A Beautiful Site
Why developers hate being interrupted
I stumbled across a post today (that unfortunately no longer exists) and I was almost convinced that...
over a year ago
I stumbled across a post today (that unfortunately no longer exists) and I was almost convinced that I had written it myself. Many of the points in it hit home, so I hope it helps people better understand how developers think and what they go through when interruptions arise.
One...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Food as medicine | Out-Of-Pocket
The most cost-effective intervention we have
a year ago
The most cost-effective intervention we have
The Marginalian
“Little Women” Author Louisa May Alcott on the Creative Rewards of Being Single
"Liberty is a better husband than love."
a year ago
"Liberty is a better husband than love."
Marco.org
Apple is Listening
Something big changed at Apple around the beginning of 2017.
They had encountered significant...
over a year ago
Something big changed at Apple around the beginning of 2017.
They had encountered significant turbulence in the product line over the preceding years, especially Macs. It was a rough time to be a pro Mac user.
The “trash can” 2013 Mac Pro addressed only a fraction of the needs...
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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a year ago
Blog posts of...
#fyi: How founders can avoid drive-by-management
Suggestions by founders, managers, or anyone with authority in a startup, might often be...
over a year ago
Suggestions by founders, managers, or anyone with authority in a startup, might often be misunderstood as directions or decisions...
PromptArmor Blog
Announcing LASEC: LLM Application Security Executive Certification
Including a never before seen exploit from PromptArmor's cutting edge threat intelligence team.
9 months ago
Including a never before seen exploit from PromptArmor's cutting edge threat intelligence team.
Making software...
Animated Card Tiles
Animated Card Tiles
2019-02-27
The design trend of using "cards" or "tiles" to display interactive...
over a year ago
Animated Card Tiles
2019-02-27
The design trend of using "cards" or "tiles" to display interactive sections/article headings in an app or website remains a popular choice among designers. So, let's build a set of animated cards with only HTML & CSS.
What we will be building...
99% Invisible
The Power Broker #07: Sec. Pete Buttigieg [EPISODE]
This is the seventh official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize...
5 months ago
This is the seventh official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. This week, Roman and Elliott sit down with Pete Buttigieg, the US Secretary of Transportation. One of his major...
Rest of World -...
It’s not (just) Ticketmaster’s fault
A Mexican superstar’s concert tour proves no ticketing company’s tech is a match for fans and fraud.
a year ago
A Mexican superstar’s concert tour proves no ticketing company’s tech is a match for fans and fraud.
devonzuegel.com
Empathy for the Devil
I. Loan application
Before serving time for mortgage fraud, Toby Groves seemed like the last person...
over a year ago
I. Loan application
Before serving time for mortgage fraud, Toby Groves seemed like the last person who would get into that kind of trouble. His older brother had been sentenced for the same crime twenty years earlier, and Toby had seen how it destroyed his family. He swore he’d...
NeuroLogica Blog
Deep Sea Mining for Minerals Could Harm Environment
It is an unfortunate reality that with over 8 billion people on the planet almost anything we...
a year ago
It is an unfortunate reality that with over 8 billion people on the planet almost anything we collectively do has the potential to have huge environmental impacts. When the human population was in the mere millions we could treat the planet as an essentially unlimited resource....
symmetry magazine
A collaboration pairs Fermilab with fashion students
Fashion students at the College of DuPage successfully designed gear to protect Fermilab’s SPOT...
a year ago
Fashion students at the College of DuPage successfully designed gear to protect Fermilab’s SPOT robot from radioactive dust.
In a recent demonstration for Engineers Week in Chicago, an engineering physicist took the stage accompanied by an unusual guest: a...
Moneyness
How did Zcash avoid getting OFAC'ed?
The 2022 sanctioning of privacy tool Tornado Cash by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (or OFAC,...
a year ago
The 2022 sanctioning of privacy tool Tornado Cash by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (or OFAC, the U.S.'s sanctioning authority) has inspired a new privacy idea: Privacy Pools.
An olive branch to OFAC, Privacy Pools will let users choose who they associate with, the idea...
The American Scholar
Caprock
Adventures worth the silence
The post Caprock appeared first on The American Scholar.
8 months ago
Adventures worth the silence
The post Caprock appeared first on The American Scholar.
AVC
The AI Assist
I wrote last week that I have started coding again. And I have been amazed at how much easier it is...
a year ago
I wrote last week that I have started coding again. And I have been amazed at how much easier it is now that I can code and deploy in the cloud without having to spin up anything myself. But the other massive improvement in programming is the “AI assist.” I am working in a...
Jonas Hietala
Let's build a VORON: Major failure
The left POM nut got ground down, making the bed fall down.
After 600 hours, the printer met it’s...
9 months ago
The left POM nut got ground down, making the bed fall down.
After 600 hours, the printer met it’s first major failure.
I know I earlier described how the extruder starter skipping in a big way, but that was just some filament getting stuck in the extruder.
This time a part...
The Marginalian
The Last Wonder: D.H. Lawrence on Death and the Best Lifelong Preparation for It
"Know thyself, and that thou art mortal. But know thyself, denying that thou art mortal."
a year ago
"Know thyself, and that thou art mortal. But know thyself, denying that thou art mortal."
journal – Winnie Lim
precarious health, and bringing the whole self to every encounter
I had another health episode this past week after our penang trip. I have a habit of measuring my...
a year ago
I had another health episode this past week after our penang trip. I have a habit of measuring my heart rate and heart rate variability every morning when I wake up to...
Arduino Blog
Discover the new Arduino UNO SPE Shield: the quick and easy way to advanced connectivity
Arduino and Microchip are excited to open electronica – the “world’s leading trade fair and...
a month ago
Arduino and Microchip are excited to open electronica – the “world’s leading trade fair and conference for electronics” – by introducing the Arduino UNO SPE Shield, a powerful ally to bring advanced connectivity to new and existing projects, with Single-Pair Ethernet (SPE) and...
Quanta Magazine
The Search for What Shook the Earth for Nine Days Straight
Last year, an immense but brief outburst of seismic energy was soon followed by a long hum that made...
3 months ago
Last year, an immense but brief outburst of seismic energy was soon followed by a long hum that made the world ring. Finding its cause took 68 scientists and an assist by the Danish military.
The post The Search for What Shook the Earth for Nine Days Straight first...
The Marginalian
The Porcupine Dilemma: Schopenhauer’s Parable about Negotiating the Optimal Distance in Love
This is the supreme challenge of intimacy — how to reconcile the aching yearning for closeness with...
a year ago
This is the supreme challenge of intimacy — how to reconcile the aching yearning for closeness with the painful pressures of actually being close, how to forge a bond tight enough to feel the warmth of connection but spacious enough to feel free. Kahlil Gibran knew this when he...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Hello, I am making a modern fullstack JS tutorial livestream. What questions do you have for me?
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over a year ago
Weighty Thoughts
Apple Wins
Apple Intelligence and aggregation puts Apple in a dominant AI position
6 months ago
Apple Intelligence and aggregation puts Apple in a dominant AI position
Old Structures...
Possibly
The title of this 1958 photo by Angelo Rizzuto is “Aerial view of street, possibly Park Avenue, with...
8 months ago
The title of this 1958 photo by Angelo Rizzuto is “Aerial view of street, possibly Park Avenue, with raised medians separating traffic in each direction, high-rise buildings lining both sides of the street.” That’s definitely Park Avenue looking north from approximately 89th...
Rest of World -...
In the “Galapagos of Asia,” angry Philippine islanders fight the great nickel rush
“It’s very ironic that, in order to mitigate the impact of global warming, you have to cut down our...
a year ago
“It’s very ironic that, in order to mitigate the impact of global warming, you have to cut down our trees … just to support the initiatives of Elon Musk.”
Chris Nicholas
How to use Next.js middleware
Middleware functions can be used for all sorts such as redirecting, rewriting, preventing access,...
over a year ago
Middleware functions can be used for all sorts such as redirecting, rewriting, preventing access, and more. Let’s take a look.
The Modern House
How a love of Japan and the 1970s shaped Sherrill Smith’s Hackney home
a year ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
What we built at our windswept Mykonos hackathon
As a fully-remote company with 47 misfits spread across ten countries, our offsites are a vital part...
6 months ago
As a fully-remote company with 47 misfits spread across ten countries, our offsites are a vital part of our culture. They’re a great way to get to…
Working Theorys
Trophy Jobs | Theory No. 12
We’ve all heard of the trophy wife or husband — a partner that’s valued heavily as a status symbol,...
a year ago
We’ve all heard of the trophy wife or husband — a partner that’s valued heavily as a status symbol, for superficial qualities over substance. Similarly, I’ve started to think about the idea of the trophy job — a job that people covet for its status more than its substance.
Prolost
Mac Studio and Studio Display
Mac Studio with M1 Ultra and Apple Studio Display, running Cinema 4D and Redshift.
In October of...
over a year ago
Mac Studio with M1 Ultra and Apple Studio Display, running Cinema 4D and Redshift.
In October of 2021 I got to test a 14″ MacBook Pro with M1 Max processor. It performed so well, that I, along with many Mac power-users, questioned whether it could replace my desktop Mac.
Last...
Christopher Butler
sketchbook – 2024 March 17 - March 23
Every page is a time capsule.
9 months ago
Every page is a time capsule.
David Heinemeier...
Beautiful motivations
Programmers are often skeptical of aesthetics because they frequently associate it with veneering. A...
7 months ago
Programmers are often skeptical of aesthetics because they frequently associate it with veneering. A thin sheen of flashy marketing design covering up for a rotten or deficient product. Something that looks good from afar, but reveals itself to be a disappointing imitation up...
The Modern House
Six things not to miss this March
The daffodils and crocuses are popping up through the grass, the long-awaited transition of coat to...
a year ago
The daffodils and crocuses are popping up through the grass, the long-awaited transition of coat to jacket is nigh (we hope) and we’re all swooning over that extra hour of light: yes, spring is here. This March, we’re welcoming in the brighter days with six […]
TheCollector
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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a month ago
Atoms vs Bits
Regrets List / Things I Did Good List
Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
a year ago
Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
Seth's Blog
Dancing for the early adopters
The traveling circus didn’t have to appeal to everyone. They rode into town with the elephants, the...
a year ago
The traveling circus didn’t have to appeal to everyone. They rode into town with the elephants, the bearded lady and the Tasmanian Devil, and the people who came, came. Once the folks who wanted excitement were exhausted, the circus left. The problem kicks in when the circus...
TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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11 months ago
ntietz.com blog
Fight Burnout, Go For a Run
Here's something we don't talk about enough: burnout sucks and it can happen to any one of us. We...
over a year ago
Here's something we don't talk about enough: burnout sucks and it can happen to any one of us. We need to talk about it. We need to know how to deal with it and recover from it. And we need to recognize that everyone can come back from it, stronger than ever.
In the software...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Coverage
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C'monnnnnn hatemail.
Today's News:
8 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Today's News:
Ink & Switch
Universal version control and rich text on Automerge
In this dispatch we're sharing some updates about our ongoing research on universal version control.
7 months ago
In this dispatch we're sharing some updates about our ongoing research on universal version control.
diamond geezer
Mystery tour
Yesterday I went on a mystery tour round London.
Clues
Notes
pink boxes.
Rules
If you leave a...
9 months ago
Yesterday I went on a mystery tour round London.
Clues
Notes
pink boxes.
Rules
If you leave a comment, please wait 1 hour before leaving another one.
Additional clues
.
.
the Superloop.
blue strips may be revealed later.
Hendon station ...
The American Scholar
Set in Seclusion
The post Set in Seclusion appeared first on The American Scholar.
6 months ago
The post Set in Seclusion appeared first on The American Scholar.
AI Snake Oil
AI leaderboards are no longer useful. It's time to switch to Pareto curves.
What spending $2,000 can tell us about evaluating AI agents
7 months ago
What spending $2,000 can tell us about evaluating AI agents
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Review
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You get scared to do 4 stars because then they...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
You get scared to do 4 stars because then they inquire how they can improve service.
Today's News:
Stephen Wolfram...
Twenty Years Later: The Surprising Greater Implications of A New Kind of Science
See also: “A New Kind of Science: A 15-Year View”. From the Foundations Laid by A New Kind of...
over a year ago
See also: “A New Kind of Science: A 15-Year View”. From the Foundations Laid by A New Kind of Science When A New Kind of Science was published twenty years ago I thought what it had to say was important. But what’s become increasingly clear—particularly in the last few years—is...
Damn Interesting
The Traveler and His Baggage
On 19 May 1943, a news report from Berlin deepened the already dreary gloom that clung to the people...
over a year ago
On 19 May 1943, a news report from Berlin deepened the already dreary gloom that clung to the people of Nazi-occupied Paris. Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels proudly announced to the world that the German capital of Berlin was officially judenfrei–free of all Jews. As this...
SatPost by Trung...
Francis Ford Coppola: The Entrepreneur
Exploring the legendary director's business career in 8 films, a studio and a winery.
3 months ago
Exploring the legendary director's business career in 8 films, a studio and a winery.
diamond geezer
Good / Not Good
GOOD
NOT GOOD
8 months ago
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
Spoon & Tamago
Oimachi’s New Shopping Oasis Coexists with the Mountains and Sea
All images © Osamu Morishita Architect and Associates Built on reclaimed land that seamlessly blends...
a year ago
All images © Osamu Morishita Architect and Associates Built on reclaimed land that seamlessly blends the expanse of the sea with the majestic mountains, ‘See-Sea Park‘ is a new commercial complex spanning over an area of 10,800 square meters in Oimachi, Fukui. The structure aims...
Archinect - Features
Autonomous Algorithmic Architects: Wicked Problems of Machine Learning in Architecture
How should the architectural profession consider and respond to futures made possible by advances in...
a year ago
How should the architectural profession consider and respond to futures made possible by advances in artificial intelligence? Can we propose a willful, designed route that acknowledges the inevitability of intelligent machines intersecting with every dimension of design and...
Wuthering...
Xenophon's Socrates
I’m still catching up with myself.
I wanted to spend March thinking about Socrates as a...
a year ago
I’m still catching up with myself.
I wanted to spend March thinking about Socrates as a philosopher,
independent from Plato’s use of him, to the extent that it is possible. The Socrates of Aristophanes in The Clouds
is not much help. But luckily we have
Xenophon, a close...
Seth's Blog
When did we lose consciousness?
In medical TV dramas, losing consciousness is something that happens suddenly and dramatically. We...
3 months ago
In medical TV dramas, losing consciousness is something that happens suddenly and dramatically. We can all tell… the body is still there, but the mind is gone, at least for now. Unfortunately, this happens in real life. At work. In our personal lives. For a few minutes or even a...
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Aaand we're back in quarantine
PCR test of one of the children in our oldests’ daycare group was positive. Keeping our youngest at...
over a year ago
PCR test of one of the children in our oldests’ daycare group was positive. Keeping our youngest at home too,...
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...
The Changelog
Recovering Our Lost Free Will Online: Tools and Techniques That Are Available Now
Note: This post is also available on my webiste, where it will be periodically updated. As I’ve been...
over a year ago
Note: This post is also available on my webiste, where it will be periodically updated. As I’ve been thinking and writing about privacy and decentralization lately, I had a conversation with a colleague this week, and he commented about how loss of privacy is related to loss of...
Mazdak
Binance CEO Steps Down and Pleads Guilty as Part of $4.3 Billion Settlement
Binance is the world's largest crypto exchange, and CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao is the most powerful...
a year ago
Binance is the world's largest crypto exchange, and CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao is the most powerful player in the industry. This deal puts an end to a years-long investigation into Binance. The deal: CZ agreed to pay $50 million in fines and is prohibited from operating or managing...
Renegade Otter
Getting our focus back
“We was robbed…”
Attention is arguably the most precious resource of the 21st century. Technology...
a year ago
“We was robbed…”
Attention is arguably the most precious resource of the 21st century. Technology companies have expended incredible efforts to
improve the ways in which they capture our attention and convert it into revenue. That fight for the
nine unmonetized glances.
An...
Seth's Blog
Them or us?
What kind of culture will we build? At work, in our community, online? Each of us builds culture...
8 months ago
What kind of culture will we build? At work, in our community, online? Each of us builds culture every time we interact with anyone else. Opting out isn’t possible, all we can do is decide what sort of impact and contribution we’re each going to make. It’s tempting to say, “they”...
Matt Mazur
Full Time Indie Hacking: First 3 Months in Review
At the end of 2022 I stopped contracting at Help Scout to focus full time on Preceden, a SaaS...
a year ago
At the end of 2022 I stopped contracting at Help Scout to focus full time on Preceden, a SaaS timeline maker tool that I had been running mostly as a side project since 2010. It’s April now so I figured I’d share an update on how things are going. My periodic Friday updates cover...
TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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a year ago
NeuroLogica Blog
Scammers on the Rise
Good rule of thumb – assume it’s a scam. Anyone who contacts you, or any unusual encounter, assume...
10 months ago
Good rule of thumb – assume it’s a scam. Anyone who contacts you, or any unusual encounter, assume it’s a scam and you will probably be right. Recently I was called on my cell phone by someone claiming to be from Venmo. They asked me to confirm if I had just made two fund...
Spoon & Tamago
The Conran Shop, A New Chapter For Hillside Terrace by Keiji Ashizawa Design
All images courtesy of Keiji Ashizawa Design Since opening its London flagship in 1973, The Conran...
a year ago
All images courtesy of Keiji Ashizawa Design Since opening its London flagship in 1973, The Conran Shop has been a go-to destination for all things contemporary design. And in their latest chapter, the curated shop welcomes you to its new space in Hillside Terrace, a relaxing...
Maggie Appleton
GreenSock Animations with React Hooks
over a year ago
Handprinted - Blog
In the Studio 2022
We have had the pleasure of hosting lots of new and exciting Fab Friday workshops and wonderful...
over a year ago
We have had the pleasure of hosting lots of new and exciting Fab Friday workshops and wonderful Guest Tutors in 2022, exploring a variety of printmaking techniques. Take a look at this selection of work produced by students throughout the year:
Life Drawing - Mono Screen...
Seth's Blog
Success is not an option
In any creative endeavor, it’s possible to define success as the big win, the moment when your...
7 months ago
In any creative endeavor, it’s possible to define success as the big win, the moment when your dreams match reality. Success is the end of imposter syndrome, stability and finally making it to the other side. By this definition, it’s clear that success isn’t going to happen. It’s...
Ruud van Asseldonk
A type system for RCL, part 1: Introduction
5 months ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#32)
The bridge disaster, Daniel Kahneman, Biden and nuclear power, ebbing unrest, Bay Area...
8 months ago
The bridge disaster, Daniel Kahneman, Biden and nuclear power, ebbing unrest, Bay Area "progressives", and cancer detection
Mazdak
Nvidia Takes the Crown: The AI Chip Giant Dethrones Apple
Nvidia has overtaken Apple as the world's most valuable company.
a month ago
Nvidia has overtaken Apple as the world's most valuable company.
Common Edge
Jay-Z’s Unseemly Takeover of Brooklyn’s Central Library
Crowds love “The Book of HOV,” but the library has ceded public space for a self-produced tribute...
a year ago
Crowds love “The Book of HOV,” but the library has ceded public space for a self-produced tribute from his company, Roc Nation.
Anecdotal Evidence
'Dense, Democratic, Vulgar'
When high
summer arrives -- in Texas, long before this
Thursday’s equinox – I think of Saratoga...
6 months ago
When high
summer arrives -- in Texas, long before this
Thursday’s equinox – I think of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where we bought our
first house and lived for seven years. The Saratoga Race Course was less than a
mile away. So were Yaddo and Broadway, the main drag downtown. We...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #225
A Dangerous Interregnum, Trump's Energy Policy, Damodaran on ESG, Buffett in 1970, Inflation's Role...
a month ago
A Dangerous Interregnum, Trump's Energy Policy, Damodaran on ESG, Buffett in 1970, Inflation's Role in Trump's Victory, Taxes in Retirement, James J. Hill, IKEA, F. A. Hayek, Shakespeare
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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4 months ago
Blog - Practical...
Where Does Grounded Electricity Actually Go?
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
Imagine this scenario: You...
a year ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
Imagine this scenario: You have a diesel-powered generator on a stand that is electrically isolated from the ground. Run a wire from the energized slot of an outlet to an electrode driven into the ground. Don’t...
mtlynch.io
Failed Attempts to Install NixOS on the Raspberry Pi 4
In creating the tutorial, “Installing NixOS on Raspberry Pi 4,” I ran into a ton of paths that...
a year ago
In creating the tutorial, “Installing NixOS on Raspberry Pi 4,” I ran into a ton of paths that didn’t work.
I’ve collected them here for the sake of saving others time retrying the same steps.
The standard NixOS aarch64 image doesn’t work When I checked the NixOS download page, I...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
Build In Public...
I just announced an AI accelerator program
Full story on my latest role at Paddle, the new AI program, and what it means for you
8 months ago
Full story on my latest role at Paddle, the new AI program, and what it means for you
Anecdotal Evidence
'Our Instinctual Taste for Periodicity and Return'
I got a kick
out of Damian at A Sunday of Liberty reveling in a rhyme that seems...
a year ago
I got a kick
out of Damian at A Sunday of Liberty reveling in a rhyme that seems genetically
implanted in American kids, regardless of age or geography:
“Greasy,
grimy gopher guts!
Little dirty
birdie feet!”
As in any
folk tradition, variants abound. This is the version I grew...
The Marginalian
The Poetry of Reality: Robert Louis Stevenson on What Makes Life Worth Living
"The true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and...
a year ago
"The true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing."
Both Are True
Wait the Piña Colada song is about what?!
45 years ago today, the world was changed // hint: its not about frikkin piña coladas I can tell you...
3 months ago
45 years ago today, the world was changed // hint: its not about frikkin piña coladas I can tell you that right now
Common Edge
Inga Saffron on the Philadelphia 76ers’ Push for a New Downtown Arena
A talk with the Pulitzer Prize winning architecture critic of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
a week ago
A talk with the Pulitzer Prize winning architecture critic of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Handprinted - Blog
Spooktacular Screen Printing Projects!
Get into the spooky spirit with a Halloween screen printing project! Create t-shirts, tote bags, and...
2 months ago
Get into the spooky spirit with a Halloween screen printing project! Create t-shirts, tote bags, and poster prints that’re hauntingly fun and frightfully easy!
Party Prints - Speedball Night Glo Acrylic Ink on Paper!
If you’re a Halloween lover this project is for you! Using...
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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7 months ago
Old Structures...
An Ordinary Day
From Angelo Rizzuto, in 1959, a view of 42nd Street looking east. On the left, Grand Central...
7 months ago
From Angelo Rizzuto, in 1959, a view of 42nd Street looking east. On the left, Grand Central Terminal, the Commodore Hotel, and the Chrysler Building. On the right, the Pershing Square Building, the Bowery Savings Bank midtown branch, the Chanin Building, the Socony-Mobil...
Charles Chen
A Practical Guide to Modular Monoliths with .NET
Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
11 months ago
Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
Seth's Blog
Compounding head starts
When a six-year-old kid beats the other kids at tennis, that kid is more likely to be encouraged to...
a year ago
When a six-year-old kid beats the other kids at tennis, that kid is more likely to be encouraged to play more, or to get a coach, and pretty soon, they’re much better at tennis than the others. When a musical group has a single that gets some buzz on Spotify, they’re more likely...
Old Vintage...
Thou shalt follow these Vintage Computing Commandments
Thou shalt check voltage and polarity on new-to-thee power supplies, or thy machines shall be smote...
10 months ago
Thou shalt check voltage and polarity on new-to-thee power supplies, or thy machines shall be smote and release smoke. This is sometimes very hard to judge without a load, but they should be somewhere in the ballpark, verily, and you should get in the habit of checking any new...
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
Arduino Blog
You can now work in collaboration in Arduino Cloud
In today’s busy world, getting students or engineers to work together is key to tackling complex IoT...
3 months ago
In today’s busy world, getting students or engineers to work together is key to tackling complex IoT projects. Traditional code sharing and editing methods, like using offline IDEs or swapping files manually, often slow down projects and lead to mistakes. This can be a hassle and...
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Roberto Vitillo's...
How distributed systems fail
At scale, any failure that can happen will eventually happen. Hardware failures, software crashes,...
over a year ago
At scale, any failure that can happen will eventually happen. Hardware failures, software crashes, memory leaks - you name it. The more…
ntietz.com blog -...
Making Rust builds fail from YAML config mistakes
I was talking to a friend recently, and zie1 lamented that a Rust web framework uses YAML for its...
2 months ago
I was talking to a friend recently, and zie1 lamented that a Rust web framework uses YAML for its configuration.
I'm far from one to defend YAML2, but dug in a little to understand zir issues with it: is it the trauma here, or is it something else?
Ultimately, zie wanted...
Londonist
10 Tempting New Afternoon Teas To Try In London Right Now: February 2024
Get booking for the newest afternoon tea menus in the capital.
10 months ago
Get booking for the newest afternoon tea menus in the capital.
CONTEMPORIST
Top 20 A’ Design Award Winners From Past Years
This article has been brought to you by A’ Design Award and Competition. A’ Design Award &...
a year ago
This article has been brought to you by A’ Design Award and Competition. A’ Design Award & Competition is the Worlds’ leading design accolade reaching design enthusiasts around the world, and showcasing winners from 114 countries in 139 different design disciplines. More than...
The Works in...
To change a norm
How the war on drunk driving was won
6 months ago
How the war on drunk driving was won
Noahpinion
New Industrialist Roundup 2024
What people are writing about rebuilding America.
4 months ago
What people are writing about rebuilding America.
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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6 months ago
Identity Designed
Contemporary Art Now
Designed by Knom, Madrid.
over a year ago
Designed by Knom, Madrid.
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Swyx's Simple Guide to Singapore
A personal guide to Singapore for foreign friends visiting.
a year ago
A personal guide to Singapore for foreign friends visiting.
Fonts In Use: Blog...
10 Years of Fonts In Use
Contributed by Nick Sherman
License: All Rights Reserved.
Fonts In Use officially launched 10...
over a year ago
Contributed by Nick Sherman
License: All Rights Reserved.
Fonts In Use officially launched 10 years ago today, on December 21, 2010. The site, which started as just the Blog before opening up to public contributions in 2012, has grown far beyond our expectations when we...
Mark Manson
The 5 Levels of Understanding Yourself
Hey there, you beautiful bastards. Today, we're diving into the infinite complexities of the...
a year ago
Hey there, you beautiful bastards. Today, we're diving into the infinite complexities of the self.
We'll be exploring the concept of self at five different levels, from simple explanations to brain-melting ideas that'll leave you questioning your very existence.
Ready?
Let's do...
Noahpinion
Why trying to "shape" AI innovation to protect workers is a bad idea
Instead, we should empower workers and create mechanisms for redistribution.
a year ago
Instead, we should empower workers and create mechanisms for redistribution.
TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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2 weeks ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Do you want to sell sugar water or do you want to change the world?
“Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the world?” –...
over a year ago
“Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the world?” – Steve Jobs I sometimes wish that instead…
Tony Dinh's...
April 2022: High churn, reached $6K MRR, and other updates.
Hello everyone! Welcome 150 new subscribers since my last issue. I’m glad to have you here! 👋 Here...
over a year ago
Hello everyone! Welcome 150 new subscribers since my last issue. I’m glad to have you here! 👋 Here is a quick update from me in April 2022. This should make a nice thumbnail for this page! 😁 🔻 Suffered from high churn In early April, Black Magic observed
Cognitive...
Running Dolphin Locally with Ollama
Wanna chat with Dolphin locally? (no internet connection needed)
Here is the easy way -...
a year ago
Wanna chat with Dolphin locally? (no internet connection needed)
Here is the easy way - Ollama.
install ollama. after you finsh you should be able to run ollama from the command line. Also you will see the ollama icon up top like this:
Iff you are curious - anytime you see that...
Mark Manson
Are You Entertained—Or Addicted?
In David Foster Wallace’s classic novel, Infinite Jest, there's a movie that is so entertaining that...
over a year ago
In David Foster Wallace’s classic novel, Infinite Jest, there's a movie that is so entertaining that anyone who views even a small portion of it will give up all desire to do anything else in life in order to keep watching. Throughout the book, characters who see it give up...
mtlynch.io
Stripe is Silently Recording Your Movements On its Customers' Websites
Among startups and tech companies, Stripe seems to be the near-universal favorite for payment...
over a year ago
Among startups and tech companies, Stripe seems to be the near-universal favorite for payment processing. When I needed paid subscription functionality for my new web app, Stripe felt like the natural choice. After integration, however, I discovered that Stripe’s official...
Common Edge
Near Ground Zero, Joshua Ramus Fails His Audition for Starchitect Status
The Perelman Performing Arts Center is a pricey bauble, but its over mechanized interiors suggest...
a year ago
The Perelman Performing Arts Center is a pricey bauble, but its over mechanized interiors suggest the building’s hype is unwarranted.
The Honest Broker
Why Did Social Media Go to War Against Writers?
And can we ever get along?
a year ago
And can we ever get along?
Noahpinion
Will China squander its moment in the sun?
A great civilization could be a lot greater, if its leaders gave up their obsession with control.
11 months ago
A great civilization could be a lot greater, if its leaders gave up their obsession with control.
The Changelog
Roundup of Unique Data/Storage Hosting Options
Recently I have been taking another look at the services at rsync.net and it got me thinking: what...
over a year ago
Recently I have been taking another look at the services at rsync.net and it got me thinking: what would I do with a lot of storage? What might I want to run with it, if it were fairly cheap? Backups are an obvious place to start. Borgbackup makes a pretty compelling option: very...
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The secrets of PostHog query performance
We want PostHog to become the first choice for product analytics at any scale. To do that, users...
over a year ago
We want PostHog to become the first choice for product analytics at any scale. To do that, users should have a smooth experience exploring their…
Seth's Blog
Embodied energy
It might only cost $2 in the vending machine, but that can of soda is a complicated battery. It...
3 months ago
It might only cost $2 in the vending machine, but that can of soda is a complicated battery. It stores the energy of the machines that were used to mine the bauxite, the ship that brought the ore to Iceland, the astonishing temperatures used to create the aluminum, then more...
TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
devonzuegel.com
Argentina On Two Steaks A Day (Idle Words)
04.13.2006
Argentina On Two Steaks A Day
The classic beginner's mistake in Argentina is...
over a year ago
04.13.2006
Argentina On Two Steaks A Day
The classic beginner's mistake in Argentina is to neglect the first steak of the day. You will be tempted to just peck at it or even skip it altogether, rationalizing that you need to save yourself for the much larger steak...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Make your own Dev.to CMS livestream - Part 2
This is day 2 of my livecode Dev.to CMS. See [Day 1...
over a year ago
This is day 2 of my livecode Dev.to CMS. See [Day 1 here](https://dev.to/swyx/make-your-own-dev-to-cms-livestream-part-1-2ad1)
Liz Denys
It's a piece of cake to bake a SIPB cake
Given four batches of a dark chocolate cake for two circular layer cakes and two small loaf cakes,...
over a year ago
Given four batches of a dark chocolate cake for two circular layer cakes and two small loaf cakes, vanilla buttercream frosting, chocolate buttercream frosting with black food coloring, homemade white vanilla fondant, homemade black chocolate fondant, a bread knife to carve shoes...
diamond geezer
Ealing NEWS
North Ealing
northernmost point in the borough of Ealing. Which is here in the corner of Roxeth...
6 months ago
North Ealing
northernmost point in the borough of Ealing. Which is here in the corner of Roxeth Recreation Ground. North Ealing station is 4 miles away.
Roxeth Rec may be large but it's tucked into a dead end wedge between two railway lines, hidden behind a rack of terraced...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
Wanderingspace
Triton Image from Voyager Colored
Nice update to an old Voyager image with colors added based on actual colors captured in other...
over a year ago
Nice update to an old Voyager image with colors added based on actual colors captured in other images. See original post here by Jason Major.
The Rational Walk
Daily Journal Annual Meeting Notes
A reader has generously shared his notes from the Daily Journal annual meeting which took place in...
6 months ago
A reader has generously shared his notes from the Daily Journal annual meeting which took place in Los Angeles on February 15, 2024.
Londonist
Ticket Alert: The Devil Wears Prada Musical On Sale From Today
Tickets? For the West End? Groundbreaking.
a year ago
Tickets? For the West End? Groundbreaking.
macwright.com
Hooking up search results from Astro Starlight in other sites
At Val Town, we recently introduced a command-k menu, that “omni” menu that sites have. It’s pretty...
8 months ago
At Val Town, we recently introduced a command-k menu, that “omni” menu that sites have. It’s pretty neat. One thing that I thought would be cool to include in it would be search results from our documentation site, which is authored using Astro Starlight. Our main application is...
Dan Slimmon
Incident metrics tell you nothing about reliability
When an incident response process is created, there arise many voices calling for measurement. “As...
a year ago
When an incident response process is created, there arise many voices calling for measurement. “As long as we’re creating standards for incidents, let’s track Mean-Time-To-Recovery (MTTR) and Mean-Time-To-Detection (MTTD) and Mean-time-Between-Failures (MTBF)!” they say things...
Retail Design Blog
SYSTEM flagship store by Gonzalez Haase AAS
Leading South Korean fashion brand SYSTEM is a household name among fashion-forward crowds in the...
5 months ago
Leading South Korean fashion brand SYSTEM is a household name among fashion-forward crowds in the homeland. Owned by fashion conglomerate...
bt RSS Feed
Adventures in Creating a Minimal Alpine Linux Installer
Adventures in Creating a Minimal Alpine Linux Installer
2022-12-08
Introduction
I’ve made the switch...
over a year ago
Adventures in Creating a Minimal Alpine Linux Installer
2022-12-08
Introduction
I’ve made the switch to Alpine Linux as my main laptop/desktop hybrid
workstation and I love it - warts and all. This post will follow my process building my Alpine Linux “installer” I used for this...
swyx's site RSS Feed
The introduction to TypeScript Generics you've been missing
> Note: this is an unfinished draft, but I'm sharing it anyway as an outline
over a year ago
> Note: this is an unfinished draft, but I'm sharing it anyway as an outline
Londonist
How London Underground Became The Coolest Brand In The World
From the first roundel to moquette trainers.
a year ago
From the first roundel to moquette trainers.
Aaron's Essays
I and We
Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego...
over a year ago
Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego component is even larger. This is a good thing.
Ego is what gives the founder the confidence to create something new. Ego powers the belief that the new thing the founder creates will...
Light from Space
The Space Lobster
Not well known to observers in the Northern Hemisphere, the Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357) in Cepheus...
over a year ago
Not well known to observers in the Northern Hemisphere, the Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357) in Cepheus shows a complex pattern of Hydrogen alpha and Oxygen-III regions.
It's quite far south in the sky at a declination of −34° 20′ and here in Tucson it barely
mtlynch.io
On Migrating from Cypress to Playwright
Cypress is an open-source tool for testing web applications end-to-end. I first saw Gleb Bahmutov...
over a year ago
Cypress is an open-source tool for testing web applications end-to-end. I first saw Gleb Bahmutov demo Cypress at a 2018 web dev meetup in New York, and I was blown away.
I’ve been using Cypress since I saw it demoed at a dev meetup in 2018.
Before discovering Cypress, I had...
Ian Betteridge
Ten Blue Links “I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date” Edition
1. Who rules us? Google changed its rules on what kind of behaviour it regards as “spam” and, of...
3 weeks ago
1. Who rules us? Google changed its rules on what kind of behaviour it regards as “spam” and, of course, the impact on some companies will be pretty negative. The behaviour it is targeting is so-called “parasite SEO”, where a publisher allows a third party to create content for...
Quanta Magazine
Why Is It So Hard to Define a Species?
The idea of a species is fundamental to the way that many people understand the structure of life on...
a month ago
The idea of a species is fundamental to the way that many people understand the structure of life on Earth. But ask 10 specialists how they define the concept and you might get 10 answers. In this episode, co-host Janna Levin speaks with evolutionary biologist Kevin de Queiroz...
Paul Graham: Essays
The Anatomy of Determination
over a year ago
Weighty Thoughts
One Definite Sign of a Bad Startup Idea
If you can’t tell anyone about your startup idea, it's not a good idea
over a year ago
If you can’t tell anyone about your startup idea, it's not a good idea
Rest of World -...
Apple suppliers are scrambling to fill over 40,000 jobs in Vietnam
Foxconn and Luxshare slashed workers. But under pressure to expand away from China, they suddenly...
a year ago
Foxconn and Luxshare slashed workers. But under pressure to expand away from China, they suddenly need them back.
AFAR Media - Travel...
Southern Hospitality: Unveiling 3 Fabulous Hotels in Historic Cities for Your Next Getaway
6 months ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.14.0
Over the past three weeks, there was one word on everyone's mind: feedback. We did a bunch of...
over a year ago
Over the past three weeks, there was one word on everyone's mind: feedback. We did a bunch of interviews with users and had a lot of discussions with…
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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a year ago
Quanta Magazine
How the Square Root of 2 Became a Number
Useful mathematical concepts, like the number line, can linger for millennia before they are...
6 months ago
Useful mathematical concepts, like the number line, can linger for millennia before they are rigorously defined.
The post How the Square Root of 2 Became a Number first appeared on Quanta Magazine
somenice
Coastal Mountain Forest Triptych
Often found growing together in the Coastal Mountain forest of British Columbia, these three species...
a year ago
Often found growing together in the Coastal Mountain forest of British Columbia, these three species were inspiration to capture the texture and light of my local forest.The idea to frame each with their own type of wood came both as a natural idea but also because of materials...
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
I released first version of SumatraPDF in 2006. That’s 15 years ago which seems like a good time for...
over a year ago
I released first version of SumatraPDF in 2006. That’s 15 years ago which seems like a good time for a retrospective.
The app
SumatraPDF is a multi-format (PDF, ePub, Mobi, comic book, DjVu, XPS, CHM) viewer for Windows and currently looks like this:
The...
Mazdak
Used Car Prices Drop: Should You Buy Now or Wait for Better Deals?
The once-tumultuous used car market, characterized by record-high prices and limited options, has...
11 months ago
The once-tumultuous used car market, characterized by record-high prices and limited options, has begun to exhibit signs of a significant shift. Prices are now decelerating, presenting both challenges and opportunities for buyers. This article delves into the key factors driving...
ntietz.com blog
Units in Go and Rust show philosophical differences
Units are a key part of doing any calculation.
A number on its own is just a scalar and doesn't...
a year ago
Units are a key part of doing any calculation.
A number on its own is just a scalar and doesn't represent anything in particular.
If I tell you to go drive 5, you'd naturally ask "5 what?"
Software often has to deal with quantities that represent real-world things.
How we...
Citation Needed
Issue 65 – World Liberty Fiasco
Even the most pro-Trump crypto faithful think Trump’s new crypto scheme is a terrible idea.
3 months ago
Even the most pro-Trump crypto faithful think Trump’s new crypto scheme is a terrible idea.
Quanta Magazine
How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles
As computer-driven cars and planes become more common, the key to preventing accidents, researchers...
11 months ago
As computer-driven cars and planes become more common, the key to preventing accidents, researchers show, is to know what you don’t know.
The post How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Rest of World -...
The winners of Rest of World’s first photography contest
From images of solar cooking to snake radio telemetry, we received 548 entries from around the...
a year ago
From images of solar cooking to snake radio telemetry, we received 548 entries from around the world.
Christopher Butler
Gestalt Principles of Design – Continuity
Elements that are arranged on a line or curve are perceived as more related than elements that are...
a year ago
Elements that are arranged on a line or curve are perceived as more related than elements that are not.
The Gestalt Principles of Design are a set of concepts and guidelines drawn from gestalt psychology, which theorizes that the mind tends to process organized groups of...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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a month ago
Steve Klabnik
Community Versions for Rust
over a year ago
Common Edge
Measuring Progress: The Building Sector’s Response to the Climate Crisis
From huge CO2 reductions to surging solar investments, the sector is paving the path to a...
5 months ago
From huge CO2 reductions to surging solar investments, the sector is paving the path to a sustainable future, but the time for bold action is now.
abdz.do - Have you...
Custom Font made of shapes and patterns for John Lewis (UK)
Custom Font made of shapes and patterns for John Lewis (UK)
...
a year ago
Custom Font made of shapes and patterns for John Lewis (UK)
AoiroStudio0510—23
In the world of graphic design, there are few studios as talented and innovative as Hola Bosque™. Based in the vibrant city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, this creative...
Londonist
Inside London's New Women's Museum
Head east for London's latest cultural offering.
9 months ago
Head east for London's latest cultural offering.
Diaries of Note
Love Will Never Do without You
In the early hours of 14th August 2013, Kevin Coughlin was stunned to notice light reflecting off a...
a year ago
In the early hours of 14th August 2013, Kevin Coughlin was stunned to notice light reflecting off a mirror in his bathroom, marking the beginning of an extraordinary recovery. Having lost his sight in 1997 due to a rare genetic disorder named Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy,...
mtlynch.io
My Second Year as a Solo Developer
Two years ago, I quit my developer job at Google to build my own software business. A year later, I...
over a year ago
Two years ago, I quit my developer job at Google to build my own software business. A year later, I posted an update about my finances, happiness, and lessons learned. Today marks the end of my second year, so it’s time for another update.
How I made and spent money Metric 2018...
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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a year ago
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
bunnie's blog
Non-Destructive Silicon Imaging (and Winner of Name that Ware December 2022)
The ware for December 2022 is an AMD Radeon RX540 chip, part number 216-0905018. Congrats to SAM for...
a year ago
The ware for December 2022 is an AMD Radeon RX540 chip, part number 216-0905018. Congrats to SAM for guessing the ware; email me for your prize. The image is from Fritzchen Fritz’s Flickr feed; I recommend checking out his photos (or you can follow him on twitter). Even if you...
Rest of World -...
AI image generators have a moderation problem
Tests carried out by Logically confirm these platforms accept 85% of prompts tailored for election...
a year ago
Tests carried out by Logically confirm these platforms accept 85% of prompts tailored for election manipulation.
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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2 weeks ago
Blog - Guerrilla...
The Migration of the Word Honey
This map was a first for me. It was my first collaborative map, it was my first map I worked on...
over a year ago
This map was a first for me. It was my first collaborative map, it was my first map I worked on using LinkedIn’s chat as much as Photoshop, and it was my first exposure to Guerrilla Cartography. Karen reached out to me to work on the Atlas in a Day project, but immediately we had...
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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a year ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Knots 3D
"Feel free to explore our knot catalog and learn how to tie over 150 knots!
"
over a year ago
"Feel free to explore our knot catalog and learn how to tie over 150 knots!
"
Rest of World -...
Building a food delivery app in the internet shutdown capital of the world
Jammu and Kashmir’s Gatoes was founded in 2020 in the middle of a months-long government-imposed...
3 months ago
Jammu and Kashmir’s Gatoes was founded in 2020 in the middle of a months-long government-imposed internet restriction. It is now expanding in north India.
The Rational Walk
The Digest #227
Final Issue: Bitcoin at $100K, Buffett and Munger Unscripted, Blue Chip Stamps, Flawed CPI...
2 weeks ago
Final Issue: Bitcoin at $100K, Buffett and Munger Unscripted, Blue Chip Stamps, Flawed CPI Statistics, Ergodicity, The End of Shame, Notre Dame, Online Censorship, Healthcare Costs
Blog posts of...
Refactoring larger legacy codebases
This article is based on a comment of mine to a HackerNews question. Thought it might be useful to...
over a year ago
This article is based on a comment of mine to a HackerNews question. Thought it might be useful to explain it here a bit more in d...
Noahpinion
Sizing up the New Axis
A timely repost.
8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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11 months ago
diamond geezer
Poor predictions
Two years ago today Liz Truss became Prime Minister. That went well.
I took the opportunity to ask...
3 months ago
Two years ago today Liz Truss became Prime Minister. That went well.
I took the opportunity to ask who you thought would win the next General Election. I offered four options and asked you to "pick the outcome you expect, not the outcome you want". 83 of you had a...
Ralph Ammer
The Creative Switch
This secret to creativity will help you come up with many ideas.
The post The Creative Switch...
over a year ago
This secret to creativity will help you come up with many ideas.
The post The Creative Switch appeared first on Ralph Ammer.
Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 044: Google Gemini
December 8, 2023.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
Quanta Magazine
New AI Tools Predict How Life’s Building Blocks Assemble
Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold3 and other deep learning algorithms can now predict the shapes of...
7 months ago
Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold3 and other deep learning algorithms can now predict the shapes of interacting complexes of protein, DNA, RNA and other molecules, better capturing cells’ biological landscapes.
The post New AI Tools Predict How Life’s Building Blocks...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Cortex
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
This is why artists and mathematicians were ahead...
5 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
This is why artists and mathematicians were ahead of the curve on madness. You are all us now.
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Society's Backend
The Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming a Machine Learning Engineer
And other practical guides to understand machine learning
11 months ago
And other practical guides to understand machine learning
PostHog's RSS Feed
An engineer's guide to picking a cofounder
What could be worse than handing out 50% of your company's equity to a co-founder who doesn't...
over a year ago
What could be worse than handing out 50% of your company's equity to a co-founder who doesn't understand the product as much as you do, and all they…
ntietz.com blog -...
Terminology isn't universal
A little while back, I wrote that we shouldn't say "auth" but should use other terms instead.
I...
3 weeks ago
A little while back, I wrote that we shouldn't say "auth" but should use other terms instead.
I stand by my argument in general, but it also has another side to it: my suggested terminology makes sense in some domains, but not in all domains.
And that's because terminology...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
The Power of Fast Feedback Cycles
I was hyperlinked to this comment where Rich Harris stopped by Hacker News to clarify his position...
a year ago
I was hyperlinked to this comment where Rich Harris stopped by Hacker News to clarify his position on the (controversial?) steps Svelte is taking to move off Typescript in favor of types-via-JSDoc comments.
First off, I love how Rich prefaces his comments by basically saying,...
TheCollector
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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4 weeks ago
IEEE Spectrum
Smellovision Gets a Refresh
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE...
a year ago
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.
Modern virtual reality is a feast for the eyes and ears—but coming in a distant fourth (behind haptic touch technologies), smell has been nearly completely ignored.
Earlier this...
The Rational Walk
Berkshire Hathaway Acquires BHE Minority Interests
Berkshire Hathaway has acquired the remaining minority interests in BHE from the Scott family and...
2 months ago
Berkshire Hathaway has acquired the remaining minority interests in BHE from the Scott family and now is the sole owner of the energy company.
Tinloof - Blog
Guide to fast Next.js
Insights into how Tinloof measures website speed with best practices to make faster websites.
11 months ago
Insights into how Tinloof measures website speed with best practices to make faster websites.
Entrepreneur's Edge
Revenue is easy, profit is harder
The fundamentals needed to run a business in the next economic cycle.
a year ago
The fundamentals needed to run a business in the next economic cycle.
Londonist
A Rare Chance To Have Afternoon Tea Inside Greenwich's Painted Hall This March
For one day only.
10 months ago
Londonist
These Are The London Boroughs With The Most Public CCTV Cameras
And they're not the ones you might think.
a year ago
And they're not the ones you might think.
Liz Denys
Curried pumpkin soup
Despite growing up in Chicago where winter is defined as "more traffic" and "delayed flights," the...
over a year ago
Despite growing up in Chicago where winter is defined as "more traffic" and "delayed flights," the first thing that comes to mind in winter is creamy squash soups. In the haze of moving, Mystery Hunt, and working on writing 6.042 problems this IAP, I somehow neglected making soup...
Transit Maps
Historical Map: Argentine Railways, 1907
Now this is a map! This is just superb cartography: detailed, clear and lovely to look at. I love...
a year ago
Now this is a map! This is just superb cartography: detailed, clear and lovely to look at. I love the way that brown is used for mountainous features, and a light blue is used for water features – it allows this information to be visible, but it doesn’t compete with the overlaid...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Blockchain voting is overrated among uninformed people but underrated among informed people
over a year ago
mtlynch.io
TinyPilot: Month 38
New here?
Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent...
a year ago
New here?
Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent computer hardware company. I started the company in 2020, and it now earns $60-80k/month in revenue and employs seven other people.
Every month, I publish a retrospective like this...
Old Structures...
The Main Attraction Hasn’t Changed
From one of the New York Public Library’s scrapbooks, a view north from Park Avenue and 41st Street...
a month ago
From one of the New York Public Library’s scrapbooks, a view north from Park Avenue and 41st Street in 1920: The focal point of such a view is, of course, Grand Central Terminal. The big vacant lot, protected only by an easily-hopped fence, was the former site of the 1860s Grand...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Still hanging around
Yesterday was one of this blog's 20 busiest days, not because everyone's really interested in...
a year ago
Yesterday was one of this blog's 20 busiest days, not because everyone's really interested in National Trust properties but because an old post hit an international news aggregator. My post about Crossrail timewasting ended up on hckr news under the headline "25% of the 13 minute...
TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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2 months ago
Opsbros
The past lives again!
I found a GameBoy Camera for my GBC and thought it'd be a good idea to extract the photos from eons...
over a year ago
I found a GameBoy Camera for my GBC and thought it'd be a good idea to extract the photos from eons ago and bring them to the era of the internet.
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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a year ago
./techtipsy
My blog successfully survived a scheduled power outage
I had the opportunity to test the resiliency of my home server setup due to a scheduled power outage...
3 months ago
I had the opportunity to test the resiliency of my home server setup due to a scheduled power outage on 2024-09-13.
It was also Friday the 13th. I’m not superstitious, but I’m a little stitious.
My setup usually consists of the home server, a Wifi AP/router combo box, a converter...
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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4 months ago
Tech and Tea
Progress can be slow
We can spend a lifetime working on the same things, and that's ok
5 months ago
We can spend a lifetime working on the same things, and that's ok
Seth's Blog
There’s always a placebo switch
The trick is knowing where it is and using it well. Wanting control doesn’t always mean needing to...
a year ago
The trick is knowing where it is and using it well. Wanting control doesn’t always mean needing to have control. Sometimes it is simply a desire to be acknowledged. HT to Brian.
David Heinemeier...
Developers are on edge
It's a double whammy of anxiety for developers at the moment. On the one hand, the layoffs are...
9 months ago
It's a double whammy of anxiety for developers at the moment. On the one hand, the layoffs are dragging on. The industry has shed more jobs in a shorter period than any time since the dot-com bust over twenty years ago. Seasoned veterans who used to have recruiters banging on...
TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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8 months ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
Introduction to self-service analytics
There are lots of ways to do analytics. You can do SQL . You can do it in the cloud. You can not do...
over a year ago
There are lots of ways to do analytics. You can do SQL . You can do it in the cloud. You can not do it at all and hire an analytics agency or…
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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11 months ago
Open Culture
James Earl Jones (RIP) Reads Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”
Note: With the sad passing of James Earl Jones, at age 93, we’re bringing back a post from our...
3 months ago
Note: With the sad passing of James Earl Jones, at age 93, we’re bringing back a post from our archive–one featuring Jones reading two great American poets, Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman. These readings first appeared on our site in 2014. For all its many flaws the original...
Quanta Magazine
He’s Gleaning the Design Rules of Life to Re-Create It
Yizhi “Patrick” Cai is coordinating a global effort to write a complete synthetic yeast genome. If...
a month ago
Yizhi “Patrick” Cai is coordinating a global effort to write a complete synthetic yeast genome. If he succeeds, the resulting cell will be the artificial life most closely related to humans to date.
The post He’s Gleaning the Design Rules of Life to Re-Create It first...
Londonist
Stunning Images At Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2023
National Maritime Museum shows off the cosmos.
a year ago
National Maritime Museum shows off the cosmos.
TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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4 months ago
somethingaboutmaps
A Free eBook of Terrain Lines
Friends, earlier this week I mentioned that I’d completed a whole bunch of terrain sketches using...
a month ago
Friends, earlier this week I mentioned that I’d completed a whole bunch of terrain sketches using some novel techniques that allowed me to create a hachure drawing style from digital elevation data. If you’d like to see the whole set, I’ve now assembled them into a quick eBook...
Tony Finch's blog
Purple PCBs for Keybird69
I’m a beginner at PCB design, or rather, I haven’t made a PCB since I
was at school 30 years ago,...
a year ago
I’m a beginner at PCB design, or rather, I haven’t made a PCB since I
was at school 30 years ago, and a lot has changed since then! So my
aim for Keybird69’s PCB was to learn my way around the design,
manufacturing, and assembly process.
microcontroller
other components
key...
The Wandering...
Mapping Francis Younghusband in the Gobi Desert, 1887, Part 4: from the Ya-hu oasis to Hami.
[Back to Part 3: from the Hun-kua-ling sandhills to the Ya-hu oasis] From Ya-Hu to Hami, we can see...
over a year ago
[Back to Part 3: from the Hun-kua-ling sandhills to the Ya-hu oasis] From Ya-Hu to Hami, we can see that Younghusband now has to turn south, as his own map shows. The journey takes from June 23rd to July 4th, or twelve days. His mapmaker places Ula Khutun almost halfway from...
HTMHell
The Form Attribute - Enhancing Form Layout Flexibility
by Alexander Muzenhardt
Consider a scenario where you have a login form containing two input fields...
a year ago
by Alexander Muzenhardt
Consider a scenario where you have a login form containing two input fields with corresponding labels, alongside a submit and a reset button. If you submit the form, the action of the form gets triggered, and you can work with the formData.
The layout...
Transit Maps
Submission – Unofficial Diagram of Victorian Ferry Routes, 2024 by Bushland Maps
Submitted by Bushland Maps, who say: Ferries are a bit of a forgotten mode of transport in...
a month ago
Submitted by Bushland Maps, who say: Ferries are a bit of a forgotten mode of transport in Melbourne. With no integration into the fare system or journey planners, and with overarching public transport body PTV only “overseeing” three of the routes (which doesn’t have any...
Retail Design Blog
Gen Digital Offices by HKS
HKS Inc transformed a dormant building into Gen Digital’s vibrant Mountain View office, embodying...
2 weeks ago
HKS Inc transformed a dormant building into Gen Digital’s vibrant Mountain View office, embodying the company’s mission emphasizing innovation, hospitality,...
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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a year ago
Diaries of Note
Heavy rains have fallen
On 18th November of 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple cult met a tragic end...
a year ago
On 18th November of 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple cult met a tragic end in Jonestown, Guyana, in a mass murder-suicide orchestrated by their leader, Jim Jones. Among the victims was Edith Roller. Born in Colorado in 1915, she had worked at San...
99% Invisible
Whomst Among Us Let The Dogs Out (Again) [EPISODE]
All kinds of songs get stuck in your head. Famous pop tunes from when you were a kid, album cuts...
a year ago
All kinds of songs get stuck in your head. Famous pop tunes from when you were a kid, album cuts you’ve listened to over and over again. And then there’s a category of memorable songs—the ones that we all just kind of know. Songs that somehow, without anyone’s permission, sneak...
Uncharted...
Desalination: a Future of Infinite Water
Desalination is finally cheap, and it’s only getting cheaper. Will this usher a world of plentiful...
a month ago
Desalination is finally cheap, and it’s only getting cheaper. Will this usher a world of plentiful water everywhere? Will we be able to build in the Sahara?
99% Invisible
Chambre de Bonne [EPISODE]
For many young people in Paris, it’s a right of passage to live in a very small, very French type of...
8 months ago
For many young people in Paris, it’s a right of passage to live in a very small, very French type of apartment, called a “chambre de bonne.” Literally, a maid’s room. A chambre de bonne is usually one small room, on the top floor of a five- or six-story apartment building, and...
Max Rozen
Books every developer should read
Whether you want to start a career as a developer, or have been a developer for 20 years, you should...
over a year ago
Whether you want to start a career as a developer, or have been a developer for 20 years, you should check out these books.
nanoscale views
Electronic structure and a couple of fun links
Real life has been very busy recently. Posting will hopefully pick up soon.
One brief item. ...
8 months ago
Real life has been very busy recently. Posting will hopefully pick up soon.
One brief item. Earlier this week, Rice hosted Gabi Kotliar for a distinguished lecture, and he gave a very nice, pedagogical talk about different approaches to electronic structure calculations. ...
Londonist
13 Of The Best Irish Pubs In London
Guinness, rugby, oysters and craic.
10 months ago
Guinness, rugby, oysters and craic.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Conspiracy
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Remember when conspiracy theories were all about...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Remember when conspiracy theories were all about who was doing it with Sasquatch?
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The American Scholar
Tramping With Virginia
A seminal essay about walking the streets of London can present challenges in the classrooms of...
7 months ago
A seminal essay about walking the streets of London can present challenges in the classrooms of today
The post Tramping With Virginia appeared first on The American Scholar.
Map of the Week
Headwaters
When I see a river, I often think about where it comes from and where it goes. I started a mapping...
a year ago
When I see a river, I often think about where it comes from and where it goes. I started a mapping project showing this for the Northeastern United States. For the level of detail needed it was necessary to choose a manageable area so I chose where I've lived almost all of my...
SatPost by Trung...
11 types of cross-industry innovation
PLUS: AI spam, Disney vs. BuzzFeed.
a year ago
PLUS: AI spam, Disney vs. BuzzFeed.
Nelson's Weblog
Trump's plans for his second presidency
The Trump campaign and his braintrust have been very clear and open
about
their planning for a...
a year ago
The Trump campaign and his braintrust have been very clear and open
about
their planning for a second presidency, mostly under the umbrella of
Project 2025.
There’s been a lot of good journalism about it. Some examples:
Sweeping
Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside...
Map of the Week
Turkey and Syria Earthquake Response
Parts of Turkey and Syria have been devastated by the strongest, most destructive earthquake in the...
a year ago
Parts of Turkey and Syria have been devastated by the strongest, most destructive earthquake in the recorded history of those countries. The earthquake has been followed by over a hundred powerful aftershocks, including one almost as powerful as the original magnitude 7.8...
99% Invisible
For a Dollar and a Dream [EPISODE]
Every week, one in eight Americans places a bet on the dream of a life-changing lottery jackpot....
a year ago
Every week, one in eight Americans places a bet on the dream of a life-changing lottery jackpot. Americans spend more on lottery tickets annually than on video streaming services, concert tickets, books, and movie tickets combined. The story of lotteries in the United States may...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Pensieve: Mar 7 2024
Public thoughts that could be blogposts but i dont have time so have the short form.
9 months ago
Public thoughts that could be blogposts but i dont have time so have the short form.
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 ·...
Arduino Blog
A pair of Arduino UNO R4 boards power this Tron-inspired, decked-out shop room
Bob Clagett of the “I Like to Make Stuff” YouTube channel has recently undertaken an extensive shop...
6 months ago
Bob Clagett of the “I Like to Make Stuff” YouTube channel has recently undertaken an extensive shop renovation project where he is rearranging tools, tidying up various spaces, and even creating a dedicated “clean” room for his collection of 3D printers/electronics work. With its...
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
This Space
39 Books: 2021
I lived in Brighton for 30 years. One of the many painful aspects of leaving in 2021 was losing the...
6 months ago
I lived in Brighton for 30 years. One of the many painful aspects of leaving in 2021 was losing the many second-hand bookshops, all within walking distance. Many have closed over the years, such as Sandpiper, a remaindered bookshop in Kensington Gardens. It had a backroom in...
mtlynch.io
Automated Prosper Investing with ProsperBot
Overview I started investing in peer to peer lending in 2014 through a site called Prosper. I...
over a year ago
Overview I started investing in peer to peer lending in 2014 through a site called Prosper. I thought peer to peer lending was a neat idea and could potentially earn lucrative returns.
When I began, I chose each of my loan investments manually, but over time, I have automated...
37signals Dev
All about QA
Quality Assurance (QA) is a team of two at 37signals: Michael, who created the department 12 years...
2 months ago
Quality Assurance (QA) is a team of two at 37signals: Michael, who created the department 12 years ago, and Gabriel, who joined the team in 2022. Together, we have a hand in projects across all of our products, from kickoff to release. Our goal is to help designers and...
The Marginalian
Sentimentality and Being Mortal: Poet Mark Doty on the Passionate Fragility of Our Attachments
How beautiful and unbearable that only one of each exists — each lover, each child, each dog; that...
11 months ago
How beautiful and unbearable that only one of each exists — each lover, each child, each dog; that this particular chance-constellation of atoms has never before existed and will never again recur in the history of the universe. The fact of each such singularity is a wonder...
TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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a year ago
Seth's Blog
Confused about good
How often do we assume that popular things are good, and that good things become popular? If your...
2 months ago
How often do we assume that popular things are good, and that good things become popular? If your work doesn’t catch on, does that mean it wasn’t good? In almost every field, people with insight, taste and experience admire and emulate good things that aren’t popular, and are...
journal – Winnie Lim
documenting my first experience with the risograph
Last weekend to celebrate our 94th month anniversary we decided to attend a beginner’s risograph...
9 months ago
Last weekend to celebrate our 94th month anniversary we decided to attend a beginner’s risograph workshop at Knuckles & Notch. To be very honest I haven’t heard of the word “risograph” until...
Liz Denys
Cancel Like Everything
Tracy Jenkins's For Like Ever poster is an iconic piece of "the millenial aesthetic." I've made a...
over a year ago
Tracy Jenkins's For Like Ever poster is an iconic piece of "the millenial aesthetic." I've made a new poster inspired by For Like Ever and the current need for social distance:
The texture in the clouds below the text is made up of no symbols and small x's:
I've made an A4...
Anecdotal Evidence
'It Is Pure Absence, No Place, Nowhere, Not'
I remember
in high school reading Louis Fischer’s The
Life of Lenin (1964), though all I retain of...
4 months ago
I remember
in high school reading Louis Fischer’s The
Life of Lenin (1964), though all I retain of the book is the account of
Lenin’s autopsy, following his death at age fifty-two from atherosclerosis.
When tapped with tweezers, his cerebral arteries pinged like stone. They...
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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6 months ago
NeuroLogica Blog
RFK Jr., Joe Rogan, and Vaccines
RFK Jr., who is now running for the Democratic presidential nomination, is anti-vaccine. He will...
a year ago
RFK Jr., who is now running for the Democratic presidential nomination, is anti-vaccine. He will vehemently deny this, but I don’t buy it for a second. He is simply playing the, “I’m not anti-vaccine, I am pro-safe vaccine” gambit, which is disingenuous and always has been. We...
Retail Design Blog
andwander GINZA SIX by Schemata Architects
and wander features a wide range of unisex items available in various colors. Each item has its own...
a month ago
and wander features a wide range of unisex items available in various colors. Each item has its own unique cutting...
computers are bad
2024-01-06 usb on the go
USB, the Universal Serial Bus, was first released in 1996. It did not achieve
widespread adoption...
11 months ago
USB, the Universal Serial Bus, was first released in 1996. It did not achieve
widespread adoption until some years later; for most of the '90s RS-232-ish
serial and its
awkward sibling the parallel port
were the norm for external peripheral. It's sort of surprising that USB...
Grow With Less
7 Lessons Every Blogger About to Quit Should Know
As someone who has been blogging for 10 years, I find most articles designed to encourage people to...
over a year ago
As someone who has been blogging for 10 years, I find most articles designed to encourage people to start blogging infuriating.
They paint blogging as this wonderful activity that will free you from your 9 to 5 job and solve all your problems.
They show you pictures of happy...
A Beautiful Site
Prefers Reduced Motion
By now, most devs are familiar with the prefers-reduced-motion media query that tells whether or not...
over a year ago
By now, most devs are familiar with the prefers-reduced-motion media query that tells whether or not a user prefers, well, reduced motion. You can use this to tone down (or turn off) transitions and animations in your stylesheet to accommodate users with vestibular motion...
Grow With Less
Here Is What a Disappointing Experiment Taught Me About Headline A/B Testing
After reading about the huge conversion boosts many bloggers got after A/B testing their headlines,...
over a year ago
After reading about the huge conversion boosts many bloggers got after A/B testing their headlines, I assumed A/B testing the headlines of 73 articles I have published on my language learning blog French Together would be a no brainer.
I could already picture myself writing a...
Citation Needed
Issue 52 – I am Sam's low-level culpability
Bitcoin prices are spiking. Are we in for another round of crypto mania? Also, Sam Bankman-Fried...
9 months ago
Bitcoin prices are spiking. Are we in for another round of crypto mania? Also, Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't want to go to jail for 100 years.
Epic Web Dev
Auto Layout in Figma (tip)
Figma's Auto Layout feature makes designing layouts feel more like building with Flexbox.
5 months ago
Figma's Auto Layout feature makes designing layouts feel more like building with Flexbox.
Working Theorys
Zero-Sum vs. Positive-Sum Product Theory | Theory No. 25
What kind of product are you building?
11 months ago
What kind of product are you building?
Londonist
Londonist: Time Machine Opens Its Archive For Easter
"It's so damned good!"
9 months ago
Uncharted...
GeoHistory News | Q3 2024
Longshoremen strike, Mexico – Spain conflict, how Islam propelled Europe more than Protestantism,...
2 months ago
Longshoremen strike, Mexico – Spain conflict, how Islam propelled Europe more than Protestantism, and more
Arduino Blog
Arduino IDE 2.3.3: discover new support for shared spaces and more!
We’re excited to announce that the Arduino IDE 2.3.3 is now live! What’s in the new version This...
2 months ago
We’re excited to announce that the Arduino IDE 2.3.3 is now live! What’s in the new version This new release is packed with improvements, including one feature we’re particularly proud of: support for shared spaces in Arduino Cloud. If you have a Cloud Business plan or School...
Steve Blank
The Three Pillars of World-class Corporate Innovation
My good friend Alexander Osterwalder, the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations...
over a year ago
My good friend Alexander Osterwalder, the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations of the Lean Methodology) has written a playbook (along with his associate partner Tendayi Viki,) From Innovation Theater to Growth Engine to explain how to build and implement...
Tony Dinh's...
My solopreneur story: zero to $45K/mo in 2 years
Today is exactly 2 years since I quit my job and become a full-time indie hacker.
a year ago
Today is exactly 2 years since I quit my job and become a full-time indie hacker.
Ink & Switch
Crosscut: Drawing Dynamic Models
Uniting the directness of pen & paper with the dynamism of software.
over a year ago
Uniting the directness of pen & paper with the dynamism of software.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#24)
Economists had a good 2023, degrowthers promising growth, the troubles in the humanities, U.S....
11 months ago
Economists had a good 2023, degrowthers promising growth, the troubles in the humanities, U.S. redistribution, and defense production
Max Rozen
Start your own app with React, GraphQL and Serverless architecture: Part 1 - Server-side Rendering,...
Start your own app with React, GraphQL and Serverless architecture: Part 1 - Server-side Rendering,...
over a year ago
Start your own app with React, GraphQL and Serverless architecture: Part 1 - Server-side Rendering, Serverlessly!
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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8 months ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Your Father's
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a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Also you'll want to call this tech support number your father called before you.
Today's News:
This is probably the right place to mention we made the thing people kept asking for.
Quanta Magazine
Researchers Refute a Widespread Belief About Online Algorithms
Three computer scientists have disproved a long-standing conjecture about a fundamental problem...
a year ago
Three computer scientists have disproved a long-standing conjecture about a fundamental problem involving imperfect information.
The post Researchers Refute a Widespread Belief About Online Algorithms first appeared on Quanta Magazine
A Smart Bear
Avoid blundering: 80% of a winning strategy
Why do startups typically fail? It turns out that "avoiding those things" is already a plan for...
8 months ago
Why do startups typically fail? It turns out that "avoiding those things" is already a plan for success.
NeuroLogica Blog
Titan Disaster and Risk vs Benefit
There has been a lot of discussion regarding the recent disaster of the Titan submersible. Was the...
a year ago
There has been a lot of discussion regarding the recent disaster of the Titan submersible. Was the risk justified? Who should be responsible for the safety issues? Who should be on the hook for the millions of dollars the rescue effort took? And why did this tragedy garner more...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
We asked for flying cars and all we got was the entire planet communicating instantly via pocket...
Benedict Evans has a new presentation about the explosive growth of internet-connected smartphones....
over a year ago
Benedict Evans has a new presentation about the explosive growth of internet-connected smartphones. By 2020, 80% of adults on earth will…
Basta’s Notes
25 terrible engineer interview questions
Ones that you should never ask
a year ago
Ones that you should never ask
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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9 months ago
Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 082: System prompts
August 30, 2024.
3 months ago
Max Rozen
Keeping up with React Libraries
React libraries are hard to keep track of. This article attempts to put the ones worth talking about...
over a year ago
React libraries are hard to keep track of. This article attempts to put the ones worth talking about on one page.
David Perell
Gagan Biyani: Building Silicon Valley Startups
My guest today is Gagan Biyani, the current CEO of an education startup (where I’m both an investor...
over a year ago
My guest today is Gagan Biyani, the current CEO of an education startup (where I’m both an investor and an advisor) that helps teachers run Cohort-Based Courses on the Internet and has students from around the world. Gagan also founded a multi-billion dollar online education...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Balloon
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Hovertext:
Unfortunately there's no plumber-bot to fix that...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Unfortunately there's no plumber-bot to fix that leak.
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Oykun
2023 Letter with 10 Lessons
I’ve been writing my 2023 reflections for myself and I thought I’d share them with you. This is a...
11 months ago
I’ve been writing my 2023 reflections for myself and I thought I’d share them with you. This is a bit of a long and personal one. Feel free to skip it if you like.
OK, let’s get to it!
Write
I've been
ntietz.com blog
First impressions of Gleam: lots of joys and some rough edges
My friend Erika is a big fan of Gleam, and her enthusiasm (and explicit encouragement) finally got...
4 months ago
My friend Erika is a big fan of Gleam, and her enthusiasm (and explicit encouragement) finally got me to learn the language.
It's a functional programming language which targets both the BEAM (Erlang's VM) and JavaScript.
This makes it appealing as a language that can target both...
Londonist
Behind The Blue Doors Of Brixton's Georgian Almshouse
Free exhibition comes to Lambeth Archives.
8 months ago
Free exhibition comes to Lambeth Archives.
The Ruffian
The Social Media Cage Fight
A Rattle Bag of Goodies, Including Some Shameless Self-Promotion
a year ago
A Rattle Bag of Goodies, Including Some Shameless Self-Promotion
Epic Web Dev
Direct Children Selector in Tailwind CSS (tip)
Simplify your Tailwind CSS code by styling direct children from the parent element.
11 months ago
Simplify your Tailwind CSS code by styling direct children from the parent element.
Tony Dinh's...
TypingMind is live
It's my first product launch of the year!
a year ago
It's my first product launch of the year!
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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a year ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'I Have Finally Written on Politics"
The April
1970 issue of the now-defunct New
American Review included one of those self-important...
a year ago
The April
1970 issue of the now-defunct New
American Review included one of those self-important symposia beloved by
editors, this one titled “The Writer’s Situation.” A surprising participant was
J.V. Cunningham, who seldom played the conventional literary game. A poet,
critic,...
CONTEMPORIST
Before + After – An Apartment Transformed With A New Interior
FCstudio has shared photos of an apartment renovation they completed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that...
3 months ago
FCstudio has shared photos of an apartment renovation they completed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that transformed the space into a contemporary and open interior. The design plan included removing walls and creating integrated spaces, like in the living room, which was once a smaller...
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