Fumbling Developers
Reflecting on the sudden switch away from Slack for Developer communities
over a year ago
Reflecting on the sudden switch away from Slack for Developer communities
Passing Time
How I passed the time in 2024
Essays, books, albums, & reviews
4 days ago
Essays, books, albums, & reviews
swyx's site RSS Feed
Fixing Up the Svelte Community Site
Adding GitHub Actions and Updating Data Dependencies
over a year ago
Adding GitHub Actions and Updating Data Dependencies
diamond geezer
England's 100 largest towns
One reason I went to Redditch is that it's one of England's largest towns and I'm trying to turn...
3 months ago
One reason I went to Redditch is that it's one of England's largest towns and I'm trying to turn this list blue. Admittedly it's only number 98, but every blogpost counts.
England's 100 largest towns and cities by population
1-10: London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol,...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
Joel Gascoigne
Creating a sleep ritual
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over a year ago
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My first post on this blog was one where I pondered whether exercise is a
requirement for sleep [https://joel.is/post/1636226903/exercise-sleep]. The post
was actually triggered by my inability to...
Joel Gascoigne
The different ways of traveling
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over a year ago
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One of the incredible side-effects of doing retreats 3 times a year with my
startup
[https://joel.is/post/79092725144/why-we-go-on-international-retreats-3-times-a-year-with]
is that I get the...
Old Structures...
All In A Name
I mentioned yesterday that New York’s City Hall, because it is over 200 years old, is very much too...
a week ago
I mentioned yesterday that New York’s City Hall, because it is over 200 years old, is very much too small to house a modern government. The first solution dreamed up in the late 1800s was to replace City Hall with a much larger building. For various reasons – including expense, a...
Bits about Money
KYC and AML: beyond the acronyms
Know Your Customer policies at financial institutions have more nuance than you'd expect.
a year ago
Know Your Customer policies at financial institutions have more nuance than you'd expect.
The Modern House
How an untouched site in the New Forest beckoned a sustainable new-build adventure
6 months ago
Construction Physics
The Technological Innovations that Produced the Shale Revolution
Part One of Hot Rocks: Commercializing Next-Generation Geothermal Energy
a year ago
Part One of Hot Rocks: Commercializing Next-Generation Geothermal Energy
Rozado’s Visual...
El desproporcionado número de referencias al machismo en los medios de comunicación españoles
Los medios de comunicación españoles constituyen una anomalía en comparación con sus homólogos...
a year ago
Los medios de comunicación españoles constituyen una anomalía en comparación con sus homólogos internacionales por su alto número de referencias al machismo que triplican a las de cualquier otro país
Retail Design Blog
Vida – “Pura Vida” Cocktail by Horus Academy
Vida is a canned Cocktail product with an inclusive spirit, unique, modern and more accessible than...
7 months ago
Vida is a canned Cocktail product with an inclusive spirit, unique, modern and more accessible than traditional cocktails. There is...
mtlynch.io
Is It Keto: Month 7
Highlights Is It Keto’s visits reached a record high of 11k pageviews. Revenues reached a record...
over a year ago
Highlights Is It Keto’s visits reached a record high of 11k pageviews. Revenues reached a record high of $40.84 in affiliate income. Despite this, Is It Keto didn’t satisfy its critical goals, so I’m putting it on the backburner. Goal Grades At the start of the month, I laid out...
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
Astral Codex Ten
Take The 2025 ACX Survey
...
2 days ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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6 months ago
The Marginalian
On Wanting to Change: Adam Phillips on Our Capacity for Transformation
"There is no description of a life without an account of the changes that are possible within it."
6 months ago
"There is no description of a life without an account of the changes that are possible within it."
Noahpinion
The free world teeters on the edge of a knife
If Trump is elected, there will be no liberal great powers left in the world.
2 months ago
If Trump is elected, there will be no liberal great powers left in the world.
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 […]
The Honest Broker
Tony Bennett’s Greatest Jazz Collaborations
I pick a dozen favorite tracks—each showcasing the vocalist in tandem with a jazz legend
a year ago
I pick a dozen favorite tracks—each showcasing the vocalist in tandem with a jazz legend
Explorations of an...
A Quest Nature Tour Of Jamaica
The Caribbean island of Jamaica is a naturalist’s paradise. Situated south of eastern Cuba, east of...
8 months ago
The Caribbean island of Jamaica is a naturalist’s paradise. Situated south of eastern Cuba, east of Honduras and north of Colombia, Jamaica has an interesting assemblage of species with different origins. Jamaica was never connected to the mainland throughout its long geological...
Common Edge
Havana’s Evolving Public-Private Landscape
Can Cuba’s creative class become agents for political change?
10 months ago
Can Cuba’s creative class become agents for political change?
Londonist
Five Big Firsts For West End Cinemas
From the first British talkie to the first circular cinema.
a year ago
From the first British talkie to the first circular cinema.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Temporal - the iPhone of System Design
Temporal ties Orchestration, Event Sourcing, and Workflows-as-Code in one distributed system and it...
over a year ago
Temporal ties Orchestration, Event Sourcing, and Workflows-as-Code in one distributed system and it is eating the world.
The Architectural...
The Classic Planning Herald International: A Window into the Global New Traditional Architecture...
The Classic Planning Herald International is a new quarterly magazine from the Classic Planning...
5 days ago
The Classic Planning Herald International is a new quarterly magazine from the Classic Planning Institute. The project offers insights into what is happening in the New Traditional Architecture community and aims to challenge the modernist dogma. In this article, Michelle Sofge...
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: The new conservative era (#53)
Conservative poll shift; Democratic machine politics; science and politics; some good news; better...
3 weeks ago
Conservative poll shift; Democratic machine politics; science and politics; some good news; better teachers; the AI slowdown; consumer confidence
Jonas Hietala
The Arty Timeline
While working on Jonas IceCream Stand I took a screenshot every day and I thought they looked pretty...
over a year ago
While working on Jonas IceCream Stand I took a screenshot every day and I thought they looked pretty cool so here they are:
And now I’m off with New World Order and (for once) I’ve got a really really good idea!
TheCollector
Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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10 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
New York City needs a tech startup blog
At first it seemed like Silicon Alley Insider would be this, but they seem to have moved away from...
over a year ago
At first it seemed like Silicon Alley Insider would be this, but they seem to have moved away from covering NYC startups. The New York Times…
Seth's Blog
Demanding certainty
The defenders of the status quo often demand certainty when facing decisions about the future. It...
8 months ago
The defenders of the status quo often demand certainty when facing decisions about the future. It sets up the conditions for doing nothing, because certainty never happens until the future arrives. It’s much more useful to look at probabilities. Flipping a fair coin has a 50%...
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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2 weeks ago
IEEE Spectrum
Franklin’s Franklins Were Freakishly Un-Fakeable
To make something hard to fake, you can use exotic materials or clever tricks. Benjamin Franklin, a...
a year ago
To make something hard to fake, you can use exotic materials or clever tricks. Benjamin Franklin, a printer by vocation, a scientist by avocation, leaned on cleverness, developing measures that are still in use.
Those black arts have now yielded to the latest analytical...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Types in JavaScript With Zod and JSDoc
There are cases where I like types in JavaScript. And I don’t mind Typescript, especially for bigger...
a year ago
There are cases where I like types in JavaScript. And I don’t mind Typescript, especially for bigger projects — as long as somebody more knowledgable than me sets it up and maintains it.
When I want type hints in VSCode for smaller, personal projects, I use JSDoc which lets you...
Mazdak
CPP vs OAS: Understanding Canada's Core Retirement Benefits 🇨🇦
Canada's retirement income system consists of two major public pension programs: the Canada Pension...
a month ago
Canada's retirement income system consists of two major public pension programs: the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS).
A Smart Bear
Moats: Durable competitive advantage
Industries commoditize over time, delivering similar products at similar prices resulting in low...
over a year ago
Industries commoditize over time, delivering similar products at similar prices resulting in low profit. Like entropy, this is the inevitable fate of a company, unless it exerts intentional force to the contrary. Moats are this force, and your strategy must identify how to create...
Diaries of Note
Tabiboo sant, tabiboo sant!
In March of 1834, 25-year-old John Kirk Townsend was invited by fellow naturalist Thomas Nuttall to...
a year ago
In March of 1834, 25-year-old John Kirk Townsend was invited by fellow naturalist Thomas Nuttall to join him on an expedition across the Rocky Mountains, his role being to collect and identify birds and mammals as they journeyed. Before long, Townsend, a keen ornithologist,...
99% Invisible
Train Set: Track Three [EPISODE]
Happy National Train Day, everyone – for those of you who missed it: that was May 13th this year. A...
a year ago
Happy National Train Day, everyone – for those of you who missed it: that was May 13th this year. A year ago, we started down this path with Train Set: Track One, which gave way to Track Two …and now, here we are for the final part of our train-fecta. First Stop: Shining Time...
Rest of World -...
India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it
CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict...
3 weeks ago
CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
One Useful Thing
On speaking to AI
Voice changes a lot of things
4 months ago
Voice changes a lot of things
TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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4 months ago
AI Snake Oil
AI existential risk probabilities are too unreliable to inform policy
How speculation gets laundered through pseudo-quantification
4 months ago
How speculation gets laundered through pseudo-quantification
Dustin Curtis
Bill Gates is Angry
Steven Levy interviewed Bill Gates for Wired, and it is quite an illuminating conversation. In past...
over a year ago
Steven Levy interviewed Bill Gates for Wired, and it is quite an illuminating conversation. In past public appearances, Gates – like most experts – has attempted to walk the line between antagonizing the Trump administration and promulgating real science. But now he appears to be...
Neil Panchal
Berkeley Mono December Update
It's been a while since I had announced the release of Berkeley Mono. The more I examine it under...
over a year ago
It's been a while since I had announced the release of Berkeley Mono. The more I examine it under scrutinous eyes, the more I find that there is more work to be done. At one point, I had the following masters going through the final tuning:
Berkeley Mono
Seth's Blog
What happened vs. what we do about it
It’s possible to have a useful conversation about what to do about something that’s broken or needs...
8 months ago
It’s possible to have a useful conversation about what to do about something that’s broken or needs improvement. But first, we must acknowledge that it happened. It’s not controversial to understand the facts, the data and the shifts that are happening in the world we live in. In...
The Marginalian
How We Render Reality: Attention as an Instrument of Love
"Since our consciousness plays some part in what comes into being, the play of attention can both...
a year ago
"Since our consciousness plays some part in what comes into being, the play of attention can both create and destroy, but it never leaves its object unchanged."
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Jonas Hietala
Zucchini Crabcakes
With a tiny bit more planning I made a dinner out the lessons 4 and 5 as the crabcakes were only...
over a year ago
With a tiny bit more planning I made a dinner out the lessons 4 and 5 as the crabcakes were only supposed to be an appetizer:
Crabcakes: Surprisingly delicious. Both me and Veronica gives them a 7.
Zucchini: While I thought they passed Veronica said “Zucchini is not my thing” and...
seangoedecke.com RSS...
From hours to seconds: AI tools to detect animal calls
If you’re currently spending time listening to long audio recordings of birdcalls or animal noises,...
8 months ago
If you’re currently spending time listening to long audio recordings of birdcalls or animal noises, it’s likely that the last four years of…
Diaries of Note
It seemed like a general conflagration
In 1807, three years after shooting Alexander Hamilton dead in a duel, former Vice President of the...
a year ago
In 1807, three years after shooting Alexander Hamilton dead in a duel, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr was indicted for a second time, for treason. Having once been at the pinnacle of American politics, he was now accused of plotting to carve out his own...
Making software...
Bidirectional Scrolling: Why Not Both?
Bidirectional Scrolling: Why Not Both?
2020-11-09
I recently came across Adam Silver's post about...
over a year ago
Bidirectional Scrolling: Why Not Both?
2020-11-09
I recently came across Adam Silver's post about the merits and pitfalls of bidirectional scrolling and found myself conflicted with the design arguments put forth in the article. It's a very good article overall, and I suggest...
beep.blog
.io considered harmful
The .io top-level domain funds and legitimises Britain's exile of the Chagossian people from their...
a year ago
The .io top-level domain funds and legitimises Britain's exile of the Chagossian people from their homeland. Here's the history and the facts.
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
A Smart Bear
Extreme questions to trigger new, better ideas
It is difficult to brainstorm fresh, transformative ideas. Telling everyone that “no idea is a bad...
over a year ago
It is difficult to brainstorm fresh, transformative ideas. Telling everyone that “no idea is a bad idea” isn’t enough of a prompt. These questions will stretch you beyond your daily experience; if you’re lucky, they could even lead to a unique business model and a long-term...
Construction Physics
Do U.S. Ports Need More Automation?
On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily...
2 months ago
On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily dockworkers on East and Gulf Coast ports, went on strike after failing to agree contract terms with USMX, an alliance of port operators and employers.
Paolo Amoroso's...
Reactions to my post on cancelling the Replit subscription
<![CDATA[A few days ago I blogged on why I cancelled my paid plan to Replit.
It was a short...
a year ago
<![CDATA[A few days ago I blogged on why I cancelled my paid plan to Replit.
It was a short personal note to record my decision as I often do to document my experiences with tools and products, possibly of interest to the few dozen regulars per day who read my blog.
A day on...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The NYC tech scene is exploding
The pace of innovation in the New York area is very impressive right now. Some of the top...
over a year ago
The pace of innovation in the New York area is very impressive right now. Some of the top entrepenuers in the country are building and…
Seth's Blog
The status quo is very good…
at sticking around. In fact, that’s what it’s best at. New research shows that computers and robots...
a year ago
at sticking around. In fact, that’s what it’s best at. New research shows that computers and robots are now better at solving CAPTCHA puzzles than humans. This was inevitable. The interesting question is, “how long before they go away?” First, someone has to decide that it’s...
History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 9-15 October 2023
Live music, a Superpower Academy and a free games night - all under a fiver.
a year ago
Live music, a Superpower Academy and a free games night - all under a fiver.
Society's Backend
Why Gemini's Struggles Aren't Straightforward
And an overview of LLM security issues
9 months ago
And an overview of LLM security issues
On the Arts
The Necrologs of Bulgaria
Remembering the Dead in Daily Life
a year ago
Remembering the Dead in Daily Life
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
undefined
4 months ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AI
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Honestly, what're the odds we DON'T creep out...
9 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Honestly, what're the odds we DON'T creep out God?
Today's News:
Math Is Still...
Mollusk Eyes Reveal How Future Evolution Depends on the Past
The visual systems of an obscure group of mollusks provide a rare natural example of path-dependent...
9 months ago
The visual systems of an obscure group of mollusks provide a rare natural example of path-dependent evolution, in which a critical fork in the creatures’ past determined their evolutionary futures.
The post Mollusk Eyes Reveal How Future Evolution Depends on the Past...
Fonts In Use: Blog...
10 Years of Fonts In Use
Contributed by Nick Sherman
License: All Rights Reserved.
Fonts In Use officially launched 10...
over a year ago
Contributed by Nick Sherman
License: All Rights Reserved.
Fonts In Use officially launched 10 years ago today, on December 21, 2010. The site, which started as just the Blog before opening up to public contributions in 2012, has grown far beyond our expectations when we...
Open Culture
Google Launches a New Course Called “AI Essentials”: Learn How to Use Generative AI Tools to...
This week, Google announced the launch of Google AI Essentials, a new self-paced course designed to...
7 months ago
This week, Google announced the launch of Google AI Essentials, a new self-paced course designed to help people learn AI skills that can boost their productivity. Taught by Google’s AI experts, and assuming no prior knowledge of programming, the course ventures to show students...
Charles Chen
.NET Source Generators with .NET 7
Exploring .NET source generators to reduce boilerplate code in everyday code!
a year ago
Exploring .NET source generators to reduce boilerplate code in everyday code!
IEEE Spectrum
A Brief History of the World’s First Planetarium
In 1912, Oskar von Miller, an electrical engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum, had an idea:...
7 months ago
In 1912, Oskar von Miller, an electrical engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum, had an idea: Could you project an artificial starry sky onto a dome, as a way of demonstrating astronomical principles to the public?
It was such a novel concept that when von Miller approached...
swyx's site RSS Feed
add Whisper to your iOS Action Button
The new iPhones ditched the physical mute button with a software enabled action button, that allows...
11 months ago
The new iPhones ditched the physical mute button with a software enabled action button, that allows some customization. the highest degree of customization is Shortcuts. Apple's default transcription is terrible. I got a new iPhone recently and so this is my chance.
AFAR Media - Travel...
7 Things to Know Before Seeing a Broadway Show in New York City
a year ago
Nelson's Weblog
GAS
I’ve been listening to the same music every night when I go to sleep
10+ years now. Weird...
a year ago
I’ve been listening to the same music every night when I go to sleep
10+ years now. Weird endorsement; I’ve listened to it with more
attention plenty of times too. But it’s particularly good for going to
sleep; calm, interesting, and comfortably familiar.
That music is GAS,...
Seth's Blog
Mediocre tools
Lousy tools are dangerous. They endanger our safety (physical or emotional) and undermine our work....
yesterday
Lousy tools are dangerous. They endanger our safety (physical or emotional) and undermine our work. Lousy tools are pretty easy to avoid, because they reveal themselves whenever we use them. Great tools are magical. They multiply our effort, amplify the quality of our work and...
Bryan Braun - Blog
Unusual Git IDs
You can search Github for unusual commit IDs:
There are over 2k commits starting with...
a month ago
You can search Github for unusual commit IDs:
There are over 2k commits starting with 0000000!
While looking for commits like these, I started to become suspicious that people were intentionally modifying their commits IDs to be unusual:
A commit ID of eeeeeee, with a message...
Liz Denys
One idle dreary day many years ago
Every time I come across this photograph on my computer, I am impressed by how simultaneously dull...
over a year ago
Every time I come across this photograph on my computer, I am impressed by how simultaneously dull and sharp the sky was that day in San Francisco. When editing this photograph I took now about three and a half years ago, I only flattened the sky slightly and didn't touch up the...
Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 077: A good week for open-source
July 26, 2024.
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
undefined
a year ago
Cheese and Biscuits
The Rose, Deal
A stroll along the High Street in Deal reveals a town very much at the forefront of the wider...
a year ago
A stroll along the High Street in Deal reveals a town very much at the forefront of the wider Kentish food revolution. There seem to be more than the usual number of artisan butchers and fishmongers for what is otherwise a fairly small (albeit very quaint) seaside town. There's a...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Multiverse
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The reverse middle finger in the last panel is the...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The reverse middle finger in the last panel is the deepest cut.
Today's News:
Tony Dinh's...
July 2023: $6K MRR – getting back on recurring revenue
small updates from me in July 2023
a year ago
small updates from me in July 2023
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 1-7 January 2024
Things to do for under a fiver.
11 months ago
Things to do for under a fiver.
Old Structures...
Elsewhere in the Archipelago
After more than 30 years, it will soon be possible for the public to again visit Hart Island, at...
a year ago
After more than 30 years, it will soon be possible for the public to again visit Hart Island, at least on some days and as part of guided tours. Given the nature of the island – it’s been the potter’s field for New York City for over 150 years – it’s a slightly weird place to go,...
./techtipsy
techtipsy, now hosted on k-space!
This site is now hosted on infrastructure provided by k-space, a friendly hackerspace in Tallinn,...
a year ago
This site is now hosted on infrastructure provided by k-space, a friendly hackerspace in Tallinn, Estonia.
If you’ve been reading any of my previous posts, you might be wondering why I made that move, especially since I was
quite proud of hosting my website over a residential...
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware September 2023
The Ware from September 2023 is a Honeywell HPMA115S0-XXX PM2.5 sensor. Although Ben guessed the...
a year ago
The Ware from September 2023 is a Honeywell HPMA115S0-XXX PM2.5 sensor. Although Ben guessed the general category of the ware first, David was the first to give the exact model. Usually I award the prize to the first person to give an exact, correct model number and fall back to...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
"Bitcoin is the currency the internet deserves and needs"
George Gilder discusses the importance of Bitcoin in a very interesting interview: To have a...
over a year ago
George Gilder discusses the importance of Bitcoin in a very interesting interview: To have a civilization you need more than just bits and…
Christopher Butler
What Eyes Want
South of the Border. These signs are impossible to miss.
Today, over 175 South of the Border signs...
over a year ago
South of the Border. These signs are impossible to miss.
Today, over 175 South of the Border signs remain along the interstate; when I was a child making a two-day road trip from Boston to Florida, there were more than 250. Spotting them, reading them, and counting them made...
Rozado’s Visual...
New York Times Word Usage Frequency Chart – An Update
A timely update of an informative chart
a year ago
A timely update of an informative chart
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
Alex Meub
A Quick Look at Portland Parking Ticket Data
I work in downtown Portland and see a lot of people getting parking tickets every day (parking is...
over a year ago
I work in downtown Portland and see a lot of people getting parking tickets every day (parking is one of the reasons I ride my bike to work). I was curious to learn more about it.
Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, Portland parking ticket data is available to anyone who...
Math Is Still...
Can Psychedelics Improve Mental Health?
Research suggests that psychedelic drugs can reopen critical periods of brain development to create...
6 months ago
Research suggests that psychedelic drugs can reopen critical periods of brain development to create opportunities for re-learning and psychological healing. In this episode, co-host Janna Levin speaks with Gül Dölen, a neuroscientist studying the therapeutic potential of...
Joel Gascoigne
For the first few people, hire from your network
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
*
* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
*
We’re lucky...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
*
* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
*
We’re lucky enough to have reached the stage with Buffer [http://bufferapp.com]
where we have had to start to think about growing the team. For the first 10
months the team consisted of just...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Catch
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
I've been doing experiments on this using the...
a month ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
I've been doing experiments on this using the massive spotlight I keep on my penthouse apartment.
Today's News:
Londonist
In Pictures: London's Tube Station Gardens
Which is your fave?
a year ago
Alex MacCaw
Predictions of the future
A new year and a new decade: What does the future have in store for us? Information revolutions,...
over a year ago
A new year and a new decade: What does the future have in store for us? Information revolutions, medical advances, AI? How will humanity tackle its largest problems? I guess we shall just have to wait and see (or get busy inventing it!).
I've jotted down some of
Seth's Blog
Avoid false proxies
They’re toxic, wasteful and a tempting trap. It’s one of the most important topics in my new book....
a year ago
They’re toxic, wasteful and a tempting trap. It’s one of the most important topics in my new book. (And here’s a new podcast on it). We need proxies. You’re not allowed to read the book before you buy it or taste the ketchup before you leave the store. We rely on labels and...
AFAR Media - Travel...
5 Excursions With Afar and Atlas Ocean Voyages
6 months ago
Nelson's Weblog
Proxmox
Proxmox is good software
for a home datacenter. It’s an OS you install on server hardware that
lets...
11 months ago
Proxmox is good software
for a home datacenter. It’s an OS you install on server hardware that
lets you easily run multiple virtual machines and LXC containers. It
also manages disk storage and has some more complex support for high
availability in a cluster, distributed storage...
NeuroLogica Blog
Carbon Fiber Structural Battery
I have written previously about the concept of structural batteries, such as this recent post on a...
3 months ago
I have written previously about the concept of structural batteries, such as this recent post on a concrete battery. The basic idea is a battery made out of material that is strong enough that it can bare a load. Essentially we’re asking the material to do two things at once – be...
Irrational...
Layers of context.
Recently I was chatting with a Staff-plus engineer who was struggling to influence his peers. Each...
11 months ago
Recently I was chatting with a Staff-plus engineer who was struggling to influence his peers. Each time he suggested an approach, his team agreed with him, but his peers in the organization disagreed and pushed back. He wanted advice on why his peers kept undermining his...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
How Value-Based Care Contracting Works with Accorded | Out-Of-Pocket
With calculators and contracts you can see yourself
a year ago
With calculators and contracts you can see yourself
swyx's site RSS Feed
Supervised Learning: Instance-based Learning and K-Nearest Neighbors
Regression isn't the only way. What if we were far, far... lazier about it?
over a year ago
Regression isn't the only way. What if we were far, far... lazier about it?
Farza's Newsletter
just used my car keys to lock my macbook wow 2021 is legit
Was a busy week at ZipSchool! It’s interesting, we’re quickly moving more toward an experience that...
over a year ago
Was a busy week at ZipSchool! It’s interesting, we’re quickly moving more toward an experience that the student themselves can control. This sounds kinda obvious in retrospect (as most things do). For basically the last 6 months the experience we’ve been building has been pretty...
This Space
39 Books: 1991
One the first books I found in a bookshop* upon moving to Brighton was Rosalind Belben's novel Is...
7 months ago
One the first books I found in a bookshop* upon moving to Brighton was Rosalind Belben's novel Is Beauty Good. I had seen it two years earlier chosen in a newspaper books of the year listing alongside Jacques Roubaud's Le Grand Incendie de Londres and Thomas Bernhard's Old...
High Signal
$200k from selling Google Sheets tutorials
Andrew Kamphey is a creator who has made $200k from teaching people how to use Google Sheets over...
a year ago
Andrew Kamphey is a creator who has made $200k from teaching people how to use Google Sheets over the past three years. Think 'Miss Excel' but he's a beardy guy who doesn't dance in his videos. In this interview Andrew shares his marketing wins,
diamond geezer
Whitechapel Road
WHITECHAPEL
ROAD
£60
London's Monopoly Streets
WHITECHAPEL ROAD
Colour group: brown
Purchase...
11 months ago
WHITECHAPEL
ROAD
£60
London's Monopoly Streets
WHITECHAPEL ROAD
Colour group: brown
Purchase price: £60
Rent: £4
Length: 1 kilometre
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Postcodes: E1
Whitechapel Road would be the first square. Instead it's the second brown, the more expensive of the...
Escaping Flatland
Don’t sacrifice the wrong thing
I began emailing essays into the void on 30 May 2021, 53 days before Rebecka, our youngest daughter...
6 months ago
I began emailing essays into the void on 30 May 2021, 53 days before Rebecka, our youngest daughter was born. This writing experiment has followed roughly the same trajectory as the baby. In 2021, Escaping Flatland's prime achievement was putting a few toys in its mouth (a...
Londonist
When A Tube Train Full Of Passengers Was Abandoned In The Tunnel
The stuff of nightmares.
a year ago
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
undefined
a year ago
Nadia Asparouhova
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...
a year ago
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...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Arid Interrogation'
As boys, in
our imaginations we tested ourselves. Would we prove courageous in combat? Our
fathers...
4 months ago
As boys, in
our imaginations we tested ourselves. Would we prove courageous in combat? Our
fathers had, so we believed, during World War II. Could we withstand torture?
These virtues, touched with Hollywood melodrama, seemed like essential aspects of
maturity. We wanted to be...
Maps Mania
Unlocking America’s Visual Time Machine
a year ago
The Convivial...
The Enclosure of the Human Psyche
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 13
3 weeks ago
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 13
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
undefined
4 months ago
Jonas Hietala
An intriguing new puzzle
Here’s another game made for the experimental gameplay project:
Slidoku which is a sort of mix...
over a year ago
Here’s another game made for the experimental gameplay project:
Slidoku which is a sort of mix between Rubik’s cube and sudoku. I enjoy puzzles like those and I really enjoyed this one too - it took me a while to beat it but I just love the feeling when you do. If you like...
Diaries of Note
A night of terror
In September of 1939, English housewife Nella Last began keeping a diary that would span 30 years,...
a year ago
In September of 1939, English housewife Nella Last began keeping a diary that would span 30 years, ultimately producing one of the longest diaries in the English language at more than 12 million words. Born Nellie Lord in 1890, she was a voluntary participant in the Mass...
Josh Collinsworth
A decade of code
A personal (read: meandering) post inspired by the realization that I first began to learn HTML and...
7 months ago
A personal (read: meandering) post inspired by the realization that I first began to learn HTML and CSS exactly ten years ago, reflecting on the lucky turning points that brought me to where I am today.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Sept 2019 Recap
Hello mailing list friends!
over a year ago
Hello mailing list friends!
Arduino Blog
Why is STEAM education important for kids? 6 activity tips
School’s out for summer – at least for most of us. While the majority of children (and teachers!)...
5 months ago
School’s out for summer – at least for most of us. While the majority of children (and teachers!) will probably be breathing a huge sigh of relief, parents face a new challenge: how to keep kids engaged during the long break. Of course, downtime is important, but there are also...
Rest of World -...
Malaysia’s new data centers create thousands of jobs — and worries about power and water shortages
Data centers for companies like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia are transforming Johor state, with locals...
a month ago
Data centers for companies like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia are transforming Johor state, with locals bracing for higher real estate costs and resource shortages.
The Modern House
Tim Ross: the Australian broadcaster on the life-enhancing effect of modest, modernist buildings –...
Growing up in a 1960s house in the suburbs of Melbourne, the Australian broadcaster Tim Ross was...
6 months ago
Growing up in a 1960s house in the suburbs of Melbourne, the Australian broadcaster Tim Ross was often left to his own devices. A daydreamer with an eye for design, his passion for modernist buildings took root and caught up with him following his early […]
Grow With Less
Want More Traffic? Here Are 77 Headline Formulas You Need to Use!
Your headline is the first part of your articles your readers see.
And it may very well be the last...
over a year ago
Your headline is the first part of your articles your readers see.
And it may very well be the last part they see.
That’s why a catchy headline is not nice to have, it’s essential.
Without it your article may as well not exist because nobody will read it.
But how do you write a...
The Roots of...
Quote quiz: “drifting into dependence”
Quote quiz: who said this? (No fair looking it up). I have modified the original quotation slightly,...
a year ago
Quote quiz: who said this? (No fair looking it up). I have modified the original quotation slightly, by making a handful of word substitutions to bring it up to date:
It might be argued that the human race would never be foolish enough to hand over all power to AI. But we are...
Londonist
Santa Steam Express: Meet Father Christmas On A Vintage Train In London
The kids will be chuffed.
a year ago
The kids will be chuffed.
nanoscale views
Materials families: Halide perovskites
Looking back, I realized that I haven't written much about halide perovskites, which is quite an...
6 months ago
Looking back, I realized that I haven't written much about halide perovskites, which is quite an oversight given how much research impact they're having. I'm not an expert, and there are multiple extensive review articles out there (e.g. here, here, here, here, here), so this...
A Smart Bear
Rich vs. King in the Real World: Why I sold my company
Reflecting on selling Smart Bear in 2007, offering insights for entrepreneurs facing similar...
a year ago
Reflecting on selling Smart Bear in 2007, offering insights for entrepreneurs facing similar decisions.
Both Are True
we switched from a crib to a toddler bed
on sleep transitions
9 months ago
Engineers Need Art
Kim-1 User Manual
For sale: a few KIM-1 User Manuals I printed up.
a year ago
For sale: a few KIM-1 User Manuals I printed up.
Willem's Blog
Why Apple Silicon is a big deal
Never have I been so blown away as by the new MacBook Air with M1 processor. It is a big deal.
over a year ago
Never have I been so blown away as by the new MacBook Air with M1 processor. It is a big deal.
99% Invisible
The Power Broker #11: Brennan Lee Mulligan
This is the eleventh official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize...
a month ago
This is the eleventh official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. This week, Roman Mars and Elliott Kalan sit down with Brennan Lee Mulligan, a comedian and host with Dropout TV, where he’s...
Londonist
Life Drawing With Wolves... In A London Hotel
Anyone can get involved... even kids!
a year ago
Anyone can get involved... even kids!
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Losing a Loved One: Ask Marcus Aurelius
Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
a year ago
Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from historical records, we created an AI digital personality that spoke with us about how to practice Stoicism in our modern world. This AI persona literally thinks that it's Marcus...
David Heinemeier...
Turbo 8 is dropping TypeScript
By all accounts, TypeScript has been a big success for Microsoft. I've seen loads of people sparkle...
a year ago
By all accounts, TypeScript has been a big success for Microsoft. I've seen loads of people sparkle with joy from dousing JavaScript with explicit types that can be checked by a compiler. But I've never been a fan. Not after giving it five minutes, not after giving it five years....
Common Edge
Architecture With Empathy In An Age of Division and Discord
Buildings can be designed to antagonize communities, or serve as welcoming presences.
a week ago
Buildings can be designed to antagonize communities, or serve as welcoming presences.
./techtipsy
I tried out the CyberPower UT650EG UPS
After some spicy feedback to my post where a ThinkPad T430 acted as a server,
I decided to try out...
over a year ago
After some spicy feedback to my post where a ThinkPad T430 acted as a server,
I decided to try out one UPS that was recommended on the basis of it being much
more power efficient compared to the APC UPS that I previously ran.
That UPS? CyberPower UT650EG.
Why switch out a...
Tech and Tea
Hustle culture is over-rated
Let's celebrate sustainability over all-nighters and re-define what hard work looks like.
a year ago
Let's celebrate sustainability over all-nighters and re-define what hard work looks like.
Marcus on AI
A new AI scaling law shell game?
Scaling laws were supposed to be, well, laws.
3 weeks ago
Scaling laws were supposed to be, well, laws.
Retail Design Blog
Haikou GAOXINGLI Insun Cinema by One Plus Partnership
Haikou is an island in China, it’s situated on the north coast of Hainan Island, and the South China...
a month ago
Haikou is an island in China, it’s situated on the north coast of Hainan Island, and the South China Sea...
Seth's Blog
Problems and the clover
Systemic and existential problems dance their way through three circles: If it’s not solvable, we’ll...
10 months ago
Systemic and existential problems dance their way through three circles: If it’s not solvable, we’ll pretend it’s not a problem. If the cultural cost of solving the problem is too high, we’ll pretend there’s no solution. People don’t spend a lot of time planning for death because...
TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
undefined
11 months ago
Left To Write
The Narrative Fallacy
How narratives can distort our perception of reality and what to do against it
a year ago
How narratives can distort our perception of reality and what to do against it
Escaping Flatland
On limitations that hide in your blindspot
and how to find them
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TokyoDev
Hiring a Japanese Virtual Assistant
As someone [running a small business in Japan](/articles/creating-company-japan), I've hired several...
over a year ago
As someone [running a small business in Japan](/articles/creating-company-japan), I've hired several Japanese virtual assistants to help me with various small tasks. Especially if you're not a fluent Japanese speaker, knowing where to look for one can be tricky, so I'll share my...
Open Culture
Watch the Earliest-Known Charles Dickens Film: The Death of Poor Joe
A little over a decade ago, a curator at the British Film Institute (BFI) discovered the oldest...
6 months ago
A little over a decade ago, a curator at the British Film Institute (BFI) discovered the oldest surviving film featuring a Charles Dickens character, “The Death of Poor Joe.” The silent film, directed by George Albert Smith in 1900, brings to life Dickens’ character Jo, the...
Londonist
Where To Eat And Drink In Stratford
Eats in E20.
a year ago
A Beautiful Site
Select all, select none, and invert selection with jQuery
A demonstration of selecting checkboxes using jQuery.We start off with a bunch of...
over a year ago
A demonstration of selecting checkboxes using jQuery.We start off with a bunch of checkboxes:
<fieldset id="group_1">
<input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="0" />
<input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="1" />
<input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="2"...
Stephen Diehl
Currency in the Age of Digitization
over a year ago
Liz Denys
Better with Star Wars, baking is
Isn't everything?
Star Wars partnered with Williams-Sonoma to make pancake molds and some rather...
over a year ago
Isn't everything?
Star Wars partnered with Williams-Sonoma to make pancake molds and some rather insanely high quality cookie cutters:
The set of four includes a Yoda face and helmets from each of Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and a stormtrooper. I knew that if I ever got my hands on...
Blog - Practical...
Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That?
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is not smoke. And this...
a month ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is not smoke. And this isn’t a smoke stack (at least not the kind we normally think of). It serves a totally different purpose at a power plant than smoke stacks whose job is moving combustion products...
Mark Manson
Why Growth Requires Struggle
I get a lot of reader questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions...
over a year ago
I get a lot of reader questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions were some variation of, “Is there such a thing as being exposed to too much pain?” or “Are there situations where pain and struggle aren’t helpful but only hurtful?” or “What...
David Heinemeier...
What you know that just ain't so
The fun bit about business is in all the answers you don't have. Should we be priced higher or lower...
a month ago
The fun bit about business is in all the answers you don't have. Should we be priced higher or lower or leave it alone? Should we chase these customers over here or those customers over there? Should we add more features or polish the ones we have? There's endless variation in...
Left To Write
№ 67: The Last Generation of Chinese Takeaway Kids
Growing up in a takeaway - Growth is always painful - Struggle is what makes us human
a year ago
Growing up in a takeaway - Growth is always painful - Struggle is what makes us human
TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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a year ago
Acko.net
React - The Missing Parts
Question the rules for fun and profit
One of the nice things about having your own lean copy of a...
over a year ago
Question the rules for fun and profit
One of the nice things about having your own lean copy of a popular library's patterns is that you can experiment with all sorts of changes.
In my case, I have a React-clone, Live, which includes all the familiar basics: props, state and...
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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a year ago
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Zero-setup bundle size checker
We all love keeping bundle size under control. There are many great tools that help you with that —...
over a year ago
We all love keeping bundle size under control. There are many great tools that help you with that — webpack-bundle-analyzer, bundlesize, size-limit, what not. But sometimes you you're lazy, or you're stuck choosing the tool, or the project is too small to justify spending extra...
TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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a month ago
One Useful Thing
What people ask me most. Also, some answers.
A FAQ of sorts
a year ago
Louwrentius
Rebooting results in degraded RAID array using Debian Lenny
As described earlier, I setup a RAID 6 array consisting of physical 1 TB disk
and 'virtual' 1 TB...
over a year ago
As described earlier, I setup a RAID 6 array consisting of physical 1 TB disk
and 'virtual' 1 TB disks that are in fact two 0.5 TB disks in RAID 0.
I wanted to upgrade to Lenny because the new kernel that ships with Lenny
supports growing a RAID 6 array. After installing Lenny...
Odds and Ends of...
How I learned to stop worrying and love the military industrial complex
Whether Trump wins or loses today, Europe should tool up and prepare to fight.
a month ago
Whether Trump wins or loses today, Europe should tool up and prepare to fight.
Josh Comeau's blog
A Framework for Evaluating Browser Support
Lots of exciting new features have been landing in CSS recently, and it can be tough trying to...
3 weeks ago
Lots of exciting new features have been landing in CSS recently, and it can be tough trying to figure out if they’re safe to use or not. We might know that a feature is available for 92% of users, but is that sufficient? Where do we draw the line? In this blog post, I’ll share...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
The Origin of Online Handles
There are a few people online whose ubiquitous usernames I’ve always wondered about.
For example:...
11 months ago
There are a few people online whose ubiquitous usernames I’ve always wondered about.
For example: Jeremy Keith is “Adactio”. I have no idea what that word means. A quick internet search reveals no hints. Even ChatGPT has no idea.
Dave Rupert is davatron5000. I wonder where...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Hardware startups
For a long time, entrepreneurs and investors shied away from hardware. This seems to be changing. As...
over a year ago
For a long time, entrepreneurs and investors shied away from hardware. This seems to be changing. As Paul Graham says, there are many…
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Between failure and Facebook
Recently, a friend was trying to recruit a programmer to join his early-stage startup. The...
over a year ago
Recently, a friend was trying to recruit a programmer to join his early-stage startup. The programmer had just graduated from college and…
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 months ago
High Signal
Sailing the world while building startups
James and his partner Danielle have an enviable working set-up - they live and work on a sailing...
10 months ago
James and his partner Danielle have an enviable working set-up - they live and work on a sailing boat!
Retail Design Blog
FREITAG store
Following the opening in 2017 of FREITAG‘s first store Down Under, in collaboration with local...
3 months ago
Following the opening in 2017 of FREITAG‘s first store Down Under, in collaboration with local retailer Keoma, the innovative Zurich-based...
Jibran’s Perspective
Deploying Ruby on Rails to AWS with Kamal
As part of a contracting project, I’ve been building an analytics dashboard for a feedback...
6 months ago
As part of a contracting project, I’ve been building an analytics dashboard for a feedback collection SaaS. The app is built in Ruby on Rails and given all the nice things I’ve heard about Kamal; I decided to use it for deploying the app.
The experience has been phenomenal;...
Londonist
The Must-See London Exhibitions To Look Forward To In 2024
A glance ahead to the capital's upcoming blockbuster exhibitions.
a year ago
A glance ahead to the capital's upcoming blockbuster exhibitions.
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
journal – Winnie Lim
generating mini turning points
Because of multiple factors my mind seem to be perpetually stuck in an unwanted state of sadness,...
a year ago
Because of multiple factors my mind seem to be perpetually stuck in an unwanted state of sadness, fatigue and paralysis. I have learnt that it is possible to break out of this...
Math Is Still...
How (Nearly) Nothing Might Solve Cosmology’s Biggest Questions
By measuring the universe’s emptiest spaces, scientists can study how matter clumps together and how...
a year ago
By measuring the universe’s emptiest spaces, scientists can study how matter clumps together and how fast it flies apart.
The post How (Nearly) Nothing Might Solve Cosmology’s Biggest Questions first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Out-of-Pocket Blog
How Health Data Gets Sold: Moving From Third-Party to First-Party | Out-Of-Pocket
The shift from third-party to first-party data consent, and how far should it go?
a year ago
The shift from third-party to first-party data consent, and how far should it go?
Old Structures...
A Moment Captured
This sketch is labelled ‘Architectural drawing for a customs house (“United States Custom House”),...
11 months ago
This sketch is labelled ‘Architectural drawing for a customs house (“United States Custom House”), New York, New York’ on the Library of Congress website. It’s not clear if that title was somehow written on the sketch or is a librarian’s interpretation of the content. It’s...
Rest of World -...
Bolt’s drive-to-win insurance scheme is putting drivers’ lives at risk
Many drivers who attempted to win health care said they’ve become ill while doing so — and still...
6 months ago
Many drivers who attempted to win health care said they’ve become ill while doing so — and still can’t afford treatment.
Out-of-Pocket Blog
More weird rules in healthcare | Out-Of-Pocket
3 liters of blood, sequential billing, COBRA, and more
6 months ago
3 liters of blood, sequential billing, COBRA, and more
Jonas Hietala
Why I don't rely on AI for programming (too much)
I find that ai can help significantly with doing plumbing, but it has no problems with connecting...
a month ago
I find that ai can help significantly with doing plumbing, but it has no problems with connecting the pipes wrong. I need to double and triple check the updated code - or fix the resulting errors when I don’t do that.
thih9 on Hacker News
I’ve been skeptical of the AI craze...
nanoscale views
A few quick highlights
It's been a very busy time, hence my lower posting frequency. It was rather intense trying to...
a year ago
It's been a very busy time, hence my lower posting frequency. It was rather intense trying to attend both the KITP conference and the morning sessions of the DOE experimental condensed matter PI meeting (pdf of agenda here). A few quick highlights that I thought were...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Language Servers are the New Frameworks
Developer Experience is shifting left, all the way to onKeyUp.
over a year ago
Developer Experience is shifting left, all the way to onKeyUp.
Open Culture
Medieval Cats Behaving Badly: Kitties That Left Paw Prints … and Peed … on 15th Century Manuscripts
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” –Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808–90) When...
7 months ago
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” –Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808–90) When Emir O. Filipovic, a medievalist at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, visited the State Archives of Dubrovnik, he stumbled upon something that will hardly surprise...
diamond geezer
I wish it could be every day
I wish it could be Christmas Eve every day
• Shopping would always be madness.
• No more Countdown...
12 months ago
I wish it could be Christmas Eve every day
• Shopping would always be madness.
• No more Countdown on C4, just endless reruns of The Snowman.
• You'd forever be wrapping presents but not opening them.
• You'd soon run out of sellotape.
• Christmas jumpers would no longer be a...
TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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11 months ago
Explorations of an...
Borneo, October 2022
Borneo, the third largest island in the world behind Greenland and New Guinea, is home to some of...
a year ago
Borneo, the third largest island in the world behind Greenland and New Guinea, is home to some of the planet’s oldest rainforests, containing a stunning array of biodiversity. The conditions in Borneo forests have stimulated the evolution of many different organisms that are...
abdz.do - Have you...
Singula brand identity & website design
Singula brand identity & website design
abduzeedo0206—23
Singula...
a year ago
Singula brand identity & website design
abduzeedo0206—23
Singula builds teams to develop websites, services and applications, move products to the cloud, and turn a legacy-filled solution into a lean microservice architecture. They already have...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Route
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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a month ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Maps Mania
The Street Names of Budapest
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Seldo.com
On AI, ML, LLMs and the future of software
a year ago
IEEE Spectrum
Video Friday: Robot Dog Handstand
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE...
a month ago
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
Humanoids 2024: 22–24 November...
This Space
The Lascaux Notebooks by Jean-Luc Champerret
Lascaux, a placename standing for the abyssal revelation of the cave paintings discovered there...
over a year ago
Lascaux, a placename standing for the abyssal revelation of the cave paintings discovered there after millennia in darkness, and Notebooks, suggesting a private endeavour, preparation, a work to come. While neither is secret as such, neither was meant for the light. Two intrigues...
Opsbros
Volumer
I've always wanted a good USB volume control, so I decided to design one.
over a year ago
I've always wanted a good USB volume control, so I decided to design one.
The Honest Broker
How to Break Free from Dopamine Culture
My quest for a healthier relationship with technology
9 months ago
My quest for a healthier relationship with technology
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
diamond geezer
PR bumf round-up
I haven't whinged about unsolicited PR emails for a while because I don't get as many as I used to....
2 weeks ago
I haven't whinged about unsolicited PR emails for a while because I don't get as many as I used to. But they still trickle in, generally from hopeful marketeers with a press release to regurgitate or a plea to amplify some sponsored content. We don't do that here, thanks.
Zarya...
Math Is Still...
Scientists Find a Fast Way to Describe Quantum Systems
After years of false starts, a team of computer scientists has found a way to efficiently deduce the...
7 months ago
After years of false starts, a team of computer scientists has found a way to efficiently deduce the Hamiltonian of a physical system at any constant temperature.
The post Scientists Find a Fast Way to Describe Quantum Systems first appeared on Quanta Magazine
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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7 months ago
swyx's site RSS Feed
A Glance through Docusaurus, Docz, and React-Static
a survey of new documentation/static site generators
over a year ago
a survey of new documentation/static site generators
The Modern House
The best of Kensal Rise and Queen’s Park, north-west London
a year ago
Style over Substance
How to build your own Goodman ZONE camera, part 2
The Goodman ZONE is a medium-format 3D-printed film camera designed by Dora Goodman as part of her...
over a year ago
The Goodman ZONE is a medium-format 3D-printed film camera designed by Dora Goodman as part of her range of open-source camera models, using the existing Mamiya Press lens series for glass and the Mamiya RB67 backs to hold film. She sells pre-printed kits that contain all the...
TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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10 months ago
Cartogrammar
Cartographic Summit 2016
In the official Cartographic Summit photo above, I’m the robot on the right edge who doesn’t know...
over a year ago
In the official Cartographic Summit photo above, I’m the robot on the right edge who doesn’t know how to stand like a normal human. I’ve just returned from this unusual event, which was part traditional conference and part unconference, with people in attendance only by...
Both Are True
good word / bad word - issue 1
because some words are good and others are bad
9 months ago
because some words are good and others are bad
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
bt RSS Feed
Unsolicited Design Review - Dropbox
Unsolicited Design Review - Dropbox
2017-10-10
Earlier last week the design team at Dropbox unveiled...
over a year ago
Unsolicited Design Review - Dropbox
2017-10-10
Earlier last week the design team at Dropbox unveiled their new branding / design system for the company as a whole. If you haven’t seen the updated design yet, you can do so here: dropbox.design (Take your time, I can wait).
I...
Maps Mania
What is Your Neighborhood Scare Score?
2 months ago
Mazdak
2024: A Roadmap for AI's Next Big Step
2023 was a whirlwind year for artificial intelligence (AI). ChatGPT wowed us with its ability to...
12 months ago
2023 was a whirlwind year for artificial intelligence (AI). ChatGPT wowed us with its ability to generate human-quality text, while chipmaker Nvidia pushed the boundaries of what's possible with graphics processing units (GPUs). But amidst the hype, there were also concerns about...
Applied Cartography
Applied Cartography × Indie Rails
Chatted with Jess and Jeremy about a whole slew of things, from pricing strategy to terrifying and...
2 months ago
Chatted with Jess and Jeremy about a whole slew of things, from pricing strategy to terrifying and arcane differences between various Markdown parsers (including why I hate Slack.) They were particularly kind and gracious given that the amount of production-quality Rails I've...
The Marginalian
How to Love the World More: George Saunders on the Courage of Uncertainty
"In a world full of people who seem to know everything, passionately, based on little (often...
a year ago
"In a world full of people who seem to know everything, passionately, based on little (often slanted) information, where certainty is often mistaken for power, what a relief it is to be in the company of someone confident enough to stay unsure (that is, perpetually curious)."
TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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a year ago
Val Sopi
Punctuality Above All
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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...
Posts on Made of...
Using Haskell's 'newtype' in C
A common problem in software engineering is avoiding confusion and errors when dealing with multiple...
over a year ago
A common problem in software engineering is avoiding confusion and errors when dealing with multiple types of data that share the same representation. Classic examples include differentiating between measurements stored in different units, distinguishing between a string of HTML...
Seth's Blog
Moving toward ease
“Ease” isn’t the same as “easy.” In fact, they’re often at odds. Easy work is hardly worth our...
2 months ago
“Ease” isn’t the same as “easy.” In fact, they’re often at odds. Easy work is hardly worth our effort. It can deaden us instead of giving us the chance to bring our best selves to life. Ease, on the other hand, is the feeling of doing something worthwhile, and doing it well. When...
Irrational...
Constraints on giving feedback.
Back when I was managing at Digg and Uber, I spent a lot of time delivering feedback to my...
7 months ago
Back when I was managing at Digg and Uber, I spent a lot of time delivering feedback to my management chain about issues in our organization. My intentions were good, but I alienated my management chain without accomplishing much. I also shared my concerns with my team, which I...
bt RSS Feed
My Static Blog Publishing Setup and an Apology to RSS Subscribers
My Static Blog Publishing Setup and an Apology to RSS Subscribers
2022-03-21
In case you missed it,...
over a year ago
My Static Blog Publishing Setup and an Apology to RSS Subscribers
2022-03-21
In case you missed it, this website is now generated with pure HTML & CSS. Although, generated isn’t the proper way to describe it anymore. Written is a better description.
No more Markdown files. No...
Noahpinion
Is immigration raising rents in America?
No, but in a few big cities it might be.
a year ago
No, but in a few big cities it might be.
African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
Vitalik Buterin's...
My 40-liter backpack travel guide
over a year ago
Passing Time
What My Friends Have to Say About Me
A Japanese proverb states that if the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
over a year ago
A Japanese proverb states that if the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
Londonist
Buy London-Themed Stocking Fillers, Secret Santa Pressies And More In Londonist's Online Shop!
Truly unique gifts designed by yours truly.
a year ago
Truly unique gifts designed by yours truly.
diamond geezer
The Map House
An exhibition of tube maps, dozens and dozens of them, is pretty much nirvana for some people. If...
a month ago
An exhibition of tube maps, dozens and dozens of them, is pretty much nirvana for some people. If this is you be sure to make a pilgrimage to The Map House (nearest station Knightsbridge) before the end of the month. Look for the gold tube map in the window, just round the corner...
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
Noahpinion
Is U.S. industrial policy learning from its mistakes?
I hope so, because mistakes are being made.
11 months ago
I hope so, because mistakes are being made.
Seth's Blog
The sportscar quadrants
They apply to jobs, relationships, art projects and everything in between: The top right is the rare...
a year ago
They apply to jobs, relationships, art projects and everything in between: The top right is the rare one–a car that goes fast but doesn’t feel like it’s on the edge. The hot rod is a car that is actually pretty safe, precisely because it doesn’t feel that way. You don’t have to...
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware March 2023
The Ware for March 2023 is the controller board from a Hövding 3 “Airbag for Urban Cyclists”....
a year ago
The Ware for March 2023 is the controller board from a Hövding 3 “Airbag for Urban Cyclists”. Congrats to jackw01 for arriving at the correct answer! congrats, email me for your prize. This one was surprisingly difficult to guess from just the PCB alone, but once the associated...
The American Scholar
Ideology as Anatomy
How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives
The post Ideology as Anatomy...
2 weeks ago
How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives
The post Ideology as Anatomy appeared first on The American Scholar.
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Personalized Health Insurance and the Payer Stack | Out-Of-Pocket
Stacks on stacks on stacks
a year ago
Stacks on stacks on stacks
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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6 months ago
Infinite Scroll
Weekly Scroll: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Theater Kids, BlueSky momentum, and Kai Cenat's big month
3 weeks ago
Theater Kids, BlueSky momentum, and Kai Cenat's big month
Diaries of Note
Practically all were intact
Frank Hurley was an audacious Australian photographer and adventurer best known for his remarkable...
a year ago
Frank Hurley was an audacious Australian photographer and adventurer best known for his remarkable images of Antarctica, particularly those he took on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. When Hurley wrote this diary entry on 2nd November 1915,...
David Heinemeier...
ONCE #1 is entirely #nobuild for the front-end
The dream has come true. It’s now possible to build fast, modern web applications without...
a year ago
The dream has come true. It’s now possible to build fast, modern web applications without transpiling or bundling either JavaScript or CSS. I’ve been working towards this personal nirvana ever since we begrudgingly started transpiling and bundling assets in the late 2000s....
Maps Mania
The Riskiest Places to Live in America
5 months ago
mtlynch.io
Delete the Timestamps from your Static Blog
I build this blog using Hugo, a popular static site generator.
The way Hugo works is that when I...
a month ago
I build this blog using Hugo, a popular static site generator.
The way Hugo works is that when I create a new blog post, Hugo generates a default template that looks like this:
--- title: "My New Post" date: 2024-11-16T20:33:09-04:00 --- The boilerplate for the post contains a...
McMansion Hell
bonus mcmansion hell: terrible things are happening in McLean, VA
Read the bonus post on Patreon!
over a year ago
Read the bonus post on Patreon!
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