Tom Blomfield
What is “founder mode”?
We held a YC event a couple of months ago where Brian Chesky from Airbnb gave a passionate talk...
2 months ago
We held a YC event a couple of months ago where Brian Chesky from Airbnb gave a passionate talk about his experience running Airbnb over the last 17 years. He believed that as Airbnb hired more professional managers, he lost a close connection with the details of the end product...
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Did I just build a better useCallback?
Edit: the technique initially proposed in this post was not concurrent-mode safe. I've added a new...
over a year ago
Edit: the technique initially proposed in this post was not concurrent-mode safe. I've added a new section describing a fix to this problem. Thanks to the readers who noticed it!
useCallback has always been one of my least favorite hooks:
it does not provide much value over...
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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2 months ago
diamond geezer
Crisp packet colours
As you probably know, BBC local radio is currently engaged in rapid strategic contraction in an...
a year ago
As you probably know, BBC local radio is currently engaged in rapid strategic contraction in an attempt to save money. Dozens of much-loved programmes are being withdrawn, especially those broadcast in the evenings and at weekends, in favour of syndicated regional content...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AI
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Honestly, what're the odds we DON'T creep out...
9 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Honestly, what're the odds we DON'T creep out God?
Today's News:
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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a year ago
Jonas Hietala
Design for Hackers has arrived!
Design for Hackers
It’s here! After about a month of waiting I’ve finally gotten the book that will...
over a year ago
Design for Hackers
It’s here! After about a month of waiting I’ve finally gotten the book that will make me a design god! Or at least make me aware of something called design. Joking aside I’m really terrible at design and making things look good. Admittedly my programming art...
Daniel Miessler
UL NO. 354 | THE NEWS & ANALYSIS SERIES
SECURITY NEWS The US has implemented a number of aggressive export controls to stop China from...
over a year ago
SECURITY NEWS The US has implemented a number of aggressive export controls to stop China from attaining advanced semiconductors. And now it looks like the bans will be expanded to quantum computing and AI as well. NYTIMES | MY ANALYSIS BELOW It appears Bytedance had a plan to...
Jonas Hietala
Widening the horizon
This is a game making site but where are the games? What gives?
I’ve been slightly less motivated in...
over a year ago
This is a game making site but where are the games? What gives?
I’ve been slightly less motivated in making games lately and I’ve been doing different things, just to get my ideas and my motivation up. As I said in an earlier post I wanted a break from Experimental Games and I...
Londonist
Review: Yoko Ono's Music Of The Mind Is Bizarre, Baffling, Laughable, Brilliant
Immersive retrospective lands at Tate.
10 months ago
Immersive retrospective lands at Tate.
NeuroLogica Blog
Problems with the Institute Of Noetic Sciences
I was interviewed recently for a Daily Beast article on recent research involving the Institute of...
a year ago
I was interviewed recently for a Daily Beast article on recent research involving the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS). Overall the article is very good, and author Maddie Bender was fair and reasonable in how I was quoted. I can’t always take that as a given. No matter how...
NeuroLogica Blog
Man Gets Pig Kidney Transplant
On March 16 surgeons transplanted a kidney taken from a pig into a human recipient, Rick Slayman. So...
9 months ago
On March 16 surgeons transplanted a kidney taken from a pig into a human recipient, Rick Slayman. So far the transplant is a success, but of course the real test will be how well the kidney functions and for how long. This is the first time such a transplant has been done into a...
Old Structures...
Before and After Electricity
A while back, I put up a photo of the Bowery as seen in 1894, with the Third Avenue elevated tracks...
10 months ago
A while back, I put up a photo of the Bowery as seen in 1894, with the Third Avenue elevated tracks above. Here’s the picture: Here’s a 1909 postcard of a similar view: The third, express track wasn’t added to the el until 1917 and the Bowery is a wide street, so the tracks have...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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7 months ago
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker: Lisa Stubbs
Hi, I'm a printmaker and illustrator living in the Holme Valley in Yorkshire, with a little print...
8 months ago
Hi, I'm a printmaker and illustrator living in the Holme Valley in Yorkshire, with a little print studio in the neighbouring Colne valley.
Describe your printmaking process.
Playful and experimental! I love being curious during my process, combining different processes together...
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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a month ago
ntietz.com blog
RC Week 2: Pairing is Awesome
The second week of my batch at Recurse Center (RC) is a wrap, and it already feels like it's going...
over a year ago
The second week of my batch at Recurse Center (RC) is a wrap, and it already feels like it's going too quickly.
My batch is twelve weeks long, so I'm 17% through.
Only ten weeks left!
This is a precious time, so I'm trying to make the most of it, but also trying to not increase...
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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a year ago
Retail Design Blog
Aesop store by atelier suasua
Following outposts in Shanghai and Beijing, Aesop accelerates its retail expansion in mainland...
4 months ago
Following outposts in Shanghai and Beijing, Aesop accelerates its retail expansion in mainland China, opening another outpost in Hangzhou. The...
Jonas Hietala
Blogging in Djot instead of Markdown
What if we weren’t chained to the past? What if we tried to create a light markup syntax that keeps...
10 months ago
What if we weren’t chained to the past? What if we tried to create a light markup syntax that keeps what is good about Markdown, while revising some of the features that have led to bloat and complexity in the CommonMark spec?
John Macfarlane, Beyond Markdown
I recently...
IEEE Spectrum
James Wimshurst’s Electrostatic Immortality
James Wimshurst did not invent the machine that bears his name. But thanks to his many refinements...
a year ago
James Wimshurst did not invent the machine that bears his name. But thanks to his many refinements to a distinctive type of electrostatic generator, we now have the Wimshurst influence machine.
What does a Wimshurst machine do?
Influence machines date back to the 18th century....
Ognjen Regoje •...
Do forgettable work
There was a great post about doing unforgettable work. Absolutely. Go above and beyond. Do what’s...
11 months ago
There was a great post about doing unforgettable work. Absolutely. Go above and beyond. Do what’s right.
But also, do forgettable work. Work that you won’t remember the following week.
Do a lot of it.
In fact, do at least 30 minutes of utterly forgettable work on something you’re...
Identity Designed
HiRaw!
Designed by M — N Associates, Ho Chi Minh City.
a year ago
Designed by M — N Associates, Ho Chi Minh City.
Londonist
Ayyy! The Fonz Is Coming To London In June
Happy days.
9 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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a year ago
TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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10 months ago
CONTEMPORIST
A Slightly Different Angled Ridge Line Was Given To Each Home In This Passive House Development
RODE, a Boston-based team of architects, designers, and urban planners, together with Passive House...
a year ago
RODE, a Boston-based team of architects, designers, and urban planners, together with Passive House Construction LLC, has shared photos of Brucewood Homes, a collection of internationally certified Passive House single-family homes. The Brucewood Homes project is a series of...
Common Edge
Money and the Conundrum of Architects Who Don’t Build
The identity is a little different than the actual grind.
a year ago
The identity is a little different than the actual grind.
Anecdotal Evidence
'I Used to Stand in Front of the Windows'
In my dream I
was staring through the window of a bookstore, worried that sunlight would
bleach the...
11 months ago
In my dream I
was staring through the window of a bookstore, worried that sunlight would
bleach the color from the cover of a book. At the center of a display that
seemed to be made of cotton gauze was not just any book but a first edition of Ulysses. In the rare books collection...
Citation Needed
Issue 57 - I take deep breath and I get real high
Changpeng Zhao's sentencing, FOIA requests reveal past FBI investigations into Coinbase, and the SEC...
7 months ago
Changpeng Zhao's sentencing, FOIA requests reveal past FBI investigations into Coinbase, and the SEC is on a Wells notice bender.
Abort Retry Fail
The History of the IBM 5100
IBM's First Personal Computer
a year ago
IBM's First Personal Computer
Escaping Flatland
Reading challenging books with kids is fun and probably useful
I was looking through my diary from the summer of 2020 and found this entry about Maud, then three...
8 months ago
I was looking through my diary from the summer of 2020 and found this entry about Maud, then three years old, in late toddlerhood. 25th of July 2020. I was doing the dishes. Maud came in. “I have looked a little in books,” she said.
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Circles and Momentum
I had not come across this graphic from swyx until recently:
I like this reminder.
I know for me,...
a year ago
I had not come across this graphic from swyx until recently:
I like this reminder.
I know for me, it’s often too easy to slip into a kind of cynicism that only sees endless stationary circles rather than ones with directional momentum.
It reminds me of the visualizations of...
Blog - Practical...
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 2
This is the second episode of a five-part pilot series to gauge your interest in "How It's...
a year ago
This is the second episode of a five-part pilot series to gauge your interest in "How It's Made"-esque heavy construction videos. Drop a comment or send me an email to let me know what you think! Watch on YouTube above or ad-free on Nebula here.
Vitalik Buterin's...
Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 5: The Purge
a month ago
A Beautiful Site
Success Requires Luck
I've concluded that successful "makers" have one thing in common: luck.
It's not that strategy and...
over a year ago
I've concluded that successful "makers" have one thing in common: luck.
It's not that strategy and vision don't play a role in success, but nobody — literally nobody — can guarantee that a product or service will be successful. Think about some of the major corporations that...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Shop the Best Artisan Goods in China, Colombia, and Spain
2 months ago
The Modern House
Furniture designer James Stickley’s cleverly zoned live/work loft in east London
a year ago
swyx's site RSS Feed
AmpliBox - a Self Hosted File Storage App with AWS Amplify
A demo using AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service) using Amplify Storage, Svelte, and Tailwind CSS
over a year ago
A demo using AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service) using Amplify Storage, Svelte, and Tailwind CSS
A Smart Bear
Color Wheels are wrong? How color vision actually works
Artists say all colors are a mixture of red, yellow, and blue. But physics and TV screens and...
9 months ago
Artists say all colors are a mixture of red, yellow, and blue. But physics and TV screens and printers disagree. How does color really work?
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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a year ago
Laetitia@Work
Why I'm tired of goals
Laetitia@Work #55
a year ago
Dustin Curtis
Luxury for everyone: thoughts on Vision Pro and Apple's DNA
In 2009, Microsoft released an enormous 200lb coffee table with an embedded 30-inch touchscreen...
7 months ago
In 2009, Microsoft released an enormous 200lb coffee table with an embedded 30-inch touchscreen called Surface. Although the iPhone had been around for a little while, the larger screen made Surface feel absolutely futuristic: in the Photos app, you could toss around pictures...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Scrollbar Shenanigans
Styling scrollbars for my space on the Internet
over a year ago
Styling scrollbars for my space on the Internet
Dan Cowell
Breaking the rules: I threw away 10 months of work after 2 months on the job.
When I took over the team, they were in month 8 of a 3-month project to relaunch the company's...
a year ago
When I took over the team, they were in month 8 of a 3-month project to relaunch the company's ecommerce website. After 2 months leading the team, I decided to scrap it and start over. This is the story of how and why, and whether it all worked out.
Seth's Blog
Input choice is easily taken for granted
We can give instructions to a fellow human by: Most people develop voiceboxes and limbs and facial...
a year ago
We can give instructions to a fellow human by: Most people develop voiceboxes and limbs and facial expressions that make any of these usable. Computers, over the decades, have had to have them engineered. In 1983, Dan Lovy built a parser for the adventure games I was marketing at...
Common Edge
How to Be a Better Architect Than Me
My recent talk to high school seniors.
a year ago
My recent talk to high school seniors.
Blog - Guerrilla...
How Guerrilla Cartography’s Atlases Promote Diverse Perspectives
Guerrilla Cartography aims to promote the understanding that there are many views of the world, that...
a year ago
Guerrilla Cartography aims to promote the understanding that there are many views of the world, that how we understand space and place can vary, and that we should think critically about the maps and the graphics we make and consume. Our organization has designed processes for...
Spoon & Tamago
Shibuya Unveils Graphics Discouraging Halloween Parties in Their Ward
After the tragic and fatal Halloween crowd crush that occured in Seoul last year, Tokyo’s Shibuya...
a year ago
After the tragic and fatal Halloween crowd crush that occured in Seoul last year, Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, which has increasingly become a go-to spot for Halloween parties—often with dangerous consequences—is taking preemptive measures to discourage people from congregating in their...
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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6 months ago
Math Is Still...
Biophysicists Uncover Powerful Symmetries in Living Tissue
After identifying interlocking symmetries in mammalian cells, scientists can describe some tissues...
a year ago
After identifying interlocking symmetries in mammalian cells, scientists can describe some tissues as liquid crystals — an observation that lays the groundwork for a fluid-dynamic theory of how tissues move.
The post Biophysicists Uncover Powerful Symmetries in Living...
A Smart Bear
The Serengeti Plain: Fallacies that aren't fallacies
A contrarian look at logical "fallacies" that maybe aren't so illogical after all.
2 months ago
A contrarian look at logical "fallacies" that maybe aren't so illogical after all.
Retail Design Blog
Haikou GAOXINGLI Insun Cinema by One Plus Partnership
Haikou is an island in China, it’s situated on the north coast of Hainan Island, and the South China...
a month ago
Haikou is an island in China, it’s situated on the north coast of Hainan Island, and the South China Sea...
Words and Buttons...
[Renovated] Even if you can't write assembly like a poet, you can read disassembly like a hunter
This is a very concise introduction to x86 disassembly. It shows that you probably have all the...
a year ago
This is a very concise introduction to x86 disassembly. It shows that you probably have all the skills to start reading disassembly right now even if you thought it was too complicated for you. It really isn't, see it for yourself.
Math Is Still...
What Causes Alzheimer’s? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer. (Pt 2)
If plaques of amyloid protein in the brain aren’t the root cause of Alzheimer’s disease, what is?...
a year ago
If plaques of amyloid protein in the brain aren’t the root cause of Alzheimer’s disease, what is? Researchers investigating alternative possibilities have faced resistance from the biomedical establishment for decades, but intriguing theories about the role of defects in protein...
Vadim Kravcenko
How do you know when to use which programming language?
Hello Alex, Congrats on graduating. So the question you’re asking is very vague, but I’d like to...
10 months ago
Hello Alex, Congrats on graduating. So the question you’re asking is very vague, but I’d like to help you out […]
The post How do you know when to use which programming language? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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12 months ago
Uncharted...
Should You Be Able to Experiment on Your Own Cancer?
A researcher in virology and immunotherapy got bad news: Her cancer was back with a vengeance; the...
2 months ago
A researcher in virology and immunotherapy got bad news: Her cancer was back with a vengeance; the treatments weren’t working. She decided to treat it herself.
A Weekly Dose of...
Conceiving the Plan
Conceiving the Plan: Nuance and Intimacy in Civic Space
Edited by Yael Hameiri Sainsaux
Skira,...
over a year ago
Conceiving the Plan: Nuance and Intimacy in Civic Space
Edited by Yael Hameiri Sainsaux
Skira, August 2022
Hardcover | 12-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches | 240 pages | 170 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9788857246543 | $45.00
PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION:
In Honor of Diane Lewis...
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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10 months ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Kayak, Hike, and Bike in Off-Season Virginia Beach
5 days ago
The Honest Broker
How to Survive as the Only Opera Fan in Elementary School
My brother Dana shares a story about his unusual childhood
10 months ago
My brother Dana shares a story about his unusual childhood
swyx's site RSS Feed
Why You Should Pre-Sell
My thoughts on preselling, from having done it successfully exactly one time.
over a year ago
My thoughts on preselling, from having done it successfully exactly one time.
TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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2 months ago
Wanderingspace
Venus from Earth (with Stacking)
Image taken by @TheVastReaches. According to the photographer, “It takes just a few minutes to...
over a year ago
Image taken by @TheVastReaches. According to the photographer, “It takes just a few minutes to collect all the frames. This started as 6 video files, 45,000 frames total. Then they are stacked and combined.”
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
abdz.do - Have you...
&Walsh rebrands Lex, welcoming in a new generation of LGBTQ+ community creators
&Walsh rebrands Lex, welcoming in a new generation of LGBTQ+ community creators
...
a year ago
&Walsh rebrands Lex, welcoming in a new generation of LGBTQ+ community creators
abduzeedo0130—23
&Walsh created the messaging framework, visual identity, UX/UI toolkit, and website design & development for the queer-owned and operated social...
Seth's Blog
Are you pitching or are you asking?
There are two easy ways to tell: First, if you have a script or a highlighted goal in mind, you’re...
6 months ago
There are two easy ways to tell: First, if you have a script or a highlighted goal in mind, you’re pitching. You’re simply asking questions to create connection, tension or forward motion. Second, if you’re willing to learn and change your point of view as a result of the...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Embeds and Quotations in Writing
Chris wrote “0 KB Social Media Embeds” and it got me thinking about my own approach to embeds and...
a year ago
Chris wrote “0 KB Social Media Embeds” and it got me thinking about my own approach to embeds and quotations in my writing.
A lot of my blogging is quoting other people.
I remember debating the use of social embeds on my blog because I quoted a lot of things on Twitter.
But I...
Open Culture
Jerry Seinfeld Delivers Commencement Address at Duke University: You Will Need Humor to Get Through...
This weekend, Jerry Seinfeld gave the commencement speech at Duke University and offered the...
7 months ago
This weekend, Jerry Seinfeld gave the commencement speech at Duke University and offered the graduates his three keys to life: 1. bust your ass, 2. pay attention, and 3. fall in love. Then, 10 minutes later, he added essentially a fourth key to life: “Do not lose your sense of...
NeuroLogica Blog
Artificial Diamond Boom
The history of aluminum, and what is now happening in the artificial diamond market, may tell us...
a year ago
The history of aluminum, and what is now happening in the artificial diamond market, may tell us something about a post-scarcity world. Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust. However, it like to form with other elements and therefore it was very difficulty to...
Jonas Hietala
The T-34 keyboard layout
A couple of months ago I started looking into ergonomical keyboards; mainly split keyboards with...
over a year ago
A couple of months ago I started looking into ergonomical keyboards; mainly split keyboards with much fewer keys, like the 36-key Gergoplex and the 44-key Kyria. I may write another post about the reasons why, but long story short I started getting pain in my thumbs, fingers,...
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
PostHog's RSS Feed
Things I learned last year
2021 went well for PostHog - especially given we're not even two years old yet. 7,014 customers...
over a year ago
2021 went well for PostHog - especially given we're not even two years old yet. 7,014 customers across our range of products (!) 800% increase in…
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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2 weeks ago
bt RSS Feed
New Domain and Code Forge
New Domain and Code Forge
2024-01-29
As you can clearly see, my site’s domain has switched over to...
10 months ago
New Domain and Code Forge
2024-01-29
As you can clearly see, my site’s domain has switched over to btxx.org. This post will go into details about the reason for this URL swap (spoilers: I’m a cheapskate) - but that isn’t all. I have moved my personal git repositories over to my...
Contemporist...
A New Home Inspired By The Long, Horizontal Lines Of The Classic California Bungalow
Design and build company Alloy Homes Incorporated has shared photos of a new home they completed in...
4 months ago
Design and build company Alloy Homes Incorporated has shared photos of a new home they completed in one of Calgary’s original upscale mid-century neighborhoods.
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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2 weeks ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
The end
I will now close this journal. I’m optimistic about my recovery. It seems like a good time to end...
over a year ago
I will now close this journal. I’m optimistic about my recovery. It seems like a good time to end this...
The Gradient
A Brief Overview of Gender Bias in AI
A brief overview and discussion on gender bias in AI
8 months ago
A brief overview and discussion on gender bias in AI
Retail Design Blog
Randomevent store by Zach Architecture Design
Aranya is a newly developed cultural resort which in earlier days formed part of the Chinese...
5 months ago
Aranya is a newly developed cultural resort which in earlier days formed part of the Chinese Communist Party‘s official summer...
Wait But Why
Why I Lugged My 27-Pound Toddler to a Rocket Launch
So heavy but so worth it
The post Why I Lugged My 27-Pound Toddler to a Rocket Launch appeared first...
2 months ago
So heavy but so worth it
The post Why I Lugged My 27-Pound Toddler to a Rocket Launch appeared first on Wait But Why.
The Elysian
Three classic utopian novels—now collectibles
More than 100 years ago, three thinkers imagined what a utopian future might look like in the year...
3 months ago
More than 100 years ago, three thinkers imagined what a utopian future might look like in the year 2000. Now, their novels are available as a collectible set.
nanoscale views
APS March Meeting 2023, Day 1
Ahh, Las Vegas. I will say, I think every APS March Meeting from now on should have a giant Ferris...
a year ago
Ahh, Las Vegas. I will say, I think every APS March Meeting from now on should have a giant Ferris wheel right by the registration lobby.
Here are a few highlights from what I saw after I arrived around lunchtime today:
Given some of my current research, I spent a fair bit...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
Confessions of a...
Reflections on 2024 and Exciting Plans for 2025
Looking back at what we accomplished in 2024, and plans for 2025
4 days ago
Looking back at what we accomplished in 2024, and plans for 2025
Arduino Blog
Top Arduino Cloud IoT dashboard ideas with the new Image widget
Recently, we announced the exciting new Image widget for Arduino Cloud. This powerful feature opens...
2 months ago
Recently, we announced the exciting new Image widget for Arduino Cloud. This powerful feature opens up a world of possibilities for enhancing your IoT dashboards. But the true potential of the Image widget lies in the applications that you create. Today, we’re excited to dive...
Both Are True
and baby makes four???
lauren and baby are healthy, i am unwell!
10 months ago
lauren and baby are healthy, i am unwell!
Anecdotal Evidence
'He’s a Person of Joy, a Fanatic'
Unlike my
sons, I can’t listen to music while working – that is, writing. When the music
is good,...
a year ago
Unlike my
sons, I can’t listen to music while working – that is, writing. When the music
is good, that’s what I’m doing, listening. Otherwise, I don’t need a soundtrack
for my life. I would find that annoyingly attention-splitting. What I do
instead is periodically take a break...
diamond geezer
The University Challenge
The University Challenge
My university adventure started with a car journey to destiny, and a...
a year ago
The University Challenge
My university adventure started with a car journey to destiny, and a selection of my worldly belongings packed into the boot. It had looked like a reasonable number of belongings when piled up in my bedroom, a stack of clothes and books and gadgets I...
The American Scholar
The Challenge
The post The Challenge appeared first on The American Scholar.
4 months ago
The post The Challenge appeared first on The American Scholar.
CONTEMPORIST
Bamboo And Traditional Craftsmanship Weave Nature Into The Design Of This Retail And Exhibition...
Design firm llLab., has shared photos of a sculptural bamboo installation they recently completed as...
2 months ago
Design firm llLab., has shared photos of a sculptural bamboo installation they recently completed as part of the Element pop-up store at HKRI Taikoo Hui in Shanghai, China. Aligned with Element’s sustainable branding philosophy, this project embraces bamboo to explore a spatial...
Christian Selig
Announcing Apollo: a new Reddit app for iPhone
I’m really excited to unveil a project I’ve been working on for the last year or so. It’s called...
over a year ago
I’m really excited to unveil a project I’ve been working on for the last year or so. It’s called Apollo and it’s a new Reddit app for iPhone.
I’ve been a Reddit user for about four years now, and the site is a constant source of interesting discussion, hilarity and news for me...
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Every Departure Destroys a Class of Sympathies'
As a boy I
was spared most deaths. I've read of people who lose parents, siblings and close
friends...
5 months ago
As a boy I
was spared most deaths. I've read of people who lose parents, siblings and close
friends when young, and wonder how they adapt to unprecedented loss. They have
nothing to compare it to. The death that hit me hardest was President Kennedy’s,
a month after my eleventh...
TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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a year ago
Confused bit
Birth of a new blog
What is the best programming language? Why is Vim better than Emacs? Tabs or spaces? Static or...
a year ago
What is the best programming language? Why is Vim better than Emacs? Tabs or spaces? Static or dynamic typing? The answer to all these questions and more on “Confused bit”.
This blog is a place to host and share my thoughts on software, crafting, and my experience with various...
Wuthering...
Ferdowsi's Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings - No one has any knowledge of those first days...
My little Persian literature syllabus in March was built on Aboloqasem
Ferdowsi’s gigantic epic...
8 months ago
My little Persian literature syllabus in March was built on Aboloqasem
Ferdowsi’s gigantic epic Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (1010), a
slender 850 pages in Dick Davis’s 2006 prose (mostly) translation. He added another 100 pages to the 2016
edition, whether filling out...
David Perell
28 Pieces of Life Advice
In honor of my 28th birthday, here are 28 pieces of life advice.
The post 28 Pieces of Life Advice...
over a year ago
In honor of my 28th birthday, here are 28 pieces of life advice.
The post 28 Pieces of Life Advice appeared first on David Perell.
Spoon & Tamago
Unwind With Books And Beverages at Iwami Ginzan’s Unique Library Cafe
All images © Iwami Ginzan Library Situated in Omori-cho, Ota City, Shimane Prefecture, the Iwami...
a year ago
All images © Iwami Ginzan Library Situated in Omori-cho, Ota City, Shimane Prefecture, the Iwami Ginzan Town Library Cafe and Co-working Space offers a unique fusion of a relaxed library atmosphere and modern amenities. It is housed within a former merchant’s residence on the...
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 11-12 November 2023
The Lord Mayor's Show, music festivals, Diwali celebrations and more.
a year ago
The Lord Mayor's Show, music festivals, Diwali celebrations and more.
One from Nippon
From the Ashes of the World's First App Store
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here.
Part 1 Summary: Brother...
a year ago
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here.
Part 1 Summary: Brother Industries built Takeru, the world's first software vending machine that let users download software from a server. While revolutionary, it wasn't as huge a success as
TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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8 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
Transit Maps
What I’m Up To and the Future of the Blog
Hi, everyone – it’s been a while! Quite a few people have written in lately wondering why I haven’t...
5 months ago
Hi, everyone – it’s been a while! Quite a few people have written in lately wondering why I haven’t updated the blog in a while, so I thought I should address that. Firstly, for those that were concerned something was wrong, I’d like to reassure you that I’m a-okay and everything...
Joel Gascoigne
Reflecting on 10 years of building Buffer
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog.
Today marks ten years since I launched the...
over a year ago
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog.
Today marks ten years since I launched the first version of Buffer. What started as a landing page to gauge interest, and then a very basic product that I worked on alone, has become so much more. Buffer is now a
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 20
Dipping my toe in enterprise sales
8 months ago
Dipping my toe in enterprise sales
HTMHell
Grouping form fields
by Matthias Kittsteiner
When I first stumbled upon fieldset and legend, I didn’t know much about...
yesterday
by Matthias Kittsteiner
When I first stumbled upon fieldset and legend, I didn’t know much about HTML and especially not about accessibility. Everything I noticed was the special way a legend is displayed inside a fieldset – or rather: alongside the border of a fieldset.
Fast...
NeuroLogica Blog
Should You Get a Heat Pump?
Starting around 1550 and lasting through the 1600s, England had an energy crisis. They were running...
a year ago
Starting around 1550 and lasting through the 1600s, England had an energy crisis. They were running out of wood, which was the main source of fuel for residential and commercial heating. England also needed a lot of wood for their massive navy – it took about 2,000 trees to build...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Only one
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
After about 3 slayings they just sit in a chair,...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
After about 3 slayings they just sit in a chair, look out the window, and shake their heads from time to time.
Today's News:
ntietz.com blog
My portable ergonomic setup
In 2022, I developed nerve pain in my arms.
It came on quickly, and it was bad: I couldn't drive, I...
6 months ago
In 2022, I developed nerve pain in my arms.
It came on quickly, and it was bad: I couldn't drive, I couldn't type, and at the worst I couldn't pick up our kids.
That episode spontaneously resolved after a couple of months, but flareups happen occasionally.
One guaranteed trigger...
Maggie Appleton
Pink, Soft, Glittering Developers
over a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
Opsbros
Docker and CumulusMX
I wanted to find out if I could successfully redeploy my Weather Station monitoring software into a...
over a year ago
I wanted to find out if I could successfully redeploy my Weather Station monitoring software into a Docker container. Let's battle the elements together...
Tony Finch's blog
The unix69 keyboard layout: nerdy and nice
A proper Unix keyboard layout must have escape next to 1 and control
next to A.
Compared to the...
a year ago
A proper Unix keyboard layout must have escape next to 1 and control
next to A.
Compared to the usual ANSI layout, backquote is displaced from its
common position next to 1. But a proper Unix keyboard should cover
the entire ASCII repertoire, 94 printing characters on 47 keys,...
NeuroLogica Blog
AI and User Manuals
About half of Americans, when asked, report that they don’t read the user manual for new technical...
4 months ago
About half of Americans, when asked, report that they don’t read the user manual for new technical devices they acquire. Although I suspect that many people are like me – I read them sometimes, and then only partly. If there is a “quick user guide” I will often look at that....
Open Culture
Moebius Gives 18 Wisdom-Filled Tips to Aspiring Artists
Jean Giraud, aka Moebius, was a comic book artist who combined blinding speed with boundless...
3 months ago
Jean Giraud, aka Moebius, was a comic book artist who combined blinding speed with boundless imagination. He shaped the look of Alien, Empire Strikes Back and The Fifth Element. He reimagined the Silver Surfer for Stan Lee. And he is an acknowledged influence on everyone from...
Seth's Blog
Sharp tools
Professional woodworkers rarely have to be reminded to sharpen their tools. Of course they know...
3 months ago
Professional woodworkers rarely have to be reminded to sharpen their tools. Of course they know this. The rest of us, on the other hand, regularly use digital tools we don’t understand, don’t maintain and haven’t optimized. Sometimes, our lack of care in the choice and use of...
Rest of World -...
The U.S. is racing to source chips from Vietnam — but engineers are scant
A deficit of 15,000 engineers is predicted in the next five years. Just 89 students are enrolled in...
a year ago
A deficit of 15,000 engineers is predicted in the next five years. Just 89 students are enrolled in the country’s only comprehensive chip engineering degree.
Christopher Butler
object – The Present Clock
This hand of this clock makes one rotation every 365 days.
Something like eight or nine years...
a year ago
This hand of this clock makes one rotation every 365 days.
Something like eight or nine years ago, I funded a Kickstarter campaign for a clock that Scott Thrift was making with a neat idea behind it — its single hand would make one full rotation every 365 days. It was called...
Seth's Blog
The second mistake
That’s the avoidable one and the one that usually causes the real trouble. When the first mistake...
a year ago
That’s the avoidable one and the one that usually causes the real trouble. When the first mistake flusters us, breaks our rhythm or messes with our confidence, we’re far more likely to make the second one. It’s almost impossible to avoid making a mistake. But avoiding the second...
Seth's Blog
The half apology
What a waste. Something went wrong, and the other person cared enough about the relationship to let...
6 months ago
What a waste. Something went wrong, and the other person cared enough about the relationship to let you know. Perhaps they’re hoping that you can rebuild a bridge. That you can see what they see and care enough to do something about it. A half apology is a little like half a...
A Beautiful Site
Flushing DNS cache on macOS
Here's the best way to flush DNS cache on macOS:
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP...
over a year ago
Here's the best way to flush DNS cache on macOS:
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder; say cache flushed
Notice that last part — that's why this is the best method. You get an audible "cache flushed" almost instantaneously, and the whole process becomes...
A Beautiful Site
Anchoring Software to Major Versions
In a SemVer world, major releases are those which contain incompatible API changes. We often see...
7 months ago
In a SemVer world, major releases are those which contain incompatible API changes. We often see software projects anchor themselves to major versions for long periods of time, usually with the promise of stability.
We all know how frustrating it is to upgrade a package and run...
Making software...
Unsolicited Design Review - Dropbox
Unsolicited Design Review - Dropbox
2017-10-10
Earlier last week the design team at Dropbox unveiled...
over a year ago
Unsolicited Design Review - Dropbox
2017-10-10
Earlier last week the design team at Dropbox unveiled their new branding / design system for the company as a whole. If you haven't seen the updated design yet, you can do so here: dropbox.design (Take your time, I can wait).
I...
Seth's Blog
The right marketing question
The wrong question is, “our project isn’t catching on, how do we promote it better?” The right...
a year ago
The wrong question is, “our project isn’t catching on, how do we promote it better?” The right question is a little more nuanced and far more important, “We’re seeking to make a change in part of the world. How do we find the right people and tell them the right (true) story that...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Rosanna Reade
I am a printmaker and illustrator from Northern Ireland, living and working in Edinburgh. I studied...
over a year ago
I am a printmaker and illustrator from Northern Ireland, living and working in Edinburgh. I studied History of Art at University but have reverted back to creating art rather than talking or writing about it!
As a self-taught printmaker, there is quite a lot of trial and error...
TokyoDev
個人のブログから利益を生むビジネスへ：TokyoDevのストーリー
This article is also available [in...
a year ago
This article is also available [in...
Retail Design Blog
Magura Winery by the Labelmaker
Crafting a Premium Competitive Identity for Spirits market The design of a bottle label is more than...
5 days ago
Crafting a Premium Competitive Identity for Spirits market The design of a bottle label is more than just a visual...
bt RSS Feed
"This Key is Useless Now. Discard?"
“This Key is Useless Now. Discard?”
2024-08-28
The title of this article probably triggers nostalgic...
3 months ago
“This Key is Useless Now. Discard?”
2024-08-28
The title of this article probably triggers nostalgic memories for old school Resident Evil veterans like myself. My personal favourite in the series (not that anyone asked) was the original, 1998 version of Resident Evil 2 (RE2). I...
I Have No Idea What...
6 pricing A/B tests I’ve run (and which ones worked)
How pricing experiments helped me reach $6,000 MRR
a year ago
How pricing experiments helped me reach $6,000 MRR
Anecdotal Evidence
'Oaks That Were Acorns That Were Oaks'
We hear acorns
hitting the roof of the house and the cars. It makes the cats nervous and sounds
like...
a year ago
We hear acorns
hitting the roof of the house and the cars. It makes the cats nervous and sounds
like slow hail. The crop this year is prodigious. The
patio is covered with them, more than the squirrels can keep up with. Stomping on them make a satisfying crack/pop sound. I’ve...
AFAR Media - Travel...
The British Virgin Islands Is Your Ultimate Vacation Destination
a year ago
Roberto Vitillo's...
The second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems is out
In the second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems , I explore the core building blocks at...
over a year ago
In the second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems , I explore the core building blocks at the heart of many distributed systems…
bt RSS Feed
Proper UI Hierarchy
Proper UI Hierarchy
2019-02-05
I often feel like an old man when I complain about flat design and...
over a year ago
Proper UI Hierarchy
2019-02-05
I often feel like an old man when I complain about flat design and how designers these days have lost (or willfully forgotten) the skill to create accessible UIs with proper visual hierarchy. A skill which at it’s core seems so simple - yet is...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Related But Detached'
I’ve seen Hamlet on the stage only once, in 1971.
The prince was played by Dame Judith Anderson,...
10 months ago
I’ve seen Hamlet on the stage only once, in 1971.
The prince was played by Dame Judith Anderson, unconvincing in her early seventies.
Wrong sex, wrong age, wrong play – a stillborn theatrical stunt. My reaction was perhaps the
worst that staged Shakespeare can inspire – boredom...
Retail Design Blog
ESTRO coffee capsules by Anna Galsanova
ESTRO is a new brand of coffee capsules, the main advantage of which is new technologies that allow...
4 months ago
ESTRO is a new brand of coffee capsules, the main advantage of which is new technologies that allow you to...
The Marginalian
Albert Camus on Writing and the Importance of Stubbornness in Creative Work
"There is no greatness without a little stubbornness... Works of art are not born in flashes of...
a year ago
"There is no greatness without a little stubbornness... Works of art are not born in flashes of inspiration but in a daily fidelity."
Maps Mania
Four Free Alternatives to GeoGuessr
8 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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5 months ago
bt RSS Feed
CSS Video Backgrounds
CSS Video Backgrounds
2018-04-16
With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3,...
over a year ago
CSS Video Backgrounds
2018-04-16
With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3, developers now have the ability to support background videos (mp4 support only - at the time of this article) with pure CSS.
Example:
.video-background {
background-image:...
Internal Tech Emails
Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel
Peter and I have had a number of conversations about what we expect the world to look like in 2030...
5 months ago
Peter and I have had a number of conversations about what we expect the world to look like in 2030 so we can plan and position our future work accordingly.
A Beautiful Site
The SimpleImage library for PHP
If you love working with PHP but hate the GD library, you'll love the Simple Image PHP class I'm...
over a year ago
If you love working with PHP but hate the GD library, you'll love the Simple Image PHP class I'm releasing today. This class takes the headache out of dealing with images and features over 25 useful methods.
The class is incredibly simple to use. The following two lines will...
DYNOMIGHT
Nursing doubts: Is breastfeeding good?
If you ask the internet if breastfeeding is good, you will soon learn that YOU MUST BREASTFEED...
3 months ago
If you ask the internet if breastfeeding is good, you will soon learn that YOU MUST BREASTFEED because BREAST MILK = OPTIMAL FOOD FOR BABY. But if you look for evidence, you’ll discover two disturbing facts.
First, there’s no consensus about why breastfeeding is good. I’ve seen...
Oykun
Letter to Young Designers
Dear Young Designer,
Yes, you can already call yourself a “Designer”
Everybody in this world is a...
7 months ago
Dear Young Designer,
Yes, you can already call yourself a “Designer”
Everybody in this world is a designer.
What you want to be is an “Excellent Designer”.
To become that;
Explore!
Do not worry about specialising. You will have time for that.
Take whatever comes your
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Paradox
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Whenever I explain this to someone the only...
4 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Whenever I explain this to someone the only responses are amazement and being unable to fathom why anyone would care.
Today's News:
Archinect - Features
Storytelling, Bias, and Exploitation in Digital Realms; A Conversation with Miriam Hillawi...
For Miriam Hillawi Abraham, the digital realm is one fraught with both opportunities and dangers....
a year ago
For Miriam Hillawi Abraham, the digital realm is one fraught with both opportunities and dangers. The Ethiopian designer and researcher sees digital media as an impactful, playful, and unrestrained way of shaping immersive stories that challenge Western narratives and power...
NeuroLogica Blog
Student Attitudes Toward AI in the Class
Researchers recently published an extensive survey of almost 6,000 students across academic...
a year ago
Researchers recently published an extensive survey of almost 6,000 students across academic institution in Sweden. The results are not surprising, but they do give a snapshot of where we are with the recent introduction of large language model AIs. Most students, 56%, reported...
Open Culture
Revisit Episodes of Liquid Television, MTV’s 90s Showcase of Funny, Irreverent & Bizarre Animation
MTV stands for Music Television, and when the network launched in 1981, its almost entirely music...
2 months ago
MTV stands for Music Television, and when the network launched in 1981, its almost entirely music video-based programming was true to its name. Within a decade, however, its mandate had widened to the point that it had become the natural home for practically any exciting...
ntietz.com blog
Rust's iterators optimize nicely—and contain a footgun
I saw a claim recently that in functional programming using "map/filter iterates over the list...
7 months ago
I saw a claim recently that in functional programming using "map/filter iterates over the list twice, while the foreach loop iterates only once."
The author continued that "Haskell can fuse maps together as an optimization but I don't think you safely fuse arbitrary map/filters?...
Archinect - Features
Discussing Paid Research Opportunities for M.Arch Students at UW-Milwaukee SARUP
In November 2022, we connected with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Architecture &...
a year ago
In November 2022, we connected with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Architecture & Urban Planning (SARUP) to unpack its Mellows Graduate Research Positions (formerly called the Mellowes Master’s Research Assistantships).
For the 2024-2025 school year, SARUP is...
Maps Mania
Mapping a Global Coral Bleaching Event
8 months ago
The Pragmatic...
I'm shutting down my job tech jobs board after two-and-a-half years
I started The Pragmatic Engineer Job Board in October 2021. 2.5 years later, I am shutting it down...
8 months ago
I started The Pragmatic Engineer Job Board in October 2021. 2.5 years later, I am shutting it down permanently, despite a reasonable success in traction. The shutdown was triggered by my vendor – Pallet – discontinuing their job board and talent collective approach. However, I ...
Vitalik Buterin's...
[Mirror] A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy
over a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
Melting Asphalt
The Elephant in the Brain
It's finally here! The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life — my first book,...
over a year ago
It's finally here! The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life — my first book, coauthored with Robin Hanson — is now widely available. You can find the ebook version on Kindle, Google Play, and iBooks. It's also…
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Londonist
London's Alleyway Pubs: 13 Of The Best
Some of the finest ye olde pubs in London.
10 months ago
Some of the finest ye olde pubs in London.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
The Marginalian
“Little Women” Author Louisa May Alcott on the Creative Rewards of Being Single
"Liberty is a better husband than love."
a year ago
"Liberty is a better husband than love."
Dustin Curtis
Block Carefully
A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture...
2 months ago
A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to block me. Since then, I have been unable to view his posts1, which is a shame because I valued his thoughts and opinions.
Today, X engineering announced...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Recruiting programmers to your startup
Here are some things I’ve learned over the years about recruiting programmers* to startups. This is...
over a year ago
Here are some things I’ve learned over the years about recruiting programmers* to startups. This is a big topic: many of the points I make…
The Oatmeal - Comics...
Rise from the deep
A comic about Twitter.
View on my website
over a year ago
A comic about Twitter.
View on my website
Londonist
The Ghosts Of Oxford Street: The Ultimate London Christmas Film?
Part musical, part 'secrets of', part who-knows-what.
a year ago
Part musical, part 'secrets of', part who-knows-what.
Fonts In Use: Blog...
Metra tickets, 1990–1991
Contributed by Florian Hardwig
Source: www.c82.net C82 / Nicholas...
a year ago
Contributed by Florian Hardwig
Source: www.c82.net C82 / Nicholas Rougeux. License: All Rights Reserved.
January 1990, ft. an unidentified rounded sans
Source: www.c82.net C82 / Nicholas Rougeux. License: All Rights Reserved.
February...
AVC
Read Write Own
Chris Dixon, who leads the A16Z crypto fund, and has been an entrepreneur, VC, and friend of mine...
11 months ago
Chris Dixon, who leads the A16Z crypto fund, and has been an entrepreneur, VC, and friend of mine for over twenty years, has written a book called Read Write Own that is available for pre-order now and will start shipping at the end of the month. Chris gave me a copy right before...
Liz Denys
My love-hate relationship with typeface rendering in Ubuntu
We take good, er at least reasonable, typography for granted all the time. This is especially true...
over a year ago
We take good, er at least reasonable, typography for granted all the time. This is especially true when it comes to personal computers because with Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X - upwards of 98 percent of the market - you get characters that are easy on the eye right out of the...
Liz Denys
Some things aren't still intended to last forever, like KitchenAid stand mixers
Meet Bernice:
Bernice is a Hobart-motored thirty-two and a half year old KitchenAid stand mixer. My...
over a year ago
Meet Bernice:
Bernice is a Hobart-motored thirty-two and a half year old KitchenAid stand mixer. My grandma named her. She's a slightly green lemon chiffon color reminiscent of the end of the 70's with which, despite all odds, I've become quite enamored. She's even older than...
Nelson's Weblog
Phanpy, a Mastodon client
Phanpy is good software for reading
Mastodon or other Fediverse posts. Astonishingly it’s an open...
6 months ago
Phanpy is good software for reading
Mastodon or other Fediverse posts. Astonishingly it’s an open source
passion project from a single developer, Chee
Aun. Its quality is extraordinary, better than most commercial social
media software.
There’s so many good things about Phanpy...
Home on Erik...
NoDoc
We had an unconference at Spotify last Thursday and I added a semi-trolling semi-serious topic about...
over a year ago
We had an unconference at Spotify last Thursday and I added a semi-trolling semi-serious topic about abolishing documentation. Or NoDoc, as I'm going to call this movement. This was meant to be mostly a thought experiment, but I don't see it as complete madness.
AFAR Media - Travel...
The FAA Bill Could Greatly Improve Air Travel—Here's How
a year ago
swyx's site RSS Feed
Slack is Fumbling Developers
Reflecting on the sudden switch away from Slack for Developer communities
over a year ago
Reflecting on the sudden switch away from Slack for Developer communities
Tech and Tea
Goodbye to 2023
Reflections on a hard year, and looking to the year ahead
11 months ago
Reflections on a hard year, and looking to the year ahead
Matt Mazur
LearnGPT is for sale. Contact me if you’re interested.
On Friday I announced that I intended to shut down LearnGPT to focus on Preceden, my main business....
a year ago
On Friday I announced that I intended to shut down LearnGPT to focus on Preceden, my main business. I didn’t plan to sell LearnGPT because I didn’t think a month-old, pre-revenue project like this would be able to sell for enough to warrant going through a sale. It’s been three...
Seth's Blog
This time it’s personal
My new book is urgent and it’s personal. Some readers have told me that it’s also their favorite. It...
a year ago
My new book is urgent and it’s personal. Some readers have told me that it’s also their favorite. It opens the door to a better way to work and to find meaning in how we spend our days. I’ve done dozens of podcasts talking about it, but when I talk about it, it’s not nearly […]
Diaries of Note
Dickens flew into so violent a passion
Born in London in 1793, William Charles Macready was one of the most famous Shakespearean actors of...
a year ago
Born in London in 1793, William Charles Macready was one of the most famous Shakespearean actors of his generation, thanks to a forty year career that began on stage in 1810 and also saw him manage both the Covent Garden and Drury Lane theatres in the 1840s. Such a career...
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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a year ago
Old Structures...
A Difficult Design Issue
I’m in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for a project I’ll discuss in the future, someday, and came across...
5 months ago
I’m in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for a project I’ll discuss in the future, someday, and came across the National Register listed Toole Building yesterday. The bottom three floors were built in 1892; the top two in 1922. My compliments to the architect and mason in 1922: that’s an...
Nelson's Weblog
Toto C5 Washlet power usage
I got a fancy bidet toilet seat. It works fairly well and having
water for washing is great. But I...
a year ago
I got a fancy bidet toilet seat. It works fairly well and having
water for washing is great. But I don’t love some details, see notes
below. Mostly I wanted to share how much power the thing uses.
About 80 Watt-hours a day, or an average of 3 watts. Note this is
without the seat...
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'We Take Measure of the Loss'
The youngest
poet included by Yvor Winters and Kenneth Fields in Quest for Reality: An Anthology of...
10 months ago
The youngest
poet included by Yvor Winters and Kenneth Fields in Quest for Reality: An Anthology of Short Poems in English (1969)
was M. Scott Momaday, a former Winters graduate student at Stanford who was
then thirty-five years old. Winters, who died in 1968, also considered...
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Rot Economics - An Interview With MIT's Daron Acemoglu
Want to listen to this interview instead? Download the latest episode of Better Offline! You can...
5 months ago
Want to listen to this interview instead? Download the latest episode of Better Offline! You can listen to it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere else you can insert an RSS feed.
Last week, I had the privilege of interviewing Daron Acemoglu — one of the world’s most
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Climate
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
We had a thing with A City on Mars where a lot of...
a month ago
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I’ve been obsessed with Jacob Collier since I first saw his Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing cover on YouTube, and one of my favorite genres of videos is genius musicians breaking down the incredible musical stuff Jacob is doing. (He even has his own instrument now.) This reaction...
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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South Indian temples are embracing digital donations with QR codes
Hindu temples are now accepting cashless payments for offerings, VIP tickets for festivals, and...
2 months ago
Hindu temples are now accepting cashless payments for offerings, VIP tickets for festivals, and special prayer ceremonies.
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E-commerce startups
Very few successful e-commerce companies were started in the 2000s. Since then, e-commerce startups...
over a year ago
Very few successful e-commerce companies were started in the 2000s. Since then, e-commerce startups have enjoyed a revival. Dozens of…
Adventures In...
Reimagining a classic Cheysson thematic map
There is no one right way to make a map. Especially data-heavy thematic maps. In that spirit my...
a year ago
There is no one right way to make a map. Especially data-heavy thematic maps. In that spirit my friend and colleague Ken Field recently challenged Sarah Bell and I to each re-imagine a few wonderful classic maps. This is a tall order, but I found some comfort and encouragement...
Mazdak
Decentralization Debate: Unpacking Bluesky's Architecture
Is Bluesky REALLY decentralized? Join us as we analyze Bluesky's architecture and discuss whether it...
3 weeks ago
Is Bluesky REALLY decentralized? Join us as we analyze Bluesky's architecture and discuss whether it truly lives up to the hype.
James Vaughan's blog
Introducing: json-space-analyzer
a year ago
ntietz.com blog
Growing Teams and Baking Bread
One of the keys in baking bread is getting the dough to rise well. As the yeast does its work, it...
over a year ago
One of the keys in baking bread is getting the dough to rise well. As the yeast does its work, it ferments some of the sugars in the dough into alcohol and carbon dioxide, resulting in a growing, bubbly mass of dough.
There are some tricks to making dough rise quickly, like using...
Notes on software...
Eight years of organizing tech meetups
This is a collection of random personal experiences. So if you don't
want to read everything, feel...
a year ago
This is a collection of random personal experiences. So if you don't
want to read everything, feel free to skip to the end for takeaways.
I write because I'd like to see more high-quality meetups. And maybe
my little bit of experience will help someone out.
2015: Philadelphia
I...
Jonas Hietala
Autocomplete with nvim-cmp
Autocomplete tags in the frontmatter.
Autocompletion is an absurdly powerful feature that I—and I...
7 months ago
Autocomplete tags in the frontmatter.
Autocompletion is an absurdly powerful feature that I—and I must assume most programmers—use all the time.
It’s not as crucial for writing blog posts as when you’re coding but it’s still easy to come up with examples of how autocomplete...
A Smart Bear
Profitable on day one!
You're not profitable if you couldn't afford someone else to do your job. $1000/mo isn't profitable....
3 months ago
You're not profitable if you couldn't afford someone else to do your job. $1000/mo isn't profitable. Fix your definition of "profitable," and build a truly profitable business.
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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What you know that just ain't so
The fun bit about business is in all the answers you don't have. Should we be priced higher or lower...
a month ago
The fun bit about business is in all the answers you don't have. Should we be priced higher or lower or leave it alone? Should we chase these customers over here or those customers over there? Should we add more features or polish the ones we have? There's endless variation in...
Posts on Made of...
Indices point between elements
If you’re familiar with nearly any mainstream programming language, and I asked you to draw a...
over a year ago
If you’re familiar with nearly any mainstream programming language, and I asked you to draw a diagram of an array, the array indices, and the array elements, odds are good you’d produce a diagram something like this:
In this post, I want to persuade you to replace that image, or,...
Cheese and Biscuits
Roti King, Battersea Power Station
Many moons ago I made a short-lived attempt to do some shorter-form reviews of sandwich shops,...
10 months ago
Many moons ago I made a short-lived attempt to do some shorter-form reviews of sandwich shops, street food joints, delis and the like, places that are perhaps noteworthy but for which the usual 1000+ words could be considered overkill. This resolution didn't last long, partly...
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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5 months ago
Sam Altman
Join the YC Software Team
If you want to get funded by YC as a founder in the future, but you don't have a startup that's...
over a year ago
If you want to get funded by YC as a founder in the future, but you don't have a startup that's ready for that yet, joining the YC software team is a great hack to get there.
The YC software team is a small group of hackers in SF that write the software that makes all the parts...
Matt Mazur
Progress on TimelineGPT, Emergent Mind missteps, finding balance
Hey all 👋! It’s been a minute since my last post (for reasons I’ll get into below) so here’s...
a year ago
Hey all 👋! It’s been a minute since my last post (for reasons I’ll get into below) so here’s periodic update on what I’ve been up to: TimelineGPT About two months ago I launched an in-app tool for Preceden that provides GPT-powered event suggestions to users to help them build...
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Fruit of My Studies'
I’ve been invited to join an online book club and
have politely declined. I even like some of the...
3 months ago
I’ve been invited to join an online book club and
have politely declined. I even like some of the readers who already belong, but
by nature I’m not a joiner of anything. As soon as an arrangement among friendly
individuals becomes formalized – by that I mean, organized, with...
Liz Denys
The shape is everything: sun-dried tomato and pesto pane bianco
I've been getting into baking bread a lot lately instead of focusing more on the sweet and pastry...
over a year ago
I've been getting into baking bread a lot lately instead of focusing more on the sweet and pastry side of things. While I've been enjoying making fresh sourdough from fresh sourdough starter and love the end results, I sometimes find that basic breads are a lot of kneading (read:...
Founder's blog
The state of modern Front End
Let's talk about front-end. There'll be a lot of swearing, I'm sorry.
About once every six...
a year ago
Let's talk about front-end. There'll be a lot of swearing, I'm sorry.
About once every six months another blogger bursts into HackerNews/Twitter trends, saying - hey, enough of that JavaScript bloat, let's all use modern HTML controls!
There's <dialog> for modal dialogs,...
Josh Collinsworth
8 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Student Design Portfolio
Consider this post a guide on how to avoid the most common mistakes young designers make when...
over a year ago
Consider this post a guide on how to avoid the most common mistakes young designers make when assembling their portfolios.
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Structuring the Unstructured and ScienceIO | Out-Of-Pocket
how to train your model, the animated movie
a year ago
how to train your model, the animated movie
The Changelog
Using dar for Data Archiving
This is the third post in a series about data archiving to removable media (optical discs and hard...
a year ago
This is the third post in a series about data archiving to removable media (optical discs and hard drives). In the first, I explained the difference between backing up and archiving, established goals for the project, and said I’d evaluate git-annex and dar. The second post...
Open Culture
The 63 Cuisines of China Explained in 40 Minutes: A Complete Primer
Wherever in the world you grew up, you probably grew up with an inaccurate idea of Chinese food. For...
2 weeks ago
Wherever in the world you grew up, you probably grew up with an inaccurate idea of Chinese food. For Americans, it can come as a shock to hear that such familiar dishes as chop suey and General Tso’s chicken are unknown in China itself. By the same token, almost every country in...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism as a Way to Learn Patience, Acceptance & Be Calm
Whether it's waiting in line at the grocery store, dealing with a difficult coworker, or facing a...
a year ago
Whether it's waiting in line at the grocery store, dealing with a difficult coworker, or facing a personal setback, we all encounter moments that test our patience. While it's natural to feel frustrated or angry in these situations, practicing patience can bring a sense of...
The Pragmatic...
Are reports of StackOverflow’s fall greatly exaggerated?
A blog post suggests traffic is down 50% at Stack Overflow, due to ChatGPT gaining popularity. I...
a year ago
A blog post suggests traffic is down 50% at Stack Overflow, due to ChatGPT gaining popularity. I reached out to Stack Overflow for more details: the company admitted a drop, but it’s only 14% as per data shared with me.
Working Theorys
Crypto social games don’t need the crypto
Crypto social games, work "trials," and meeting your creations in the wild
10 months ago
Crypto social games, work "trials," and meeting your creations in the wild
AFAR Media - Travel...
Amazing Things to Do in Puerto Rico, According to Locals
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Max Rozen
What it means to not test implementation details in React
Most guides to testing React these days preach: 'Test functionality, not implementation details'....
over a year ago
Most guides to testing React these days preach: 'Test functionality, not implementation details'. This article explains what that means, and how to do it.
RhysTranter.com
The Letters of Thomas Merton
I have recently finished re-reading Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain, one of my favourite books....
over a year ago
I have recently finished re-reading Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain, one of my favourite books. Now, I am dipping into the multi-volume edition of his letters...
Applied Cartography
Are monopolies bad, actually?
One of the more interesting theses advanced by Zero to One [1] is that monopolies are good to the...
9 months ago
One of the more interesting theses advanced by Zero to One [1] is that monopolies are good to the extent that they afford companies the agency and comfort to engage in long-term activities:
Monopolists can think about things other than making money; non-monopolists can’t. In...
NeuroLogica Blog
A Climate Debate Regarding Health Effects – Part I
This is the first entry in an exchange between me and Scott Hastings, who requested the exchange....
a year ago
This is the first entry in an exchange between me and Scott Hastings, who requested the exchange. This is his opening arguments. My response will be tomorrow’s post. Part I: Hi Steven, first of all, I am tremendously grateful to you for taking time to engage with me on this...
PostHog's RSS Feed
The most popular Mixpanel alternatives, compared
The four most popular alternatives to Mixpanel are: PostHog – An all-in-one platform that replaces...
a year ago
The four most popular alternatives to Mixpanel are: PostHog – An all-in-one platform that replaces multiple tools. The fastest growing Mixpanel…
Commoncog
Running a Fine Dining Restaurant in a Recession
How Eleven Madison Park survived the 2008 Global Recession ... and what this tells us about...
4 months ago
How Eleven Madison Park survived the 2008 Global Recession ... and what this tells us about operating through the capital cycle.
This Space
39 Books: 2017
The list of books piles up, thirty-three now, and I'm reading fewer and fewer novels. Not through...
7 months ago
The list of books piles up, thirty-three now, and I'm reading fewer and fewer novels. Not through choice, but so little of what's new appeals. Instead, this year I read and reread books like Peter Handke's To Duration and Once Again for Thucydides, both of which escape helpful...
Rest of World -...
Apple and Foxconn lobbied India to relax its labor laws. Unions are fighting back
The business-friendly change extends factory shifts from nine to 12 hours, and allows women to work...
a year ago
The business-friendly change extends factory shifts from nine to 12 hours, and allows women to work overnight.
Noahpinion
Why Can't the U.S. Build Ships?
A guest post by Brian Potter of Construction Physics.
3 months ago
A guest post by Brian Potter of Construction Physics.
Open Culture
The Doctor Who Theme Reimagined as a Jacques Brel-esque Jazz Tune
?si=tyjBCsSNLIAgh7SM Written by Ron Grainer, and then famously arranged and recorded by Delia...
2 months ago
?si=tyjBCsSNLIAgh7SM Written by Ron Grainer, and then famously arranged and recorded by Delia Derbyshire in 1963, the Doctor Who theme song has been adapted and covered many times, and even referenced by Pink Floyd. In the hands of comedian Bill Bailey, the song comes out a...
Working Theorys
When founders outgrow their startups
On the rise of personal power and the new founders' dilemma.
3 months ago
On the rise of personal power and the new founders' dilemma.
Notes on software...
Running SQL Server in a container on Github Actions
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over a year ago
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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a year ago
Noahpinion
What should China do to revive its economy?
There are a couple of aces that the government hasn't yet played.
a year ago
There are a couple of aces that the government hasn't yet played.
Style over Substance
Using the Olympus XA as an everyday carry camera
The Olympus XA has been my EDC camera this year and I gotta say – it’s a ton of fun. The concept of...
over a year ago
The Olympus XA has been my EDC camera this year and I gotta say – it’s a ton of fun. The concept of EDC – Every Day Carry – is that a piece of equipment should be light and compact enough to have with you every day, yet still versatile enough to be useful in […]
The post Using...
Open Culture
Bruce Springsteen Endorses Kamala Harris & Makes the Case Against Donald Trump
The Boss speaks the truth in a dinner. Find it on Instagram.
2 months ago
The Boss speaks the truth in a dinner. Find it on Instagram.
The Marginalian
Yes: William Stafford’s Poetic Calibration of Perspective
"No guarantees in this life."
11 months ago
"No guarantees in this life."
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
Anarchy Unfolds
May all roads lead to solarpunk
Letters to an anarchist - Part 8
3 weeks ago
Letters to an anarchist - Part 8
Open Culture
The Cramps Play a Mental Health Hospital in Napa, California in 1978: The Punkest of Punk Concerts
“We’re The Cramps, and we’re from New York City, and we drove 3,000 miles to play for you...
5 months ago
“We’re The Cramps, and we’re from New York City, and we drove 3,000 miles to play for you people.” So begins one of the oddest but also the punkest of punk rock concerts in history, as The Cramps play for a crowd at a state mental hospital in Napa, California. The date was June...
David Heinemeier...
Turbo 8 is dropping TypeScript
By all accounts, TypeScript has been a big success for Microsoft. I've seen loads of people sparkle...
a year ago
By all accounts, TypeScript has been a big success for Microsoft. I've seen loads of people sparkle with joy from dousing JavaScript with explicit types that can be checked by a compiler. But I've never been a fan. Not after giving it five minutes, not after giving it five years....
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Array 1.6.0
One of the most fun weeks we've had so far with our UX - resizable and touch-enabled dashboards with...
over a year ago
One of the most fun weeks we've had so far with our UX - resizable and touch-enabled dashboards with a new display mode, Microsoft Teams support, and…
Making software...
Proper UI Hierarchy
Proper UI Hierarchy
2019-02-05
I often feel like an old man when I complain about flat design and...
over a year ago
Proper UI Hierarchy
2019-02-05
I often feel like an old man when I complain about flat design and how designers these days have lost (or willfully forgotten) the skill to create accessible UIs with proper visual hierarchy. A skill which at it's core seems so simple - yet is...
Mark Manson
5 Best Personal Traits for Life
https://youtu.be/kDqQGogavmY
What if I told you there's a hidden treasure trove of personal traits...
a year ago
https://youtu.be/kDqQGogavmY
What if I told you there's a hidden treasure trove of personal traits that could turn your life around?
Are you curious?
Are you dying to know what they are?
Are you wondering why I'm asking so many questions instead of getting to the point?
OK,...
Moneyness
How to debase the coinage in order to pay for wars
Henry VIII, after Hans Holbein the Younger
It's fun to imagine traveling back in time and engaging...
a year ago
Henry VIII, after Hans Holbein the Younger
It's fun to imagine traveling back in time and engaging with the then-prevailing technologies. Would you be able to ride a boneshaker or use a counting board? It's probably harder than you think: kids today can't even use a 1980s rotary...
The Diff
We Still Have No Idea Whether Passive Investing is a Meaningful Risk
Plus! Complements and Strategy; Privacy, Competition, and Scale; Platforms and Ownership; KYC;...
3 weeks ago
Plus! Complements and Strategy; Privacy, Competition, and Scale; Platforms and Ownership; KYC; Tariff Man
The Map is Mostly...
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over a year ago
Open Culture
How Rome Began: The History As Told by Ancient Historians
Much attention has been paid to the fall of the Roman Empire, by everyone from august historians...
5 months ago
Much attention has been paid to the fall of the Roman Empire, by everyone from august historians like Edward Gibbon to modern-day observers wringing their hands over the fate of the United States of America. But as every Rome enthusiast knows, that long collapse constitutes just...
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Instant GraphQL with OneGraph
Here's a recorded screenshare chat I had with Sean Grove (https://twitter.com/sgrove), Cofounder of...
over a year ago
Here's a recorded screenshare chat I had with Sean Grove (https://twitter.com/sgrove), Cofounder of OneGraph! We swapped out the Next.js API Routes that I manually set up in my livestreaming, to the premade GraphQL integration that OneGraph has with Dev.to. As a bonus, this takes...
Ed Zitron's Where's...
How Does OpenAI Survive?
Throughout the last year I’ve written in detail about the rot in tech — the spuriousness of...
4 months ago
Throughout the last year I’ve written in detail about the rot in tech — the spuriousness of charlatans looking to accumulate money and power, the desperation of the most powerful executives to maintain control and rapacious growth, and the speciousness of the latest hype cycle —...
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Your Site's Calling Card
> Note: this tutorial is now out of date - I don't pre-generate og:image cards anymore as it added...
over a year ago
> Note: this tutorial is now out of date - I don't pre-generate og:image cards anymore as it added too much time to my builds
Irrational...
Testing strategy: avoid the waterfall strategy trap with iterative refinement.
If I could only popularize one idea about technical strategy, it would be that
prematurely applying...
2 months ago
If I could only popularize one idea about technical strategy, it would be that
prematurely applying pressure to a strategy’s rollout prevents evaluating whether the strategy is effective.
Pressure changes behavior in profound ways, and many of those changes are intended to make...
The Oatmeal - Comics...
Now is your moment to shine
A comic about an eclipse.
View on my website
11 months ago
A comic about an eclipse.
View on my website
Londonist
Valentine's Day 2024 In London: Events For Dates, Mates And Flying Solo
Romance-themed things to do on and around 14 February.
10 months ago
Romance-themed things to do on and around 14 February.
Math Is Still...
Math’s ‘Game of Life’ Reveals Long-Sought Repeating Patterns
John Conway’s Game of Life, a famous cellular automaton, has been found to have periodic patterns of...
11 months ago
John Conway’s Game of Life, a famous cellular automaton, has been found to have periodic patterns of every possible length.
The post Math’s ‘Game of Life’ Reveals Long-Sought Repeating Patterns first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Londonist
In Pictures: London's Tube Station Gardens
Which is your fave?
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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3 months ago
Jonas Hietala
Calling closures in a Vec
In rust one might want to have a list of closures, for example as a list of callbacks.
let mut fs:...
over a year ago
In rust one might want to have a list of closures, for example as a list of callbacks.
let mut fs: Vec<||> = Vec::new();
fs.push(|| { println!("imma firing my lazer"); });
for f in fs.iter() {
f(); // error: expected function but found `&||`
};
Maybe if we borrow...
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Setting up super fast Cypress tests on GitHub Actions
Moving fast is easy. Moving fast with confidence is hard. If you've been keeping track of The Array...
over a year ago
Moving fast is easy. Moving fast with confidence is hard. If you've been keeping track of The Array release posts you know that we prioritize…
The Honest Broker
“The Only Sensible Person in the World”
10 Perspectives on Joan Didion
a year ago
10 Perspectives on Joan Didion
Ferd.ca
The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents
2022/11/01
The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents
A few weeks ago, a coworker of mine was running...
over a year ago
2022/11/01
The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents
A few weeks ago, a coworker of mine was running an incident analysis in Jeli, and pointed out that the overall process was a big drag on their energy level, that it was hard to do, even if the final result was useful. They were...
Good Enough
TIL: Tapback Keyboard Shortcuts
If you use Mac, and you use Messages on your Mac, you will probably know that in the not-too-distant...
a year ago
If you use Mac, and you use Messages on your Mac, you will probably know that in the not-too-distant past, simple reactions to messages were added: what Apple calls Tapbacks.
These are great for a quick way to say yes (or no, or WTF!?!), but they are a bit of a pain to actually...
Vadim Kravcenko
Going live with your SaaS: The Launch day
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help...
over a year ago
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help early-stage founders tackle the […]
The post Going live with your SaaS: The Launch day appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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My Fave Podcasts 2024 - The Big Reset
4.5 years after my initial podcast inventory, with COVID and a career change under my belt, with my...
5 months ago
4.5 years after my initial podcast inventory, with COVID and a career change under my belt, with my OPML file growing from 566 rss feeds in 2022 to 771 in 2024, and my backlog mounting to 43GB (according to this script, I have Outstanding Episodes: 11915 (played: 22451)), I am...
Cognitive...
Uncensored Models
I am publishing this because many people are asking me how I did it, so I will...
a year ago
I am publishing this because many people are asking me how I did it, so I will...
Math Is Still...
‘Metaphysical Experiments’ Probe Our Hidden Assumptions About Reality
Experiments that test physics and philosophy "as a single whole" may be our only route to surefire...
4 months ago
Experiments that test physics and philosophy "as a single whole" may be our only route to surefire knowledge about the universe.
The post ‘Metaphysical Experiments’ Probe Our Hidden Assumptions About Reality first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Seth's Blog
Captives of memetic desire
How much of what we want, really want, is due to the ideas that culture has given us, and how much...
a year ago
How much of what we want, really want, is due to the ideas that culture has given us, and how much is truly what we need? If memetic desire isn’t making us happy, perhaps we can find some new ideas.
NeuroLogica Blog
Evolution and Copy-Paste Errors
Evolution deniers (I know there is a spectrum, but generally speaking) are terrible scientists and...
8 months ago
Evolution deniers (I know there is a spectrum, but generally speaking) are terrible scientists and logicians. The obvious reason is because they are committing the primary mortal sin of pseudoscience – working backwards from a desired conclusion rather than following evidence and...
Fatih Arslan
How I Designed a Dieter Rams inspired iPhone Dock
Dieter Rams and his friends (Dietrich Lubs and Ludwig Littman) designed many great looking alarm...
3 months ago
Dieter Rams and his friends (Dietrich Lubs and Ludwig Littman) designed many great looking alarm clocks.
Seth's Blog
Perfect pavement
Paving the ground might be an option. Pavement is invisible to the driver. It’s expected, smooth,...
6 months ago
Paving the ground might be an option. Pavement is invisible to the driver. It’s expected, smooth, resilient and gets out of the way. You only notice a road when it’s not paved well. Nature, on the other hand, is never perfect. All untouched forests are natural, yet each is...
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
The Honest Broker
What Happened to My Search Engine?
Or why tech upgrades are now mostly downgrades
11 months ago
Or why tech upgrades are now mostly downgrades
Quentin Santos
Upgrading to Debian Trixie
I had been running Bookworm for quite a while. It has now been stable for more than a year. In other...
2 months ago
I had been running Bookworm for quite a while. It has now been stable for more than a year. In other words, Trixie has now been testing for more than a year, and will most likely become the new stable in less than a year. In the past, I encountered a few surprises with unstable …...
ntietz.com blog
Different topologies for an org chart, wrong answers only
Traditionally, an org chart is represented as a tree.
You start at the top with the root of the...
a year ago
Traditionally, an org chart is represented as a tree.
You start at the top with the root of the tree, probably the CEO.
And then everything comes down from there hierarchically.
It doesn't have to be that way, though!
We can imagine other topologies for companies which would...
Londonist
Where Is The Heart Of London?
Answer: everywhere.
10 months ago
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Donating $10k to FreeCodeCamp
I benefited from FreeCodeCamp and would like to give back
over a year ago
I benefited from FreeCodeCamp and would like to give back
Open Culture
Hear Moby Dick Read in Its Entirety by Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, John Waters, Stephen Fry...
Image of Moby Dick by David Austen. In 2013, Plymouth University kicked off Moby Dick The Big Read,...
2 months ago
Image of Moby Dick by David Austen. In 2013, Plymouth University kicked off Moby Dick The Big Read, promising a full audiobook of Herman Melville’s influential novel, with famous (and not so famous) voices taking on a chapter each. When we first wrote about it here, only six...
Left To Write
The Power of Storytelling
Seriously, this is the skill you want to learn
a year ago
Seriously, this is the skill you want to learn
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
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A massive misallocation of online advertising dollars
In an earlier blog post, I talked about how sites that generate purchasing intent (mainly “content”...
over a year ago
In an earlier blog post, I talked about how sites that generate purchasing intent (mainly “content” sites) are being under-allocated…
Computer Things
Some notes on for loops
New Blogpost
Don't let Alloy facts make your specs a fiction, about formal methods practices (and a...
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Some notes on for loops
I sometimes like to sharpen the axe by looking at a basic programming concept and seeing what I can pull out. In this...
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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