Internal Tech Emails
"OpenAI is on a path of certain failure"
There obviously needs to be immediate and dramatic action or everyone except for Google will be...
21 hours ago
There obviously needs to be immediate and dramatic action or everyone except for Google will be consigned to irrelevance.
Nabeel S. Qureshi
Principles
// This was originally a Google Doc where I gathered hard-won life lessons; eventually I open...
23 hours ago
// This was originally a Google Doc where I gathered hard-won life lessons; eventually I open sourced it. It got a great response, including a shoutout from Tim Ferriss, so here it is on Substack.
African History...
A complete history of the Sudano-Sahelian architecture of west Africa: from antiquity to the 20th...
The westernmost region of Africa which forms the watershed of the great rivers of the Senegal, the...
22 hours ago
The westernmost region of Africa which forms the watershed of the great rivers of the Senegal, the Volta and the Niger, is home to one of the world's oldest surviving building traditions, called the ‘Sudano-Sahelian’ architecture.
Basta’s Notes
The ghosts that lives in my garage
Some thoughts about machine learning
16 hours ago
Some thoughts about machine learning
GitButler
Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers?
Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
4 hours ago
Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
Blog - Bitfield...
How to know when it's time to go
Leaving a job is never easy, and it’s a consequential decision. But when
it’s time, it’s time....
4 hours ago
Leaving a job is never easy, and it’s a consequential decision. But when
it’s time, it’s time. Here’s how to escape the comfort trap, and take the
next step in your career.
Scarlet Ink
4 Patterns in Software Development Projects Which Lead to Failure
With experience, you can recognize the less obvious patterns which lead to costly disasters.
12 hours ago
With experience, you can recognize the less obvious patterns which lead to costly disasters.
ntietz.com blog -...
Beginning of a MIDI GUI in Rust
A project I'm working on (which is definitely not my SIGBOVIK submission for this year, and...
17 hours ago
A project I'm working on (which is definitely not my SIGBOVIK submission for this year, and definitely not about computer ergonomics) requires me to use MIDI.
And to do custom handling of it.
So I need something that receives those MIDI events and handles them.
But... I'm going...
Cheese and Biscuits
Vetch, Liverpool
The best way of experiencing 90% of the fun and frolics of a top-end restaurant whilst shelling out...
2 hours ago
The best way of experiencing 90% of the fun and frolics of a top-end restaurant whilst shelling out less than 50% of the usual cost is to go for a weekday lunch or early bird menu. Some of the most exciting dining spots in the country have some remarkably reasonably priced...
Construction Physics
Why Skyscrapers Became Glass Boxes
Everything put into the building that is unnecessary, every cubic foot that is used for purely...
4 hours ago
Everything put into the building that is unnecessary, every cubic foot that is used for purely ornamental purposes beyond that needed to express its use and to make it harmonize with others of its class, is a waste — is, to put it in plain English, perverting someone’s money —...
UX Collective
Meta: you can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
5 hours ago
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
Ken Shirriff's blog
It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor
The cargo cult metaphor is commonly used by programmers.
This metaphor was popularized by Richard...
yesterday
The cargo cult metaphor is commonly used by programmers.
This metaphor was popularized by Richard Feynman's
"cargo cult science" talk with a vivid description of South Seas cargo cults.
However, this metaphor has three major problems.
First,
the pop-culture depiction of cargo...
Confessions of a...
How Unix Spell Ran in 64kB RAM
How do you fit a dictionary in 64kb RAM? Unix engineers solved it with clever data structures and...
yesterday
How do you fit a dictionary in 64kb RAM? Unix engineers solved it with clever data structures and compression tricks. Here's the fascinating story behind it.
Anarchy Unfolds
We Don't Need Conspiracies
The real stories behind our problems are scary enough
yesterday
The real stories behind our problems are scary enough
A Smart Bear
The Important Thing -- powerful enough to override all your deficiencies
This is the reason that startups succeed despite their many weaknesses. And it's a reason to build a...
yesterday
This is the reason that startups succeed despite their many weaknesses. And it's a reason to build a startup in the first place.
journal – Winnie Lim
2025: may I have an uneventful year
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to...
yesterday
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to progress uneventfully. I first started using the word “uneventful”...
Ruud van Asseldonk
LLM text makes human interactions less fun
yesterday
Contemporist...
A Stone Covered Home That Surrounds A Central Courtyard With Sunken Seating
YDR estudio has shared photos of a contemporary stone house they completed in Mexico that includes a...
2 days ago
YDR estudio has shared photos of a contemporary stone house they completed in Mexico that includes a central courtyard with sunken outdoor seating.
Julia Evans
What's involved in getting a "modern" terminal setup?
Hello! Recently I ran a terminal survey and I asked people what frustrated
them. One person...
2 days ago
Hello! Recently I ran a terminal survey and I asked people what frustrated
them. One person commented:
There are so many pieces to having a modern terminal experience. I wish it
all came out of the box.
My immediate reaction was “oh, getting a modern terminal experience isn’t...
macwright.com
2025 Predictions
I was just enjoying Simon Willison’s predictions and, heck, why not.
1: The web becomes adversarial...
2 days ago
I was just enjoying Simon Willison’s predictions and, heck, why not.
1: The web becomes adversarial to AI
The history of search engines is sort of an arms race between
websites and search engines. Back in the early 2000s, juicing your
ranking on search engines was pretty easy -...
Society's Backend
Scaling Laws for LLMs, the Actual Cost of Frontier Models, 3 Key Principles for AI at Scale, and...
Society's Backend Reading List 01-10-2025
3 days ago
Society's Backend Reading List 01-10-2025
Musings on Markets
Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Danger) of Data
For the last four decades, I have spent the first week of each year collecting and analyzing data on...
3 days ago
For the last four decades, I have spent the first week of each year collecting and analyzing data on publicly traded companies and sharing what I find with anyone who is interested. It is the end of the first full week in 2025, and my data update for the year is now up and...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 10, 2025
Hey folks, Fireside this week! I’m currently working on a post “On the Gracchi” taking a somewhat...
3 days ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! I’m currently working on a post “On the Gracchi” taking a somewhat darker look at everyone’s favorite Roman reformers (though hardly the same black takedowns Alexander and Cleopatra got) , which will hopefully be ready for next week. Before we dive...
Citation Needed
Issue 73 – Degen volunteer fire brigade
Terra founder Do Kwon is finally extradited, the CFPB proposes crypto consumer protections, and...
3 days ago
Terra founder Do Kwon is finally extradited, the CFPB proposes crypto consumer protections, and Polymarket reaches new lows.
Matt Mazur
2024 Year in Review
At the end of 2022 I wrapped up my contract work with Help Scout and took the plunge to work on my...
3 days ago
At the end of 2022 I wrapped up my contract work with Help Scout and took the plunge to work on my indie software businesses full time. I’m now two years into that adventure, and wanted to share a periodic update about how things are going. Preceden on the Back Burner I made 32...
Blog System/5
Self-documenting Makefiles
Make, as arcane as a build tool can be, may still be a good first fit for certain scenarios. Let's...
3 days ago
Make, as arcane as a build tool can be, may still be a good first fit for certain scenarios. Let's see how to make a build more palatable in this day and age if you choose this tool.
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Odyssey
Homer's Homecoming
3 days ago
One Useful Thing
Prophecies of the Flood
What to make of the statements of the AI labs?
3 days ago
What to make of the statements of the AI labs?
Christopher Butler
Human-First Interaction (in a Machine-Driven World)
As artificial intelligence (AI) agents increasingly mediate our digital experiences, the role of...
3 days ago
As artificial intelligence (AI) agents increasingly mediate our digital experiences, the role of human interaction with information is evolving. Machines are becoming our primary intermediaries for searching, synthesizing, and summarizing information, often performing these tasks...
Stephen Wolfram...
Who Can Understand the Proof? A Window on Formalized Mathematics
Related writings: “Logic, Explainability and the Future of Understanding” (2018) » “The...
4 days ago
Related writings: “Logic, Explainability and the Future of Understanding” (2018) » “The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics” (2022) » “Computational Knowledge and the Future of Pure Mathematics” (2014) » The Simplest Axiom...
Weighty Thoughts
Review of AI in 2024 and Updates
Guest Post in AI Supremacy
4 days ago
Guest Post in AI Supremacy
NeuroLogica Blog
What Kind of Social Media Do We Want?
Recently Meta decided to end their fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram. The move has been both...
4 days ago
Recently Meta decided to end their fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram. The move has been both hailed and criticized. They are replacing the fact-checkers with an X-style “community notes”. Mark Zuckerberg summed up the move this way: “It means we’re going to catch less bad...
Wrong Side of...
Twitter's White Terror era
The Vibe Shift comes to Britain
4 days ago
The Vibe Shift comes to Britain
Irrational...
Service onboarding model for Uber (2014).
At the core of
Uber’s service migration strategy (2014)
is understanding the service onboarding...
4 days ago
At the core of
Uber’s service migration strategy (2014)
is understanding the service onboarding process, and identifying the levers
to speed up that process. Here we’ll develop a
system model
representing that onboarding process, and exercise the model to test a number
of...
Paolo Amoroso's...
Interpinkie, a Finger client in Interlisp
<![CDATA[I wrote Interpinkie, a basic Finger client in Interlisp that runs on the Medley...
4 days ago
<![CDATA[I wrote Interpinkie, a basic Finger client in Interlisp that runs on the Medley environment. This is the main window of the program:
Main window of the Interpinkie Interlisp Finger client.
It was a fun challenge considering I couldn't use Medley's TCP/IP stack.
I...
wingolog
ephemerons vs generations in whippet
Happy new year, hackfolk! Today, a note about
. I thought I was
done with them, but it seems they...
4 days ago
Happy new year, hackfolk! Today, a note about
. I thought I was
done with them, but it seems they are not done with me. The question at hand is, how do we
efficiently and correctly implement ephemerons in a generational
collector? ‘s answer turns out to be simple but...
wadertales
How are migration sites connected?
Which are the most important migration sites and how are breeding, moulting, staging and wintering...
4 days ago
Which are the most important migration sites and how are breeding, moulting, staging and wintering locations linked? Forty-four authors have collaborated to bring together ringing, colour-ringing and GPS tracking data in a paper entitled Site-level connectivity identified from...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Julia Triay
Hi! I'm Julia Triay, I'm an illustrator and printmaker from Mallorca, Spain based in Norwich. I...
4 days ago
Hi! I'm Julia Triay, I'm an illustrator and printmaker from Mallorca, Spain based in Norwich. I moved to Norwich 8 years ago to study illustration. I fell in love with this fine city and made it my home. I recently quit my job to become a full time illustrator, which has been a...
Applied Cartography
January, 2025
Hello, 2025! (As always, Death Cab remains the soundtrack by which you should read this.)
Headlining...
4 days ago
Hello, 2025! (As always, Death Cab remains the soundtrack by which you should read this.)
Headlining this month was my annual review; everything else is flotsam.
But, speaking of flotsam:
A quick development note on the order attribute in CSS
Notes on Linear and Fathom
Why...
DYNOMIGHT
Links for January
(1) Jimmy Carter rabbit incident
On April 20, 1979, President Carter was on vacation fishing in a...
4 days ago
(1) Jimmy Carter rabbit incident
On April 20, 1979, President Carter was on vacation fishing in a pond in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. After returning to DC, he mentioned to some White House staffers that a large rabbit had swum towards him “hissing menacingly” and he’d had...
Archinect - Features
How Moshe Safdie’s Iconic Habitat 67 Was Reborn in a Virtual World
When Habitat 67 was first unveiled to the world almost six decades ago, it changed the landscape not...
5 days ago
When Habitat 67 was first unveiled to the world almost six decades ago, it changed the landscape not only of Montreal, Canada, but of architectural discourse on how modern buildings could be designed, constructed, and lived in. The structure also catapulted its young architect,...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Designing a Logo
I recently kicked off a 99designs contest for a new logo:...
5 days ago
I recently kicked off a 99designs contest for a new logo: https://99designs.com/logo-design/contests/logo-brand-ai-engineering-podcast-help-define-industry-1307842/
Matt Mullenweg
Studio Sync
WordPress.com launched a new update to Studio this week, and we’re already seeing some buzz....
5 days ago
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...
GeoCurrents
Recent Trends in Domestic Migration in the United States
A recent article in Newgeography by demographer Wendell Cox analyzes net domestic migration from one...
5 days ago
A recent article in Newgeography by demographer Wendell Cox analyzes net domestic migration from one state to another from July 2020 to July 2024. Aptly titled “United States Moves South,” the article includes an intriguing data table outlining the current trends. In this short...
Stat Significant
Which Celebrities Popularized (or Tarnished) Baby Names? A Statistical Analysis
Which public figures impacted baby naming trends?
5 days ago
Which public figures impacted baby naming trends?
High Signal
From agency to SaaS founder - how Jules is making the change
Jules is making $500k a year in revenue with his SEO agency Embarque. But now he's switching things...
5 days ago
Jules is making $500k a year in revenue with his SEO agency Embarque. But now he's switching things up with a move into SaaS.
Uncharted...
The Top 50 US Cities: Why Are They Where They Are?
The geographic and historical reasons that have made some spots in the country the most populated...
5 days ago
The geographic and historical reasons that have made some spots in the country the most populated ones
Artificial Ignorance
AI predictions for 2025
And a review of last year's predictions.
5 days ago
And a review of last year's predictions.
Math Is Still...
Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades to Answer.
It’s surprisingly difficult to prove one of the most basic properties of a number: whether it can be...
5 days ago
It’s surprisingly difficult to prove one of the most basic properties of a number: whether it can be written as a fraction. A broad new method can help settle this ancient question.
The post Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades to Answer. first...
The Changelog
Censorship Is Complicated: What Internet History Says about Meta/Facebook
In light of this week’s announcement by Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, etc), I have been...
5 days ago
In light of this week’s announcement by Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, etc), I have been pondering this question: Why am I, a person that has long been a staunch advocate of free speech and encryption, leery of sites that talk about being free speech-oriented? And, more to...
Map of the Week
A Really Greater New York
New York City just introduced congestion pricing in an attempt to eliminate gridlock. There have...
5 days ago
New York City just introduced congestion pricing in an attempt to eliminate gridlock. There have been many other plans over the years to alter the city to improve traffic flow, also to create housing and solve environmental problems. One of the most ambitious plans was this one,...
Trying to Understand...
The Long Run.
The future belongs to them.
5 days ago
The future belongs to them.
The Pragmatic...
Where to find to The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast
The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast covers software engineering at Big Tech and startups, from the...
5 days ago
The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast covers software engineering at Big Tech and startups, from the inside. We do deepdives with experienced engineers and tech professionals who share their hard-earned lessons, interesting stories and advice they have on building software.
After each...
watchTowr Labs
Backdooring Your Backdoors - Another $20 Domain, More Governments
After the excitement of our .MOBI research, we were left twiddling our thumbs. As you may recall, in...
5 days ago
After the excitement of our .MOBI research, we were left twiddling our thumbs. As you may recall, in 2024, we demonstrated the impact of an unregistered domain when we subverted the TLS/SSL CA process for verifying domain ownership to give ourselves the ability to issue valid and...
Atoms vs Bits
Making Sense Of Life Through Reincarnation
Again the melody returns
5 days ago
Noahpinion
Trudeau was a poor steward of Canada's economy
No one knows what ails Canada, but Trudeau didn't try very hard to fix it.
5 days ago
No one knows what ails Canada, but Trudeau didn't try very hard to fix it.
The Ruffian
James Marriott on Neil Postman: Are We Making Ourselves Stupid?
A Conversation About 'Amusing Ourselves To Death'
5 days ago
A Conversation About 'Amusing Ourselves To Death'
Paul Cudenec
Basketball, neo-imperialism and Zionism
Sport today is just another sector of big business – just another way of making money.
5 days ago
Sport today is just another sector of big business – just another way of making money.
Laetitia@Work
Flowers of Fire: How South Korea’s Feminists Inspired the World
Laetitia@Work #77
5 days ago
Commoncog
The 2024 Commoncog Recap
Everything that we covered in 2024, and what to expect in the coming year.
5 days ago
Everything that we covered in 2024, and what to expect in the coming year.
The Marginalian
Don’t Waste Your Greening Life-Force: Hildegard’s Prophetic Enchanted Ecology
The year is 1174. Gravity, oxygen, and electricity have not been discovered. Clocks, calculus, and...
5 days ago
The year is 1174. Gravity, oxygen, and electricity have not been discovered. Clocks, calculus, and the printing press have not been invented. Earth is the center of the universe, encircled by heavenly bodies whose motions are ministered by angels. Most people never live past...
seangoedecke.com RSS...
Is it cynical to do what your manager wants?
When I suggest doing what your management chain wants, people call me cynical. Is it cynical to...
5 days ago
When I suggest doing what your management chain wants, people call me cynical. Is it cynical to deliberately work on things your company…
mtlynch.io
if got, want: A Simple Way to Write Better Go Tests
There’s an excellent Go testing pattern that too few people know. I can teach it to you in 30...
5 days ago
There’s an excellent Go testing pattern that too few people know. I can teach it to you in 30 seconds.
Instead of writing Go tests like this:
// The common, unrefined way.
username := GetUser()
if username != "dummyUser" {
t.Errorf("unexpected username: got %s, want: %s",...
James Vaughan's blog
My YouTube Watch Later Mystery Graveyard
5 days ago
Epic Web Dev
Testing Accessibility with Screen Readers (article)
Dive into the world of screen reader testing and discover why relying on a single tool isn't enough....
6 days ago
Dive into the world of screen reader testing and discover why relying on a single tool isn't enough. Create genuinely accessible web apps that work for everyone
alexwlchan
How I test Rust command-line apps with `assert_cmd`
Rust has become my go-to language for my personal toolbox – small, standalone utilities like...
6 days ago
Rust has become my go-to language for my personal toolbox – small, standalone utilities like create_thumbnail, emptydir, and dominant_colours.
There’s no place for Rust in my day job, so having some self-contained hobby projects means I can still have fun playing with it.
I’ve...
anderegg.ca
Apple and the AI divide
This morning I read a 404 Media article about Instagram showing people ads with AI-generated images...
6 days ago
This morning I read a 404 Media article about Instagram showing people ads with AI-generated images of themselves. I thought this take from Sam Biddle was very good:
Never in my career have I seen such a giant gulf between What Companies Think Is the Most Important Thing in the...
Escaping Flatland
Bring everything into the conversation layer
A conversation is not an interface that lets you get to know each other; it is an interface that...
6 days ago
A conversation is not an interface that lets you get to know each other; it is an interface that lets you savor and get enriched by the Otherness of each other. The richer the conversation becomes, the more this Otherness can be expressed and explored.
Computer Things
"Logic for Programmers" Project Update
Happy new year everyone!
I released the first Logic for Programmers alpha six months ago. There's...
6 days ago
Happy new year everyone!
I released the first Logic for Programmers alpha six months ago. There's since been four new versions since then, with the November release putting us in beta. Between work and holidays I didn't make much progress in December, but there will be a 0.6...
Marcus on AI
The Five Stages of AGI Grief
And a look at how people keep trying to redefine (or even revoke) the goalposts of what Artificial...
6 days ago
And a look at how people keep trying to redefine (or even revoke) the goalposts of what Artificial General Intelligence means.
99% Invisible
Mini-Stories: Volume 20
Happy New Year! We’re starting 2025 with four more mini stories! This week we have a sleepy button,...
6 days ago
Happy New Year! We’re starting 2025 with four more mini stories! This week we have a sleepy button, electric signs, a very important sticker, and video you can smell. Let’s get into it! Snooze Buttons In the 1950s, General Electric changed alarm clocks forever by adding a snooze...
David Heinemeier...
The social media censorship era is over (for now)
Mark Zuckerberg just announced a stunning pivot for Meta's approach to social media censorship....
6 days ago
Mark Zuckerberg just announced a stunning pivot for Meta's approach to social media censorship. Here's what he's going to do:
Replace third-party fact checkers with community notes ala X.
Allow free discussion on immigration, gender, and other topics that were heavily censored...
IEEE Spectrum
Ensuring the Security and Resilience of Autonomous Fleets with Advanced Testing Frameworks
Autonomous systems, particularly fleets of drones and other unmanned vehicles, face increasing risks...
6 days ago
Autonomous systems, particularly fleets of drones and other unmanned vehicles, face increasing risks as their complexity grows. Despite advancements, existing testing frameworks fall short in addressing end-to-end security, resilience, and safety in zero-trust environments. The...
Blog - Practical...
The Hidden Engineering Behind Texas's Top Tourist Attraction
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
I am on location in downtown...
6 days ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
I am on location in downtown San Antonio, Texas, where crews have just finished setting up this massive 650-ton crane. The counterweights are on. The outriggers are down. And the jib, an extension for the...
Both Are True
2025 recap
what a year it's been
6 days ago
The Diff
Time Arbitrage and SaaS Pricing Power
Plus! Search UX; Mining Crypto; Moderation; News is a Distribution Business; AI as UI
6 days ago
Plus! Search UX; Mining Crypto; Moderation; News is a Distribution Business; AI as UI
Hidden History
The French Space Cat Felicette
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the...
6 days ago
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the first (and so far only) cat to enter space. It did not end well for the cat. In the aftermath of the Second World War, France, under the leadership of General Charles De Gaulle, was...
Common Edge
NYC Finally Has Congestion Pricing—Now, the Free Parking Must Go
Giving away public space for automobiles makes little sense.
6 days ago
Giving away public space for automobiles makes little sense.
The History of the...
Progressive enhancement brings everyone in
Early computers faced unexpected failures, and that gave us graceful degradation. But on the web, we...
6 days ago
Early computers faced unexpected failures, and that gave us graceful degradation. But on the web, we needed something different. We needed progressive enhancement.
The post Progressive enhancement brings everyone in appeared first on The History of the Web.
Rest of World -...
The little ride-hailing app that could catch Uber and Bolt in Kenya
Founder Kamal Budhabhatti’s winning strategy targets corporate clients.
6 days ago
Founder Kamal Budhabhatti’s winning strategy targets corporate clients.
Retail Design Blog
via·1719 Wu Liangcai New Vision Field by Dayuan Design
When a building becomes a collective memory of a city, the meaning it carries is unique. Whenever...
6 days ago
When a building becomes a collective memory of a city, the meaning it carries is unique. Whenever people mention it,...
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Biggest Wealth Transfer in History Is Happening Right Now
You can be a part of it if you choose.
6 days ago
You can be a part of it if you choose.
Seth's Blog
Busy-ness and leverage
When I made breakfast this morning, I didn’t begin by making the blender. Someone else, a team with...
6 days ago
When I made breakfast this morning, I didn’t begin by making the blender. Someone else, a team with more skills, resources and scale, built the blender. I simply bought it. That seems obvious–no one expects a from-scratch baker to make their own baking powder. And yet, our...
History Today Feed
‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 09:36
6 days ago
‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 09:36
FIRE v London
Dec ’24 – 2024 in review
And we’re off, into 2025. Before we get too far, it’s time to take stock (pardon the pun) of 2024....
6 days ago
And we’re off, into 2025. Before we get too far, it’s time to take stock (pardon the pun) of 2024. I’ll follow the 7 point approach I’ve used for the last few years, starting with the wider market context. Q1 How did markets do? December saw falls across most asset classes –...
Flashbak
A Walk Around Leeds in The 1970s
We’re shopping in 1970s Leeds as Eric Miles shows us around the city centre. We mooch past Austicks’...
6 days ago
We’re shopping in 1970s Leeds as Eric Miles shows us around the city centre. We mooch past Austicks’ Bookshop, where as a teenager writer Alan Bennett worked part-time job. We pop into the County Arcade, walking amid the mahogany shop fronts, pink marble columns, and cast iron...
Coding Horror
Stay Gold, America
We are at an unprecedented point in American history, and I'm concerned we may lose sight of the...
6 days ago
We are at an unprecedented point in American history, and I'm concerned we may lose sight of the American Dream.
Open Culture
Radio Caroline, the Pirate Radio Ship That Rocked the British Music World (1965)
Nowadays musicians can reach hundreds, thousands, sometimes millions of listeners with a few,...
6 days ago
Nowadays musicians can reach hundreds, thousands, sometimes millions of listeners with a few, usually free, online services and a minimal grasp of technology. That’s not to say there aren’t still economic barriers aplenty for the struggling artist, but true independence is not an...
Odds and Ends of...
The social justice case for self-driving cars
Abundant mobility should be a moral crusade
6 days ago
Abundant mobility should be a moral crusade
diamond geezer
The Silvertown Tunnel - what we now know
The Silvertown Tunnel - what we now know and what we already knew
What we now know: When it'll...
6 days ago
The Silvertown Tunnel - what we now know and what we already knew
What we now know: When it'll open
Monday 7th April 2025, i.e. in exactly three months time. That's yesterday's genuinely new news. It'll be the first day of the school Easter holidays so traffic should be lighter...
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Democratical Enemies of Truth'
Like me, Matthew Walther
was attracted to the work Sir Thomas Browne by his “enchanting prose.” I...
6 days ago
Like me, Matthew Walther
was attracted to the work Sir Thomas Browne by his “enchanting prose.” I see
from the title page that I bought The Prose of Sir Thomas Browne in the
Cleveland bookstore where I worked in April 1975. It’s a fat yellow paperback,
part of the Anchor...
The American Scholar
“The Horses” by Ted Hughes
Poems read aloud, beautifully
The post “The Horses” by Ted Hughes appeared first on The American...
6 days ago
Poems read aloud, beautifully
The post “The Horses” by Ted Hughes appeared first on The American Scholar.
Global Inequality...
“To the Finland Station”
Trump as a tool of history
6 days ago
Trump as a tool of history
Mazdak
Trudeau's resignation, Dana White joining Meta's board, YouTube taking on TikTok, SuperIntelligence...
After nearly a decade in leadership, Justin Trudeau announced his decision to step down as Prime...
6 days ago
After nearly a decade in leadership, Justin Trudeau announced his decision to step down as Prime Minister of Canada.
lcamtuf’s thing
Weekend projects: Sketchy Sketch
Making a nicer version of a forgotten, electronic Etch-A-Sketch toy.
a week ago
Making a nicer version of a forgotten, electronic Etch-A-Sketch toy.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Moo
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a week ago
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Arduino Blog
Control your volume with a wireless rotary encoder, as you deserve
Every decent stereo sold since the invention of sound has included a knob on the front for adjusting...
a week ago
Every decent stereo sold since the invention of sound has included a knob on the front for adjusting volume. There are influencers and entire communities dedicated to evaluating the feel of those wonderful knobs. So why would you settle for the mushy volume buttons on a remote?...
The Rational Walk
A Quarter Century of Investing
Lessons learned from a quarter century of active investing, along with annual performance...
a week ago
Lessons learned from a quarter century of active investing, along with annual performance statistics.
CONTEMPORIST
A’ Design Award Announces Their Annual World Design Rankings
This article has been brought to you by A’Design Awards. A’Design Award and Competition have...
a week ago
This article has been brought to you by A’Design Awards. A’Design Award and Competition have released their World Design Rankings (WDR) in Arts, Architecture and Design, with China taking first place, followed by the USA, and Japan. The World Design Rankings ranks all the...
The Honest Broker
I Share Private Journal Entries
Random jottings on music (and other topics) from my notebook
a week ago
Random jottings on music (and other topics) from my notebook
TheCollector
What Is Philippians About?
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a week ago
Infinite Scroll
Weekly Scroll: Meta Swallows the Slop
Plus: Elon's alter ego and Autistic Stew
a week ago
Plus: Elon's alter ego and Autistic Stew
The Elysian
What my cooperative media ecosystem could look like
My vision for a federated nation of independent writer states.
a week ago
My vision for a federated nation of independent writer states.
Passing Time
Book Review: Primates of Park Avenue
Despite my quips, far from a hate read
a week ago
Despite my quips, far from a hate read
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Push Notifications Are Organizational Marshmallows
It’s a notifications’ world, we’re just living in it.
Companies can’t help but try and get your...
a week ago
It’s a notifications’ world, we’re just living in it.
Companies can’t help but try and get your attention via email, text, or push notifications and drive you to their app.
Push notifications in particular are a powerful tool — and where there’s power, there’s abuse.
I’m sure...
Calculated Risk
Heavy Truck Sales Decreased 10% YoY in December
This graph shows heavy truck sales since 1967 using data from the BEA. The dashed line is the...
a week ago
This graph shows heavy truck sales since 1967 using data from the BEA. The dashed line is the December 2024 seasonally adjusted annual sales rate (SAAR) of 422 thousand.
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Heavy truck sales declined sharply at the beginning of the pandemic, falling...
Overcoming Bias
Fear Change
Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that...
a week ago
Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that change with context.
Birchtree
Sign up for X to see that amber alert. Yikes
Kate Knibbs writing for Wired: Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About...
a week ago
Kate Knibbs writing for Wired: Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old
Earlier this week, the California Highway Patrol sent an Amber Alert push notification to phones in the Los Angeles area about a 14-year-old girl that authorities...
Transit Maps
Submission – Official Map: Madrid Cercanías Rail Network, December 2024
Submitted by Juan, who says: I send the new version of the Renfe-Madrid Cercanías network. It seems...
a week ago
Submitted by Juan, who says: I send the new version of the Renfe-Madrid Cercanías network. It seems to me that it has improved quite a lot the previous version. This previous version had crossroads, angles, etc. I would like to know your opinion about this new map. Transit Maps...
Dr Alun Withey
To Tip or Not To Tip: A Victorian Traveller’s Perspective
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how...
a week ago
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how much/whether to tip rumble on, but they are not new. Even in the 18th and 19th centuries, travellers were complaining about the amount of unwanted or unexpected extras they had to pay...
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