Last Place Comics
Boys vs Girls Club, Part 3
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Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #49: How bat protection regulations broke Britain's planning system
Plus how Europe isn't *all bad* at growth, why every Netflix film is forgettable, and why you should...
11 hours ago
Plus how Europe isn't *all bad* at growth, why every Netflix film is forgettable, and why you should visit Jimmy Carter's hometown.
Confessions of a...
Linux Context Switching Internals: Part 1 - Process State and Memory
How does the Linux kernel represent processes and their state: A breakdown of task_struct and...
23 hours ago
How does the Linux kernel represent processes and their state: A breakdown of task_struct and mm_struct
Eukaryote Writes...
Learn to write well BEFORE you have something worth saying
Lessons learned from trip reports and journal articles.
18 hours ago
Lessons learned from trip reports and journal articles.
Patterns in Humanity
Age and infertility
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
22 hours ago
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
Jonas Hietala
A type checking error in Elixir 1.18
Although I’m a big Elixir fan, the lack of static typing has always been my biggest annoyance (and...
18 hours ago
Although I’m a big Elixir fan, the lack of static typing has always been my biggest annoyance (and why I think Gleam is so cool).
I think static typing helps catch bugs earlier and in an automated way, leading to less buggy software and saves time in the long run.
To my great joy...
Andrew Fraknoi –...
Celebrating the Centennial of Galaxies January 1 2025
On January 1, 1925, at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC, astronomer...
16 hours ago
On January 1, 1925, at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC, astronomer Henry N. Russell read a paper contributed by a young astronomer named Edwin Hubble (who was too junior to earn a trip across the country from the California observatory where he...
The Convivial...
Life Cannot Be Delegated
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 15
18 hours ago
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 15
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
6 hours ago
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
Marcus on AI
Where will AI be at the end of 2027? A bet
We, Gary Marcus, author, scientist, and noted AI skeptic, and Miles Brundage, an independent AI...
an hour ago
We, Gary Marcus, author, scientist, and noted AI skeptic, and Miles Brundage, an independent AI policy researcher who recently left OpenAI and is bullish on AI progress, have agreed to the following bet, at 10:1 odds, with criteria drawn from two earlier Substack essays by Gary...
Weighty Thoughts
From 6 Weeks to 600 Seconds (or Less)
The revolutionary potential of utilizing AI for electronic hardware design
4 hours ago
The revolutionary potential of utilizing AI for electronic hardware design
ntietz.com blog -...
Reflecting on 2024, preparing for 2025
If you do things a few times, they're a tradition.
This is the third time I'm writing one of these,...
18 hours ago
If you do things a few times, they're a tradition.
This is the third time I'm writing one of these, so I guess it's an annual tradition now!
This is where I reflect on the year that's been, and talk some about my hopes and goals for the next year.
Reflecting on 2024
This year has...
Apoorva Srinivasan
diffusion models for protein generation
Introduction
Proteins are nature's versatile nanomachines— they have evolved to perform virtually...
8 hours ago
Introduction
Proteins are nature's versatile nanomachines— they have evolved to perform virtually every important task in living systems. While nature has produced an incredible range of protein functions, these represent only a tiny fraction of what's possible in the protein...
blag
Collection of insane and fun facts about SQLite
Some of the interesting and insane facts I learned about SQLite
8 hours ago
Some of the interesting and insane facts I learned about SQLite
Scarlet Ink
My 61k subscriber newsletter, about marketing, and a bit about relationships. An off-topic holiday...
An off-topic holiday newsletter. And a happy New Year to you!
3 hours ago
An off-topic holiday newsletter. And a happy New Year to you!
The Works in...
Three percent more Monaco: Links in Progress, infrastructure edition
Plus: high speed rail in Vietnam, India's first vertical lift sea bridge, and a £100 million bat...
4 hours ago
Plus: high speed rail in Vietnam, India's first vertical lift sea bridge, and a £100 million bat tunnel.
Rest of World -...
Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand
Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
7 hours ago
Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
yesterday
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
yesterday
Another of my essays in French.
Working Theorys
Writing Wrapped
I published 52 pieces this year (plus favorite tweets and an essay from the vault).
yesterday
I published 52 pieces this year (plus favorite tweets and an essay from the vault).
Koos Looijesteijn
How to get good at anything creative
yesterday
Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
2 days ago
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
Ken Shirriff's blog
Intel's $475 million error: the silicon behind the Pentium division bug
In 1993, Intel released the high-performance Pentium processor, the start of the long-running...
2 days ago
In 1993, Intel released the high-performance Pentium processor, the start of the long-running Pentium line.
The Pentium had many improvements over the previous processor, the Intel 486, including a faster floating-point division algorithm.
A year later, Professor Nicely, a number...
Moneyness
Someone is wrong on the internet about the SWIFT network
There's a chart that has been circulating for a while now on social media that shows payments...
2 days ago
There's a chart that has been circulating for a while now on social media that shows payments traffic on SWIFT, a key global financial messaging network. Below is a version from the Economist, but I've seen other versions too.
Source: The Economist
When banks make...
journal – Winnie Lim
chiang mai’s scenes of creativity
Chiang Mai is a city that is buzzing with creative energy, though I am not sure why. Is it the long...
2 days ago
Chiang Mai is a city that is buzzing with creative energy, though I am not sure why. Is it the long history of their hill tribes and their crafts? I thought I’ll...
The Ruffian
Best of The Ruffian 2024
Catch-up service:
2 days ago
Blog System/5
Revisiting the NetBSD build system
I recently picked up an embedded project in which I needed to build a highly customized full system...
2 days ago
I recently picked up an embedded project in which I needed to build a highly customized full system image with minimal boot times and NetBSD was the best choice for it. Let's look at why its build system helps.
SatPost by Trung...
11 Best Things of 2024
My favourite book, film, podcast, quote, meme, purchase and more for the year.
2 days ago
My favourite book, film, podcast, quote, meme, purchase and more for the year.
McMansion Hell
on neuschwanstein castle (part 1)
This is an essay in two parts.
Neuschwanstein Concept Drawing by the stage designer (!!) Christian...
2 days ago
This is an essay in two parts.
Neuschwanstein Concept Drawing by the stage designer (!!) Christian Jank (1869).
There exist in architecture clear precedents to the McMansion that have nothing to do with suburban real estate. This is because “McMansionry” (let’s say) has many...
mtlynch.io
The Case for Open Borders by John Washington
If you’re a liberal who’s interested in becoming a radical progressive, this is a good book for you....
2 days ago
If you’re a liberal who’s interested in becoming a radical progressive, this is a good book for you. If you’re anyone else, you’re probably not the target audience.
somethingaboutmaps
Journey’s End
Nearly five years ago, I completed a project that, to my mind, remains the most significant of my...
3 days ago
Nearly five years ago, I completed a project that, to my mind, remains the most significant of my cartographic career: An Atlas of Great Lakes Islands, manually printed in cyanotype, with a hand-stitched binding. I wanted to share this project with all of you, but there were only...
lcamtuf’s thing
Against the hydraulic analogy
The most popular tool for teaching electronics makes the trade harder to learn.
3 days ago
The most popular tool for teaching electronics makes the trade harder to learn.
GeoCurrents
The Forests of Northern Somalia?
Somalia (including Somaliland) is widely known as an arid and drought-plagued land. Climate maps...
3 days ago
Somalia (including Somaliland) is widely known as an arid and drought-plagued land. Climate maps depict most of the country as having a hot and dry desert climate (“BWh” in the Köppen classification system). Much of southern Somalia, as well as a portion of the far northwest...
CONTEMPORIST
An Orange Spiral Staircase Is An Eye-Catching Feature Inside This Apartment
Architecture and interior design firm S+PS Architects, has shared photos of a penthouse apartment in...
3 days ago
Architecture and interior design firm S+PS Architects, has shared photos of a penthouse apartment in Mumbai, India, that has two eye-catching orange spiral staircases. Stepping inside the penthouse, there’s an open plan living room with a variety of sitting areas and decor that...
Artificial Ignorance
10 AI stories that shaped 2024
Agents, deepfakes, Strawberries, and more.
3 days ago
Agents, deepfakes, Strawberries, and more.
IEEE Spectrum
Video Friday: Unitree Talent Awakening
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE...
3 days ago
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.
ICRA 2025: 19–23 May 2025, ATLANTA,...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
3 days ago
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
Paolo Amoroso's...
A brief experience with the Cardputer uLisp Machine
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