Birchtree
I think OpenAI’s next app is a web browser
Casey Newton: Hands on With Operator — A Promising but Frustrating New Frontier for Artificial...
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Casey Newton: Hands on With Operator — A Promising but Frustrating New Frontier for Artificial Intelligence
The experience revealed to me one of Operator’s key deficiencies: it can use a web browser, but it cannot use your web browser. This matters a lot, because your browser is...
Calculated Risk
Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.24 million SAAR in...
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:
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NAR:...
an hour ago
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:
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NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.24 million SAAR in December
NMHC on Apartments: "Looser market conditions for the tenth consecutive quarter
1.73 million Total Housing Completions in...
Arduino Blog
The future of making, Made in India: Introducing the Arduino UNO Ek R4
We are proud to announce the Made-in-India UNO Ek R4! Available exclusively in India in both WiFi...
2 hours ago
We are proud to announce the Made-in-India UNO Ek R4! Available exclusively in India in both WiFi and Minima variants, it is born to meet the needs of the country’s growing maker and innovation ecosystem, by combining all the powerful features of the UNO R4 with the benefits of...
The Diff
Longreads + Open Thread
Tech Right, 10 bits, Smart Screens, AI, Gambling, Memes, Soviet Magic
3 hours ago
Tech Right, 10 bits, Smart Screens, AI, Gambling, Memes, Soviet Magic
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Fade
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Calculated Risk
Schedule for Week of January 26, 2025
The key reports scheduled for this week are the advance estimate of Q4 GDP, December New Home sales,...
7 hours ago
The key reports scheduled for this week are the advance estimate of Q4 GDP, December New Home sales, December Personal Income and Outlays and November Case-Shiller house prices.
----- Monday, January 27th -----
8:30 AM: Chicago Fed National Activity Index for December. This is...
Flashbak
Manuel Orazi’s Occultist Magic Calendar Mil DCCCXCVI, 1895
This French occultist calendar illustrated in the Art Nouveau style by Italian artist and designer...
8 hours ago
This French occultist calendar illustrated in the Art Nouveau style by Italian artist and designer Manuel Orazi (1860 – 1934) was printed in an symbolic edition of 777 copies to commemorate magic for the coming year of 1896. Each double page uses the Christian calendar (name...
TheCollector
What Were Henri Matisse’s Composition Techniques?
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Confessions of a...
Launching Live Courses on Systems Programming
Modern software development has created a paradox: we build increasingly complex systems, yet fewer...
9 hours ago
Modern software development has created a paradox: we build increasingly complex systems, yet fewer engineers understand how these systems work under the hood.
The Ruffian
How I Use ChatGPT
Getting the Most From LLMs
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Who Was the Real-Life Pirate Queen?
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Seth's Blog
Expertise and credentials
In the ideal world, credentials would be awarded to all experts, and withdrawn from all charlatans....
11 hours ago
In the ideal world, credentials would be awarded to all experts, and withdrawn from all charlatans. But they don’t always line up as neatly as that. An expert is someone who can keep a promise. Point to the results that demonstrate your skill and understanding and commitment and...
Fatih Arslan
My first lighting design: Block Lamp
After designing a few gadget-related projects, I decided to take on a new challenge: designing a...
12 hours ago
After designing a few gadget-related projects, I decided to take on a new challenge: designing a lightning from scratch. Lightning is an area of fascination for me. I have an ongoing draft post about the various designer lamps in my home that I plan to publish soon. In the...
Wrong Side of...
Our philanthropists and their oligarchs
Some foreign billionaires seem to be welcome in British politics
12 hours ago
Some foreign billionaires seem to be welcome in British politics
TheCollector
6 Must-See Marvels of Inca Architecture
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Renaming the Overground - 10 years ago
Londoners are only just coming to terms with having different names for the six Overground lines, a...
14 hours ago
Londoners are only just coming to terms with having different names for the six Overground lines, a change introduced just two months ago. But they could have been renamed ten years ago, indeed plans reached an advanced stage only to hit the buffers when Mayor Boris Johnson...
TheCollector
Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland: Here’s What Happened
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Anecdotal Evidence
'What My Mind Thinks My Pen Writes'
Some books, including several
of the best, defy conventional literary formulas and genres. Consider...
15 hours ago
Some books, including several
of the best, defy conventional literary formulas and genres. Consider Moby-Dick.
Is it a novel in the same inarguable sense as Middlemarch, another very
big book? What about Tristram Shandy, with its endlessly deferred plot, digressions
within...
nanoscale views
Turbulent times
While I've been absolutely buried under deadlines, it's been a crazy week for US science, and things...
17 hours ago
While I've been absolutely buried under deadlines, it's been a crazy week for US science, and things are unlikely to calm down anytime soon. As I've written before, I largely try to keep my political views off here, since that's not what people want to read from me, and I want...
Moneyness
Is it better to bribe Trump by purchasing his memecoin or his stock?
Noah Smith writes a provocative article about memecoins as a novel mechanism for bribery payments. A...
17 hours ago
Noah Smith writes a provocative article about memecoins as a novel mechanism for bribery payments. A foreign dignitary looking to gain influence over Donald Trump would like to pay him a giant bribe, but doing so directly is prohibited by all sort of laws. Luckily, Trump has just...
The Codist
What I Miss And Don't From Working As A Programmer
I retired almost four years ago after nearly 40 years as a programmer. While I still write code...
18 hours ago
I retired almost four years ago after nearly 40 years as a programmer. While I still write code daily, I do so to support my generative art rather than get paid for it.
Most of my career was spent building new applications, and no matter what my title was, I
Noahpinion
Yes, reshoring American industry is possible
Americans can make stuff, after all.
19 hours ago
Americans can make stuff, after all.
SatPost by Trung...
Disney's ~$4B Acquisition That (Probably) Saved The Company
When Disney made an all-in bet on streaming to take on Netflix, it had to buy a little-known...
19 hours ago
When Disney made an all-in bet on streaming to take on Netflix, it had to buy a little-known technology unit incubated within the MLB called BAMTech.
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Working fast and slow
Some engineers work very consistently, putting in the same hours every day and getting out the same...
21 hours ago
Some engineers work very consistently, putting in the same hours every day and getting out the same amount of work. I don’t. Some days I…
Notes on software...
An explosion of transitive dependencies
A small standard library means an explosion in transitive
dependencies. A more comprehensive...
21 hours ago
A small standard library means an explosion in transitive
dependencies. A more comprehensive standard library helps you minimize
dependencies. Don't misunderstand me: in a real-world project, it is
practically impossible to have zero dependencies.
Armin Ronacher
called for a
vibe...
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Recieves “Historic” Bernini Sculpture
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Calculated Risk
Q4 GDP Tracking: 2.3% to 3.0% Range
From BofA:
Since our last weekly publication, our 4Q GDP tracking estimate has moved up two-tenths...
22 hours ago
From BofA:
Since our last weekly publication, our 4Q GDP tracking estimate has moved up two-tenths to 2.3% q/q saar. [Jan 24th estimate]
emphasis added
From Goldman:
We left our Q4 GDP tracking and domestic final sales estimates unchanged, each at +2.6% (quarter-over-quarter...
Birchtree
🫡
A certain individual who owns a certain social media site spoke at a certain President's...
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The Elysian
Deep-research an article with me
A six-week workshop for writers.
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TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Megaliths: A Hidden Legacy of the Americas
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The Honest Broker
Old Media Finally Wakes Up from a Coma
The empire strikes back—or at least it will try
yesterday
The empire strikes back—or at least it will try
Bits about Money
A very Chicago gamble
Chicago and Bally's have teamed up in an investment offering.
yesterday
Chicago and Bally's have teamed up in an investment offering.
Calculated Risk
January Vehicle Forecast: Sales Decline to 15.6 million SAAR, Up 4% YoY
From WardsAuto: Some Letdown but January U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales Continue Q4-2024's Growth (pay...
yesterday
From WardsAuto: Some Letdown but January U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales Continue Q4-2024's Growth (pay content). Brief excerpt:
While demand in the middle of the month was negatively impacted by extreme weather conditions across most of the country, with a week remaining in January...
99% Invisible
The Power Broker Breakdown Breakdown
The Power Broker Breakdown may have concluded, but if you’re just tuning in (or if you just want a...
yesterday
The Power Broker Breakdown may have concluded, but if you’re just tuning in (or if you just want a quick refresher), this episode is a compilation of the summary portions of the The Power Broker Breakdown series. You can find the entire series in the 99% Invisible feed, wherever...
GeoCurrents
New GeoCurrents Lecture Series on Global Demography
I have posted the first of an estimated 16 illustrated lectures on global population on the...
yesterday
I have posted the first of an estimated 16 illustrated lectures on global population on the GeoCurrents YouTube channel. These lectures are derived from a class that I am currently teaching in Stanford University’s Continuing Studies Program (adult education) called “Population...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Capital
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yesterday
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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I'm imagining a large number of economists briefly considering then deciding against hanging this in the office.
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The Modern House
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...
yesterday
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 […]
A Collection of...
Gap Week (January 24, 2025)
Hey, folks. As much as I hate doing it, I have to pull a ‘gap week’ this week, as the second part of...
yesterday
Hey, folks. As much as I hate doing it, I have to pull a ‘gap week’ this week, as the second part of the Gracchi series (on the younger brother, Gaius Gracchus) isn’t done yet and I have some academic travel that I need to prepare for which is going to demand most of my …...
IEEE Spectrum
Video Friday: Hottest On The Ice
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE...
yesterday
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
RoboCup German Open: 12–16 March...
Archinect - Features
After the Altadena Fire: An Ode to Our House
Until last week, my wife Tomo and I had the great pleasure of being stewards of Whitney Smith's...
yesterday
Until last week, my wife Tomo and I had the great pleasure of being stewards of Whitney Smith's Holmes House. It was built by Jackson and Evelyn Holmes in 1941. In 2021, it became LA County Historic Landmark #8.
What made this house so special was not that it was gigantic,...
Citation Needed
Issue 75 – Absolutely preposterous
Trump horrifies even some of his crypto-steeped fans by launching a memecoin before his...
yesterday
Trump horrifies even some of his crypto-steeped fans by launching a memecoin before his inauguration, and a flurry of activity from the new administration signals what’s in store for the crypto world in the next four years.
TheCollector
What Is Infinity? A Philosophical Approach
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yesterday
Working Theorys
Untitled Future, 1
a short story serial
yesterday
The Diff
Venture Global as a Well-Structured Trade
Plus! Agents; Capital Returns; Creator Underwriting; Crypto Plays; Airlines
yesterday
Plus! Agents; Capital Returns; Creator Underwriting; Crypto Plays; Airlines
Calculated Risk
Newsletter: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.24 million SAAR in December
Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.24...
yesterday
Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.24 million SAAR in December
Sales in December (4.24 million SAAR) were up 2.2% from the previous month and were 9.3% above the December 2023 sales rate. This was the third consecutive...
Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 102: The Stargate Project
January 24, 2024.
yesterday
Common Edge
Countdown to 2030: The Transformation of the Built Environment Can’t Be Derailed
The AEC industry continues to confront our environmental challenges—never mind what the headlines...
yesterday
The AEC industry continues to confront our environmental challenges—never mind what the headlines might suggest.
Classical Wisdom
Antigone
Storms and Tyrants
yesterday
Society's Backend
Open AI beats OpenAI, Understand Scaling Laws, Commerce in the Age of AI Agents, and More
Society's Backend Reading List 01-24-2025
yesterday
Society's Backend Reading List 01-24-2025
Calculated Risk
NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.24 million SAAR in December
From the NAR: Existing-Home Sales Ascended 2.2% in December
Existing-home sales climbed in December,...
yesterday
From the NAR: Existing-Home Sales Ascended 2.2% in December
Existing-home sales climbed in December, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Sales advanced in three major U.S. regions and slipped in the Midwest. Year-over-year, sales accelerated in all four...
Math Is Still...
New Book-Sorting Algorithm Almost Reaches Perfection
The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books....
yesterday
The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal.
The post New Book-Sorting Algorithm Almost Reaches Perfection first appeared on Quanta...
Retail Design Blog
Nanobébé Offices by Switchup
Switchup designed Nanobébé’s office with a focus on simplicity, natural light, and glass dividers,...
yesterday
Switchup designed Nanobébé’s office with a focus on simplicity, natural light, and glass dividers, creating a modern, collaborative space that...
Retail Design Blog
Dog & Spoon by Arobase Creative
Challenge Dog & Spoon are a Derbyshire based distillery that have been producing incredible spirits...
yesterday
Challenge Dog & Spoon are a Derbyshire based distillery that have been producing incredible spirits for many years, but they...
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #54: Voters in 2019 and 2024 were (mostly) the same – it was the parties that changed
Plus can Trump revive the British left's patriotism? And some quick wins for growth, and the...
yesterday
Plus can Trump revive the British left's patriotism? And some quick wins for growth, and the collapse of local government.
Calculated Risk
LA Ports: Inbound Traffic Increased Sharply Year-over-year in December
Container traffic gives us an idea about the volume of goods being exported and imported - and...
yesterday
Container traffic gives us an idea about the volume of goods being exported and imported - and usually some hints about the trade report since LA area ports handle about 40% of the nation's container port traffic.
Los Angeles and Long Beach in TEUs (TEUs: 20-foot equivalent units...
Birchtree
Web tech rocks
John Siracusa is making a new Mac app and he’s been talking about the development process on ATP for...
yesterday
John Siracusa is making a new Mac app and he’s been talking about the development process on ATP for the last few weeks. I got a kick out of his frustrations with using a payment system that delivered a confusing user experience he had no control over, and
Uncharted...
Final: So Where Should We Build Ten New Cities in the US?
Final article in the series
yesterday
Final article in the series
Retail Design Blog
Stone Island store by OMA
It’s Paris Men’s Fashion Week, and the French capital is abuzz with hotly anticipated fashion...
yesterday
It’s Paris Men’s Fashion Week, and the French capital is abuzz with hotly anticipated fashion frenzy, hosting catwalk shows, trade...
TheCollector
How True Is the Saga of Egil Skallagrimsson (Viking Hero)?
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yesterday
Both Are True
This isn't what I wanted to write
even this subtitle is completely wrong
yesterday
even this subtitle is completely wrong
Retail Design Blog
Genesis office by ZIKZAK Architects
According to the client, each employee of the company is in the process of continuous rapid...
yesterday
According to the client, each employee of the company is in the process of continuous rapid development and needs to...
Rest of World -...
The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps
Addictive algorithms fuse social networking with shopping and entertainment.
yesterday
Addictive algorithms fuse social networking with shopping and entertainment.
Rest of World -...
“TikTok refugees” drove a global Xiaohongshu boom
People far beyond the short-lived ban’s reach are downloading RedNote in droves.
yesterday
People far beyond the short-lived ban’s reach are downloading RedNote in droves.
Seth's Blog
The weird arithmetic of coordinated action
Twenty handwritten letters received by someone in power are worth a hundred times as much as two...
yesterday
Twenty handwritten letters received by someone in power are worth a hundred times as much as two letters. And when that becomes a hundred different personal letters, increasing in volume, from different people, delivered to an organization every week for a year… it’s worth a...
TheCollector
Dirty Tricks: Who Is Roger Stone?
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yesterday
Open Culture
Noam Chomsky Defines What It Means to Be a Truly Educated Person
There may be no more contentious an issue at the level of local U.S. government than education. All...
yesterday
There may be no more contentious an issue at the level of local U.S. government than education. All of the socioeconomic and cultural fault lines communities would rather paper over become fully exposed in debates over funding, curriculum, districting, etc. But we rarely hear...
Flashbak
The Sun by Frans Masereel, A Story Without Words – 1919
“One discovers the light in darkness, that is what darkness is for; but everything in our lives...
yesterday
“One discovers the light in darkness, that is what darkness is for; but everything in our lives depends on how we bear the light,” – James Baldwin, Nothing Personal The Sun (1919) by Frans Masereel (1889–1972) opens with an artist resting his head on his desk beneath an open...
History Today Feed
The Mad Duchess Lives
The Mad Duchess Lives
JamesHoare
Fri, 01/24/2025 - 09:10
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The Mad Duchess Lives
JamesHoare
Fri, 01/24/2025 - 09:10
Open Culture
Where Do You Put the Camera? Every Frame a Painting Presents Insights from Famous Directors
Whether or not we believe in auteurhood, we each have our own mental image of what a film director...
yesterday
Whether or not we believe in auteurhood, we each have our own mental image of what a film director does. But if we’ve never actually seen one at work, we’re liable not to understand what the actual experience of directing feels like: making decision after decision after decision,...
diamond geezer
An A-Z of fiction
In December 2023 I decided to start an alphabetical quest at my local library, sequentially reading...
yesterday
In December 2023 I decided to start an alphabetical quest at my local library, sequentially reading one work of fiction by an author from A to Z. I wanted to read books by classic authors I'd not properly read before and to nudge myself out of my usual literary oeuvre. Yesterday...
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Gloucestershire
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yesterday
Paul Cudenec
Who was behind the vaccine bonds?
In the last of these 14 profiles from The Single Global Mafia, we turn to the president of The...
yesterday
In the last of these 14 profiles from The Single Global Mafia, we turn to the president of The Rockefeller Foundation itself, who acts as an ex-officio member of its board of trustees.
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 24
Looking over last year, and a first incident for 2025.
yesterday
Looking over last year, and a first incident for 2025.
diamond geezer
Counting sheep
Yesterday was the second busiest day ever on this blog.
In particular it was down to asking a...
yesterday
Yesterday was the second busiest day ever on this blog.
In particular it was down to asking a really good question.
Where is London's most central sheep?
Two online portals proved highly amenable to sending visitors my way. One was Reddit, the social news aggregation...
TheCollector
Is There a Destiny? A Philosophical Explanation
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yesterday
Anecdotal Evidence
'Cure Death With the Rub of a Dock Leaf'
The Irish poet Michael Longley died on Wednesday at the age of eighty-five. I’ve read him sparsely...
yesterday
The Irish poet Michael Longley died on Wednesday at the age of eighty-five. I’ve read him sparsely but
recall a devotion to the natural world and to World War I, in which his father
fought. Here is “Glossary” (The Candlelight Master, 2020):
“I meet my father in the
glossary
Who...
Christopher Butler
The Exodus
A product marketing consultant with over a decade of experience is leaving to pursue art,...
yesterday
A product marketing consultant with over a decade of experience is leaving to pursue art, illustration, and poetry. Another designer, burned out on growing her business, is pivoting to focus on fitness instead. These aren’t just isolated anecdotes — they’re part of an emerging...
Open Culture
Coursera Offers $200 Off of Coursera Plus (Until January 27), Giving You Unlimited Access to Courses...
A new deal to start a new year: Coursera is offering a $200 discount on its annual subscription plan...
yesterday
A new deal to start a new year: Coursera is offering a $200 discount on its annual subscription plan called “Coursera Plus.” Normally priced at $399, Coursera Plus (now available for $199) gives you access to 90% of Coursera’s courses, Guided Projects, Specializations, and...
Calculated Risk
Friday: Existing Home Sales
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Existing Home...
yesterday
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Existing Home Sales for December from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 4.20 million SAAR, up from 4.15 million.
University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index...
Overcoming Bias
Celebrity v CEO v Politician
Why are celebrities, CEOs, and politicians three different types of people who don’t overlap much?
yesterday
Why are celebrities, CEOs, and politicians three different types of people who don’t overlap much?
Archinect - Features
FireCity | FireLAnd: New Models of Resilience and Community with UCLA's Hitoshi Abe and...
As wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles, with thousands of residents displaced and entire...
yesterday
As wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles, with thousands of residents displaced and entire communities struggling to recover, the urgency of addressing fire resilience in urban landscapes has never been greater. In light of the ongoing crisis, we are republishing our 2021...
seangoedecke.com RSS...
Why are big tech companies so slow?
Big tech companies spend a lot of time and money building things that a single, motivated engineer...
yesterday
Big tech companies spend a lot of time and money building things that a single, motivated engineer could build in a weekend. This fact…
Daniel Marino
What I’m Using in 2025
I’ve always been fascinated to see what other apps or workflows others are using in their day-to-day...
yesterday
I’ve always been fascinated to see what other apps or workflows others are using in their day-to-day lives. Every now and then I learn about a new app or some cool trick I didn’t previously know. I doubt anyone seriously cares about what I’m using, but figured I’d list them out...
lcamtuf’s thing
UI is hell: four-function calculators
One of the simplest and best-known computing devices on the planet is a fascinating study in...
2 days ago
One of the simplest and best-known computing devices on the planet is a fascinating study in interface design.
essay – snarfed.org
Interactive navigation in embedding space
tdjgordon, Pixabay Discussed a fascinating idea for a foundation model tool at lunch today:...
2 days ago
tdjgordon, Pixabay Discussed a fascinating idea for a foundation model tool at lunch today: interactive navigation in embedding space. Right now, you prompt most generative models with human language. That works, but it’s imprecise and coarse. If you’re generating an image of an...
Classical Wisdom
How To Eat: An Ancient Guide to Healthy Living
Registration *NOW* Open
2 days ago
Calculated Risk
Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 25.1% YoY
What this means: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active...
2 days ago
What this means: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active inventory and new listings. On a monthly basis, they report total inventory. For December, Realtor.com reported inventory was up 22.0% YoY, but still down 15.7% compared to the 2017 to...
TheCollector
6 Beautiful Works by Ilya Repin You Should Know
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Stephen Wolfram...
Launching Version 14.2 of Wolfram Language & Mathematica: Big Data Meets Computation & AI
The Drumbeat of Releases Continues… Notebook Assistant Chat inside Any Notebook Bring Us Your...
2 days ago
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Mazdak
OpenAI Launches Operator: The AI Agent That Works Autonomously
(Why this could be the start of a new era for AI tools)
2 days ago
(Why this could be the start of a new era for AI tools)
Mind Mine
shrinking hurts
stop making yourself small because it’s convenient <3
2 days ago
stop making yourself small because it’s convenient <3
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Norway
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime in Norway? And why?
2 days ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime in Norway? And why?
Calculated Risk
4th Look at Local Housing Markets in December
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 4th Look at Local Housing Markets in...
2 days ago
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 4th Look at Local Housing Markets in December
A brief excerpt:
Here are a few more local markets before the NAR releases December Existing Home sales tomorrow, Friday, January 24th at 10:00 AM. This will be the 3rd...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Quote
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
-Albert Einstein
Today's News:
2 days ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
-Albert Einstein
Today's News:
Calculated Risk
ICE: Mortgage Delinquency Rate Increased 4% Year-over-year in December
From ICE: ICE First Look at Mortgage Performance: Delinquencies Ended 2024 on a Strong Note Despite...
2 days ago
From ICE: ICE First Look at Mortgage Performance: Delinquencies Ended 2024 on a Strong Note Despite Remaining Near a Three-Year High
• The national delinquency rate eased 2 basis points (bps) to 3.72% in December, but rose 4.0% year over year – the seventh consecutive annual...
TheCollector
What Is First Timothy About?
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Weighty Thoughts
AI in Hedge Funds and High Finance
Talking about the future of AI in finance with Alex Campbell
2 days ago
Talking about the future of AI in finance with Alex Campbell
Math Is Still...
The Jagged, Monstrous Function That Broke Calculus
In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as...
2 days ago
In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.
The post The Jagged, Monstrous Function That Broke Calculus first...
The Diff
Planting a Flag
Plus! Buildouts; Growth and Churn; Targeting Tweaks; DeepSeek; European Banks
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Infinite Scroll
The Unbearable Cynicism of Trump 2.0
Who cares, nothing matters, cry about it
2 days ago
Who cares, nothing matters, cry about it
Birchtree
Quick Reviews for iOS is coming soon
I teased this last week for More Birchtree subscribers, and today I'm excited to announce my new...
2 days ago
I teased this last week for More Birchtree subscribers, and today I'm excited to announce my new app, Quick Reviews!
Wait, Quick Reviews which I've been making on the web for years? No, Quick Reviews for iOS.
I talked about what tools helped me make this
Calculated Risk
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Increase to 223,000
The DOL reported:
seasonally adjusted initial claims was 223,000, an increase of
6,000 from the...
2 days ago
The DOL reported:
seasonally adjusted initial claims was 223,000, an increase of
6,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 217,000. The 4-week moving average was 213,500, an increase of 750
from the previous week's unrevised average of 212,750.
emphasis added
The...
Construction Physics
Why Is Homeowners Insurance Getting So Expensive?
The recent Los Angeles fires have highlighted the rising costs of homeowners insurance in the US.
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The recent Los Angeles fires have highlighted the rising costs of homeowners insurance in the US.
Uncharted...
Ten New US Cities: Satellite Cities
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Irrational...
"We're a product engineering company!" -- Engineering strategy at Calm.
In my career, the majority of the strategy work I’ve done has been in non-executive roles,
things...
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In my career, the majority of the strategy work I’ve done has been in non-executive roles,
things like Uber’s service migration.
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Like almost all startups, the engineering...
TheCollector
How Did Aboriginal Australians Reach Australia 50,000 Years Ago?
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Stat Significant
Which Music Was Underappreciated in Its Time? A Statistical Analysis
What music slipped through the cracks but eventually found its audience?
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dthompson
Guile-websocket 0.2.0 released
I'm happy to announce that guile-websocket 0.2.0 has been released!
Guile-websocket is an...
2 days ago
I'm happy to announce that guile-websocket 0.2.0 has been released!
Guile-websocket is an implementation of the WebSocket
protocol, both the
client and server sides, for Guile Scheme.
This release introduces breaking changes that overhaul the client and
server implementations in...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Announcing…The Out-Of-Pocket Hackathon #2 | Out-Of-Pocket
We’re doing it again, but we know what we’re doing now
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Flashbak
How John Steinbeck Harnessed Desire and Self-Doubt To Write The Grapes of Wrath
“This is the longest diary I ever kept. Not a diary of course but an attempt to map the actual...
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“This is the longest diary I ever kept. Not a diary of course but an attempt to map the actual working days and hours of a novel. If a day is skipped it will show glaringly on this record and there will be some reason given for the slip.” – John Steinbeck, Working Days, The …...
Rest of World -...
The winners of Rest of World’s photography contest
From Cape Verde to Bhutan, we received 227 entries from over 45 countries around the world,...
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From Cape Verde to Bhutan, we received 227 entries from over 45 countries around the world, featuring everything from sprawling mines to biometric facial scans.
Retail Design Blog
Māsa
Māsa is a restaurant in Riga with natural wine and local products from Latvian farmers. The clients...
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Māsa is a restaurant in Riga with natural wine and local products from Latvian farmers. The clients are a couple...
TheCollector
What Is the Diamond Sutra? The Oldest Printed Book in the World
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Disappear from Public Life so You Can Build Something Online with Zero Fear
Being invisible is the key to greatness.
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Being invisible is the key to greatness.
Seth's Blog
Honesty about better
“I don’t want to learn to be better,” is something we rarely admit. We don’t say: I don’t want to...
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Open Culture
Revisit Pop-Up Video: The VH1 Series That Reinvented Music Videos & Pop Culture
In the eighties, people lamented the attention-span-shortening “MTV-ization” of visual culture. By...
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In the eighties, people lamented the attention-span-shortening “MTV-ization” of visual culture. By the mid-nineties, networks were trying to figure out how to get viewers to sit through music videos at all. A solution arrived in the form of Pop-Up Video, a program pitched by...
History Today Feed
Who to Blame for Early Modern Climate Change?
Who to Blame for Early Modern Climate Change?
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Who to Blame for Early Modern Climate Change?
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History Today Feed
An Unreported Murder in East Germany
An Unreported Murder in East Germany
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An Unreported Murder in East Germany
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Open Culture
The Oldest Beer Receipt (Circa 2050 BC)
Above, we have the Alulu Beer Receipt. Written in cuneiform on an old clay tablet, the...
2 days ago
Above, we have the Alulu Beer Receipt. Written in cuneiform on an old clay tablet, the 4,000-year-old receipt documents a transaction. A brewer, named Alulu, delivered “the best” beer to a recipient named Ur-Amma, who apparently also served as the scribe. The Mesopotamians drank...
diamond geezer
A sheepish apology
It's time to revisit one of London's great answered questions.
Where is London's most central...
2 days ago
It's time to revisit one of London's great answered questions.
Where is London's most central sheep?
It is not, sorry.
Please accept my sheepish apology.
list of City Farms held by the London City Farms & Community Gardens Association would be comprehensive and thus...
TheCollector
The History of Urban Fires: From Ancient Cities to Today
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Anecdotal Evidence
'The Lonely Funeral of Your Speech'
Francis Bacon’s death
might have been scripted by Monty Python. It’s certainly the most unlikely...
2 days ago
Francis Bacon’s death
might have been scripted by Monty Python. It’s certainly the most unlikely in
the history of English literature, at least as reported by the not-always-reliable
John Aubrey. It’s absurd but if true it helps beatify the author of The
Advancement of Learning...
Christopher Butler
Dreams in the Machine
When AI meets the unconscious…
I have had dreams I will never forget. Long, vivid experiences...
2 days ago
When AI meets the unconscious…
I have had dreams I will never forget. Long, vivid experiences with plot twists and turns that confound the notion that dreaming is simply the reorganization of day residue. I have discovered and created new things, written essays, stories, and...
Mazdak
LinkedIn Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Data Use for AI Training
In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, privacy and data usage are hot topics—and LinkedIn,...
2 days ago
In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, privacy and data usage are hot topics—and LinkedIn, Microsoft’s business-focused social media platform, is at the center of the latest debate.
lcamtuf’s thing
Don't build a platform... unless?
"Build a product, not a platform" is a common saying among tech entrepreneurs. But why do some...
2 days ago
"Build a product, not a platform" is a common saying among tech entrepreneurs. But why do some platforms succeed?
Astral Codex Ten
Hidden Open Thread 365.5
...
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Calculated Risk
Thursday: Unemployment Claims
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
initial weekly...
2 days ago
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for a increase to 215 thousand from 201 thousand last week.
Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey for January.
Astral Codex Ten
Everyone's A Based Post-Christian Vitalist Until The Grooming Gangs Show Up
...
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Arduino Blog
This ‘modular server room’ is an interesting scale POC
Server rooms are built for the comfort of servers — not people. But those servers need maintenance,...
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Server rooms are built for the comfort of servers — not people. But those servers need maintenance, which means they need to be accessible. The resulting access corridors take up room that could be filled with more servers, which is why Jdw447 designed a claw machine-esque...
Handprinted - Blog
CMYK Screen Printing!
CMYK screen printing is a great way of bringing both your photographic and coloured art images to...
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CMYK screen printing is a great way of bringing both your photographic and coloured art images to life through colour separation. This is achieved by layering four colours (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) on top of each other using only 4 screens.
To start, you will need to...
DYNOMIGHT
Algorithmic ranking is unfairly maligned
What does “algorithmic ranking” bring to mind for you? Personally, I get visions of political...
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What does “algorithmic ranking” bring to mind for you? Personally, I get visions of political ragebait and supplement hucksters and unnecessary cleavage. I see cratering attention spans and groups of friends on the subway all blankly swiping at glowing rectangles. I see...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Scaling Ethereum L1 and L2s in 2025 and beyond
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The Marginalian
On Consolation: Notes on Our Search for Meaning and the Antidote to Resignation
The thing about life is that it happens, that we can never unhappen it. Even forgiveness, for all...
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Res Obscura
The leading AI models are now very good historians
Three case studies with GPT-4o, o1, and Claude Sonnet 3.5, and what they mean
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Birchtree
📕 I strongly recommend: Nexus (members post)
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Willem's Blog
Champions League of Webdesign
This blog post highlights often-unseen details behind the high performance website of Escape Club...
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This blog post highlights often-unseen details behind the high performance website of Escape Club Amsterdam, blending cutting-edge technology with design and commerce.
Odds and Ends of...
LISTEN: The future of transport – with Michael Dnes
Where we're going, we need roads (and trains) (and maybe drones)
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TheCollector
Power Players: 4 Vice Presidents Who Shined Beyond the President
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Marcus on AI
Hot take on an AI catfight
Yesterday OpenAI announced a huge infrastructure project, partly framed as pushing the U.S.
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Yesterday OpenAI announced a huge infrastructure project, partly framed as pushing the U.S.
Archinect - Features
Five Ways Architects Charge Fees, and Five Tips to Consider
In the architectural profession, some argue, financial management often takes a backseat to creative...
3 days ago
In the architectural profession, some argue, financial management often takes a backseat to creative pursuits, leaving firms vulnerable to cash flow challenges and unsustainable business practices. Concerns about profitability, rising costs, and the perceived value of the...
Essays - Benedict...
Are better models better?
Every week there’s a better AI model that gives better answers. But a lot
of questions don’t have...
3 days ago
Every week there’s a better AI model that gives better answers. But a lot
of questions don’t have better answers, only ‘right’ answers, and these
models can’t do that. So what does ‘better’ mean, how do we manage these
things, and should we change what we expect from...
Computer Ads from...
Comics from 1984/04 Creative Computing Mag
Sorry for the delay. - JP
3 days ago
Sorry for the delay. - JP
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Consistency For Who? Thoughts on Overriding Basic Computing Controls
A note before we start: I don’t know how much of this I believe. I’m sketching out some feelings in...
3 days ago
A note before we start: I don’t know how much of this I believe. I’m sketching out some feelings in this post and thinking through whether it actually makes any sense. I’d be curious where other folks land on this.
I’m not sure I totally understand this impulse we have on the...
TheCollector
David Hockney’s Largest-Ever Exhibition Heads to Paris
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Computer Things
The Juggler's Curse
I'm making a more focused effort to juggle this year. Mostly boxes, but also classic balls too.1...
3 days ago
I'm making a more focused effort to juggle this year. Mostly boxes, but also classic balls too.1 I've gotten to the point where I can almost consistently do a five-ball cascade, which I thought was the cutoff to being a "good juggler". "Thought" because I now know a "good...
Castles in the Sky
You need to be wholesome-maxxing.
You need to be wholesome-maxxing:
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You need to be wholesome-maxxing:
Calculated Risk
NMHC on Apartments: "Looser market conditions for the tenth consecutive quarter"
Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NMHC on Apartments: "Looser market conditions...
3 days ago
Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NMHC on Apartments: "Looser market conditions for the tenth consecutive quarter"
From the NMHC: Apartment Market Experiences Loosening Conditions, Decreased Deal Flow and Less Available Financing to Start the New Year
Apartment...
Contemporist...
19-Foot-High Wooden Bookshelves And A DJ Booth For A New Streetwear Store
Design studio El Departamento, has shared photos of 'Nude Library', Nude Project's new flagship...
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Design studio El Departamento, has shared photos of 'Nude Library', Nude Project's new flagship store at La Roca Village in Barcelona, Spain.
Calculated Risk
AIA: Architecture Billings "End the year on a weak note"
Note: This index is a leading indicator primarily for new Commercial Real Estate (CRE)...
3 days ago
Note: This index is a leading indicator primarily for new Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment.
ABI December 2024: Business conditions end the year on a weak note
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score fell to 44.1 for the month as the share of firms reporting...
TheCollector
U.K. Museums to Celebrate J.M.W. Turner’s 250th Birthday
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Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Propaganda
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
For the record, this was written ages ago please...
3 days ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
For the record, this was written ages ago please please don't go crazy in the comments.
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TheCollector
The Black War: How Tasmania Was Born From the Ashes of the Black Line
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Artificial Ignorance
R1 is reasoning for the masses
Why everyone's focused on DeepSeek's new R1 model - and what it means for AI geopolitics.
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Why everyone's focused on DeepSeek's new R1 model - and what it means for AI geopolitics.
Cheese and Biscuits
Tarim Uyghur, Bloomsbury
Quite often all you need to know about a restaurant is the smell that greets you as you walk through...
3 days ago
Quite often all you need to know about a restaurant is the smell that greets you as you walk through the door. The smoke and fat of a busy ocakbaşı, The burned onions and masala spices that cling to your clothes after an evening at Tayyabs, the intoxicating mix of funky aged...
Map of the Week
Latitude Twins
This map, on Reddit shows major North American cities replaced by European or Middle Eastern ones...
3 days ago
This map, on Reddit shows major North American cities replaced by European or Middle Eastern ones with the same approximate latitude.
It illustrates the interesting climate fact that because of the Gulf Stream, Europe is much warmer further north. Thus Chicago is equivalent to...
Retail Design Blog
Hempure by Jose Manuel Vega
Hempure is one of those projects that, unfortunately, didn’t come to fruition, but that deserves to...
3 days ago
Hempure is one of those projects that, unfortunately, didn’t come to fruition, but that deserves to be seen and appreciated....
Common Edge
L.A.’s Cultural Crescent and the Land That Draws People to It
The City of Angels is that rare metropolis where landscape shapes ways of being.
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The City of Angels is that rare metropolis where landscape shapes ways of being.
Wrong Side of...
Wandsworth Prison Blues
It's certain that fine women eat/A crazy salad with their meat
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It's certain that fine women eat/A crazy salad with their meat
Trying to Understand...
The Sword Is Mightier...
...than the pen. In Ukraine anyway.
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...than the pen. In Ukraine anyway.
Retail Design Blog
Private Equity Firm Offices by LP & Co Design
LP & Co Design transformed an 11,000 square-foot space in Washington DC, featuring various work...
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LP & Co Design transformed an 11,000 square-foot space in Washington DC, featuring various work areas, a café, and collaboration...
TheCollector
What Is the Book of Acts About in the Bible?
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Retail Design Blog
The Manner hotel by Hannes Peer Architecture
Oozing a bold cinematographic chic – think Austin Powers, but infused with sophisticated European...
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Oozing a bold cinematographic chic – think Austin Powers, but infused with sophisticated European flair – The Manner has made...
Calculated Risk
MBA: Mortgage Applications Increased in Weekly Survey
From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications...
3 days ago
From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications increased 0.1 percent from one
week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage
Applications Survey for the week ending January 17,...
Retail Design Blog
Curvy Dining by Unknown Surface Studio
A Blooming Flower in Bangkok’s Industrial Landscape. Curvy Dining, designed by Unknown Surface...
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A Blooming Flower in Bangkok’s Industrial Landscape. Curvy Dining, designed by Unknown Surface Studio, is a delicate white dining café...
TheCollector
The Paris Peace Conference: Who Were the Big Four?
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Seth's Blog
Trusting AI
For generations, humans have been entrusting their lives to computers. Air Traffic Control,...
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For generations, humans have been entrusting their lives to computers. Air Traffic Control, statistical analysis of bridge resilience, bar codes for drug delivery, even the way stop lights are controlled. But computers aren’t the same as the LLMs that run on them. Claude.ai is my...
Open Culture
Watch 950 Weather Reports Presented by David Lynch, Straight from His Los Angeles Home
Los Angeles is hardly a city known for its varied weather, but if one lives there long enough, one...
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Los Angeles is hardly a city known for its varied weather, but if one lives there long enough, one does become highly attuned to its many subtleties. (Granted, some of the local phenomena involved, like the notorious Santa Ana winds, can produce far-from-subtle effects.) The late...
Atoms vs Bits
How To Make Decisions Under Stress
(To be clear: I don't know how to make good decisions under stress)
3 days ago
(To be clear: I don't know how to make good decisions under stress)
History Today Feed
‘Man-Devil’ by John J. Callanan review
‘Man-Devil’ by John J. Callanan review
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‘Man-Devil’ by John J. Callanan review
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History Today Feed
Portugal, the Mamluks, and the Age of Discovery
Portugal, the Mamluks, and the Age of Discovery
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Wed, 01/22/2025 - 09:03
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Portugal, the Mamluks, and the Age of Discovery
JamesHoare
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Open Culture
Watch an Avant-Garde Bauhaus Ballet in Brilliant Color, First Staged in 1922
We credit the Bauhaus school, founded by German architect Walter Gropius in 1919, for the aesthetic...
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We credit the Bauhaus school, founded by German architect Walter Gropius in 1919, for the aesthetic principles that have guided so much modern design and architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries. The school’s relationships with artists like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Laszlo...
The Ruffian
How To Love Classical Music
And Why You Should
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in the US This Year (2025)
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in the US This Year (2025)
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Death of the Visceral
Pulled up at a stop light
Imagine flying an x-wing down a corridor, having to turn the plane...
3 days ago
Pulled up at a stop light
Imagine flying an x-wing down a corridor, having to turn the plane sideways to fit, a missile on your tail and closing, hitting the turbo, feeling the g force, coming up on the end of the corridor, pulling back hard on the stick the second the corridor...
Paul Cudenec
The US admiral in the globalist axis of evil
James Stavridis, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation’s board of trustees, projects a wholesome...
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James Stavridis, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation’s board of trustees, projects a wholesome and all-American image for the organisation, with his impressive list of military decorations.
diamond geezer
London's most central sheep
It's time to tackle one of London's great unanswered questions.
Where is London's most central...
3 days ago
It's time to tackle one of London's great unanswered questions.
Where is London's most central sheep?
I don't believe Charles III keeps sheep at Buckingham Palace, nor has anybody else nearby got a large enough back garden. London Zoo's website does not reveal the existence of...
TheCollector
The Harpies: Beasts of Vengeance in Greek Mythology
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Anecdotal Evidence
'Lawn As White As Driven Snow'
Houston’s terrain is geometrically
flat, which is why most houses have no basements. From the warmth...
3 days ago
Houston’s terrain is geometrically
flat, which is why most houses have no basements. From the warmth of my living room
I watched a neighborhood kid try to defy gravity, seated on a plastic sled in
the middle of the ice-covered street, holding the reins and achieving...
The American Scholar
Cudillero
The post Cudillero appeared first on The American Scholar.
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The post Cudillero appeared first on The American Scholar.
TheCollector
Cleopatra: Her Death, Appearance, and Myths Uncovered
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Christopher Butler
Who is the internet for?
SEO, Clickless Search, and the AInternet
Imagine designing and building a home while its...
3 days ago
SEO, Clickless Search, and the AInternet
Imagine designing and building a home while its residents continued living in it. What you create is highly customized to them because you observe them living in real time and make what they need. One day, while you’re still working,...
Moneyness
Canadian guilt, Russian oil
We Canadians are overwhelmingly pro-Ukraine and anti-Putin, so when the CBC published an expose last...
3 days ago
We Canadians are overwhelmingly pro-Ukraine and anti-Putin, so when the CBC published an expose last week about "banned Russian oil" sneaking into Canada, it was read in despair by most of us. What an awful failure of Canadian sanctions policy.
As with a lot of sanctions...
Wuthering...
Finishing The Story of the Stone - What a blessing this is, to return to the scene of my childhood...
How I wish all long novels were published in sensible
multi-volume editions. I have finished...
3 days ago
How I wish all long novels were published in sensible
multi-volume editions. I have finished The
Story of the Stone, 2,500 pages in five volumes, the last two translated by
John Minford. Cao Xueqin and his posthumous
editor Gao E again share credit for authorship.
Chapters...
Mazdak
Meta's Oakley Smart Glasses, TikTok's Revenue Nearly Doubled YouTube's Last Year, Hidden Hashtags on...
“What if Elon Musk or Larry Ellison bought TikTok?”
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“What if Elon Musk or Larry Ellison bought TikTok?”
Calculated Risk
Wednesday: Architecture Billings Index
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Unimpacted by New Executive Orders
Bonds...
3 days ago
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Unimpacted by New Executive Orders
Bonds were thus able to hold onto the gains from last week with some additional improvement today. The average mortgage lender wasn't eager to adjust rates, however, with the top tier...
Notes on software...
Embedding Python in Rust (for tests)
This is an external post of mine. Click
here
if you are not redirected.
3 days ago
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here
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Strange Loop Canon
What would a world with AGI look like?
4 days ago
99% Invisible
Sanctuary
In July 1980, a group of Salvadoran migrants crossed the border between Mexico and Arizona. They...
4 days ago
In July 1980, a group of Salvadoran migrants crossed the border between Mexico and Arizona. They walked over a remote mountain range and halfway across a wide desert valley in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. There were more than two dozen of them—people who had left...
wingolog
here we go again
Good evening, fey readers. Tonight, a note on human rights and human
wrongs.
I am in my...
4 days ago
Good evening, fey readers. Tonight, a note on human rights and human
wrongs.
I am in my mid-fourties, and so I have seen some garbage governments in
my time; one of the worst was Trump’s election in 2016. My heart ached in
so many ways, but most of all for immigrants in the US....
TheCollector
The Louvre Opens Its First-Ever Cimabue Exhibition
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David Heinemeier...
Waiting on red
Americans often laugh when they see how often Danes will patiently, obediently wait on the little...
4 days ago
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GeoCurrents
Declining Human Fertility and Urbanization in the United States
A recent GeoCurrents post on Utah’s declining birth rate included maps of the Total Fertility Rate...
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TheCollector
Andrew of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Death, Legacy
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The Honest Broker
Google Is Now the East India Company of the Internet
Long ago, another company tried to control global connectivity—it had an unhappy ending
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Calculated Risk
MBA Survey: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 0.47% in December
From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases Slightly to 0.47% in December
The...
4 days ago
From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases Slightly to 0.47% in December
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 3 basis points from 0.50% of servicers’...
The Marginalian
Change, Presence, and the Imperative of Self-Renewal: Existential Lessons from Islands
“No man is an island,” John Donne wrote in his timeless ode to our shared human experience. And yet...
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“No man is an island,” John Donne wrote in his timeless ode to our shared human experience. And yet each of us is a chance event islanded in time; in each of us there is an island of solitude so private and remote that it renders even love — this best means we have of reaching...
Calculated Risk
Benchmarking the U.S. economy
Presidents receive too much credit and blame for the economy!
Benchmarking the U.S. economy that...
4 days ago
Presidents receive too much credit and blame for the economy!
Benchmarking the U.S. economy that President Donald Trump is set to inherit
• While the U.S. economy still has challenges, especially lingering inflation and poor consumer sentiment, many important economic metrics...
Retail Design Blog
Alap Sardines by Rajib Bhuiyan Raja
Alap Sardines by Rajib Bhuiyan Raja
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The Pragmatic...
Are LLMs making StackOverflow irrelevant?
Fresh data shows that the number of questions asked on StackOverflow are as low as they were back in...
4 days ago
Fresh data shows that the number of questions asked on StackOverflow are as low as they were back in 2009 – which was when StackOverflow was one years old. The drop suggests that ChatGPT – and LLMs – managed to make StackOverflow’s business model irrelevant in about two years’...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Understand
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Okay SOME of the comics are...
4 days ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Okay SOME of the comics are autobiographical.
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Ken Shirriff's blog
Interesting BiCMOS circuits in the Pentium, reverse-engineered
Intel released the powerful Pentium processor in 1993, establishing a long-running brand of...
4 days ago
Intel released the powerful Pentium processor in 1993, establishing a long-running brand of processors.
Earlier, I wrote about the
ROM in the Pentium's floating point unit that holds constants such as π.
In this post, I'll look at some interesting circuits associated with this...
TheCollector
10 Crazy South African History Facts
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Blog - Practical...
Why are the Dutch So Famous for Waterworks?
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is the Veluwemeer...
4 days ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is the Veluwemeer (velOOwemeer) Aqueduct in Harderwijk (HAR-der-vehk), Netherlands. It solves a pretty simple problem. If you put a bridge for vehicles over a navigable waterway, you often have to make it...
Math Is Still...
Concept Cells Help Your Brain Abstract Information and Build Memories
Individual cells in the brain light up for specific ideas. These concept neurons, once known as...
4 days ago
Individual cells in the brain light up for specific ideas. These concept neurons, once known as “Jennifer Aniston cells,” help us think, imagine and remember episodes from our lives.
The post Concept Cells Help Your Brain Abstract Information and Build Memories first...
The Diff
General-Purpose Technologies Revalue Natural Resources
Plus! Meme Coins; Fees; Platforms; Opportunistic Offers; Private Accounting Fraud
4 days ago
Plus! Meme Coins; Fees; Platforms; Opportunistic Offers; Private Accounting Fraud
Both Are True
Thank you, and remember, the universe is in your basement
a few words on David Lynch
4 days ago
a few words on David Lynch
Calculated Risk
3rd Look at Local Housing Markets in December
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 3rd Look at Local Housing Markets in...
4 days ago
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 3rd Look at Local Housing Markets in December
A brief excerpt:
The NAR is scheduled to release December Existing Home sales on Friday, January 24th at 10:00 AM. The consensus is for 4.20 million SAAR, up from 4.15 million in...
IEEE Spectrum
A Spy Satellite You’ve Never Heard of Helped Win the Cold War
In the early 1970s, the Cold War had reached a particularly frigid moment, and U.S. military and...
4 days ago
In the early 1970s, the Cold War had reached a particularly frigid moment, and U.S. military and intelligence officials had a problem. The Soviet Navy was becoming a global maritime threat—and the United States did not have a global ocean-surveillance capability. Adding to the...
Hidden History
The 1968 Utah Sheep Kill
In 1968, a malfunctioning nerve gas test at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah killed several...
4 days ago
In 1968, a malfunctioning nerve gas test at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah killed several thousand sheep and provoked an outcry. In March 1968, researchers at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah were scheduled to perform three experiments involving a lethal nerve gas known as...
Arduino Blog
MicroPython programming on Arduino just got easier
If you’ve been exploring MicroPython on Arduino, you already know how powerful and flexible this...
4 days ago
If you’ve been exploring MicroPython on Arduino, you already know how powerful and flexible this Python-based language can be for microcontroller programming. Whether you’re a pro or just starting out, MicroPython opens up a new world of quick prototyping and clean, readable...
Common Edge
Space to Dream: Reflections and Projections from a New Generation of Designers
A Common Edge–led workshop engages architecture students to consider where they want to take the...
4 days ago
A Common Edge–led workshop engages architecture students to consider where they want to take the profession.
Retail Design Blog
Virgin Media O2 Headquarters by Gensler
As the first major office investment since its merger in 2021, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) needed a...
4 days ago
As the first major office investment since its merger in 2021, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) needed a sustainable, inclusive, and...
TheCollector
Olaf Tryggvason: The Christian Viking’s Life & Death
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4 days ago
Odds and Ends of...
Britain should ban TikTok
My uncharacteristically illiberal opinion
4 days ago
My uncharacteristically illiberal opinion
Retail Design Blog
Marisfrolg Showroom by Zaha Hadid Architects
Located at the heart of Marisfrolg Fashion Group’s Shenzhen campus, the 2,900 sq. m Marisfrolg...
4 days ago
Located at the heart of Marisfrolg Fashion Group’s Shenzhen campus, the 2,900 sq. m Marisfrolg Showroom interiors by Zaha Hadid...
IEEE Spectrum
Robot Gets Up Close to the Seabed Without Disturbing It
Seabed observation plays a major role in safeguarding marine systems by keeping tabs on the species...
4 days ago
Seabed observation plays a major role in safeguarding marine systems by keeping tabs on the species and habitats on the ocean floor at different depths. This is primarily done by underwater robots that use optical imaging to collect high quality data that can be fed into...
Uncharted...
Ten New US Cities: New Lakes
Creating new lakes is a unique way to make amazing new cities. Where can we do that?
4 days ago
Creating new lakes is a unique way to make amazing new cities. Where can we do that?
Retail Design Blog
Self Maker Showroom by BLURKER
SELF MAKER, located in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, is a brand that customizes curtains and blinds...
4 days ago
SELF MAKER, located in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, is a brand that customizes curtains and blinds by providing professional and sensuous...
Rest of World -...
The global struggle over how to regulate AI
Big AI companies have come out hard against comprehensive regulatory efforts in the West — but are...
4 days ago
Big AI companies have come out hard against comprehensive regulatory efforts in the West — but are receiving a warm welcome from leaders in many other countries.
Marcus on AI
The 2023 White House Executive Order on AI has Been Rescinded
See here.
4 days ago
TheCollector
Rise of ‘Jamesian’ Ghost Stories: Who Was M.R. James?
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4 days ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
I'm 38. If You're in Your 20's or 30's, Read This.
1. When you turn 35 you'll see the difference between those who took risks and those who didn't.
4 days ago
1. When you turn 35 you'll see the difference between those who took risks and those who didn't.
Open Culture
The Story of How Quentin Tarantino Became a Filmmaker and Created Pulp Fiction, as Told by Quentin...
For a film, explained a young Quentin Tarantino in one interview, “the real test of time isn’t the...
4 days ago
For a film, explained a young Quentin Tarantino in one interview, “the real test of time isn’t the Friday that it opens. It’s how the film is thought of thirty years from now.” It just so happens that Pulp Fiction, which made Tarantino the most celebrated director in America...
Flashbak
Momoyogusa (A World of Things) by Kamisaka Sekka (1909-1910)
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World...
4 days ago
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World of Things) between 1909 and 1910. The three-volume set of 60 images, commissioned by the publishing firm Unsōdō of Kyoto, borrows its name from the eighth-century poetic text...
History Today Feed
Behind Donald Trump’s Palace Walls
Behind Donald Trump’s Palace Walls
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/21/2025 - 09:54
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Behind Donald Trump’s Palace Walls
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/21/2025 - 09:54
History Today Feed
War and Wilderness: British Soldiers in Revolutionary America
War and Wilderness: British Soldiers in Revolutionary America
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/21/2025 - 09:53
4 days ago
War and Wilderness: British Soldiers in Revolutionary America
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/21/2025 - 09:53
Seth's Blog
Kinds of incompetence
The second worst is the unaware sort. The work doesn’t meet spec, and we don’t even realize it. The...
4 days ago
The second worst is the unaware sort. The work doesn’t meet spec, and we don’t even realize it. The worst is uncaring. We know the work doesn’t meet spec, but we don’t bother to fix it. But there are other varieties, and some are worth seeking out: There’s the incompetence of...
alexwlchan
Looking at images in a spreadsheet
I’ve had a couple of projects recently where I needed to work with a list that involved images.
For...
4 days ago
I’ve had a couple of projects recently where I needed to work with a list that involved images.
For example, choosing a series of photos to print, or making an inventory of Lego parts.
I could write a simple text list, but it’s really helpful to be able to see the images as part...
Open Culture
Download a 417-Megapixel Panorama of the Andromeda Galaxy—A Decade-Long NASA Project in the Making
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have created a majestic 417-megapixel panorama of the...
4 days ago
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have created a majestic 417-megapixel panorama of the Andromeda galaxy, located some 2.5 million light-years away from our planet. Taking more than a decade to complete, the photomosaic captures 200 million stars, which is only a...
Noahpinion
Your memecoin is your slush fund
Crypto is, in fact, about sending people money.
4 days ago
Crypto is, in fact, about sending people money.
diamond geezer
Route 347 withdrawn
I'd like to gripe at length about something ridiculously overcomplicated and unncessary that nobody...
4 days ago
I'd like to gripe at length about something ridiculously overcomplicated and unncessary that nobody who might need it will ever notice.
Route 347 withdrawn from Saturday 18 January 2025
The 347 was London's least frequent bus, you may remember, operating just four services a...
Matt Mullenweg
What’s in My Bag, 2025
It’s another year, I have ordered all the things and tested all the cables, there’s a little bit...
4 days ago
It’s another year, I have ordered all the things and tested all the cables, there’s a little bit about tech and a little bit about life. Here’s what made the cut, now I’m going to be factoring in weight of everything as well. The flat-lay this year was taken at my sister...
TheCollector
Where Did King Arthur Fight His Legendary Battles?
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4 days ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Task of Doing Nothing Much at All'
I’ve always thought of
goofing off as one of the American fine arts, up there with western movies...
4 days ago
I’ve always thought of
goofing off as one of the American fine arts, up there with western movies and
jazz. In high school, I worked summers and weekends in an aluminum casting
plant owned by a friend of my father. The work was hot and dirty, and we
sometimes worked twelve-hour...
The American Scholar
“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska
Poems read aloud, beautifully
The post “The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska appeared...
4 days ago
Poems read aloud, beautifully
The post “The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska appeared first on The American Scholar.
Christopher Butler
The Value of Friction
What technology’s drive for seamlessness gets wrong.
I’ve been thinking lately about...
4 days ago
What technology’s drive for seamlessness gets wrong.
I’ve been thinking lately about friction — not the physical force, but the small resistances we encounter in daily life. The tech industry has made eliminating friction its north star, pursuing ever more seamless...
./techtipsy
Why my blog was down for over 24 hours in November 2024
In November 2024, my blog was down for over 24 hours.
Here’s what I learned from this absolute...
4 days ago
In November 2024, my blog was down for over 24 hours.
Here’s what I learned from this absolute clusterfuck of an incident.
Lead-up to the incident
I was browsing through photos on my Nextcloud instance. Everything was fine, until Nextcloud
started generating preview images for...
Mazdak
TikTok, Netflix, and the Future of Media: Key Insights from 2024's Biggest Winners
In 2024, the global media landscape experienced monumental shifts, with platforms like TikTok and...
4 days ago
In 2024, the global media landscape experienced monumental shifts, with platforms like TikTok and Netflix setting unprecedented benchmarks in user engagement, ad revenue, and growth.
CONTEMPORIST
A New Restaurant Design Inspired By The Food It Sells – The Waffle
Multidisciplinary design studio Masquespacio has shared photos of their latest project, Novu Waffle,...
4 days ago
Multidisciplinary design studio Masquespacio has shared photos of their latest project, Novu Waffle, an innovative gastronomic space in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With a focus on fun and immersion, Masquespacio has created a dynamic and cheerful environment where the waffle is the...
mtlynch.io
How to Resolve Local Hostnames in OPNSense
My router runs OPNSense Business. I like having an open-source router, but I have a few gripes with...
4 days ago
My router runs OPNSense Business. I like having an open-source router, but I have a few gripes with it.
My biggest issue is that, by default, OPNsense can’t resolve hostnames on my local network.
Why can’t OPNsense resolve local hostnames?
For every other router I’ve owned in my...
Mind Mine
just show up
stop postponing the act
5 days ago
Mazdak
OpenAI’s Operator Tool: A Glimpse into the Future of Autonomous AI Agents
Imagine an AI tool that doesn’t just assist but takes over tasks like writing code, booking travel,...
5 days ago
Imagine an AI tool that doesn’t just assist but takes over tasks like writing code, booking travel, or managing your schedule—all autonomously.
Calculated Risk
Monday Night Futures
Tuesday:
Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are up 32 and DOW futures are up 225 (fair...
5 days ago
Tuesday:
Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are up 32 and DOW futures are up 225 (fair value).
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - DD
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
His pall Quantum Quail insists that even if history...
5 days ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
His pall Quantum Quail insists that even if history is a random process it wouldn't permit free will.
Today's News:
Seldo.com
What I've learned about writing AI apps so far
5 days ago
Arduino Blog
Motion-controlled Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots will make you feel like Jackman in Real Steel
2011’s Real Steel may have vanished from the public consciousness in a remarkably short amount of...
5 days ago
2011’s Real Steel may have vanished from the public consciousness in a remarkably short amount of time, but the concept was pretty neat. There is something exciting about the idea of fighting through motion-controlled humanoid robots. That is completely possible today — it would...
Astral Codex Ten
Try The 2025 ACX/Metaculus Forecasting Contest
...
5 days ago
TheCollector
Pollution & Deforestation in the Medieval World
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5 days ago
Overcoming Bias
Gender Norms Are Complex, Opaque
Wondering how to make clear our cultural drift problem, it occurred to me that historical fiction,...
5 days ago
Wondering how to make clear our cultural drift problem, it occurred to me that historical fiction, especially using time travel, could make vivid how key norms and values have actually changed greatly over time, and not always in obviously good ways.
Calculated Risk
1.73 million Total Housing Completions in 2024 including Manufactured Homes; Most Since 2006
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 1.73 million Total Housing Completions in 2024...
5 days ago
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 1.73 million Total Housing Completions in 2024 including Manufactured Homes; Most Since 2006
A brief excerpt:
Although total housing starts decreased 3.9% in 2024 compared to 2023, completions increased sharply...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Relationship Advice for AI
You know what’s really helpful in solving my own problems? Writing them down, sending them to...
5 days ago
You know what’s really helpful in solving my own problems? Writing them down, sending them to someone, and not hearing back.
You ever do that? For me, it’s a bulletproof method to solving problems.
It’s akin to those moments when you go to someone with a problem, you talk it...
David Heinemeier...
MEGA
Trump is back at the helm of the United States, and the majority of Americans are optimistic about...
5 days ago
Trump is back at the helm of the United States, and the majority of Americans are optimistic about the prospect. Especially the young. In a poll by CBS News, it's the 18-29 demographic that's most excited, with a whopping two-thirds answering in the affirmative to being...
Calculated Risk
AAR: Rail Carloads Down YoY in 2024, Intermodal Up
From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators. Graphs and excerpts...
5 days ago
From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators. Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission.
For the full year 2024, total U.S. carloads were 11.34 million, down 2.9% (343,156 carloads) from 2023 and down 2.3% (265,491 carloads) from 2022. ... Carloads...
TheCollector
What Are the Ethical Values of Gen Z?
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5 days ago
Probably...
Algorithmic Fairness
This is the last in a series of excerpts from Elements of Data Science, now available from Lulu.com...
5 days ago
This is the last in a series of excerpts from Elements of Data Science, now available from Lulu.com and online booksellers. This article is based on the Recidivism Case Study, which is about algorithmic fairness. The goal of the case study is to explain the statistical arguments...
Classical Wisdom
Martin Luther King and LOVE
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
5 days ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
Fatih Arslan
Four years at PlanetScale
It’s been four years since I joined PlanetScale. In this post, I'm reflecting on my journey and...
5 days ago
It’s been four years since I joined PlanetScale. In this post, I'm reflecting on my journey and accomplishments during this period.
NeuroLogica Blog
The Hubble Tension Hubbub
There really is a significant mystery in the world of cosmology. This, in my opinion, is a good...
5 days ago
There really is a significant mystery in the world of cosmology. This, in my opinion, is a good thing. Such mysteries point in the direction of new physics, or at least a new understanding of the universe. Resolving this mystery – called the Hubble Tension – is a major goal of...
Citation Needed
No, Trump didn’t make $50 billion from his memecoin
Journalists’ flawed math and ignorance of crypto markets turn tokens into fake fortunes
5 days ago
Journalists’ flawed math and ignorance of crypto markets turn tokens into fake fortunes
Scarlet Ink
The Hidden Advantage of Sharp Edges — Why Being Disagreeable is Best
Anyone can be valuable if they have the right motivation, but strangely enough, being disagreeable...
5 days ago
Anyone can be valuable if they have the right motivation, but strangely enough, being disagreeable multiplies that value.
Retail Design Blog
Verse Wine by OA Design
Wine can be thought of as a complex tapestry of flavors and sensations, ranging from sweet to dry,...
5 days ago
Wine can be thought of as a complex tapestry of flavors and sensations, ranging from sweet to dry, crisp to...
Common Edge
Letter From Malibu: Do We Stay or Do We Go?
The recent conflagration threatens to permanently alter a rare example of California livability.
5 days ago
The recent conflagration threatens to permanently alter a rare example of California livability.
Calculated Risk
Housing Jan 20th Weekly Update: Inventory Up 1.2% Week-over-week, Up 24.8% Year-over-year
Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 1.2% week-over-week.
Inventory always...
5 days ago
Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 1.2% week-over-week.
Inventory always declines seasonally in the Winter and usually bottoms in late January or February. If the previous week was the seasonal bottom, that would be very early in the year, but that has...
Birchtree
🕹️ I strongly recommend: Resident Evil 2 (members post)
Oh buddy, what a game!
5 days ago
Retail Design Blog
One Zero Offices by Switchup
Switchup designed a pioneering office space for ONE ZERO Digital Private Bank in Tel Aviv, combining...
5 days ago
Switchup designed a pioneering office space for ONE ZERO Digital Private Bank in Tel Aviv, combining bright colors, plants, and...
Marcus on AI
Breaking news: AGI is not imminent!
Influencers have gone wild lately claiming that AGI is imminent.
5 days ago
Influencers have gone wild lately claiming that AGI is imminent.
TheCollector
The Crazy Cult of Indian Guru Osho Bhagwan & His Mixed Legacy
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5 days ago
UX Collective
Sidebar is back from its break
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
5 days ago
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
Retail Design Blog
Yohji Yamamoto store by OSO
Following last year’s store openings in Shanghai and Beijing, fashion brand Yohji Yamamoto has...
5 days ago
Following last year’s store openings in Shanghai and Beijing, fashion brand Yohji Yamamoto has inaugurated a new boutique in another...
History Today Feed
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
5 days ago
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
History Today Feed
Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews
Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
5 days ago
Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
TheCollector
What Was the Massachusetts 54th Regiment?
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5 days ago
Seth's Blog
Lulled
Selfish is easy. Short term is easy. Complacent is easy. Turning our head and ignoring the problem...
5 days ago
Selfish is easy. Short term is easy. Complacent is easy. Turning our head and ignoring the problem is easy. Going along to get along is easy. But easy isn’t the point. Better is. Challenging the status quo is difficult, and worth it. Happy Birthday.
Open Culture
Why David Lynch’s Dune Went Wrong: A Comparison with Denis Villeneuve’s Hit Adaptation
Denis Villeneuve’s recent film adaptation of Dune is generally considered to be superior to the late...
5 days ago
Denis Villeneuve’s recent film adaptation of Dune is generally considered to be superior to the late David Lynch’s, from 1984 — though even according to many of Lynch’s fans, it could hardly have been worse. In a 1996 piece for Premiere magazine, David Foster Wallace described...
Retail Design Blog
Lucky Cookies Bakery by Studio NOR
The Lucky Cookies is a bakery specializes in traditional Chinese pastries. Located on the first...
5 days ago
The Lucky Cookies is a bakery specializes in traditional Chinese pastries. Located on the first floor of the famous Beijing...
Open Culture
Fred Armisen & Bill Hader’s Comedic Take on the History of Simon and Garfunkel
During their days filming Documentary Now!, a mockumentary series that aired on IFC, Fred Armisen...
5 days ago
During their days filming Documentary Now!, a mockumentary series that aired on IFC, Fred Armisen and Bill Hader teamed up and created a fictionalized “history” of Simon and Garfunkel, telling the “real” story behind the making of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Mrs....
Paul Cudenec
Zionism versus the world
As I have said before, Israel’s current long-planned genocidal landgrab – and the complicity of...
5 days ago
As I have said before, Israel’s current long-planned genocidal landgrab – and the complicity of world puppet “leaders” – has fatally exposed the nature of the single global mafia.
Wrong Side of...
The Worst Year Ever
The Year of the Plague #1
5 days ago
The Year of the Plague #1
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #53: Now TfL is betting on AI cameras to improve safety
Plus Leicester's neo-imperial ambitions, why governments are too scared to govern, a theory on why...
5 days ago
Plus Leicester's neo-imperial ambitions, why governments are too scared to govern, a theory on why Starship exploded... and more!
diamond geezer
Trumpers
As the 47th US President is inaugurated, join me for a walk down Trumpers Way over Trumpers Crossing...
5 days ago
As the 47th US President is inaugurated, join me for a walk down Trumpers Way over Trumpers Crossing via Trumpers Field to Trumpers Halt.
South Hanwell about halfway between Hanwell and Boston Manor stations. Trumpers Way begins on Boston Road amid a cluster of low level shops,...
TheCollector
Song Hunter: The Life of Alan Lomax
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5 days ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Influential Works That Are Almost Never Read'
John Ruskin would have a
difficult time of it in what passes for literary culture today. First, he...
5 days ago
John Ruskin would have a
difficult time of it in what passes for literary culture today. First, he was
phenomenally prolific, even by Victorian standards, and how many people would
read all five volumes of Modern Painters or the idea-rich sprawl of Fors Clavigera?
Second, Ruskin...
Christopher Butler
The Unpublishable
On self-censorship in a connected world.
On my computer is a file named “unpublishable.txt”....
5 days ago
On self-censorship in a connected world.
On my computer is a file named “unpublishable.txt”. Its content is right there on the label: Fragments of unworthy ideas have accumulated there for years, along with bits of things I’ve held back for other reasons — fear not least...
Quantum Frontiers
Ten lessons I learned from John Preskill
Last August, Toronto’s Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (CQIQC) gave me 35 minutes...
5 days ago
Last August, Toronto’s Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (CQIQC) gave me 35 minutes to make fun of John Preskill in public. CQIQC was hosting its biannual conference, also called CQIQC, in Toronto. The conference features the awarding of … Continue reading →
David Heinemeier...
Failed integration and the fall of multiculturalism
For decades, the debate in Denmark around problems with mass immigration was stuck in a...
5 days ago
For decades, the debate in Denmark around problems with mass immigration was stuck in a self-loathing blame game of "failed integration". That somehow, if the Danes had just tried harder, been less prejudice, offered more opportunities, the many foreigners with radically...
Melissa Penfold
THE MOST DEFINING PIECES OF FURNITURE FROM THE LAST 100 YEARS
How do we define furniture? It might seem like a silly question, but it’s one that kept coming up in...
5 days ago
How do we define furniture? It might seem like a silly question, but it’s one that kept coming up in October of last year, when, in a conference room on the 15th floor of The New York Times building, six experts — the architects and interior designers Rafael de...
CrimethInc.
Reports from the Festivals of Resistance / Day of the Forest Defender
January 18 is the Day of the Forest Defender, honoring the life of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, who...
5 days ago
January 18 is the Day of the Forest Defender, honoring the life of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, who was murdered by Georgia State Troopers two years ago while protesting the construction of Cop City in Atlanta, and everyone else who has given their lives in the fight against those...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Home Assistant Voice Preview is an unusable mess.
I just got a Home Assistant Voice recently. I was so excited to try it out as a programmable Alexa.
5 days ago
I just got a Home Assistant Voice recently. I was so excited to try it out as a programmable Alexa.
Melissa Penfold
THE THINGS YOUR WEDDING GUESTS SECRETLY DESPISE
There’s a fairly well-established list of the things that wedding guests detest. Overly long...
5 days ago
There’s a fairly well-established list of the things that wedding guests detest. Overly long ceremonies. Overly long toasts. Cash bars. A bachelor or bachelorette trip that sends its attendees into credit-card debt. A destination wedding in a remote locale that the couple has...
Calculated Risk
Sunday Night: Markets Closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Weekend:
Schedule for Week of January 19, 2025
US markets will be closed in observance of Martin...
5 days ago
Weekend:
Schedule for Week of January 19, 2025
US markets will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
WTI futures at $77.88 per barrel and Brent at $80.79 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $74, and Brent was at $81 - so WTI oil prices are up about 5%...
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