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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Grawl Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Any swear words you notice are pareidolia. Today's...
7 months ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Grawl

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

7 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Any swear words you notice are pareidolia. Today's News:
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the singularity is...
Resentment If you give some monkeys a slice of cucumber each, they are all pretty happy. Then you give one...
3 months ago
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Resentment

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

3 months ago
If you give some monkeys a slice of cucumber each, they are all pretty happy. Then you give one monkey a grape, and nobody is happy with their cucumber any more. They might even throw the slices back at the experimenter. He got a god damned grape this is bullshit I don’t want a...
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Seth's Blog
The good news What if there were a pipeline into your day, a series of emails or posts or feeds that had nothing...
a year ago
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The good news

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

a year ago
What if there were a pipeline into your day, a series of emails or posts or feeds that had nothing but nice things, positive feedback and encouragement coming your way? Amazingly, you could build something like that in just a few minutes and have it forever. If the bad news...
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Open Culture
David Bowie Performs an Ethereal Acoustic Version of “Heroes,” with a Bottle Cap Strapped to His... Not long ago I stumbled upon this pretty wonderful video of David Bowie playing an acoustic version...
4 months ago
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David Bowie Performs an Ethereal Acoustic Version of “Heroes,” with a Bottle Cap Strapped to His Shoe, Keeping the Beat (1996)

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in history

4 months ago
Not long ago I stumbled upon this pretty wonderful video of David Bowie playing an acoustic version of “Heroes,” one of my favorite songs, and I thought I’d quickly share it today. Why wait? Appearing at Neil Young’s annual Bridge School Benefit concert in October 1996, Bowie...
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Old Structures...
The Public Realm This is the 1895 firehouse constructed for Engine Company 31 and Battalion 2 of the Fire Department...
10 months ago
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The Public Realm

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

10 months ago
This is the 1895 firehouse constructed for Engine Company 31 and Battalion 2 of the Fire Department of New York, at Lafayette and White Streets. The fire department facilities were moved elsewhere over 50 years ago, but the building is landmarked and reusable, so it has been...
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Open Culture
When the Grateful Dead Played at the Egyptian Pyramids, in the Shadow of the Sphinx (1978) In September of 1978, the Grateful Dead traveled to Egypt and played three shows at the Great...
11 months ago
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When the Grateful Dead Played at the Egyptian Pyramids, in the Shadow of the Sphinx (1978)

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in creative

11 months ago
In September of 1978, the Grateful Dead traveled to Egypt and played three shows at the Great Pyramid of Giza, with the Great Sphinx looking over their shoulders. It wasn’t the first time a rock band played in an ancient setting. Pink Floyd performed songs in the middle of the...
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Wanderingspace
Apollo Lunar Rover Video Corrected Speed and Stabilized It is remarkable the difference watching this version where the time is corrected and camera...
over a year ago
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Apollo Lunar Rover Video Corrected Speed and Stabilized

from Wanderingspace [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
It is remarkable the difference watching this version where the time is corrected and camera stabilized.. The film restorer behind DutchSteamMachine used AI to stabilize shaky footage and generate new frames in NASA moon landing films; increasing the frame rate, smoothed the...
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On Test Automation
The test automation quadrant, or a different way to look at your tests Like many others working in software testing, and more specifically in automation, I have been...
6 months ago
50

The test automation quadrant, or a different way to look at your tests

from On Test Automation [alt+shift+b] in programming

6 months ago
Like many others working in software testing, and more specifically in automation, I have been introduced to the concept of the test automation pyramid early on in my career. While this model has received its share of criticism in the testing community over the years, I still use...
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Seldo.com
The case for frameworks
over a year ago
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The case for frameworks

from Seldo.com [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
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TheCollector
Picasso’s 12 Most Famous Works: Iconic Pieces to Know Pablo Picasso had a long and prolific career that lasted more than seventy years. He manipulated...
a month ago
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Picasso’s 12 Most Famous Works: Iconic Pieces to Know

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

a month ago
Pablo Picasso had a long and prolific career that lasted more than seventy years. He manipulated mediums, forms, and genres, never seizing his experimentations and never settling in one style for too long. From traditional realistic painting, he moved to Post-Impressionism and...
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Quanta Magazine
Thirty Years Later, a Speed Boost for Quantum Factoring Shor’s algorithm will enable future quantum computers to factor large numbers quickly, undermining...
a year ago
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Thirty Years Later, a Speed Boost for Quantum Factoring

from Quanta Magazine [alt+shift+b] in science

a year ago
Shor’s algorithm will enable future quantum computers to factor large numbers quickly, undermining many online security protocols. Now a researcher has shown how to do it even faster. The post Thirty Years Later, a Speed Boost for Quantum Factoring first appeared on...
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Nat Eliason's...
How to Be (Reasonably) Hard on Yourself The mantra
11 months ago
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How to Be (Reasonably) Hard on Yourself

from Nat Eliason's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

11 months ago
The mantra
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devonzuegel.com
The road to hell is paved with asphalt Most roads are paved with asphalt. Unfortunately, there are a lot of problems with asphalt. Bricks,...
a year ago
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The road to hell is paved with asphalt

from devonzuegel.com [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
Most roads are paved with asphalt. Unfortunately, there are a lot of problems with asphalt. Bricks, cobblestones, and pavers are often much better options, because: 1. Asphalt degrades fast, so once you account for maintenance, it's more expensive it first appears Asphalt...
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Calculated Risk
MBA: Mortgage Applications Increased in Weekly Survey From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey Mortgage applications...
5 months ago
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Increased in Weekly Survey

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

5 months ago
From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey Mortgage applications increased 0.1 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 17,...
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Rozado’s Visual...
Which is the Wokest AI? A Wokeness Ranking of LLMs
a year ago
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Which is the Wokest AI?

from Rozado’s Visual Analytics [alt+shift+b] in AI

a year ago
A Wokeness Ranking of LLMs
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Common Edge
20 Life Lessons in Architecture (and Beyond) Some suggestions on living a life in design with meaning and purpose.
9 months ago
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20 Life Lessons in Architecture (and Beyond)

from Common Edge [alt+shift+b] in architecture

9 months ago
Some suggestions on living a life in design with meaning and purpose.
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PostHog's RSS Feed
How (and why) to track your website with PostHog PostHog may have been built for product analytics, but that doesn’t mean you can only deploy it on...
over a year ago
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How (and why) to track your website with PostHog

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

over a year ago
PostHog may have been built for product analytics, but that doesn’t mean you can only deploy it on your core product — you can also use it to gather…
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The Codist
My Wikipedia Entry For Trapeze Maury Markowitz wrote up the story of Trapeze (covered earlier in this blog) on Wikipedia. It sure...
a year ago
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My Wikipedia Entry For Trapeze

from The Codist [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
Maury Markowitz wrote up the story of Trapeze (covered earlier in this blog) on Wikipedia. It sure seems like a long time ago.
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Christopher Butler
The Pigeonhole Principle Why perfect organization is not possible. I stare at the blank index pages of my new...
5 months ago
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The Pigeonhole Principle

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

5 months ago
Why perfect organization is not possible. I stare at the blank index pages of my new commonplace book, my pen hovering uncertainly. More than two decades of digital design work, and I’m stumped by the simple task of organizing an analog notebook. Come on, I thought to...
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99% Invisible
Brilliantly Boring [EPISODE] If you’ve been paying attention to our Power Broker series, then you know that bad infrastructure...
8 months ago
59

Brilliantly Boring [EPISODE]

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

8 months ago
If you’ve been paying attention to our Power Broker series, then you know that bad infrastructure can cause harm. That makes it all the more important to recognize the thought and care that goes into the objects we use and see everyday. Nothing embodies that spirit of recognition...
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Unity Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: The header of the second panel really should be...
a year ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Unity

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: The header of the second panel really should be above most comic panels. Today's News: Oh God, is it 2024? And I'm still doing these
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Articles
Choose your audience wisely
over a year ago
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Choose your audience wisely

from Articles [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
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Chris Grossack's...
Life in Johnstone's Topological Topos 2 -- Topological Algebras In the first post, we introduced Johnstone’s topological topos $\mathcal{T}$ and talked about what...
a year ago
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Life in Johnstone's Topological Topos 2 -- Topological Algebras

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

a year ago
In the first post, we introduced Johnstone’s topological topos $\mathcal{T}$ and talked about what its objects look like. We showed how the interpretation of type theory in $\mathcal{T}$ gives us an “intrinsic topology” on any type we construct. We also alluded to the fact...
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Calculated Risk
Lawler: Some Observations on the Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Wind-Down and Reinvestment... From housing economist Tom Lawler: Click on table for larger image. Given the significant declines...
3 months ago
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Lawler: Some Observations on the Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Wind-Down and Reinvestment “Strategy” (Still in Quantitative Easing Mode, Just Less So)

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

3 months ago
From housing economist Tom Lawler: Click on table for larger image. Given the significant declines in Federal Reserve holdings of Treasuries and Agency MBS since early 2022, the uninformed (such as Treasury Secretary Bessent) might conclude that the Federal Reserve has been a big...
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Eric Bailey
Equivalent experience can cut both ways I’ve been taking screen reader lessons. I found someone who is kind enough to offer their time and...
a year ago
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Equivalent experience can cut both ways

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

a year ago
I’ve been taking screen reader lessons. I found someone who is kind enough to offer their time and expertise (and grace in answering the occasional ignorant question) in exchange for payment. The goal here is to uncover assumptions I carry with me when using assistive technology,...
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Platformer
Meta's Nick Clegg on how AI is reshaping the feed A year after recommended posts caused a crisis at Instagram, the company's systems have improved —...
over a year ago
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Meta's Nick Clegg on how AI is reshaping the feed

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
A year after recommended posts caused a crisis at Instagram, the company's systems have improved — and it's ready to talk about how they work
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Confessions of a...
The Design & Implementation of the CPython Virtual Machine A deep dive into CPython's bytecode instruction format and execution engine internals
10 months ago
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The Design & Implementation of the CPython Virtual Machine

from Confessions of a Code Addict [alt+shift+b] in programming

10 months ago
A deep dive into CPython's bytecode instruction format and execution engine internals
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TokyoDev
Why I sold Doorkeeper この記事は[日本語でも](/articles/why-i-sold-doorkeeper-ja)お読みいただけます。 I can pinpoint the exact time when I...
over a year ago
26

Why I sold Doorkeeper

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
この記事は[日本語でも](/articles/why-i-sold-doorkeeper-ja)お読みいただけます。 I can pinpoint the exact time when I decided to sell [Doorkeeper](https://www.doorkeeper.jp), the event management platform I helped launch in 2010, incorporated in 2013, and made profitable in 2016. It was a Friday...
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A Beautiful Site
How to get faster and better help from support It's tempting to take out your frustrations on the support person answering your email, but don't...
over a year ago
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How to get faster and better help from support

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
It's tempting to take out your frustrations on the support person answering your email, but don't send out a message raging about their incompetence. Don't tell them how their product sucks or doesn't work the way you expect it to. Don't TYPE IN ALL CAPS to make sure they...
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Noahpinion
China's demographics will be fine through mid-century There is no imminent crisis.
a year ago
111

China's demographics will be fine through mid-century

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a year ago
There is no imminent crisis.
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Noahpinion
A vote for Trump is a vote for chaos Let's leave the 2010s in the past where they belong.
a year ago
48

A vote for Trump is a vote for chaos

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
Let's leave the 2010s in the past where they belong.
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Old Structures...
Happy Thanksgiving ‘Nuff said.
7 months ago
56

Happy Thanksgiving

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

7 months ago
‘Nuff said.
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Quanta Magazine
How Quantum Physicists Explained Earth’s Oscillating Weather Patterns By treating Earth as a topological insulator — a state of quantum matter — physicists found a...
a year ago
22

How Quantum Physicists Explained Earth’s Oscillating Weather Patterns

from Quanta Magazine [alt+shift+b] in science

a year ago
By treating Earth as a topological insulator — a state of quantum matter — physicists found a powerful explanation for the movements of the planet’s air and seas. The post How Quantum Physicists Explained Earth’s Oscillating Weather Patterns first appeared on Quanta...
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TheCollector
10 Ancient Maya Ruins You Can Visit The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across...
3 months ago
10

10 Ancient Maya Ruins You Can Visit

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

3 months ago
The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across present-day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador for thousands of years. Emerging around 2000 BCE, the Maya developed advanced writing, mathematics, astronomy, and...
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TheCollector
How Many Children Did Genghis Khan Have? Separating Myth from Reality Genghis Khan’s genetic legacy has never been doubted. The question is, how many kids did Genghis...
a week ago
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How Many Children Did Genghis Khan Have? Separating Myth from Reality

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

a week ago
Genghis Khan’s genetic legacy has never been doubted. The question is, how many kids did Genghis Khan have? According to historical records, Khan’s official heirs numbered four through his primary wife Börte. Married to Temujin, later Khan, at age 17, Börte’s original tribe...
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TokyoDev
A Win-Win: Multinational Development Teams at Givery There is a shortage of skilled tech workers in Japan, and a growing number of Japanese companies...
9 months ago
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A Win-Win: Multinational Development Teams at Givery

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

9 months ago
There is a shortage of skilled tech workers in Japan, and a growing number of Japanese companies have responded by building new, multinational development teams. An in-house multinational team, which typically uses English as a first language, can allow a Japanese company to take...
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Tony Finch's blog
Blue paint in the C preprocessor In the C preprocessor, after a macro has been expanded the result is rescanned for further macros....
a year ago
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Blue paint in the C preprocessor

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

a year ago
In the C preprocessor, after a macro has been expanded the result is rescanned for further macros. To prevent recursion, [the C standard][n3220] says the following in section 6.10.5.4p2. (This text has been basically the same since C89.) If the name of the macro being replaced is...
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alexwlchan
Getting faster Jekyll builds with caching in plugins This website is a static site built with Jekyll, and recently I overhauled the process for...
a year ago
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Getting faster Jekyll builds with caching in plugins

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
This website is a static site built with Jekyll, and recently I overhauled the process for generating the site. This should be invisible if you’re just a reader, but it makes a big difference to me – like any software project, I’d accumulated cruft and complexity, and it was time...
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The Works in...
The road from serfdom Using opt-ins to reform Russia's backwards tsarist agricultural sector
a year ago
92

The road from serfdom

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in science

a year ago
Using opt-ins to reform Russia's backwards tsarist agricultural sector
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Willem's Blog
One year on the ultimate commuter bike Answering questions from one of the most popular posts of last year, I am reviewing my commuter bike...
over a year ago
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One year on the ultimate commuter bike

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

over a year ago
Answering questions from one of the most popular posts of last year, I am reviewing my commuter bike after one year of extensive use through winter and summer.
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Sometimes It Works...
Punctuated Excitement Punctuated Excitement Sunsets always lead to sunrises ¶Punctuated Excitement When I try to tell new...
over a year ago
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Punctuated Excitement

from Sometimes It Works :: simonhamp.me [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Punctuated Excitement Sunsets always lead to sunrises ¶Punctuated Excitement When I try to tell new acquaintances about what I do, the conversation usually finishes in 30 seconds with them saying something like “oh yeah, IT, I thought so” or “so you’re a web designer?” So I...
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Seth's Blog
Freelancer as centaur Freelancers looking to build a career have two good options: The lousy options are to insist that...
3 months ago
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Freelancer as centaur

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

3 months ago
Freelancers looking to build a career have two good options: The lousy options are to insist that you don’t use AI, but to be slower, more expensive and not as good as the AI option. Or to do tasks that an AI assigns you. Hiring an AI to work for you and getting very good […]
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Transit Maps
Submission – Fantasy Map: Tram Network for Bristol, England by Elliott Sargent Submitted by Elliott, who says: I’ve been a fan of your work for a while now, and thought I’d submit...
over a year ago
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Submission – Fantasy Map: Tram Network for Bristol, England by Elliott Sargent

from Transit Maps [alt+shift+b] in cartography

over a year ago
Submitted by Elliott, who says: I’ve been a fan of your work for a while now, and thought I’d submit my own work for judgement. I’ve had a crack at designing a map for an as-yet non-existent tram and bus network for Bristol, UK, a city in dire need of reliable, integrated public...
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Win Vector LLC
Demonstrating Kelly Betting with Chips I have a new video demonstrating the Kelly Can’t Fail betting strategy. The idea is: this is a...
2 months ago
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Demonstrating Kelly Betting with Chips

from Win Vector LLC [alt+shift+b] in AI

2 months ago
I have a new video demonstrating the Kelly Can’t Fail betting strategy. The idea is: this is a classroom appropriate tool for discussing allocating assets in the presence of risk. The usual Kelly betting on coin-flips is too high variance to expect successful classroom...
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Irrational...
Staff-Plus
a year ago
30

Staff-Plus

from Irrational Exuberance [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
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The Diff
How High Does AI's Revenue Per User Get? Plus! The Challenges of Scaling Challengers; The Reddit Loop; Scaling AI by Doing Things That Don't...
6 months ago
42

How High Does AI's Revenue Per User Get?

from The Diff [alt+shift+b] in finance

6 months ago
Plus! The Challenges of Scaling Challengers; The Reddit Loop; Scaling AI by Doing Things That Don't Scale Yet; Complete Markets; Legitimacy and Growth
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The Map is Mostly...
Everything I know about gardening I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies...
over a year ago
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Everything I know about gardening

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

over a year ago
I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies and roses, or my fields, and several people have asked me to write about gardening, or for gardening advice. But this request encounters a ridiculous shortcoming: I know almost...
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The American Scholar
This Woman’s Work Susannah Gibson opens the parlor doors on 18th-century feminism The post This Woman’s Work appeared...
9 months ago
42

This Woman’s Work

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

9 months ago
Susannah Gibson opens the parlor doors on 18th-century feminism The post This Woman’s Work appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Archinect - Features
After the Altadena Fire: An Ode to Our House Until last week, my wife Tomo and I had the great pleasure of being stewards of Whitney Smith's...
5 months ago
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After the Altadena Fire: An Ode to Our House

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5 months ago
Until last week, my wife Tomo and I had the great pleasure of being stewards of Whitney Smith's Holmes House. It was built by Jackson and Evelyn Holmes in 1941. In 2021, it became LA County Historic Landmark #8. What made this house so special was not that it was gigantic,...
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The Ruffian
Why Britain's Elites Shun Highbrow Culture The Signal Has Flipped
9 months ago
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Why Britain's Elites Shun Highbrow Culture

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9 months ago
The Signal Has Flipped
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Daniel Marino
GitHub Game Off 2021 Retrospective Recently, I completed the GitHub Game Off. With over 500 entries, this is the largest game jam I’ve...
over a year ago
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GitHub Game Off 2021 Retrospective

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over a year ago
Recently, I completed the GitHub Game Off. With over 500 entries, this is the largest game jam I’ve been a part of. I had some lofty goals for this game, and I just about met them all. I’m extremely happy with how the game came out! Like prior games I’ve made, I don’t tend to...
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The Honest Broker
How Do You Celebrate Truman Capote's 100th Birthday? Today is his centenary, but is Capote a hero or just an embarrassment?
9 months ago
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How Do You Celebrate Truman Capote's 100th Birthday?

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9 months ago
Today is his centenary, but is Capote a hero or just an embarrassment?
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Christopher Butler
Who is the internet for? SEO, Clickless Search, and the AInternet Imagine designing and building a home while its...
5 months ago
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Who is the internet for?

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5 months ago
SEO, Clickless Search, and the AInternet Imagine designing and building a home while its residents continued living in it. What you create is highly customized to them because you observe them living in real time and make what they need. One day, while you’re still working,...
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Eric Bailey
An Introduction to macOS Voice Control
over a year ago
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An Introduction to macOS Voice Control

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over a year ago
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Arduino Blog
Bringing Quake to Arduino: a game-changing project by Nicola Wrachien Following up on his successful Doom port last year, engineer Nicola Wrachien – who works at Silicon...
9 months ago
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Bringing Quake to Arduino: a game-changing project by Nicola Wrachien

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9 months ago
Following up on his successful Doom port last year, engineer Nicola Wrachien – who works at Silicon Labs, a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world and long-time Arduino partner – has now tackled an even bigger challenge: porting Quake, the...
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Noahpinion
The reverse OPEC maneuver Pricing power in the oil industry is shifting, and will shift more.
over a year ago
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The reverse OPEC maneuver

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over a year ago
Pricing power in the oil industry is shifting, and will shift more.
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Noahpinion
Energy Bell: The sketch of an idea How can we get America back to the forefront of energy research?
12 months ago
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Energy Bell: The sketch of an idea

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12 months ago
How can we get America back to the forefront of energy research?
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Articles
Meshwest Edmonton
over a year ago
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Meshwest Edmonton

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over a year ago
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mtlynch.io
Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business Jason Cohen’s 2013 Microconf talk, Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business with Jason Cohen, is...
over a year ago
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Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business

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over a year ago
Jason Cohen’s 2013 Microconf talk, Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business with Jason Cohen, is one of the most valuable resources I’ve found for bootstrapped founders. I watched it for the first time in 2020, and I’ve revisited it repeatedly since then. If you’re new to the...
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Christopher Butler
Gestalt Principles of Design – Symmetry We tend to perceive symmetrical elements as being connected, even if they are not. The Gestalt...
a year ago
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Gestalt Principles of Design – Symmetry

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

a year ago
We tend to perceive symmetrical elements as being connected, even if they are not. The Gestalt Principles of Design are a set of concepts and guidelines drawn from gestalt psychology, which theorizes that the mind tends to process organized groups of things as a whole,...
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Acko.net
On Progress The known unknown knowns we lost When people think of George Orwell's 1984, what usually comes to...
over a year ago
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On Progress

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over a year ago
The known unknown knowns we lost When people think of George Orwell's 1984, what usually comes to mind is the orwellianism: a society in the grip of a dictatorial, oppressive regime which rewrote history daily as if it was a casual matter. Not me though. For whatever reason,...
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Diaries of Note
Happy New Year It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared...
a year ago
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Happy New Year

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a year ago
It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared 365 diary entries written by 365 different people—each offering a chance to live a day in someone else’s shoes. It’s been an intense and remarkable year, filled with insights,...
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TheCollector
9 Myths About the Greek Goddess Hera In Greek mythology, Hera was the goddess of women, marriage and married life. She was the queen of...
4 months ago
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9 Myths About the Greek Goddess Hera

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4 months ago
In Greek mythology, Hera was the goddess of women, marriage and married life. She was the queen of the gods by her marriage to Zeus. In art, she was generally depicted wearing a crown and a peplos, a long sleeveless robe that was customary for women in ancient Greece. She was a...
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Articles
Kathy Sierra is brilliant
over a year ago
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Kathy Sierra is brilliant

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over a year ago
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Society's Backend:...
What Makes Machine Learning so Hard for Software Engineers How decades of learning a mindset makes adapting difficult
10 months ago
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What Makes Machine Learning so Hard for Software Engineers

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10 months ago
How decades of learning a mindset makes adapting difficult
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Taste Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Really, without the heart medication and...
10 months ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Taste

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10 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Really, without the heart medication and microplastics you don't get the proper terroire. Today's News:
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime? An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
a year ago
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Does poverty cause violent crime?

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a year ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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Josh Comeau's blog
Common Beginner Mistakes with React I used to teach React at a local coding bootcamp, and I noticed that students kept getting tripped...
over a year ago
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Common Beginner Mistakes with React

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over a year ago
I used to teach React at a local coding bootcamp, and I noticed that students kept getting tripped up by the same handful of things. In this article, we're going to go through 9 of the most dastardly gotchas. I'll show you how to solve these common problems, so you can avoid a...
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Ryan Hoover's...
Home, a visual music project
10 months ago
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Home, a visual music project

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10 months ago
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Londonist
Can You Set Off Your Own Fireworks In London? DIY whizzbangs, explained.
a year ago
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Can You Set Off Your Own Fireworks In London?

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a year ago
DIY whizzbangs, explained.
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Retail Design Blog
RERY Fashion Lifestyle Centre by Dayuan Design As China‘s consumer market, at least in its top-tier cities, has reached maturity level, the retail...
4 weeks ago
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RERY Fashion Lifestyle Centre by Dayuan Design

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4 weeks ago
As China‘s consumer market, at least in its top-tier cities, has reached maturity level, the retail landscape is keeping abreast...
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watchTowr Labs
Fortinet FortiGate CVE-2024-23113 - A Super Complex Vulnerability In A Super Secure Appliance In... Today we'd like to share a recent journey into (yet another) SSLVPN appliance vulnerability - a...
8 months ago
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Fortinet FortiGate CVE-2024-23113 - A Super Complex Vulnerability In A Super Secure Appliance In 2024

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8 months ago
Today we'd like to share a recent journey into (yet another) SSLVPN appliance vulnerability - a Format String vulnerability, unusually, in Fortinet's FortiGate devices. It affected (before patching) all currently-maintained branches, and recently was highlighted by CISA as...
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Tech and Tea
Reader Mailbag: Struggling to do it all A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and...
a year ago
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Reader Mailbag: Struggling to do it all

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a year ago
A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and getting in touch with their identity outside of work.
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Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#36) The silent majority and the Palestine protests; immigration is fine; batteries make solar work;...
a year ago
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At least five interesting things for your weekend (#36)

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a year ago
The silent majority and the Palestine protests; immigration is fine; batteries make solar work; building warships in Japan; the decels of the Right
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xkcd.com
Typical Seating Chart
a year ago
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Typical Seating Chart

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a year ago
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John Reynolds -...
Collage Collage 2016
over a year ago
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Collage

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over a year ago
Collage 2016
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Vadim Kravcenko
How to stop thinking as an engineer and start thinking like a business man? Uff, this is a tough one. I can say for sure — it’s possible, everything can be learned. I do...
a year ago
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How to stop thinking as an engineer and start thinking like a business man?

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a year ago
Uff, this is a tough one. I can say for sure — it’s possible, everything can be learned. I do […] The post How to stop thinking as an engineer and start thinking like a business man? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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CONTEMPORIST
A Medieval Guard House Transformed Into A Contemporary Home Architectural studio OOOOX has shared photos of a guard house with a history dating back to the...
4 months ago
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A Medieval Guard House Transformed Into A Contemporary Home

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4 months ago
Architectural studio OOOOX has shared photos of a guard house with a history dating back to the Middle Ages, that they’ve transformed into a contemporary home. A wood staircase leads from the street entrance up to the front door, with the stone walls and exposed wood ceiling...
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axio.ms
A small ode to the CRT Built October 2018 I used to hate Cathode Ray Tubes. As a kid in Europe, everything flickered at...
over a year ago
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A small ode to the CRT

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over a year ago
Built October 2018 I used to hate Cathode Ray Tubes. As a kid in Europe, everything flickered at 50Hz, or made a loud whistle at 15.625KHz (back when I could still hear it). CRTs just seemed crude, “electro-brutalist” contraptions from the valve era. They were heavy, and...
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alexwlchan
A day out at the Bure Valley Railway Last October, I had a day trip to the Bure Valley Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway in north...
over a year ago
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A day out at the Bure Valley Railway

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over a year ago
Last October, I had a day trip to the Bure Valley Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway in north Norfolk. I came across it quite by chance – I was driving through Aylsham to get to a B&B, and I spotted a sign pointing to the railway. I checked the website for a timetable,...
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Irrational...
Setting policy for strategy. This book’s introduction started by defining strategy as “making decisions.” Then we dug into...
3 months ago
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Setting policy for strategy.

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3 months ago
This book’s introduction started by defining strategy as “making decisions.” Then we dug into exploration, diagnosis, and refinement: three chapters where you could argue that we didn’t decide anything at all. Clarifying the problem to be solved is the prerequisite of effective...
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Yale e360
Birds vs. Wind Turbines: New Research Aims to Prevent Conflict Window collisions and cats kill more birds than wind farms do, but ornithologists say turbine...
4 weeks ago
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Birds vs. Wind Turbines: New Research Aims to Prevent Conflict

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4 weeks ago
Window collisions and cats kill more birds than wind farms do, but ornithologists say turbine impacts must be taken seriously. Scientists are testing a range of technologies to reduce bird strikes — from painting stripes to using artificial intelligence — to keep birds safe. Read...
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Marco.org
In-App Purchase Rules A summary of today’s changes to 3.1.3 Other Purchase Methods: Your app must use Apple’s...
over a year ago
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In-App Purchase Rules

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over a year ago
A summary of today’s changes to 3.1.3 Other Purchase Methods: Your app must use Apple’s in-app-purchase (IAP) system for all purchases made in the app. Unless they’re purchases for goods or services that are consumed outside the app, in which case you are prohibited from using...
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Adventures In...
Layout sandwich Here’s how to make an ArcGIS Pro layout where certain elements of the map step over the neatline and...
a year ago
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Layout sandwich

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a year ago
Here’s how to make an ArcGIS Pro layout where certain elements of the map step over the neatline and the graticule is relegated only to the oceans. Because that looks cool! Mapping has a long and handsome history of neatlines that are interrupted by bits of land spilling over it,...
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Electronics etc…
Measuring the HP 11720A Pulse Modulator and Coax Cables Introduction What is a pulse modulator and what are they used for? The HP 11720A Pulse...
over a year ago
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Measuring the HP 11720A Pulse Modulator and Coax Cables

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over a year ago
Introduction What is a pulse modulator and what are they used for? The HP 11720A Pulse Modulator Inside the HP 11720A Measurement Setup for a Quick Testing Session Pin Modulator Power Measurements with HP 432A Cable Loss Measurements with HP 432A Cable Power Measurements with...
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Josh Collinsworth
How to Check Uniqueness in an Array of Objects in JavaScript Working with arrays of objects in JavaScript can be difficult. This post covers how to ensure all...
over a year ago
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How to Check Uniqueness in an Array of Objects in JavaScript

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over a year ago
Working with arrays of objects in JavaScript can be difficult. This post covers how to ensure all object keys (IDs) are unique, and how to find non-unique values.
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Londonist
How To See London's Christmas Lights By Bus Watch the illuminations roll past, from your moquette throne.
a year ago
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How To See London's Christmas Lights By Bus

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a year ago
Watch the illuminations roll past, from your moquette throne.
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Willem's Blog
Hello, stranger "Discover the transformative power of simple conversations in our tech-dominated world, as one...
a year ago
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Hello, stranger

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a year ago
"Discover the transformative power of simple conversations in our tech-dominated world, as one individual delves into the lost art of talking to strangers and the profound connections it can forge."
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Astral Codex Ten
Open Thread 359 ...
6 months ago
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Open Thread 359

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6 months ago
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Seth's Blog
The biggest thing you bring to the project is forward Forward motion is an asset, a skill and a job title. Elevators used to need elevator operators. They...
2 months ago
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The biggest thing you bring to the project is forward

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2 months ago
Forward motion is an asset, a skill and a job title. Elevators used to need elevator operators. They didn’t go anywhere unless someone got on and announced they wanted to go somewhere. Initiative, desire and being willing to take responsibility are powerful because most of us...
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Mazdak
Apple’s Credit Card Shakeup: A Look at the Future of Fintech Partnerships In 2019, Apple and Goldman Sachs partnered to launch the Apple Card, a bold move that combined...
5 months ago
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Apple’s Credit Card Shakeup: A Look at the Future of Fintech Partnerships

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5 months ago
In 2019, Apple and Goldman Sachs partnered to launch the Apple Card, a bold move that combined technology and finance to offer a seamless credit experience.
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Computer Ads from...
Lintek Computer Accessories' Paper Tamer Restore Order (to your printer)
a year ago
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Lintek Computer Accessories' Paper Tamer

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a year ago
Restore Order (to your printer)
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Alex Meub
Protect Your Wireless Network Short of leaving your wireless network open, the Wifi Protected Setup (WPS) vulnerability is...
over a year ago
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Protect Your Wireless Network

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over a year ago
Short of leaving your wireless network open, the Wifi Protected Setup (WPS) vulnerability is probably the single biggest security hole on any home wireless network. About WiFi Protected Setup WiFi Protected Setup is a security standard that comes enabled by default on many...
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Quanta Magazine
In the Gut’s ‘Second Brain,’ Key Agents of Health Emerge Sitting alongside the neurons in your enteric nervous system are underappreciated glial cells, which...
a year ago
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In the Gut’s ‘Second Brain,’ Key Agents of Health Emerge

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a year ago
Sitting alongside the neurons in your enteric nervous system are underappreciated glial cells, which play key roles in digestion and disease that scientists are only just starting to understand. The post In the Gut’s ‘Second Brain,’ Key Agents of Health Emerge first...
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Calculated Risk
Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 31.2% YoY What this means: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active...
2 months ago
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Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 31.2% YoY

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2 months ago
What this means: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active inventory and new listings. On a monthly basis, they report total inventory. For March, Realtor.com reported inventory was up 28.5% YoY, but still down 20.2% compared to the 2017 to 2019...
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Seth's Blog
Project ownership (equity and equity) Since the days of Atari and Apple, the culture of Silicon Valley has been based on the idea of...
3 months ago
29

Project ownership (equity and equity)

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3 months ago
Since the days of Atari and Apple, the culture of Silicon Valley has been based on the idea of programmers and early employees owning equity in the startups they took a chance on. The media is always happy to write about folks who took a shot on stock options and did very well...
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Hidden History
World War One Trench Songs Today, we remember the First World War as a long drawn-out stalemate that resulted in four years of...
3 months ago
26

World War One Trench Songs

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3 months ago
Today, we remember the First World War as a long drawn-out stalemate that resulted in four years of blood but no gains by anybody—and a peace treaty that did nothing but cause another World War twenty years later. But less often remembered is the fact that the war was one of the...
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Archinect - Features
How Do We Teach AI? In Florida, One Architecture School Offers a Precedent As our recent Archinect In-Depth: Artificial Intelligence series demonstrated, AI will inevitably...
11 months ago
67

How Do We Teach AI? In Florida, One Architecture School Offers a Precedent

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11 months ago
As our recent Archinect In-Depth: Artificial Intelligence series demonstrated, AI will inevitably play a sizeable role in the future of the architectural profession. For architecture schools tasked with equipping students for the future of practice, the advent of AI poses...
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Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 4-10 March 2024 Do cool stuff for under a fiver.
a year ago
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Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 4-10 March 2024

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a year ago
Do cool stuff for under a fiver.
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balajis.com
Decentralizing Education with Synthesis I'm co-leading a round in Synthesis, a startup scaling the custom school built for Elon Musk’s kids.
over a year ago
27

Decentralizing Education with Synthesis

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over a year ago
I'm co-leading a round in Synthesis, a startup scaling the custom school built for Elon Musk’s kids.
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Calculated Risk
FHFA’s National Mortgage Database: Outstanding Mortgage Rates, LTV and Credit Scores Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: FHFA’s National Mortgage Database: Outstanding...
6 months ago
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FHFA’s National Mortgage Database: Outstanding Mortgage Rates, LTV and Credit Scores

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6 months ago
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: FHFA’s National Mortgage Database: Outstanding Mortgage Rates, LTV and Credit Scores A brief excerpt: Here are some graphs on outstanding mortgages by interest rate, the average mortgage interest rate, borrowers’ credit...
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The Diff
The Loneliness Economy Wins Through Higher Sustained Productivity Growth Plus! Bond Vigilantes; Deeper AI Search; Analysts; Shareholder Votes; Networks are Expensive to...
5 months ago
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The Loneliness Economy Wins Through Higher Sustained Productivity Growth

from The Diff [alt+shift+b] in finance

5 months ago
Plus! Bond Vigilantes; Deeper AI Search; Analysts; Shareholder Votes; Networks are Expensive to Build
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Yale e360
Distractions Cause Bad Code We are barraged by constant distractions, and they are degrading the quality of our work. Our...
over a year ago
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Distractions Cause Bad Code

from Yale e360 [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
We are barraged by constant distractions, and they are degrading the quality of our work. Our digital society now is set up to allow us to focus for mere minutes at a time, since we are in an attention economy and the sole objective of companies is to capture more of our time....
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The Works in...
How Airbus took off Why you can build a European airliner, but not a European Google
3 months ago
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How Airbus took off

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3 months ago
Why you can build a European airliner, but not a European Google
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
Powered by a Whisper As promised, today we are going to take a journey to the heart of the web. The web has become...
over a year ago
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Powered by a Whisper

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

over a year ago
As promised, today we are going to take a journey to the heart of the web. The web has become bloated and gluttonous. We need hungry scalpels, sharp mental x-acto knives to cut away the excess. What will we find at the center? Is there a truth worth saving at the heart of the...
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Casey Handmer's blog
We can Terraform the American West Why is there almost nothing on the left hand side of the USA? Water scarcity! We’re missing 300...
8 months ago
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We can Terraform the American West

from Casey Handmer's blog [alt+shift+b] in science

8 months ago
Why is there almost nothing on the left hand side of the USA? Water scarcity! We’re missing 300 million Americans. We’re missing  30 global cities west of 100 degrees longitude. We should do something about it! The western US is a parched opportunity to create millions of acres...
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Fonts In Use – Blog...
Martyr! book jacket Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: lithub.com License: All Rights Reserved. Martyr! is a...
a year ago
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Martyr! book jacket

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

a year ago
Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: lithub.com License: All Rights Reserved. Martyr! is a novel by Iranian-American writer Kaveh Akbar that combines modern situations with traditional imagery. For the jacket, prolific cover designer Linda Huang did what she does so...
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Articles - Alex...
The ageism in advertising The advertising industry is addicted to youth. We are obsessed and possessed. We crave it in our...
over a year ago
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The ageism in advertising

from Articles - Alex Murrell [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
The advertising industry is addicted to youth. We are obsessed and possessed. We crave it in our agencies and we covet it in our audiences. We believe younger staff are more creative and younger consumers are more valuable. But this is nothing more than received wisdom....
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TokyoDev
Tokyo Ruby Kaigi 05 ![Speaker](https://www.tokyodev.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6...
over a year ago
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Tokyo Ruby Kaigi 05

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over a year ago
![Speaker](https://www.tokyodev.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBaEFsIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--1169db2c72c9703ffc256e380c62cb2f19df8c6e/tokyorubykaigi_speaker.jpg) [Tokyo Ruby Kaigi...
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Miguel Carranza
Technical debt isn't evil Technical debt is a concept originally introduced by Ward Cunningham, one of the authors of the...
over a year ago
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Technical debt isn't evil

from Miguel Carranza [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Technical debt is a concept originally introduced by Ward Cunningham, one of the authors of the Agile Manifesto. There are multiple interpretations of what technical debt is, but I am going to focus on the financial debt metaphor. Like financial debt, technical debt is something...
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Out-of-Pocket Blog
Special Edition - WoW | Out-Of-Pocket World Of Warcraft vs. COVID-19
a year ago
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Special Edition - WoW | Out-Of-Pocket

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a year ago
World Of Warcraft vs. COVID-19
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Val Sopi
What a year! <p>One of the things I'm most proud of in 2022 was that I stuck to some personal habits like going...
over a year ago
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What a year!

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

over a year ago
<p>One of the things I'm most proud of in 2022 was that I stuck to some personal habits like going to the gym, eating well, and meditating.</p> <p>I believe these habits helped me get more in tune with myself and get the confidence necessary to take bold steps, like taking out a...
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Open Culture
Inside SNL: Al Franken Reveals How Saturday Night Live Is Crafted Every Week As Saturday Night Live celebrates its 50th anniversary, Al Franken takes you inside the making of an...
4 months ago
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Inside SNL: Al Franken Reveals How Saturday Night Live Is Crafted Every Week

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4 months ago
As Saturday Night Live celebrates its 50th anniversary, Al Franken takes you inside the making of an SNL episode. He should know a thing or two about the subject. Part of the original SNL writing team, Franken spent 15 years writing and performing for the show. (Anyone remember...
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somethingaboutmaps
A New Take on an Old Style Gentle readers, I have some exciting things to share with you. After several months of tinkering and...
8 months ago
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A New Take on an Old Style

from somethingaboutmaps [alt+shift+b] in cartography

8 months ago
Gentle readers, I have some exciting things to share with you. After several months of tinkering and toolmaking, I have created a series of posters of iconic peaks (and other terrain), illustrated in a sketch style inspired by old hachure drawings. There are 37 designs to choose...
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Aaron's Essays
Why VCs sometimes push companies to burn Originally posted on the YC blog,...
over a year ago
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Why VCs sometimes push companies to burn

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

over a year ago
Originally posted on the YC blog, here: https://blog.ycombinator.com/why-vcs-sometimes-push-companies-to-burn-too-fast/ In Investors and their incentives, I tried to give a broad breakdown of the incentives that drive the major types of startup investors. I want to dig deeper...
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Bits about Money
The infrastructure behind ATMs ATMs are connected to banks by networks which operate little-understood payment rails.
over a year ago
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The infrastructure behind ATMs

from Bits about Money [alt+shift+b] in finance

over a year ago
ATMs are connected to banks by networks which operate little-understood payment rails.
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Neil Panchal
Isomatic Typeface Rev 6 WIP This is a ton of work. But not many things in the world could be more satisfying. Isomatic Type Rev...
over a year ago
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Isomatic Typeface Rev 6 WIP

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

over a year ago
This is a ton of work. But not many things in the world could be more satisfying. Isomatic Type Rev 6 WIP Also added Western and Central European language support. Stay tuned. This concept has been brewing for a few years now. I'll post some lower case specimens
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GeoCurrents
The Biological Significance of Micro-Continents: The Fascinating Caecilians of Seychelles (and Other... On the surface, there is little to distinguish small islands on continental fragments from oceanic...
3 months ago
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The Biological Significance of Micro-Continents: The Fascinating Caecilians of Seychelles (and Other Parts of the World)    

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3 months ago
On the surface, there is little to distinguish small islands on continental fragments from oceanic islands that have no continental connections. Careful observation, however, can reveal some interesting differences. The Seychelles microcontinent in the Indian Ocean is an...
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Jonas Hietala
Back to lazy.nvim Around a month ago I had an affair with rocks.nvim. It was fun, but I’m back together with lazy.nvim...
a year ago
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Back to lazy.nvim

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

a year ago
Around a month ago I had an affair with rocks.nvim. It was fun, but I’m back together with lazy.nvim again. This is a short post to explain why—at this point in time—the grass wasn’t greener on the other side. Problems with rocks.nvim Too many weird issues. I had quite a few...
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swyx's site RSS Feed
Why TurboRepo Will Be The First Big Trend of 2022 TurboRepo is a big deal for the JS community because it addresses the monorepo problem head on,...
over a year ago
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Why TurboRepo Will Be The First Big Trend of 2022

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

over a year ago
TurboRepo is a big deal for the JS community because it addresses the monorepo problem head on, bringing 85% faster build speeds and great architecture/docs/marketing.
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Calculated Risk
ADP: Private Employment Increased 155,000 in March From ADP: ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 155,000 Jobs in...
3 months ago
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ADP: Private Employment Increased 155,000 in March

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

3 months ago
From ADP: ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 155,000 Jobs in March; Annual Pay was Up 4.6% “Despite policy uncertainty and downbeat consumers, the bottom line is this: The March topline number was a good one for the economy and employers of...
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Calculated Risk
Schedule for Week of December 22, 2024 Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! ----- Monday, December 23rd ----- 8:30 AM: Chicago Fed National...
6 months ago
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Schedule for Week of December 22, 2024

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

6 months ago
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! ----- Monday, December 23rd ----- 8:30 AM: Chicago Fed National Activity Index for November. This is a composite index of other data. ----- Tuesday, December 24th ----- 8:30 AM: Durable Goods Orders for November.  The consensus is for a 0.4%...
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TheCollector
What Is Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception? When it comes to understanding the world around us, philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty offers a...
a month ago
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What Is Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception?

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a month ago
When it comes to understanding the world around us, philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty offers a unique perspective rooted in phenomenology. His book Phenomenology of Perception challenges ideas that are normally taken for granted about our senses. While other philosophers who...
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Open Culture
Has SpaceX Done Anything NASA Hasn’t? Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains His “Feud” with Elon Musk One would count neither Elon Musk nor Neil deGrasse Tyson among the most reserved public figures of...
5 months ago
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Has SpaceX Done Anything NASA Hasn’t? Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains His “Feud” with Elon Musk

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5 months ago
One would count neither Elon Musk nor Neil deGrasse Tyson among the most reserved public figures of the twenty-first century. Given the efforts Musk has been making to push into the business of outer space, which has long been Tyson’s intellectual domain, it’s only natural that...
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Style over Substance
How to use a Phase One H20 digital back on a medium format Hasselblad V camera (500EL/M) My newest purchase was a bit of a gamble. I bought a $500 Phase One H20 digital back for my...
over a year ago
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How to use a Phase One H20 digital back on a medium format Hasselblad V camera (500EL/M)

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

over a year ago
My newest purchase was a bit of a gamble. I bought a $500 Phase One H20 digital back for my Hasselblad 500EL/M medium format camera. Or, simply put, I bought an expensive old gadget for my even older analog camera, making it a digital camera. A gadget that was released in the...
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Louwrentius
'Zabbix Security: client-server communication seems insecure' Zabbix is a populair tool for monitoring servers, services and network equipment. For monitoring...
over a year ago
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'Zabbix Security: client-server communication seems insecure'

from Louwrentius [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
Zabbix is a populair tool for monitoring servers, services and network equipment. For monitoring hosts, Zabbix provides an agent that can be installed on the hosts that must be monitored. Based on the supplied documentation and some remarks on the internets, the 'security' of...
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Retail Design Blog
Acme Offices by Studio Vasaka Studio Vasaka’s Acme offices in Baddi ingeniously transforms a bustling factory space into a serene...
3 weeks ago
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Acme Offices by Studio Vasaka

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

3 weeks ago
Studio Vasaka’s Acme offices in Baddi ingeniously transforms a bustling factory space into a serene conference block, harmoniously blending elegant...
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Epic Web Dev
Tips and Techniques for 'Pixel Perfect' Figma to Tailwind CSS Conversions (article) Master converting Figma designs to Tailwind CSS with near "pixel perfection". Learn HTML structure,...
11 months ago
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Tips and Techniques for 'Pixel Perfect' Figma to Tailwind CSS Conversions (article)

from Epic Web Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

11 months ago
Master converting Figma designs to Tailwind CSS with near "pixel perfection". Learn HTML structure, design tokens, layouts, responsive design, and animations.
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Irrational...
How to create software quality. I’ve been reading Steven Sinofsky’s Hardcore Software, and particularly enjoyed this quote from a...
a year ago
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How to create software quality.

from Irrational Exuberance [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
I’ve been reading Steven Sinofsky’s Hardcore Software, and particularly enjoyed this quote from a memo discussed in the Zero Defects chapter: You can improve the quality of your code, and if you do, the rewards for yourself and for Microsoft will be immense. The hardest part is...
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Cheese and Biscuits
Holy Carrot, Notting Hill I don't know about you, but the concept of a 'vegetarian restaurant' brings to mind a certain set of...
4 months ago
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Holy Carrot, Notting Hill

from Cheese and Biscuits [alt+shift+b] in travel

4 months ago
I don't know about you, but the concept of a 'vegetarian restaurant' brings to mind a certain set of expectations, not all of them good. I suppose it's because traditionally, vegetarian food has been, at best, just 'normal' restaurant food with the meat either taken out, or...
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Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: we are the 99%! In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
4 months ago
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A decade of dissent: we are the 99%!

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

4 months ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2020.
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AFAR Media - Travel...
The Best Outdoor Locations in Toronto, Canada
a year ago
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The Best Outdoor Locations in Toronto, Canada

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a year ago
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The Pragmatic...
Going from Developer to CEO: Chronosphere From learning to code in Australia, to launching Chronosphere in Silicon Valley: cofounder and CEO...
a year ago
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Going from Developer to CEO: Chronosphere

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a year ago
From learning to code in Australia, to launching Chronosphere in Silicon Valley: cofounder and CEO Martin Mao shares his story.
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Grant Slatton
Twitter Essay about how getting on Twitter unexpectedly added a lot of value to my life
a year ago
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Twitter

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a year ago
Essay about how getting on Twitter unexpectedly added a lot of value to my life
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Notes on software...
First month on a database team A little over a month ago, I joined EnterpriseDB on a distributed Postgres product (PGD). The...
a year ago
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First month on a database team

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

a year ago
A little over a month ago, I joined EnterpriseDB on a distributed Postgres product (PGD). The process of onboarding myself has been pretty similar at each company in the last decade, though I think I've gotten better at it. The process is of course influenced by the team, and my...
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
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the promise of pancakes

from Hundred Rabbits [alt+shift+b] in history

over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Neil Madden
Macaroon access tokens for OAuth: Part 2 – transactional auth In part 1, I showed how Macaroon access tokens in ForgeRock Access Management 7.0 can be used as a...
over a year ago
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Macaroon access tokens for OAuth: Part 2 – transactional auth

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

over a year ago
In part 1, I showed how Macaroon access tokens in ForgeRock Access Management 7.0 can be used as a lightweight and easy-to-deploy alternative to proof of possession (PoP) schemes for securing tokens in browser-based apps. The same techniques can be adapted to secure tokens in...
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Great Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: And a twist of black pepper, Amen. Today's News:
3 months ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Great

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

3 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: And a twist of black pepper, Amen. Today's News:
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mtlynch.io
Run a Simple Go Web Service on NixOS I have a few toy utility apps that I run 24/7 on cloud infrastructure. One example is PicoShare, a...
7 months ago
77

Run a Simple Go Web Service on NixOS

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

7 months ago
I have a few toy utility apps that I run 24/7 on cloud infrastructure. One example is PicoShare, a simple web app that makes it easy for me to share files with friends and teammates. There are several convenience apps I would run if it were easy to run them constantly. But...
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The American Scholar
Queen of the Night Leigh Ann Henion embraces the creatures that light up the dark The post Queen of the Night appeared...
9 months ago
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Queen of the Night

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

9 months ago
Leigh Ann Henion embraces the creatures that light up the dark The post Queen of the Night appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Noahpinion
Why did the U.S. miss the battery revolution? We were early to the party on every other technological revolution, but we missed this one.
11 months ago
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Why did the U.S. miss the battery revolution?

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11 months ago
We were early to the party on every other technological revolution, but we missed this one.
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Calculated Risk
Wednesday: CPI, NY Fed Mfg, Beige Book Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. mortgage...
5 months ago
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Wednesday: CPI, NY Fed Mfg, Beige Book

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

5 months ago
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. mortgage purchase applications index. Consumer Price Index for December from the BLS. The consensus is for 0.3% increase in CPI, and a 0.2% increase in core CPI.  The consensus is for CPI to be...
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Londonist
A White Knuckle Guide To High Adrenaline Activities In London Feel the fear and do it anyway.
a year ago
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A White Knuckle Guide To High Adrenaline Activities In London

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a year ago
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
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High Signal
Making $15k a month from an AI app Daniel Nguyen is a Vietnamese solo founder making $15,000 a month from his AI app, BoltAI. This is a...
5 months ago
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Making $15k a month from an AI app

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

5 months ago
Daniel Nguyen is a Vietnamese solo founder making $15,000 a month from his AI app, BoltAI. This is a Mac desktop app which lets you use LLMs straight from your Apple machine. I talked to Daniel about his tips for learning to code, how he made BoltAI and the
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Inverted Passion
Don’t compete The Internet is full of people winning all the time. Someone is traveling to exotic locations,...
3 months ago
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Don’t compete

from Inverted Passion [alt+shift+b] in startups

3 months ago
The Internet is full of people winning all the time. Someone is traveling to exotic locations, someone else is raising funds, and another person is winning awards. Essentially, everyone around you is succeeding while you do spend your days as the nature intended – sleeping,...
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Rest of World -...
The app going against Uber by putting people over algorithms The founder of inDrive, the world's second most-downloaded ride-hailing app, is going beyond rides,...
2 weeks ago
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The app going against Uber by putting people over algorithms

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

2 weeks ago
The founder of inDrive, the world's second most-downloaded ride-hailing app, is going beyond rides, and dreams of delivering education and healthcare through a super-app.
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Infinite Scroll
The Midweek Scroll Substack's growth, RedNote reversal, and MrBeast hitting the wall
3 months ago
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The Midweek Scroll

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3 months ago
Substack's growth, RedNote reversal, and MrBeast hitting the wall
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Classical Wisdom
The First Greek Philosopher Beyond Mythology
5 months ago
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The First Greek Philosopher

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5 months ago
Beyond Mythology
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Out-of-Pocket Blog
Sleep health is getting interesting | Out-Of-Pocket The consumer and clinical worlds of sleep are colliding
7 months ago
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Sleep health is getting interesting | Out-Of-Pocket

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7 months ago
The consumer and clinical worlds of sleep are colliding
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Archinect - Features
At Tyler’s Urban Workshop, Architecture Students Build With, and For, Underserved... On November 8th, the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University will host the...
8 months ago
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At Tyler’s Urban Workshop, Architecture Students Build With, and For, Underserved Communities

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8 months ago
On November 8th, the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University will host the Urban Workshop Symposium, the latest iteration of the Urban Workshop's engagements in community-based design and education. The event brings to the fore questions, conversations, and...
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Londonist
New 'Eurostar Snow' Service Will Whisk Londoners To Ski Resorts This Winter News comes after rumours that ski trains would end.
a year ago
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New 'Eurostar Snow' Service Will Whisk Londoners To Ski Resorts This Winter

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a year ago
News comes after rumours that ski trains would end.
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Maggie Appleton
Programmable Notes Agent-based note-taking systems that can prompt and facilitate custom workflows
over a year ago
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Programmable Notes

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over a year ago
Agent-based note-taking systems that can prompt and facilitate custom workflows
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IEEE Spectrum
How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah Animation has come a long way since 1900, when J. Stuart Blackton created The Enchanted Drawing, the...
over a year ago
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How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah

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over a year ago
Animation has come a long way since 1900, when J. Stuart Blackton created The Enchanted Drawing, the earliest known animated film. The 90-second movie was created using stop-motion techniques, as flat characters, props, and backgrounds were drawn on an easel or made from...
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Seth's Blog
The house painter and the architect We don’t design a book until after it’s written. Or cast the movie until the screenplay is complete....
over a year ago
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The house painter and the architect

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over a year ago
We don’t design a book until after it’s written. Or cast the movie until the screenplay is complete. The house painter has an important job, but it makes no sense to plan for the painting before the house is designed. This makes a lot of sense because some parts of a project have...
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Quanta Magazine
The New Math of How Large-Scale Order Emerges The puzzle of emergence asks how regularities emerge on macro scales out of uncountable constituent...
a year ago
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The New Math of How Large-Scale Order Emerges

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a year ago
The puzzle of emergence asks how regularities emerge on macro scales out of uncountable constituent parts. A new framework has researchers hopeful that a solution is near. The post The New Math of How Large-Scale Order Emerges first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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DYNOMIGHT
How much information is in DNA? This is an article that just appeared in Asimov Press, who kindly agreed that I could publish it...
a month ago
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How much information is in DNA?

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a month ago
This is an article that just appeared in Asimov Press, who kindly agreed that I could publish it here and also humored my deep emotional need to use words like “Sparklepuff”. Do you like information theory? Do you like molecular biology? Do you like the idea of smashing them...
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Paul Cudenec
Video: The Corruption is Real and Sickening I am delighted to be able to share a link to a new 16-minute video that has just been published by...
9 months ago
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Video: The Corruption is Real and Sickening

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9 months ago
I am delighted to be able to share a link to a new 16-minute video that has just been published by Drs Mark and Sam Bailey in New Zealand, based on some of my recent writing.
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Retail Design Blog
space timefill Coffee Shop by SAISA STUDIO space timefill is a medium-sized flat cafe inside an old residential complex. There is a small cloth...
6 months ago
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space timefill Coffee Shop by SAISA STUDIO

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6 months ago
space timefill is a medium-sized flat cafe inside an old residential complex. There is a small cloth running right in...
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Yale e360
A Decade After a Lead Crisis, Flint Has At Last Replaced Its Pipes A decade after Flint, Michigan, was beset by widespread lead contamination, officials confirmed the...
2 days ago
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A Decade After a Lead Crisis, Flint Has At Last Replaced Its Pipes

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2 days ago
A decade after Flint, Michigan, was beset by widespread lead contamination, officials confirmed the city has replaced its lead pipes, as ordered by a federal court. Read more on E360 →
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Blog of Simple...
Add Google Analytics to Convertkit
a year ago
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Add Google Analytics to Convertkit

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a year ago
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Quantum Frontiers
Sculpting quantum steampunk In 2020, many of us logged experiences that we’d never anticipated. I wrote a nonfiction book and...
8 months ago
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Sculpting quantum steampunk

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8 months ago
In 2020, many of us logged experiences that we’d never anticipated. I wrote a nonfiction book and got married outside the Harvard Faculty Club (because nobody was around to shoo us away). Equally unexpectedly, I received an invitation to collaborate … Continue reading →
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Seth's Blog
Queued It’s sort of the opposite of “cued.” In addition to being delightful to spell, the idea of work...
a year ago
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Queued

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a year ago
It’s sort of the opposite of “cued.” In addition to being delightful to spell, the idea of work that’s queued up is energizing. The chapter ahead of schedule, the process in place for the next quarter, the continued commitment to learning… It is locked, loaded and ready to go....
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Jimmy Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: This will be a lot funnier in the year...
6 months ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Jimmy

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6 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: This will be a lot funnier in the year 2072. Today's News:
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Management Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I feel like if prayers came with a token fee people...
5 months ago
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Management

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5 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I feel like if prayers came with a token fee people would consume a lot less. Today's News:
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CONTEMPORIST
Steel, Wood, And Stone Are On Display Inside This Hillside Home Bjella Architecture has sent us photos of a contemporary home they completed in Los Angeles,...
a year ago
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Steel, Wood, And Stone Are On Display Inside This Hillside Home

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a year ago
Bjella Architecture has sent us photos of a contemporary home they completed in Los Angeles, California, that’s nestled on a hillside overlooking the sprawling city. Due to the home being in an area prone to earthquakes, the structural elements are bigger and bolder. There are...
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Statism Classical Wisdom Litterae: Government
2 days ago
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Ancient Statism

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2 days ago
Classical Wisdom Litterae: Government
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Seth's Blog
Why and how Let’s get rid of science class in school. Instead, beginning in kindergarten, we could devote a...
2 months ago
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Why and how

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2 months ago
Let’s get rid of science class in school. Instead, beginning in kindergarten, we could devote a class to curiosity and explanation. A class that persistently and consistently teaches kids to ask why and to answer how. The unacceptable single-word answers are “because” and...
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Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 11-17 December 2023 Roundup of Londonist articles from the past week.
a year ago
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Best Of Londonist: 11-17 December 2023

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a year ago
Roundup of Londonist articles from the past week.
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Marian's Blog
LED Matrix Software I wrote two programs that run on my LED matrix. They have different approaches and different...
over a year ago
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LED Matrix Software

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over a year ago
I wrote two programs that run on my LED matrix. They have different approaches and different aims. This post describes one of them.  The app offers a web interface where users can write simple programs that are then compiled and started instantly from the website. The concept is...
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Quanta Magazine
The Geometric Tool That Solved Einstein’s Relativity Problem Tensors are used all over math and science to reveal hidden geometric truths. What are they? ...
10 months ago
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The Geometric Tool That Solved Einstein’s Relativity Problem

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10 months ago
Tensors are used all over math and science to reveal hidden geometric truths. What are they? The post The Geometric Tool That Solved Einstein’s Relativity Problem first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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Archinect - Features
Where Are All The Affordable Housing Startups? Despite the general consensus that the United States is in need of more affordable housing, funding...
a year ago
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Where Are All The Affordable Housing Startups?

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a year ago
Despite the general consensus that the United States is in need of more affordable housing, funding to startups focused on affordable housing and more efficient construction technologies is lower in 2024 than in recent years. In the meantime, a series of high-profile...
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Wrong Side of...
What would Rosa Parks do? Modern activists are defeated by their lack of restraint
2 months ago
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What would Rosa Parks do?

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2 months ago
Modern activists are defeated by their lack of restraint
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Farza's Newsletter
just drank green tea liquid death and now 15mg of caffeine is coursing through my gd veins bim bop boom boom boom bop bam
4 months ago
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just drank green tea liquid death and now 15mg of caffeine is coursing through my gd veins

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4 months ago
bim bop boom boom boom bop bam
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Open Culture
The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity Despite its status as one of the most widely known and studied epic poems of all time, Homer’s Iliad...
3 months ago
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The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity

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3 months ago
Despite its status as one of the most widely known and studied epic poems of all time, Homer’s Iliad has proven surprisingly resistant to adaptation. However much inspiration it has provided to modern-day novelists working in a variety of different traditions, it’s translated...
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A Beautiful Site
Is your product the reason your startup is failing? The idea of launching a product, running your own business, and being your own boss is very...
over a year ago
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Is your product the reason your startup is failing?

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over a year ago
The idea of launching a product, running your own business, and being your own boss is very appealing. Perhaps that's why so many people risk doing it. The problem is, many of them don't succeed. There are hundreds of reasons a startup can fail, but let's focus on one for a...
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Willem's Blog
Upgrading a 27-inch iMac 5K to 14 terabytes This month I nearly destroyed my iMac during an attempt to upgrade it. Thanks to determination and...
over a year ago
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Upgrading a 27-inch iMac 5K to 14 terabytes

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over a year ago
This month I nearly destroyed my iMac during an attempt to upgrade it. Thanks to determination and some spare time I was able to resurrect it from the death!
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Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Webkit’s New Color Picker as an Example of Good Platform Defaults I’ve written about how I don’t love the idea of overriding basic computing controls. Instead, I...
a month ago
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Webkit’s New Color Picker as an Example of Good Platform Defaults

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a month ago
I’ve written about how I don’t love the idea of overriding basic computing controls. Instead, I generally favor opting to respect user choice and provide the controls their platform does. Of course, this means platforms need to surface better primitives rather than supplying...
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alexwlchan
Changing the macOS accent colour without System Preferences In System Preferences, you can change the accent colour of your Mac: This affects...
over a year ago
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Changing the macOS accent colour without System Preferences

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
In System Preferences, you can change the accent colour of your Mac: This affects colours throughout your Mac’s user interface, including buttons, menus, and tickboxes. When you pick a new colour, it updates everywhere, immediately. I want to write some automations...
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Ben Borgers
How I got scammed on Facebook Marketplace
a year ago
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How I got scammed on Facebook Marketplace

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a year ago
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Louwrentius
Is the iPhone OS a threat to our freedom? There is one fundamental flaw with both the iPhone and the iPad. As a user, you do not have full...
over a year ago
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Is the iPhone OS a threat to our freedom?

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over a year ago
There is one fundamental flaw with both the iPhone and the iPad. As a user, you do not have full control over your device. You can only install or run software that is approved by Apple. This is something that is unprecedented. All major platforms, Windows, Linux, Mac OS X do...
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Arduino Blog
A homemade launchpad for compressed air-powered rockets A conventional model rocket engine is simple combustible solid fuel (black powder or more advanced...
2 months ago
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A homemade launchpad for compressed air-powered rockets

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2 months ago
A conventional model rocket engine is simple combustible solid fuel (black powder or more advanced composites) molded into a cylinder that uses expanding gas to produce thrust. Though it is minimal, there is some danger there. An alternative is compressed gas, which will also...
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Diaries of Note
A Midwife’s Tale Esteemed midwife Martha Ballard was fifty when she began to keep a diary—a unique and detailed...
a year ago
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A Midwife’s Tale

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a year ago
Esteemed midwife Martha Ballard was fifty when she began to keep a diary—a unique and detailed record of life in 18th-century rural America that would grow to 10,000 entries and cover 27 years. On the day of the following entry in October of 1794, Ballard successfully delivered...
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The Marginalian
The Heart of Matter: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin on Bridging the Scientific and the Sacred "Blessed be you, mighty matter, irresistible march of evolution, reality ever new-born; you who, by...
over a year ago
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The Heart of Matter: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin on Bridging the Scientific and the Sacred

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over a year ago
"Blessed be you, mighty matter, irresistible march of evolution, reality ever new-born; you who, by constantly shattering our mental categories, force us to go ever further and further in our pursuit of the truth."
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Out-of-Pocket Blog
Random Uncontrolled Trials/Tweets | Out-Of-Pocket I need to deactivate my Twitter smh
a year ago
30

Random Uncontrolled Trials/Tweets | Out-Of-Pocket

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a year ago
I need to deactivate my Twitter smh
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The Convivial...
Eye to Eye "Is This Anything?"
over a year ago
105

Eye to Eye

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over a year ago
"Is This Anything?"
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xkcd.com
Tick Marks
a year ago
112

Tick Marks

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a year ago
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Wuthering...
What has happened to me may well be a good thing - the death of Socrates Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo, the extended version of the death of Socrates.  These texts,...
over a year ago
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What has happened to me may well be a good thing - the death of Socrates

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over a year ago
Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo, the extended version of the death of Socrates.  These texts, especially the last three, are a large part of the fame of Socrates, the reason he is an exemplar of the wise man to this day.  He asked annoying questions, he rejected material...
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Josh Collinsworth
Classic rock, Mario Kart, and why we can't agree on Tailwind It's popular to say we can’t agree on Tailwind, but I posit we actually already do. I think what we...
a year ago
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Classic rock, Mario Kart, and why we can't agree on Tailwind

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a year ago
It's popular to say we can’t agree on Tailwind, but I posit we actually already do. I think what we actually disagree on isn’t the details of this (or any) specific software; it's in what we value, and how we each define assets and liabilities.
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Joel Gascoigne
Enjoying the moment * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When I look back...
over a year ago
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Enjoying the moment

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over a year ago
* 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...
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computers are bad
2023-07-29 Free Public WiFi Remember Free Public WiFi? Once, many years ago, I stayed on the 62nd floor of the Westin Peachtree...
a year ago
84

2023-07-29 Free Public WiFi

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a year ago
Remember Free Public WiFi? Once, many years ago, I stayed on the 62nd floor of the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia. This was in the age when the price of a hotel room was directly correlated with the price of the WiFi service, and as a high school student I was not...
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The Marginalian
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot Name "Despite what dictionaries would have us believe, this world is still mostly undefined."
a year ago
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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot Name

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a year ago
"Despite what dictionaries would have us believe, this world is still mostly undefined."
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The personal website...
Just-in-time design photo by Tools for motivation There is a disconnect between product design and product...
over a year ago
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Just-in-time design

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

over a year ago
photo by Tools for motivation There is a disconnect between product design and product engineering. Three factors contribute to this disconnect: Products get shipped faster every day. DevOps teams automate huge amounts of the delivery process, enabling engineering teams to ship...
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981 1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
a year ago
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981

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a year ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and  In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Jonas Hietala
Evolution of RTS games Introduction This is an essay for the course Game Design and I’m going to give you a ride through...
over a year ago
58

Evolution of RTS games

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over a year ago
Introduction This is an essay for the course Game Design and I’m going to give you a ride through the evolution of RTS game genre. I like RTS games and I’ve played them for as long as I can remember, from the classic Red Alert and Age of Empires to the newer Supreme Commander and...
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Louwrentius
Thunderbolt, a cheap high-speed storage interconnect? Intel and Apple released Thunderbolt a high-speed (10 Gigabit/s) interface, that seems to replace...
over a year ago
15

Thunderbolt, a cheap high-speed storage interconnect?

from Louwrentius [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
Intel and Apple released Thunderbolt a high-speed (10 Gigabit/s) interface, that seems to replace both USB and Firewire. It is mainly targeted at end-user systems allowing to connect peripherals with just a single cable to a computer. Thunderbolt devices, like external hard...
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Ink & Switch
Keyhive 00 · Keyhive Background Contextualizing Keyhive
11 months ago
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Keyhive 00 · Keyhive Background

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11 months ago
Contextualizing Keyhive
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Noahpinion
Yes, reshoring American industry is possible Americans can make stuff, after all.
5 months ago
62

Yes, reshoring American industry is possible

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5 months ago
Americans can make stuff, after all.
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Seth's Blog
“That will never work” Every successful SNL sketch, every bestselling book, every landslide-winning candidate… every single...
5 months ago
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“That will never work”

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

5 months ago
Every successful SNL sketch, every bestselling book, every landslide-winning candidate… every single one… had skeptics. Someone in the writer’s room, or on the editorial board or even an investor looked at what was on offer and said, “no.” Not just, “I’m sorry, this doesn’t match...
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Open Culture
How Japanese Masters Turn Sand Into Swords: The Art of Traditional Sword Making from Start to Finish We made sand think: this phrase is used from time to time to evoke the particular technological...
4 months ago
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How Japanese Masters Turn Sand Into Swords: The Art of Traditional Sword Making from Start to Finish

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in history

4 months ago
We made sand think: this phrase is used from time to time to evoke the particular technological wonders of our age, especially since artificial intelligence seems to be back on the slate of possibilities. While there would be no Silicon Valley without silica sand, semiconductors...
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Probably...
Political Alignment and Outlook This is the fourth in a series of excerpts from Elements of Data Science, now available from...
6 months ago
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Political Alignment and Outlook

from Probably Overthinking It [alt+shift+b] in science

6 months ago
This is the fourth in a series of excerpts from Elements of Data Science, now available from Lulu.com and online booksellers. It’s from Chapter 15, which is part of the political alignment case study. You can read the complete chapter here, or run the Jupyter notebook on Colab....
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dthompson
How to apply Hilltop's Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 English patch on Linux Haven't blogged in awhile, so here’s a quickie. Last week, Hilltop released an English patch for...
a year ago
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How to apply Hilltop's Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 English patch on Linux

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a year ago
Haven't blogged in awhile, so here’s a quickie. Last week, Hilltop released an English patch for Boku no Natsuyasumi 2, which finally makes the Japan exclusive PS2 game accessible to us English speaking folks. The README explains how to apply the patch on Windows or via a web...
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A Smart Bear
Pivot Points Not "enabling constraints", not "weaknesses", not even "strengths". The concept of a "Pivot Point"...
9 months ago
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Pivot Points

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9 months ago
Not "enabling constraints", not "weaknesses", not even "strengths". The concept of a "Pivot Point" grapples with the same reality, but more constructive and useful.
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Asterisk
The “TESCREAL” Bungle The TESCREAL “bundle of ideologies” is purportedly essential to understand the race to build...
a year ago
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The “TESCREAL” Bungle

from Asterisk [alt+shift+b] in science

a year ago
The TESCREAL “bundle of ideologies” is purportedly essential to understand the race to build artificial intelligence, the ethical milieu of those building it, and the philosophical underpinnings behind Silicon Valley as a whole. But does the label actually tell us anything?
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Retail Design Blog
AP House by Lissoni & Partners Swiss ultra luxury watch maker Audemars Piguet continues to raise its profile in Europe‘s leading...
a year ago
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AP House by Lissoni & Partners

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

a year ago
Swiss ultra luxury watch maker Audemars Piguet continues to raise its profile in Europe‘s leading shopping destinations by opening flagship...
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The Roots of...
What I’ve been reading, September 2023 A quasi-monthly feature. Recent blog posts and news stories are generally omitted; you can find them...
a year ago
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What I’ve been reading, September 2023

from The Roots of Progress | Articles [alt+shift+b] in science

a year ago
A quasi-monthly feature. Recent blog posts and news stories are generally omitted; you can find them in my links digests. I’ve been busy helping to choose the first cohort of our blogging fellowship, so my reading has been relatively light. All emphasis in bold in the quotes...
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Subprime AI Crisis None of what I write in this newsletter is about sowing doubt or "hating," but a sober evaluation of...
9 months ago
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The Subprime AI Crisis

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

9 months ago
None of what I write in this newsletter is about sowing doubt or "hating," but a sober evaluation of where we are today and where we may end up on the current path. I believe that the artificial intelligence boom — which would be better described as a
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Open Culture
Martin Mull (RIP) Satirically Interviews a Young Tom Waits on Fernwood 2 Night (1977) These days, references to seventies television increasingly require prefatory explanation. Who under...
a year ago
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Martin Mull (RIP) Satirically Interviews a Young Tom Waits on Fernwood 2 Night (1977)

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in creative

a year ago
These days, references to seventies television increasingly require prefatory explanation. Who under the age of 60 recalls, for example, the cultural phenomenon that was Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, an absurdist satire so faithful to the soap-opera form it parodied that it aired...
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xkcd.com
Book Podcasts
a year ago
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Book Podcasts

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a year ago
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GeoCurrents
From Continents to the World Regional Model Despite my harsh criticisms of the continental model expressed in the preceding posts, I do think...
2 months ago
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From Continents to the World Regional Model

from GeoCurrents [alt+shift+b] in cartography

2 months ago
Despite my harsh criticisms of the continental model expressed in the preceding posts, I do think that it should be taught to young students. In my ideal scenario, first-graders would be shown, ideally by examining a globe, that there are six very large masses of land that are...
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David Heinemeier...
Failed integration and the fall of multiculturalism For decades, the debate in Denmark around  problems with mass immigration was stuck in a...
5 months ago
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Failed integration and the fall of multiculturalism

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

5 months ago
For decades, the debate in Denmark around  problems with mass immigration was stuck in a self-loathing blame game of "failed integration". That somehow, if the Danes had just tried harder, been less prejudice, offered more opportunities, the many foreigners with radically...
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Open Culture
When Salvador Dalí Created a Chilling Anti-Venereal Disease Poster During World War II As a New York City subway rider, I am constantly exposed to public health posters. More often than...
3 months ago
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When Salvador Dalí Created a Chilling Anti-Venereal Disease Poster During World War II

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in history

3 months ago
As a New York City subway rider, I am constantly exposed to public health posters. More often than not these feature a photo of a wholesome-looking teen whose sober expression is meant to convey hindsight regret at having taken up drugs, dropped out of school, or forgone condoms....
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Retail Design Blog
FREITAG store Following the opening in 2017 of FREITAG‘s first store Down Under, in collaboration with local...
9 months ago
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FREITAG store

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

9 months ago
Following the opening in 2017 of FREITAG‘s first store Down Under, in collaboration with local retailer Keoma, the innovative Zurich-based...
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Wrong Side of...
The Transition The Great Awokening and the end of the cultural revolution
2 months ago
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The Transition

from Wrong Side of History [alt+shift+b] in history

2 months ago
The Great Awokening and the end of the cultural revolution
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Tyler Cipriani: blog
Boox Go 10.3, two months in [The] Linux kernel uses GPLv2, and if you distribute GPLv2 code, you have to provide a copy of the...
4 months ago
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Boox Go 10.3, two months in

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

4 months ago
[The] Linux kernel uses GPLv2, and if you distribute GPLv2 code, you have to provide a copy of the source (and modifications) once someone asks for it. And now I’m asking nicely for you to do so 🙂 – Joga, bbs.onyx-international.com Boox in split screen, typewriter mode In...
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Herbert Lui
Top of mind My partner, my cat, and I once missed a connecting flight due to a luggage hiccup. The staff got us...
3 months ago
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Top of mind

from Herbert Lui [alt+shift+b] in travel

3 months ago
My partner, my cat, and I once missed a connecting flight due to a luggage hiccup. The staff got us replacement tickets for another flight 12 hours later. Maybe we could catch an earlier flight if there was space, they said. That was a possibility we were eager to explore. So I...
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Jonas Hietala
New Year, New Theme: 100 Things Happy New Year, Everyone! 2009 was great in many ways; I drove a submarine (yeah quite literally), I...
over a year ago
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New Year, New Theme: 100 Things

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

over a year ago
Happy New Year, Everyone! 2009 was great in many ways; I drove a submarine (yeah quite literally), I released 6 experimental games and recently I discovered the completely amazing game Evil Genius but lets try to make 2010 even better! So let’s forget our small mishaps (yes I’m...
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The Honest Broker
The World Was Flat. Now It's Flattened The state of the culture, 2025
4 months ago
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The World Was Flat. Now It's Flattened

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4 months ago
The state of the culture, 2025
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Home on Erik...
Where do locals go in NYC? One obvious thing to anyone living in NYC is how tourists cluster in certain areas. I was curious...
over a year ago
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Where do locals go in NYC?

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

over a year ago
One obvious thing to anyone living in NYC is how tourists cluster in certain areas. I was curious about the larger patterns around this, so I spent some time looking at data. The thing I wanted to understand is: what areas are dominated by tourists?
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Basta’s Notes
Things nobody taught me about money When I was growing up, I was one of the first generations of students to have a strikingly different...
over a year ago
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Things nobody taught me about money

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

over a year ago
When I was growing up, I was one of the first generations of students to have a strikingly different education from previous generations. I grew up under the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind policies. Classes teaching important life skills like home economics and...
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
What're We Even Doing?
2 weeks ago
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What're We Even Doing?

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2 weeks ago
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TheCollector
12 Unexpected Facts About Samuel Johnson There are many basic but essential facts to be learned about Samuel Johnson. For example, he was...
2 months ago
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12 Unexpected Facts About Samuel Johnson

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

2 months ago
There are many basic but essential facts to be learned about Samuel Johnson. For example, he was born in 1709 and died in 1784. His life spanned the reign of four British Monarchs: Queen Anne (1702-1714), King George I (1714-1727), King George II (1727-1760), and King George III...
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Oykun
Tackling FOMO-driven social media struggle with your new Designer Mindset You are a designer, working on your full-time job or your freelance projects. You go online Open X...
a year ago
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Tackling FOMO-driven social media struggle with your new Designer Mindset

from Oykun [alt+shift+b] in design

a year ago
You are a designer, working on your full-time job or your freelance projects. You go online Open X app You see  1. John released his Framer template  2. Fatma launches her “How To Make $100k As A Designer” course  3. Gary starts his subscription model
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A Beautiful Site
Lessons from my 20s: a presentation by Ryan Allis Author and entrepreneur Ryan Allis shares 1,264 slides about life, entrepreneurship, and the...
over a year ago
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Lessons from my 20s: a presentation by Ryan Allis

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Author and entrepreneur Ryan Allis shares 1,264 slides about life, entrepreneurship, and the world. We all have goals, but sometimes they seem hard to reach. Really hard. Life happens and things get tough, but don't let it get you down. It's not impossible. It just means you'll...
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oftwominds-Charles...
When Markets Misbehave Markets misbehave, sometimes when we least expect it. How badly they misbehave depends on the...
4 months ago
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When Markets Misbehave

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

4 months ago
Markets misbehave, sometimes when we least expect it. How badly they misbehave depends on the soundness of the hull and the level of self-reinforcing hubris. When Benoit Mandelbrot's book The (Mis)behavior of Markets was published in 2004, it was a revelation for many of...
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TokyoDev
Safari bug with ruby tag *Update (November 8th, 2019): [Juanito Fatas](https://juanitofatas.com/) has pointed out to me this...
over a year ago
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Safari bug with ruby tag

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
*Update (November 8th, 2019): [Juanito Fatas](https://juanitofatas.com/) has pointed out to me this bug has now been fixed.* Safari 12.1.1 has a strange issue with certain ruby tags. Specifically, something like ホゲホゲ（ホゲホゲ） which renders as ホゲホゲ（ホゲホゲ） If you control click...
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Josh Thompson
Persistence Persistence. It’s worth far more than any finite sum of money. Actually, it’s worth more than an...
over a year ago
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Persistence

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

over a year ago
Persistence. It’s worth far more than any finite sum of money. Actually, it’s worth more than an unlimited amount of money, because an unlimited amount of money would complicate my life (and probably yours) far more than we can possibly imagine. Persistence. I keep trying to...
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Quanta Magazine
Chatbots Don’t Know What Stuff Isn’t Today’s language models are more sophisticated than ever, but they still struggle with the concept...
over a year ago
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Chatbots Don’t Know What Stuff Isn’t

from Quanta Magazine [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
Today’s language models are more sophisticated than ever, but they still struggle with the concept of negation. That’s unlikely to change anytime soon. The post Chatbots Don’t Know What Stuff Isn’t first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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diamond geezer
Thames Ditton One Stop Beyond: Thames Ditton In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater...
2 weeks ago
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Thames Ditton

from diamond geezer [alt+shift+b] in travel

2 weeks ago
One Stop Beyond: Thames Ditton In this series I'm taking the train one stop beyond the Greater London boundary, getting off and seeing what's there. Today that means Thames Ditton, one stop beyond Surbiton on the Hampton Court line. Obviously it's beside the Thames, in this case...
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PostHog's RSS Feed
The conformist startup rule you can ignore This post is from our Substack newsletter, Product for Engineers . It's all about helping engineers...
over a year ago
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The conformist startup rule you can ignore

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

over a year ago
This post is from our Substack newsletter, Product for Engineers . It's all about helping engineers and founders build better products, and…
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Birchtree
You did not put a lot of time into this Chris has an external drive faster than you’ve ever seen, Matt has a new email app he swears isn’t...
2 months ago
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You did not put a lot of time into this

from Birchtree [alt+shift+b] in technology

2 months ago
Chris has an external drive faster than you’ve ever seen, Matt has a new email app he swears isn’t his new favorite cult, and the whole gang does their best to redesign iOS and iPadOS. Check it out in audio or video! Weekly Topics ACASIS 80Gbps
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alexwlchan
Using templates in Terraform to document a deployment I’ve been doing a bunch of new Terraform recently, and I’ve started using it to document the...
over a year ago
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Using templates in Terraform to document a deployment

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
I’ve been doing a bunch of new Terraform recently, and I’ve started using it to document the deployments it’s creating. In particular, I’ve started using Terraform to create README files which describe the exact infrastructure it’s just created. Here’s my latest example: a README...
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MMapped blog
Square joy: tile crush
6 months ago
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Square joy: tile crush

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6 months ago
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cdixon.org RSS Feed
The downside of accelerated investment decisions There has been a lot of talk about how early-stage valuations have risen dramatically over the past...
over a year ago
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The downside of accelerated investment decisions

from cdixon.org RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
There has been a lot of talk about how early-stage valuations have risen dramatically over the past few years. Financially, this is probably…
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AFAR Media - Travel...
Discover Lake Como's Epic Hikes & Cuisine
a year ago
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Discover Lake Como's Epic Hikes & Cuisine

from AFAR Media - Travel Stories, News, Reviews, Tips + Guides [alt+shift+b] in travel

a year ago
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NeuroLogica Blog
Neuralink Implants Chip in Human Elon Musk has announced that his company, Neuralink, has implanted their first wireless computer...
a year ago
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Neuralink Implants Chip in Human

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

a year ago
Elon Musk has announced that his company, Neuralink, has implanted their first wireless computer chip into a human. The chip, which they plan on calling Telepathy (not sure how I feel about that) connects with 64 thin hair-like electrodes, is battery powered and can be recharged...
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NeuroLogica Blog
AI Designed Drugs On a recent SGU live streaming discussion someone in the chat asked – aren’t frivolous AI...
a year ago
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AI Designed Drugs

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

a year ago
On a recent SGU live streaming discussion someone in the chat asked – aren’t frivolous AI applications just toys without any useful output? The question was meant to downplay recent advances in generative AI. I pointed out that the question is a bit circular – aren’t frivolous...
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Vitalik Buterin's...
Exploring circle STARKs
11 months ago
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Exploring circle STARKs

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

11 months ago
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Joshua Smith
Globe Slicers Scratchbuilt miniature of the Globe Slicers Building, The Bowery District, NYC. Scratchbuilt...
over a year ago
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Globe Slicers

from Joshua Smith [alt+shift+b] in design

over a year ago
Scratchbuilt miniature of the Globe Slicers Building, The Bowery District, NYC. Scratchbuilt miniature using MDF, Wood, Cardboard, Paper, Spraypaint, Acrylic Paint, Styrene, Wire, Chain, Weathering pigments. Private Collection Featuring the work of Sory, Staino, Seedr, Sefu,...
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Naz Hamid — Journal...
✏️ 46 Celebrating another year around the sun in one of our favorite cities in the world, for this...
over a year ago
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✏️ 46

from Naz Hamid — Journal + Links [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
Celebrating another year around the sun in one of our favorite cities in the world, for this one. Read on nazhamid.com or Reply via email
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Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky's Seven Most Underrated Essays A look back to celebrate my son being ~7 days old
5 months ago
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Castles in the Sky's Seven Most Underrated Essays

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

5 months ago
A look back to celebrate my son being ~7 days old
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Louwrentius
How to escape file names in bash shell scripts After fighting with Bash for quite some time, I found out that the following code provides a nice...
over a year ago
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How to escape file names in bash shell scripts

from Louwrentius [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
After fighting with Bash for quite some time, I found out that the following code provides a nice basis for escaping special characters. Ofcource it is not complete, but the most important characters are filtered. If anybody has a better solution, please let me know. It works and...
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csvbase blog
Parquet: more than just "Turbo CSV" Quicker, but also more convenient
over a year ago
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Parquet: more than just "Turbo CSV"

from csvbase blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
Quicker, but also more convenient
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Oykun
Hustle Culture for Designers We all have our aspirations and goals in life and career. For me, it goes from having an impact on...
a year ago
52

Hustle Culture for Designers

from Oykun [alt+shift+b] in design

a year ago
We all have our aspirations and goals in life and career. For me, it goes from having an impact on my full-time work to helping designers via my blog, email newsletter, and other educational content. I need to work damn hard to achieve these goals! Making the
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Open Culture
Isaac Asimov Describes How Artificial Intelligence Will Liberate Humans & Their Creativity in His... Artificial intelligence may be one of the major topics of our historical moment, but it can be...
2 months ago
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Isaac Asimov Describes How Artificial Intelligence Will Liberate Humans & Their Creativity in His Last Major Interview (1992)

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2 months ago
Artificial intelligence may be one of the major topics of our historical moment, but it can be surprisingly tricky to define. In the more than 30-year-old interview clip above, Isaac Asimov describes artificial intelligence as “a phrase that we use for any device that does things...
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Confessions of a...
Cottesloe Fish Habitat Protection Area Today I am teaching my first tutorial in the second year unit ‘Marine Systems‘, which will introduce...
over a year ago
91

Cottesloe Fish Habitat Protection Area

from Confessions of a Marine Ecologist [alt+shift+b] in science

over a year ago
Today I am teaching my first tutorial in the second year unit ‘Marine Systems‘, which will introduce students to their major project, which is centred around a field trip to the Cottelsoe Fish Habitat Protection Area (CFHPA).  I’m pretty excited to introduce a few of my new ideas...
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Seth's Blog
Plasticity It’s pretty easy for some kids to switch gears. They can go from sad to ebullient in seconds, and...
a year ago
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Plasticity

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

a year ago
It’s pretty easy for some kids to switch gears. They can go from sad to ebullient in seconds, and switch contexts without much fuss. Others have more trouble. As we get older, our natural ability to thrive in a new situation can decrease. But, like a muscle or a skill, it...
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AFAR Media - Travel...
7 Reasons To Explore South Africa by Land and Water
a year ago
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7 Reasons To Explore South Africa by Land and Water

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charity.wtf
Questionable Advice: “How can I drive change and influence teams…without power?” Last month I got to attend GOTO Chicago and give a talk about continuous deployment and...
over a year ago
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Questionable Advice: “How can I drive change and influence teams…without power?”

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

over a year ago
Last month I got to attend GOTO Chicago and give a talk about continuous deployment and high-performing teams. Honestly I did a terrible job, and I’m not being modest. I had just rolled off a delayed redeye flight; I realized partway through that I had the wrong slides loaded,...
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Naz Hamid — Journal...
✏️ I'm sorry, Ms. Jackson Day 5: Sept 14, 2023 — “But you can't predict the weather, Ms. Jackson.” — Ms. Jackson, Outkast We...
a year ago
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✏️ I'm sorry, Ms. Jackson

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a year ago
Day 5: Sept 14, 2023 — “But you can't predict the weather, Ms. Jackson.” — Ms. Jackson, Outkast We leave Vernal, Utah, and pass through Dinosaur, Utah. It’s the tiny town that leads into one of the many routes towards Dinosaur National Monument. It’s home to some 1,500 dinosaur...
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sbensu
We need visual programming. No, not like that. Why do we keep building visual programming environments? Why do we never use them? What should we do...
12 months ago
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We need visual programming. No, not like that.

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12 months ago
Why do we keep building visual programming environments? Why do we never use them? What should we do instead?
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xkcd.com
Beamsplitters
9 months ago
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Beamsplitters

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9 months ago
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IEEE Spectrum
The Pioneer Behind Electromagnetism Without an understanding of the fundamental relationship between electricity and magnetism, it would...
a year ago
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The Pioneer Behind Electromagnetism

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

a year ago
Without an understanding of the fundamental relationship between electricity and magnetism, it would not have been possible to invent motors, telecommunications equipment, kitchen appliances and more. A key part of our understanding of that relationship, known as classical...
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Abishek Muthian
Resurrecting Nexus 6P from bootloop of death Nexus Before the Pixel there was Nexus, smartphones and tablets to showcase the latest in android...
over a year ago
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Resurrecting Nexus 6P from bootloop of death

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
Nexus Before the Pixel there was Nexus, smartphones and tablets to showcase the latest in android with the brand of the manufacturer. They packed in latest android version with top end specifications and pathetic camera (processed image/video) quality; no wonder they didn't take...
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./techtipsy
What running out of SATA ports looks like One day I stumbled upon a Craft Computing video about his new server build, and on the parts list...
over a year ago
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What running out of SATA ports looks like

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
One day I stumbled upon a Craft Computing video about his new server build, and on the parts list was a Sedna PCI Express 2x SATA adapter card: There are different designs out there, including a 4x SATA card, which is bonkers. Anyway, I thought that I might as well give this a...
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Neil Panchal
Berkeley Mono Font Variant Popularity Berkeley Mono Typeface Absolutely thrilled by the response after Hacker News launch of Berkeley...
over a year ago
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Berkeley Mono Font Variant Popularity

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

over a year ago
Berkeley Mono Typeface Absolutely thrilled by the response after Hacker News launch of Berkeley Mono Typeface. I am truly humbled by the feedback, interest and people that have keen interest in typography. Berkeley Mono Font Variants Quick update on people asking what's the...
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TheCollector
A Brief History of the Hungarian Soviet Republic The idea of a communist Hungary is usually associated with the Cold War that arose post-World War...
3 months ago
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A Brief History of the Hungarian Soviet Republic

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

3 months ago
The idea of a communist Hungary is usually associated with the Cold War that arose post-World War II. Hungary, however, had a brush with communist leadership several decades before, in the aftermath of the First World War.   The short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic ultimately...
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Londonist
57 Magnificent Things To Do In London This Month: March 2024 Art fairs, Comic Con, the Boat Races, and other March events.
a year ago
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57 Magnificent Things To Do In London This Month: March 2024

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a year ago
Art fairs, Comic Con, the Boat Races, and other March events.
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NeuroLogica Blog
The Clipper Europa Mission I wrote earlier this week about the latest successful test of Starship and the capture of the Super...
8 months ago
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The Clipper Europa Mission

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

8 months ago
I wrote earlier this week about the latest successful test of Starship and the capture of the Super Heavy booster by grabbing arms of the landing tower. This was quite a feat, but it should not eclipse what was perhaps even bigger space news this week – the launch of NASAs...
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TheCollector
Iris: Greek Goddess and Divine Messenger Being able to pass freely between Olympus, the Underworld, and the mortal realm, Hermes fulfilled an...
2 months ago
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Iris: Greek Goddess and Divine Messenger

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2 months ago
Being able to pass freely between Olympus, the Underworld, and the mortal realm, Hermes fulfilled an important role in Greek mythology as the messenger god. However, the Angelos Athanatôn, or “messenger of the gods,” was not the only emissary for the Olympians. The goddess Iris,...
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macwright.com
How could you make a scalable online geospatial editor? by I’ve been thinking about this. Placemark is going open source in 10 days and I’m probably not...
a year ago
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How could you make a scalable online geospatial editor? by

from macwright.com [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
I’ve been thinking about this. Placemark is going open source in 10 days and I’m probably not founding another geo startup anytime soon. I’d love to found another bootstrapped startup eventually, but geospatial is hard. Anyway, geospatial data is big, which does not combine well...
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Ryan Mulligan
Scrollspy Navigation Web Component Just here for the code and demos? Check out the scrollspy-nav repository on GitHub and its...
a year ago
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Scrollspy Navigation Web Component

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

a year ago
Just here for the code and demos? Check out the scrollspy-nav repository on GitHub and its corresponding demo page. The backstory A "scrollspy" is a method of tracking which link in a menu is active based on a relevant section of information being visible in the viewport....
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Grant Slatton
Status among whom? An essay about status relativism
10 months ago
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Status among whom?

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10 months ago
An essay about status relativism
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Ploum.net
Mon collègue Julius Mon collègue Julius Translation in English Lazygyu의 한국어 번역 Vous connaissez Julius ? Mais si,...
6 months ago
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Mon collègue Julius

from Ploum.net [alt+shift+b] in literature

6 months ago
Mon collègue Julius Translation in English Lazygyu의 한국어 번역 Vous connaissez Julius ? Mais si, Julius ! Vous voyez certainement de qui je veux parler ! J’ai rencontré Julius à l’université. Un jeune homme discret, sympathique, le sourire aux lèvres. Ce qui m’a d’abord frappé chez...
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks ***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
a year ago
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The Essential Greeks

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a year ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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Bits about Money
A review of Number Go Up, on crypto shenanigans A review of Zeke Faux's Number Go Up, with some bonus commentary on financial journalism and Tether...
a year ago
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A review of Number Go Up, on crypto shenanigans

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a year ago
A review of Zeke Faux's Number Go Up, with some bonus commentary on financial journalism and Tether specifically.
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Rozado’s Visual...
Prevalence of Prejudice-Denoting Words in News Media Discourse Summary of manuscript “Prevalence of Prejudice-Denoting Words in News Media Discourse: A...
over a year ago
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Prevalence of Prejudice-Denoting Words in News Media Discourse

from Rozado’s Visual Analytics [alt+shift+b] in AI

over a year ago
Summary of manuscript “Prevalence of Prejudice-Denoting Words in News Media Discourse: A Chronological Analysis”
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Construction Physics
How Washington DC Got Its Metro There have been two main periods of subway (or “metro”) building in the US. The first was during the...
a year ago
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How Washington DC Got Its Metro

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
There have been two main periods of subway (or “metro”) building in the US. The first was during the late 19th century and early 20th century, when Boston, New York, and Philadelphia all built subway systems
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Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Single Line Comments in CSS Brad Frost noted on Twitter how he recently made a website with plain HTML, CSS, JS, etc., and found...
over a year ago
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Single Line Comments in CSS

from Jim Nielsen’s Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
Brad Frost noted on Twitter how he recently made a website with plain HTML, CSS, JS, etc., and found himself missing some of the ergonomics from Sass. Having mostly abandoned Sass on personal projects, I was curious what he felt was missing. He mentioned nesting media queries,...
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Seth's Blog
Analyzing the last move When the deal falls apart, or the team loses the game, or a partnership hits the rocks, it’s easy to...
a year ago
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Analyzing the last move

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

a year ago
When the deal falls apart, or the team loses the game, or a partnership hits the rocks, it’s easy to focus our energy on what just happened. “What if they had called a different play?” This overlooks the real issue. It’s the first move, or the fifth, that led to this problem, not...
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Rest of World -...
Mother-son YouTubers cook Nepali dishes with sides of nostalgia and ASMR Started as a pandemic hobby, KanchhiKitchen is giving Nepalis around the world a glimpse of...
over a year ago
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Mother-son YouTubers cook Nepali dishes with sides of nostalgia and ASMR

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
Started as a pandemic hobby, KanchhiKitchen is giving Nepalis around the world a glimpse of traditional village life.
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Calculated Risk
Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. initial weekly...
4 months ago
22

Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

4 months ago
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for an increase to 216 thousand from 213 thousand last week. manufacturing survey for February. The consensus is for a...
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Arduino Blog
Exploring Alvik: 3 fun and creative projects with Arduino’s educational robot platform Alvik is cute, it’s smart, it’s fun… so what can it actually do?  To answer this question, we...
6 months ago
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Exploring Alvik: 3 fun and creative projects with Arduino’s educational robot platform

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

6 months ago
Alvik is cute, it’s smart, it’s fun… so what can it actually do?  To answer this question, we decided to have fun and put the robot to the test with some of the most creative people we know – our own team! A dozen Arduino employees volunteered for a dedicated Make Tank session...
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Out-of-Pocket Blog
Some more thoughts on telemedicine | Out-Of-Pocket a collection of the best audience responses
a year ago
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Some more thoughts on telemedicine | Out-Of-Pocket

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

a year ago
a collection of the best audience responses
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SatPost by Trung...
Becoming the Tuna King What are the table stakes for a profession? Do you want to pay it?
over a year ago
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Becoming the Tuna King

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

over a year ago
What are the table stakes for a profession? Do you want to pay it?
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Louwrentius
Wake On Lan not working with realtek r8168 card After messing around with different kernels on Debian Lenny, I noticed that my system did no longer...
over a year ago
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Wake On Lan not working with realtek r8168 card

from Louwrentius [alt+shift+b] in technology

over a year ago
After messing around with different kernels on Debian Lenny, I noticed that my system did no longer respond to WOL packets. The system is using an on-board Realtek R8168 chip which supports wake on lan. After searching and reading i found the problem. The system is using an...
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A Beautiful Site
Give your JPEGs alpha channels If you need alpha transparency on the web, 24-bit PNGs are usually your best bet. The only problem...
over a year ago
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Give your JPEGs alpha channels

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
If you need alpha transparency on the web, 24-bit PNGs are usually your best bet. The only problem is that PNGs are lossless and can grow in file size very quickly — much larger than your average JPEG. So what if there was a way for JPEGs to support alpha channels? I discovered...
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Computer Things
Stroustrop's Rule Just finished two weeks of workshops and am exhausted, so this one will be light. Hanuka Sale Logic...
6 months ago
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Stroustrop's Rule

from Computer Things [alt+shift+b] in programming

6 months ago
Just finished two weeks of workshops and am exhausted, so this one will be light. Hanuka Sale Logic for Programmers is on sale until the end of Chanukah! That's Jan 2nd if you're not Jewish. Get it for 40% off here. Stroustrop's Rule I first encountered Stroustrop's Rule on this...
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Noahpinion
One big thing the legacy media gets wrong Analysis is not "opinion".
4 months ago
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One big thing the legacy media gets wrong

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4 months ago
Analysis is not "opinion".
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Oxide Computer...
A Gap in the TrustZone preset settings for the LPC55S69 We’re very excited to have announced the general availability of our cloud computer. As part of this...
a year ago
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A Gap in the TrustZone preset settings for the LPC55S69

from Oxide Computer Company Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

a year ago
We’re very excited to have announced the general availability of our cloud computer. As part of this work, we continue to build on top of the LPC55S69 from NXP as our Root of Trust. We’ve discovered some gaps when using TrustZone preset settings on the LPC55S69 that can allow for...
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xkcd.com
The Maritime Approximation
6 months ago
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The Maritime Approximation

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6 months ago
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Naz Hamid — Journal...
🔗 Everybody Gets a Star But look closer and you’ll often find a slew of petty tyrants, untrustworthy influencers,...
11 months ago
11

🔗 Everybody Gets a Star

from Naz Hamid — Journal + Links [alt+shift+b] in literature

11 months ago
But look closer and you’ll often find a slew of petty tyrants, untrustworthy influencers, straight-up review bombs, or just people with bad taste. People were removing stars because they couldn’t find parking, because the Thai food was spicy, because gratuity was included and...
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
Unchecked Depression Boxes And are you feeling depressed? Why should that question enrage me so much? I realize depression is a...
over a year ago
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Unchecked Depression Boxes

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

over a year ago
And are you feeling depressed? Why should that question enrage me so much? I realize depression is a major health epidemic. I understand that they can't treat an invisible disease without asking if you are suffering from it. But all I wanted was to get a wart frozen off the...
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Both Are True
Wait the Piña Colada song is about what?! hint: its not about frikkin piña coladas I can tell you that right now
a year ago
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Wait the Piña Colada song is about what?!

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a year ago
hint: its not about frikkin piña coladas I can tell you that right now
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The Architectural...
Why the World Needs Beautiful Architecture Again Modern cities often feel soulless—a monotony of glass, steel, and concrete boxes. What happened to...
4 months ago
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Why the World Needs Beautiful Architecture Again

from The Architectural Uprising [alt+shift+b] in architecture

4 months ago
Modern cities often feel soulless—a monotony of glass, steel, and concrete boxes. What happened to buildings that inspire awe? Architecture used to reflect identity, culture, and meaning. Today, it’s become a global uniform—a style that looks the same whether you’re in New York,...
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Christopher Butler
Periodical – 11 – What Could Have Been In his Substack this week, Dave Karpf concludes that the trajectory of any emerging technology bends...
a year ago
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Periodical – 11 – What Could Have Been

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

a year ago
In his Substack this week, Dave Karpf concludes that the trajectory of any emerging technology bends toward money. Of course it does. Because, capitalism. Karpf is in the midst of a chronological reread of the entire WIRED magazine corpus — of great interest to me, of...
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One Useful Thing
I, Cyborg: Using Co-Intelligence How I used AI in my book about AI
a year ago
120

I, Cyborg: Using Co-Intelligence

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a year ago
How I used AI in my book about AI
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Rest of World -...
The CEO trying to democratize cybersecurity Felix Kan on building a bug-hunting platform to enhance cybersecurity for small companies.
a year ago
125

The CEO trying to democratize cybersecurity

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

a year ago
Felix Kan on building a bug-hunting platform to enhance cybersecurity for small companies.
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Contemporist...
This Renovated Home Opens Up to Light and a Terraced Garden Designed by architecture firm DROO, The Cascade is a contemporary renovation of a Victorian home...
3 weeks ago
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This Renovated Home Opens Up to Light and a Terraced Garden

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

3 weeks ago
Designed by architecture firm DROO, The Cascade is a contemporary renovation of a Victorian home that rethinks how everyday spaces are used. Through a series of stepped platforms, the house connects cooking, dining, entertaining, and outdoor living into one flowing sequence. The...
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Archinect - Features
How To Reduce the Stress of an Architecture Job Search At some point in their careers, most, if not all, individuals in the architecture profession find...
11 months ago
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How To Reduce the Stress of an Architecture Job Search

from Archinect - Features [alt+shift+b] in architecture

11 months ago
At some point in their careers, most, if not all, individuals in the architecture profession find themselves looking for new employment. This can include graduates looking for their first job out of architecture school, experienced designers and architects moving from one firm to...
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Vadim Kravcenko
🌈 Hedonic Treadmill I’m sure you’re like me. It happens time and time again that we pour our hearts into achieving...
over a year ago
30

🌈 Hedonic Treadmill

from Vadim Kravcenko [alt+shift+b] in programming

over a year ago
I’m sure you’re like me. It happens time and time again that we pour our hearts into achieving something we […] The post 🌈 Hedonic Treadmill appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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Business Brainstorms
Operational Minimalism, Zero shame in pulling the plug, OpenAI blog posts, ... Welcome to another edition of Business Brainstorms - your weekly dose of invaluable insights, trends...
a year ago
21

Operational Minimalism, Zero shame in pulling the plug, OpenAI blog posts, ...

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a year ago
Welcome to another edition of Business Brainstorms - your weekly dose of invaluable insights, trends and opportunities served up fresh from the cerebral kitchen of Jakob Greenfeld. Time to brainstorm! 💡 Opportunities “Whoever can find out how to crack the operational hurdles of...
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Marcus on AI
AI Agents: Hype versus Reality, redux The contrast couldn’t be starker
5 months ago
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AI Agents: Hype versus Reality, redux

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5 months ago
The contrast couldn’t be starker
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AFAR Media - Travel...
Eight Must-See Places and Women-Owned Businesses in Kansas City
a year ago
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Eight Must-See Places and Women-Owned Businesses in Kansas City

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a year ago
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Retail Design Blog
Ponyo Jar by Rahadiansyah Introducing Ponyo Jar, the epitome of minimalist, fresh, and premium packaging design. Gone are the...
4 months ago
20

Ponyo Jar by Rahadiansyah

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

4 months ago
Introducing Ponyo Jar, the epitome of minimalist, fresh, and premium packaging design. Gone are the days when Ponyo was only...
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Diaries of Note
He feels we should be on the attack for diversion As Richard Nixon’s Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman was positioned at the epicentre of the Watergate...
over a year ago
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He feels we should be on the attack for diversion

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over a year ago
As Richard Nixon’s Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman was positioned at the epicentre of the Watergate scandal—a pivotal role that would ultimately lead to an eighteen month spell in jail for his role in the cover-up. In his posthumously published diaries from that period, Haldeman...
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Open source is eating SaaS Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fatigue is real. Open source has several key advantages, which make B2B...
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Open source is eating SaaS

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over a year ago
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fatigue is real. Open source has several key advantages, which make B2B SaaS companies look and feel traditional. Here's…
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Stoic Simple
What’s the Difference Between Stoicism and Existentialism? Philosophy is a discipline that seeks to understand the nature of existence, reality, knowledge, and...
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What’s the Difference Between Stoicism and Existentialism?

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over a year ago
Philosophy is a discipline that seeks to understand the nature of existence, reality, knowledge, and ethics. Two important philosophical schools of thought that have influenced Western intellectual tradition are Stoicism and Existentialism. Both of these philosophies share some...
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TheCollector
Who Are the Pharisees in the Bible? The New Testament presents the Pharisees as a group that vehemently opposed the ministry of Jesus....
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Who Are the Pharisees in the Bible?

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The New Testament presents the Pharisees as a group that vehemently opposed the ministry of Jesus. Yet, a select few among the Pharisees were open to considering what Jesus taught and even defended his ministry. The Pharisees played a significant role in Jewish society and...
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Metabolism Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: He wakes up and the first thing he does is insist...
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Metabolism

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6 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: He wakes up and the first thing he does is insist that professional grade ninja stars are an investment. Today's News:
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An engineer's guide to picking a cofounder What could be worse than handing out 50% of your company's equity to a co-founder who doesn't...
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An engineer's guide to picking a cofounder

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What could be worse than handing out 50% of your company's equity to a co-founder who doesn't understand the product as much as you do, and all they…
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