Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k] About [alt+shift+a]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s]
Top Categories > all
#all #programming #startups #history #life #travel #science #architecture #comics #creative #literature #cartography #finance #AI #design #indiehacker #technology settings [alt+←][alt+→]
Handprinted - Blog
Blind Embossing with Lino Blind embossing is a beautiful way in which to add light and shadow to your prints. Embossing adds...
15 hours ago
2
15 hours ago
Blind embossing is a beautiful way in which to add light and shadow to your prints. Embossing adds subtle texture and interest. Emboss prints ‘blind’ (without ink) or combine with inked lino for a complex final print. Prepare the design. These white pencils are brilliant for...
Wuthering...
Metamorphoses, Books XI to XV - The whole of it flows I had better finish up Ovid’s Metamorphoses before I forget what was in it.  It is full of memorable...
17 hours ago
2
17 hours ago
I had better finish up Ovid’s Metamorphoses before I forget what was in it.  It is full of memorable things, but I have limits.  Books XI through XV, the last five, in this post. Book X ended with the songs of Orpheus, so he has to begin Book XI with Orpheus’s gruesome death,...
Artificial Ignorance
Jevons Paradox and the future of programming Supply and demand in the Age of AI.
19 hours ago
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
The Case for Design Engineers, Pt. III Previously: The Case for Design Engineers, Pt. I The Case for Design Engineers, Pt. II I wrote about...
20 hours ago
2
20 hours ago
Previously: The Case for Design Engineers, Pt. I The Case for Design Engineers, Pt. II I wrote about the parallels between making films and making websites, which was based on an interview with Christopher Nolan. During part of the interview, Nolan discusses how he enjoys being a...
Seth's Blog
“But what if I’m wrong? If we’re going to come together and invest the time in conversation, in research or in analysis, we...
6 hours ago
1
6 hours ago
If we’re going to come together and invest the time in conversation, in research or in analysis, we should begin by understanding what would be required for you or I to change our minds. If you’re not willing to consider that you’re wrong, then, in the words of a Dan Dennett,...
Rest of World -...
Meta’s long-standing problem with “shaheed” An overdue ruling from the Oversight Board.
5 hours ago
Unpacked
NVIDIA Explained: Origins, GPUs and AI stock bump | EP8 NVIDIA has seen their valuation 5x over the last 5 years and is now worth more than $2 trillion. In...
8 hours ago
1
8 hours ago
NVIDIA has seen their valuation 5x over the last 5 years and is now worth more than $2 trillion. In the latest episode, we dive a few layers deep into the company. We start with the origin of the company and the launch of their first GPU in 1999 which unlocked several...
A Beautiful Site
Building Custom Elements With a Library I often get asked why I use Lit to build web components. Hands down, it's become my preference after...
15 hours ago
1
15 hours ago
I often get asked why I use Lit to build web components. Hands down, it's become my preference after years of working with various libraries and tools. Here's why I use it. Libraries offer a better DX # This seems like a selfish answer for a developer to lean on, but there are...
Common Edge
Is This Ugly or Heroic? An Eyesore or Gem? What Is ‘Ugly’? Truth is, aesthetic inclinations are an expanding multiverse.
yesterday
Go - Bitfield...
Programming with confidence: TDD in Go There’s an easy, pleasant, and reliable way to build software in Go, guided by tests. Let’s find...
yesterday
3
yesterday
There’s an easy, pleasant, and reliable way to build software in Go, guided by tests. Let’s find out what it’s like to program with confidence, in the first part of this TDD tutorial series.
Atoms vs Bits
The Mystery Of The Pots Does quantity lead to quality?
yesterday
tomcritchlow.com
LinkedIn is not a social or professional network, it's a learning network The world of work is changing.
yesterday
99% Invisible
Autism Pleasantville [EPISODE] A few years back, journalist Lauren Ober was diagnosed with autism. She then made a podcast about...
2 days ago
2
2 days ago
A few years back, journalist Lauren Ober was diagnosed with autism. She then made a podcast about her experience called The Loudest Girl in the World. And she found herself imagining a fantasy world where everything is tailored to Lauren’s very specific autistic needs. And she...
Citation Needed
Sam Bankman-Fried wants only six years for his "victimless" crime Sam Bankman-Fried maintains that his crimes were victimless and resulted in zero losses, and...
2 days ago
3
2 days ago
Sam Bankman-Fried maintains that his crimes were victimless and resulted in zero losses, and therefore warrant only six years of imprisonment. Prosecutors argue that 40–50 years are justified.
Blog - Guerrilla...
How AI is changing cartography: A chatbot’s perspective Artificial intelligence is dramatically changing the practice of cartography, not just as a...
2 days ago
3
2 days ago
Artificial intelligence is dramatically changing the practice of cartography, not just as a mechanism for extracting and manipulating data, but as a tool for creating, curating, and interacting with geospatial images. A simple web search for “AI in cartography” points to a vast...
Dan Slimmon
Incident, Inçident, Incidënt When you deploy broken code, it may cause an incident. Then you'll have to declare an incident. And...
2 days ago
3
2 days ago
When you deploy broken code, it may cause an incident. Then you'll have to declare an incident. And don't forget to create an incident so customers can stay informed!
Scott Jenson
Sotto Voce “AI” and “The Cloud” are both hot topics, but couldn’t be more different. AI is new, unproven, and...
2 days ago
3
2 days ago
“AI” and “The Cloud” are both hot topics, but couldn’t be more different. AI is new, unproven, and surrounded by hyperbole, whereas “The Cloud” is older, established, and broadly accepted. But online, criticism is mounting against both, not so much for the technology itself but...
Society's Backend
Why Gemini's Struggles Aren't Straightforward And an overview of LLM security issues
2 days ago
Both Are True
good word / bad word - issue 1 because some words are good and others are bad
2 days ago
Archinect - Features
A Guide to Salary Transparency Laws Across the United States At present, there is no federal pay transparency law in the United States. However, as Archinect...
2 days ago
3
2 days ago
At present, there is no federal pay transparency law in the United States. However, as Archinect frequently reports on, several states and cities across the United States have enacted their own requirements for employers seeking to hire or promote within their...
Tony Finch's blog
On "the OSI deprogrammer" Back in December, George Michaelson posted an item on the APNIC blog titled “That OSI model refuses...
2 days ago
3
2 days ago
Back in December, George Michaelson posted an item on the APNIC blog titled “That OSI model refuses to die”, in reaction to Robert Graham’s “OSI Deprogrammer” published in September. I had discussed the OSI Deprogrammer on Lobsters, and George’s blog post prompted me to write an...
The Great Discontent...
Luke Zahm “Everyone eats. There's so much beauty in realizing that humaneness and that oneness.” This is the...
2 days ago
3
2 days ago
“Everyone eats. There's so much beauty in realizing that humaneness and that oneness.” This is the ethos of Luke Zahm. The James Beard-nominated chef, host of the hit PBS show Wisconsin Foodie, and owner of the widely acclaimed Driftless Café in Viroqua, Wisconsin, believes food...
Paolo Amoroso's...
Reading Recursion via Pascal <![CDATA[I read the book Recursion via Pascal by Jeffrey S. Rohl, Cambridge University Press, 1984....
2 days ago
3
2 days ago
<![CDATA[I read the book Recursion via Pascal by Jeffrey S. Rohl, Cambridge University Press, 1984. I discovered this rare, little known gem by chance and, although it's available online, I also bought a cheap printed copy. The book Recursion via Pascal. What makes this short...
Londonist
The Top Exhibitions To See In London: April 2024 From Caravaggio to Antony Gormley.
2 days ago
Maps Mania
Mapping SpaceTime
2 days ago
diamond geezer
Green Link Walk 4 I've now completed London's newest official walkway, the Green Link Walk, which was launched on 1st...
2 days ago
3
2 days ago
I've now completed London's newest official walkway, the Green Link Walk, which was launched on 1st March. If you need a map try here, if you need an app try here, if you want 45 pages of walking instructions try here, and if you're reading this several months in the future try...
Ink & Switch
08 · History and diffs with Automerge Version control capabilities like history, branching, and diffs are enabled by the Automerge CRDT...
2 days ago
Working Theorys
Placeholders for Life Life is not a dress rehearsal
3 days ago
Computer Things
Why do regexes use `$` and `^` as line anchors? Next week is April Cools! A bunch of tech bloggers will be writing about a bunch of non-tech topics....
3 days ago
5
3 days ago
Next week is April Cools! A bunch of tech bloggers will be writing about a bunch of non-tech topics. If you've got a blog come join us! You don't need to drive yourself crazy with a 3000-word hell essay, just write something fun and genuine and out of character for you. But I am...
Construction Physics
Supersonic air travel recommended reading Aviation has a huge number of enthusiasts, which is why essentially every aircraft model ever...
3 days ago
4
3 days ago
Aviation has a huge number of enthusiasts, which is why essentially every aircraft model ever produced has a book written about it. Supersonic aircraft are no exception. There’s a large number of books written about the Concorde, the Tu-144, and the American SST project. Many of...
Oykun
Designers, charge more $$$ to help yourself and your clients. By charging more $$$, you are lifting up the quality of the outcome and satisfaction.
3 days ago
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 #2 💡 Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it...
3 days ago
5
3 days ago
#1 💡 #2 💡 Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it reliably. There are also tons of people who would like to work in such a role but they are hard to find as there is no generally accepted job title. Seems like a huge opportunity if...
Coffee with an...
Design explained with pie charts Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple pie charts. Unfortunately, this...
3 days ago
4
3 days ago
Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple pie charts. Unfortunately, this isn’t that: More Design in charts – HERE, and HERE and HERE
Arduino Blog
Can I build my own robot with Arduino? When you think of automation, what’s the first image that comes to mind? For many of us, it’s a...
3 days ago
4
3 days ago
When you think of automation, what’s the first image that comes to mind? For many of us, it’s a robot. From the blocky, square-headed characters of sci-fi comic fame to household more complex creations like the Replicants of Blade Runner — robots have captured our collective...
NeuroLogica Blog
Man Gets Pig Kidney Transplant On March 16 surgeons transplanted a kidney taken from a pig into a human recipient, Rick Slayman. So...
3 days ago
4
3 days ago
On March 16 surgeons transplanted a kidney taken from a pig into a human recipient, Rick Slayman. So far the transplant is a success, but of course the real test will be how well the kidney functions and for how long. This is the first time such a transplant has been done into a...
Old Structures...
Doodling In A Hotel A remarkable sketch by Cass Gilbert from July 1933: From left to right, the Dom Tower in Utrecht...
3 days ago
5
3 days ago
A remarkable sketch by Cass Gilbert from July 1933: From left to right, the Dom Tower in Utrecht (fourteenth-century, 368 feet high): St Mark’s Campanile in Venice (ninth century, rebuilt in the early twentieth century after it collapsed, 323 feet high): and Gilbert’s own...
Quantum Frontiers
My experimental adventures in quantum thermodynamics Imagine a billiard ball bouncing around on a pool table. High-school level physics enables us to...
3 days ago
4
3 days ago
Imagine a billiard ball bouncing around on a pool table. High-school level physics enables us to predict its motion until the end of time using simple equations for energy and momentum conservation, as long as you know the initial conditions … Continue reading →
Data Boutique
Case Study: MatchesFashion Inventory Outflows Web data for market insights
3 days ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Poets Who Are Plain and Gladsome' Being or pretending to be a philistine is great fun. It was one of Philip Larkin’s favorite ruses...
3 days ago
4
3 days ago
Being or pretending to be a philistine is great fun. It was one of Philip Larkin’s favorite ruses (“Books are a load of crap”). It’s certain to rile the pompous and pretentious, so all you have to do is sit back and enjoy the sputtering. I’ve happened on a first-rate anthology of...
Noahpinion
Market-rate housing will make your city cheaper Yes, market-rate!
3 days ago
nanoscale views
Items of interest The time since the APS meeting has been very busy, hence the lack of posting.  A few items of...
3 days ago
4
3 days ago
The time since the APS meeting has been very busy, hence the lack of posting.  A few items of interest: The present issue of Nature Physics has several articles about physics education that I really want to read.  This past week we hosted N. Peter Armitage for a really fun...
macwright.com Micro
About Placemark.io Someone asked over email about why I stopped building Placemark as a SaaS and made it an open source...
3 days ago
4
3 days ago
Someone asked over email about why I stopped building Placemark as a SaaS and made it an open source project. I have no qualms with sharing the answers publicly, so here they are: I stopped Placemark because it didn’t generate enough revenue and I lost faith that there was a...
Internal Tech Emails
When Apple considered buying Bing Can I imagine that Apple can build a search engine to compete. Yes but it’s probably not the best...
4 days ago
4
4 days ago
Can I imagine that Apple can build a search engine to compete. Yes but it’s probably not the best way to differentiate our products.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Schedule Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: The real mystery is whether the last panel is right...
4 days ago
4
4 days ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: The real mystery is whether the last panel is right before or right after. Today's News:
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
4 days ago
2
4 days ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
A Smart Bear
Color Wheels are wrong? How color vision actually works Artists say all colors are a mixture of red, yellow, and blue. But physics and TV screens and...
4 days ago
4
4 days ago
Artists say all colors are a mixture of red, yellow, and blue. But physics and TV screens and printers disagree. How does color really work?
Weighty Thoughts
CUDA is Still a Giant Moat for NVIDIA Despite everyone’s focus on hardware, the software of AI is what protects NVIDIA
5 days ago
Electronics etc…
Symmetricom 58532A GPS Antenna Supply Voltage Mod The Symmatricom 58532A Opening up the 58532A Voltage Regulation Result What about the other 58532A...
5 days ago
2
5 days ago
The Symmatricom 58532A Opening up the 58532A Voltage Regulation Result What about the other 58532A variant? References The Symmatricom 58532A As part of a package deal, I got my hands on a Symmetricom 58532A L1 GPS antenna. Microchip, which acquired Symmetricom in 2013, doesn’t...
The Ruffian
Why It's Good To Be Biased When everyone is rational, reasonable and nice, we all get a little dimmer
5 days ago
bunnie's blog
Sidebar on Meta-Knowledge IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ) is a multidisciplinary project I’m developing to give people a tangible...
5 days ago
4
5 days ago
IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ) is a multidisciplinary project I’m developing to give people a tangible reason to trust their hardware. Above: example of IRIS imaging a chip mounted on a circuit board. When I set out to research this technique, there were many unknowns, and many skills...
SatPost by Trung...
Subsea Internet Cables are a Miracle PLUS: Apple's Monopoly, Monster Beverage, Asian Work Culture, WarnerBros vs. Harry Potter.
6 days ago
The Convivial...
Desire, Dopamine, and the Internet The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 5
6 days ago
swyx's site RSS Feed
Organizing State of Diffusion++ I manifested a "State of Diffusion++" meetup yesterday that I felt was a success. 200 people signed...
6 days ago
4
6 days ago
I manifested a "State of Diffusion++" meetup yesterday that I felt was a success. 200 people signed up! Here are some photos!
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024 Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
6 days ago
3
6 days ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
The Amazon + One Medical Post | Out-Of-Pocket I guess I should say something?
6 days ago
The Rational Walk
Inflation Expectations There's no reason for anyone to care what I think about inflation and interest rates, but readers...
6 days ago
2
6 days ago
There's no reason for anyone to care what I think about inflation and interest rates, but readers should pay close attention to Warren Buffett's statements and actions.
Quanta Magazine
Math That Connects Where We’re Going to Where We’ve Been Recursion builds bridges between ideas from across different math classes and illustrates the power...
6 days ago
3
6 days ago
Recursion builds bridges between ideas from across different math classes and illustrates the power of creative mathematical thinking. The post Math That Connects Where We’re Going to Where We’ve Been first appeared on Quanta Magazine
The Modern House
A home counties treasure by master of materials Michael Manser, now for sale
6 days ago
Elad Blog
Discussion w Arthur Mensch, CEO of Mistral AI Mistral launched multiple LLM models in less then 1 year from founding. We discuss
6 days ago
Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844 A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
6 days ago
4
6 days ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844.     “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
Irrational...
Ex-technology companies. One of the most interesting questions I got after joining Calm in 2020 was whether Calm was a...
6 days ago
3
6 days ago
One of the most interesting questions I got after joining Calm in 2020 was whether Calm was a technology company. Most interestingly, this question wasn’t coming from friends or random strangers on the internet, it was coming from the engineers working there! In an attempt to...
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves JamesHoare Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
6 days ago
Julia Evans
The "current branch" in git Hello! I know I just wrote a blog post about HEAD in git, but I’ve been thinking more about what the...
6 days ago
2
6 days ago
Hello! I know I just wrote a blog post about HEAD in git, but I’ve been thinking more about what the term “current branch” means in git and it’s a little weirder than I thought. four possible definitions for “current branch” It’s what’s in the file .git/HEAD. This is how the git...
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists undefined
6 days ago
Laetitia@Work
What the fear of ageing costs working women Laetitia@Work #68
6 days ago
xkcd.com
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
6 days ago
CONTEMPORIST
The Reinterpretation Of A Gabled Roof Is On Display At This New House Architecture firm Studio KUNZ has shared photos of a home they completed in a small town in the...
a week ago
3
a week ago
Architecture firm Studio KUNZ has shared photos of a home they completed in a small town in the south of Brazil. The home sits on a high plateau, surrounded by an idyllic landscape formed by araucaria trees, which was key for a young couple who have a close relationship with life...
The Marginalian
Awakened Cosmos: Poetry as Spiritual Practice "Poetry is the cosmos awakened to itself."
a week ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Secret Travel Locations in Monaco
a week ago
Articles - Alex...
The age of average (encore) The shift to music streaming has led to songs getting shorter, music getting less melodically...
a week ago
4
a week ago
The shift to music streaming has led to songs getting shorter, music getting less melodically diverse and lyrics getting more repetitive. Or to put it another way, just as our visual culture has become more homogeneous, so too has the music that accompanies it. Let’s run...
The Berkeley...
Modeling Extremely Large Images with $x$T As computer vision researchers, we believe that every pixel can tell a story. However, there seems...
a week ago
3
a week ago
As computer vision researchers, we believe that every pixel can tell a story. However, there seems to be a writer’s block settling into the field when it comes to dealing with large images. Large images are no longer rare—the cameras we carry in our pockets and those orbiting our...
@Westenberg Feed -...
The creator economy trap: why building on someone else's platform is a dead end The creator economy is a dead end for most creators. Why? The creator economy is built on third...
a week ago
5
a week ago
The creator economy is a dead end for most creators. Why? The creator economy is built on third party foundations. When we talk about the "creator economy" we're talking about writers, podcasters, artists who build careers on TikTok, Instagram, Patreon, Stitcher, YouTube - pick...
TokyoDev
A four-stage approach for hiring women on your engineering team “We’d love to have woman engineers on our team, but we don’t get any applying to us” is a common...
a week ago
3
a week ago
“We’d love to have woman engineers on our team, but we don’t get any applying to us” is a common sentiment I’ve heard from startup founders, both in Japan as well as my home country, the United States. If you’re in a similar position, and looking to increase the gender...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Vacation Ideas in Los Angeles
a week ago
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
a week ago
Epic Web Dev
TypeScript: What’s the Point?! (article) TypeScript elevates JavaScript with static typing, offering scalable, maintainable code despite...
a week ago
2
a week ago
TypeScript elevates JavaScript with static typing, offering scalable, maintainable code despite initial challenges.
Epic Web Dev
What is a Superset (in programming?) (article) Supersets like TypeScript enhance languages with benefits like error detection, code consistency,...
a week ago
3
a week ago
Supersets like TypeScript enhance languages with benefits like error detection, code consistency, scalability, and improved tooling for devs.
Epic Web Dev
What is a Superset (in programming?) (article) Supersets like TypeScript enhance languages with benefits like error detection, code consistency,...
a week ago
3
a week ago
Supersets like TypeScript enhance languages with benefits like error detection, code consistency, scalability, and improved tooling for devs.
Words and Buttons...
The Real C++ Killers (Not You, Rust) All the “C++ killers”, even these which I wholeheartedly love and respect like Rust, Julia, and D,...
a week ago
4
a week ago
All the “C++ killers”, even these which I wholeheartedly love and respect like Rust, Julia, and D, help you write more features with fewer bugs, but they don't much help when you need to squeeze the very last FLOPS from the hardware you rent. As such, they don’t have a...
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete. You don't need to know that.
a week ago
The Honest Broker
They Praised AI at SXSW—and the Audience Started Booing My survey confirms that consumers are getting angry about new tech (and not just AI)
a week ago
The Pragmatic...
Is the “AI developer”a threat to jobs – or a marketing stunt? One startup released “the first AI software engineer,” while another aims to build a “superhuman...
a week ago
5
a week ago
One startup released “the first AI software engineer,” while another aims to build a “superhuman software engineer.” As intimidating as these sound: what if it’s more marketing than reality?
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children Event: THIS Saturday
a week ago
Ferd.ca
A Commentary on Defining Observability 2024/03/19 A Commentary on Defining Observability Recently, Hazel Weakly has published a great...
a week ago
4
a week ago
2024/03/19 A Commentary on Defining Observability Recently, Hazel Weakly has published a great article titled Redefining Observability. In it, she covers competing classical definitions observability, weaknesses they have, and offers a practical reframing of the concept in the...
Blog - Practical...
How the Hawaiian Power Grid Works [Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] In January of 2024, right on...
a week ago
5
a week ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] In January of 2024, right on the heels of a serious drought across the state, a major storm slammed into the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Kauai. Severe winds caused damage to buildings, and heavy rain flooded...
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe" Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
a week ago
Tony Dinh's...
Another 6-figure exit, and the future I sold Xnapper, here is a quick update about the acquisition details
a week ago
mtlynch.io
Why does a extraneous build step make my Zig app 10x faster? For the past few months, I’ve been curious about two technologies: the Zig programming language and...
a week ago
4
a week ago
For the past few months, I’ve been curious about two technologies: the Zig programming language and Ethereum cryptocurrency. To learn more about both, I’ve been using Zig to write a bytecode interpreter for the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Zig is a great language for performance...
Castles in the Sky
Tracking how many of The Atlantic's Great American Novels I've Read An ongoing project
a week ago
Passing Time
Backyard Skiing You don’t have to go far from home for adventure
a week ago
journal – Winnie Lim
my first hate comment This morning I woke up to my first ever hate comment in response to my latest post in the history of...
a week ago
5
a week ago
This morning I woke up to my first ever hate comment in response to my latest post in the history of this blog. I am sharing a screenshot because I don’t wish...
Confessions of a...
Recording: Comparing CPUs, GPUs & LPUs + Ask Me Anything Hi everyone, Thanks for joining for this session. Please enjoy the recording. If you have any...
a week ago
4
a week ago
Hi everyone, Thanks for joining for this session. Please enjoy the recording. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me via email, or DM.
Dan Cowell
Deadlines Work If you had told me that I'm capable of cycling 50km non-stop, soaked to the skin in torrential rain,...
a week ago
5
a week ago
If you had told me that I'm capable of cycling 50km non-stop, soaked to the skin in torrential rain, eyes burning with sunblock, sweat and ocean spray, in sub-10°C conditions, I would have called you a filthy liar. Then yesterday happened. It was meant to be
Essays - Benedict...
A month of the Vision Pro The Vision Pro is amazing, but like the rest of VR and AR, Apple seems years away from the mass...
a week ago
7
a week ago
The Vision Pro is amazing, but like the rest of VR and AR, Apple seems years away from the mass market. And if it gets there, how much will it matter?
The Honest Broker
I Had to Say Something at My Son's Wedding So I'm sharing it with you too
a week ago
Contemporist...
An Old Stone Ruin Was Given New Life As A Contemporary Off-Grid Home Architect Dario Castellino has transformed an abandoned stone ruin that was once overgrown with...
a week ago
Patrick Kayongo
Of Mountains and Hills It’s hard to pinpoint where the cocktail Phakamani’s love, and fear of high places came from. The...
a week ago
5
a week ago
It’s hard to pinpoint where the cocktail Phakamani’s love, and fear of high places came from. The love may have come from the views he found solace in during his years of sojourn in Cape Town. From the upper campus of UCT, he would take lunch walks to Rhodes Memorial to escape...
alexwlchan
Monki Gras 2024: Step… Step… Step… Yesterday I gave a talk at Monki Gras 2024. This year, the theme is “Prompting Craft: examining and...
a week ago
3
a week ago
Yesterday I gave a talk at Monki Gras 2024. This year, the theme is “Prompting Craft: examining and discussing the art of the prompt in code and cultural creation”. I did a talk about my experience of learning these new AI tools, and I draw comparisons to learning to dance. This...
Mazdak
Capital Gains Tax on the Sale of Property in Canada: A Comprehensive Guide Selling a property can be a significant financial event, and understanding the tax implications is...
a week ago
5
a week ago
Selling a property can be a significant financial event, and understanding the tax implications is crucial. This article delves into capital gains tax in Canada, explaining how it works, how it's calculated, and how to potentially reduce your tax burden.
General Robots
The Mythical Non-Roboticist What if everyone could do robotics? That would be great, right? We should make a software framework...
a week ago
5
a week ago
What if everyone could do robotics? That would be great, right? We should make a software framework so that non-roboticists can program robots.This idea is so close to a correct idea that it's hard to tell why it's a mistake.
Vadim Kravcenko
Why software projects fail Question: Answer: The post Why software projects fail appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
a week ago
The Map is Mostly...
Small Spaces notes on building blocks
2 weeks ago
One Useful Thing
I, Cyborg: Using Co-Intelligence How I used AI in my book about AI
2 weeks ago
Moneyness
Are the sanctions on Russia working? I very much enjoy economist Robin Brooks's tweets, especially his charts showing how sanctions...
2 weeks ago
7
2 weeks ago
I very much enjoy economist Robin Brooks's tweets, especially his charts showing how sanctions imposed on Russia have affected regional trade patterns. While direct trade between Europe and Russia has collapsed thanks to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions, the...
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules Because that's all they can do.
2 weeks ago
Adventures In...
How to Make a Hexagonal Cartogram in ArcGIS Pro Of course maps are just the most fascinating and information dense graphical information products...
2 weeks ago
5
2 weeks ago
Of course maps are just the most fascinating and information dense graphical information products around…in my unbiased opinion. I can, and do, go on and on about the deep and pervasive benefits of spatial representations. But…well…sometimes a map, strictly speaking, can have...
Eukaryote Writes...
Internet Harvest (2024, 1) Free covid treatment for everyone in the US, a novel orthopox virus, a really big machine, cameras...
2 weeks ago
6
2 weeks ago
Free covid treatment for everyone in the US, a novel orthopox virus, a really big machine, cameras used for good and evil, ant heaven now, and more.
Maggie Appleton
A Collection of Design Engineers
2 weeks ago
David Heinemeier...
Be less precious The essence of the book Radical Candor is the concept of ruinous empathy. That by trying your best...
2 weeks ago
7
2 weeks ago
The essence of the book Radical Candor is the concept of ruinous empathy. That by trying your best to couch employee performance feedback in overly gentle language, you end up confusing the message, and cheating the recipient out of the clarity they desperately need to improve –...
The Pragmatic...
The “10x engineer:" 50 years ago and now How has parts of the classic book on software engineering, ‘The Mythical Man Month,’ aged with time,...
2 weeks ago
5
2 weeks ago
How has parts of the classic book on software engineering, ‘The Mythical Man Month,’ aged with time, and is it still relevant half a century on – or does it belong in a museum, alongside floppy discs?
AI Snake Oil
AI safety is not a model property Trying to make an AI model that can’t be misused is like trying to make a computer that can’t be...
2 weeks ago
6
2 weeks ago
Trying to make an AI model that can’t be misused is like trying to make a computer that can’t be used for bad things
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar? And Those Like Him?
2 weeks ago
Epic Web Dev
Implicit Assertions (article) Have a better understanding about the explicit and implicit assertions now, and perhaps even have a...
2 weeks ago
5
2 weeks ago
Have a better understanding about the explicit and implicit assertions now, and perhaps even have a test or two in mind to improve.
Left To Write
№ 78: Bloomstory Codex, Changing of Seasons, Unproductivity Is The New Productivity A brief update of the last months
2 weeks ago
Commoncog
Members Preview: An Easier Way to Create XmR Charts Early access to some software we've built to make XmR charts more accessible.
2 weeks ago
somethingaboutmaps
Take the 2024 Freelance Mapper Survey Friends and colleagues, it’s time once again for the survey that Aly Ollivierre and I conduct every...
2 weeks ago
7
2 weeks ago
Friends and colleagues, it’s time once again for the survey that Aly Ollivierre and I conduct every two years. We ask people who do freelance mapping work about their fees and other business practices, in order to help bring more transparency to our little niche of the world, and...
Identity Designed
Donut Shop Designed by TwoPoints.Net, Hamburg, Barcelona.
2 weeks ago
The Berkeley...
2024 BAIR Graduate Directory Every year, the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab graduates some of the most...
2 weeks ago
4
2 weeks ago
Every year, the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab graduates some of the most talented and innovative minds in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Our Ph.D. graduates have each expanded the frontiers of AI research and are now ready to embark on new...
Fonts In Use: Blog...
Martyr! book jacket Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: lithub.com License: All Rights Reserved. Martyr! is a...
2 weeks ago
6
2 weeks ago
Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: lithub.com License: All Rights Reserved. Martyr! is a novel by Iranian-American writer Kaveh Akbar that combines modern situations with traditional imagery. For the jacket, prolific cover designer Linda Huang did what she does so well:...
Cognitive...
From Zero to Fineturning with Axolotl on ROCm Gratitude to https://tensorwave.com/ for giving me access to their excellent servers! Few have tried...
2 weeks ago
6
2 weeks ago
Gratitude to https://tensorwave.com/ for giving me access to their excellent servers! Few have tried this and fewer have succeeded. I've been marginally successful after a significant amount of effort, so it deserves a blog post. Know that you are in for rough waters. And even...
The Honest Broker
How Miles Davis Hired John Coltrane A fascinating interlude from James Kaplan's new book '3 Shades of Blue'
2 weeks ago
@Westenberg Feed -...
Trust-busting isn't enough. Consumer choice is the key. The anti-Big Tech sentiment is growing. Populist politicians on both the left and right, from...
2 weeks ago
6
2 weeks ago
The anti-Big Tech sentiment is growing. Populist politicians on both the left and right, from Elizabeth Warren to Josh Hawley, to the EU have called for a crackdown on tech giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple. They claim these companies have become monopolies that...
journal – Winnie Lim
documenting my first experience with the risograph Last weekend to celebrate our 94th month anniversary we decided to attend a beginner’s risograph...
2 weeks ago
6
2 weeks ago
Last weekend to celebrate our 94th month anniversary we decided to attend a beginner’s risograph workshop at Knuckles & Notch. To be very honest I haven’t heard of the word “risograph” until...
Abort Retry Fail
Housekeeping for 20240309 Super quick updates
2 weeks ago
The Roots of...
What is progress? In one sense, the concept of progress is simple, straightforward, and uncontroversial. In another...
2 weeks ago
11
2 weeks ago
In one sense, the concept of progress is simple, straightforward, and uncontroversial. In another sense, it contains an entire worldview. The most basic meaning of “progress” is simply advancement along a path, or more generally from one state to another that is considered more...
Tech and Tea
Reader Mailbag: Struggling to do it all A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and...
2 weeks ago
11
2 weeks ago
A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and getting in touch with their identity outside of work.
Mark Manson
40 Life Lessons I Know at 40 (That I Wish I Knew at 20) Today is my 40th birthday. When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to...
2 weeks ago
11
2 weeks ago
Today is my 40th birthday. When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to survive your 20s and crowd-sourced advice on how to excel in your 30s. And apparently you guys loved it. So, here's more of the good stuff: 40 life lessons I now know at 40 that I...
computers are bad
2024-03-09 the purple streetscape Across the United States, streets are taking on a strange hue at night. Purple. Purple streetlights...
2 weeks ago
4
2 weeks ago
Across the United States, streets are taking on a strange hue at night. Purple. Purple streetlights have been reported in Tampa, Vancouver, Wichita, Boston. They're certainly in evidence here in Albuquerque, where Coal through downtown has turned almost entirely to mood lighting....
Castles in the Sky
Beyond Cliché and Pretense: From the Canon to Constellations The Importance of the new type of Artist
2 weeks ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Discover Nine Ways to be Present in Los Angeles.
2 weeks ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Best Places to Shop and Eat In Los Angeles
2 weeks ago
Probably...
Think Python Goes to Production Think Python has moved into production, on schedule for the official publication date in July — but...
2 weeks ago
7
2 weeks ago
Think Python has moved into production, on schedule for the official publication date in July — but maybe earlier if things go well. To celebrate, I have posted the next batch of chapters on the new site, up through Chapter 12, which is about Markov text analysis and generation,...
XO Capital - Field...
Consolidating Our Portfolio 💡 We've finally rolled out a small community of folks interested in acquiring saas businesses. The...
2 weeks ago
6
2 weeks ago
💡 We've finally rolled out a small community of folks interested in acquiring saas businesses. The first few weeks of it have been a delight. It's the highlight of my week chatting with other people interested in this space. Join us! https://notes.xo.capital/community/
Castles in the Sky
CATHEDRAL | Chapter One - Four Years Out Cathedral | Castles in the Sky #60
2 weeks ago
Spoon & Tamago
Satoshi Odagiri Creates One-of-a-Kind Organic Mobiles from Found Material Located in the wilderness of of Hanno City (Saitama), about an hour outside of Tokyo, is Saturday...
2 weeks ago
7
2 weeks ago
Located in the wilderness of of Hanno City (Saitama), about an hour outside of Tokyo, is Saturday Factory, a design studio founded by Satoshi Odagiri in 2015. Inspired by the surrounding forests, rivers and wildflowers, Odagiri creates balancing mobiles that incorporate materials...
Josh Collinsworth
The quiet, pervasive devaluation of frontend I keep noticing those of us in the frontend field being treated much the same as nurses, paralegals,...
3 weeks ago
6
3 weeks ago
I keep noticing those of us in the frontend field being treated much the same as nurses, paralegals, and executive assistants. Our work is seen as important, certainly, but just not the same as, or as important as, the “real” work.
Passing Time
Your Social Universe Imagine yourself as a star.
3 weeks ago
Mazdak
Bank of Canada Holds Rates Steady, Inflation Progress Seen as Insufficient The Bank of Canada (BoC) opted to maintain its key interest rate at 5% today, signaling a cautious...
3 weeks ago
7
3 weeks ago
The Bank of Canada (BoC) opted to maintain its key interest rate at 5% today, signaling a cautious stance on inflation despite recent declines. Governor Tiff Macklem acknowledged progress in bringing inflation down to 2.9% in January, but emphasized the need for continued...
Nela Dunato Art &...
Free Mixed Media Art Supplies Compatibility Chart Behold: the most detailed free art mediums compatibility reference! The chart shows how different...
3 weeks ago
10
3 weeks ago
Behold: the most detailed free art mediums compatibility reference! The chart shows how different art mediums interact together and whether they can be safely layered on top of each other.
The Works in...
The road from serfdom Using opt-ins to reform Russia's backwards tsarist agricultural sector
3 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ... Turn out the lights.
3 weeks ago
./techtipsy
Fairphone 5: my heavily biased overview after 58 days of use (and counting) After months of contemplating I finally pulled the trigger and got myself a Fairphone 5. The...
3 weeks ago
9
3 weeks ago
After months of contemplating I finally pulled the trigger and got myself a Fairphone 5. The fact that iPhone X stopped receiving major iOS updates certainly helped make that decision. “But why? My Xiaomi/Oneplus/Samsung/other glued-together device is like so much cheaper and...
David Heinemeier...
Apple is in its Ballmer era During Ballmer's reign as CEO of Microsoft, the company always made plenty of money. While the stock...
3 weeks ago
8
3 weeks ago
During Ballmer's reign as CEO of Microsoft, the company always made plenty of money. While the stock traded sideways, Ballmer made sure it was still raining dividends. Yet, today, that era of Microsoft is not looked upon too fondly. It's seen as being anchored in the company's...
Nat Eliason's Essays
This Moment is Your Life How to not waste it
3 weeks ago
Stephen Wolfram...
Can AI Solve Science? Note: Click any diagram to get Wolfram Language code to reproduce it. Wolfram Language code for...
3 weeks ago
7
3 weeks ago
Note: Click any diagram to get Wolfram Language code to reproduce it. Wolfram Language code for training the neural nets used here is also available (requires GPU). Won’t AI Eventually Be Able to Do Everything? Particularly given its recent surprise successes, there’s a somewhat...
Blog - Practical...
How Fish Survive Hydro Turbines [Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] Most of the largest dams in...
3 weeks ago
7
3 weeks ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] Most of the largest dams in the US were built before we really understood the impacts they would have on river ecosystems. Or at least they were built before we were conscientious enough to weigh those impacts...
latest projects -...
Simsim Pendant [Concept] Mercurial Medallion
3 weeks ago
AI Snake Oil
A safe harbor for AI evaluation and red teaming An argument for legal and technical safe harbors for AI safety and trustworthiness research
3 weeks ago
Contemporist...
This Tall And Skinny House Also Has A Rooftop Pool Story Architecture has shared photos of a new tall and skinny home they recently completed in Ho Chi...
3 weeks ago
7
3 weeks ago
Story Architecture has shared photos of a new tall and skinny home they recently completed in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for a family of four with two sons.
Steve Blank
Is a $100 Million Enough? Capitalism has been good to me. After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a...
3 weeks ago
9
3 weeks ago
Capitalism has been good to me. After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a career in eight startups. I got to retire when I was 45. Over the last quarter century, in my third career, I helped create the methods entrepreneurs use to build new startups,...
Words and Buttons...
Rational interpolation Rational interpolation is a step forward from polynomial interpolation towards rational splines....
3 weeks ago
7
3 weeks ago
Rational interpolation is a step forward from polynomial interpolation towards rational splines. With rational interpolation, you can build functions that run through a set of points and also have vertical asymptotes whenever you want. With this capability, you can now model...
TokyoDev
Grad school in Japan: my experience doing a Master of Sciences in Computer Science My journey in Japan began with an unconventional scholarship program called Vulcanus in Japan, which...
3 weeks ago
8
3 weeks ago
My journey in Japan began with an unconventional scholarship program called Vulcanus in Japan, which allowed me to take a Japanese language course and intern at a major Japanese company. I wrote all about it in [my previous TokyoDev...
Seeking Wisdom
Stay the course I spend a couple of weeks every February keeping up with my investments, timing it to coincide with...
3 weeks ago
12
3 weeks ago
I spend a couple of weeks every February keeping up with my investments, timing it to coincide with the release of Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders. I found something interesting while performing this ritual this time. I came across Aswath Damodaran’s website, where he has...
IEEE Spectrum
Sci-fi and Hi-fi Many a technologist has been inspired by science fiction. Some have even built, or rebuilt, entire...
3 weeks ago
5
3 weeks ago
Many a technologist has been inspired by science fiction. Some have even built, or rebuilt, entire companies around an idea introduced in a story they read, as the founders of Second Life and Meta did, working from the metaverse as imagined by Neal Stephenson in his seminal 1992...
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul? Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
3 weeks ago
Cheese and Biscuits
Solo, Aughton When I was first out of university, trying to decide what to do with my life, and with no long term...
3 weeks ago
7
3 weeks ago
When I was first out of university, trying to decide what to do with my life, and with no long term plan other than the fact I knew - eventually - I wanted to move to London and stay there, I got a job as a cashier at Ormskirk Abbey National. Ormskirk is ostensibly a market town,...
One Useful Thing
Captain's log: the irreducible weirdness of prompting AIs Also, we have a prompt library!
3 weeks ago
elementary Blog
GTK 4 Porting And A Bit Of Whimsy I want to start off this post by saying, “Thank you!” to our now over 250 sponsors on GitHub for...
3 weeks ago
7
3 weeks ago
I want to start off this post by saying, “Thank you!” to our now over 250 sponsors on GitHub for helping us reach 20% of our monthly funding goal! I’ve been seeing a ton of demand for Early Access which is super exciting. If you’re not already in Early Access, you can be among...
FIRE v London
Feb ’24: Envyidia I’ve had quite a lot of culture to enjoy in February. Aside from some travel for the Six Nations...
3 weeks ago
8
3 weeks ago
I’ve had quite a lot of culture to enjoy in February. Aside from some travel for the Six Nations rugby, I’ve been to two shows – one in London’s Royal Opera House and one on the south coast. Both events were either full or practically full. Covid feels fully behind us now. But...
@Westenberg Feed -...
Bellroy, not Louis Vuitton. Louis Vuitton preens. It flaunts its studded monograms and neon canvas as haute couture. Marketing...
3 weeks ago
8
3 weeks ago
Louis Vuitton preens. It flaunts its studded monograms and neon canvas as haute couture. Marketing as megaphone, blasting a vision of luxury built on status not substance. Bellroy whispers. Clean, minimalist designs reveal quiet confidence in thoughtful construction. They let...
journal – Winnie Lim
some ruminations on the inherent dislike of my self [cw: suicidal thoughts] I guess this does not come as a surprise to anyone – I think I have an...
3 weeks ago
7
3 weeks ago
[cw: suicidal thoughts] I guess this does not come as a surprise to anyone – I think I have an inherent dislike for my self. No one who inherently likes them selves...