TokyoDev
The rise and fall of D&D in Japan
In 1985, Dungeons & Dragons (hereafter referred to as D&D) exploded onto the scene in Japan,...
9 months ago
In 1985, Dungeons & Dragons (hereafter referred to as D&D) exploded onto the scene in Japan, achieving massive popularity. The Japanese version of the Basic Rule Set (known as the “red box”) sold an impressive 100,000 copies in its first year. The following year, the gaming...
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 months ago
Adventures In...
Boost the Human Footprint in Imagery
The World Imagery Basemap is a lovely resource spanning the Earth in all directions at all scales....
3 months ago
The World Imagery Basemap is a lovely resource spanning the Earth in all directions at all scales. If you want to add a level of context you can always add a reference overlay. But what about baking a reference overlay into the imagery in a way that makes it look, like, sort of...
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
Mazdak
In the AI Race: Embrace Commoditization, Focus on Customer Value
The world of AI is a fast-paced and ever-evolving landscape, where startups are constantly vying for...
a year ago
The world of AI is a fast-paced and ever-evolving landscape, where startups are constantly vying for attention and a slice of the market pie. In this competitive environment, it's easy to get caught up in the pursuit of proprietary components and cutting-edge algorithms,...
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Predicting the future of the Internet is easy: anything it hasn’t yet dramatically transformed, it...
People love to focus on horse races: NYC vs Silcon Valley, Facebook vs Twitter, IPO markets vs...
over a year ago
People love to focus on horse races: NYC vs Silcon Valley, Facebook vs Twitter, IPO markets vs private exchanges, the valuation of some…
devonzuegel.com
Part 6: Is the proposed new city in California climate resilient?
A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the...
8 months ago
A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the future of my home state in my lifetime. This post is part of a series I’m writing about this bold proposal.
One of the biggest questions I had when I first learned about this...
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Dead Wall or a Thick Mist'
Reading occasionally reveals a pleasing convergence of thought between one writer, separated by...
a year ago
Reading occasionally reveals a pleasing convergence of thought between one writer, separated by centuries
and continents, and another. The happy reader is their ambassador and beneficiary.
I was again reading Nabokov’s brief, death-haunted novel from 1972, Transparent Things. Its...
Applied Cartography
Incumbency
Andrew Rea with an interesting and increasingly familiar take about how AI will disrupt...
5 months ago
Andrew Rea with an interesting and increasingly familiar take about how AI will disrupt software-focused private equity:
Distribution and brand moats can protect your legacy products for a while (esp in enterprise) but eventually you get lapped by competitors with better...
Josh Thompson
Learning Spanish: Conversation connectors
I’m learning Spanish right now,
as I’ve mentioned. The bad news is I’ve been in some state...
over a year ago
I’m learning Spanish right now,
as I’ve mentioned. The bad news is I’ve been in some state of
learning spanish for the better part of the last 15 years. My mom’s parents came here from Paraguay, and so she and her siblings are all native Spanish speakers, plus their spouses....
Noahpinion
Thus passes Robert Lucas
Farewell to the most influential macroeconomist of his generation.
a year ago
Farewell to the most influential macroeconomist of his generation.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
Josh Thompson
Ethan Magnass' sermons from Grace Anglican Church in Grove City, PA
I’ve been recommending a collection of sermons to many people recently.
I’ve listened to each of...
over a year ago
I’ve been recommending a collection of sermons to many people recently.
I’ve listened to each of these sermons quite a few times. They’re worth your time.
Ethan Magness is the rector at Grace Anglican Church in Grove City, PA.
Sermon Series on Joseph
Grace Anglican Church podcast...
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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4 weeks ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
4 days ago
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
Society's Backend
Discussions around OpenAI's o1, Superhuman AI, When AI Should Be An App, and More
Discussions from the past week: 09/16/2024
3 months ago
Discussions from the past week: 09/16/2024
Rest of World -...
Traditional multinationals are making their mark on Latin American tech
The region’s conservative corporations are finding different ways to get into technology.
a year ago
The region’s conservative corporations are finding different ways to get into technology.
Noahpinion
The Big Tariffs are here
Biden just slapped a 100% tax on Chinese car imports. Here's what that will and won't accomplish.
7 months ago
Biden just slapped a 100% tax on Chinese car imports. Here's what that will and won't accomplish.
TheCollector
10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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2 days ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Butterflies Have Nothing to Do With Butter'
Call me an
aesthete but I’ve always favored the definition of butterfly given by Dr. Johnson in his...
5 months ago
Call me an
aesthete but I’ve always favored the definition of butterfly given by Dr. Johnson in his Dictionary: “A beautiful insect, so named because it first appears
at the beginning of the season for butter.” Their seemingly gratuitous beauty, coupled
with not stinging like...
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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6 months ago
Irrational...
When to write strategy, and how much?
Even if you believe that strategy is generally useful,
it is difficult to decide that today’s the...
4 months ago
Even if you believe that strategy is generally useful,
it is difficult to decide that today’s the day to start writing engineering strategy.
When you do start writing strategy, it’s easy write so much strategy that
your organization is overwhelmed and ignores your strategy rather...
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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5 months ago
Daniel Bourke
Building a garden in the backyard
I started building a garden in the backyard.
It’s a small space but it took almost a year to get...
a year ago
I started building a garden in the backyard.
It’s a small space but it took almost a year to get going.
A year!
Mostly because of laziness and other things going on.
A little dream I have is to one day eat a full feast that consists 100%
TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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3 months ago
FIRE v London
Mar ’24: A towering influence
I’ve enjoyed March. I managed to enjoy a few days’ skiing, despite less snow than any of us would...
9 months ago
I’ve enjoyed March. I managed to enjoy a few days’ skiing, despite less snow than any of us would like, in the Austrian alps. Back at home, the sun has been getting stronger, and the evenings have been getting lighter – and now with Summer Time we will enjoy lovely late evenings...
somenice
Post-Twitter
Every so often I’m motivated to move my online content in-house. With todays purchase of Twitter my...
over a year ago
Every so often I’m motivated to move my online content in-house. With todays purchase of Twitter my intent to “own” my content has been renewed. I’m going to clean up my old Feedly RSS subscriptions and try posting here a bit more frequently.You can subscribe if you like –...
The Modern House
Book Preview: celebrating the architectural wonderland of London's suburbia
I ❤️ Suburbia is the first book by Simon Pollock, based on his successful Instagram account,...
3 months ago
I ❤️ Suburbia is the first book by Simon Pollock, based on his successful Instagram account, @londonsuburbia. The book celebrates the lives of people living on the outskirts of London and explores some of the often-overlooked architectural treasures of the ‘burbs, from houses to...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
Both Are True
and baby makes four???
lauren and baby are healthy, i am unwell!
11 months ago
lauren and baby are healthy, i am unwell!
The Marginalian
How People Change: Psychoanalyst Allen Wheelis on the Essence of Freedom and the Two Elements of...
"We create ourselves. The sequence is suffering, insight, will, action, change."
a year ago
"We create ourselves. The sequence is suffering, insight, will, action, change."
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
Steve Klabnik
Fire Mario not fire flowers
over a year ago
CONTEMPORIST
A Modern Addition For An 1830s Brick Farm House
Hollaway Studio has shared photos of a modern home addition they have completed for a former...
a year ago
Hollaway Studio has shared photos of a modern home addition they have completed for a former farmhouse in Kent, England, that dates back to the 1830s. The original home comprises of formal brick walls, a slate roof, white sash windows with views across the landscape, an original...
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
11 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
axio.ms
Classical virtualisation rules applied to RISC-style atomics
In 1974, Gerald Popek and Robert Goldberg published a paper, “Formal Requirements for Virtualizable...
over a year ago
In 1974, Gerald Popek and Robert Goldberg published a paper, “Formal Requirements for Virtualizable Third Generation Architectures”, giving a set of characteristics for correct full-machine virtualisation.
Today, these characteristics remain very useful. Computer architects will...
Remains of the Day
Narrative debt
HBO’s Watchmen is fantastic, as many have noted. It may be one of the most polished first drafts of...
over a year ago
HBO’s Watchmen is fantastic, as many have noted. It may be one of the most polished first drafts of fan fiction to ever appear on the silver, errr, OLED screen.
DC may lag behind the Marvel Universe in box office and audience acclaim, but it feels like DC is starting to find its...
The Great Discontent...
Schessa Garbutt
Schessa Garbutt is the founder of the Inglewood–based design studio, Firebrand. An educator,...
5 months ago
Schessa Garbutt is the founder of the Inglewood–based design studio, Firebrand. An educator, lecturer, and published essayist (see The Black Experience in Design anthology, a must-read). Garbutt works at the intersection of co-design practices and making huge, mind-bending ideas...
Seldo.com
On AI, ML, LLMs and the future of software
a year ago
Jonas Hietala
A *
After a few hours of coding I’ve made a little, little, bit of progress but it took a lot longer...
over a year ago
After a few hours of coding I’ve made a little, little, bit of progress but it took a lot longer than I would have liked.
I’ve basically managed to make a world and some tiles in the world and we have a worker who can move around on the tiles and he can’t move on all...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Winning from the back - late mover advantage
We are open source is literally our top value ... and what better way to be transparent than to...
over a year ago
We are open source is literally our top value ... and what better way to be transparent than to share a diary? Late mover advantage Product…
TheCollector
10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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5 days ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
SatPost by Trung...
The Psychology of Disneyland
From Walt Disney's original vision to Imagineering to pricing strategy.
a year ago
From Walt Disney's original vision to Imagineering to pricing strategy.
IEEE Spectrum
Why Simone Giertz, the Queen of Useless Robots, Got Serious
On YouTube she demonstrated a hilarious series of self-built mechanized devices that worked...
2 months ago
On YouTube she demonstrated a hilarious series of self-built mechanized devices that worked perfectly for ridiculous applications, such as a headboard-mounted alarm clock with a rubber hand to slap the user awake.
This article is part of our special report, “Reinventing...
The Marginalian
Youth and Age: Kahlil Gibran on the Art of Becoming
A roadmap to the fulfilled belonging on the other side of "the great aloneness which knows not what...
a year ago
A roadmap to the fulfilled belonging on the other side of "the great aloneness which knows not what is far and what is near, nor what is small nor great."
Londonist
Superloop: SL3 Route Between Thamesmead And Bromley Launches This Weekend
Just SL5 and SL4 to go now...
10 months ago
Just SL5 and SL4 to go now...
Simply Explained
Tracking gas usage with ESPHome, Home Assistant, and TCRT5000
In 2019, I built an energy monitor to keep track of our electricity consumption. Then, in 2021, Home...
over a year ago
In 2019, I built an energy monitor to keep track of our electricity consumption. Then, in 2021, Home Assistant added an Energy Management feature that keeps track of electricity and gas usage. So naturally, I had to make my gas meter smart as well.
Maps Mania
There are 2,773 stories in the Naked City
10 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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a month ago
ntietz.com blog
I'm scared, and hopeful, and you can help
Tomorrow, I'm boarding an airplane to attend a work event.
It's my first time flying since 2018, and...
11 months ago
Tomorrow, I'm boarding an airplane to attend a work event.
It's my first time flying since 2018, and I'm excited to meet all my coworkers in person.
The travel is, on whole, going to be a good experience.
But there is a lot surrounding the travel that is stressful and scary.
I'm...
Vadim Kravcenko
Building a side-project
So as you noticed, I’m late with my newsletter Issue this week. Everything is fine. I just got...
over a year ago
So as you noticed, I’m late with my newsletter Issue this week. Everything is fine. I just got sidetracked a […]
The post Building a side-project appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
This Space
39 Books: 1992
Poetry is a notable absence in my book lists. I assumed at this time that because novels excited my...
8 months ago
Poetry is a notable absence in my book lists. I assumed at this time that because novels excited my attention, poetry should do too. Under this assumption I bought and read Wallace Stevens' Collected Poems in this chunky Faber edition, adding an ugly plastic cover.*
Many of...
A Beautiful Site
Using the classList API
jQuery makes it easy to add, remove, and toggle classes on various elements. It's too bad this stuff...
over a year ago
jQuery makes it easy to add, remove, and toggle classes on various elements. It's too bad this stuff wasn't built into JavaScript. But wait — it is now!
What your looking for didn't exist until IE10, but it's been in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera for some time now. It's...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Intelligent
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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This is gonna be the most upsetting part about...
3 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
This is gonna be the most upsetting part about first alien contact.
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Anecdotal Evidence
'A Noble Unconsciousness Is in Him'
A reader
asks if I have any heroes. “I’m guessing Samuel Johnson is one,” she writes,
and that’s...
5 months ago
A reader
asks if I have any heroes. “I’m guessing Samuel Johnson is one,” she writes,
and that’s correct. “I think people are too cynical to have heroes today,” she
continues. “They’re embarrassed to say someone is a hero. Nobody’s good enough.
Everybody wants to look for failure...
Commoncog
Process Behaviour Charts: More Than You Need To Know
The process behaviour chart is the easiest way to differentiate between routine and exceptional...
a year ago
The process behaviour chart is the easiest way to differentiate between routine and exceptional variation. This is everything you need to know to use it well.
Blog posts of...
A Primer on Startup Metrics – Which Analytics Tool to pick.
As a analytics consultant I am working with a lot of startups and help them in the topics of...
over a year ago
As a analytics consultant I am working with a lot of startups and help them in the topics of metrics, analytics, retention and gro...
Dan Slimmon
Don’t fix it just because it’s technical debt.
Why should we only spend part of our time doing work that maximizes value, and the rest of our time...
a year ago
Why should we only spend part of our time doing work that maximizes value, and the rest of our time doing other, less optimal work?
diamond geezer
London's highest station
What's London's highest station?
Richard).
en-gb.topographic-map.com. This displays the elevation...
a year ago
What's London's highest station?
Richard).
en-gb.topographic-map.com. This displays the elevation of the land using a colourful scale, with blue the lowest and red the highest.
Precisely what colour equals what height varies as you zoom in and out. On this map at this scale...
Maps Mania
2024's Climate Tipping Points
11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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a year ago
Grow With Less
This 20-Minute On-Page SEO Checklist Could Save Your Rankings
What’s the worst thing that could happen to your blog?
For many bloggers, the answer is getting...
over a year ago
What’s the worst thing that could happen to your blog?
For many bloggers, the answer is getting blacklisted by Google and seeing all their organic traffic vanish overnight.
And a common way this happens is when Google realizes your blog is infected before you do and simply...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Ranking #1 on HN in Mid April
I last wrote about Ranking #1 on HN in December, and wanted to offer an update from my mild hit...
a year ago
I last wrote about Ranking #1 on HN in December, and wanted to offer an update from my mild hit today. I am now taking Latent Space (the new name enabled by the previous owner of that domain selling it to me in my first P2P domain purchase) a lot more seriously with the support...
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
The Ruffian
Creativity Needs Stupidity
How artists think and unthink
6 months ago
How artists think and unthink
Tinloof - Blog
Yeah hooks are good, but have you tried faster React Components?
This article is not meant to perf-shame you. If you’re a beginner in React, don’t focus on...
over a year ago
This article is not meant to perf-shame you. If you’re a beginner in React, don’t focus on performance issues but rather on getting comfortable and productive with it.
The performance of a React application can be defined by how long the user should wait before seeing the UI...
Stephen Wolfram...
Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories
Programmer of the Universe “OK, so let me tell you…” And so it would begin. A long and colorful...
a year ago
Programmer of the Universe “OK, so let me tell you…” And so it would begin. A long and colorful story. An elaborate description of a wild idea. In the forty years I knew Ed Fredkin I heard countless wild ideas and colorful stories from him. He always radiated a certain...
Mark Manson
Everyone Is Mostly the Same… (And Why This Is Good News)
I started my first blog in 2007. By 2011, writing and publishing online was my full-time job. By...
over a year ago
I started my first blog in 2007. By 2011, writing and publishing online was my full-time job. By 2013, that writing was being read by over a million people each month. And while the exact number has fluctuated over the years, that still remains true.
Early on in my career, as you...
Rest of World -...
Crime victims, ignored by Venezuela’s broken justice system, turn to influencers
To get the authorities’ attention, victims get help from influencers specialized in niches like...
a year ago
To get the authorities’ attention, victims get help from influencers specialized in niches like corruption and pet justice.
TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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a year ago
Open Culture
Medieval Cats Behaving Badly: Kitties That Left Paw Prints … and Peed … on 15th Century Manuscripts
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” –Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808–90) When...
7 months ago
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” –Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808–90) When Emir O. Filipovic, a medievalist at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, visited the State Archives of Dubrovnik, he stumbled upon something that will hardly surprise...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Springtime
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Finally an uplifting SMBC.
Today's News:
Last...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Finally an uplifting SMBC.
Today's News:
Last chance to get signed books and free audiobooks by Phil Plait and Gretchen McCulloch!
The Modern House
Claire Ptak, founder of Violet bakery, on seasonal cakes and the community spirit of Hackney
a year ago
Musings on Markets
Tesla in 2023: A Return to Reality, The Start of the End or Time to Buy?
I am not much of a car person and view cars primarily as a mode of transportation. I drive a 2010...
a year ago
I am not much of a car person and view cars primarily as a mode of transportation. I drive a 2010 Honda Civic, a perfectly serviceable vehicle that is never going to get oohs and ahas from onlookers, but I feel no urge to value Honda. I don't own a Tesla, and have only driven...
Anecdotal Evidence
'He Does Not Make a Nice Old Man'
A friend who
is a great admirer of Thomas Carlyle sent me an excerpt from a letter the Scotsman...
10 months ago
A friend who
is a great admirer of Thomas Carlyle sent me an excerpt from a letter the Scotsman wrote to his mother on September 12, 1843:
“I spent a
forenoon with Jeffery who is very thin and fretful I think; being at any rate
weakly, he is much annoyed at present by a hurt on...
Dustin Curtis
Apple Card disabled my iCloud, App Store, and Apple ID accounts
About ten days ago, when I went to update a few apps in the App Store on my Mac, I was met with a...
over a year ago
About ten days ago, when I went to update a few apps in the App Store on my Mac, I was met with a curious error.
The internet is filled with stories from people whose Google accounts were locked for unexplained reasons, causing them to lose all of their data, including years of...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Scrawls With a Lavish Hand Its Signature'
“Where the wind listeth, there the sailboats list, / Water is
touched with a light case of hives /...
2 months ago
“Where the wind listeth, there the sailboats list, / Water is
touched with a light case of hives / Or wandering gooseflesh.”
Carl George is the sort of scientist whose company I most enjoy. He is a generalist, what
used to be called a naturalist. Now an emeritus professor of...
Prolost
Red Giant VFX Suite
Today Red Giant has released a brand-new collection of plug-ins for visual effects compositing. It’s...
over a year ago
Today Red Giant has released a brand-new collection of plug-ins for visual effects compositing. It’s called VFX Suite, and some of these tools are things I’ve been dreaming about since computers were beige.
There are nine plug-ins in the suite. You can learn about all of them at...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Answers: Too much money in digital health? | Out-Of-Pocket
Here's what some of you had to say
a year ago
Here's what some of you had to say
Josh Comeau's blog
My experience as a remote worker
I've spent half of my career working remotely. This post chronicles those experiences, giving a...
over a year ago
I've spent half of my career working remotely. This post chronicles those experiences, giving a real-world window into what it's like to work fully-remote as a software engineer.
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
a month ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
The Modern House
Kitchen tips and kimchi pancakes with Jesse Jenkins, founder of Another Day in Paradise
a year ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Understand Our Fellow Creatures a Little Better'
Edwin
Arlington Robinson, not the sunniest of poets, writes to his friend Harry de
Forest Smith on...
3 months ago
Edwin
Arlington Robinson, not the sunniest of poets, writes to his friend Harry de
Forest Smith on May 13, 1896:
“If printed
lines are good for anything, they are bound to be picked up some time; and
then, if some poor devil of a man or woman feels any better or any stronger...
Seth's Blog
Dreams, plans and contradictions
Dreams are fine. And dreams involve contradictions. We want this AND that, but both can’t happen....
8 months ago
Dreams are fine. And dreams involve contradictions. We want this AND that, but both can’t happen. That’s what keeps them from being plans. Plans embrace boundaries and reality, they don’t ignore them. Plans thrive on scarcity and constraints. Plans are open for inspection, and a...
Applied Cartography
Always use an enum for your status field
When I was first starting my career at Amazon — even more bright-eyed and rosy-cheeked than I am now...
3 months ago
When I was first starting my career at Amazon — even more bright-eyed and rosy-cheeked than I am now — I was thrilled by the concept of an "architecture review", and by extension the concept of a "Principal Engineer" (Amazon's term for a staff-level engineer, someone beyond...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #221
Bezos on Media Bias, Marks on Asset Allocation, Moral Hazard, Meta's AI Prospects, Vision Pro:...
2 months ago
Bezos on Media Bias, Marks on Asset Allocation, Moral Hazard, Meta's AI Prospects, Vision Pro: Success or Failure?, Berkshire in the 1960s, Whole Foods, Black Diamond, Merck, Wormholes
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
All About That Button, ’Bout That Button
In modern SPAs it’s common to immediately escape baked-in browser behaviors. For example, using...
5 months ago
In modern SPAs it’s common to immediately escape baked-in browser behaviors. For example, using <button> often looks like this:
<div>
<input type="text" name="q" />
<button
type="submit"
onClick={(e) => {
// Stop the baked-in behavior
...
History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
2 weeks ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
mtlynch.io
Questions to ask a potential 3PL vendor
Over the past six months, I’ve been transitioning the fulfillment processes at my e-commerce...
a year ago
Over the past six months, I’ve been transitioning the fulfillment processes at my e-commerce business to a third-party logistics (3PL) vendor.
I didn’t know anything about 3PLs before starting this process, so there were a lot of things I didn’t know to ask about. Here are the...
Jonas Hietala
Installing Krita on Slackware 14.1
This is a guide on how to build Krita on Slackware 14.1. This is based on this guide for...
over a year ago
This is a guide on how to build Krita on Slackware 14.1. This is based on this guide for linux.
removepkg calligra
Install some dependencies from Slackbuilds.
gsl
libgexiv2
libpqxx
pstoedit
Get Krita.
The original guide recommends building in ~/kde4 but I moved i to...
Open Culture
The Long Game of Creativity: If You Haven’t Created a Masterpiece at 30, You’re Not a Failure
Orson Welles directed the greatest movie ever made, Citizen Kane, at age 25, with only a limited...
5 months ago
Orson Welles directed the greatest movie ever made, Citizen Kane, at age 25, with only a limited knowledge of the medium. When Paul McCartney was 25, he, along with his fellow Beatles, released the era-defining album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. By age 29, Pablo Picasso...
macwright.com
How to set headers on objects in R2 using rclone
How do you set a Cache-Control header on an object in R2 when you’re using rclone to upload?
I...
11 months ago
How do you set a Cache-Control header on an object in R2 when you’re using rclone to upload?
I burned a lot of time figuring this out. There are a lot of options that look like they’ll do it, but here it is:
--header-upload='Cache-Control:...
Words and Buttons...
Yet another alternative to floating point numbers
This shows how computeable intervals written in rational bounds may not only account for the input...
over a year ago
This shows how computeable intervals written in rational bounds may not only account for the input error but keep computational error under control as well.
TheCollector
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Out-of-Pocket Blog
Retail and community pharmacies are changing | Out-Of-Pocket
COVID tailwinds are changing the role of the pharmacy and pharmacist
a year ago
COVID tailwinds are changing the role of the pharmacy and pharmacist
Left To Write
The Narrative Fallacy
How narratives can distort our perception of reality and what to do against it
a year ago
How narratives can distort our perception of reality and what to do against it
Maps Mania
The National Stereotypes Maps - Part Two
a year ago
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Josh Thompson
Driven by Compression Progress
Note from author: This is part of an experimental series, more-or-less based on “white papers” and...
over a year ago
Note from author: This is part of an experimental series, more-or-less based on “white papers” and academic literature, as applied to somewhat practical-ish domains.
These pages serve as a brief overview of a paper, and I’ll be able to link to this paper down the road when I what...
Rest of World -...
What Elon Musk’s new biography leaves out
Looking beyond the Tesla reality-distortion field.
a year ago
Looking beyond the Tesla reality-distortion field.
How to Be a Stoic
Welcome!
Welcome to How to Be a Stoic! It began back in March ’15 as a blog to track my personal journey into...
over a year ago
Welcome to How to Be a Stoic! It began back in March ’15 as a blog to track my personal journey into modern practical Stoicism. The blog has now moved to Patreon and I hope you will follow me there. However, the full archive of 425 posts and a whopping 4,600 comments will remain...
Christopher Butler
The Top Ten Design Books
This is my personal ranking, subject to change at any time.
Design as Art, by Bruno...
a month ago
This is my personal ranking, subject to change at any time.
Design as Art, by Bruno Munari
Massive Change, by Bruce Mau
Grid systems in graphic design, by Josef Müller-Brockmann
A New Program for Graphic Design, by David Reinfurt
Editing by Design, by Jan V. White
A...
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
diamond geezer
Thames flooding
Several times a year, aligned to the full moon, the Thames sees some particularly high tides....
a year ago
Several times a year, aligned to the full moon, the Thames sees some particularly high tides. Sometimes, after particularly heavy spells of rain, much more water comes down the Thames than usual. And when these two events coincide various paths, piers and embankments that don't...
Computer Ads from...
American Heart Association
A PSA and an Ad
a month ago
Scott DeLong
Weeks 31-34: Banned
Sometimes business can be boring and sometimes you see set backs, but this is where you...
a year ago
Sometimes business can be boring and sometimes you see set backs, but this is where you perservere.
The post Weeks 31-34: Banned appeared first on Scott DeLong.
Andrej Karpathy blog
Short Story on AI: Forward Pass
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over a year ago
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The inspiration for this short story came to me while reading Kevin Lacker’s Giving GPT-3 a Turing Test. It is probably worth it (though not required) to skim this post to get...
pcloadletter
Write code that you can understand when you get paged at 2am
The older I get, the more I dislike clever code. This is not a controversial take; it is pretty-well...
7 months ago
The older I get, the more I dislike clever code. This is not a controversial take; it is pretty-well agreed upon that clever code is bad.
But I particularly like the on-call responsiblity framing: write code that you can understand when you get paged at 2am.
If you have never...
On the Arts
The Sea Has Always Looked the Same
A View of the Ocean as a Connection to the Past
a year ago
A View of the Ocean as a Connection to the Past
Irrational...
Friction isn't velocity.
When you’re driving a car down a road, you might get a bit stuffy and decide
to roll your windows...
9 months ago
When you’re driving a car down a road, you might get a bit stuffy and decide
to roll your windows down. The air will flow in, the wind will get louder,
and the sensation of moving will intensify. Your engine will start working a bit
harder–and louder–to maintain the same...
Construction Physics
Goolsbee and Syverson on Construction Productivity
Several people have asked me about a new NBER working paper that takes a look at construction...
a year ago
Several people have asked me about a new NBER working paper that takes a look at construction productivity (a popular topic around here), “The Strange and Awful Path of Productivity in the US Construction Sector,” by Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson. This paper doesn’t bring any...
Alex Meub
Fun with IE7 and the Zoom Property
This bug threw me for a loop. A CSS optimizer thought it was doing me a favor by “fixing” any...
over a year ago
This bug threw me for a loop. A CSS optimizer thought it was doing me a favor by “fixing” any invalid numbers.
It replaces .my_class{ zoom:1; } with .my_class{ zoom:1px; }
Those two characters (“px”) on the zoom property will blow up IE7 as it tries to zoom to a value in...
Mazdak
Netflix Discontinues Basic Plan in Canada
Netflix has stopped offering its Basic subscription plan in Canada. The company has not said if it...
a year ago
Netflix has stopped offering its Basic subscription plan in Canada. The company has not said if it plans to discontinue the plan altogether, but it is no longer available to new or rejoining members. The Basic plan was the most affordable option for Netflix subscribers in Canada,...
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
./techtipsy
Why you might not want to publicly self-host a Wikipedia clone
A while ago I wrote about how easy it is to download an archive of Wikipedia and host it...
a year ago
A while ago I wrote about how easy it is to download an archive of Wikipedia and host it anywhere
you want using Kiwix.
I’m still hosting Kiwix sites publicly, but here are a few things you might want
to consider before doing so yourself.
The spam
I have a specific e-mail address...
Seth's Blog
A treaty
Successful treaties calm things down and let us get back to what’s really important. Sometimes, the...
a year ago
Successful treaties calm things down and let us get back to what’s really important. Sometimes, the fight becomes the entire point. Not surprisingly, when we’re busy fighting a war in our head about a previous injustice or slight, we can effectively consummate a treaty without...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Forecast
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
That's the official International Sign system...
5 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
That's the official International Sign system imagine for in-the-butt.
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Seth's Blog
On building a cathedral
If you’re in need of a gathering place, a dry, functional, centrally located facility for your folks...
10 months ago
If you’re in need of a gathering place, a dry, functional, centrally located facility for your folks to meet, a cathedral is probably way more than you need. It’s far more expensive to build and maintain and not optimal in delivering what’s required. But what if this building...
Map of the Week
The Real World Costs of Bitcoin
This is from April but at last week’s NACIS conference I saw Zach Levitt speak about making these...
a year ago
This is from April but at last week’s NACIS conference I saw Zach Levitt speak about making these graphics for the New York Times. The story details how in the midst of a winter storm that left tens or thousands without power, bitcoin mines in the state kept running, until the...
Diaries of Note
The goose for Xmas disappeared
In the waning days of 1948, George Orwell was secluded on the Scottish island of Jura in a remote...
a year ago
In the waning days of 1948, George Orwell was secluded on the Scottish island of Jura in a remote farmhouse named Barnhill—a stark, white-washed building set against the backdrop of Jura’s untamed wilderness. It was there, amidst the stark beauty of nature and in declining...
Tony Dinh's...
Another 6-figure exit, and the future
I sold Xnapper, here is a quick update about the acquisition details
9 months ago
I sold Xnapper, here is a quick update about the acquisition details
Daniel Marino
JS13K 2018 Retrospective
In one of my weekly developer emails, I saw a link for JS13KGames. I've always wanted to create a...
over a year ago
In one of my weekly developer emails, I saw a link for JS13KGames. I've always wanted to create a video game. I asked my JavaScript-whiz buddy, Brad, if he was interested in building a game with me. Without hesitation, he said “Yes!”
Concept
A couple of years ago I came up with...
David Perell
Should You Write Every Day?
When I started working out, I hated it. I wanted to gain muscle but dreaded working out. Eventually,...
over a year ago
When I started working out, I hated it. I wanted to gain muscle but dreaded working out. Eventually, a friend got fed up with my laziness and told me what I needed to hear: “If you want to build the habit, go to the gym every single day without fail.” So that’s what I did.
The...
symmetry magazine
Physics fashion and collider couture
Symmetry is back with more physics-themed Halloween costumes.
a year ago
Symmetry is back with more physics-themed Halloween costumes.
Asterisk
Culture Studies
Montessori classrooms don’t have much in common with the Jesuit colleges of early modern Europe. But...
5 months ago
Montessori classrooms don’t have much in common with the Jesuit colleges of early modern Europe. But students in both settings learn more than a core curriculum — instead they’re taught a distinctive culture. And then they pass it on.
A Smart Bear
The three kinds of leverage that anchor effective strategies
Leveraging strengths -- not "fixing weaknesses" -- is how to win. Better when differentiated. Best...
a year ago
Leveraging strengths -- not "fixing weaknesses" -- is how to win. Better when differentiated. Best when durable. Here's how to create leverage.
Seán Barry
Using Git Bisect to Find Code Regressions
Want to find out the exact commit that introduced a bug to your code? Git Bisect is just the tool...
over a year ago
Want to find out the exact commit that introduced a bug to your code? Git Bisect is just the tool for the job.
Commoncog
How to Use Power
How do you gain power, use power, and identify those who have power, so that you may protect...
a month ago
How do you gain power, use power, and identify those who have power, so that you may protect yourself against them? Part two of three in a series on power in business.
elementary Blog
New features and settings, improved performance, and fewer bugs
This month we have a mix of new design and feature updates, another big batch of fixed bugs, and...
a year ago
This month we have a mix of new design and feature updates, another big batch of fixed bugs, and even some performance improvements.
Mail
The headliner this month is Mail which does a better job handling newly added online accounts and includes fixes for a couple of potential...
There are two types...
MSG
Two MSG quotes: “In animal studies, injecting high doses of MSG into the brains of rats made them...
over a year ago
Two MSG quotes: “In animal studies, injecting high doses of MSG into the brains of rats made them fat.” – Wikipedia “Through Pennsylvania Station one entered the city like a god…. One scuttles in now like a rat” [under Madison … Continue reading →
The post MSG appeared first on...
Archinect - Features
Where Are All The Affordable Housing Startups?
Despite the general consensus that the United States is in need of more affordable housing, funding...
6 months ago
Despite the general consensus that the United States is in need of more affordable housing, funding to startups focused on affordable housing and more efficient construction technologies is lower in 2024 than in recent years. In the meantime, a series of high-profile...
Ralph Ammer
Xunzi vs. Mengzi – Are People (No) Good?
About 2300 years ago, the great Chinese thinker Xunzi 荀⼦ wrote: “Human nature is bad“. But he wasn’t...
2 days ago
About 2300 years ago, the great Chinese thinker Xunzi 荀⼦ wrote: “Human nature is bad“. But he wasn’t just having a bad day. The question—Are humans fundamentally good or bad?—is a major fork in the road. How you answer this question profoundly impacts your morals and how you live...
macwright.com
codemirror-continue by
Wrote and released codemirror-continue today. When you’re writing a block comment in TypeScript and...
12 months ago
Wrote and released codemirror-continue today. When you’re writing a block comment in TypeScript and you hit “Enter”, this intelligently adds a * on the next line.
Most likely, your good editor (Neovim, VS Code) already has this behavior and you miss it in CodeMirror. So I wrote...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Cancer and revenue - the latest board meeting
It has been a dramatic month. Four weeks ago, our 16 month old daughter was diagnosed with ...
over a year ago
It has been a dramatic month. Four weeks ago, our 16 month old daughter was diagnosed with retinoblastoma - a fairly rare form of cancer that…
Maps Mania
America's Disappearing Birds
11 months ago
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Moïra Swann
Bonjour everyone! Moïra Swann is an English and Proustian adaptation from my real name Anne-Marie:...
over a year ago
Bonjour everyone! Moïra Swann is an English and Proustian adaptation from my real name Anne-Marie: while Anne-Marie lives in France and works full-time in a wonderful museum dedicated to the French painter Anne-Louis Girodet, Moïra Swann does lino printing whenever she can, as an...
Atoms vs Bits
New Game: Nomido
With one of my other hats on, I made a new online word puzzle game called Nomido. The goal is to...
3 weeks ago
With one of my other hats on, I made a new online word puzzle game called Nomido. The goal is to construct words out of two-letter tiles. I think it's great fun, and hope you will too – please give it a look!
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Patrick Kayongo
Online Communication & Social Hierarchy
There are a plethora of ways to communicate online, both with people you know, and people you’ve...
a year ago
There are a plethora of ways to communicate online, both with people you know, and people you’ve never met. But something the makers of these tools fail to mould to, is the social hierarchy and human structures in which they are used. There are three examples that come to mind....
Londonist
A Brief History Of The Central Line
A chronology of the red line.
a year ago
A chronology of the red line.
Josh Thompson
Back in the Saddle
There’s a point in time when after spending a few weeks or months working on one project/goal, your...
over a year ago
There’s a point in time when after spending a few weeks or months working on one project/goal, your ability to switch tasks to another project diminishes.
There’s plenty of evidence that humans can’t multi-task, and those who try just end up doing a lot of things poorly.
On the...
Arduino Blog
A miniature Vegas Sphere is the perfect nightlight
Sphere in Las Vegas is inarguably one of the most notable architectural achievements of the...
5 months ago
Sphere in Las Vegas is inarguably one of the most notable architectural achievements of the 21st century so far. Gaudy? Maybe. Controversial? Definitely. Interesting? Absolutely — no one can debate that with a straight face. When 15-year-old Ben Kennedy’s bedroom nightlight...
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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2 months ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#39)
Modi's third term; Biden and the border; good news on climate; nonprofits being bad; interest rates...
7 months ago
Modi's third term; Biden and the border; good news on climate; nonprofits being bad; interest rates and austerity
Maps Mania
The Supply Chain of Deforestation
10 months ago
Stoic Simple
Stoicism as a Way to Learn Patience, Acceptance & Be Calm
Whether it's waiting in line at the grocery store, dealing with a difficult coworker, or facing a...
a year ago
Whether it's waiting in line at the grocery store, dealing with a difficult coworker, or facing a personal setback, we all encounter moments that test our patience. While it's natural to feel frustrated or angry in these situations, practicing patience can bring a sense of...
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Single Line of Calm'
Judged
solely as a liquid asset, the most valuable book I ever held was a history of
Argentina...
4 weeks ago
Judged
solely as a liquid asset, the most valuable book I ever held was a history of
Argentina borrowed from the public library in Schenectady, N.Y. At home I discovered
the previous reader had marked his place with a twenty-dollar bill. I returned
the book but not the cash. It...
Cartogrammar
Ohio is still a piano
In a hundred years, no one will remember our work. Strike that, make it about five years. Digital,...
over a year ago
In a hundred years, no one will remember our work. Strike that, make it about five years. Digital, web-based work can break or disappear in an instant. I’ve certainly done some things which are now gone forever. Anyway, one broken thing was the crazy Ohio piano map I made nearly...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How to brand your startup so it isn't boring
The world would be more fun if most startups hadn't undergone a personality vasectomy. Be it the...
4 months ago
The world would be more fun if most startups hadn't undergone a personality vasectomy. Be it the human instinct for conformity, or the inevitable…
Anecdotal Evidence
'An Ill-Assorted Collection'
A friend has
broken up with her boyfriend and he is launching protracted salvos of nasty
emails in...
2 months ago
A friend has
broken up with her boyfriend and he is launching protracted salvos of nasty
emails in her direction. As prose they are better than average. There have been
no threats of violence and little profanity. The ex’s weapon of choice is a
detailed critique of every aspect...
David Perell
Annual Review 2022
This year was an emotional odyssey. At times, it was tormenting, at others intoxicating. Here, I...
a year ago
This year was an emotional odyssey. At times, it was tormenting, at others intoxicating. Here, I share my joys and struggles, my dreams and regrets. 2022 completely changed my life.
The post Annual Review 2022 appeared first on David Perell.
Rest of World -...
Seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border? You’d better speak English or Spanish
Migrants speaking Haitian Creole or Indigenous languages face challenges at the border.
a year ago
Migrants speaking Haitian Creole or Indigenous languages face challenges at the border.
mtlynch.io
An Unexpected Reset Month
Highlights My loved ones and I are safe and healthy. WanderJest is on hiatus due to the nationwide...
over a year ago
Highlights My loved ones and I are safe and healthy. WanderJest is on hiatus due to the nationwide shutdown. I’m working on a product to help investors rebalance their portfolios. COVID-19 and me Obviously, the most relevant thing to happen in the last month has been the global...
Seth's Blog
The end of writer’s block
I was delighted to share this short talk with my friend Sue. I thought it might resonate with you. I...
a year ago
I was delighted to share this short talk with my friend Sue. I thought it might resonate with you. I hope it’s helpful. More interviews and talks are here. And my books are here.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Ten million users is the new one million users
Entrepreneurs and investors have been enamored with consumer internet startups for the last few...
over a year ago
Entrepreneurs and investors have been enamored with consumer internet startups for the last few years. But there are signs this is ending…
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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11 months ago
Open Culture
The World’s First Mobile Phone Shown in 1922 Vintage Film
A number of years ago, British Pathé uncovered some striking footage from 1922 showing two women...
4 months ago
A number of years ago, British Pathé uncovered some striking footage from 1922 showing two women experimenting with the first mobile phone. A spokesman for the archive said: ”It’s amazing that 90 years ago mobile phone technology and music … was not only being thought of but...
Spoon & Tamago
Not a Hotel: A Unique Timeshare Concept Redefining Luxury Travel
All images © Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Suppose Design Office “Buy a vacation home that doubles as a...
a year ago
All images © Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Suppose Design Office “Buy a vacation home that doubles as a hotel.” That’s the tagline for ‘Not A Hotel,’ a real estate start-up founded by Shinji Hamazu. The company challenges the traditional hotel model by treating it as a timeshare and...
Spoon & Tamago
Tenohira Hanabi Let’s You Enjoy Sparklers in the Palm of Your Hand
Senko hanabi, literally meaning ‘incense fireworks,’ are small and subtle sparklers that are packed...
5 months ago
Senko hanabi, literally meaning ‘incense fireworks,’ are small and subtle sparklers that are packed with about 10 seconds of delicate pyrotechnics. Typically sold alongside other handheld fireworks, the unspoken rule is that senko hanabi are reserved for the grand finale....
Tom Blomfield
Automate Everything
Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a...
over a year ago
Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a programmer, but I’ve come to suspect (or hope) that this behaviour is inherent in being human.
But being able to hack together scripts simply makes it much easier to go from a state of...
Josh Thompson
OK, some new books
Yesterday, I proclaimed “
No new books”. I spent a lot of time today thinking about that...
over a year ago
Yesterday, I proclaimed “
No new books”. I spent a lot of time today thinking about that proclamation.
Do I really want to limit myself to just the books that I’ve already picked for myself?
Yes. Maybe.
There’s a kind of book I don’t want to read any more of. That’s the “get...
TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Tech + Economics +...
Dear Blackbird. Women in tech are not “corporate girlies.”
Capital Brief: Blackbird-backed Kiki outlined plan to target 'corporate
girlies' in December...
11 months ago
Capital Brief: Blackbird-backed Kiki outlined plan to target 'corporate
girlies' in December investor memo
Blackbird-backed subletting startup Kiki wrote to investors on
Christmas Eve to tell them that it was struggling and would pivot to
target the “super...
The Pragmatic...
The software engineering industry in 2024: what changed, why, and what is next
The past 18 months have seen major change reshape the tech industry. What does it all mean for...
5 months ago
The past 18 months have seen major change reshape the tech industry. What does it all mean for businesses and dev teams – and what will pragmatic software engineering approaches look like in the future?
I tackled these burning questions in my conference talk, “What’s Old is
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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8 months ago
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
The Forney Flyer
Still Here... Again.
Folks, I'm still alive! I don't just mean that figuratively, I mean it literally. It seem like I've...
over a year ago
Folks, I'm still alive! I don't just mean that figuratively, I mean it literally. It seem like I've made a lot of excuses on this blog over the past year, for the chunks of time where I seem to disappear for a while. Well, this time I really had a good excuse!
Last October I...
Anecdotal Evidence
'As Sensitive As Anyone Else'
“In common
with James Jones, Gina Berriault knows that ill-educated or inarticulate people
are as...
8 months ago
“In common
with James Jones, Gina Berriault knows that ill-educated or inarticulate people
are as sensitive as anyone else. She renders their speech with a fine and
subtle ear for the shy or strident inaccuracies, for the bewilderment of missed
points and for the dim, sad rhythms...
Stephen Wolfram...
Foundations of Biological Evolution: More Results & More Surprises
This is a follow-on to Why Does Biological Evolution Work? A Minimal Model for Biological Evolution...
4 weeks ago
This is a follow-on to Why Does Biological Evolution Work? A Minimal Model for Biological Evolution and Other Adaptive Processes [May 3, 2024]. Even More from an Extremely Simple Model A few months ago I introduced an extremely simple “adaptive cellular automaton” model that...
Seth's Blog
Wild Hope Now: The power of books for causes
Non-profits and charities depend on the emotional and financial support of their backers. And that...
a year ago
Non-profits and charities depend on the emotional and financial support of their backers. And that support is always based on a story. A story of possibility, of justice, of community. They serve to right wrongs, to fix problems, to shine a light and to make things better. I’ve...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Confined to Famous Defunct Chefs'
Never underestimate
the satisfactions of contrariness. It starts as an impulse in adolescence,...
a year ago
Never underestimate
the satisfactions of contrariness. It starts as an impulse in adolescence, of
course, when the will to disagree and provoke comes naturally. It’s enormously entertaining
to the provokers, irritatingly tiresome to the rest of us. We outgrow it or at
least it...
IEEE Spectrum
Why the Art of Invention Is Always Being Reinvented
Every invention begins with a problem—and the creative act of seeing a problem where others might...
2 months ago
Every invention begins with a problem—and the creative act of seeing a problem where others might just see unchangeable reality. For one 5-year-old, the problem was simple: She liked to have her tummy rubbed as she fell asleep. But her mom, exhausted from working two jobs, often...
Jonas Hietala
Evolution of RTS games
Introduction
This is an essay for the course Game Design and I’m going to give you a ride through...
over a year ago
Introduction
This is an essay for the course Game Design and I’m going to give you a ride through the evolution of RTS game genre. I like RTS games and I’ve played them for as long as I can remember, from the classic Red Alert and Age of Empires to the newer Supreme Commander and...
Charles Chen
Nuxt 3 with SSR on Google Cloud Firebase Functions (2023)
If you're seeking a no-cost, low-ops, low-friction solution for deploying SSR workloads then look no...
a year ago
If you're seeking a no-cost, low-ops, low-friction solution for deploying SSR workloads then look no further!
Construction Physics
What Happened to the US Machine Tool Industry?
Machine tools – machines that cut or form metal – are the heart of industrial civilization....
11 months ago
Machine tools – machines that cut or form metal – are the heart of industrial civilization. Sometimes called “mother machines” (because they’re machines that make other machines), machine tools are required to make almost everything. Nearly every manufactured good is made using...
TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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5 months ago
Moneyness
A back-of-the-envelope estimate of the size of the US crypto ETF market
I'm hearing all sorts of silly projections about how big the U.S. market for a physical crypto ETFs...
a year ago
I'm hearing all sorts of silly projections about how big the U.S. market for a physical crypto ETFs will be, and how their eventual approval will drive new bitcoin demand and pump its price into the stratosphere.
To date, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has refused...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Why content sites are getting ripped off
A commenter on my blog the other day (Tim Ogilvie) mentioned a distinction that I found really...
over a year ago
A commenter on my blog the other day (Tim Ogilvie) mentioned a distinction that I found really interesting between intent generation and…
Retail Design Blog
Craft Beer Legends by Tanya Pushkareva
For my academic project, I decided to focus on creating a unique craft beer label inspired by...
2 months ago
For my academic project, I decided to focus on creating a unique craft beer label inspired by mythical creatures. Craft...
Jonas Hietala
Black and White
Here it is at last! Boasting a unoriginal name, themed Bare Minimum. My thoughts where to create a...
over a year ago
Here it is at last! Boasting a unoriginal name, themed Bare Minimum. My thoughts where to create a game where graphics where included into the gameplay but sadly it didn’t come out nearly as good as I expected it too.
Yes I know there are a lot of things bad and wrong with this...
Noahpinion
Decade of the Battery
A repost with some updates.
6 months ago
A repost with some updates.
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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9 months ago
blag
Why does SQLite (in production) have such a bad rep?
My answer to a question online, why?
6 months ago
My answer to a question online, why?
Willem Pennings
ClockSquared improvements
My ClockSquared project has a long history – it goes all the way back to 2015, when it was simply...
a year ago
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....
Seth's Blog
A branding exercise
My friend’s organization is working with a branding studio to think about how they appear to people...
5 months ago
My friend’s organization is working with a branding studio to think about how they appear to people who don’t know them well. This is sometimes called ‘rebranding.’ What is almost always done in practice is actually better referred to as re-logo-ing. A brand is not a logo. A...
Rest of World -...
Why Mexico’s delivery workers are ditching food for packages
As the popularity of Chinese e-commerce platforms grows, some gig workers are finding it more...
5 months ago
As the popularity of Chinese e-commerce platforms grows, some gig workers are finding it more appealing to deliver packages than food orders.
diamond geezer
Tup'penny
#10003 ✅ Analysis
2018 I bagged them up and took them to the bank, earning £13 for my trouble. What...
a year ago
#10003 ✅ Analysis
2018 I bagged them up and took them to the bank, earning £13 for my trouble. What I wondered was what years my remaining 2p coins were minted in and how many years are missing.
1971 1980 1990 1991 1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008...
Matt Mazur
Exploring ChatGPT’s Knowledge Cutoff
A recurring topic of discussion on the OpenAI forums, on Reddit, and on Twitter is about what...
a year ago
A recurring topic of discussion on the OpenAI forums, on Reddit, and on Twitter is about what ChatGPT’s knowledge cutoff date actually is. It seems like it should be straightforward enough to figure out (just ask it), but it can be confusing due to ChatGPT’s inconsistent answers...
Luxagraf:...
Pensacola History
From Fort Pickens we came around the entirety of Pensacola Bay to a small park on the western edge,...
a year ago
From Fort Pickens we came around the entirety of Pensacola Bay to a small park on the western edge, Big Lagoon. From our campsite there it was a short car ride to Perdido Key, which is another part of Gulf Islands National Seashore. Although it takes the better part of two hours...
Anecdotal Evidence
'How It Sounds When Read Out Loud'
Our
eighth-grade English teacher, Miss Clymer, had us open the textbook to a poem
written...
a month ago
Our
eighth-grade English teacher, Miss Clymer, had us open the textbook to a poem
written seventy-five years earlier and picked students to read aloud each of
its four, eight-line stanzas. She suggested we pay attention to who is
speaking, as the poem is written as a dialogue...
CONTEMPORIST
A Green And White Tiled Design Was Created For This Vegan Cafe
Renesa Architecture Design Interiors Studio has shared photos of a vegan cafe they have recently...
11 months ago
Renesa Architecture Design Interiors Studio has shared photos of a vegan cafe they have recently completed that has an eye-catching tiled facade and interior. The V-Spot Café, located in Chandigarh, India, has a common design aesthetic throughout, from the facade to the interior....
Acko.net
Stable Fiddusion
Acko.queue(function () {
renderMathInElement(document.querySelector('article'), {delimiters: [
...
a year ago
Acko.queue(function () {
renderMathInElement(document.querySelector('article'), {delimiters: [
{left: "$$", right: "$$", display: true},
{left: "$", right: "$", display: false},
]});
});
Frequency-domain blue noise generator
In computer graphics, stochastic...
Notes on software...
Implementing zip archiving in Golang: unzipping
All code for this post is available on Github.
Let's take a look at how zip files work. Take a small...
over a year ago
All code for this post is available on Github.
Let's take a look at how zip files work. Take a small file for example:
$ cat hello.text
Hello!
Let's zip it up.
$ zip test.zip hello.text
adding: hello.text (stored 0%)
$ ls -lah test.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 phil phil 177 Nov 23 23:04...
somenice
Environmental Sensing using an eInk Display and CircuitPython
Measure CO2, temperature, humidity and send that data to the cloud, while displaying results on an...
a year ago
Measure CO2, temperature, humidity and send that data to the cloud, while displaying results on an 2.9″ e-ink display. My first choice was to use the display vertically. It feels a bit less like a price tag in this orientation. This past August 18th marked CircuitPython day, a...
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
Liz Denys
Pentagonal antiprism planter with drip tray, 2023
Aged leather / dazzle camouflage / coming together? pushing apart?
a year ago
Aged leather / dazzle camouflage / coming together? pushing apart?
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
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 ·...
diamond geezer
Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis
Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis
1) Pave over golf courses
golf courses in London covering...
2 weeks ago
Ten ways to solve London's housing crisis
1) Pave over golf courses
golf courses in London covering approximately 3% of the capital by area, a ridiculously wasteful proportion. A lot of fairways are also very close to existing railway stations so could swiftly become a key part...
Seth's Blog
Modern apologies
The AI driven voice mail system said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t understand you.” Of course, there is no...
3 months ago
The AI driven voice mail system said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t understand you.” Of course, there is no “I” and by most definitions of sorry, it’s not. But it made me feel better. The overworked and slightly bitter front desk person who was the frontline flotsam in a poorly designed...
The Elysian
I'm not going to have kids to save the economy
Not on my list of reasons to have children.
8 months ago
Not on my list of reasons to have children.
Computer Things
Logic for Programmers Update
I spent the early week recovering and the later week working on Logic for Programmers ([init]...
6 months ago
I spent the early week recovering and the later week working on Logic for Programmers ([init] [update]) because I have a self-imposed deadline of mid-July, backed up by a $1000 toxx clause. Here's where I currently am:
1: The book is now 14k words. About 4k are "basics", covering...
Making software...
Never Do Spec Work for Free
Never Do Spec Work for Free
2022-11-07
Your time is valuable and shouldn't be taken for granted. Let...
over a year ago
Never Do Spec Work for Free
2022-11-07
Your time is valuable and shouldn't be taken for granted. Let me say that again for the people in the back: your time is valuable and shouldn't be taken for granted. Time is the most precious commodity we have as human beings, so never waste...
Interaction Magic -...
Light Engineering
Exploring the physics and engineering of light pipes, where optics and mechanical design meet.
over a year ago
Exploring the physics and engineering of light pipes, where optics and mechanical design meet.
TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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9 months ago
The Changelog
Music Playing: Both Whole-House and Mobile
It’s been nearly 8 years since I last made choices about music playing. At the time, I picked...
over a year ago
It’s been nearly 8 years since I last made choices about music playing. At the time, I picked Logitech Media Server (LMS, aka Slimserver and Squeezebox server) for whole-house audio and Ampache with the DSub Android app. It’s time to revisit that approach. Here are the things I’m...
diamond geezer
Denham Green
As unexpected street names go, this is right up there.
n.b. there are four...
7 months ago
As unexpected street names go, this is right up there.
n.b. there are four Denhams.
Specifically Stanley Kubrick Road is in Denham Green.
Three things to see in Denham Green
1) Denham Film Studios
Alexander Korda opened his film studios just north of Denham in 1935. Some...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #183
Daily Journal, Apple, Costco, Moody's, Munger's wisdom, Tesla's narratives, Tim Urban on writing,...
a year ago
Daily Journal, Apple, Costco, Moody's, Munger's wisdom, Tesla's narratives, Tim Urban on writing, Rivian, AI's morality, AI bubble?, How James Longstreet defied the South after the war
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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a year ago
Platformer
Reddit goes dark
As it moves to shut down third-party apps, the site’s self-governing ethos comes back to haunt it
a year ago
As it moves to shut down third-party apps, the site’s self-governing ethos comes back to haunt it
One Useful Thing
Using AI to make teaching easier & more impactful
Here are five strategies and prompts that work for GPT-3.5 & GPT-4
a year ago
Here are five strategies and prompts that work for GPT-3.5 & GPT-4
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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3 weeks ago
Letters of Note
I would like to be paid like a plumber
Although they only existed for seven years and released just three albums, Nirvana were a band of...
a year ago
Although they only existed for seven years and released just three albums, Nirvana were a band of immeasurable influence in the music world thanks in no small part to Smells Like Teen Spirit, a single track on Nevermind, their second album. It was this song that brought them out...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
Josh Collinsworth
Let's Learn CSS Variables!
CSS variables (otherwise known as CSS custom properties) give previously impossible superpowers to...
over a year ago
CSS variables (otherwise known as CSS custom properties) give previously impossible superpowers to CSS developers. This post covers what they are, how they work, and a couple of nifty ways you can implement them on your own website.
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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2 months ago
Making software...
Styling Empty Table Cells
Styling Empty Table Cells
2019-07-17
Often when designing tables on the web you're bound to come...
over a year ago
Styling Empty Table Cells
2019-07-17
Often when designing tables on the web you're bound to come across empty pockets of data. These will be rendered as "blank" table cells, which isn't always the intended outcome. Let's take a quick look at how to target and style empty table...
swyx's site RSS Feed
The Surprisingly High Table Stakes of Modern Blogs
Bottom Line Up Front: You are probably underestimating how much goes into blogging technology these...
over a year ago
Bottom Line Up Front: You are probably underestimating how much goes into blogging technology these days.
99% Invisible
Melanie Speaks [EPISODE]
Swan Real is in this week for Roman Mars, asking: “What makes you sound the way you do? Maybe you’ve...
a year ago
Swan Real is in this week for Roman Mars, asking: “What makes you sound the way you do? Maybe you’ve been told that you speak like your mom, or that you laugh like your uncle. Maybe you sometimes slip back into an accent that reveals something about your past. Maybe you have a...
Noahpinion
Is the West falling behind in science?
China is now the leader in applied physical sciences. How can the U.S. and its allies catch up?
6 months ago
China is now the leader in applied physical sciences. How can the U.S. and its allies catch up?
Josh Thompson
Act a Fool, or: Motion vs. Action
If you’ve started reading this article, but have only two minutes, don’t read what I’m writing. Go...
over a year ago
If you’ve started reading this article, but have only two minutes, don’t read what I’m writing. Go read
this article by James clear. It’s called “
The Mistake Smart People Make: Being In Motion vs. Taking Action”. I’ve linked it a third time
here. Go read it.
James starts with...
Coffee with an...
Remember your training
At times, a client may request a curve. Stay calm. Remember your training. Calmly explain that that...
9 months ago
At times, a client may request a curve. Stay calm. Remember your training. Calmly explain that that would conflict with the design vocabulary. Remind the client that rectilinear forms are a sign of strength, firmness, commodity, and yes, delight. Stay strong. At times, the client...
David Gerrells
a perfect blog editor
What is the perfect blog editor? Nextjs with mdx is one way of doing it...kinda.
over a year ago
What is the perfect blog editor? Nextjs with mdx is one way of doing it...kinda.
Ryan Mulligan
Starting Exploration of Scroll-driven Animations in CSS
CSS Scroll-driven Animations has recently made its debut on the main stage in the latest versions of...
a year ago
CSS Scroll-driven Animations has recently made its debut on the main stage in the latest versions of Chrome and Edge. Before this module became available, linking an element's animation to a scroll position was only possible through JavaScript. I've been (and still am) a huge fan...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Weeee!
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
re: yesterday's comic - I have never gotten more...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
re: yesterday's comic - I have never gotten more hatemail than the time I insulted wild blueberries. Deal with it, bros.
Today's News:
Applied Cartography
PSA: mess around with Keystatic
We've been using Keystatic in Buttondown for around six months now: we migrated most of the content...
9 months ago
We've been using Keystatic in Buttondown for around six months now: we migrated most of the content on the marketing site (which is backed by Next) from MDX onto Keystatic, and were so happy with the experience that the upcoming rebuild of the docs site will be featuring...
Open Culture
eanuts Creator Charles Schulz Shares with a 10-Year-Old Kid the True Meaning of Good Citizenship
In 1970, when 10-year-old Joel Linton asked Charles Schulz, the creator of Peanuts, “What do you...
2 months ago
In 1970, when 10-year-old Joel Linton asked Charles Schulz, the creator of Peanuts, “What do you think makes a good citizen?” Schulz sent the youngster a short but pithy reply: Dear Joel: I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever...
Castles in the Sky
Castles in the Sky 31
From the New York Times to the Crowd Work section
a year ago
From the New York Times to the Crowd Work section
Explorations of an...
A Quest Nature Tour To Borneo: Tabin Wildlife Reserve And Danum Valley
We left the Kinabatangan River behind and transferred to our next destination, the Tabin Wildlife...
a month ago
We left the Kinabatangan River behind and transferred to our next destination, the Tabin Wildlife Reserve. This is the largest swath of protected forest; an area of lowland primary and logged forest that is home to iconic species like the Bornean Pygmy Elephant, the Sun Bear and...
Seth's Blog
The fame/trust inversion
A generation ago, the Generals ruled. General Motors, General Foods, General Mills, General...
2 weeks ago
A generation ago, the Generals ruled. General Motors, General Foods, General Mills, General Dynamics… they were big, and they had a lot to lose. As a result, people trusted them to show up and keep their promises–it just wasn’t worth letting a few people down at the risk of their...
The Marginalian
A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous...
Language is an instrument of great precision and poignancy — our best tool for telling each other...
12 months ago
Language is an instrument of great precision and poignancy — our best tool for telling each other what the world is and what we are, for conveying the blueness of blue and the wonder of being alive. But it is also a thing of great pliancy and creativity — a living reminder that...
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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4 months ago
AI Snake Oil
Starting reading the AI Snake Oil book online today
The book will be published on September 24
3 months ago
The book will be published on September 24
A Beautiful Site
$.postJSON() for jQuery
$.getJSON() is pretty handy for sending an AJAX request and getting back JSON data as a response....
over a year ago
$.getJSON() is pretty handy for sending an AJAX request and getting back JSON data as a response. Alas, the jQuery documentation lacks a sister function that should be named $.postJSON(). Why not just use $.getJSON() and be done with it? Well, perhaps you want to send a large...
Val Sopi
The Waiting Room
<p>Growing up I was always told to work hard, wait my turn, and good things will...
7 months ago
<p>Growing up I was always told to work hard, wait my turn, and good things will happen.</p><p>However, I've been the most successful when I didn't wait.</p><p>The "waiting room" is the worst place to be in. </p><p>You're at the mercy of someone else letting you...
mtlynch.io
What Got Done - Month 1
Highlights I launched my task journaling app, but it hasn’t attracted many users. Interviewing...
over a year ago
Highlights I launched my task journaling app, but it hasn’t attracted many users. Interviewing potential customers gave me a good idea for my next project. I earned $107 from Is It Keto and $123 from Zestful without working on either. Goal Grades Publish a minimum viable product...
Noahpinion
There's not that much wealth in the world
A little-understood fact.
5 months ago
A little-understood fact.
wadertales
Learning lessons from Slender-billed Curlews
The 2024 Ibis paper, recommending that the Slender-billed Curlew should be classified as Extinct,...
3 weeks ago
The 2024 Ibis paper, recommending that the Slender-billed Curlew should be classified as Extinct, tells a sad tale. We now know that, by the time that the Slender-billed Curlew Action Plan was published in 1996, it was already too late to save the species. Resources expended...
Seth's Blog
Speaking up
For many, the imagined cost of speaking up is almost always higher than the actual cost. And we live...
a year ago
For many, the imagined cost of speaking up is almost always higher than the actual cost. And we live with the cost in our imagination daily, dying a little bit over time as we keep our insights to ourselves. Speaking up is a skill, and we can only improve it with practice.
Arduino Blog
This 3D-printed robotic arm can be built with just a few inexpensive components
Robotics is already an intimidating field, thanks to the complexity involved. And the cost of parts,...
3 months ago
Robotics is already an intimidating field, thanks to the complexity involved. And the cost of parts, such as actuators, only increases that feeling of inaccessibility. But as FABRI Creator shows in their most recent video, you can build a useful robotic arm with just a handful of...
The Rational Walk
Poor Charlie’s Almanack
My thoughts on the new edition with a focus on inconsistency avoidance, one of the twenty-five...
9 months ago
My thoughts on the new edition with a focus on inconsistency avoidance, one of the twenty-five psychological tendencies that can cause human misjudgment.
macwright.com
Increasingly miffed about the state of React releases by
I am, relative to many, a sort of React apologist. Even though I’ve written at length about how it’s...
a year ago
I am, relative to many, a sort of React apologist. Even though I’ve written at length about how it’s not good for every problem, I think React is a good solution to many problems. I think the React team has good intentions. Even though React is not a solution to everything, it a...
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of the London Accent Over 660 Years: From 1346 to 2006
Read a novel by Charles Dickens, and you’ll still today feel transported back to the London of the...
4 months ago
Read a novel by Charles Dickens, and you’ll still today feel transported back to the London of the eighteen-twenties. Some of that experience owes to his lavishly reportorial descriptive skills, but even more to his way with dialogue. Dickens faithfully captured the vocabulary of...
TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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a year ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Fruit of My Studies'
I’ve been invited to join an online book club and
have politely declined. I even like some of the...
3 months ago
I’ve been invited to join an online book club and
have politely declined. I even like some of the readers who already belong, but
by nature I’m not a joiner of anything. As soon as an arrangement among friendly
individuals becomes formalized – by that I mean, organized, with...
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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8 months ago
Liz Denys
What's in, what's out, how it tells your story, and failing to parallel Hamilton's subversive...
Content warning: rape, anti-abortion rhetoric
On June 26, I left Richard Rodgers Theatre with an...
over a year ago
Content warning: rape, anti-abortion rhetoric
On June 26, I left Richard Rodgers Theatre with an embarrassingly big grin - after all, I had just experienced Hamilton. Like many others, I'd listened to the soundtrack many times before even acquiring tickets to the musical, and I'd...
Diaries of Note
The dear old white bear saved me, that time
Liane de Pougy was a socialite and diarist who shimmered through early 20th-century Paris with the...
a year ago
Liane de Pougy was a socialite and diarist who shimmered through early 20th-century Paris with the sort of glamour and intrigue that novels are made of. Born Anne Marie Chassaigne in 1869, she lived many lives: an acclaimed dancer, a celebrated courtesan, and eventually an...
Rest of World -...
In Southeast Asia, Ramadan is an online shopping bonanza
An e-commerce battle brews between Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop with the continued rise of...
9 months ago
An e-commerce battle brews between Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop with the continued rise of livestream selling.
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
2 months ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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10 months ago
Retail Design Blog
Nikon flagship store by LUKSTUDIO
‘Creativity is the art of balancing the infinite and the finite.’ This quote from Oscar Wilde...
4 months ago
‘Creativity is the art of balancing the infinite and the finite.’ This quote from Oscar Wilde perfectly captures the essence...
The Marginalian
Louise Erdrich on the Deepest Meaning of Resistance
"Resist loss of the miraculous by lowering your standards for what constitutes a miracle. It is all...
a month ago
"Resist loss of the miraculous by lowering your standards for what constitutes a miracle. It is all a fucking miracle."
The Modern House
How David Roy and Angel Perez carve out space for playtime and parties in their flexible Hackney...
a year ago
Commoncog
Making Sense of Deming
A comprehensive summary of W. Edwards Deming's ideas, whose System of Profound Knowledge is one of...
9 months ago
A comprehensive summary of W. Edwards Deming's ideas, whose System of Profound Knowledge is one of the most powerful things you'll find on the Operations side of the business expertise triad. Read this, so you don't have to read multiple books to apply his ideas.
macwright.com
How could you make a scalable online geospatial editor? by
I’ve been thinking about this. Placemark is going open source in 10 days and I’m probably not...
12 months ago
I’ve been thinking about this. Placemark is going open source in 10 days and I’m probably not founding another geo startup anytime soon. I’d love to found another bootstrapped startup eventually, but geospatial is hard.
Anyway, geospatial data is big, which does not combine well...
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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3 months ago
Rest of World -...
Predatory loan apps are thriving in the Google Play store, despite ban
Google says it takes the problem seriously, but over a dozen loan apps remain available in the...
11 months ago
Google says it takes the problem seriously, but over a dozen loan apps remain available in the store.
Seeking Wisdom
Stay the course
I spend a couple of weeks every February keeping up with my investments, timing it to coincide with...
10 months ago
I spend a couple of weeks every February keeping up with my investments, timing it to coincide with the release of Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders. I found something interesting while performing this ritual this time. I came across Aswath Damodaran’s website, where he has...
Open Culture
Bringing Tsarist Russia to Life: Vivid Color Images from 1905–1915
History escapes us. Events that changed the world forever, or should have, slide out of collective...
3 months ago
History escapes us. Events that changed the world forever, or should have, slide out of collective memory. If we’re pointing fingers, we might point at educational systems that fail to educate, or at huge historical blind spots in mass media. Maybe another reason the recent past...
AFAR Media - Travel...
How Are Airplane Blankets, Seats, and Bathrooms Cleaned?
a year ago
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 5
In which I doubled my conversion rate without trying too hard.
a year ago
In which I doubled my conversion rate without trying too hard.
Contemporist...
A New Building In Shanghai Inspired By A Forest Of Trees
Koichi Takada Architects has designed a retail building in Shanghai, China, that's described as an...
10 months ago
Koichi Takada Architects has designed a retail building in Shanghai, China, that's described as an 'architectural forest' of 32 trees.
Vitalik Buterin's...
What do I think about Community Notes?
a year ago
Arduino Blog
Adding voice commands to a LEGO planetarium set with an Arduino Nano 33 IoT
From Mindstorms to Technic, LEGO has produced a wide variety of sets that give users new learning...
5 months ago
From Mindstorms to Technic, LEGO has produced a wide variety of sets that give users new learning and creative experiences, and for Electromaker’s Robin Mitchell, this was the LEGO planetarium set. With it, rotational input will cause the Earth and moon models to orbit around the...
TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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7 months ago
The Codist
Yet Another Post On Scrum, But Different
Everyone hates Scrum, or at least it seems so, except for management.
I did as well, but a...
7 months ago
Everyone hates Scrum, or at least it seems so, except for management.
I did as well, but a difference is that I started my career in 1981, long before the hordes of Scrums took root.
1981, you say, so you must have done Waterfall, so you are old and have
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Crypto token roundup
Roundup of lots of recent posts on crypto tokens: Balaji S. Srinivasan — Thoughts on Tokens Fred...
over a year ago
Roundup of lots of recent posts on crypto tokens: Balaji S. Srinivasan — Thoughts on Tokens Fred Wilson — ICOs and VCs here, Ethereum in 2…
Retail Design Blog
HassiaGruppe office by Ippolito Fleitz Group
HassiaGruppe, headquartered in Bad Vilbel in Hessen, is Germany’s largest brand manufacturer in the...
4 months ago
HassiaGruppe, headquartered in Bad Vilbel in Hessen, is Germany’s largest brand manufacturer in the soft drinks sector. In 2018, prestige...
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
12 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
Vitalik Buterin's...
Halo and more: exploring incremental verification and SNARKs without pairings
over a year ago
Seth's Blog
In search of incompetence
Learning is about becoming incompetent on our way to getting better. If you’re not open to the...
9 months ago
Learning is about becoming incompetent on our way to getting better. If you’re not open to the tension that is caused by knowing you could do better, it’s unlikely you’re willing to do the work to get better. As you’re doing that work, there’s the satisfaction it brings, but also...
Making software...
Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux
Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux
2023-09-11
I've recently been using Arch Linux...
a year ago
Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux
2023-09-11
I've recently been using Arch Linux for my main work environment on my ThinkPad X260. It's been great. As someone who is constantly drawn to minimalist operating systems such as Alpine or OpenBSD, it's nice to use...
Calculated Risk
Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week: New Home Sales Increase to 664,000 Annual Rate in...
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:
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New Home...
6 days ago
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:
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New Home Sales Increase to 664,000 Annual Rate in November
FHFA’s National Mortgage Database: Outstanding Mortgage Rates, LTV and Credit Scores
Lawler: New Census Population Estimates Show...
The Berkeley...
On the Stepwise Nature of <br> Self-Supervised Learning
Figure 1: stepwise behavior in self-supervised learning. When training common SSL algorithms, we...
a year ago
Figure 1: stepwise behavior in self-supervised learning. When training common SSL algorithms, we find that the loss descends in a stepwise fashion (top left) and the learned embeddings iteratively increase in dimensionality (bottom left). Direct visualization of embeddings...
The personal website...
Learning how to see
This is the Müller-Lyer illusion. You’ve probably seen 1 it before: it consists of two lines, each...
over a year ago
This is the Müller-Lyer illusion. You’ve probably seen 1 it before: it consists of two lines, each with forked ends. The middle portion of the top line looks longer than the middle portion of the bottom line. However, when you measure the length of each middle portion, they are...
Basta’s Notes
The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts
A bit of a rant about Apple
a year ago
A bit of a rant about Apple
Adventures In...
Women in GIS Workshop
If you aren’t doing anything else on the allotted 2.5 hours of January 24, 2025, then consider...
2 weeks ago
If you aren’t doing anything else on the allotted 2.5 hours of January 24, 2025, then consider tuning in to this Women in GIS workshop where I’ll share the process (and all the data and documents) for making this migration map. The cost is free, unless you count the 2.5 hours of...
This Space
At home he’s a tourist: The Moment by Peter Holm Jensen
Such a modest, self-effacing title, barely relieved by the blanched map on the cover. In everyday...
over a year ago
Such a modest, self-effacing title, barely relieved by the blanched map on the cover. In everyday speech, a word or two is usually added to supplement the weedy noun: people say “At this moment in time”, which is when I ask: can a moment be in anything else; a moment in lampposts...
Moneyness
How to debase the coinage in order to pay for wars
Henry VIII, after Hans Holbein the Younger
It's fun to imagine traveling back in time and engaging...
a year ago
Henry VIII, after Hans Holbein the Younger
It's fun to imagine traveling back in time and engaging with the then-prevailing technologies. Would you be able to ride a boneshaker or use a counting board? It's probably harder than you think: kids today can't even use a 1980s rotary...
Matt Mullenweg
Cloudflare Stories
There are two great Cloudflare-related stories published this weekend. The first is Steven Levy’s...
2 months ago
There are two great Cloudflare-related stories published this weekend. The first is Steven Levy’s incredible story about Tim Jenkin, who created a secure communication protocol for the African National Congress to overthrow the apartheid regime in South Africa. Cloudflare’s CTO,...
diamond geezer
2024 index
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Beyond London
Rugby: The Midlands town that inspired a ball game, and what happened to...
5 days ago
dg 2024 index
Beyond London
Rugby: The Midlands town that inspired a ball game, and what happened to its radio masts [photos]
Crewe: The delights of the railway town were worth half a day... [photos]
Stafford: ...whereas this historic market town could have sustained me for...
Both Are True
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+a lil story + a genuinely useful lil tip!!
8 months ago
+a lil story + a genuinely useful lil tip!!
Moneyness
Your finances are being snooped on. Here's how
We all have a pretty good idea that our finances are being snooped on, but most of us aren't quite...
5 months ago
We all have a pretty good idea that our finances are being snooped on, but most of us aren't quite able to articulate how. We know that we're being snooped on by two groups, corporations and the government. This post will focus on how the government snoops on our transactions,...
Seth's Blog
Redundancy has a half-life
At first, this stop sign sign makes a lot of sense: Lives are at stake. Break the rhythm, turn...
11 months ago
At first, this stop sign sign makes a lot of sense: Lives are at stake. Break the rhythm, turn something ignored into something noticed. The challenge with “highlighting” is that it fades. When everything is in all caps, nothing is. Exclamation points are like salt. When people...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #175
Pseudonyms on social media, Superinvestor portfolios, Apple Vision Pro, Gates on AI, 40% discount...
a year ago
Pseudonyms on social media, Superinvestor portfolios, Apple Vision Pro, Gates on AI, 40% discount rates, Evolving moats, Jay Gould, Garry Tan, Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Steve Ells
Remains of the Day
Status Update, and How Everyone IPO'd in the 21st Century
Sorry for the long hiatus. I've been doing some formal advisory work and a bit of angel investing...
over a year ago
Sorry for the long hiatus. I've been doing some formal advisory work and a bit of angel investing these past months, and so more of my writing has been private.
More than that, though, the Internet, with all the status games and incentives I wrote about in my last post, began to...
Math Is Still...
Data Compression Drives the Internet. Here’s How It Works.
One student’s desire to get out of a final exam led to the ubiquitous algorithm that shrinks data...
a year ago
One student’s desire to get out of a final exam led to the ubiquitous algorithm that shrinks data without sacrificing information.
The post Data Compression Drives the Internet. Here’s How It Works. first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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