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8 Proven Strategies for Making Every Candidate Fall in Love with Your Company Hi there! I am Luke Wilson, a veteran Tech Recruiter with over 15 years of experience in the Japan...
5th Sep 2023
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5th Sep 2023
Hi there! I am Luke Wilson, a veteran Tech Recruiter with over 15 years of experience in the Japan market. My recruitment career has taken me across both agency and in-house roles, with the most recent one being at [Indeed](https://www.tokyodev.com/companies/indeed) (a proud...
The Homework Apocalypse Fall is going to be very different this year. Educators need to be ready.
1st Jul 2023
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The Homework Apocalypse

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

1st Jul 2023
Fall is going to be very different this year. Educators need to be ready.
Awesome Python Applications What we can learn from 180+ case studies on successfully shipping Python software. If you're reading...
20th Dec 2018
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Awesome Python Applications

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Dec 2018
What we can learn from 180+ case studies on successfully shipping Python software. If you're reading this (or hearing this), you read and write code, probably Python. And for all the code you've shipped, you've probably had your share of missed requirements. Somehere in the...
Why should one do Open Source in college? More and more students are now being involved with Open Source programming. Thanks to programs like...
19th Dec 2020
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Why should one do Open Source in college?

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Dec 2020
More and more students are now being involved with Open Source programming. Thanks to programs like Google Summer of Code who have seriously…
Jonathan Chait [ Content warning: angry, contemptuous ranting that accomplishes nothing. ] I didn't really know who...
1st Dec 2024
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Jonathan Chait

from The Universe of Discourse [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Dec 2024
[ Content warning: angry, contemptuous ranting that accomplishes nothing. ] I didn't really know who Jonathan Chait was until last week when I unfortunately read this essay of his (from February 2016) on “Why Liberals Should Support a Trump Republican Nomination”. I've said a lot...
How Bacteria Help Regulate Blood Pressure Kidneys sniff out signals from gut bacteria for cues to lower blood pressure after meals. Our...
10th May 2018
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How Bacteria Help Regulate Blood Pressure

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

10th May 2018
Kidneys sniff out signals from gut bacteria for cues to lower blood pressure after meals. Our understanding of how the symbiotic microbes affect health is becoming much more molecular. The post How Bacteria Help Regulate Blood Pressure first appeared on Quanta...
Let's build a VORON 0 About 1.5 years ago I ventured into 3D printing by building a VORON Trident. It was a very fun...
25th Mar 2025
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Let's build a VORON 0

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

25th Mar 2025
About 1.5 years ago I ventured into 3D printing by building a VORON Trident. It was a very fun project and I’ve even used the printer quite a bit. Naturally, I had to build another one and this time I opted for the cute VORON 0. Why another printer? I really like my VORON Trident...
A Million Little Secrets I spent the past few weeks packing as many easter eggs as I could into my latest project, and in...
24th Feb 2025
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A Million Little Secrets

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

24th Feb 2025
I spent the past few weeks packing as many easter eggs as I could into my latest project, and in this blog post, I want to dig into some of the more interesting details! If you’re interested in animations/interactions, you’ll want to check this one out; I share a bunch of my...
Whipping file inputs into shape with Bootstrap There are many, many, many ways to hack a file input so it looks and behaves consistently across all...
8th Aug 2013
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Whipping file inputs into shape with Bootstrap

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

8th Aug 2013
There are many, many, many ways to hack a file input so it looks and behaves consistently across all browsers. There's even a pretty slick plugin to help get the job done. Unfortunately, most of these solutions are cumbersome, prone to cross-browser issues, and require...
The Best Resources for Entrepreneurial Developers My background is as a developer, but I've been running my own business since 2008. For advice about...
10th Apr 2014
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The Best Resources for Entrepreneurial Developers

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Apr 2014
My background is as a developer, but I've been running my own business since 2008. For advice about business, I've always found other entrepreneurial developers are the best source, as they tend to have faced similar challenges to my own. If you're a developer starting your own...
Universal Basic Dead End While the world frets about the future of AI, the universal basic income advocates have an answer...
7th Apr 2025
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Universal Basic Dead End

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

7th Apr 2025
While the world frets about the future of AI, the universal basic income advocates have an answer ready for the big question of "what are we all going to do when the jobs are gone": Just pay everyone enough to loaf around as they see fit! Problem solved, right? Wrong. The...
Don’t forget to localize your icons Former United States president and war criminal George W. Bush gave a speech in Australia, directing...
11th Nov 2024
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Don’t forget to localize your icons

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

11th Nov 2024
Former United States president and war criminal George W. Bush gave a speech in Australia, directing a v-for-victory hand gesture at the assembled crowd. It wasn’t received the way he intended. What he failed to realize is that this gesture means a lot of different things to a...
Where are we going from here? Software engineering needs formal methods The job of a software engineer is not to produce code, but to solve problems; we just happen to...
3rd Jul 2021
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Where are we going from here? Software engineering needs formal methods

from ntietz.com blog - technically a blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jul 2021
The job of a software engineer is not to produce code, but to solve problems; we just happen to solve most of those problems by producing code. Ultimately, producing code is hard, and we need help. That's why GitHub's Copilot is exciting, but it's far from ideal, and it's the tip...
April 2024 updates, new product! Traveled to Bali and Sydney, some updates on Typing Mind, and a new product.
20th May 2024
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April 2024 updates, new product!

from Tony Dinh's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

20th May 2024
Traveled to Bali and Sydney, some updates on Typing Mind, and a new product.
ClockSquared improvements My ClockSquared project has a long history – it goes all the way back to 2015, when it was simply...
4th Feb 2023
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ClockSquared improvements

from Willem Pennings [alt+shift+b] in science

4th Feb 2023
My ClockSquared project has a long history – it goes all the way back to 2015, when it was simply called the “Birthday word clock”. I haven’t spent much time on the project in recent years, but I’ve upgraded the internals a while ago and finally felt like writing a post about it....
What to Make of Havana Syndrome I have not written before about Havana Syndrome, mostly because I have not been able to come to any...
1st Apr 2024
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What to Make of Havana Syndrome

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

1st Apr 2024
I have not written before about Havana Syndrome, mostly because I have not been able to come to any strong conclusions about it. In 2016 there was a cluster of strange neurological symptoms among people working at the US Embassy in Havana, Cuba. They would suddenly experience...
My 7 (hidden) roles as an architect A contemplative piece about all the roles in my practice that I do not talk about but I assume them,...
14th Jul 2025
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My 7 (hidden) roles as an architect

from The Solarchitecture Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

14th Jul 2025
A contemplative piece about all the roles in my practice that I do not talk about but I assume them, all the time.
Retail, search and Amazon’s $40bn ‘advertising’ business Amazon sold close to $40bn of advertising last year - bigger than Prime, bigger than the entire...
6th Mar 2023
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Retail, search and Amazon’s $40bn ‘advertising’ business

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

6th Mar 2023
Amazon sold close to $40bn of advertising last year - bigger than Prime, bigger than the entire global newspaper industry and probably more profitable than AWS. But is this really advertising, rent, or something else? And what does that mean for Google?
MAD completes 'cloud-like' Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen MAD has completed Tengyun Center, a new headquarters complex for Tencent in Shenzhen, China. As we...
1st Jul 2026
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MAD completes 'cloud-like' Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen

from Archinect [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Jul 2026
MAD has completed Tengyun Center, a new headquarters complex for Tencent in Shenzhen, China. As we previously reported, the 775,000-square-foot "cloud" building comprises five blocks, seeking to rethink the conventional corporate campus with more public offerings. Image credit:...
Final Fantasy IX I’ve noticed that if I want to give something a perfect score but know that it’s not a “perfect”...
28th Dec 2013
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Final Fantasy IX

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Dec 2013
I’ve noticed that if I want to give something a perfect score but know that it’s not a “perfect” thing, I always start off with “okay, so, it has flaws.”
A UX Review of Peugeot’s New Interior: When Design Ambition Meets Software Reality Does Peugeot's software match the excellent hardware?
1st Jun 2025
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A UX Review of Peugeot’s New Interior: When Design Ambition Meets Software Reality

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

1st Jun 2025
Does Peugeot's software match the excellent hardware?
Issue 17: No great stagnation in cruise ships Plus: animals as chemical factories, how progress lost its glamour, and how Madrid built 120 miles...
5th Dec 2024
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Issue 17: No great stagnation in cruise ships

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

5th Dec 2024
Plus: animals as chemical factories, how progress lost its glamour, and how Madrid built 120 miles of metro in twelve years.
Aerial Glacier Photographs A collection of 100,000 striking high-resolution aerial photos of glaciers, photographed over 40...
18th Jun 2024
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Aerial Glacier Photographs

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

18th Jun 2024
A collection of 100,000 striking high-resolution aerial photos of glaciers, photographed over 40 years with a 63-pound WW II surveillance camera.
It's a piece of cake to bake a SIPB cake Given four batches of a dark chocolate cake for two circular layer cakes and two small loaf cakes,...
5th Sep 2010
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It's a piece of cake to bake a SIPB cake

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Sep 2010
Given four batches of a dark chocolate cake for two circular layer cakes and two small loaf cakes, vanilla buttercream frosting, chocolate buttercream frosting with black food coloring, homemade white vanilla fondant, homemade black chocolate fondant, a bread knife to carve shoes...
Prophecies of the Flood What to make of the statements of the AI labs?
10th Jan 2025
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Prophecies of the Flood

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

10th Jan 2025
What to make of the statements of the AI labs?
Papageno's Glockenspiel-kulele [Ukulele Ringtone] A ringtone for Chelsea based on Papageno's Glockenspiel music from Mozart's The Magic Flute.
26th May 2013
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Papageno's Glockenspiel-kulele [Ukulele Ringtone]

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

26th May 2013
A ringtone for Chelsea based on Papageno's Glockenspiel music from Mozart's The Magic Flute.
A list of ternary operators Sup nerds, I'm back from SREcon! I had a blast, despite knowing nothing about site reliability...
5th Nov 2024
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A list of ternary operators

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

5th Nov 2024
Sup nerds, I'm back from SREcon! I had a blast, despite knowing nothing about site reliability engineering and being way over my head in half the talks. I'm trying to catch up on The Book and contract work now so I'll do something silly here: ternary operators. Almost all...
Does Colombia Have an Urban/Rural Electoral Divide? Despite Bogotá, Not Really A recent GeoCurrents post suggested that the electoral geography of the United States has strikingly...
10th Aug 2026
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10th Aug 2026
A recent GeoCurrents post suggested that the electoral geography of the United States has strikingly deviated from that of Latin America during the 21st century. In the U.S., population density has become one of the main influences on voting patterns, with cities favoring...
Wealth is not money, it’s the things we use money for As an entrepreneur, money is obviously a massive motivation for why you’re doing what you’re doing....
4th Mar 2023
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Wealth is not money, it’s the things we use money for

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

4th Mar 2023
As an entrepreneur, money is obviously a massive motivation for why you’re doing what you’re doing. However, it’s essential to understand that money is not wealth. Wealth is stuff we want and by that logic, people can be wealthy even if they don’t have a lot of money. In fact,...
Why I joined OpenAI The staggering and fast-growing cost of AI datacenters is a call for performance engineering like no...
6th Feb 2026
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Why I joined OpenAI

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

6th Feb 2026
The staggering and fast-growing cost of AI datacenters is a call for performance engineering like no other in history; it's not just about saving costs – it's about saving the planet. I have joined OpenAI to work on this challenge directly, with an initial focus on ChatGPT...
The Boot.dev Beat. October 2024 The “learn computer science basics” section of the backend developer learning path is now complete!...
7th Oct 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. October 2024

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

7th Oct 2024
The “learn computer science basics” section of the backend developer learning path is now complete! We have no big plans to make serious modifications (tbh I always say this though, so idk). To be clear, that’s the first half of the track complete - the first 13 courses up to the...
Penguin! My partner and I finally finished our epic three-part claymation saga. It's our first attempt at...
6th May 2024
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Penguin!

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

6th May 2024
My partner and I finally finished our epic three-part claymation saga. It's our first attempt at creating stop-motion videos with clay and it truly is a lot of work for such a short result. That claymation episode of Parks and Recreation is a little too real. I won't compare our...
Notes on Progress: An Englishman in New York Reflections on the revolution in Manhattan
7th Oct 2022
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Notes on Progress: An Englishman in New York

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

7th Oct 2022
Reflections on the revolution in Manhattan
Remaking the app store The EU has finally made Apple redesign the App Store, 15 years after we started arguing about it,...
3rd Feb 2024
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Remaking the app store

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

3rd Feb 2024
The EU has finally made Apple redesign the App Store, 15 years after we started arguing about it, and no-one is happy with the result. In the next few years there’ll be a lot of shouting and some giant fines, but in the end, nothing much will change.
Subterranean Warfare – An Urgent DoW Need Without An Owner This article previously appeared in Cipher Brief. The DoW urgently needs to organize its scattered...
13th Oct 2026
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Subterranean Warfare – An Urgent DoW Need Without An Owner

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

13th Oct 2026
This article previously appeared in Cipher Brief. The DoW urgently needs to organize its scattered subterranean warfare assets into a single unified organization. Ideally, a Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager (DRPM) for Subterranean Warfare, reporting to the Deputy Secretary of...
Pregnancy taught me a lot about healthcare | Out-Of-Pocket A personal story and a patient journey
3rd Aug 2026
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Pregnancy taught me a lot about healthcare | Out-Of-Pocket

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

3rd Aug 2026
A personal story and a patient journey
YouTube is a mysterious monopoly Yesterday I saw this Bluesky post from Adrian Black. He runs Adrian’s Digital Basement, a retro...
8th Sep 2025
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YouTube is a mysterious monopoly

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2025
Yesterday I saw this Bluesky post from Adrian Black. He runs Adrian’s Digital Basement, a retro computer repair channel I really enjoy. In the post, he points out a trend I didn’t know about: YouTube views seem to have fallen off a cliff recently. Further down the thread, Jeff...
Slugline 2 From the Slugline Blog: Slugline 2 is a new app that replaces the old Slugline for Mac. It has a...
6th May 2020
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Slugline 2

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

6th May 2020
From the Slugline Blog: Slugline 2 is a new app that replaces the old Slugline for Mac. It has a slick new UI, which includes a lovely dark mode. Big new features include: a drag-and-drop outline, an awesome new timeline, color-coded notes, Final Draft import/export, and Live...
I'm pulling ColorCopy from the macOS App Store I launched ColorCopy on May 18. It was my second macOS app, but the first one I launched on the Mac...
7th Aug 2026
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I'm pulling ColorCopy from the macOS App Store

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

7th Aug 2026
I launched ColorCopy on May 18. It was my second macOS app, but the first one I launched on the Mac App Store. Today, I decided to pull it. The app isn't a new idea, but it bakes four color tools into a single menu bar app: an eyedropper, a color picker, a palette manager, and a...
Anthropic is making a huge mistake For context, Anthropic again blocked opencode from the Claude Code API. I wasn’t planning to try...
14th Jan 2026
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Anthropic is making a huge mistake

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

14th Jan 2026
For context, Anthropic again blocked opencode from the Claude Code API. I wasn’t planning to try other models today, but now that’s all I’m going to be doing. I’m sure they have a massive influx of users on Claude Code since Opus 4.5, I’ve been recommending it to everyone. But...
Three levels of enthusiasm for technology Most businesses today believe that technology can dramatically improve the way they operate. But...
2nd Aug 2014
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Three levels of enthusiasm for technology

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Aug 2014
Most businesses today believe that technology can dramatically improve the way they operate. But they embrace technology with varying levels…
Explore Wallpapers for Mac Many years ago (2010 or so) I released an app called Flickr Addict for Palm WebOS phones, which...
22nd Apr 2025
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Explore Wallpapers for Mac

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Apr 2025
Many years ago (2010 or so) I released an app called Flickr Addict for Palm WebOS phones, which automatically downloaded beautiful images from the Flickr photography website and changed the phone background image on a regular basis. I wanted to see if I could rebuild that app in...
The Past and Future of Vibe Coding Thoughts from 2 years of yelling at digital gods
7th Oct 2025
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The Past and Future of Vibe Coding

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

7th Oct 2025
Thoughts from 2 years of yelling at digital gods
Reading List 05/03/25 Blackout in Spain and Portugal, Chinese robot adoption, energy maneuverability theory, the Florida...
3rd May 2025
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Reading List 05/03/25

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

3rd May 2025
Blackout in Spain and Portugal, Chinese robot adoption, energy maneuverability theory, the Florida real estate market, battery manufacturing cancellations, and more.
21st Sep 2025
Why I rebuilt this site The journey of building this site.
31st Oct 2024
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Why I rebuilt this site

from Thu Le [alt+shift+b] in life

31st Oct 2024
The journey of building this site.
Designing for (Realistic) Attention The average person is capable of reading 250 words per minute. When I advise that a...
5th May 2023
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Designing for (Realistic) Attention

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

5th May 2023
The average person is capable of reading 250 words per minute. When I advise that a webpage — like a service detail page — have a maximum main body word-count of 150 words, I’m really recommending that it ask a reader to commit to 30 seconds. To put that in perspective, a...
The Rsync Algorithm in Python I’ve often pondered this great and terrible beast – rsync. It’s spiny, nearly impenetrable...
10th Jul 2017
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The Rsync Algorithm in Python

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

10th Jul 2017
I’ve often pondered this great and terrible beast – rsync. It’s spiny, nearly impenetrable command-line interface. Its majestic and wonderful efficiency. The depths of its man page, and the heights of its use-cases. Leaving aside the confusing implications of trailing...
FLIP Fluid on Flip Dots [Hardware] Electromechanical Fluid Simulation
24th Sep 2026
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FLIP Fluid on Flip Dots

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Sep 2026
[Hardware] Electromechanical Fluid Simulation
What I'm up to - April 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Apr 2025
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What I'm up to - April 2025

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

1st Apr 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month - I published How to host web apps on a Mac Mini, a follow-up to my piece A mini dat...
13th Year of Blogging Of all the days to start a blog, I chose April Fools' Day. It wasn't intentional, maybe more of a...
1st Apr 2026
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13th Year of Blogging

from Software and Tech stories from an Insider - iDiallo.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Apr 2026
Of all the days to start a blog, I chose April Fools' Day. It wasn't intentional, maybe more of a reflection of my mindset. When I decide to do something, I shut off my brain and just do it. This was a commitment I made without thinking about the long-term effects. I knew writing...
Thoughts on User Safety We need to move beyond mere security and towards safety for our customers and our users. This is how...
18th Sep 2019
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Thoughts on User Safety

from Matt Blewitt [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Sep 2019
We need to move beyond mere security and towards safety for our customers and our users. This is how we can do that.
Continuos Glucose Monitors (part 2) About a year ago, I wrote this post about continuous glucose monitors, that’s sorta ‘part 1’ of...
12th Mar 2026
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Continuos Glucose Monitors (part 2)

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

12th Mar 2026
About a year ago, I wrote this post about continuous glucose monitors, that’s sorta ‘part 1’ of these two parts. Since then, and parallel to this most recent time with the sensor, I’ve encountered improvements to the ecosystem. The sensor technology is way better, as is the...
For the love of mini The iPhone Mini has intangible greatness that most folks don't know about: read along for the love...
8th Dec 2021
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For the love of mini

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

8th Dec 2021
The iPhone Mini has intangible greatness that most folks don't know about: read along for the love of mini!
DuckDB isn't just fast A whistlestop tour of the cool bits of DuckDB
30th May 2024
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DuckDB isn't just fast

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

30th May 2024
A whistlestop tour of the cool bits of DuckDB
The first Africanists: Intellectual Collaboration and the Origins of African Studies in the late... The first Africanists (specialists who study African languages, societies, and history) were not...
5th Apr 2026
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5th Apr 2026
The first Africanists (specialists who study African languages, societies, and history) were not colonial researchers, as is often assumed, but African intellectuals who were actively engaged in the production of knowledge about their own societies.
Lighthouse map Lovely global map with animated lights sweeping the waters
1st Oct 2026
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Lighthouse map

from Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Oct 2026
Lovely global map with animated lights sweeping the waters
Announcing the 2021 International Developers in Japan Survey The 2021 International Developers in Japan Survey is now live! By taking this survey, you'll be...
1st Nov 2021
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Announcing the 2021 International Developers in Japan Survey

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Nov 2021
The 2021 International Developers in Japan Survey is now live! By taking this survey, you'll be helping other developers living here better understand the experience of their peers, and also help people considering making the move here understand what working here is actually...
Winter at the Beach A couple more pictures from the Nikon FM with Nikkor 50mm f/1.4This time using Ilford Delta 100...
11th May 2025
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Winter at the Beach

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th May 2025
A couple more pictures from the Nikon FM with Nikkor 50mm f/1.4This time using Ilford Delta 100 film, developed in Ilfosol 3 for 5 minutes at 20°CFairly rare for snow in Vancouver to stick around very long. Trees really are the lungs of the earth. The negative I developed looked...
Understanding the work - Thoughts on one day with three art events. A few thoughts on a few art events that happened around Boston Feb. 22nd.
22nd Apr 2020
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Understanding the work - Thoughts on one day with three art events.

from Blog - Mac Pierce [alt+shift+b] in creative

22nd Apr 2020
A few thoughts on a few art events that happened around Boston Feb. 22nd.
Reading List 12/06/2025 3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal...
6th Dec 2025
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Reading List 12/06/2025

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

6th Dec 2025
3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal forming, and more.
SemVer: The Tricky Parts Semantic versioning, is the way to version packages in JS ecosystem. I always thought I understood...
8th Nov 2021
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SemVer: The Tricky Parts

from Vladimir Klepov as a Coder [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Nov 2021
Semantic versioning, is the way to version packages in JS ecosystem. I always thought I understood semver, but that illusion disappeared once I started maintaining libraries myself. Semver has tricky edge cases where it's unclear what the new version number should be: Should you...
A libertarian just won Argentina's presidency... what's going on? If you're wondering how the heck a hardline libertarian just won the Argentinian presidential...
21st Nov 2023
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A libertarian just won Argentina's presidency... what's going on?

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

21st Nov 2023
If you're wondering how the heck a hardline libertarian just won the Argentinian presidential election, here's some background. First, a key fact is that the government is printing money at an accelerating rate, resulting in 143% annual inflation as of the most recent count. The...
two weeks is all you need two-weeks I built a website (twoweeksisallyouneed dot com) with just Claude 3.5 Sonnet, zero lines...
21st Nov 2024
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two weeks is all you need

from seated.ro [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Nov 2024
two-weeks I built a website (twoweeksisallyouneed dot com) with just Claude 3.5 Sonnet, zero lines of code written by me. Why I did this So a couple weeks back I had a computer vision midterm and i was allowed a single page of notes. I decided to use Claude to generate a cheat...
‘Central Europe’ by Luka Ivan Jukic review ‘Central Europe’ by Luka Ivan Jukic review JamesHoare Mon, 09/01/2025 - 09:10
1st Sep 2025
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‘Central Europe’ by Luka Ivan Jukic review

from History Today Magazine Feed [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Sep 2025
‘Central Europe’ by Luka Ivan Jukic review JamesHoare Mon, 09/01/2025 - 09:10
BazelCon 2026 recap My now-traditional “summary” of the conference along with my own commentary and thoughts.
3 weeks ago
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BazelCon 2026 recap

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

3 weeks ago
My now-traditional “summary” of the conference along with my own commentary and thoughts.
Why the web will win 197 billion apps were downloaded in 20171: that’s almost 26 per human being on the planet Earth. 6...
6th Jan 2018
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Why the web will win

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

6th Jan 2018
197 billion apps were downloaded in 20171: that’s almost 26 per human being on the planet Earth. 6 apps per second. In the 10 years since Apple opened the App Store, app downloads have doubled, on average, every two years.2 Given the numbers, it’s not surprising that many...
Proxmox Proxmox is good software for a home datacenter. It’s an OS you install on server hardware that lets...
18th Jan 2024
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Proxmox

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

18th Jan 2024
Proxmox is good software for a home datacenter. It’s an OS you install on server hardware that lets you easily run multiple virtual machines and LXC containers. It also manages disk storage and has some more complex support for high availability in a cluster, distributed storage...
How they made it: The Molehill's Viv Chen on career transitions and fashion writing creativity, security, and changing careers in your late 20s
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4th Mar 2025
creativity, security, and changing careers in your late 20s
First Month at the Jules Team 没有简介, 请去看原文吧
1st Feb 2026
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First Month at the Jules Team

from laike9m's blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Feb 2026
没有简介, 请去看原文吧
"Thank You" letter to Designers for 2022 Dear Designer, You have done an amazing job this year! Maybe you didn’t achieve everything you...
1st Jan 2023
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"Thank You" letter to Designers for 2022

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

1st Jan 2023
Dear Designer, You have done an amazing job this year! Maybe you didn’t achieve everything you wanted. Go easy on yourself. Design is hard! You are expected to touch everything from stating business problems to communicating your solutions to developers, stakeholders. You work...
Basecamp's house of cards... Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash Character is like toothpaste - it really only comes out under pressure...
4th May 2021
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Basecamp's house of cards...

from 42! [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th May 2021
Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash Character is like toothpaste - it really only comes out under pressure (unknown) I don’t know where I first heard the above quote, but the events of the last week have really shown how true this saying is. I will start by saying that I have been an...
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
12th Mar 2021
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Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century

from Dr Alun Withey [alt+shift+b] in history

12th Mar 2021
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
Innovation Is Software In August my computer setup changed more than it had in years. And yet the lesson of the month was...
25th Aug 2026
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Innovation Is Software

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

25th Aug 2026
In August my computer setup changed more than it had in years. And yet the lesson of the month was the opposite of new hardware: the existing gear has stretch, innovation is software. This post is about one brain, the machine in the homelab where my files and my agents live, the...
All about QA Quality Assurance (QA) is a team of two at 37signals: Michael, who created the department 12 years...
15th Oct 2024
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All about QA

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

15th Oct 2024
Quality Assurance (QA) is a team of two at 37signals: Michael, who created the department 12 years ago, and Gabriel, who joined the team in 2022. Together, we have a hand in projects across all of our products, from kickoff to release. Our goal is to help designers and...
Evolved antennas, LLM-generated code, and a potential antifuture I think about evolved antennas a lot. If you’re not familiar, an evolved antenna is created when you...
11th May 2026
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Evolved antennas, LLM-generated code, and a potential antifuture

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

11th May 2026
I think about evolved antennas a lot. If you’re not familiar, an evolved antenna is created when you set an evolutionary algorithm on the task of producing a structure that is as efficient at its intended function as possible. Past that there’s no human input, the algorithm just...
1st May 2018
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Timothy Gu

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

1st May 2018
Getting our focus back “We was robbed…” Attention is arguably the most precious resource of the 21st century. Technology...
24th Aug 2023
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Getting our focus back

from Renegade Otter [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Aug 2023
“We was robbed…” Attention is arguably the most precious resource of the 21st century. Technology companies have expended incredible efforts to improve the ways in which they capture our attention and convert it into revenue. That fight for the nine unmonetized glances. An...
Hackathon: Let's build a profit-sharing platform for writers Creatives and developers—join us this Friday!
1st Oct 2025
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Hackathon: Let's build a profit-sharing platform for writers

from The Elysian [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Oct 2025
Creatives and developers—join us this Friday!
High Variance Management How should you manage a team that is trying to achieve results out of the ordinary?
18th Jan 2023
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High Variance Management

from sbensu [alt+shift+b] in literature

18th Jan 2023
How should you manage a team that is trying to achieve results out of the ordinary?
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week “There’s a way to do it better. Find it.” Thomas Edison 💡Human QA At least based on my experience...
17th Jun 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Jun 2024
“There’s a way to do it better. Find it.” Thomas Edison 💡Human QA At least based on my experience this seems like a service a ton of companies desperately need. Automated checks are awesome, but they can never spot all the weird edge cases that a human can.
Please come up with wildly speculative futures Inside my writing philosophy.
1st Apr 2024
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Please come up with wildly speculative futures

from The Elysian [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Apr 2024
Inside my writing philosophy.
LLM councils show groupthink perils and problems of LLM peer review
15th Jun 2026
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LLM councils show groupthink

from Strange Loop Canon [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Jun 2026
perils and problems of LLM peer review
Being a High Performer Is Lonely as Hell It's also the best feeling in the world
10th Oct 2024
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Being a High Performer Is Lonely as Hell

from Unfiltered by Tim Denning [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Oct 2024
It's also the best feeling in the world
Japanese Glory Hole Funny Onion gag
2nd Mar 2026
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Japanese Glory Hole

from Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Mar 2026
Funny Onion gag
What Makes System Calls Expensive: A Linux Internals Deep Dive An explanation of how Linux handles system calls on x86-64 and why they show up as expensive...
16th Sep 2025
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What Makes System Calls Expensive: A Linux Internals Deep Dive

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

16th Sep 2025
An explanation of how Linux handles system calls on x86-64 and why they show up as expensive operations in performance profiles
How to know the right next step when everything feels uncertain A guest post by Vinamrata Singal, on navigating the journey from quitting her PM job to entering...
10th Sep 2025
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How to know the right next step when everything feels uncertain

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Sep 2025
A guest post by Vinamrata Singal, on navigating the journey from quitting her PM job to entering filmmaking
My dog is going to be animated My Dog: The Paradox is going to be an animated short film. View on my website
18th May 2025
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My dog is going to be animated

from The Oatmeal - Comics by Matthew Inman [alt+shift+b] in comics

18th May 2025
My Dog: The Paradox is going to be an animated short film. View on my website
Will the growing deer prion epidemic spread to humans? Why not? If a fatal neurological virus were spreading across deer in the US, and showed up in cooked infected...
25th Jun 2023
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Will the growing deer prion epidemic spread to humans? Why not?

from Eukaryote Writes Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

25th Jun 2023
If a fatal neurological virus were spreading across deer in the US, and showed up in cooked infected meat, my default assumption would be “we're in danger.” But a prion isn’t a virus. Why does that matter?
2023 Annual Review It’s that time of the year. I often enjoy reading other people’s annual reviews, and I’ve always...
27th Jan 2024
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2023 Annual Review

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

27th Jan 2024
It’s that time of the year. I often enjoy reading other people’s annual reviews, and I’ve always found value in writing my own, even as there is a few years I’ve missed, since I started the habit way back in 2015. for a long time, I did annual reviews. 2020 was late, and then for...
Ninth Dedekind Number Found by Two Independent Groups The numbers count a variety of seemingly unrelated mathematical structures. The post...
1st Aug 2023
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Ninth Dedekind Number Found by Two Independent Groups

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

1st Aug 2023
The numbers count a variety of seemingly unrelated mathematical structures. The post Ninth Dedekind Number Found by Two Independent Groups first appeared on Quanta Magazine
We’re Shutting Down Yay.Boo and Ponder Update 12/03/2025: Yay.Boo is staying alive! 🙌 Keep your eyes peeled to Yay.Boo for updates. We...
3rd Nov 2025
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We’re Shutting Down Yay.Boo and Ponder

from Good Enough [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Nov 2025
Update 12/03/2025: Yay.Boo is staying alive! 🙌 Keep your eyes peeled to Yay.Boo for updates. We have built a lot of good products here at Good Enough. Whether you’re sharing an inbox with your team or avoiding social media with a blog, we’ve got you covered. Unfortunately,...
A few weird ways of displaying git hashes I was reading "Real-World Cryptography" and ran across an thought-provoking statement. While talking...
7th Aug 2023
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A few weird ways of displaying git hashes

from ntietz.com blog - technically a blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Aug 2023
I was reading "Real-World Cryptography" and ran across an thought-provoking statement. While talking about why hashes are often represented in hexademical, the author states (emphasis mine): There are other ways to encode binary data for human consumption, but the two most widely...
On Returning The post On Returning appeared first on The American Scholar.
2nd Sep 2026
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On Returning

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

2nd Sep 2026
The post On Returning appeared first on The American Scholar.
The T-34/2 keyboard layout The T-34/2 layout. QMK Heatmap Generator, with all layers and combos. It’s been 6 months since my...
28th Aug 2022
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The T-34/2 keyboard layout

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

28th Aug 2022
The T-34/2 layout. QMK Heatmap Generator, with all layers and combos. It’s been 6 months since my last update on the T-34 keyboard layout, and I’ve made some changes I’d like to document here. As seen in the heatmap above, the layout seems quite decent. There’s still an issue...
Twelve Career Lessons They Don’t Put in Onboarding A few hard-earned lessons about people, politics, consistency, and the parts of work we pretend...
8th Dec 2025
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Twelve Career Lessons They Don’t Put in Onboarding

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

8th Dec 2025
A few hard-earned lessons about people, politics, consistency, and the parts of work we pretend aren’t part of the job. But really are.
Go structs are copied on assignment (and other things about Go I'd missed) I’ve been writing Go pretty casually for years – the backends for all of my playgrounds (nginx, dns,...
6th Aug 2024
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Go structs are copied on assignment (and other things about Go I'd missed)

from Julia Evans [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Aug 2024
I’ve been writing Go pretty casually for years – the backends for all of my playgrounds (nginx, dns, memory, more DNS) are written in Go, but many of those projects are just a few hundred lines and I don’t come back to those codebases much. I thought I more or less understood the...
Monolithic vs Microservices software architecture This week I flew to Gothenburg to meet people from a large international shipping company, talking...
2nd Mar 2020
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Monolithic vs Microservices software architecture

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

2nd Mar 2020
This week I flew to Gothenburg to meet people from a large international shipping company, talking about the development of enterprise level software. During the meeting there were various experts in the room, one of them asked me on choosing the right software architecture (for...
Grace Paley on the Countercultural Courage of Imagining Other Lives “Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real,” Iris...
1st Aug 2024
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Grace Paley on the Countercultural Courage of Imagining Other Lives

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Aug 2024
“Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real,” Iris Murdoch wrote in her superb investigation of the parallels between art and morality. There could be no such realization without imagination, which is our only instrument for fathoming...
Text-to-Image: Diffusion, Text Conditioning, Guidance, Latent Space The fundamentals of text-to-image generation, relevant papers, and experimenting with DDPM.
27th Nov 2022
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27th Nov 2022
The fundamentals of text-to-image generation, relevant papers, and experimenting with DDPM.
When One Pro Is Worth Ten Cons Stop listing options and start making arguments
3rd Feb 2026
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When One Pro Is Worth Ten Cons

from Push to Prod [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Feb 2026
Stop listing options and start making arguments
AI news that's fit to print My talk at SXSW 2024
11th Mar 2024
I'm writing a zine Will I become an author now?
2nd Dec 2024
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I'm writing a zine

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Dec 2024
Will I become an author now?
Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas...
8th May 2026
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Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide

from Krebs on Security [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th May 2026
An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across the United States today, after a cybercrime group defaced the service’s login page with a ransom demand...
Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end In 2020, Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware...
26th Aug 2025
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Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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

26th Aug 2025
In 2020, Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware and porting Linux. Today, you can run Linux on a range of M1 and M2 Macs, with almost all hardware working: wireless, audio, and full graphics acceleration. Our story begins in...
The most important question in design: who’s gonna pay me? Have you ever worried about the real impact of your work? Done a project in an exploitive industry?...
9th Nov 2023
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The most important question in design: who’s gonna pay me?

from Koos Looijesteijn - Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Nov 2023
Have you ever worried about the real impact of your work? Done a project in an exploitive industry? Or worked...
2nd Feb 2024
The rise of life expectancy Illustrated and explained
2nd Jul 2025
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The rise of life expectancy

from Patterns in Humanity [alt+shift+b] in history

2nd Jul 2025
Illustrated and explained
A Language For Agents Last year I first started thinking about what the future of programming languages might look like...
9th Feb 2026
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A Language For Agents

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

9th Feb 2026
Last year I first started thinking about what the future of programming languages might look like now that agentic engineering is a growing thing. Initially I felt that the enormous corpus of pre-existing code would cement existing languages in place but now I’m starting to think...
Don’t add your two cents “My two cents” is American slang for adding a small opinion or suggestion. The boss says, “Good...
25th Jul 2016
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Don’t add your two cents

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

25th Jul 2016
“My two cents” is American slang for adding a small opinion or suggestion. The boss says, “Good job. Maybe just change the blue to gold, change the word ‘giant’ to ‘huge’, and get rid of the border. Other than that, it’s great!” But there’s a big downside: The employee no...
The Cosmogony of You We live in a state of perpetual dissociation from the almost unbearable wonder of being alive....
1st Dec 2024
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The Cosmogony of You

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Dec 2024
We live in a state of perpetual dissociation from the almost unbearable wonder of being alive. Wonder is always an edge state, its edge so sharp it threatens to rupture the mundane and sever us from what we mistake for reality — the TV, the townhouse, the trauma narrative. If we...
[RIDGELINE] Walking and Not Walking a Castle in Italy Ridgeline subscribers — Hello! It’s me, Craig Mod. I’m doing an event with David Marx in Tokyo this...
12th Oct 2026
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[RIDGELINE] Walking and Not Walking a Castle in Italy

from Craig Mod — Writer + Photographer [alt+shift+b] in literature

12th Oct 2026
Ridgeline subscribers — Hello! It’s me, Craig Mod. I’m doing an event with David Marx in Tokyo this Friday night (17th) at Tiger Mountain, a small, hip bookshop. The in-person tix are all sold out, but it will be livestreamed, and there are still tickets for that bit. It costs...
Software Sprawl, The Golden Path, and Scaling Teams With Agency Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The company is growing like crazy, your engineering team...
2nd Dec 2018
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Software Sprawl, The Golden Path, and Scaling Teams With Agency

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

2nd Dec 2018
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The company is growing like crazy, your engineering team keeps rising to the challenge, and you are ferociously proud of them. But some cracks are beginning to show, and frankly you’re a little worried. You have always advocated for...
How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer How to “FLOSS” as a Web Designer 2020-02-07 I have a profound respect for the open source community....
7th Feb 2020
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How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer

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

7th Feb 2020
How to “FLOSS” as a Web Designer 2020-02-07 I have a profound respect for the open source community. I most likely wouldn’t have the skills or knowledge I do today with it. Unfortunately, when I was just starting out in “web dev” some 10 years ago, proprietary software was the...
The Discovery of pseudo-Acquaintance It’s the dawn of the 20th century. If we pick two homo sapiens on earth, we can classify their...
2nd Mar 2018
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The Discovery of pseudo-Acquaintance

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Mar 2018
It’s the dawn of the 20th century. If we pick two homo sapiens on earth, we can classify their relationship as one of these three types: An…
The costs of the i386 to x86-64 upgrade If you read my previous article on DOS memory models, you may have dismissed everything I wrote as...
7th Oct 2024
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The costs of the i386 to x86-64 upgrade

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

7th Oct 2024
If you read my previous article on DOS memory models, you may have dismissed everything I wrote as “legacy cruft from the 1990s that nobody cares about any longer”.  It's time to see how any of that carried over through the 16-bit to 64-bit evolution.
Feast your eyes on these delicious charts Here are today's specials.
19th Jul 2023
Why transformative artificial intelligence is really, really hard to achieve A collection of the best technical, social, and economic arguments Humans have a good track record...
26th Jun 2023
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26th Jun 2023
A collection of the best technical, social, and economic arguments Humans have a good track record of innovation. The mechanization of agriculture, steam engines, electricity, modern medicine, computers, and the internet—these technologies radically changed the world. Still, the...
Res Obscura is now on Substack Three years late, but historians are always late
13th Apr 2023
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Res Obscura is now on Substack

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

13th Apr 2023
Three years late, but historians are always late
What the hell is a Webmention? If you're mentioned on the internet and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
1st Aug 2025
1

What the hell is a Webmention?

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

1st Aug 2025
If you're mentioned on the internet and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
A database without dynamic memory allocation This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
12th Oct 2022
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A database without dynamic memory allocation

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

12th Oct 2022
This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
just ate a croissant but then realized it was a steak what a stupid mistake Hey all — been a while. My last newsletter was 6-months ago. In it I was telling you all that we...
26th Feb 2022
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just ate a croissant but then realized it was a steak what a stupid mistake

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

26th Feb 2022
Hey all — been a while. My last newsletter was 6-months ago. In it I was telling you all that we were pivotting away from ZipSchool to this random thing called buildspace. Like with any pivot, you don’t really know what it’ll turn into. You don’t know the vision —
Setting up a Squid proxy with Clamav anti-virus using c-icap Security is all about a defence-in-depth strategy. Create multiple layers of defence. Every layer...
26th Aug 2012
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Setting up a Squid proxy with Clamav anti-virus using c-icap

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

26th Aug 2012
Security is all about a defence-in-depth strategy. Create multiple layers of defence. Every layer presenting a different set of challenges, requiring different skill sets and technology. So every layer will increase the time and effort to compromise your environment. A...
Building products from improvised user behaviors For a long time, there were niche communities of “lo-fi” camera enthusiasts: people who shared...
2nd Jan 2012
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Building products from improvised user behaviors

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jan 2012
For a long time, there were niche communities of “lo-fi” camera enthusiasts: people who shared photos taken on old cameras that had…
17th Feb 2012
xoxo You and I meeting Places to experiment, learn, failure. But you and I - Places and spaces...
16th Sep 2014
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xoxo

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Sep 2014
You and I meeting Places to experiment, learn, failure. But you and I - Places and spaces into moments and memories and bonds to hold onto beyond those polygons, yellow, orange, and red.
The jackpot is a lie Lotteries are obviously a scam, but did you know the scam is getting worse?
1st Aug 2023
1

The jackpot is a lie

from Zach Seward [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Aug 2023
Lotteries are obviously a scam, but did you know the scam is getting worse?
A Brief Introduction to Digital Anthropology A discipline at the intersection of cultural anthropology and binary logic
3rd Oct 2020
1

A Brief Introduction to Digital Anthropology

from Maggie Appleton [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Oct 2020
A discipline at the intersection of cultural anthropology and binary logic
Command Line HDR Image Processing Expensive cameras don’t take better photos. Folks tend to learn this when they do the first...
29th Jun 2021
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Command Line HDR Image Processing

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

29th Jun 2021
Expensive cameras don’t take better photos. Folks tend to learn this when they do the first side-by-side between their gorgeous iPhoneograhy and the objectively worse shots taken with their fancy new $2,000 DSLR. Cell phones have itty-bitty sensors and equally lilliputian optics...
Meet the Maker: Nicole Revy I am a linocut printmaker trained in illustration. Working as Prints by the Bay I create...
1st Apr 2026
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Meet the Maker: Nicole Revy

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

1st Apr 2026
I am a linocut printmaker trained in illustration. Working as Prints by the Bay I create narrative-driven prints about femininity and women’s connection to nature. Using one-colour and reduction linoprint, my illustrative work blends story, symbolism, and soul to evoke intuition...
The Refugee Reality: Thinking Long-term About the Evolving Global Challenge With a complex and truly global problem like this, we can only scratch the surface in an hour. But...
1st Oct 2017
1
1st Oct 2017
With a complex and truly global problem like this, we can only scratch the surface in an hour. But we hoped to reframe some aspects and include perspectives not always heard. What's certain is this is a long-term problem that has been ongoing and looks likely to worsen due to...
✏️ Pound, rub, pound It’s something like midnight. A four-and-a-half-pound senior Chihuahua is tucked into her blanket...
21st Nov 2021
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✏️ Pound, rub, pound

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

21st Nov 2021
It’s something like midnight. A four-and-a-half-pound senior Chihuahua is tucked into her blanket and snuggled up next to my left rib cage inside my sleeping bag. Jen is asleep beside us. It’s 35°F. We have myriad layers happening: Jen wears a down jacket inside her sleeping bag...
Happy New Year It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared...
1st Jan 2024
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Happy New Year

from Diaries of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jan 2024
It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared 365 diary entries written by 365 different people—each offering a chance to live a day in someone else’s shoes. It’s been an intense and remarkable year, filled with insights,...
Great Tools Disappear The best designed products get out of the way and let you focus on the work instead of the tool
18th Sep 2025
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Great Tools Disappear

from Kent de Bruin [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Sep 2025
The best designed products get out of the way and let you focus on the work instead of the tool
AI features now run on-premise Short version: every AI feature we ship on the hosted helpdesk now runs on the self-hosted edition...
10th Feb 2026
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AI features now run on-premise

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

10th Feb 2026
Short version: every AI feature we ship on the hosted helpdesk now runs on the self-hosted edition too. It's a separately licensed Docker add-on, perpetual license, one-time payment. Customer data stays on your network. Requires Jitbit Helpdesk v11.22 or newer. Why this took a...
Kagi raises $670K Kagi ( https://kagi.com ) has successfully raised $670K in a SAFE note investment round, marking our...
28th Jun 2023
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Kagi raises $670K

from Kagi Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Jun 2023
Kagi ( https://kagi.com ) has successfully raised $670K in a SAFE note investment round, marking our first external fundraise to date.
Goodbye Florida In the evenings the song of whippoorwills echoes on all sides. Spring peepers croak and creak in the...
10th May 2023
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Goodbye Florida

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

10th May 2023
In the evenings the song of whippoorwills echoes on all sides. Spring peepers croak and creak in the marsh reeds. Here and there through the trees I can catch a glimmering flicker of flames from a campfire. Only the truly committed are having fires in this heat. The air is still...
Buffer’s evolution and expansion Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Almost exactly two years ago, I wrote this blog...
20th Aug 2019
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Buffer’s evolution and expansion

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

20th Aug 2019
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Almost exactly two years ago, I wrote this blog post about the next step in Buffer’s social media journey. I described Buffer’s multi-product vision of the future, which included Reply and Analyze. This idea was such a
The “je ne sais quoi” of TikTok Note: When I originally wrote this post, TikTok oEmbeds did not auto-play. I recommend pausing them...
2nd Sep 2022
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The “je ne sais quoi” of TikTok

from Daniel Immke [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Sep 2022
Note: When I originally wrote this post, TikTok oEmbeds did not auto-play. I recommend pausing them and pressing play when ready to view…
Building a photography website Last year, I started a photography hobby. Soon after, I've created a place where I can share some of...
25th Oct 2023
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Building a photography website

from Dariusz Winkler | Software development [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Oct 2023
Last year, I started a photography hobby. Soon after, I've created a place where I can share some of my work, without any attention-driven algorithms dictating the terms. Here's a technical write-up of my journey. Motivation Why should one build a photography website in the first...
A minimal REST API in Java There's a style of Java that is a joy to write. This post will cover how to set up a basic...
1st Feb 2020
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A minimal REST API in Java

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

1st Feb 2020
There's a style of Java that is a joy to write. This post will cover how to set up a basic PostgreSQL-integrated REST API using Jersey and JOOQ in a style not dissimilar to Flask and SQLAlchemy in Python. In particular, we'll try to avoid as much runtime reflection/class-loading...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Equations Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: That janitor just goes from building to building...
1st Oct 2026
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Equations

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

1st Oct 2026
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: That janitor just goes from building to building helping people. Today's News:
Rare words in common phrases, and how to avoid getting them wrong A running list of uncommon, strange, and/or archaic words embedded in common idioms, to help you...
24th Jan 2025
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Rare words in common phrases, and how to avoid getting them wrong

from Josh Collinsworth [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Jan 2025
A running list of uncommon, strange, and/or archaic words embedded in common idioms, to help you type them correctly next time you use them.
reclaiming the wälsungs part of a body of work on Wagner's Ring cycle
14th Dec 2024
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reclaiming the wälsungs

from the late review [alt+shift+b] in literature

14th Dec 2024
part of a body of work on Wagner's Ring cycle
Weekend projects: Chicken Squisher 3000 If it clucks like a duck...
14th Oct 2025
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Weekend projects: Chicken Squisher 3000

from lcamtuf’s thing [alt+shift+b] in science

14th Oct 2025
If it clucks like a duck...
2013 Read Books I actually read more books in 2013 than in 2012. In a somewhat unorganized list: Fiction Livet...
3rd Jan 2014
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2013 Read Books

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

3rd Jan 2014
I actually read more books in 2013 than in 2012. In a somewhat unorganized list: Fiction Livet Deluxe - Jens Lapidius Escape from camp 14 - Blaine Harden Wonderful. A great book. Edge - Jeffery Deaver Dollar - Lee Child Gisslan - Lee Child Bränd - Lee Child Besökaren - Lee...
iff On implementing a client for feature flags in your UI codebase
4th Jan 2021
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iff

from Solving the decision problem [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th Jan 2021
On implementing a client for feature flags in your UI codebase
Getting better at the New York Times crossword I started doing crossword puzzles sometime in 2019. After learning the basics of American crossword...
15th Apr 2021
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Getting better at the New York Times crossword

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

15th Apr 2021
I started doing crossword puzzles sometime in 2019. After learning the basics of American crossword puzzles, the best way to improve is to solve daily. As a budding cruciverbalist you develop a few key skills. The NYTimes website has an excellent guide on the basics of solving....
The Capital Cycle What a famous investing framework — part of the modern canon of value investing — tells us about the...
20th Sep 2023
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The Capital Cycle

from Commoncog [alt+shift+b] in finance

20th Sep 2023
What a famous investing framework — part of the modern canon of value investing — tells us about the expertise of capital in business.
QNAP QTS - QNAPping At The Wheel (CVE-2024-27130 and friends) Infosec is, at it’s heart, all about that data. Obtaining access to it (or disrupting access to it)...
17th May 2024
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QNAP QTS - QNAPping At The Wheel (CVE-2024-27130 and friends)

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th May 2024
Infosec is, at it’s heart, all about that data. Obtaining access to it (or disrupting access to it) is in every ransomware gang and APT group’s top-10 to-do-list items, and so it makes sense that our research voyage would, at some point, cross paths with products
James Talarico has an obligation to win Ken Paxton is a terrible candidate, but don’t take anything for granted.
1st Jun 2026
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James Talarico has an obligation to win

from Slow Boring [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2026
Ken Paxton is a terrible candidate, but don’t take anything for granted.
Learning Deep Learning with Keras Don't be afraid of artificial neural networks - it is easy to start! An overview of deep learning...
30th Apr 2017
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Learning Deep Learning with Keras

from Piotr Migdał's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

30th Apr 2017
Don't be afraid of artificial neural networks - it is easy to start! An overview of deep learning with links to didactic materials.
Larry Harvey: Why The Man Keeps Burning ## The Hundred Year Burn "Burning Man is like one of those birthday candles you can’t blow out,”...
21st Oct 2014
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Larry Harvey: Why The Man Keeps Burning

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

21st Oct 2014
## The Hundred Year Burn "Burning Man is like one of those birthday candles you can’t blow out,” observed Burning Man’s primary founder and Chief Philosophical Officer. Indeed, Burning Man has thrived in the face of Burners and skeptics alike declaring it dead after each of its...
Another 6-figure exit, and the future I sold Xnapper, here is a quick update about the acquisition details
19th Mar 2024
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Another 6-figure exit, and the future

from Tony Dinh's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

19th Mar 2024
I sold Xnapper, here is a quick update about the acquisition details
Turn your Bedroom to a Sleep Sanctuary: 7 Vital Design Tips Upgrades for the deepest sleep of your life
1st Oct 2025
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Turn your Bedroom to a Sleep Sanctuary: 7 Vital Design Tips

from The Solarchitecture Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Oct 2025
Upgrades for the deepest sleep of your life
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield More details and reviews on Amazon Interesting take on creative minds and struggles. It is almost...
17th Mar 2023
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The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

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

17th Mar 2023
More details and reviews on Amazon Interesting take on creative minds and struggles. It is almost like a religious book, the author talks about Muses, Angels, how God has created us for a specific purpose equipped with genes/soul to achieve that purpose and how we are destined to...
The end of the indie hacker playbook At the risk of sounding melodramatic, it feels like the end of an era. Or at least the end of the...
4th Jul 2026
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The end of the indie hacker playbook

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Jul 2026
At the risk of sounding melodramatic, it feels like the end of an era. Or at least the end of the familiar formula that indie businesses relied on to build, launch, and grow over the past decade. Something has quietly changed. It’s probably been happening for a couple of years,...
σ-driven project management: when is the optimal time to give up? Hi! It's your friendly project management theorician. You might remember me from blog posts such as...
5th Apr 2022
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σ-driven project management: when is the optimal time to give up?

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

5th Apr 2022
Hi! It's your friendly project management theorician. You might remember me from blog posts such as Why software projects take longer than you think, which is a blog post I wrote a long time ago positing that software projects completion time follow a log-normal distribution.
Summary of changes for September 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
2nd Oct 2023
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Summary of changes for September 2023

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

2nd Oct 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs. Niju,...
Naming Variables the Right Way I’ve noticed that bugs introduced into an existing code base are often due to poor variable naming...
1st Apr 2021
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Naming Variables the Right Way

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

1st Apr 2021
I’ve noticed that bugs introduced into an existing code base are often due to poor variable naming more than one might suspect. For example, a developer uses a rateLimit variable expecting it to be denominated in seconds while it represents minutes, resulting in a 6x slower...
The Beginning of a New Chapter My move from fractional work to full-time employment!
7th Oct 2026
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The Beginning of a New Chapter

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Oct 2026
My move from fractional work to full-time employment!
Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at...
7th Nov 2023
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7th Nov 2023
Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at the All-In Summit that was really two talks in one. The first part was railing against the consequences of regulatory capture on innovation and a second part, about the...
Dec ’24 – 2024 in review And we’re off, into 2025. Before we get too far, it’s time to take stock (pardon the pun) of 2024....
7th Jan 2025
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Dec ’24 – 2024 in review

from FIRE v London [alt+shift+b] in finance

7th Jan 2025
And we’re off, into 2025. Before we get too far, it’s time to take stock (pardon the pun) of 2024. I’ll follow the 7 point approach I’ve used for the last few years, starting with the wider market context. Q1 How did markets do? December saw falls across most asset classes –...
Bottom-Up Idea Exploration My own content creation philosophy, explored through my own personal story with React
6th Jun 2021
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Bottom-Up Idea Exploration

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

6th Jun 2021
My own content creation philosophy, explored through my own personal story with React
Danny Hillis: Progress on the 10,000-year Clock "How's the Clock coming?" Everyone connected with The Long Now Foundation or with Danny Hillis hears...
11th Sep 2004
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Danny Hillis: Progress on the 10,000-year Clock

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

11th Sep 2004
"How's the Clock coming?" Everyone connected with The Long Now Foundation or with Danny Hillis hears that question all the time. "Progress on the 10,000-Year Clock," Danny Hillis -- Friday, September 10, 7pm, Fort Mason Conference Center, San Francisco. Doors open for coffee and...
Summary of changes for March 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
31st Mar 2023
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Summary of changes for March 2023

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

31st Mar 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March. Summary Of Changes Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom. 100r.ca, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
Playing Pranks My wife played a brilliant prank on me today, as she does every year. Here’s a partial...
1st Apr 2014
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Playing Pranks

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

1st Apr 2014
My wife played a brilliant prank on me today, as she does every year. Here’s a partial list: Convincing me that I was about to eat a slice of carrot cake; it was a sponge covered with toothpaste. I bit into it. Convincing me that she had, in anger and frustration, cut off almost...
Nuances of Minimalism Minimalism can be perceived in different ways, as it should be, because there are in fact many...
3rd Aug 2021
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Nuances of Minimalism

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Aug 2021
Minimalism can be perceived in different ways, as it should be, because there are in fact many nuances to the movement. Is it even a movement? It’s perhaps better described as a guiding principle. Some of these nuances are highly commercial, some are focused on personal wellbeing...
Nokia 5110 - Back from the dead. Part 1: Nostalgia I loved my Nokia 5110 and I wonder if it was possible to breathe new life into this long-shelved and...
27th Nov 2022
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Nokia 5110 - Back from the dead. Part 1: Nostalgia

from Opsbros [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Nov 2022
I loved my Nokia 5110 and I wonder if it was possible to breathe new life into this long-shelved and still-memed mobile phone. As it turns out, not only is it possible, but it's going to be a lot easier than I anticipated.
Visualizing Rivers and Floodplains with USGS Data Using USGS elevation data to visualize stunning views of the flow of water through rivers and...
7th Nov 2022
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Visualizing Rivers and Floodplains with USGS Data

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

7th Nov 2022
Using USGS elevation data to visualize stunning views of the flow of water through rivers and floodplains.
Britain is a Bulwark Against Post-Liberalism Britain is a Bulwark Against Post-Liberalism Across the pond, watching our American friends...
2nd Oct 2024
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Britain is a Bulwark Against Post-Liberalism

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

2nd Oct 2024
Britain is a Bulwark Against Post-Liberalism Across the pond, watching our American friends backslide into a competitive authoritarianism is, in the most British terms, "not ideal." In an era marked by the resurgence of authoritarian impulses and the intellectual allure of...
Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the...
2nd Apr 2025
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Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex

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

2nd Apr 2025
A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution. The post Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Weekly Wisdom Quiz Ancient Egypt, Diogenes, and more!
1st Jun 2025
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Weekly Wisdom Quiz

from Classical Wisdom [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Jun 2025
Ancient Egypt, Diogenes, and more!
PERSONAL UPDATE ❤️‍🩹 On losing a parent, my layoff anniversary, and revisiting regressive nostalgia
18th Mar 2025
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PERSONAL UPDATE ❤️‍🩹

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

18th Mar 2025
On losing a parent, my layoff anniversary, and revisiting regressive nostalgia
American Elections Are Unfair Unfortunately, unfairness is baked in
5th Nov 2024
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American Elections Are Unfair

from Cremieux Recueil [alt+shift+b] in science

5th Nov 2024
Unfortunately, unfairness is baked in
Exploiting misuse of Python's "pickle" If you program in Python, you’re probably familiar with the pickle serialization library, which...
20th Mar 2011
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Exploiting misuse of Python's "pickle"

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Mar 2011
If you program in Python, you’re probably familiar with the pickle serialization library, which provides for efficient binary serialization and loading of Python datatypes. Hopefully, you’re also familiar with the warning printed prominently near the start of pickle’s...
Glossary of Printmaking Terminology Scroll through the list below to find definitions and explanations of common printmaking...
2nd Mar 2023
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Glossary of Printmaking Terminology

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

2nd Mar 2023
Scroll through the list below to find definitions and explanations of common printmaking terms: Acid-free – refers to papers that are made with an alkaline pulp, usually with calcium carbonate added. Acids contribute to the deterioration of paper and therefore of prints. Aisuki –...
Quantum Lorem Ipsum I got tired of Lorem Ipsum text and created Quantum Lorem Ipsum, now with 100% more physics jargon!...
20th Apr 2021
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Quantum Lorem Ipsum

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

20th Apr 2021
I got tired of Lorem Ipsum text and created Quantum Lorem Ipsum, now with 100% more physics jargon! To those who are not familiar, Lorem Ipsum is a piece of latin text, comprised of multiple paragraphs, that is used as a placeholder during the design process of building a page
The NYC tech scene is exploding The pace of innovation in the New York area is very impressive right now. Some of the top...
1st Feb 2010
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The NYC tech scene is exploding

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Feb 2010
The pace of innovation in the New York area is very impressive right now. Some of the top entrepenuers in the country are building and…
Meta Earnings, Meta’s Timing Problems, The Financial Tail Meta's earnings were a bit disappointing; future promises about AI products were more disconcerting.
3rd Aug 2026
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Meta Earnings, Meta’s Timing Problems, The Financial Tail

from Stratechery by Ben Thompson [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Aug 2026
Meta's earnings were a bit disappointing; future promises about AI products were more disconcerting.
Hunting, p02 The post Hunting, p02 appeared first on Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic.
a week ago
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Hunting, p02

from Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic [alt+shift+b] in comics

a week ago
The post Hunting, p02 appeared first on Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic.
Optimal virulence and the Android lockdown When you get a cold, the virus hijacks your cells and uses them to make copies of itself, destroying...
5 days ago
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Optimal virulence and the Android lockdown

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

5 days ago
When you get a cold, the virus hijacks your cells and uses them to make copies of itself, destroying the cells in the process. The virus does not care about you. And yet, if you get a cold, your body doesn’t dissolve into a pile of virus-enriched goo as a result of all your cells...
Name that Ware, April 2025 The Ware for this month is shown below: It’s a tiny portion of a much larger ware, but for various...
30th Apr 2025
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Name that Ware, April 2025

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

30th Apr 2025
The Ware for this month is shown below: It’s a tiny portion of a much larger ware, but for various reasons I think this is sufficient for someone to guess at least the type of ware this came from, if not the exact make/model. There’s a particularly interesting bit about this...
Designing A New UX Concept to Reduce Driver Distraction is it possible to create a modern interaction model that allows the flexibility of touch screens but...
1st Jun 2019
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Designing A New UX Concept to Reduce Driver Distraction

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

1st Jun 2019
is it possible to create a modern interaction model that allows the flexibility of touch screens but does not cause driver distraction?
The developing world needs more roads The cities of the developing world could be its growth engine if their streets were not so...
11th Nov 2025
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The developing world needs more roads

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

11th Nov 2025
The cities of the developing world could be its growth engine if their streets were not so gridlocked. The solution is laying out wider roads.
Most Software Was Already Slop As software engineers, we take pride in hand-written code and knowing how everything we build works...
4th Sep 2026
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Most Software Was Already Slop

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

4th Sep 2026
As software engineers, we take pride in hand-written code and knowing how everything we build works in detail. While there are many developers out there who build good software, there are many, many more who don’t. Yet we balk at the idea of vibe coding, even when it yields...
My Text Edtior is Not Open Source My Text Edtior is Not Open Source 2024-01-02 I’ve been using Sublime Text on and off for longer than...
2nd Jan 2024
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My Text Edtior is Not Open Source

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

2nd Jan 2024
My Text Edtior is Not Open Source 2024-01-02 I’ve been using Sublime Text on and off for longer than I can remember. I think Sublime has been around since the start of my “real” career over 10 years ago, but I could be mistaken1. It certainly feels that long. And in that time I...
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