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Castles in the Sky's Seven Most Underrated Essays A look back to celebrate my son being ~7 days old
3rd Feb 2025
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Castles in the Sky's Seven Most Underrated Essays

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Feb 2025
A look back to celebrate my son being ~7 days old
Hilariously Fast Volume Computation with the Divergence Theorem (No, there won’t be jokes.) The following presents a fast algorithm for volume computation of...
16th Feb 2018
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Hilariously Fast Volume Computation with the Divergence Theorem

from On Life and Lisp [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Feb 2018
(No, there won’t be jokes.) The following presents a fast algorithm for volume computation of a simple, closed, triangulated 3D mesh. This assumption is a consequence of the divergence theorem. Further extensions may generalise to other meshes as well, although that is presently...
H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted To Know Don't give your true love a partridge, turtledoves, or (especially) French hens
1st Jan 2025
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H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

from Astral Codex Ten [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Jan 2025
Don't give your true love a partridge, turtledoves, or (especially) French hens
The Front-End Developer's Guide to the Terminal If you want to learn a modern JavaScript framework like React or Angular, you better be familiar...
19th Apr 2022
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The Front-End Developer's Guide to the Terminal

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

19th Apr 2022
If you want to learn a modern JavaScript framework like React or Angular, you better be familiar with the terminal! So many frameworks and tools assume that you're proficient with it, without ever explaining it. This blog post is your missing manual, covering all of the most...
The Lofstrom Loop: A Bridge to Space Imagine you could take a train ride to space. Tracks that slope up into the sky, higher and higher,...
9th Dec 2023
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The Lofstrom Loop: A Bridge to Space

from ToughSF [alt+shift+b] in science

9th Dec 2023
Imagine you could take a train ride to space. Tracks that slope up into the sky, higher and higher, until you reach a plateau above the planet where it’s a straight line up to orbital velocity. That’s what’s possible with a Lofstrom Loop. But sending you into orbit is just one...
Building openring with Jekyll Build Building openring with Jekyll Build 2022-12-02 I think it’s great when bloggers post their own...
2nd Dec 2022
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Building openring with Jekyll Build

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

2nd Dec 2022
Building openring with Jekyll Build 2022-12-02 I think it’s great when bloggers post their own personal “reading list” of blogs they themselves follow. Whether this is a customized Blogroll page or footnotes in their individual articles, I find it really helpful to find more...
Picturing an Exhibition: Closing the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale Much in the architecture world, and the world at large, has changed since the exhibition opened.
5th Dec 2023
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Picturing an Exhibition: Closing the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale

from Common Edge [alt+shift+b] in architecture

5th Dec 2023
Much in the architecture world, and the world at large, has changed since the exhibition opened.
Dinosaur Kingdom II A theme park in Virginia depicting the battles where dinosaurs attacked the Confederate army
1st Sep 2026
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Dinosaur Kingdom II

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

1st Sep 2026
A theme park in Virginia depicting the battles where dinosaurs attacked the Confederate army
Predicting the future of the Internet is easy: anything it hasn’t yet dramatically transformed, it... People love to focus on horse races:  NYC vs Silcon Valley, Facebook vs Twitter, IPO markets vs...
12th Jan 2011
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12th Jan 2011
People love to focus on horse races:  NYC vs Silcon Valley, Facebook vs Twitter, IPO markets vs private exchanges, the valuation of some…
9 years together To me, being in a relationship is like choosing to engage in a continuous power battle. I know it...
2nd May 2025
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9 years together

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2025
To me, being in a relationship is like choosing to engage in a continuous power battle. I know it sounds unromantic but age has taught me that the way to truly sustain...
APIs as ladders APIs are hard to learn. If you think about the learning curve of your API, you can design one that...
24th Jan 2022
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APIs as ladders

from sbensu [alt+shift+b] in literature

24th Jan 2022
APIs are hard to learn. If you think about the learning curve of your API, you can design one that works for beginners, novices, and experts.
Cool URLs Mean Something Earlier this month, MTV News abruptly pulled their site off the web without warning, eliminating a...
23rd Jul 2024
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Cool URLs Mean Something

from The History of the Web [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Jul 2024
Earlier this month, MTV News abruptly pulled their site off the web without warning, eliminating a virtual archive of pop […] The post Cool URLs Mean Something appeared first on The History of the Web.
1st Jan 2021
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2020 Year End Review

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jan 2021
How to Prepare for the CAPM Certification Exam "Wait, aren't you a software developer?" If it's not your first time on my blog, you might be...
14th Nov 2019
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How to Prepare for the CAPM Certification Exam

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Nov 2019
"Wait, aren't you a software developer?" If it's not your first time on my blog, you might be thinking: "Aren't you a prominent software developer, not a project manager?" Ok, maybe without the prominent part. But yes, you are right. I started working as a developer a few years...
He's not my friend. Appearances can be deceiving. When a man comes over to talk to me, I can't always speak my mind....
3rd Sep 2016
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He's not my friend.

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

3rd Sep 2016
Appearances can be deceiving. When a man comes over to talk to me, I can't always speak my mind. What I want to say is often not what someone else wants to hear, and I learned early in life that men who don't hear what they want to hear often get angry. Maybe that anger will...
ClockSquared improvements My ClockSquared project has a long history – it goes all the way back to 2015, when it was simply...
4th Feb 2023
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ClockSquared improvements

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

4th Feb 2023
My ClockSquared project has a long history – it goes all the way back to 2015, when it was simply called the “Birthday word clock”. I haven’t spent much time on the project in recent years, but I’ve upgraded the internals a while ago and finally felt like writing a post about it....
Fox and Bear: A Tender Modern Fable About Reversing the Anthropocene, Illustrated in Cut-Cardboard... An antidote to the civilizational compulsions that rob human nature of nature.
1st Jul 2023
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1st Jul 2023
An antidote to the civilizational compulsions that rob human nature of nature.
Summary of changes for July Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
2nd Jul 2022
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Summary of changes for July

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

2nd Jul 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Neon Genesis Evangelion Contributed by Peiran Tan Source: www.evangelion.co.jp ©カラー/Project Eva....
17th Oct 2019
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Neon Genesis Evangelion

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

17th Oct 2019
Contributed by Peiran Tan Source: www.evangelion.co.jp ©カラー/Project Eva. ©カラー/EVA製作委員会 ©カラー. License: All Rights Reserved. Created and directed by Hideaki Anno, Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, often abbreviated as NGE or simply EVA) is a Japanese media...
September 2022 Updates I don't know about you guys but September felt weird. Between all the rate hikes, inflation data,...
14th Oct 2022
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September 2022 Updates

from XO Capital - Field Notes [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Oct 2022
I don't know about you guys but September felt weird. Between all the rate hikes, inflation data, stock market drops, and crypto chills it was a tough month for sales. Also feels like nobody in tech is around August and September (myself included this year!). TLDR; September...
15th Apr 2025
30th Oct 2024
Is the Apple Watch the modern tool watch? I tested the Apple Watch during my work in Frankfurt this week where I had to go inside an internet...
1st Nov 2018
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Is the Apple Watch the modern tool watch?

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

1st Nov 2018
I tested the Apple Watch during my work in Frankfurt this week where I had to go inside an internet data centre.
Jigsaw Block Printing on Fabric Block printing onto fabric is such a fun way to create your own designs. Jigsaw printing allows you...
4th Jun 2025
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Jigsaw Block Printing on Fabric

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

4th Jun 2025
Block printing onto fabric is such a fun way to create your own designs. Jigsaw printing allows you to carve just one block to print a multi-coloured design. By cutting our carved block into jigsaw pieces we can ink them up separately and print onto the fabric, knowing they'll...
Just bury your trash What if everything we know about recycling is wrong?
2nd Sep 2026
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Just bury your trash

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

2nd Sep 2026
What if everything we know about recycling is wrong?
3 Pieces for Rethinking Identity Politics Mental health, neurodivergence, orientation, and the path ahead
3rd Nov 2024
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3 Pieces for Rethinking Identity Politics

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Nov 2024
Mental health, neurodivergence, orientation, and the path ahead
Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for extremely nuanced AI image generation Nano Banana allows 32,768 input tokens and I’m going to try to use them all dammit.
13th Nov 2025
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13th Nov 2025
Nano Banana allows 32,768 input tokens and I’m going to try to use them all dammit.
Python Versions Management With pyenv Using the latest version of Python is always a good idea. First of all - you get the new features...
3rd Feb 2021
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Python Versions Management With pyenv

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Feb 2021
Using the latest version of Python is always a good idea. First of all - you get the new features like the f-strings (Python 3.6), ordered dictionaries (officially guaranteed from Python 3.7, but already present in Python 3.6), or the union operator (Python 3.9). But even if you...
Announcing posetree.py: Wrangling Timestamps and Transforms for Robots A python library for doing pose math for fun and profit. (Although I open sourced it for free so, no...
10th Jul 2023
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Announcing posetree.py: Wrangling Timestamps and Transforms for Robots

from General Robots [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Jul 2023
A python library for doing pose math for fun and profit. (Although I open sourced it for free so, no profit for me I guess). Check it out!
About Being Grateful Reflecting on the importance of gratitude in a world driven by consumerism.
1st Jan 2026
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About Being Grateful

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jan 2026
Reflecting on the importance of gratitude in a world driven by consumerism.
The Brilliant, Unhinged Spectacle of Megalopolis A rare film that celebrates design and urban planning, Coppola’s latest epic is a mishmash of...
2nd Oct 2024
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The Brilliant, Unhinged Spectacle of Megalopolis

from Common Edge [alt+shift+b] in architecture

2nd Oct 2024
A rare film that celebrates design and urban planning, Coppola’s latest epic is a mishmash of architectural, cinematic, and literary history.
Proto-Modernist, Two Ways I doubt I’ll ever run out of blog fodder because of what happened with this photo: I’ve walked by...
1st Jul 2026
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Proto-Modernist, Two Ways

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Jul 2026
I doubt I’ll ever run out of blog fodder because of what happened with this photo: I’ve walked by 135 Hudson Street many times, but I finally remembered to take a picture. You don’t see something like this every day. The simple facts: it’s a warehouse completed in 1886, facing...
Announcing What Can’t I Press? I made an app! What Can’t I Press? is an app that allows you to: Read, search, and filter through...
15th Jun 2026
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Announcing What Can’t I Press?

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

15th Jun 2026
I made an app! What Can’t I Press? is an app that allows you to: Read, search, and filter through screen reader keyboard shortcuts. Scan open apps and add their keyboard shortcuts to the collection. Copy a keyboard shortcut to your clipboard, with modifier keys to format the...
2025 Predictions I was just enjoying Simon Willison’s predictions and, heck, why not. 1: The web becomes adversarial...
11th Jan 2025
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2025 Predictions

from macwright.com [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Jan 2025
I was just enjoying Simon Willison’s predictions and, heck, why not. 1: The web becomes adversarial to AI The history of search engines is sort of an arms race between websites and search engines. Back in the early 2000s, juicing your ranking on search engines was pretty easy -...
Automating updates to a digital vigil November 20th each year is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). It is a day when we memorialize...
24th Nov 2025
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Automating updates to a digital vigil

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

24th Nov 2025
November 20th each year is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). It is a day when we memorialize those who've been lost to transphobia, through violence or suicide. And each year, I make the most difficult git commit of the year, updating the list of names in the digital vigil...
2nd Oct 2025
UXers and Product Managers Both Say Others Intrude on Their Work "Summary: A survey of 372 UX and PM professionals shows that duplicative work is frequent and...
2nd Feb 2023
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UXers and Product Managers Both Say Others Intrude on Their Work

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

2nd Feb 2023
"Summary: A survey of 372 UX and PM professionals shows that duplicative work is frequent and generates confusion and inefficiency. The first four questions are discussed in this article. A companion article covers the last two. "
The best general advice on earth These are excerpts (emphasis mine) from William James's 1890 classic, Principles of Psychology,...
26th Jul 2012
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The best general advice on earth

from the jsomers.net blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Jul 2012
These are excerpts (emphasis mine) from William James's 1890 classic, Principles of Psychology, Chapter IV, "Habit": The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy. It is to fund and capitalize our acquisitions, and live at...
Apple Watch as Phone Imagine a week without your smartphone, replaced solely by the sleek simplicity of a smartwatch....
9th Nov 2023
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Apple Watch as Phone

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

9th Nov 2023
Imagine a week without your smartphone, replaced solely by the sleek simplicity of a smartwatch. This week I did this, leaving my smartphone behind and letting an Apple Watch take the helm. Many hail this as a liberating escape from our attention-seeking digital sidekicks, but...
2nd Jan 2026
3rd Jan 2025
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AI Roundup 099: Apocalypse Not

from Artificial Ignorance [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Jan 2025
January 3, 2025.
The Cult of Microsoft At the core of Microsoft, a three-trillion-dollar hardware and software company, lies a kind of...
1st Nov 2024
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The Cult of Microsoft

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Nov 2024
At the core of Microsoft, a three-trillion-dollar hardware and software company, lies a kind of social poison — an ill-defined, cult-like pseudo-scientific concept called 'The Growth Mindset" that drives company decision-making in everything from how products are sold, to how...
Training for climbing (progress update) I am at the end of my second iteration of climbing training, and this is how it went and what I...
3rd Jun 2013
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Training for climbing (progress update)

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

3rd Jun 2013
I am at the end of my second iteration of climbing training, and this is how it went and what I learned: I completed the workout twelve times, but I took a twelve-day break between workout eleven and twelve. I first skipped a workout because I had ripped skin open on one of my...
The Birth of THE MERGE Sitting at lunch one day, the GitButler team were having our usual conversations of how awesome our...
24th May 2024
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The Birth of THE MERGE

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th May 2024
Sitting at lunch one day, the GitButler team were having our usual conversations of how awesome our community is, product feature ideas, and how much Kiril loves food. As we shifted toward the topic of conferences, the idea of hosting our own event emerged. Wouldn’t it be fun to...
AI Skills and Job Market, Q3 2026 An overview of the current state of the engineering market and the AI skills that are in demand
12th Sep 2026
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AI Skills and Job Market, Q3 2026

from AI for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th Sep 2026
An overview of the current state of the engineering market and the AI skills that are in demand
Suite smells: undertesting and overtesting Tests are great, provided they actually test something. But are your tests too optimistic...
8th Dec 2024
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Suite smells: undertesting and overtesting

from Blog - Bitfield Consulting [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Dec 2024
Tests are great, provided they actually test something. But are your tests too optimistic (assuming the code already works), or too persnickety (testing the irrelevant)?
Case study home #3 - Vernacular vibes near Budapest Local vernacular passive house among the vines
10th Jun 2025
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Case study home #3 - Vernacular vibes near Budapest

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

10th Jun 2025
Local vernacular passive house among the vines
Fermat’s Last Theorem — how it’s going So I'm two months into trying to teach a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem to a computer. We already...
11th Dec 2024
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Fermat’s Last Theorem — how it’s going

from Xena [alt+shift+b] in AI

11th Dec 2024
So I'm two months into trying to teach a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem to a computer. We already have one interesting story, which I felt was worth sharing. Continue reading →
Computational Notebooks Shareable, browser-based documents that can compile and run code
18th Apr 2023
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Computational Notebooks

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

18th Apr 2023
Shareable, browser-based documents that can compile and run code
What the hell is a Webmention? If you're mentioned on the internet and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
1st Aug 2025
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What the hell is a Webmention?

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

1st Aug 2025
If you're mentioned on the internet and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Digital vs analog error correction The purpose of this writeup was to summarize something interesting I learned recently, to make sure...
3rd May 2020
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Digital vs analog error correction

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

3rd May 2020
The purpose of this writeup was to summarize something interesting I learned recently, to make sure I understood it. I figured others might find it interesting, too. ~ ~ ~ Digital signal processing corrects for errors better than its analog counterpart. This is one of the...
Reader Mailbag: Struggling to do it all A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and...
9th Mar 2024
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Reader Mailbag: Struggling to do it all

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

9th Mar 2024
A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and getting in touch with their identity outside of work.
Sorting with Fibonacci Numbers and a Knuth Reward Check The following incredibly small sorting algorithm has an $O(n^{4/3})$ worst-case runtime: def...
31st Dec 2025
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Sorting with Fibonacci Numbers and a Knuth Reward Check

from orlp.net - Blog Archive [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Dec 2025
The following incredibly small sorting algorithm has an $O(n^{4/3})$ worst-case runtime: def fibonacci_sort(v): a, b = 1, 1 while a * b < len(v): a, b = b, a + b while a > 0: a, b = b - a, a g = a * b for i in range(g, len(v)): ...
The Microwave Economy America has become a Microwave Economy. We’ve overwhelmingly used our wealth to make the world...
1st Mar 2021
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The Microwave Economy

from David Perell [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Mar 2021
America has become a Microwave Economy. We’ve overwhelmingly used our wealth to make the world cheaper instead of more beautiful, more functional instead of more meaningful. The post The Microwave Economy appeared first on David Perell.
Some ideas for native bitcoin apps Fred Wilson calls applications built using Bitcoin that couldn't have existed prior to Bitcoin...
4th Oct 2014
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Some ideas for native bitcoin apps

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Oct 2014
Fred Wilson calls applications built using Bitcoin that couldn't have existed prior to Bitcoin "native Bitcoin apps". Most of the…
Nuclear Photon Rockets: Flashlights to the Stars In this post, we will have a look at the concept of using a nuclear photon rocket for interstellar...
16th Nov 2020
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Nuclear Photon Rockets: Flashlights to the Stars

from ToughSF [alt+shift+b] in science

16th Nov 2020
In this post, we will have a look at the concept of using a nuclear photon rocket for interstellar travel. They are an old concept that should theoretically be the ultimate form of relativistic propulsion. However, today they are unknown or unpopular. Why might that be the...
Tokyo Ruby Kaigi 05 ![Speaker](https://www.tokyodev.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6...
5th Feb 2011
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Tokyo Ruby Kaigi 05

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Feb 2011
![Speaker](https://www.tokyodev.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBaEFsIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--1169db2c72c9703ffc256e380c62cb2f19df8c6e/tokyorubykaigi_speaker.jpg) [Tokyo Ruby Kaigi...
Beauty Is Stone Cold in the Arts, but Hot as a Consumer Product The state of aesthetics in the 21st century is very, very strange
1st Jun 2025
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Beauty Is Stone Cold in the Arts, but Hot as a Consumer Product

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2025
The state of aesthetics in the 21st century is very, very strange
Adventures in Outsourcing: Cooking with TaskRabbit Overview For the past few years, I’ve been outsourcing tasks from my daily life whenever possible. I...
11th Jan 2017
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Adventures in Outsourcing: Cooking with TaskRabbit

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

11th Jan 2017
Overview For the past few years, I’ve been outsourcing tasks from my daily life whenever possible. I tend to be more limited in time than money, so if paying $30 can save me an hour, I consider that a good deal. I recently started experimenting with the keto diet, which focuses...
0.9999... ≊ 1 What is infinity, and why it's not trivial to show that 0.9999... is equal to 1.
1st Jun 2025
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0.9999... ≊ 1

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

1st Jun 2025
What is infinity, and why it's not trivial to show that 0.9999... is equal to 1.
Never Bet Against America Why the US Is Overpowered
4th Sep 2025
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Never Bet Against America

from Uncharted Territories [alt+shift+b] in science

4th Sep 2025
Why the US Is Overpowered
How and Why fork() Uses Copy-on-Write In this video, we look at why fork() needs copy-on-write, how it works inside the kernel, and a...
2nd Oct 2026
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How and Why fork() Uses Copy-on-Write

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

2nd Oct 2026
In this video, we look at why fork() needs copy-on-write, how it works inside the kernel, and a memory usage problem that Instagram encountered with Python.
22nd Jun 2017
Weekly Dose of Optimism #169 BIG WEEK IN SPACE, Poseidon, Vulcan's $1.4B, Antibody Design, Chinese TMSR, Aquarius Economy, Space...
7th Nov 2025
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #169

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Nov 2025
BIG WEEK IN SPACE, Poseidon, Vulcan's $1.4B, Antibody Design, Chinese TMSR, Aquarius Economy, Space DJ, and Three Things I enjoyed
Questionable Advice: “My boss says we don’t need any engineering managers. Is he right?” I recently joined a startup to run an engineering org of about 30-40 engineers. My title is VP...
5th Jan 2024
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5th Jan 2024
I recently joined a startup to run an engineering org of about 30-40 engineers. My title is VP Engineering. However, I have been having lots of ongoing conflict with the CEO (a former engineer) around whether or not I am allowed to have or hire any dedicated engineering managers....
American Elections Are Unfair Unfortunately, unfairness is baked in
5th Nov 2024
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American Elections Are Unfair

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

5th Nov 2024
Unfortunately, unfairness is baked in
March 2020 Update Hello friends! I want to start by saying we wish you the very best during this unprecedented time in...
22nd Mar 2020
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March 2020 Update

from Oxide Computer Company Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Mar 2020
Hello friends! I want to start by saying we wish you the very best during this unprecedented time in which we are all united. Our thoughts go out to everyone working hard to help those in need. We wish you and your families health and resilience. Hard at work…​ and growing A lot...
Four-Course Python Data Structures and Algorithms Track Released We recently took a look at our course curriculum and felt that our current Learn Algorithms course,...
4th Oct 2021
1

Four-Course Python Data Structures and Algorithms Track Released

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

4th Oct 2021
We recently took a look at our course curriculum and felt that our current Learn Algorithms course, written in Go, would be better served if it covered Python instead. After much deliberation, we decided to rewrite the course, and we’re super excited to have now released the...
A new job, a new life Last month, I started a new job working as a fullstack software engineer at ClassDojo. This was an...
3rd Jul 2025
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A new job, a new life

from Bryan Braun - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jul 2025
Last month, I started a new job working as a fullstack software engineer at ClassDojo. This was an interesting job transition for me. It was the first time I got caught up in layoffs and the first time that I ended up with multiple job offers to choose from. As I weighed the...
Announcing the 2021 International Developers in Japan Survey The 2021 International Developers in Japan Survey is now live! By taking this survey, you'll be...
1st Nov 2021
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Announcing the 2021 International Developers in Japan Survey

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Nov 2021
The 2021 International Developers in Japan Survey is now live! By taking this survey, you'll be helping other developers living here better understand the experience of their peers, and also help people considering making the move here understand what working here is actually...
Help Me Help You, Maintainers My plea with OSS maintainers on how they can help me help them.
7th Mar 2025
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Help Me Help You, Maintainers

from matduggan.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Mar 2025
My plea with OSS maintainers on how they can help me help them.
The Overcast Redesign: Part One Overcast’s latest update (2022.2) brings the largest redesign in its nearly-eight-year history, plus...
25th Mar 2022
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The Overcast Redesign: Part One

from Marco.org [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Mar 2022
Overcast’s latest update (2022.2) brings the largest redesign in its nearly-eight-year history, plus many of the most frequently requested features and lots of under-the-hood improvements. I’m pretty proud of this one. For this first and largest phase of the redesign, I focused...
GitButler 0.12 - "Stingy Baker" New GitButler release is out! Undo anything, modify your commits with ease, new AI stuff and more!
3rd Jun 2024
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GitButler 0.12 - "Stingy Baker"

from GitButler [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jun 2024
New GitButler release is out! Undo anything, modify your commits with ease, new AI stuff and more!
Movement for Engineers Until we get get to be chromed-up cyborgs, we’re stuck with our meat bodies, and like many things,...
9th Jul 2023
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Movement for Engineers

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

9th Jul 2023
Until we get get to be chromed-up cyborgs, we’re stuck with our meat bodies, and like many things, they need regular maintenance. Here is a brief introduction to keeping your body moving as someone who spends a lot of time sitting down.
Apologies and forgiveness The first in a series of posts about doing things the right way
5th Sep 2025
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Apologies and forgiveness

from Basta’s Notes [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Sep 2025
The first in a series of posts about doing things the right way
React.js: The Documentary In mid-2022 I had a great time taking part in a documentary about the JavaScript framework ReactJS...
12th Dec 2022
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React.js: The Documentary

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Dec 2022
In mid-2022 I had a great time taking part in a documentary about the JavaScript framework ReactJS by the good people at Honeypot, along with many wonderful engineers who also played a part in its success. The film focuses on the early years in the life of ReactJS, including...
Learn more about your subscribers! FullContact makes it easy to learn about your readers.
10th Oct 2017
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Learn more about your subscribers!

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

10th Oct 2017
FullContact makes it easy to learn about your readers.
7th Dec 2016
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The time of our lives

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Dec 2016
Persisting React State in localStorage A common thing in React development is that we want to store a bit of React state in localStorage,...
24th Feb 2020
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Persisting React State in localStorage

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

24th Feb 2020
A common thing in React development is that we want to store a bit of React state in localStorage, and re-initialize from that value on the next page-load. This quick tutorial shows you how we can build a custom hook that does exactly this!
Aridity Incarnate The American West, Fiction, and Water
1st Oct 2024
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Aridity Incarnate

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Oct 2024
The American West, Fiction, and Water
Buffer's investor update on COVID-19 impact and approach Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Ever since the world got turned upside down by...
8th Apr 2020
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Buffer's investor update on COVID-19 impact and approach

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

8th Apr 2020
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Ever since the world got turned upside down by COVID-19, it’s been “business as unusual” for everyone – Buffer included. I sent this update out to Buffer’s investors one week ago. I hesitated on whether
Today’s Home Screen As I start to make a concerted effort to turn down my phone and social media usage, I’ve moved to a...
20th Sep 2025
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Today’s Home Screen

from I am BARRY HESS [alt+shift+b] in travel

20th Sep 2025
As I start to make a concerted effort to turn down my phone and social media usage, I’ve moved to a new Home Screen experiment. First, I tried Dumb Phone. It’s good! The immediate impact of no icons was pretty effective, but I realized over time it trained me to search-then-open...
Against supplements My methods and my madness
2 days ago
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Against supplements

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

2 days ago
My methods and my madness
Housekeeping 20241208 Corrections, stats, and an update
8th Dec 2024
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Housekeeping 20241208

from Abort Retry Fail [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Dec 2024
Corrections, stats, and an update
How Rick and Morty fans helped McDonald’s SzeChuan sauce scarcity marketing McDonald's Szechaun Sauce announcement The #SzechuanSauce fiasco with McDonald’s is a very...
9th Oct 2017
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How Rick and Morty fans helped McDonald’s SzeChuan sauce scarcity marketing

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Oct 2017
McDonald's Szechaun Sauce announcement The #SzechuanSauce fiasco with McDonald’s is a very interesting (successful ?) example of scarcity marketing and targeting intellectuals for generating bandwagon effect. Some BG : Rick and MortyBuy, a science fiction animated show with the...
Maybe You Do Need Kubernetes Theo has this great video on Kubernetes, currently titled “You Don’t Need Kubernetes”. I’m a...
8th Mar 2024
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Maybe You Do Need Kubernetes

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

8th Mar 2024
Theo has this great video on Kubernetes, currently titled “You Don’t Need Kubernetes”. I’m a Kubernetes enjoyer (I even wrote a course on it, but I’m not here to argue about that. The part of the video I do want to discuss has nothing to do with k8s. It’s where Theo draws the...
Play the card game "War" in my avatar I programed a dynamic avatar that plays the card game war.
12th Nov 2008
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Play the card game "War" in my avatar

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

12th Nov 2008
I programed a dynamic avatar that plays the card game war.
A Beginner's Guide to Continuous Integration in Python Imagine this: you're working on a Python project, and you're annoyed that each time you create a new...
23rd Dec 2023
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A Beginner's Guide to Continuous Integration in Python

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Dec 2023
Imagine this: you're working on a Python project, and you're annoyed that each time you create a new merge (or pull) request, you must remember to run tests. Or maybe you configured your code editor to run black each time you save a file, but your colleagues didn't. Every time...
I finally found an use case for my Raspberry Pi Model B+ You have probably heard about the Raspberry Pi. It’s a nice little affordable single-board computer...
1st Nov 2022
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I finally found an use case for my Raspberry Pi Model B+

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Nov 2022
You have probably heard about the Raspberry Pi. It’s a nice little affordable single-board computer with a huge community using it for all sorts of projects. I got my first Raspberry Pi, the Model B+, during my first year at university, which was around the winter of...
Aerial Glacier Photographs A collection of 100,000 striking high-resolution aerial photos of glaciers, photographed over 40...
18th Jun 2024
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Aerial Glacier Photographs

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

18th Jun 2024
A collection of 100,000 striking high-resolution aerial photos of glaciers, photographed over 40 years with a 63-pound WW II surveillance camera.
OMB proposed rule changes - act now For non-US folks, feel free to skip.  For US folks:  The Office of Management and Budget, which for...
6th Jul 2026
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OMB proposed rule changes - act now

from nanoscale views [alt+shift+b] in science

6th Jul 2026
For non-US folks, feel free to skip.  For US folks:  The Office of Management and Budget, which for much of its history has been a comparatively uncontroversial element of the executive branch, has set rules and guidelines for how many executive-branch agencies conduct business...
Teaching the Cardinal Directions to Young Students Learning the cardinal directions is an important but often neglected aspect of early geographical...
20th Nov 2025
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Teaching the Cardinal Directions to Young Students

from GeoCurrents [alt+shift+b] in cartography

20th Nov 2025
Learning the cardinal directions is an important but often neglected aspect of early geographical education. It is my impression that the understanding of cardinal directions, like most other aspects of geography, is in sharp decline. There are several reasons for this...
When Imperfect Systems are Good, Actually: Bluesky's Lossy Timelines Often when designing systems, we aim for perfection in things like consistency of data,...
19th Feb 2025
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19th Feb 2025
Often when designing systems, we aim for perfection in things like consistency of data, availability, latency, and more. The hardest part of system design is that it’s difficult (if not impossible) to design systems that have perfect consistency, perfect availability, incredibly...
My E-Reader Setup My E-Reader Setup Posted on August 10, 2023 This post is from a legacy version of this blog! No...
10th Aug 2023
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My E-Reader Setup

from videah.net [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Aug 2023
My E-Reader Setup Posted on August 10, 2023 This post is from a legacy version of this blog! No changes have been made to the content in the migration, so things might read weird. I bought an e-reader recently, specifically the Kobo Libra 2. I felt like I wasn’t reading...
9th Jun 2025
Consider Part-Time Work It has long been predicted that with more automation and more technology, we could all work less and...
26th Sep 2016
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Consider Part-Time Work

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

26th Sep 2016
It has long been predicted that with more automation and more technology, we could all work less and have more leisure time, but we continue to fall short of that promise. In many ways, we're working harder and longer, with more stress, than previous generations did. I think that...
Money laundering and AML compliance A brief overview of what money laundering is, what financial institutions do about it, and why.
10th Feb 2023
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Money laundering and AML compliance

from Bits about Money [alt+shift+b] in finance

10th Feb 2023
A brief overview of what money laundering is, what financial institutions do about it, and why.
Doing what you think, not what you thought Whenever I talk about working in real-time, making decisions as you go, figuring things out now...
8th Apr 2025
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Doing what you think, not what you thought

from Jason Fried [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Apr 2025
Whenever I talk about working in real-time, making decisions as you go, figuring things out now rather than before, I get a question like this... "If you don't have a backlog, or deep sets of prioritized, ranked items, how do you decide what to do next?" My answer:  The same...
Fireside: Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft live in SF Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
31st Oct 2023
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Fireside: Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft live in SF

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

31st Oct 2023
Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
Anthropic is making a huge mistake For context, Anthropic again blocked opencode from the Claude Code API. I wasn’t planning to try...
14th Jan 2026
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Anthropic is making a huge mistake

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

14th Jan 2026
For context, Anthropic again blocked opencode from the Claude Code API. I wasn’t planning to try other models today, but now that’s all I’m going to be doing. I’m sure they have a massive influx of users on Claude Code since Opus 4.5, I’ve been recommending it to everyone. But...
CSS Video Backgrounds CSS Video Backgrounds 2018-04-16 With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3,...
16th Apr 2018
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CSS Video Backgrounds

from Making software better without sacrificing user experience. [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Apr 2018
CSS Video Backgrounds 2018-04-16 With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3, developers now have the ability to support background videos (mp4 support only - at the time of this article) with pure CSS. Example: .video-background { background-image:...
12th Jun 2018
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Shoes

from Seldo.com [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Jun 2018
Why I refrain from infosec punditry If you know about my professional background, the most puzzling aspect of this Substack must be that...
16th Apr 2026
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Why I refrain from infosec punditry

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

16th Apr 2026
If you know about my professional background, the most puzzling aspect of this Substack must be that I don’t use it to talk about my primary field of expertise: information security.
Hearts, stars, and trumpets: the things I 'favorite' but don't 'like' Twitter recently changed "favorites" to "likes". We want to make Twitter easier and more rewarding...
5th Nov 2015
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Hearts, stars, and trumpets: the things I 'favorite' but don't 'like'

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

5th Nov 2015
Twitter recently changed "favorites" to "likes". We want to make Twitter easier and more rewarding to use, and we know that at times the star could be confusing, especially to newcomers. You might like a lot of things, but not everything can be your favorite. It's true - not...
'Try to Make Something New' Almost the only thing I ever write down so I don’t forget it is the grocery list. Sporadically I...
1st Feb 2026
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'Try to Make Something New'

from Anecdotal Evidence [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Feb 2026
Almost the only thing I ever write down so I don’t forget it is the grocery list. Sporadically I kept a diary when younger but each time the essential tedium of recording quotidian events defeated me. I discovered that most of my own life, the practical stuff that consumes so...
Prefer STRICT tables in SQLite In short: I prefer strict tables in SQLite because they avoid some datatype problems, such as...
11th Jul 2026
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Prefer STRICT tables in SQLite

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Jul 2026
In short: I prefer strict tables in SQLite because they avoid some datatype problems, such as putting text in number columns. SQLite has a feature that I think is underrated: strict tables. Strict tables help enforce rigid typing, preventing mistakes like putting text into...
icons @ sketch hi everyone 〜 ♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪ i’ve been debating how to use this blog – for now i’ve renamed it from...
14th Mar 2025
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icons @ sketch

from ramsés cabello [alt+shift+b] in design

14th Mar 2025
hi everyone 〜 ♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪ i’ve been debating how to use this blog – for now i’ve renamed it from “blog” to “journal” as i want to keep posts written from a more personal point of view and include a closer look at some of the design work. for the past week i spent sometime drawing...
My Weekly Reader November 6, 1961 It is your Weekly Reader for this week of November 6, 1961. Here is the space flight news of this...
6th Jun 2025
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My Weekly Reader November 6, 1961

from Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera [alt+shift+b] in history

6th Jun 2025
It is your Weekly Reader for this week of November 6, 1961. Here is the space flight news of this week.
The Flamethrowers “Making art was really about the problem of the soul, of losing it. It was a technique for...
1st Mar 2025
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The Flamethrowers

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2025
“Making art was really about the problem of the soul, of losing it. It was a technique for inhabiting the world. For not dissolving into it.”
Notes on Acquired Taste Why Do We Make an Effort To Like Things?
4th Jul 2026
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Notes on Acquired Taste

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Jul 2026
Why Do We Make an Effort To Like Things?
Programming on Apple Watch Programming with VIM over SSH on Apple Watch using a bluetooth keyboard
15th Feb 2017
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Programming on Apple Watch

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

15th Feb 2017
Programming with VIM over SSH on Apple Watch using a bluetooth keyboard
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911) The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2nd Dec 2024
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2nd Dec 2024
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
2nd May 2017
Organisms Are Not Made Of Atoms Individuality is a process.
12th Feb 2022
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Organisms Are Not Made Of Atoms

from SubAnima [alt+shift+b] in science

12th Feb 2022
Individuality is a process.
Postwar Postwar is not a book so much as it is a college course on 20th century Europe. Judt makes it clear...
2nd Sep 2020
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Postwar

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Sep 2020
Postwar is not a book so much as it is a college course on 20th century Europe. Judt makes it clear in his introduction that rather than try and propose a grand theory or specific thesis with which to plumb the six decades following World War II, he wrote the book in an exercise...
Why 'Product Engineer' is the most fun role I've had in tech In my career so far (admittedly not that long, though no one mistakes me for a college kid any...
2nd Feb 2023
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Why 'Product Engineer' is the most fun role I've had in tech

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Feb 2023
In my career so far (admittedly not that long, though no one mistakes me for a college kid any longer, womp womp) I've done a little bit of a lot…
Release Valve Principles The choices you make when you can't make a choice.
11th Oct 2023
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Release Valve Principles

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Oct 2023
The choices you make when you can't make a choice.
Language Under Digital Conditions: Power and Action The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 1
6th Feb 2023
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Language Under Digital Conditions: Power and Action

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Feb 2023
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 1
GPT-4o There are two things from our announcement today I wanted to highlight. First, a key part of our...
13th May 2024
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GPT-4o

from Sam Altman [alt+shift+b] in AI

13th May 2024
There are two things from our announcement today I wanted to highlight. First, a key part of our mission is to put very capable AI tools in the hands of people for free (or at a great price). I am very proud that we’ve made the best model in the world available for free in...
Nick Kolenda Reviews Preceden Nick Kolenda is an author, teacher, and consultant who specializes in the psychology of marketing...
20th Dec 2021
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Nick Kolenda Reviews Preceden

from Matt Mazur [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Dec 2021
Nick Kolenda is an author, teacher, and consultant who specializes in the psychology of marketing and related topics like pricing optimization, sales psychology, and website behavior. He’s also happens to be a regular in a poker game I host each week. A few months back he...
Deciding whether an investment is worthwhile Why "expected value" doesn't work; here's a better framework for making long-term investments in...
4th Feb 2024
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Deciding whether an investment is worthwhile

from A Smart Bear [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Feb 2024
Why "expected value" doesn't work; here's a better framework for making long-term investments in your career, startup, and life.
Android Shmup Six months ago I released the source code of "SHMUP": a modest indie 3D shoot'em up designed for...
23rd Feb 2012
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Android Shmup

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Feb 2012
Six months ago I released the source code of "SHMUP": a modest indie 3D shoot'em up designed for iOS. Since it did honorably on the Apple Appstore I offered anyone to port it to Android Appmarket for a 50/50 revenues split. Two developers consecutively took on the challenge only...
Monolithic vs Microservices software architecture This week I flew to Gothenburg to meet people from a large international shipping company, talking...
2nd Mar 2020
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Monolithic vs Microservices software architecture

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

2nd Mar 2020
This week I flew to Gothenburg to meet people from a large international shipping company, talking about the development of enterprise level software. During the meeting there were various experts in the room, one of them asked me on choosing the right software architecture (for...
Issue tracking for your workflow I've been using GitHub issues to track problems with my workflow.
18th Nov 2013
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Issue tracking for your workflow

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

18th Nov 2013
I've been using GitHub issues to track problems with my workflow.
Is it time for Post-Stoicism? Stoicism has never been more popular. Is it time for a reaction?
12th Nov 2025
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Is it time for Post-Stoicism?

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Nov 2025
Stoicism has never been more popular. Is it time for a reaction?
Joining TCG Crypto I am thrilled to share that I am joining the team at TCG, The Chernin Group, to focus on the firm’s...
14th Sep 2021
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Joining TCG Crypto

from Greater Still by Gaby Goldberg [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Sep 2021
I am thrilled to share that I am joining the team at TCG, The Chernin Group, to focus on the firm’s investments at the intersection of consumer and crypto.
On PBKDF2 iterations There has been a lot of discussion recently around the LastPass breach, especially with regards to...
9th Jan 2023
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On PBKDF2 iterations

from Neil Madden [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Jan 2023
There has been a lot of discussion recently around the LastPass breach, especially with regards to the number of PBKDF2 iterations applied to the master password to derive the vault encryption key. Other people have already dissected this particular breach, but I want to more...
TinyPilot: Month 4 Highlights TinyPilot hit $10k in revenue. That’s a record high for me and exceeds my total revenue...
3rd Nov 2020
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TinyPilot: Month 4

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

3rd Nov 2020
Highlights TinyPilot hit $10k in revenue. That’s a record high for me and exceeds my total revenue for all of 2019. I interviewed several IT consultants and business owners about what TinyPilot features would be useful to them. I tested several new marketing channels and realized...
A Walkthrough of *that* React Suspense Demo Annotated commentary on the code behind the Movie search demo featuring React Suspense
2nd Mar 2018
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A Walkthrough of *that* React Suspense Demo

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

2nd Mar 2018
Annotated commentary on the code behind the Movie search demo featuring React Suspense
Kawabata's The Sound of the Mountain - He began to feel that there was some sort of special little... Dolce Bellezza hosted her 19th Japanese Literature Challenge last month.  Once I have written...
7th Feb 2026
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7th Feb 2026
Dolce Bellezza hosted her 19th Japanese Literature Challenge last month.  Once I have written this post it will be the 54th book in this year’s event.  Amazing. The book is Yasunari Kawabata’s The Sound of the Mountain (1954, serialized 1949-54).  The sound of the mountain is a...
Ink Note Jan-Feb '26: How PlayBook Processes User Input The motivation and design of our input processing system
20th Feb 2026
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Ink Note Jan-Feb '26: How PlayBook Processes User Input

from Ink & Switch [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Feb 2026
The motivation and design of our input processing system
The Brunch Test | Theory No. 16 A framework for building products that balance familiarity with freshness.
4th Oct 2023
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The Brunch Test | Theory No. 16

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Oct 2023
A framework for building products that balance familiarity with freshness.
Sphere Packing Solved in Higher Dimensions The Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska has solved the centuries-old sphere-packing problem in...
7th Apr 2016
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Sphere Packing Solved in Higher Dimensions

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

7th Apr 2016
The Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska has solved the centuries-old sphere-packing problem in dimensions eight and 24. The post Sphere Packing Solved in Higher Dimensions first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Anxious People The friend who suggested this book for book club prefaced it with "I like this author because...
4th Nov 2020
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Anxious People

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Nov 2020
The friend who suggested this book for book club prefaced it with "I like this author because nothing is left to subtext", and that certainly is true! If you are ever looking for a book in which the author tells you exactly what everything means and what everyone is thinking and...
passive obsession meditations on fantasy school and creativity
1st Sep 2025
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passive obsession

from bookbear express [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Sep 2025
meditations on fantasy school and creativity
MLIR Part 11 - Matrix Multiplication and Attention Matrix Multiplication and Attention We have GELU, softmax and layer normalization expressed as...
1st May 2026
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MLIR Part 11 - Matrix Multiplication and Attention

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

1st May 2026
Matrix Multiplication and Attention We have GELU, softmax and layer normalization expressed as Python functions over our tensor language. Most of a transformer's arithmetic, however, comes from matrix multiplication. Adding it will let us assemble attention without introducing a...
Not all blog posts are created equal For a while now, this website has been my own personal writer’s block. I was struggling to write,...
26th Dec 2024
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Not all blog posts are created equal

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Dec 2024
For a while now, this website has been my own personal writer’s block. I was struggling to write, even when I had good ideas; if I wrote something I liked, I was often reluctant to publish it; if somebody asked to read the site, I’d wince before giving them the link. Something...
AI Story AI Story: The Song of Broken Wings Claude did this a while ago in one session. It’s not entirely...
10th Aug 2025
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AI Story

from matt.sh [alt+shift+b] in AI

10th Aug 2025
AI Story: The Song of Broken Wings Claude did this a while ago in one session. It’s not entirely bad. The Song of Broken Wings Part One: Autumn Harmonics Chapter 1: The Boy Who Fell The first time Eliot Waugh saw him, the boy was bleeding music. Not blood—though there was that...
Chromecast Backgrounds I finally had a chance to use my Chromecast over the past few weeks. In doing so I noticed that the...
28th Jan 2014
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Chromecast Backgrounds

from Alex Meub [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Jan 2014
I finally had a chance to use my Chromecast over the past few weeks. In doing so I noticed that the background images that cycle through the home screen are pretty awesome. I looked into it and was able to find the URL that this page uses and pull all the images using a Node...
The Bad Goal of $5m by 30 And perhaps a better framing
6th Mar 2023
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The Bad Goal of $5m by 30

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

6th Mar 2023
And perhaps a better framing
Tuesday My breathing was a constant problem.
10th Sep 2026
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Tuesday

from Scope of Work [alt+shift+b] in startups

10th Sep 2026
My breathing was a constant problem.
Building a Better Custom Haskell Prelude Building a Better Custom Haskell Prelude The Haskell Prelude is the default import into all Haskell...
7th Apr 2016
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Building a Better Custom Haskell Prelude

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

7th Apr 2016
Building a Better Custom Haskell Prelude The Haskell Prelude is the default import into all Haskell modules, it provides -XNoImplicitPrelude language extension. There are two philosophies on building new Preludes: Big Vehicle Prelude - Fix most of the deficiencies in the Prelude...
Issue 59 – Hot damn, this is going to get interesting quickly Are US legislators warming to crypto? The SEC approves Ethereum ETPs, and a crypto bill gets through...
7th Jun 2024
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Issue 59 – Hot damn, this is going to get interesting quickly

from Citation Needed [alt+shift+b] in finance

7th Jun 2024
Are US legislators warming to crypto? The SEC approves Ethereum ETPs, and a crypto bill gets through the House.
Random Load Balancing is Unevenly Distributed This is a reminder that random load balancing is unevenly distributed. If we distribute a set of...
29th Aug 2023
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Random Load Balancing is Unevenly Distributed

from Evan Jones - Software Engineer | Computer Scientist [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Aug 2023
This is a reminder that random load balancing is unevenly distributed. If we distribute a set of items randomly across a set of servers (e.g. by hashing, or by randomly selecting a server), the average number of items on each server is num_items / num_servers. It is easy to...
Maxell's MF 2-DD Floppies The Gold Standard
1st Dec 2024
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Maxell's MF 2-DD Floppies

from Computer Ads from the Past [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2024
The Gold Standard
You don’t need confidence, just contribution. Years ago, I was so confident and so naive. I was sure I was right and everyone else was...
6th Aug 2018
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You don’t need confidence, just contribution.

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

6th Aug 2018
Years ago, I was so confident and so naive. I was sure I was right and everyone else was wrong. sold my company, I felt ready to do something new, so I started to learn. But the more I learned, the more I realized how little I knew and how dumb-lucky I had been. I’d start...
Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist TERRY-Thomas had arrived. It wasn’t exactly overnight but most people thought so. It was 1946 and he...
1st Aug 2026
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Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist

from Flashbak [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Aug 2026
TERRY-Thomas had arrived. It wasn’t exactly overnight but most people thought so. It was 1946 and he was compèring a revue called Piccadilly Hayride at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The post Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist appeared first on...
Competing in search A quarter century after 'don't be evil', a judge has found that Google is abusing its monopoly in...
19th Aug 2024
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Competing in search

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

19th Aug 2024
A quarter century after 'don't be evil', a judge has found that Google is abusing its monopoly in search. But no-one knows what happens next, and whether this ruling will change anything. Will Apple build a search engine? Will ChatGPT change search? Does it matter?
DataScience SG Meetup - How we got top 3% in Kaggle Sharing about my first data science competition at DataScience SG.
20th Jun 2015
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DataScience SG Meetup - How we got top 3% in Kaggle

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Jun 2015
Sharing about my first data science competition at DataScience SG.
Culture vs systems. Recently, I had a chat with a friend who was frustrated by their company culture. They’d been...
3rd Feb 2023
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Culture vs systems.

from Irrational Exuberance [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Feb 2023
Recently, I had a chat with a friend who was frustrated by their company culture. They’d been pushing the company to operate with more urgency, but didn’t feel like it was landing. “How do we,” they wondered, “get the team to recognize that urgency is essential to our success?”...
Issue 12: Houston, we have a solution Plus: How Mexico built its state, the causes of the Baby Boom, and the 141-year quest for a malaria...
7th Sep 2023
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Issue 12: Houston, we have a solution

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

7th Sep 2023
Plus: How Mexico built its state, the causes of the Baby Boom, and the 141-year quest for a malaria vaccine.
How to add JSDoc Typechecking to SvelteKit As I build out swyxkit, I am finding that I am no longer prototyping and that I need to be able to...
4th Feb 2022
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How to add JSDoc Typechecking to SvelteKit

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

4th Feb 2022
As I build out swyxkit, I am finding that I am no longer prototyping and that I need to be able to refactor with confidence.
The Shape of the Thing Where we are right now, and what likely happens next
12th Mar 2026
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The Shape of the Thing

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

12th Mar 2026
Where we are right now, and what likely happens next
learning to take care of my self For as long as I can remember I had been very unhappy with myself. I think I have internalised the...
1st Feb 2026
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learning to take care of my self

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Feb 2026
For as long as I can remember I had been very unhappy with myself. I think I have internalised the judgement of people upon me: lazy, fickle, impulsive, over-sensitive, emotional, bad-tempered, etc....
Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape Representations This article provides an overview of the paper "Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape...
2nd Feb 2020
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Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape Representations

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Feb 2020
This article provides an overview of the paper "Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape Representations", which I co-authored with Matthias Fey. While the paper focuses on the theoretical aspects, I'll provide a higher level explanation and and some visualizations...
How Philosophers Think Philosophers are the most rigorous thinkers I know. Like intellectual boxers; they come to...
1st Jun 2021
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How Philosophers Think

from David Perell [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jun 2021
Philosophers are the most rigorous thinkers I know. Like intellectual boxers; they come to understand ideas by making them fight with each other. Their style of analysis is effective because it’s so bloody. One friend calls his style “violent thinking.” He talks about thinking...
Snake '97 High Scores Last week I received a very kind invitation from a Belgian artist, to attend her art exhibition in...
17th Apr 2022
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Snake '97 High Scores

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

17th Apr 2022
Last week I received a very kind invitation from a Belgian artist, to attend her art exhibition in Antwerp. The work on display involved the Snake '97 game that I have created. Uttering to find the right words and thrilled with excitement, I happily accepted the invitation! Snake...
Towards Crypto Literacy Consumer scale isn’t reached by abstracting the crypto away — not yet, at least.
6th Feb 2023
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Towards Crypto Literacy

from Greater Still by Gaby Goldberg [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Feb 2023
Consumer scale isn’t reached by abstracting the crypto away — not yet, at least.
Using Novela by Narative (updated) With the growing community interest in Gatsby, we hope to create more resources that make it easier...
4th Aug 2019
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Using Novela by Narative (updated)

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

4th Aug 2019
With the growing community interest in Gatsby, we hope to create more resources that make it easier for anyone to grasp the power of this incredible tool.
Traction Heroes Ep. 48: Visions Harry threw me off course in episode 48 of Traction Heroes. At first, I thought was reading from a...
2 days ago
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Traction Heroes Ep. 48: Visions

from Jorge Arango [alt+shift+b] in technology

2 days ago
Harry threw me off course in episode 48 of Traction Heroes. At first, I thought was reading from a book about mind mapping. Soon, it became clear it was about something else: how to define a clear vision for a team or organization. Visions are notoriously hard to articulate....
My Top 5 Favourite Features in Python 3.14 Exploring the concurrency, debugging, and performance upgrades that make Python 3.14 special.
11th Oct 2025
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My Top 5 Favourite Features in Python 3.14

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

11th Oct 2025
Exploring the concurrency, debugging, and performance upgrades that make Python 3.14 special.
The Problem with Education is a Problem of Incentives I’ve found that almost anyone I talk to agrees with the statement: There is something wrong with...
10th May 2022
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The Problem with Education is a Problem of Incentives

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

10th May 2022
I’ve found that almost anyone I talk to agrees with the statement: There is something wrong with education, particularly higher education.
3D-printable Raleno 104 lightbox adapter for camera film scanning My latest creation is a 3D-printed adapter for the Raleno PLV-S104 (Raleno 104) light. The model...
11th Jul 2021
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3D-printable Raleno 104 lightbox adapter for camera film scanning

from Style over Substance [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Jul 2021
My latest creation is a 3D-printed adapter for the Raleno PLV-S104 (Raleno 104) light. The model turns it into a lightbox that you can use for digital camera scanning of your negative film. It also contains a holder compatible with the Valoi 35mm/120 film carriers. Additionally,...
Long Distance Relationships I’ve been managing a fully remote, fully distributed team, covering timezones from UTC-8 through...
12th Oct 2024
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Long Distance Relationships

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

12th Oct 2024
I’ve been managing a fully remote, fully distributed team, covering timezones from UTC-8 through UTC+10, for the last couple of years. Through that time, I’ve learned a lot on organising work, interpersonal relationships, and ultimately how to overcome a lack of promximity to my...
The True Meaning Of Concentration Q: My sweet beloved Mother, I read in the Conversations: “Concentration alone will lead you to this...
24th Jan 2020
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The True Meaning Of Concentration

from The Tao Of Wealth [alt+shift+b] in life

24th Jan 2020
Q: My sweet beloved Mother, I read in the Conversations: “Concentration alone will lead you to this goal.” Should one increase the time of meditation? Concentration does not mean meditation; on the contrary, concentration is a state one must be in continuously, whatever the outer...
1st Aug 2025
Antitrust posturing US politicians proposed five tech antitrust bills in June. They’re aggressive and ambitious, and...
15th Jun 2021
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Antitrust posturing

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

15th Jun 2021
US politicians proposed five tech antitrust bills in June. They’re aggressive and ambitious, and contain some important concerns and ideas. Unfortunately, some of them are also pretty naive - case studies in not doing the work.
Why sharing a redis cluster across services is asking for trouble If there’s one pattern I’ve seen across multiple companies, from scrappy startups to big corps, that...
1st May 2025
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Why sharing a redis cluster across services is asking for trouble

from Eliran Turgeman [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2025
If there’s one pattern I’ve seen across multiple companies, from scrappy startups to big corps, that causes endless headaches, it’s this: a single cache cluster shared across services. I recently shortly wrote about my lessons from building and maintaining distributed systems at...
Guix for development This wonderful article by Marius Bakke (thanks for using Haunt btw!) about guix shell hit the orange...
23rd Sep 2022
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Guix for development

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Sep 2022
This wonderful article by Marius Bakke (thanks for using Haunt btw!) about guix shell hit the orange website front page recently. I left a comment to the effect of “hell yeah I use it for all my projects!” and someone asked me for an example of what I do. I sent them some links...
A Cavalcade of the Olfactory Dimension We have all been there, at least once in life. The door opens and a special kind of odor slinks its...
2nd Sep 2026
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A Cavalcade of the Olfactory Dimension

from David Gerrells [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Sep 2026
We have all been there, at least once in life. The door opens and a special kind of odor slinks its way up your nose. The gym.
Community Heat, or Why You Should Get Good at Events A piece of advice I heard about marketing and community that I've repeated to founders ever since -...
8th Nov 2021
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Community Heat, or Why You Should Get Good at Events

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

8th Nov 2021
A piece of advice I heard about marketing and community that I've repeated to founders ever since - Get Good at Events.
The Boot.dev Beat. August 2025 We ran the biggest hackathon I’ve ever been a part of (500+ participants!) and saw some incredible...
4th Aug 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. August 2025

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

4th Aug 2025
We ran the biggest hackathon I’ve ever been a part of (500+ participants!) and saw some incredible projects come out of it. Thanks to everyone that participated, I’m excited for the next one!
3 Ways You Can Sabotage Your Own Tech Career What they are and what you need to understand to avoid them
1st Apr 2025
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3 Ways You Can Sabotage Your Own Tech Career

from Machine Learning for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Apr 2025
What they are and what you need to understand to avoid them
Why Is Argentina Poor? The root of its economic mismanagement
1st Nov 2025
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Why Is Argentina Poor?

from Uncharted Territories [alt+shift+b] in science

1st Nov 2025
The root of its economic mismanagement
Building an Arcade Stick I’ve been into playing games on my RetroPie machine lately and thought it would be cool to build an...
3rd Jun 2019
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Building an Arcade Stick

from Alex Meub [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jun 2019
I’ve been into playing games on my RetroPie machine lately and thought it would be cool to build an arcade stick (also called a “fight stick”). Here’s the finished product: Materials and Components I had some leftover IKEA oak butcher block from a kitchen project and I thought...
Externalizing Some Simple Topos Statements Hey all! It’s been a minute. I’ve been super busy with the UC strike and honestly I haven’t done...
13th Dec 2022
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Externalizing Some Simple Topos Statements

from Chris Grossack's Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

13th Dec 2022
Hey all! It’s been a minute. I’ve been super busy with the UC strike and honestly I haven’t done math in any serious capacity for almost the past month. It’s been a lot of hard work trying to get fair contracts out of the UC, but I had a lot of travel plans this December to...
Block-Level LWW: The Missing Piece for Collaborative AI Agent Memory How a deceptively simple CRDT algorithm unlocks something surprisingly powerful: AI agents that...
13th Apr 2026
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Block-Level LWW: The Missing Piece for Collaborative AI Agent Memory

from Marco Bambini [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Apr 2026
How a deceptively simple CRDT algorithm unlocks something surprisingly powerful: AI agents that learn from each other without ever talking to each other.
Refusing to verify myself: I am liz on Keybase.io. Keybase seeks to be a "public directory of publicly auditable public keys" with simpler usernames...
31st Mar 2014
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Refusing to verify myself: I am liz on Keybase.io.

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

31st Mar 2014
Keybase seeks to be a "public directory of publicly auditable public keys" with simpler usernames than PGP and verified account linking to popular sites such as Twitter and GitHub. This is awesome because "PGP for humans" is long overdue and because I snatched up the namespace...
Changephobia Felt...forgettable? I need to spend some more time with it.
1st Jun 2021
1

Changephobia

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jun 2021
Felt...forgettable? I need to spend some more time with it.
Functional Programming and Big Data Update: I wrote this while preparing a talk for the Columbus Functional Programmers meetup. You can...
12th Nov 2016
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Functional Programming and Big Data

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

12th Nov 2016
Update: I wrote this while preparing a talk for the Columbus Functional Programmers meetup. You can find the talk on YouTube. It has more humor than these words, but then you'd have to listen to my voice. This post is a long one, so here’s a brief roadmap. We’ll start with a...
State drift I generally haven't written much about software architecture. People make heuristics into religion....
8th Sep 2016
22

State drift

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

8th Sep 2016
I generally haven't written much about software architecture. People make heuristics into religion. But here is something I thought about: how to build in self-correction into systems. This has been something just vaguely sitting in my head lacking a clear conceptual definition...
Skinner’s One Ring To Rule Culture One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness...
13th Sep 2025
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Skinner’s One Ring To Rule Culture

from Overcoming Bias [alt+shift+b] in history

13th Sep 2025
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
The AI God Delusion Goes Mainstream Anthropic now treats the Pope as a competitor in a battle for souls
2nd Oct 2026
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The AI God Delusion Goes Mainstream

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Oct 2026
Anthropic now treats the Pope as a competitor in a battle for souls
king - man + woman is queen; but why? Words, vectors, analogies and conceptual metaphors - the linear space of word2vec and GloVe. Or: how...
6th Jan 2017
27

king - man + woman is queen; but why?

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

6th Jan 2017
Words, vectors, analogies and conceptual metaphors - the linear space of word2vec and GloVe. Or: how to change gender with a vector.
Call the destination, and ask for directions Most of us don’t know what to do next. We know where we want to be, but we don’t know how to get...
1st Aug 2000
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Call the destination, and ask for directions

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

1st Aug 2000
Most of us don’t know what to do next. We know where we want to be, but we don’t know how to get there. Work backwards. Just contact someone who’s there, and ask how to get there. If you want to play a concert at the biggest club in town, show up on a weekday...
An Intro to Trigonometric CSS Functions While perusing the December 2022 post from web.dev about what's new in the web platform, the...
4th Jan 2023
1

An Intro to Trigonometric CSS Functions

from The Web Witch's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Jan 2023
While perusing the December 2022 post from web.dev about what's new in the web platform, the addition of Trigonometric CSS functions in Firefox caught my eye. Geometry and trigonometry were my two best math areas in school (I am not an Algebra person and generally did not enjoy...
The inefficiency of large, infrequent transactions In a conversation with Matt Levine, Tyler Cowen asks: COWEN: Like you, I’m mostly an efficient...
15th Apr 2018
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The inefficiency of large, infrequent transactions

from Remains of the Day [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Apr 2018
In a conversation with Matt Levine, Tyler Cowen asks: COWEN: Like you, I’m mostly an efficient markets guy, but when I look at initial public offerings I’m very baffled because investment banks take such a huge cut.   If you needed to argue, “Well, they need the cut because they...
Brittany Cox: Horological Heritage: Generating bird song, magic, and music through mechanism From kings and philosophers to craftsmen and inventors, horology has been prized as an extraordinary...
6th Nov 2019
1
6th Nov 2019
From kings and philosophers to craftsmen and inventors, horology has been prized as an extraordinary marriage between art and science. Antiquarian Horologist Brittany Nicole Cox shared her unique experience with objects born from this lineage. We traced their origins to discover...
OnlineOrNot Diaries 19 Refactoring the business entity, thoughts on marketing and building
8th Mar 2024
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OnlineOrNot Diaries 19

from Max Rozen [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

8th Mar 2024
Refactoring the business entity, thoughts on marketing and building
The 2022 International Developers in Japan survey results are live! In October 2022, I conducted a survey of international developers living in Japan. [The results are...
8th Dec 2022
39

The 2022 International Developers in Japan survey results are live!

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Dec 2022
In October 2022, I conducted a survey of international developers living in Japan. [The results are now live](/insights/2022-developer-survey), please check them out! This year's survey had 42 questions, up from 24 questions for [2021's...
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