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Scars Our emotional baggage and experience make us unique, but also serve as blinders.
1st Dec 2024
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Scars

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

1st Dec 2024
Our emotional baggage and experience make us unique, but also serve as blinders.
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Printable shrinkage rulers Clay shrinks as it dries and even more as it's fired, so it's useful to have a way to estimate the...
29th Sep 2024
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Printable shrinkage rulers

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

29th Sep 2024
Clay shrinks as it dries and even more as it's fired, so it's useful to have a way to estimate the final size of in-progress work - especially if you're making multiples or trying to fit pieces together. One way to do this is with shrinkage rulers. I figured I'd design my own...
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September ’26: Income rush Last month saw “La rentree” – the return to the real world, after an enjoyable summer. Very much so...
a week ago
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September ’26: Income rush

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

a week ago
Last month saw “La rentree” – the return to the real world, after an enjoyable summer. Very much so for me, as it happens – but with plenty of enjoyment still to be found. I’ve taken in Frida Kahlo at the Tate Modern, a spot of luxury in the south of France, a City ritual…...
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Developer variants Software development takes all kinds. I'm not talking about appearances or job titles. I'm talking...
9th Aug 2016
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Developer variants

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Aug 2016
Software development takes all kinds. I'm not talking about appearances or job titles. I'm talking about motivations and fulfillment. In my years of writing code and leading projects, I've come to learn a bit about how my teammates, and I, experience success, through a...
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The eighteen hour application: The project AI made possible How I used AI tools to write a personal application from scratch in 18 hours.
5th Feb 2025
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The eighteen hour application: The project AI made possible

from Arguing with Algorithms [alt+shift+b] in AI

5th Feb 2025
How I used AI tools to write a personal application from scratch in 18 hours.
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Why America fell behind in drones, and how to catch up agaon A guest post by Cat Orman and Jason Lu
3rd Aug 2024
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Why America fell behind in drones, and how to catch up agaon

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Aug 2024
A guest post by Cat Orman and Jason Lu
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Smartwatches vs Mechanical watches Why I still wear a mechanical watch and why smartwatches have potential.
29th Apr 2017
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Smartwatches vs Mechanical watches

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

29th Apr 2017
Why I still wear a mechanical watch and why smartwatches have potential.
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This Space of Writing ten years on Today in 2015 my blog-collection This Space of Writing was published as a book. An ideal Christmas...
11th Dec 2025
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This Space of Writing ten years on

from This Space [alt+shift+b] in literature

11th Dec 2025
Today in 2015 my blog-collection This Space of Writing was published as a book. An ideal Christmas gift. Not a happy memory to be honest; an editor would have made it a better book. However, I can't fault the cover design, and I was lucky to have Flowerville's permission to use...
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Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire This week we’re looking at a specific visual motif common in TV and film: the arrow volley. You know...
2nd May 2025
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Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire

from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry [alt+shift+b] in history

2nd May 2025
This week we’re looking at a specific visual motif common in TV and film: the arrow volley. You know the scene: the general readies his archers, he orders them to ‘draw!’ and then holds up his hand with that ‘wait for it’ gesture and then shouts ‘loose!’ (or worse yet, ‘fire!’)...
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Photos from my time in Iran, 2017 Travels through Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis, and Yazd
31st Mar 2026
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Photos from my time in Iran, 2017

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31st Mar 2026
Travels through Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis, and Yazd
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Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux 2023-09-11 I’ve recently been using Arch Linux...
11th Sep 2023
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Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux

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

11th Sep 2023
Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux 2023-09-11 I’ve recently been using Arch Linux for my main work environment on my ThinkPad X260. It’s been great. As someone who is constantly drawn to minimalist operating systems such as Alpine or OpenBSD, it’s nice to use...
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Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D, 2nd Edition The second edition of the Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D is out.
6th Dec 2018
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Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D, 2nd Edition

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

6th Dec 2018
The second edition of the Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D is out.
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BumpMapping hell
4th Mar 2009
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BumpMapping hell

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

4th Mar 2009
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What I'm up to - February 2023 ✨ What I've been up to Hello from Cozumel, Mexico! It's 80° F here - a welcome break from the...
1st Feb 2023
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What I'm up to - February 2023

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

1st Feb 2023
✨ What I've been up to Hello from Cozumel, Mexico! It's 80° F here - a welcome break from the Chicago Winter. Since last Summer, I've been taking a "solo week" trip every quarter as a creat...
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On Scooters as a class of vehicle/tool Introduction Often when I say “scooter”, especially in the united states, the person thinks of...
18th Dec 2024
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On Scooters as a class of vehicle/tool

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

18th Dec 2024
Introduction Often when I say “scooter”, especially in the united states, the person thinks of something different than what I mean. Here’s Denver’s Sportique Scooters, here’s one of their recent posts: So that is the kind of vehicle I’m talking about when I say “scooter”. I...
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Germany Used to Know How to Change I grew up in Houilles, a suburb of Paris, and my first real encounter with Germany was a trip to...
4th Apr 2026
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Germany Used to Know How to Change

from Grow With Less [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

4th Apr 2026
I grew up in Houilles, a suburb of Paris, and my first real encounter with Germany was a trip to Berlin when I was about sixteen. I was visiting my penpal Juliane. I remember thinking I wanted to be there forever. The city felt like an infinite canvas, raw and open and full of...
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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...
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Call for Entries: Finding Forte Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff Source: www.tomkoch.net Tom Koch. License: All Rights Reserved....
12th May 2022
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Call for Entries: Finding Forte

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

12th May 2022
Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff Source: www.tomkoch.net Tom Koch. License: All Rights Reserved. The call for entries is now open! Forte in use for a shop sign, spotted by Tom Koch in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Source: www.tomkoch.net Tom Koch. License: All Rights Reserved....
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Linkblog archives I've added an archive calendar to my linkblog, so you can see old posts going all the way back to...
7th Jan 2023
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Linkblog archives

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

7th Jan 2023
I've added an archive calendar to my linkblog, so you can see old posts going all the way back to 2003. The UI is a little minimal but usable and it will work for any search indexers, which is what I most care about. Note old posts will have a grey background because I wasn't...
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More Creators Can Now Make Money on YouTube YouTube Lowers Monetization Requirements for Creators. New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Sets Out...
13th Jun 2023
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More Creators Can Now Make Money on YouTube

from Mazdak [alt+shift+b] in finance

13th Jun 2023
YouTube Lowers Monetization Requirements for Creators. New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Sets Out Vision for the Platform. YouTube Makes It Easier for Small Creators to Earn Money YouTube is lowering the eligibility requirements for creators to make money from their channels....
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BazelCon 2025 recap It has been just over two years since I started Blog System/5, and that means it’s time for the...
24th Nov 2025
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BazelCon 2025 recap

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

24th Nov 2025
It has been just over two years since I started Blog System/5, and that means it’s time for the now-usual(?) BazelCon 2025 trip report!
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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
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Album Search in Album Whale Did you know that we, Good Enough, make a little website called Album Whale where you can make...
24th Mar 2026
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Album Search in Album Whale

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

24th Mar 2026
Did you know that we, Good Enough, make a little website called Album Whale where you can make beautiful lists of albums to share with your friends, the world, or just yourself? It’s true! We haven’t made an update there in quite some time (it’s pretty good enough as-is), but I...
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#27 <a6> Context: Visually a list of links. Bad code <h6>Popular Cities</h6> <div> <h6...
21st Nov 2021
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#27 <a6>

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Nov 2021
Context: Visually a list of links. Bad code <h6>Popular Cities</h6> <div> <h6 class="footerLinks">Amsterdam</h6> <h6 class="footerLinks">Rotterdam</h6> <h6 class="footerLinks">Utrecht</h6> <h6 class="footerLinks">Den Haag</h6> <h6...
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How to Not Write "Garbage Code" (by Linus Torvalds) Linus Torvalds, Creator of Git and Linux, on reducing cognitive load
12th Sep 2025
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How to Not Write "Garbage Code" (by Linus Torvalds)

from Engineer’s Codex [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Sep 2025
Linus Torvalds, Creator of Git and Linux, on reducing cognitive load
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What is Defensibility? Back to basics for AI startups and others
7th Apr 2024
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What is Defensibility?

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

7th Apr 2024
Back to basics for AI startups and others
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Tlön, Uqbar, LLMs, Tertius The World Will Be Prompt
28th May 2026
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Tlön, Uqbar, LLMs, Tertius

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

28th May 2026
The World Will Be Prompt
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NCCCIAP 2025 - Photos + A photo gallery showcasing images taken at the 2025 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron...
8th Apr 2025
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NCCCIAP 2025 - Photos +

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

8th Apr 2025
A photo gallery showcasing images taken at the 2025 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices.
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Summary of changes for August Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
31st Aug 2022
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Summary of changes for August

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

31st Aug 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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Clickable Links Inside XML Clickable Links Inside XML 2022-06-20 With the recent patch to the Shinobi Website project, I...
20th Jun 2022
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Clickable Links Inside XML

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

20th Jun 2022
Clickable Links Inside XML 2022-06-20 With the recent patch to the Shinobi Website project, I thought it would be best to share my experience implementing clickable links inside a rendered XML RSS file directly through a browser. This is made possible thanks to the awesome power...
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One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment Why we need collaborative AI engineering and a tour of Ace: the multiplayer coding workspace
13th Apr 2026
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One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment

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

13th Apr 2026
Why we need collaborative AI engineering and a tour of Ace: the multiplayer coding workspace
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What Punk Culture Really Looked Like in Its Prime: Rare Photos from the 1980s Photographs have a way of collapsing time, and the ones taken inside the 1980s punk scene do exactly...
4th Apr 2026
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What Punk Culture Really Looked Like in Its Prime: Rare Photos from the 1980s

from Rare Historical Photos [alt+shift+b] in history

4th Apr 2026
Photographs have a way of collapsing time, and the ones taken inside the 1980s punk scene do exactly that, pulling you into smoky venues, street corners, and basement shows where a subculture was busy defining itself in real time. These images do not show a trend or a passing...
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[Review] "Data and Goliath" by Bruce Schneier I just finished reading Bruce Schneier's latest book, "Data and Goliath." I was apprehensive at...
13th Jul 2015
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[Review] "Data and Goliath" by Bruce Schneier

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

13th Jul 2015
I just finished reading Bruce Schneier's latest book, "Data and Goliath." I was apprehensive at first -- I'm a big fan of Schneier's posts online, but I found this randomly at the library and I was hoping not to be disappointed. In the end, it was well worth the read. The book...
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Automatically Deploying ClipBucket with Ansible Overview ClipBucket is an open source video hosting platform, similar in functionality to YouTube or...
6th Sep 2016
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Automatically Deploying ClipBucket with Ansible

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

6th Sep 2016
Overview ClipBucket is an open source video hosting platform, similar in functionality to YouTube or Vimeo. In this guide, we’ll walk through how to deploy ClipBucket to a server using the configuration management tool, Ansible. tl; dr - Just Install ClipBucket I don’t care about...
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Building a mobile app in 1 day: Thunoob Is it even possible to make an app in just 1 day? Well, let's find out!
1st Dec 2025
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Building a mobile app in 1 day: Thunoob

from Yazin Alirhayim [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2025
Is it even possible to make an app in just 1 day? Well, let's find out!
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Studio Sync WordPress.com launched a new update to Studio this week, and we’re already seeing some buzz....
8th Jan 2025
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Studio Sync

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

8th Jan 2025
WordPress.com launched a new update to Studio this week, and we’re already seeing some buzz. Studio is our free and open source app for local WordPress development, enabling you to spin up unlimited WordPress sites on your personal computer. Through its newest feature, Studio...
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Notes from the book “Magic Words” Just finished reading Magic Words by Jonah Berger and my notes follow. 1/ Most of us spend a...
19th Aug 2023
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Notes from the book “Magic Words”

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

19th Aug 2023
Just finished reading Magic Words by Jonah Berger and my notes follow. 1/ Most of us spend a significant amount of time in assembling the thoughts we want to convey, but assume the words to convey them as a given. 2/ This book – written by a professor of business – takes the view...
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'My son's son will see this elephant'
6th Jul 2026
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'My son's son will see this elephant'

from Conservation International [alt+shift+b] in science

6th Jul 2026
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Adding unpack syntax to RCL
7th Dec 2025
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Adding unpack syntax to RCL

from Ruud van Asseldonk [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Dec 2025
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Ontario, Day 3 (Lake and Mountain) Now it was time to get serious about seeing some local sights. We got to Ontario without any issues,...
1st Jul 2025
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Ontario, Day 3 (Lake and Mountain)

from Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places [alt+shift+b] in cartography

1st Jul 2025
Now it was time to get serious about seeing some local sights. We got to Ontario without any issues, we had an entire down day, and next we needed something fun. Everyone in the family has a different version of fun but I had an idea. But before we started all that I still wanted...
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The World’s Computer This was the tagline of Ethereum, and it’s really smart. Sadly, I feel they have lost their way with...
25th Feb 2024
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The World’s Computer

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

25th Feb 2024
This was the tagline of Ethereum, and it’s really smart. Sadly, I feel they have lost their way with Proof of Stake, and wish they would go back to focusing on building a reasonable world computer. In 2024, it’s still painfully annoying to stand up a database. This is the only...
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AI-Integrated Search: The Latest Way Big Tech Is Stealing From And Crushing Small Businesses It's Big Tech's latest way to steal the hard work of publishers, and there's nothing you can do...
8th Feb 2023
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AI-Integrated Search: The Latest Way Big Tech Is Stealing From And Crushing Small Businesses

from Scott DeLong [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

8th Feb 2023
It's Big Tech's latest way to steal the hard work of publishers, and there's nothing you can do about it except adapt. The post AI-Integrated Search: The Latest Way Big Tech Is Stealing From And Crushing Small Businesses appeared first on Scott DeLong.
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Incentives as selection effects When you apply a new incentive, you select for a new population that prefers the incentive.
11th Jun 2024
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Incentives as selection effects

from sbensu [alt+shift+b] in literature

11th Jun 2024
When you apply a new incentive, you select for a new population that prefers the incentive.
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What Will Happen In 2023 I want to focus this post on the macro environment for tech, startups, web3, and climate because...
1st Jan 2023
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What Will Happen In 2023

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jan 2023
I want to focus this post on the macro environment for tech, startups, web3, and climate because that is where my head is at right now. I believe that sometime in the first half of 2023, the central banks around the world will start backing off the tightening that they have been...
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Scaling Rust builds with Bazel
20th Mar 2023
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Scaling Rust builds with Bazel

from MMapped blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Mar 2023
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This Home Has A Living Room That Extends Over The Swimming Pool Below Daniel Marshall Architect (DMA) has shared photos of a new home they designed in New Zealand, that...
11th Apr 2023
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This Home Has A Living Room That Extends Over The Swimming Pool Below

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

11th Apr 2023
Daniel Marshall Architect (DMA) has shared photos of a new home they designed in New Zealand, that includes a cantilevered living room.
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Buenos Aires: The Paris of South America? Have you ever met somebody who was trying really hard to convince you that they’re somebody they’re...
16th Apr 2025
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Buenos Aires: The Paris of South America?

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

16th Apr 2025
Have you ever met somebody who was trying really hard to convince you that they’re somebody they’re not, and then you get to know them and you like them but not for the person they’re trying to be? That’s how I feel about Buenos Aires.  A week there piqued my curiosity, and at...
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Rickrolling Turso DB (SQLite rewrite in Rust) This is a beginner’s guide to hacking into Turso DB (formerly known as Limbo), the SQLite rewrite in...
20th Jul 2025
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Rickrolling Turso DB (SQLite rewrite in Rust)

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Jul 2025
This is a beginner’s guide to hacking into Turso DB (formerly known as Limbo), the SQLite rewrite in Rust. I will explore how to get familiar with Turso’s codebase, tooling and tests
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Developer variants Software development takes all kinds. I'm not talking about appearances or job titles. I'm talking...
9th Aug 2016
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Developer variants

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Aug 2016
Software development takes all kinds. I'm not talking about appearances or job titles. I'm talking about motivations and fulfillment. In my years of writing code and leading projects, I've come to learn a bit about how my teammates, and I, experience success, through a...
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What to Eat, Do, and See, and Where to Stay, in Maine
14th Aug 2024
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What to Eat, Do, and See, and Where to Stay, in Maine

from AFAR Media - Travel Stories, News, Reviews, Tips + Guides [alt+shift+b] in travel

14th Aug 2024
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Our favorite portfolios launched with Semplice in July 2022 Every week, we handpick two portfolios created with Semplice to feature on our Showcase. These are...
1st Aug 2022
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Our favorite portfolios launched with Semplice in July 2022

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Aug 2022
Every week, we handpick two portfolios created with Semplice to feature on our Showcase. These are the best of the best, chosen by yours truly from hundreds of beautiful submissions
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Why we duel Duels can be brutal and even lethal. But duels emerged in societies around the world for an...
21st Apr 2022
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Why we duel

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

21st Apr 2022
Duels can be brutal and even lethal. But duels emerged in societies around the world for an important reason: to control and manage violence, not just to celebrate it.
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Inside the tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets To use the Montreal subway (the Métro), you tap a paper ticket against the turnstile and it...
23rd Jun 2024
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Inside the tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Jun 2024
To use the Montreal subway (the Métro), you tap a paper ticket against the turnstile and it opens. The ticket works through a system called NFC, but what's happening internally? How does the ticket work without a battery? How does it communicate with the turnstile? And how can it...
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Why aren’t things changing faster? Been wondering lately that given everyone has a consultant with all the world’s knowledge in their...
4th May 2026
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Why aren’t things changing faster?

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

4th May 2026
Been wondering lately that given everyone has a consultant with all the world’s knowledge in their pockets, we should be seeing efficiency rise across the board everywhere. Literally everyone can now get personalised advise on how to serve their customers better, improve quality...
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Cake Hole Whistler Mountain Often inviting. This terrain just off the Whistler peak road can be an enticing sun-swept run of...
1st Dec 2024
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Cake Hole Whistler Mountain

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2024
Often inviting. This terrain just off the Whistler peak road can be an enticing sun-swept run of untouched powder.Understanding that you need to come back up the same way you go down, can make you question if it’s really worth it.Know before you go. Cake Hole by Andrew...
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Public postmortem: database connection exhaustion Our public postmortem for the incident on March 31st, 2026.
1st Apr 2026
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Public postmortem: database connection exhaustion

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

1st Apr 2026
Our public postmortem for the incident on March 31st, 2026.
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The Intel 8088 processor's instruction prefetch circuitry: a look inside In 1979, Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor, a variant of the 16-bit 8086 processor. IBM's...
23rd Mar 2024
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The Intel 8088 processor's instruction prefetch circuitry: a look inside

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Mar 2024
In 1979, Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor, a variant of the 16-bit 8086 processor. IBM's decision to use the 8088 processor in the IBM PC (1981) was a critical point in computer history, leading to the dominance of the x86 architecture that continues to the present.1 One...
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A lot with a little Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool,...
10th Mar 2023
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A lot with a little

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Mar 2023
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool, King Lear Some works are better for their brevity. Fan Ho needs very little: Most of the image is black, or blurry. You can scarcely tell what materials you’re looking at. But the...
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Apple is killing off the optical drive just like the floppy disk With the release of the new MacBook Air we are one step closer to killing off the cd-rom and the...
23rd Oct 2010
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Apple is killing off the optical drive just like the floppy disk

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

23rd Oct 2010
With the release of the new MacBook Air we are one step closer to killing off the cd-rom and the dvd. As with the previous MacBook Air, this device has no optical drive. And that is a good thing. People do not need an optical drive. You have the network and you have USB disks....
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How We Designed a White-Label In-Car Infotainment System Over the past two years, we created an infotainment system as a product, here is a look inside our...
1st Aug 2024
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How We Designed a White-Label In-Car Infotainment System

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

1st Aug 2024
Over the past two years, we created an infotainment system as a product, here is a look inside our design process.
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Changing the Tires on a Moving Codebase 2020 was a year of reckonings. And for all that was beyond one’s control, as the year went on, I...
10th Mar 2021
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Changing the Tires on a Moving Codebase

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Mar 2021
2020 was a year of reckonings. And for all that was beyond one’s control, as the year went on, I found myself pouring more and more into the one thing that felt within reach: futureproofing of the large enterprise web application I helped build, SimpleLegal. Now complete, this...
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Niall Ferguson & Peter Schwartz: Historian vs. Futurist on Human Progress ### Past vs. Future In what turned out to be a riveting evening, historian Niall Ferguson and...
29th Apr 2008
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Niall Ferguson & Peter Schwartz: Historian vs. Futurist on Human Progress

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

29th Apr 2008
### Past vs. Future In what turned out to be a riveting evening, historian Niall Ferguson and futurist Peter Schwartz fire-hosed each other with enough ideas, frames of reference, ripostes, and eloquences to lead to a clear conceptual divergence. At the same time, the two were...
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Naming a company Great company names are worth millions. In fact, choosing a name is one of the most important...
1st Mar 2023
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Naming a company

from Articles - Brett_Adcock [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Mar 2023
Great company names are worth millions. In fact, choosing a name is one of the most important decisions you will make as an entrepreneur. Your company's name could be a lever that separates you from your competition. It could be the key element that helps your customers...
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An anniversary appeal On this day last year I began posting every day for 39 days to commemorate 39 years since I began...
23rd Apr 2025
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An anniversary appeal

from This Space [alt+shift+b] in literature

23rd Apr 2025
On this day last year I began posting every day for 39 days to commemorate 39 years since I began reading books. I dug out a folder of book lists I'd kept since 1986, chose one book from each year that I'd not written about before and wrote what ever the book suggested to me....
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Winter break project list
19th Dec 2023
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Winter break project list

from Ben Borgers [alt+shift+b] in literature

19th Dec 2023
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What I'm up to - June 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Jun 2025
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What I'm up to - June 2025

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

1st Jun 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month - On Contraption Company, I published An app of one's own about building a personal ...
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The power of company retreats: Thoughts after the 8th Buffer retreat By now we have a fairly long history of doing retreats at Buffer. We’re now a 75 person team...
9th Mar 2017
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The power of company retreats: Thoughts after the 8th Buffer retreat

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

9th Mar 2017
By now we have a fairly long history of doing retreats at Buffer. We’re now a 75 person team [https://buffer.com/about], and we just wrapped up our 8th company retreat in Madrid, Spain. Here’s a quick history of retreat locations, timeline and size over time: 1.
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The Business of Building God a look at the changing economics of AI labs
21st Sep 2026
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The Business of Building God

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

21st Sep 2026
a look at the changing economics of AI labs
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Fertility Policy For Rich Countries A brief proposal to fix Social Security and grow the population
1st Apr 2025
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Fertility Policy For Rich Countries

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

1st Apr 2025
A brief proposal to fix Social Security and grow the population
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Too many words about Rust's function syntax
3rd Jan 2023
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Too many words about Rust's function syntax

from Steve Klabnik [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jan 2023
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2025-10-30 An experiment involving scrollbars Keeping scrollbars easy to acquire even in large...
31st Oct 2025
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2025-10-30

from Freewheeling Apps [alt+shift+b] in technology

31st Oct 2025
An experiment involving scrollbars Keeping scrollbars easy to acquire even in large files. Demo of an idea for a scrollbar with a shadow or "penumbra" which makes it easier to acquire to drag around, even as the conventional and smaller central object continues to be...
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Alex Wright: Glut: Mastering Information Though the Ages ### A Series of Information Explosions As usual, microbes led the way. Bacteria have swarmed in...
18th Aug 2007
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Alex Wright: Glut: Mastering Information Though the Ages

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

18th Aug 2007
### A Series of Information Explosions As usual, microbes led the way. Bacteria have swarmed in intense networks for 3.5 billion years. Then a hierarchical form emerged with the first nucleated cells that were made up of an enclosed society of formerly independent...
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Dark Matter Recipe Calls for One Part Superfluid A different kind of dark matter could help to resolve an old celestial conundrum. The...
25th Aug 2017
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Dark Matter Recipe Calls for One Part Superfluid

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

25th Aug 2017
A different kind of dark matter could help to resolve an old celestial conundrum. The post Dark Matter Recipe Calls for One Part Superfluid first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes The Importance of Multiway Systems It’s all about systems where there can in effect be many possible...
3rd Nov 2023
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Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes

from Stephen Wolfram Writings [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Nov 2023
The Importance of Multiway Systems It’s all about systems where there can in effect be many possible paths of history. In a typical standard computational system like a cellular automaton, there’s always just one path, defined by evolution from one state to the next. But in a...
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✏️ Pound, rub, pound It’s something like midnight. A four-and-a-half-pound senior Chihuahua is tucked into her blanket...
21st Nov 2021
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✏️ Pound, rub, pound

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

21st Nov 2021
It’s something like midnight. A four-and-a-half-pound senior Chihuahua is tucked into her blanket and snuggled up next to my left rib cage inside my sleeping bag. Jen is asleep beside us. It’s 35°F. We have myriad layers happening: Jen wears a down jacket inside her sleeping bag...
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A Hackathon Where the Dinkiest Idea Won. Why? What I Learnt about evaluating ideas from first-hand participation in a hackathon.
3rd May 2020
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A Hackathon Where the Dinkiest Idea Won. Why?

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

3rd May 2020
What I Learnt about evaluating ideas from first-hand participation in a hackathon.
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Learnings from years of technological progress wasted
26th Mar 2024
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Learnings from years of technological progress wasted

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

26th Mar 2024
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glimpses of the future Glimpse v1.0 Glimpse can now build call graphs, showing you exactly how functions relate to each...
1st Jan 2026
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glimpses of the future

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

1st Jan 2026
Glimpse v1.0 Glimpse can now build call graphs, showing you exactly how functions relate to each other in your codebase. Video # what does main call? glimpse code :main # what calls this function? (reverse call graph) glimpse code :process_request --callers # limit the...
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The GPU Banana Stand Freshly whipped WebGPU, with ice cream I recently rolled out version 0.7 of Use.GPU, my...
20th Jul 2022
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The GPU Banana Stand

from Acko.net [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Jul 2022
Freshly whipped WebGPU, with ice cream I recently rolled out version 0.7 of Use.GPU, my declarative/reactive WebGPU library. This includes features and goodies by itself. But most important are the code patterns which are all nicely slotting into place. This continues to be...
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Advice to my younger self I had the privilege of speaking to some Berkeley students last week. Below is the talk reprinted in...
31st Oct 2019
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Advice to my younger self

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

31st Oct 2019
I had the privilege of speaking to some Berkeley students last week. Below is the talk reprinted in full: If you could call yourself 10 years ago and speak for a minute, what would you say? That's the thought that was going through my mind when I got
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When will an AI win the Booker? A reflection on whether novelists will ever be made obsolete by ChatGPT
1st Jul 2023
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When will an AI win the Booker?

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

1st Jul 2023
A reflection on whether novelists will ever be made obsolete by ChatGPT
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The Souls of Animals “They do not sweat and whine about their condition,” Walt Whitman wrote of the other animals, “they...
1st Mar 2025
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The Souls of Animals

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

1st Mar 2025
“They do not sweat and whine about their condition,” Walt Whitman wrote of the other animals, “they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning...
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Singletons in ES6 - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Singletons are fairly controversial as far as I can tell, especially in JavaScript programming....
4th Nov 2019
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Singletons in ES6 - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

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

4th Nov 2019
Singletons are fairly controversial as far as I can tell, especially in JavaScript programming. Let’s take a look at what they are, when to (maybe) use them, and when not to.
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Assumed Audiences Naming your invisible audiences to free yourself from unspoken obligations
8th Jan 2022
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Assumed Audiences

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

8th Jan 2022
Naming your invisible audiences to free yourself from unspoken obligations
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From Customer Segmentation to Recommendation Systems AI Customer Targeting Levels – From Customer Segmentation to Recommendation Systems
29th Aug 2018
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From Customer Segmentation to Recommendation Systems

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

29th Aug 2018
AI Customer Targeting Levels – From Customer Segmentation to Recommendation Systems
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The New Science of Seeing Around Corners Computer vision researchers have uncovered a world of visual signals hiding in our midst, including...
1st Aug 2019
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The New Science of Seeing Around Corners

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

1st Aug 2019
Computer vision researchers have uncovered a world of visual signals hiding in our midst, including subtle motions that betray what’s being said and faint images of what’s around a corner. The post The New Science of Seeing Around Corners first appeared on Quanta...
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National IQs Are Valid National IQ estimates are robust, reliable, and realistic
16th Jan 2025
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National IQs Are Valid

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

16th Jan 2025
National IQ estimates are robust, reliable, and realistic
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What I'm up to - October 2023 This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. ✨ What I...
1st Oct 2023
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What I'm up to - October 2023

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

1st Oct 2023
This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. ✨ What I was up to in September I launched Booklet, a forum as an alternative to chat. It's my attempt to ma...
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Experiments in Printmaking - Part 1 Trying some unconventional techniques to create a pop-art print of a Cherry Mash candy bar.
13th Mar 2024
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Experiments in Printmaking - Part 1

from Engineers Need Art [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Mar 2024
Trying some unconventional techniques to create a pop-art print of a Cherry Mash candy bar.
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Building the deployment tool I wish I had
6th May 2026
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Building the deployment tool I wish I had

from Ruud van Asseldonk [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th May 2026
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The Greatest Jedi Mind Trick of All Time What percentage of your visible world would you say you can see? Yes, you read that correctly. The...
3rd Nov 2018
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The Greatest Jedi Mind Trick of All Time

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

3rd Nov 2018
What percentage of your visible world would you say you can see? Yes, you read that correctly. The obvious answer is "all of it." But stick with me.
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A Quick and Easy Win for the New Year (and an Important Check) 2020 is finally over (thank God.) Which means it’s time for some New Year cleaning. You may have...
14th Jan 2021
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A Quick and Easy Win for the New Year (and an Important Check)

from Grow With Less [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

14th Jan 2021
2020 is finally over (thank God.) Which means it’s time for some New Year cleaning. You may have articles or copyright notices that reference previous years. Now is the perfect time to update these and make sure they say “2021” and not “2020” or even “2019.” To find pages...
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5 Art Exhibitions Worth Traveling for in Japan This Summer There’s no better time to escape Tokyo than the summer. While beaches and mountain retreats offer...
20th Jun 2026
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5 Art Exhibitions Worth Traveling for in Japan This Summer

from Spoon & Tamago [alt+shift+b] in travel

20th Jun 2026
There’s no better time to escape Tokyo than the summer. While beaches and mountain retreats offer temporary relief, there’s another way to flee the capital: follow the art. From giant robotic insects in rural Aomori to a celebration of one of Japan’s most beloved manga artists in...
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What AI can tell us about microscope slides The lavender images below show breast tissue. There are many questions doctors could want to answer...
15th Jan 2025
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What AI can tell us about microscope slides

from Rachel Thomas, PhD [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Jan 2025
The lavender images below show breast tissue. There are many questions doctors could want to answer using these images: They could want to know whether there are tumors present or not. If there is a tumor, doctors would want to classify its stage, make predictions about how...
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New London bus maps Unbelievably it's been 10 years since TfL last bothered to print a set of London bus maps. Ten whole...
1st Apr 2026
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New London bus maps

from diamond geezer [alt+shift+b] in travel

1st Apr 2026
Unbelievably it's been 10 years since TfL last bothered to print a set of London bus maps. Ten whole years. they just stopped. No good reason was ever given, although saving money probably had a lot to do with it. the 2016 quadrant maps when travelling around London, they're...
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Ho Rudolph Rudolph claps back.
24th Dec 2013
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Ho Rudolph

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

24th Dec 2013
Rudolph claps back.
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Why Great Engineering Teams Don't Need Productivity Metrics Measuring output and time spent is easy, while measuring efficiency and effectiveness is hard....
2 weeks ago
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Why Great Engineering Teams Don't Need Productivity Metrics

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

2 weeks ago
Measuring output and time spent is easy, while measuring efficiency and effectiveness is hard. Here's why trusting your engineers beats tracking their productivity.
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happy father's day (the color) on failures and fathers and color and country
19th Jun 2026
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happy father's day (the color)

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

19th Jun 2026
on failures and fathers and color and country
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A return to company core mission & values If you want to refocus on your core mission, and end political discourse at work, now is a window of...
31st Jan 2024
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A return to company core mission & values

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

31st Jan 2024
If you want to refocus on your core mission, and end political discourse at work, now is a window of time to do it
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Typography Styles & Element Examples Font Sizes A A A A A A A A 6rem (96px) 5rem (80px) 3rem (48px) 2.25rem (36px) 1.5rem (24px)...
18th Feb 2019
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Typography Styles & Element Examples

from Peder M. Isager [alt+shift+b] in science

18th Feb 2019
Font Sizes A A A A A A A A 6rem (96px) 5rem (80px) 3rem (48px) 2.25rem (36px) 1.5rem (24px) 1.25rem (20px) 1rem (16px) .875rem (14px) Type Samples Head­line Sub­head­line Level 1 Heading One page to rule them all...well, not really. This page displays sample typography and page...
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Defending against hypothetical moon life during Apollo 11 This is how a completely abstract argument about alien germs was taken seriously and mitigated at...
7th Jan 2024
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Defending against hypothetical moon life during Apollo 11

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

7th Jan 2024
This is how a completely abstract argument about alien germs was taken seriously and mitigated at great effort and expense during the 1969 Apollo landing.
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Should there be demand-based recurring fees on ENS domains?
9th Sep 2022
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Should there be demand-based recurring fees on ENS domains?

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Sep 2022
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Zen and the Art of Machine Learning Research if you want to do world-class research, temperament matters more than talent
15th Jun 2026
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Zen and the Art of Machine Learning Research

from Token for Token [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Jun 2026
if you want to do world-class research, temperament matters more than talent
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Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing The controlled accident. Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing". Because the...
4th Jun 2023
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Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Jun 2023
The controlled accident. Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing". Because the characters 无为 (wu wei) mean nothing (wu, 无) and doing (wei, 为). So although a literal translation would be doing nothing, it doesn’t mean the same as sitting
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The 16 Greatest Lessons From 16 Years With Marcus Aurelius Just over sixteen years ago, I bought Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations on Amazon. Amazon Prime didn’t...
2nd Nov 2022
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The 16 Greatest Lessons From 16 Years With Marcus Aurelius

from Daily Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Nov 2022
Just over sixteen years ago, I bought Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations on Amazon. Amazon Prime didn’t exist then and to qualify for free shipping, I had to purchase a few other books at the same time. I was 19 years old. I didn’t know what Stoicism was. I didn’t know who Marcus...
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Everything Is a Spy Device and OpenAI’s New o1 Model Notes From the Desk: No. 35 - 2024.10.03
4th Oct 2024
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Everything Is a Spy Device and OpenAI’s New o1 Model

from Mind Prison: Notes From the Desk [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th Oct 2024
Notes From the Desk: No. 35 - 2024.10.03
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Ray tracing with M-reps
11th Feb 2022
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Ray tracing with M-reps

from Matt Keeter [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Feb 2022
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The end of literature, part five "Stupid" and "a marketing exercise" were the first two descriptions I saw of the New York Times' 100...
25th Jul 2024
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The end of literature, part five

from This Space [alt+shift+b] in literature

25th Jul 2024
"Stupid" and "a marketing exercise" were the first two descriptions I saw of the New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century polled from hundreds of "literary luminaries" offering ten choices each, and while it is both of those things, "parochial" is the first word that...
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I have no idea what I am doing * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I want to give a...
3rd Jul 2011
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I have no idea what I am doing

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

3rd Jul 2011
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I want to give a special thanks to my co-founder Leo [http://leostartsup.com] who listened to and discussed some of these thoughts with me before I turned them into a blog post. In the last few...
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Making a custom porteur bag I just finished my first fully custom sewing project: a porteur bag for bike trips. This is a bag...
18th May 2025
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Making a custom porteur bag

from Tom MacWright [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th May 2025
I just finished my first fully custom sewing project: a porteur bag for bike trips. This is a bag designed to fit on a front rack, in my case a rack called Jack The Bike Rack. On multi-day trips, I want to bring a change of clothes, and need somewhere to put them that’s...
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Con Permiso: Learning to Navigate Public Space in Mexico City Social graciousness when paths cross is fundamental to this city.
1st Dec 2025
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Con Permiso: Learning to Navigate Public Space in Mexico City

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

1st Dec 2025
Social graciousness when paths cross is fundamental to this city.
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Tokyo is Gearing Up for an Art-Filled Fall. And the Entire City is Here for It They say autumn is the season for art. In Japan, fall symbolizes freshness and new endeavors. The...
6th Sep 2026
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Tokyo is Gearing Up for an Art-Filled Fall. And the Entire City is Here for It

from Spoon & Tamago [alt+shift+b] in travel

6th Sep 2026
They say autumn is the season for art. In Japan, fall symbolizes freshness and new endeavors. The season’s clearer skies and brighter moons gives renewed enthusiasm to encounter artistic inspiration. And the entire city of Tokyo is not only here for it, but sponsoring it. From...
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Configuring, attacking and securing VRRP on Linux The VRRP or Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol helps you create a reliable network by using multiple...
2nd Jan 2015
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Configuring, attacking and securing VRRP on Linux

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

2nd Jan 2015
The VRRP or Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol helps you create a reliable network by using multiple routers in an active/passive configuration. If the primary router fails, the backup router takes over almost seamlessly. This is how VRRP works: Clients connect to a virtual...
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Inside the mechanical Bendix Air Data Computer, part 3: pressure transducers MathJax = { tex: { inlineMath: [['$', '$'], ['\\(', '\\)']] }, svg: { fontCache:...
16th Jan 2024
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Inside the mechanical Bendix Air Data Computer, part 3: pressure transducers

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Jan 2024
MathJax = { tex: { inlineMath: [['$', '$'], ['\\(', '\\)']] }, svg: { fontCache: 'global' }, chtml: { displayAlign: 'left' } }; MathJax.Hub.Config({ "HTML-CSS": { scale: 175} }); .MathJax {font-size: 1em !important} The Bendix Central Air...
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How Google Stores 10,000 Petabytes of Data Efficiently Google Colossus Explained Simply
5th Sep 2023
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How Google Stores 10,000 Petabytes of Data Efficiently

from Devmoh [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Sep 2023
Google Colossus Explained Simply
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Discolandia Based on the old Discolandia Record Shop, Mission District, San Francisco. Scratchbuilt 1:20 Scale...
17th Apr 2018
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Discolandia

from Joshua Smith [alt+shift+b] in design

17th Apr 2018
Based on the old Discolandia Record Shop, Mission District, San Francisco. Scratchbuilt 1:20 Scale Miniature created from MDF, Wood, cardboard, plastic card, chalk pastels, spraypaint, wire, plastruct. Created for Through That Which is Seen Exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Centre,...
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How Not to Run an Airline: The 2024 Saurya Airlines CRJ-200 crash
1st Aug 2025
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How Not to Run an Airline: The 2024 Saurya Airlines CRJ-200 crash

from Stories by Admiral Cloudberg on Medium [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Aug 2025
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Testing MacOS on the Apple Network Server 2.0 ROMs It's time for another save point in the continuing saga of the various ROMs for the Apple Network...
3rd May 2026
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Testing MacOS on the Apple Network Server 2.0 ROMs

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3rd May 2026
It's time for another save point in the continuing saga of the various ROMs for the Apple Network Server, Apple's first through-and-through Unix server (previously, previously). The Apple Network Server was only ever officially able to boot AIX, IBM's proprietary Power...
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Writing tests with Claude Code - part 1 - initial results In a recent post, I wrote about how I used Claude Code to analyze the code for RestAssured.Net and...
9th Mar 2026
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Writing tests with Claude Code - part 1 - initial results

from On Test Automation [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Mar 2026
In a recent post, I wrote about how I used Claude Code to analyze the code for RestAssured.Net and then perform a refactoring action, using hand-written tests as the safety net. In that post, I wrote that I didn’t want Claude to touch the tests themselves, and why. I was still...
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Tubular Belle (Køge Nord station, Køge, Denmark) Stuck on the E20 motorway heading for Copenhagen? Køge Nord station very much hopes you are...
9th Nov 2022
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Tubular Belle (Køge Nord station, Køge, Denmark)

from The Beauty of Transport [alt+shift+b] in architecture

9th Nov 2022
Stuck on the E20 motorway heading for Copenhagen? Køge Nord station very much hopes you are...
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Pi from String Amplitudes Pi from String Amplitudes From the paper by Arnab Priya Saha and Aninda Sinha. A new series for...
1st Sep 2024
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Pi from String Amplitudes

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

1st Sep 2024
Pi from String Amplitudes From the paper by Arnab Priya Saha and Aninda Sinha. A new series for \(\pi\) and its convergence. $$ Where \((a)_{n-1}\) is the Pochhammer symbol. $$ \(\lambda\) is a free parameter for optimizing convergence. As \(\lambda\) approaches infinity, the...
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Record/Replay testing in Sorbet In 2017 and 2018, I (along with Paul Tarjan and Dmitry Petrashko) was a founding member of the...
13th Jan 2020
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Record/Replay testing in Sorbet

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

13th Jan 2020
In 2017 and 2018, I (along with Paul Tarjan and Dmitry Petrashko) was a founding member of the Sorbet project at Stripe to build a gradual static typechecking system for Ruby, with the aim of enhancing productivity on Stripe’s millions of lines of Ruby, and eventually producing a...
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Baseball on the Moon We want to adapt baseball to be played on the moon. Is there any way to make it work? My first...
18th Mar 2025
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Baseball on the Moon

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

18th Mar 2025
We want to adapt baseball to be played on the moon. Is there any way to make it work? My first impression is: no, for several reasons. The pitched ball will go a little faster (no air resistance) but breaking balls are impossible (ditto). So the batter will find it easier to...
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How will new countries attract (& keep) citizens? What tomorrow's city builders are learning about equity, loyalty, and community.
2nd Jun 2026
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How will new countries attract (& keep) citizens?

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

2nd Jun 2026
What tomorrow's city builders are learning about equity, loyalty, and community.
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How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and...
5th May 2025
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How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome

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

5th May 2025
Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and improve along the way.
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Artist vs Artisan: what's the difference? Laetitia@Work #44
18th Nov 2021
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Artist vs Artisan: what's the difference?

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18th Nov 2021
Laetitia@Work #44
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Anatomy of a $9 Burglary “Anatomy of a $9 Burglary” is among Caro’s best early writing. When police arrested a criminal, all...
1st Apr 2023
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Anatomy of a $9 Burglary

from Robert Caro [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Apr 2023
“Anatomy of a $9 Burglary” is among Caro’s best early writing. When police arrested a criminal, all signs indicated a simple case of burglar
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Making semantic sidenotes without JavaScript One of the first things I learned about professional writing is that it’s best to remove all...
12th Oct 2020
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Making semantic sidenotes without JavaScript

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

12th Oct 2020
One of the first things I learned about professional writing is that it’s best to remove all unnecessary words. Problem...
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Overcast summer update Today’s Overcast update (2019.6) brings some great new features. But first, I need to set low...
21st Jul 2019
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Overcast summer update

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

21st Jul 2019
Today’s Overcast update (2019.6) brings some great new features. But first, I need to set low expectations for iOS 13, watchOS 6, and macOS Catalina updates this fall. Halfway through the summer, I’ve made much less progress than expected, having been overwhelmed by the required...
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Messing with bots Markov chain babblers, bogus php files, and more!
13th Nov 2025
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Messing with bots

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

13th Nov 2025
Markov chain babblers, bogus php files, and more!
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Can you bootstrap a business if you have young kids?
5th May 2023
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Can you bootstrap a business if you have young kids?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th May 2023
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Bernie Beigne While walking to the metro station after our visit to Lester's, we noticed a huge lineup for donuts...
1st Mar 2026
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Bernie Beigne

from Sherman's Food Adventures [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Mar 2026
While walking to the metro station after our visit to Lester's, we noticed a huge lineup for donuts at Bernie Beigne.  Not only that, we watched where they took freshly fried donuts and hand-dipped them into glaze.  Then they hung them for all to see in the window.  Wow, if that...
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AX, DX, UX Matt Biilman, CEO of Netlify, published an interesting piece called “Introducing AX: Why Agent...
2nd Mar 2025
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AX, DX, UX

from Jim Nielsen’s Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Mar 2025
Matt Biilman, CEO of Netlify, published an interesting piece called “Introducing AX: Why Agent Experience Matters” where he argues the coming importance of a new “X” (experience) in software: the agent experience, meaning the experience your users’ AI agents will have as...
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Manufacturing as Maintenance The cleansing fire of rebirth
8th Jun 2025
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Manufacturing as Maintenance

from Grant Slatton's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jun 2025
The cleansing fire of rebirth
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DSLogic U3Pro16 Review and Teardown Introduction The DSLogic U3Pro16 In the Box Probe Cables and Clips The Controller Hardware The Input...
12th Apr 2025
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DSLogic U3Pro16 Review and Teardown

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Apr 2025
Introduction The DSLogic U3Pro16 In the Box Probe Cables and Clips The Controller Hardware The Input Circuit Impact of Input Circuit on Circuit Under Test Additional IOs: External Clock, Trigger In, Trigger Out Software: From Saleae Logic to PulseView to DSView Installing DSView...
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Week 28 of 2025- W282025 You're asking me how a watch works
13th Jul 2025
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Week 28 of 2025- W282025

from The AI Underwriter [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Jul 2025
You're asking me how a watch works
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Blood Flow Restriction with Tyler old draft, publishing, needs polish. Me: Sport climber, decade+, of and on a few different times...
16th Feb 2019
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Blood Flow Restriction with Tyler

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

16th Feb 2019
old draft, publishing, needs polish. Me: Sport climber, decade+, of and on a few different times over the years. Educate myself, train as effectively and safely as I can. I’m 30, and wanna hit some significant climbing goals by 40, and a big part of that is getting stronger,...
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the wince avoidance is a signal
7th Jan 2025
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the wince

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

7th Jan 2025
avoidance is a signal
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Putting a meaningful dent in your error backlog We often don't realize how noisy the errors have gotten until things are already well out of hand....
15th Aug 2024
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Putting a meaningful dent in your error backlog

from Dan Slimmon [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Aug 2024
We often don't realize how noisy the errors have gotten until things are already well out of hand. After all, we've got shit to do. Deadlines to hit. By the time we decide to get serious about error management, a huge, impenetrable, meaningless backlog of errors has already...
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AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy Both sides are grappling with a real existential threat, and both sides feel like they are screaming...
2nd Jun 2026
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AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy

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

2nd Jun 2026
Both sides are grappling with a real existential threat, and both sides feel like they are screaming into the void. Here's how to close the gap and get everyone pulling in the same direction.
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Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing Hard to believe that I've had the same PC case since 2011, and my last serious upgrade was in 2015....
19th Apr 2020
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Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing

from Coding Horror [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Apr 2020
Hard to believe that I've had the same PC case since 2011, and my last serious upgrade was in 2015. I guess that's yet another sign that the PC is over, because PC upgrades have gotten really boring. It took 5 years for me to muster
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Computer Use Models Turns out the idea wasn’t a desktop emulator with a keyboard and mouse, it was just a command...
18th Dec 2025
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Computer Use Models

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

18th Dec 2025
Turns out the idea wasn’t a desktop emulator with a keyboard and mouse, it was just a command line. I’m blown away with how good Claude Code is. I assume it was long context RLed in similar environments. I’m excited for open models to get this good, I tried GLM, Qwen3, and...
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Do we get better or worse at adapting to change? Verner Vinge, in a classic 1993 essay, described “the Singularity” as an era where progress becomes...
6th Apr 2023
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Do we get better or worse at adapting to change?

from The Roots of Progress | Articles [alt+shift+b] in science

6th Apr 2023
Verner Vinge, in a classic 1993 essay, described “the Singularity” as an era where progress becomes “an exponential runaway beyond any hope of control.” The idea that technological change might accelerate to a pace faster than we can keep up with is a common concern. Almost three...
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Nigerian businesses increasingly skip traditional banks and turn to Moniepoint Moniepoint’s payment machines have become ubiquitous across Nigeria. But the company faces...
4th Mar 2024
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Nigerian businesses increasingly skip traditional banks and turn to Moniepoint

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Mar 2024
Moniepoint’s payment machines have become ubiquitous across Nigeria. But the company faces competition from Chinese-backed OPay.
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Bring Back Ops Pride "Operations" is not a dirty word, a synonym for toil, or a title for people who can't write code....
19th Jan 2026
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Bring Back Ops Pride

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

19th Jan 2026
"Operations" is not a dirty word, a synonym for toil, or a title for people who can't write code. May those who shit on ops get the operational outcomes they deserve.
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Size Comparisons
3rd Feb 2023
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Size Comparisons

from xkcd.com [alt+shift+b] in comics

3rd Feb 2023
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Rewiring the Internet: Commerce in the Age of AI Agents How commerce, payments, and marketing should evolve for an agent-mediated internet
19th Jan 2025
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Rewiring the Internet: Commerce in the Age of AI Agents

from AI Tidbits: AI Agents [alt+shift+b] in AI

19th Jan 2025
How commerce, payments, and marketing should evolve for an agent-mediated internet
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Chinese Labor Isn't Just Cheaper; It’s Better. We Need to Fix That. A famous newspaper asked me to write an opinion article. But every time I submitted a draft, they'd...
25th Dec 2025
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Chinese Labor Isn't Just Cheaper; It’s Better. We Need to Fix That.

from Molson Hart's Blog - Molson Hart [alt+shift+b] in finance

25th Dec 2025
A famous newspaper asked me to write an opinion article. But every time I submitted a draft, they'd edit it, changing the message of the piece, even though the article was meant to be my opinion. Most people would have consented to the edits to have the honor of being in the...
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From Mac to Windows From Mac to Windows
12th Aug 2020
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From Mac to Windows

from A Day In The Life Of... [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Aug 2020
From Mac to Windows
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Unblogged June 30 unblogged things I did in June Sun 1: My Dad hasn't had any answerphone messages for three weeks...
1st Jul 2025
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Unblogged June

from diamond geezer [alt+shift+b] in travel

1st Jul 2025
30 unblogged things I did in June Sun 1: My Dad hasn't had any answerphone messages for three weeks since BT switched him to Digital Voice, the internet-based phone connection. We tried to work out why this might be, and were surprised/shocked to discover that as part of the...
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2018 In Review & Thoughts on 2019 I find a lot of value in other people’s reviews of their years. It’s the time of year to be...
5th May 2019
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2018 In Review & Thoughts on 2019

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

5th May 2019
I find a lot of value in other people’s reviews of their years. It’s the time of year to be contemplative and reflective on the last 12 months, so here we are. Note to reader: I’m posting this in May, 2019. I wrote it in late December, 2018, didn’t get around to finishing it up...
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Explore This Historic Ship When It Docks In London This Summer Nao Victoria sails into St Katharine Docks.
1st Jun 2026
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Explore This Historic Ship When It Docks In London This Summer

from Londonist [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Jun 2026
Nao Victoria sails into St Katharine Docks.
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The 2020 International Developers in Japan results are live! In November 2020, I conducted a survey of international developers living in Japan to better paint a...
27th Jan 2021
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The 2020 International Developers in Japan results are live!

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Jan 2021
In November 2020, I conducted a survey of international developers living in Japan to better paint a picture of what the typical foreign developer life is like. [The results are now live](/insights/2020-developer-survey), please check them out! With 362 people responding, I...
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Done this, done that. What now? Finished and uploaded our java game Grand Thief Arto, done an exam (didn’t quite go as intended) and...
5th Nov 2011
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Done this, done that. What now?

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

5th Nov 2011
Finished and uploaded our java game Grand Thief Arto, done an exam (didn’t quite go as intended) and starting some new courses in school. I’m liking my choice of Computer Science more and more. Data structures and Algorithms was a super fun course, I actually ordered a new book...
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Shunn The Shunn manuscript format is a set of guidelines for writers to follow when submitting manuscripts...
31st May 2024
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Shunn

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

31st May 2024
The Shunn manuscript format is a set of guidelines for writers to follow when submitting manuscripts to publishers. It was created by author William Shunn and is widely used in the publishing industry. Here is a brief demonstration of a tool I wrote to facilitate generating...
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The Sense Of An Ending. But right back where we started from.
7th Aug 2024
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The Sense Of An Ending.

from Trying to Understand the World [alt+shift+b] in history

7th Aug 2024
But right back where we started from.
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Progressions Composing sound-generating tools
12th May 2026
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Progressions

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12th May 2026
Composing sound-generating tools
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Box Fresh: five homes under five years old As we are well aware, a modern house has multiple meanings and can span as far back as the early...
24th Jan 2025
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Box Fresh: five homes under five years old

from The Modern House [alt+shift+b] in architecture

24th Jan 2025
As we are well aware, a modern house has multiple meanings and can span as far back as the early 20th century. This week however, we’ve decided to look to the more recent past and marvel at how architects and developers are translating the requirements […]
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Markdown is easier than ever Our new toolbar makes writing your email easier than ever!
11th Mar 2018
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Markdown is easier than ever

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

11th Mar 2018
Our new toolbar makes writing your email easier than ever!
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Things I enjoyed in 2024 Things I watched, read, played, got into, enjoyed, or did and would do again, in 2024.
24th Dec 2024
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Things I enjoyed in 2024

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

24th Dec 2024
Things I watched, read, played, got into, enjoyed, or did and would do again, in 2024.
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2024-09-08 private lines I have been meaning, for some time, to write about common carrier switching arrangements (CCSAs)....
8th Sep 2024
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2024-09-08 private lines

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2024
I have been meaning, for some time, to write about common carrier switching arrangements (CCSAs). These could be considered an early form of products like "virtual private ethernet:" a private telephone network that was served by the same switching machines that handled the...
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September 2023
1st Sep 2023
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September 2023

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

1st Sep 2023
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The Next Frontier in AI Isn’t More Data For the past decade, progress in artificial intelligence has been measured by scale: bigger models,...
1st Dec 2025
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The Next Frontier in AI Isn’t More Data

from IEEE Spectrum [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Dec 2025
For the past decade, progress in artificial intelligence has been measured by scale: bigger models, larger datasets, and more compute. That approach delivered astonishing breakthroughs in large language models (LLMs); in just five years, AI has leapt from models like GPT-2, which...
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Embeddable subscription widget We're making it even easier to build up your subscriber base.
1st Sep 2017
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Embeddable subscription widget

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

1st Sep 2017
We're making it even easier to build up your subscriber base.
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How to tame a complex system I get a lot of pushback to the idea that humanity can “master” nature. Nature is a complex system, I...
6th Jan 2026
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How to tame a complex system

from The Roots of Progress [alt+shift+b] in science

6th Jan 2026
I get a lot of pushback to the idea that humanity can “master” nature. Nature is a complex system, I am told, and therefore unpredictable, uncontrollable, unruly. I think this is true but irrelevant. Consider the weather, a prime example of a complex system. We can predict the...
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How Can We Accept Change? And When Should We Not?
2nd Feb 2026
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How Can We Accept Change?

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

2nd Feb 2026
And When Should We Not?
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To Serve Man, with Software I didn't choose to be a programmer. Somehow, it seemed, the computers chose me. For a long time,...
31st Dec 2017
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To Serve Man, with Software

from Coding Horror [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Dec 2017
I didn't choose to be a programmer. Somehow, it seemed, the computers chose me. For a long time, that was fine, that was enough; that was all I needed. But along the way I never felt that being a programmer was this unambiguously great-for-everyone career field with zero
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Stacked Branches with GitButler GitButler can now manage dependent branches that are stacked, including managing stacked GitHub PRs.
4th Dec 2024
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Stacked Branches with GitButler

from GitButler [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Dec 2024
GitButler can now manage dependent branches that are stacked, including managing stacked GitHub PRs.
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Here's Where It All Stands | #101 Book Club, New Bio, New Podcast, and a New Place to Buy Used Books
2nd Apr 2026
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Here's Where It All Stands | #101

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

2nd Apr 2026
Book Club, New Bio, New Podcast, and a New Place to Buy Used Books
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Building software for podcasters –\_Josh Nielsen from Zencastr Josh started out trying to build a "GitHub for music." When that idea didn't pan out, he still...
6th Jan 2018
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Building software for podcasters –\_Josh Nielsen from Zencastr

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Jan 2018
Josh started out trying to build a "GitHub for music." When that idea didn't pan out, he still wanted to do something with Web Audio and WebRTC. So he started building Zencastr, which gives podcasters the ability to record "double-ender" interviews in the browser.
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Announcing Quina (My First App)! The story of building Quina, a word game Progressive Web App built with Nuxt, and launched on the...
10th Dec 2020
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Announcing Quina (My First App)!

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

10th Dec 2020
The story of building Quina, a word game Progressive Web App built with Nuxt, and launched on the Google Play Store.
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Coordination, Good and Bad
11th Sep 2020
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Coordination, Good and Bad

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Sep 2020
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Rails Migration: When you can't add a uniqueness constraint because you already have duplicates I get to occasionally contribute to the Wombat Security dev blog. I wrote the following for...
28th Sep 2018
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Rails Migration: When you can't add a uniqueness constraint because you already have duplicates

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

28th Sep 2018
I get to occasionally contribute to the Wombat Security dev blog. I wrote the following for development.wombatsecurity.com. This post has been updated to reflect some lessons learned while running this migration in production. Don’t leave a column without an index at any point in...
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2nd Look at Local Housing Markets in November Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 2nd Look at Local Housing Markets in...
11th Dec 2024
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2nd Look at Local Housing Markets in November

from Calculated Risk [alt+shift+b] in finance

11th Dec 2024
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 2nd Look at Local Housing Markets in November A brief excerpt: NOTE: The tables for active listings, new listings and closed sales all include a comparison to November 2019 for each local market (some 2019 data is not...
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Manufacturing is a war now And the democracies are losing.
4th Dec 2024
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Manufacturing is a war now

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Dec 2024
And the democracies are losing.
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Six months with MCADD Tomorrow it's six months since our son was born, a good moment to reflect upon the experience of...
23rd Jun 2019
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Six months with MCADD

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

23rd Jun 2019
Tomorrow it's six months since our son was born, a good moment to reflect upon the experience of being a parent of a kid with MCADD. This metabolic condition demands special attention on the feeding schedule and preparation for situations when things go different. It's good to...
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Delight comes last Paul Adams put it bluntly: “Grid, font, colour, and aesthetic style are irrelevant if [outcomes]...
23rd Jun 2019
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Delight comes last

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

23rd Jun 2019
Paul Adams put it bluntly: “Grid, font, colour, and aesthetic style are irrelevant if [outcomes] haven’t been resolved first … [but] sometimes it’s just more fun to draw nice pictures and bury oneself in pixels than deal with complicated business decisions and people with...
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Reinforcement Learning Progress Today, OpenAI released a new result.  We used PPO (Proximal Policy Optimization), a general...
25th Jun 2018
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Reinforcement Learning Progress

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

25th Jun 2018
Today, OpenAI released a new result.  We used PPO (Proximal Policy Optimization), a general reinforcement learning algorithm invented by OpenAI, to train a team of 5 agents to play Dota and beat semi-pros. This is the game that to me feels closest to the real world and complex...
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #160 Epigenetic atlas, Stroke Pills, Tempo, 1 GB Kuiper, Polymarket in the USA, Saquon
5th Sep 2025
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #160

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

5th Sep 2025
Epigenetic atlas, Stroke Pills, Tempo, 1 GB Kuiper, Polymarket in the USA, Saquon
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the disorientation of freedom beyond words
4th Feb 2026
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the disorientation of freedom

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

4th Feb 2026
beyond words
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Crypto: the good, the bad and the ugly
6th Jan 2022
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Crypto: the good, the bad and the ugly

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

6th Jan 2022
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I didn't write any Javascript, and other shortcuts Getting it done by not doing a lot of it
22nd Aug 2023
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I didn't write any Javascript, and other shortcuts

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

22nd Aug 2023
Getting it done by not doing a lot of it
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Why does it matter that Twitter is supplanting RSS? The other day I claimed that Twitter is supplanting RSS, and that long term that’s a bad thing....
1st Oct 2009
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Why does it matter that Twitter is supplanting RSS?

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Oct 2009
The other day I claimed that Twitter is supplanting RSS, and that long term that’s a bad thing.  Andrew Weissman had a very reasonable…
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Can You Really Treat Cancer with Sound? And other updates on recent articles.
1st Nov 2025
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Can You Really Treat Cancer with Sound?

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

1st Nov 2025
And other updates on recent articles.
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GTK 4 Porting And A Bit Of Whimsy I want to start off this post by saying, “Thank you!” to our now over 250 sponsors on GitHub for...
4th Mar 2024
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GTK 4 Porting And A Bit Of Whimsy

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

4th Mar 2024
I want to start off this post by saying, “Thank you!” to our now over 250 sponsors on GitHub for helping us reach 20% of our monthly funding goal! I’ve been seeing a ton of demand for Early Access which is super exciting. If you’re not already in Early Access, you can be among...
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Preceden’s Spam Problem Around a year ago, I started noticing some spammy timelines being created on Preceden, my SaaS...
20th Oct 2023
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Preceden’s Spam Problem

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

20th Oct 2023
Around a year ago, I started noticing some spammy timelines being created on Preceden, my SaaS timeline maker tool. I’m honestly surprised it took spammers so long: Preceden is a freemium product (meaning people can sign up and try it for free), the product makes it very easy to...
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'So a Fool Returneth to His Folly' Grownups seldom credit children with insight into human psychology, thus treating them as smaller,...
1st Apr 2025
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'So a Fool Returneth to His Folly'

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

1st Apr 2025
Grownups seldom credit children with insight into human psychology, thus treating them as smaller, more annoying versions of themselves. My father had an acquaintance even he knew was a fool. By admitting such knowledge, he was violating adult solidarity. His friend's customary...
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Epistemic Disclosure Providing clear metadata on the epistemic validity of content
10th Nov 2021
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Epistemic Disclosure

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10th Nov 2021
Providing clear metadata on the epistemic validity of content
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2025 Advice to my old selves I turned a birthday recently and it was so busy (DataCouncil + sg flight) that i never really got...
15th May 2025
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2025 Advice to my old selves

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

15th May 2025
I turned a birthday recently and it was so busy (DataCouncil + sg flight) that i never really got the chance to sit and reflect. a lot of things are going well, lots more could be better. I'm the only person responsible for preserving the good and fixing the bad. I'm now back on...
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AI 2040 and the Cult of Intelligence I used to be one of these people. I read Yudkowsky and was like, OMG recursive self improvement hard...
11th Jul 2026
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AI 2040 and the Cult of Intelligence

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

11th Jul 2026
I used to be one of these people. I read Yudkowsky and was like, OMG recursive self improvement hard takeoff AI is coming. Then I joined the real world and actually tried to do things. At comma, we ship a hardware product of similar complexity to a cell phone, and it’s really...
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Big Tech job-switching stats Which companies grew their software engineering headcount, which ones shrank, and how has the...
3rd Mar 2023
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Big Tech job-switching stats

from The Pragmatic Engineer [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Mar 2023
Which companies grew their software engineering headcount, which ones shrank, and how has the “open-to-new-opportunities” ratio shifted across Big Tech? I collaborated with a recruiter to find out, and the data is in.
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sit Down Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I do check to see what became of the PLiF guys...
1st May 2024
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sit Down

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

1st May 2024
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I do check to see what became of the PLiF guys every six months or so. Today's News:
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Evaluate LLM Apps in Go As Large Language Models (LLMs) become a bigger part of our apps, making sure they work reliably...
25th Feb 2025
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Evaluate LLM Apps in Go

from maragu’s blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

25th Feb 2025
As Large Language Models (LLMs) become a bigger part of our apps, making sure they work reliably brings some challenges. Unlike traditional code with predictable outputs, LLMs are indeterministic and can output downright weird stuff. That’s where good evaluation tools come in! In...
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Software books I wish I could read New Logic for Programmers Release! v0.11 is now available! This is over 20% longer than v0.10, with...
6th Aug 2025
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Software books I wish I could read

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

6th Aug 2025
New Logic for Programmers Release! v0.11 is now available! This is over 20% longer than v0.10, with a new chapter on code proofs, three chapter overhauls, and more! Full release notes here. Software books I wish I could read I'm writing Logic for Programmers because it's a book...
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A Tool for Discussion At Oxide, RFDs (Requests for Discussion) play a crucial role in driving our architectural and design...
2nd Feb 2023
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A Tool for Discussion

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

2nd Feb 2023
At Oxide, RFDs (Requests for Discussion) play a crucial role in driving our architectural and design decisions. They document the processes, APIs, and tools that we use. The workflow for the RFD process is based upon those of the Golang proposal process, Joyent RFD process, Rust...
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My Compensation Over Four Decades As A Programmer It's a lie, as I don't remember exactly what I made in every job, and it changed during each job....
5th Jul 2023
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My Compensation Over Four Decades As A Programmer

from The Codist [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jul 2023
It's a lie, as I don't remember exactly what I made in every job, and it changed during each job. Also, I never worked for a big tech company (other than Apple briefly, but that was when they were going out of business) and only a
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Kagi now accepts Paypal, EUR and Bitcoin (Lightning) payments One of the most frequently requested features on Kagi has been the expansion of our payment methods...
31st Aug 2023
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Kagi now accepts Paypal, EUR and Bitcoin (Lightning) payments

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

31st Aug 2023
One of the most frequently requested features on Kagi has been the expansion of our payment methods so that more people can more easilly enjoy the benefits of Kagi Search.
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My advice for how to use LLMs in your product. Pretty much every company I know is looking for a way to benefit from Large Language Models. Even if...
8th Apr 2024
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My advice for how to use LLMs in your product.

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

8th Apr 2024
Pretty much every company I know is looking for a way to benefit from Large Language Models. Even if their executives don’t see much applicability, their investors likely do, so they’re staring at the blank page nervously trying to come up with an idea. It’s straightforward to...
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The Bond Designed by Common Curiosity, Birmingham, London.
1st Sep 2023
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The Bond

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

1st Sep 2023
Designed by Common Curiosity, Birmingham, London.
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The Campaign: Running, p02 The post The Campaign: Running, p02 appeared first on Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic.
2nd Feb 2026
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The Campaign: Running, p02

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

2nd Feb 2026
The post The Campaign: Running, p02 appeared first on Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic.
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