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Vladimir Klepov as a...
Open source starter pack for JS devs So you've decided to open-source your project. Amazing! Bad news first: writing code is only the...
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over a year ago
So you've decided to open-source your project. Amazing! Bad news first: writing code is only the beginning. The information for library authors on the web is surprisingly fragmented, so I've decided to put together a list of things to keep in mind when open-sourcing a JS...
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages? undefined
a year ago
Artificial Ignorance
I gave ChatGPT access to my Gmail I'm sure this will end well.
a year ago
xkcd.com
Square Packing
a year ago
Home on Erik...
Annoying blog post I spent a couple of hours this weekend going through some pull requests and issues to Annoy, which...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I spent a couple of hours this weekend going through some pull requests and issues to Annoy, which is an open source C++/Python library for Approximate Nearest Neighbor search. I set up Travis-CI integration and spent some time on one of the issues that multiple people had...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand...
over a year ago
The Marginalian
No One You Love Is Ever Dead: Hemingway on the Most Devastating of Losses and the Meaning of Life "We must live it, now, a day at a time and be very careful not to hurt each other."
7 months ago
Londonist
Dozens Of Vintage Boats Moor Up In Central London This September The (free!) Classic Boat Festival is back at St Katharine Docks.
a year ago
Christopher Butler
Link – Scott Boms's personal website scottboms.com is a beautifully-designed personal website.
11 months ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Burst Damage Soundtrack: Masters of Reality - High Noon Amsterdam I have said almost everything in this piece in...
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4 months ago
Soundtrack: Masters of Reality - High Noon Amsterdam I have said almost everything in this piece in every one of these articles for months. I am not upset, but just stating an obvious truth. The current state of affairs effectively pushes against the boundaries of good sense,...
PostHog's RSS Feed
HostHogs - free drinks, free pizza and frequently asked questions As you may have heard, we’ll soon host our first ever meet-up for anyone who uses or is interested...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
As you may have heard, we’ll soon host our first ever meet-up for anyone who uses or is interested in finding out more about PostHog. It’ll take place…
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 4-5 November 2023 Fireworks displays, a reopened museum, a roller disco -- and more!
a year ago
David Heinemeier...
Children of You The birth rate is dropping all over the world. In some places, like South Korea (0.72), it is so low...
3 months ago
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The birth rate is dropping all over the world. In some places, like South Korea (0.72), it is so low people are starting to worry about a national extinction. In other places, including all of Europe (average 1.5, Spain 1.29), it's merely bad and alarming. And nobody seems to...
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909 The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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a month ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
Old Structures...
Pareidolia He’s a happy little gas-powered guy.
5 months ago
Vadim Kravcenko
Is coding bootcamp better than university? Thanks for the question. Navigating the crossroads of your budding tech career is no small feat, and...
a year ago
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a year ago
Thanks for the question. Navigating the crossroads of your budding tech career is no small feat, and the decision between […] The post Is coding bootcamp better than university? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Daniel Bourke
Apple M3 Machine Learning Speed Test I put my M1 Pro against Apple's new M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, a NVIDIA GPU and Google Colab.
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Let's Just Admit it: The Algorithms Are Broken So I'm begging the tech overlords to let us opt out from their dystopia
7 months ago
Map of the Week
The Spread of Slavery in the United States In September, 1861 the U.S. Coast Survey published this large map showing the enslaved population by...
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a year ago
In September, 1861 the U.S. Coast Survey published this large map showing the enslaved population by county. It was "sold for the benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers of the U.S. Army." The image above is from an article in Smithsonian. Here is a detailed view showing part...
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions undefined
a year ago
devonzuegel.com
OWD #3: Disney World & other underworlds Every place has some dirty secrets, even Disney World. We all have to get rid of waste somehow! In...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Every place has some dirty secrets, even Disney World. We all have to get rid of waste somehow! In this episode, the Bertauds and I discuss methods of sanitation and waste management from around the world, and how these hidden systems shape our cities. RSS · Apple Podcasts ·...
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon An Ottoman Winter in Toulon JamesHoare Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
Tech + Economics +...
20 years of tech has made life easier, not better. Lately, I’ve felt nostalgic for the cluttered aisles of the local video store. It was more than a...
a year ago
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a year ago
Lately, I’ve felt nostalgic for the cluttered aisles of the local video store. It was more than a place; it was a portal, a weekend ritual that promised adventure, laughter, and the thrill of discovery. You would step inside, greeted by the scent of popcorn and the soft...
Lighthouse Blog
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9 months ago
David Heinemeier...
Open source hooliganism and the TypeScript meltdown I've seen a lot of true believers argue for virtues of their favorite paradigms and methods over the...
a year ago
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a year ago
I've seen a lot of true believers argue for virtues of their favorite paradigms and methods over the decades working in software. And mostly, I look at people with a passionate preference and smile. Isn't it great that people care so much about their craft that they volunteer to...
CONTEMPORIST
Before & After – A Kitchen And Bathroom Remodel For This 1970s Home SHED Architecture & Design has shared their latest project, the contemporary interior remodel of a...
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a year ago
SHED Architecture & Design has shared their latest project, the contemporary interior remodel of a 1970s home on Seattle’s Mercer Island that was originally designed by William Rutledge. The house met the functional needs of its new owners but did not quite suit their...
Explorations of an...
A Month In Northern Peru, Part 10: The Owlet Lodge (February 11 and 12, 2024) February 11, 2024 Laura and I were looking forward to our one-night visit to the Owlet Lodge. Up to...
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5 months ago
February 11, 2024 Laura and I were looking forward to our one-night visit to the Owlet Lodge. Up to this point we had only stayed at cheap hotels, while we had also eaten simply, with at least two meals each day consisting of sandwiches/snacks that we prepared. For once, someone...
Build In Public...
How I Built This In Public: Louis Pereira Lessons from building AudioPen to 600+ paid users to clinching #1 on Product Hunt
a year ago
Steve Klabnik
Twitter ghosts
over a year ago
alexwlchan
Ten years of blogging I bought the alexwlchan.net domain on November 8th, 2012, and the first web page would have appeared...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I bought the alexwlchan.net domain on November 8th, 2012, and the first web page would have appeared shortly after that (but the exact date is lost to history). This means I’ve been writing at alexwlchan.net for about a decade. The site looks very different now to how it...
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency undefined
3 months ago
diamond geezer
Polygon Road As a heads-up, this is the trajectory of today's post. a) Ooh, a street with an interesting name. b)...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
As a heads-up, this is the trajectory of today's post. a) Ooh, a street with an interesting name. b) Hmmm, I suspect it's also an interesting street. c) Ah, now I've walked it I see it's not interesting after all. d) But this gives me an idea about similarly-named streets. e) Ah,...
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important? undefined
6 months ago
Josh Collinsworth
Adding page transitions in SvelteKit Transitions, easing, and routing are all baked into SvelteKit. This makes utilizing page transition...
a year ago
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a year ago
Transitions, easing, and routing are all baked into SvelteKit. This makes utilizing page transition effects in SvelteKit sites and apps as easy as adding just a few lines of code.
Londonist
Things To Do In London This Autumn Your September to November 2023 calendar, sorted.
a year ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Chap Who Doesn't Care Much About Anything' Below the masthead of the August 19, 2024 issue of The Daily Chronicle is a brief, boxed...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Below the masthead of the August 19, 2024 issue of The Daily Chronicle is a brief, boxed announcement:  “Today is National Orangutan Day. The apes are the largest tree-dwelling animals on Earth. They spend 90 percent of their time in trees, even sleeping in leafy nests. No wonder...
Platformer
Can Snap snap back? At its annual summit, the company gets bullish on AI — but feels haunted by the ghost of its past...
a year ago
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a year ago
At its annual summit, the company gets bullish on AI — but feels haunted by the ghost of its past ambitions
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review ‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review JamesHoare Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
diamond geezer
Poet in residence A unique opportunity has arisen for creative narration, the post of poet in residence, five...
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9 months ago
A unique opportunity has arisen for creative narration, the post of poet in residence, five maintained by them: apply, Tower Bridge London Bridge Since medieval masons built a stone span with central chapel, Since pilgrims passed through in reverent migration, Since...
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana undefined
10 months ago
A Beautiful Site
BrowserStack: stop using virtual machines for browser testing Sick of booting up an entire virtual machine (VM) just to test something in IE? With BrowserStack,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Sick of booting up an entire virtual machine (VM) just to test something in IE? With BrowserStack, you don't need VMware or VirtualBox. Just enter a URL and instantly test on just about any browser you can think of. This is legit. It's not just another screenshot service or...
AFAR Media - Travel...
10 Art Destinations in Italy: Itinerary for Art Lovers
6 months ago
Dominik Sobe's...
Launching HelpKit
over a year ago
Working Theorys
Weekend Theorys No. 2 Crypto social games, work "trials," and meeting your creations in the wild.
10 months ago
Londonist
Christmas Dinner In London: Where To Eat In The Capital On Christmas Day Book soon if you want a seat at these tables on 25 December.
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
7 Articles on Adventure and Wellness in the Nordic Countries
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966) Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
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a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
Daniel Marino
How to Process Customer Criticism Why do us product designers opt into a career where we’re regularly challenged to be vulnerable?!...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Why do us product designers opt into a career where we’re regularly challenged to be vulnerable?! Design is super subjective, and everyone is a critic! Regardless of your education or how sharp your design eye is, you’ll never be able to please everyone. This is especially true...
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87) American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
A Weekly Dose of...
From Slow House to Blue Dream Blue Dream is a house designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Julia "Julie" Reyes Taubman and her...
a year ago
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a year ago
Blue Dream is a house designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Julia "Julie" Reyes Taubman and her husband Robert "Bobby" Taubman. The house, located in East Hampton, on the South Fork of Long Island, was completed in 2017, nearly 30 years after the architects were commissioned...
diamond geezer
W12W13W14 Over the weekend TfL withdrew bus route 549, extended route W13 and substantially restructured...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Over the weekend TfL withdrew bus route 549, extended route W13 and substantially restructured routes W12 and W14. I wrote about the changes last week, and how TfL's information strategy relied substantially on a very complicated map. I went back yesterday to see how the...
Matt Mazur
“Monthly Billed Annually” is Cursed Copy There was a great discussion on Twitter recently that began with Daniel Vassallo calling out a SaaS...
a year ago
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a year ago
There was a great discussion on Twitter recently that began with Daniel Vassallo calling out a SaaS for not refunding an accidental annual payment he made on their service. He intended to purchase the monthly plan, but due to an unclear UI and poor copy, he unintentionally...
Epic Web Dev
Deploy Web Applications All Over the World (tutorial)
a year ago
diamond geezer
Dull Saturday Dull Saturday 07:30 Crumpet 08:00 Paper shop
5 months ago
The Modern House
A flexible family home with flair in Clapton
a year ago
Stephen Diehl
Ice-Nine for Markets
over a year ago
essay – snarfed.org
Breakfast tour Like all of you, I got a little stir crazy over the last year. I made it outside plenty, but I still...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Like all of you, I got a little stir crazy over the last year. I made it outside plenty, but I still felt cooped up now and then, and I dearly missed going new places and seeing new things. On another note, I really, really like breakfast. Like, a lot. So naturally, I put these...
Math Is Still...
A New Kind of Symmetry Shakes Up Physics So-called “higher symmetries” are illuminating everything from particle decays to the behavior of...
a year ago
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a year ago
So-called “higher symmetries” are illuminating everything from particle decays to the behavior of complex quantum systems. The post A New Kind of Symmetry Shakes Up Physics first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Seth's Blog
Understanding pricing The money we exchange for a service or item isn’t based on how much it cost to make, how hard it was...
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3 weeks ago
The money we exchange for a service or item isn’t based on how much it cost to make, how hard it was to produce or how much the producer likes it. That’s hard to hear, because when we make something, we spend most of our time thinking about those very things. Price is based on...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 18-24 September 2023 A tube map for planes, a street with four names - plus a really silly interview.
a year ago
Seeking Wisdom
What I learned from Prof. Sanjay Bakshi’s Behavioral Economics Course at FLAME University I had the privilege to attend Prof. Sanjay Bakshi’s Behavioral Economics course at FLAME University....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I had the privilege to attend Prof. Sanjay Bakshi’s Behavioral Economics course at FLAME University. Being his student since 2011, I realized my dream by sitting in his class for 3.5 days. Prof. Bakshi taught us around 20 different models from Charlie Munger’s Psychology of Human...
Posts on Made of...
Record/Replay testing in Sorbet In 2017 and 2018, I (along with Paul Tarjan and Dmitry Petrashko) was a founding member of the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In 2017 and 2018, I (along with Paul Tarjan and Dmitry Petrashko) was a founding member of the Sorbet project at Stripe to build a gradual static typechecking system for Ruby, with the aim of enhancing productivity on Stripe’s millions of lines of Ruby, and eventually producing a...
Maps Mania
Intelligent Directions
a year ago
Maps Mania
An Earth Powered by the Sun
5 days ago
Maps Mania
The Streets of San Francisco Game
a year ago
Max Countryman
Delivering Value with Platform Engineering Platform Engineering offers a unique value prop to engineering orgs by focusing its attention on the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Platform Engineering offers a unique value prop to engineering orgs by focusing its attention on the holistic system. This in contrast to and in direct support of teams which focus on a narrower domain. In doing so, platform teams elevate and accelerate the work of their peers...
Londonist
Fundraising Events In London For Medical And Humanitarian Aid In Gaza Some ways to support emergency response efforts.
a year ago
The Oatmeal - Comics...
A funeral for voicemail Is voicemail dead? View on my website
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation? undefined
10 months ago
Internal Tech Emails
The Tech Emails Library The ultimate index of internal tech industry emails 🔍
a year ago
diamond geezer
Asda Express Bow Petrol Most days I walk past the Co-op on Bow Road - Bow Road's Co-op. I don't shop there, it's only a...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Most days I walk past the Co-op on Bow Road - Bow Road's Co-op. I don't shop there, it's only a garage forecourt store, nothing large or special. But it's well stocked - plenty of chiller choice, all the cereals, lots of booze. Co-op had suddenly metamorphosed into an Asda...
Home on Erik...
Dollar cost averaging (I accidentally published an unfinished draft of this post a few days ago – sorry about...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
(I accidentally published an unfinished draft of this post a few days ago – sorry about that). There's a lot of sources preaching the benefits of dollar cost averaging, or the practice of investing a fixed amount of money regularly.
alexwlchan
Two examples of hover styles on images I enjoy adding :hover styles to my websites. A good hover style reminds me of how fast and...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
I enjoy adding :hover styles to my websites. A good hover style reminds me of how fast and responsive our computers can be, if we let them. For example, I add a thicker underline when you hover over a link on this site, and it appears/disappears almost instantly as I move my...
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know undefined
a year ago
Arduino Blog
This Kenyan engineer modernizes vintage cars with a custom ECU and EFI upgrades The automotive industry’s switch from carburetion to fuel injection was one of the most effective...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
The automotive industry’s switch from carburetion to fuel injection was one of the most effective advancements of the 20th century. Electronic fuel injection allows for precise control over an internal combustion engine’s air-fuel mixture, which dramatically improves fuel...
The Modern House
Why a nomadic design dealer is finally putting down roots at this family home in east London
a year ago
The Elysian
Humanity from the perspective of robots Talking points for our literary salon next week.
7 months ago
Herbert Lui
Fast & Furious The Fast & Furious franchise was inspired by an article on street racing culture by Kenneth Li. The...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
The Fast & Furious franchise was inspired by an article on street racing culture by Kenneth Li. The first three movies in this Fast & Furious franchise—Fast & Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift—maintained its signature by staying true to this...
Chris Grossack's...
Life in Johnstone's Topological Topos 1 -- Fundamentals I’ve been thinking a lot about the internal logic of topoi again, and I want to have more examples...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
I’ve been thinking a lot about the internal logic of topoi again, and I want to have more examples of topoi that I understand well enough to externalize some statements. There’s more to life than just a localic $\mathsf{Sh}(B)$, and since I’m starting to feel like I understand...
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime undefined
4 months ago
Both Are True
My son, the two year old soccer prodigy he just doesn't know it yet // S1E2
a year ago
Archinect - Features
Let’s Talk About Architectural Visualization Welcome to Archinect In-Depth: Visualization. Over the coming weeks, Archinect will explore the...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Welcome to Archinect In-Depth: Visualization. Over the coming weeks, Archinect will explore the process of visualizing architectural work and what challenges and opportunities the field presents for the architectural design process. Our journey will include not only tips and...
TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life undefined
4 months ago
The Marginalian
Between Psyche and Cyborg: Carl Jung’s Legacy and the Countercultural Courage to Reclaim the Deeply... "A reanimated world is one in which spirit and matter are not just equally regarded but recognized...
8 months ago
CONTEMPORIST
Two Spiral Staircases Help Create This Unique Home Design Architect Alexis Dornier together with interior designer Silvia Fairman, have completed a new home...
a year ago
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a year ago
Architect Alexis Dornier together with interior designer Silvia Fairman, have completed a new home in the Balinese jungle, that features a unique design centered around a pair of spiral staircases. Drawing inspiration from the beauty of nature and a desire to challenge...
computers are bad
2024-08-19 mining for meteors Billboards Route 66 is often viewed through the lens of its billboards. The Jack Rabbit Trading...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Billboards Route 66 is often viewed through the lens of its billboards. The Jack Rabbit Trading Post, a small store a few miles out of Joseph City, would hardly be remembered were it not for its billboards spanning four states. The tradition of far-advance billboards is still...
Tom Blomfield
Apple is propping up a fundamentally broken payments industry Apple’s latest announcement on payments has sparked some interesting debate but also a fair share of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Apple’s latest announcement on payments has sparked some interesting debate but also a fair share of breathless pronouncements on a “revolution" in mobile payments. To be clear - Apple Pay is a step forward in terms of end user experience - but it simply entrenches a...
Ferd.ca
A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed 2023/01/01 A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed When I first started my forever project, a peer to...
a year ago
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a year ago
2023/01/01 A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed When I first started my forever project, a peer to peer file sync software using Interval Tree Clocks, I wanted to build it right. That meant property-based testing everything, specifying the protocol fully, dealing with error...
Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
Blog posts of...
Drafting your first investment round. The topic of investing is omnipresent in our startup world. Sooner or later most startup founders...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The topic of investing is omnipresent in our startup world. Sooner or later most startup founders look for external funding. And i...
TheCollector
What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave? undefined
8 months ago
Math Is Still...
Even a Single Bacterial Cell Can Sense the Seasons Changing Though they live only a few hours before dividing, bacteria can anticipate the approach of cold...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Though they live only a few hours before dividing, bacteria can anticipate the approach of cold weather and prepare for it. The discovery suggests that seasonal tracking is fundamental to life. The post Even a Single Bacterial Cell Can Sense the Seasons Changing first...
Nat Eliason's...
10 Things I Learned Losing 10 Million Dollars How to Stay Sane in a Mania
5 months ago
computers are bad
2024-08-12 a pedantic review of the las vegas loop Did you hear that Elon Musk dug a tunnel under the Las Vegas Convention Center? I think it is pretty...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Did you hear that Elon Musk dug a tunnel under the Las Vegas Convention Center? I think it is pretty universally known by now that the "Las Vegas Loop" is impractical, poorly thought out, and generally an embarrassment to society and industry. I will spare an accounting of the...
Noahpinion
People's Park and the Great American Infill After the 1970s, we agreed to all let each other have our space. That's over.
11 months ago
Diaries of Note
They were struck with terror On the morning of 3rd August 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus departed the Spanish town...
a year ago
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a year ago
On the morning of 3rd August 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus departed the Spanish town of Palos de la Frontera and embarked on what would become a monumental voyage across the unknown Atlantic, one that would forever alter the course of human history. Steering three...
The Ruffian
Len vs Glenn How Leonard Bernstein turned a crisis into a productive disagreement
a year ago
Arduino Blog
Expanding possibilities: Blues Wireless amplifies Opta’s connectivity Blues Wireless and Arduino have joined forces to create the game-changing Blues Wireless for Arduino...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Blues Wireless and Arduino have joined forces to create the game-changing Blues Wireless for Arduino Opta, unveiled this week at the Automate Show in Chicago. The expansion module is an affordable solution to enhance connectivity options for Arduino Opta micro PLCs, and marks a...
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection undefined
a year ago
somethingaboutmaps
A Free eBook of Terrain Lines Friends, earlier this week I mentioned that I’d completed a whole bunch of terrain sketches using...
a month ago
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a month ago
Friends, earlier this week I mentioned that I’d completed a whole bunch of terrain sketches using some novel techniques that allowed me to create a hachure drawing style from digital elevation data. If you’d like to see the whole set, I’ve now assembled them into a quick eBook...
Stat Significant
The Rise and (Overstated) Fall of Radio. A Statistical Analysis Examining radio's rapid adoption and surprising cultural endurance.
a week ago
Beautiful Public...
The Style Guide for America’s Highways: The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices Driving across America, you will encounter a wide variety of cultures, landscapes, people and...
a year ago
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a year ago
Driving across America, you will encounter a wide variety of cultures, landscapes, people and animals. But the one consistent thing that will stay the same from Maine to California are the signs you pass on the highway. That is because America’s roads and highways have a big, fat...
Retail Design Blog
JUICETIN Café by KSOUL Studio Located on Ngo Gia Tu Street, Juicetin is designed in an industrial style inspired by old post...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Located on Ngo Gia Tu Street, Juicetin is designed in an industrial style inspired by old post offices. From the...
Christopher Butler
A Pep Talk for those Who Work Bullshit Jobs How do you know if what you do is actually meaningful? do I work a bullshit job? Perhaps you...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
How do you know if what you do is actually meaningful? do I work a bullshit job? Perhaps you have already answered this question for yourself and are satisfied with the answer. You may want to read on still. My purpose is not to convince you that your job is or isn’t...
ntietz.com blog
Coding with LLMs can lead to more and better software We are in the early days with a new technology. There is a lot of hype around LLMs, and takes on...
a year ago
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a year ago
We are in the early days with a new technology. There is a lot of hype around LLMs, and takes on every end of the spectrum. Some predict that programmers will be out of a job sooner than later. Others predict that these will just contribute to spam. Today I'd like to focus on one...
Stoic Simple
Using a Stoic Mindset to See Challenges from Two Perspectives by Bob Cymber I recently watched the intense National Geographic documentary Free Solo. One of the...
a year ago
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a year ago
by Bob Cymber I recently watched the intense National Geographic documentary Free Solo. One of the most surprising things about the film is how Alex Honnold, the rock climber who challenges intense heights without a safety harness, approaches his challenges. Before each of his...
Londonist
A Bonkers Alt Tube Map Feat. Clockwork Trains And A Sedan Chair Replacement Service Zones 8 to 9 are WILD.
a year ago
Retail Design Blog
LIL MILAN first POPUP STORE in ROME. LIL Milan is a fresh new pure gold jewels brand with an essential and elegant style.The project aims...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
LIL Milan is a fresh new pure gold jewels brand with an essential and elegant style.The project aims to create...
diamond geezer
Pudding Mill Lane 10 The DLR's youngest station is ten years old today. Pudding Mill Lane opened on 28th April 2014...
7 months ago
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There are times I feel sorry for the people who run the huge online archives that we use for research. They have to deal with thousands (or tens of thousands, or more) resources – usually individual files in multiple formats – on hundreds or thousands of topics. And if they make...
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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.
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This explains Lagrange polynomial: why does it run through all the points, what is the basis polynomial, and how come it's a polynomial in the first place.
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I think it's funny how MS at some point realized they are not the cool kids and there's no reason to appeal to that target audience. Their new marketing strategy finally admits what's been long known: the correlation between “business casual” and using Microsoft products:
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That’s the first step, certainly. If you don’t, your boss will. The second step is to take the time you’ve freed up and do work that the AI can’t do.
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I received a Traeger Tailgater as a gift last year and I love it. It’s compact, easy to store, and works amazingly well. It has more than enough grill space for me and is pretty minimalist on features, which I like. Last Thanksgiving, many people wished they didn’t get the...
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Back in 2015, the JavaScript language got it’s first significant update in 6 years. ES2015 – more colloquially known as ES6 – was released…
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Results from the ALPHA experiment confirm that matter and antimatter react to gravity in a similar way.
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[Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org.] V. writes: My question is: can Stoic virtues be used as excuses to conduct evil deeds? I’m asking this question for several reasons. First, in the current political climate, the...
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I’ve been getting ready for the upcoming construction history congress (more on that to follow in a few days) and part of that is searching for good images to use for presentation of my paper (ditto). One of the people I’m speaking about is Ole Singstad, who had a fantastic...
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The ancient philosophy of Stoicism has recently gained popularity as a way to navigate life's challenges with a clearer, more level-headed mindset. Here, we will explore the key principles of Stoicism and offer practical ways to incorporate them into your daily life....
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After 2003’s Metro Maps of the World and 2015’s Transit Maps of the World (our review here), this is Mark Ovenden’s third offering on the subject of global transit maps and diagrams. The question to be asked, then, is simply – is a new book on the same subject worth it? In a...
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LEGO Notre Dame de Paris, 4383 pieces. Fortunately, I have a 13-year-old assistant mason brick-layer helper. I approve of the reinforced seams in the flat-plane base: Building the stone-tile floor before we’ve completed the base. Very edgy. Clever foundation for the apse. LEGO...
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One of my biggest goals last year was to run 10km – for me it is not just a distance goal for the sake of having a distance goal, but rather cultivating...
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In the summer of 2022, with support from Schmidt Futures, I took a closer look at several emerging science funding mechanisms – rapid grants, scout programs, and focused research organizations (FROs) – to understand how they serve the needs of early stage science. I also...
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8 Q&A's for Bootcamp Students in 2020 I did a Q&A for Fullstack Academy Bootcamp Prep students - copying out my answers here!
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Thank you to Emily Shepherd for her hard work reporting parts of this story, as well as her assistance clarifying details related to GAMA and finding company documents related to Rabbit and Cyber Manufacture.    In November 2021, a company called Cyber Manufacture Co raised $6...
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Why do we write? We write, in part, because our own reading was given as a gift to us and we want to extend that same magic we received to others. Here’s Mandy Brown (and my notes) in a recent article: The more compelling and interesting reason that most writers seek out readers...
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A demonstration of selecting checkboxes using jQuery.We start off with a bunch of checkboxes: <fieldset id="group_1"> <input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="0" /> <input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="1" /> <input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="2"...
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An entry dated June 15, 1830 in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Table Talk: “[Jonathan, not Taylor] Swift was anima Rabelaisii habitans in sicco,--the soul of Rabelais dwelling in a dry place. Yet Swift was rare.”   Now there’s a metaphor that sticks in the mind – “dwelling in a dry...
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Welcome to our second episode of short stories all about what may be the original designed object: the trail. If you haven’t heard the first episode yet you should totally go back and listen. It’s a lot of fun. Trail Mix We’re going to kick this second episode once again starting...
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Dag Hammarskjöld was en route to negotiate peace in Congo when, in 1961, the plane in which he was travelling crashed, ending the lives of all its passengers. Born in 1905, Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United...
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Units are a key part of doing any calculation. A number on its own is just a scalar and doesn't represent anything in particular. If I tell you to go drive 5, you'd naturally ask "5 what?" Software often has to deal with quantities that represent real-world things. How we...
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The Value Flywheel Effect is a worthwhile read. It’s imperfect, but a fascinating look into real-world application of Wardley mapping, and a rare view of a company’s engineering strategy. I’m currently diving into the topic of engineering strategy, and a sub-topic that I’ve not...
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With the growing community interest in Gatsby, we hope to create more resources that make it easier for anyone to grasp the power of this incredible tool.
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet   In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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A mysterious phenomenon known as duality often leads to new discoveries in physics. This time, space-time itself can sometimes be two things at once. The post The Two Faces of Space-Time first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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The company’s growth is under more pressure than it has ever been, and in a worse strategic position than Apple, Google, Amazon or Microsoft. Why is this and what can the company do to get out of this situation?
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