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Apple’s “Let Loose” iPad Event was Shot on iPhone — With Panavision Lenses
Still from Apple’s “Let Loose” video.
Apple unveiled their new line of iPads yesterday in a...
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Still from Apple’s “Let Loose” video.
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The Works in...
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Quanta Magazine
Will Better Superconductors Transform the World?
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Arduino Blog
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Last month I wrote about Havana Syndrome, the claim that a number of American and Canadian diplomats...
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Flashbak
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The Modern House
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Twenty years ago, The Modern House was a mere kernel of an idea; today, it is widely recognised as the UK’s leading design-led estate agency. How did we get here? Today, co-founders Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill were asked this very question on BBC Radio 4’s Gap […]
Old Structures...
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No matter how many buildings you’ve seen, you can always find something that will surprise you. The...
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Vadim Kravcenko
I’m sorry
Question:
Answer:
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8 hours ago
Question:
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Retail Design Blog
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Seth's Blog
Cats and dogs
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Does your brand have a personality? When people expect you to act a certain way, you have a brand. And that expectation is worth understanding. Can you help us understand whether you’re a cat or a dog in the way you react, respond, delight or sneak around? And if you’re a dog,...
This Space
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In 1998 my friend John Harris mentioned that he was travelling to the US so I asked if he could pick...
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diamond geezer
Ruby Tuesday Drive
As unexpected street names go, this is right up there.
And there are ten more where that came...
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As unexpected street names go, this is right up there.
And there are ten more where that came from.
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Anecdotal Evidence
'The Artist Knows He Is Ready'
A young
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about. It sounds...
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A young
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Open Culture
Read the Uncompromising Letter That Steve Albini (RIP) Wrote to Nirvana Before Producing In Utero...
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Today, Steve Albini, the musician and producer of important albums by Nirvana, PJ Harvey, the Pixies and many others, passed away in Chicago, at the all-too-early age of 61. In tribute, we’re bringing you this classic 2013 post from our archive. Journeyman record producer Steve...
The American Scholar
Tramping With Virginia
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Mark Manson
How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear
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In...
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What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all?
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somethingaboutmaps
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A Smart Bear
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Patterns in Humanity
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Oykun
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
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The Marginalian
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Artificial Ignorance
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Cheese and Biscuits
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Citation Needed
Issue 56 – What are you gonna do, arrest me?
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The Binance CEO's sentencing draws near, and prosecutors have been busy chasing down other crypto criminals. Also, lawmakers take another stab at stablecoin regulation.
Out-of-Pocket Blog
“Mission-driven” should be more specific | Out-Of-Pocket
everything is a set of tradeoffs, let's be honest about that
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everything is a set of tradeoffs, let's be honest about that
Quantum Frontiers
To thermalize, or not to thermalize, that is the question.
If Hamlet had been a system of noncommuting charges, his famous soliloquy may have gone like this…...
2 weeks ago
If Hamlet had been a system of noncommuting charges, his famous soliloquy may have gone like this… To thermalize, or not to thermalize, that is the question:Whether ’tis more natural for the system to sufferThe large entanglement of thermalizing dynamics,Or … Continue reading →
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Meditation
Part of our 80/20 series
sit on a cushion for 20 mins per day
focus on your sensory experiences...
2 weeks ago
Part of our 80/20 series
sit on a cushion for 20 mins per day
focus on your sensory experiences (touch, sight, smell, sound). Try to perceive them as accurately as possible [1] [2] [3]
footnotes:
is that really all? on one level, yes -- both in the sense that
99% Invisible
Towers of Silence [EPISODE]
Situated right in downtown Mumbai, India is an area of about 55 acres of dense, overgrown forest. In...
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Situated right in downtown Mumbai, India is an area of about 55 acres of dense, overgrown forest. In one of the most populous cities in the world, this is a place where peacocks roam freely — a space out of time. This forest is protected by a religious community. It has survived...
Computer Things
"Testing can show the presence of bugs but not the absence"
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Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence! — Edgar Dijkstra, Notes on Structured Programming
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Both Are True
anxiety at work!!
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hey boss, are you mad at me?
Society's Backend
Things Everyone Should Understand About the Stanford AI Index Report
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It’s Time to Build
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CONTEMPORIST
A Large Pergola Helps This Home Seamlessly Blends Indoor And Outdoor Spaces
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Commoncog
The Limits of Operational Excellence
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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alexwlchan
Taking scheduled screenshots of my website
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2 weeks ago
A few weeks ago I was reading the DPC Bit List, an inventory of digital materials and the risks associated with their long-term preservation.
What formats need urgent attention before they’re lost forever, what mediums are already being well-preserved, and so on.
For example,...
Wuthering...
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's La plus secrète mémoire des hommes - one of his objectives was to be original...
La plus secrète mémoire des hommes (2021) by
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2 weeks ago
La plus secrète mémoire des hommes (2021) by
Senegalese novelist Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, published in English as The Most
Secret History of Men (2023), is the first imitation of Roberto Bolaño I
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Engineer’s Codex
4 Software Design Principles I Learned the Hard Way
If there’s two sources of truth, one is probably wrong. And yes, please repeat yourself.
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If there’s two sources of truth, one is probably wrong. And yes, please repeat yourself.
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Interdisciplinary Website Maker
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2 weeks ago
Paul Ford has a great article at Wired about his own experience as an English major working in tech. While I myself am not an English major (more on that below) his desire to be interdisciplinary parallels my own.
I began to realize I was that most horrifying of things:...
Archinect - Features
Happy National Volunteer Week! Here's a resource guide for architects and designers looking...
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Business Brainstorms
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Common Edge
The ‘Social Landscapes’ of Lee Friedlander
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Engineers Need Art
VPX Scripting - Part 6 (End Sound)
This post wraps up the sound work on Teacher's Pet.
2 weeks ago
This post wraps up the sound work on Teacher's Pet.
One Useful Thing
Innovation through prompting
Democratizing educational technology... and more
2 weeks ago
Democratizing educational technology... and more
bunnie's blog
Automated Stitching of Chip Images
This is the final post in a series about non-destructively inspecting chips with the IRIS...
2 weeks ago
This is the final post in a series about non-destructively inspecting chips with the IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ) technique. Here are links to previous posts: This post will cover the software used to stitch together smaller images generated by the control software into a single...
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Seeking Wisdom
Modeling Life: Oscillation
This is my 3rd post summarizing the key takeaways I got from reading the book Modeling Life. I...
2 weeks ago
This is my 3rd post summarizing the key takeaways I got from reading the book Modeling Life. I recommend reading my earlier posts first to get a good grounding on the foundations covered in the book. A system can exhibit three different types of behavior: equilibrium,...
Renegade Otter
AI - SkyNet Is Not Coming to Kill You
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The firehose of data is turned on
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Twelve Mile Circle –...
Dayton, Ohio Part 5 (Venturing West)
My second day of county counting focused west of Dayton, once again targeting five new counties....
2 weeks ago
My second day of county counting focused west of Dayton, once again targeting five new counties. This time I planned to capture Butler and Darke counties in Ohio; and Union, Fayette, and Randolph counties in Indiana. Hopefully this excursion would also take about three hours like...
Internal Tech Emails
Bill Gates: "The quality is giving us a bad name"
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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Working Theorys
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
Probably...
What does “strength” mean?
Here’s another installment in Data Q&A: Answering the real questions with Python. Previous...
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A Stepped Brick Extension Makes Space For A Soft Warm Blush Kitchen
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Architecture and interior design firm Bradley Van Der Straeten, has shared photos of a home in England that received a new stepped brick extension with views of the garden. When the front door is open, you can see all the way through to the rear garden. A stepped form took shape...
Engineers Need Art
VPX Scripting - Part 5 (DOF)
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The Pragmatic...
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2 weeks ago
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A Smart Bear
It's a torturous chaos until it isn't
Even at wildly successful startups, the first few years are gut-wrenching, uncertain, on the brink...
2 weeks ago
Even at wildly successful startups, the first few years are gut-wrenching, uncertain, on the brink of collapse, where pessimism is realism, and yet optimism is required.
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Tinloof - Blog
How to design an accessible carousel (part 1)
This series of articles is made out of two parts:
In this first article, we provide a comprehensive...
2 weeks ago
This series of articles is made out of two parts:
In this first article, we provide a comprehensive guide to designing an intuitive and universally accessible carousel for any web project.
In the second part, we'll focus on the development approach, walking you through...
Spoon & Tamago
Japan Quietly Shines at Milan Design Week
Milan Design Week—Coachella, but for furniture—is running this week from April 16-21. All the...
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The Honest Broker
What Is Really Inside the Briefcase in 'Pulp Fiction'?
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IEEE Spectrum
Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector
In the mid-1960s, Robert Kahn began thinking about how computers with different operating systems...
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Noahpinion
How Latin America started to beat inequality
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Roger Ebert, MKBHD and the Job of a Critic
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99% Invisible
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Artificial Ignorance
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Plato On Knowledge
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I recently replaced the battery on my iPhone 8 (it's the perfect smartphone; fight me) in an attempt to prolong its life by a few more years. However, the iStore service centre required that the phone be wiped to comply with the POPIA act prior to any kind of service work...
Contemporist...
This New House Was Designed To Fit Into A Protected Historic Neighborhood
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The Marginalian
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
2 weeks ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Looking for AI use-cases
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Why isn’t it useful...
2 weeks ago
We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases?
Why isn’t it useful for everyone, right now? Do Large Language Models
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Moneyness
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Payments companies are regularly punished for engaging in money laundering. MoneyGram, for instance, has has to pay multiple fines. Western Union was famously busted in 2017. Meanwhile, Cash App is being probed as we speak for inadequate anti-money laundering controls.
In the...
Laetitia@Work
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The faces are back, a new book, calm, beauty, civil war.
The faces are back. Feels like...
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The faces are back, a new book, calm, beauty, civil war.
The faces are back. Feels like something is happening here.
This ^ is the start of a new book.
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What is beautiful?
Another...
Noahpinion
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Enough doom and gloom, let's allow ourselves a moment of happiness.
Dan Slimmon
Garden-path incidents
Barb’s story It’s 12 noon on a Minneapolis Wednesday, which means Barb can be found at Quang. As the...
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IEEE Spectrum
50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2
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Society's Backend
Why Rust Isn't Killing C++
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Classical Wisdom
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Data Boutique
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Both Are True
the detonator
no, i will not 'grieve' my pre-parent self
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no, i will not 'grieve' my pre-parent self
Out-of-Pocket Blog
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+ we're hosting another dinner! and courses ending!
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+ we're hosting another dinner! and courses ending!
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Daniel Marino
My current prototyping environment
The other day I shared why I prefer coding prototypes rather than using design apps to create them....
3 weeks ago
The other day I shared why I prefer coding prototypes rather than using design apps to create them. My prototyping environment has evolved over the years. I love to hear how others build prototypes, so I thought I’d share where I’m at now. Maybe you’ll find it useful.
A single...
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alexwlchan
Getting faster Jekyll builds with caching in plugins
This website is a static site built with Jekyll, and recently I overhauled the process for...
3 weeks ago
This website is a static site built with Jekyll, and recently I overhauled the process for generating the site.
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Anything I ship to my personal domain jim-nielsen.com is made using IDD: impulse driven...
3 weeks ago
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At one point in the past, I decided that I...
Artificial Ignorance
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3 weeks ago
From megaFLOPS to mega flops.
The Rational Walk
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3 weeks ago
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Citation Needed
AI isn't useless. But is it worth it?
AI can be kind of useful, but I'm not sure that a "kind of useful" tool justifies the harm.
3 weeks ago
AI can be kind of useful, but I'm not sure that a "kind of useful" tool justifies the harm.
The Marginalian
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"Experiences of shame throw a flooding light on what and who we are and what the world we live in...
3 weeks ago
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Construction Physics
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Regular readers of Construction Physics know that I formerly worked for the construction startup...
3 weeks ago
Regular readers of Construction Physics know that I formerly worked for the construction startup Katerra, which raised several billion dollars in venture capital in the hopes of revolutionizing the construction industry, and then went bankrupt. In fact, it was my experiences at...
The Ruffian
The Sunak Question
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3 weeks ago
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Electronics etc…
Tektronix TDS 684B Oscilloscope Button Swap
Introduction
Removing the panels
Swapping a Rotary Encoder
Putting it all back together
End...
3 weeks ago
Introduction
Removing the panels
Swapping a Rotary Encoder
Putting it all back together
End Result
Introduction
I recently bought a TDS 684B for cheap at a government auction. With 1 GHz BW
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Siglent...
History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
macwright.com
Takeaway from using CO₂ monitors: run the exhaust fan
For the last few years, I’ve had Aranet 4 and AirGradient sensors in my apartment. They’re fairly...
3 weeks ago
For the last few years, I’ve had Aranet 4 and AirGradient sensors in my apartment. They’re fairly expensive gadgets that I have no regrets purchasing – I love a little more awareness of things like temperature, humidity, and air quality, it’s ‘grounding’ in a cyberpunk way. But...
99% Invisible
Anything’s Pastable: Eat Sauté Love [EPISODE]
This week we’re featuring an episode from The Sporkful’s series on the creation of “Anything’s...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re featuring an episode from The Sporkful’s series on the creation of “Anything’s Pastable,” Dan Pashman’s new pasta cookbook. In part two of “Anything’s Pastable,” Dan embarks on an epic trip across Italy in search of lesser-known pasta dishes — and to learn about...
Computer Things
What makes concurrency so hard?
A lot of my formal specification projects involve concurrent or distributed system. That's in the...
3 weeks ago
A lot of my formal specification projects involve concurrent or distributed system. That's in the sweet spot of "difficult to get right" and "severe costs to getting it wrong" that leads to people spending time and money on writing specifications. Given its relevance to my job, I...
The History of the...
The Analog Web
On reclaiming the web's lost humanity, and the people still very much trying to do it.
The post The...
3 weeks ago
On reclaiming the web's lost humanity, and the people still very much trying to do it.
The post The Analog Web appeared first on The History of the Web.
Wanderingspace
Eclipse 2024 from Space
https://twitter.com/ThePlanetaryGuy
3 weeks ago
https://twitter.com/ThePlanetaryGuy
Both Are True
you don't need everyone to like your work (2018)
revisiting something i wrote years ago
3 weeks ago
revisiting something i wrote years ago
Blog - Practical...
Connecting Solar to the Grid is Harder Than You Think
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
On June 4, 2022, a small piece...
3 weeks ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
On June 4, 2022, a small piece of equipment (called a lightning arrestor) at a power plant in Odessa, Texas failed, causing part of the plant to trip offline. It was a fairly typical fault that happens from...
Society's Backend
Know Your Benchmarks
How the Chatbot Arena leaderboard for LLMs works and why it’s important to understand
3 weeks ago
How the Chatbot Arena leaderboard for LLMs works and why it’s important to understand
CONTEMPORIST
A Tiny Public Library With A Roof Inspired By A Sheet Of Paper
Ninja Stuudio has shared photos of “White Sheet”, a tiny public library and reading pavilion they...
3 weeks ago
Ninja Stuudio has shared photos of “White Sheet”, a tiny public library and reading pavilion they completed in Tallinn, Estonia. The design has been inspired by the image of a literary idea, with the pavilion’s roof hovering as a light sheet of paper in mid-air relying only on...
Steve Blank
Founders Need to Be Ruthless When Chasing Deals
One of the most exciting things a startup CEO in a business-to-business market can hear from a...
3 weeks ago
One of the most exciting things a startup CEO in a business-to-business market can hear from a potential customer is, “We’re excited. When can you come back and show us a prototype?” This can be the beginning of a profitable customer relationship or a disappointing sinkhole of...
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
Dan Quach Blog
State of Data Engineering 2024 Q2
Data Engineering and AIChip Huyen, who came out of Stanford and is active in the AI space recently...
3 weeks ago
Data Engineering and AIChip Huyen, who came out of Stanford and is active in the AI space recently wrote an article on what she learned by looking at the 900 most popular open source AI tools. https://huyenchip.com/2024/03/14/ai-oss.html In data engineering, one of our primary...
nanoscale views
The future of the semiconductor industry, + The Mechanical Universe
Three items of interest:
This article is a nice review of present semiconductor memory...
3 weeks ago
Three items of interest:
This article is a nice review of present semiconductor memory technology. The electron micrographs in Fig. 1 and the scaling history in Fig. 3 are impressive.
This article in IEEE Spectrum is a very interesting look at how some people think we will get...
Daniel Marino
Why I Still Prefer to Prototype Using Code
There are several design apps available at a product designers disposal, and I’ve used several of...
3 weeks ago
There are several design apps available at a product designers disposal, and I’ve used several of them over the years. I think these days, most everyone is using Figma, but whatever app you’re using—most of them typically have some sort of prototyping feature. Typically they have...
tomcritchlow.com
Working With Founders Who Have Conviction and Taste
Consulting can be easy money. Fleecing clients for cheap tricks. Clients have problems, you have...
3 weeks ago
Consulting can be easy money. Fleecing clients for cheap tricks. Clients have problems, you have powerpoints. It’s easy to flip a few quick slides into a chunk of cash and cackle off into the mountains.
Mazdak
Should You Rent or Buy a Home in Today's Market?
In today's Canadian housing market, the age-old question of renting versus buying feels more...
3 weeks ago
In today's Canadian housing market, the age-old question of renting versus buying feels more pressing than ever. Soaring property values and rising interest rates have created a complex landscape, leaving many wondering: is homeownership still the golden ticket to building...
The Rational Walk
Paid Subscriptions
The reasons behind my decision to discontinue paid subscriptions.
3 weeks ago
The reasons behind my decision to discontinue paid subscriptions.
Noahpinion
Why so many of us were wrong about missile defense
Writing about military spending is difficult.
3 weeks ago
Writing about military spending is difficult.
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Faster Connectivity !== Faster Websites
This post from Dan Luu discussing how web bloat impacts users with slow devices caused me to reflect...
3 weeks ago
This post from Dan Luu discussing how web bloat impacts users with slow devices caused me to reflect on the supposition that faster connectivity means faster websites.
I grew up in an era when slow internet was the primary limiting factor to a great experience on the web. I was...
Archinect - Features
AI is Good For Architects (For Now)
In the final chapter of Archinect In-Depth: Artificial Intelligence, Niall Patrick Walsh reflects on...
3 weeks ago
In the final chapter of Archinect In-Depth: Artificial Intelligence, Niall Patrick Walsh reflects on the historical relationship between architecture and technology, charting a trajectory for the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the future of the architectural...
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
3 weeks ago
Does what goes around come around?
Commoncog
The Secret at the Heart of Continuous Improvement
Continuous Improvement sounds simple, even obvious. And yet there's a profound secret at its heart...
3 weeks ago
Continuous Improvement sounds simple, even obvious. And yet there's a profound secret at its heart that doesn't seem to get talked about.
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Healthcare Ideas That Look Good But Are Bad | Out-Of-Pocket
clinical trial matching, "find a specialist", and more
3 weeks ago
clinical trial matching, "find a specialist", and more
CONTEMPORIST
272 Wood Slats Were Used To Create A Sculptural Element Inside This New Coffee Bar
Design firm jones | haydu has shared photos of The Caffé by Mr. Espresso, a new coffee bar in...
3 weeks ago
Design firm jones | haydu has shared photos of The Caffé by Mr. Espresso, a new coffee bar in Oakland, California, that features curved birch slats. The design of the cafe is heavily inspired by Italian culture, using minimalism and contrast, with the designers explaining, “The...
Working Theorys
Some Thoughts on Airchat
For people in a tiny slice of the world and internet, there’s no greater canon event than the...
3 weeks ago
For people in a tiny slice of the world and internet, there’s no greater canon event than the prospect of a new social app taking off. Sometimes there are multi-year droughts. In a plentiful year, there are one or two prospects that excite us. (And I wrote a stream of...
Common Edge
Randy Fertel on the Power and Peril of Creative Improvisation
A lively talk with the author about his new book, Winging It.
3 weeks ago
A lively talk with the author about his new book, Winging It.
Engineers Need Art
VPX Scripting - Part 2 (Linting)
The second in a series of posts about scripting Visual Pinball tables.
3 weeks ago
The second in a series of posts about scripting Visual Pinball tables.
The Map is Mostly...
Why Buy a House (or Land)?
A lesson in ignoring economics
3 weeks ago
A lesson in ignoring economics
Quantum Frontiers
How I didn’t become a philosopher (but wound up presenting a named philosophy lecture anyway)
Many people ask why I became a theoretical physicist. The answer runs through philosophy—which I...
3 weeks ago
Many people ask why I became a theoretical physicist. The answer runs through philosophy—which I thought, for years, I’d left behind in college. My formal relationship with philosophy originated with Mr. Bohrer. My high school classified him as a religion … Continue reading →
Maggie Appleton
On Openings Essays, Conferences Talks, and Jam Jars
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Koos Looijesteijn
Your app is not a product
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Spoon & Tamago
Myaku-Myaku Footwear, Inspired by the Googly-Eyed Mascot for the Osaka Expo
Myaku-Myaku, the unsettling googly-eyed humanoid that was selected as the 2025 Osaka Expo, has...
3 weeks ago
Myaku-Myaku, the unsettling googly-eyed humanoid that was selected as the 2025 Osaka Expo, has inspired numerous spinoffs, both official and unofficial. And with exactly 1 year to go before the Expo, we should all expect to see a lot more. The latest iteration comes in the form...
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Dayton, Ohio Part 3 (Museums)
Sure, I visited the various Wright Brothers museums, historical sites, and memorials but they...
3 weeks ago
Sure, I visited the various Wright Brothers museums, historical sites, and memorials but they weren’t the totality of Dayton’s remarkable legacy. It wasn’t even the reason why we visited. I mentioned the younger kid’s interest in all things aeronautical earlier and it traced back...
Spoon & Tamago
Death Fes in Shibuya Asks Visitor to Embrace Their End
images courtesy Death Fes April 14th is the unofficial “day of good death” in Japan. The date 4-1-4...
3 weeks ago
images courtesy Death Fes April 14th is the unofficial “day of good death” in Japan. The date 4-1-4 can be pronounced yo-i-shi, or good death, making today the perfect day to kick-off the Death Fes, an event aimed at encouraging people to think and talk about their inevitable...
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
3 weeks ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
bunnie's blog
Control and Autofocus Software for Chip-Level Microscopy
This post is part of a series about giving us a tangible reason to trust our hardware through...
3 weeks ago
This post is part of a series about giving us a tangible reason to trust our hardware through non-destructive IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ) inspection. Here’s the previous posts: This post will discuss the control software used to drive IRIS. Above is a screenshot of the IRIS machine...
alexwlchan
The Star-Spangled Ballad
In an hour or so, Hannah Waddingham will take the stage at the Royal Albert Hall, and present this...
3 weeks ago
In an hour or so, Hannah Waddingham will take the stage at the Royal Albert Hall, and present this year’s Olivier Awards.
I won’t be there, but a number of dear friends are in the audience, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for Operation Mincemeat – a musical with which we...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
3 weeks ago
SOCKS
“I called them Ghosts”. Visual Poems and Sequences by George Wylesol
George Wylesol is a Baltimore-based artist who primarily produces illustrations and comic-like...
3 weeks ago
George Wylesol is a Baltimore-based artist who primarily produces illustrations and comic-like sequences of drawings, often accompanied by written text in the form of short poems. His works blend mundane objects and settings with surreal plots and visual associations, resulting...
Paolo Amoroso's...
Testing the Practical Common Lisp code on Medley
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