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Optimizing over multinomial distributions Sometimes you have to maximize some function $$ f(w_1, w_2, ldots, w_n) $$ where $$ w_1 + w_2 +...
24th Jul 2013
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Optimizing over multinomial distributions

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Jul 2013
Sometimes you have to maximize some function $$ f(w_1, w_2, ldots, w_n) $$ where $$ w_1 + w_2 + ldots + w_n = 1 $$ and $$ 0 le w_i le 1 $$ . Usually, $$ f $$ is concave and differentiable, so there's one unique global maximum and you can solve it by applying gradient ascent.
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On Psychedelics I wrote - Hello :name-retracted:! Last night, I watched the movie Her. It was a fascinating movie on...
4th Aug 2018
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On Psychedelics

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Aug 2018
I wrote - Hello :name-retracted:! Last night, I watched the movie Her. It was a fascinating movie on emotions and AI. It was one of its kind…
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Australian Open 2026: Alcaraz and Rybakina Triumph In The Shadow Of Legends The gala which precedes the tournament is not a ball, but exhibition tennis, which featured legends...
4th Feb 2026
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Australian Open 2026: Alcaraz and Rybakina Triumph In The Shadow Of Legends

from Open for Business [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Feb 2026
The gala which precedes the tournament is not a ball, but exhibition tennis, which featured legends Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Patrick Rafter, and 2022 women’s champion Ashleigh Barty. Long-time OFB readers will know how much seeing Federer again means to me.
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2024-06-02 consumer electronics control In a previous episode, I discussed audio transports and mention that they have become a much less...
2nd Jun 2024
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2024-06-02 consumer electronics control

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2nd Jun 2024
In a previous episode, I discussed audio transports and mention that they have become a much less important part of the modern home theater landscape. One reason is the broad decline of the component system: most consumers aren't buying a television, home theater receiver,...
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From Shell to Excel - with a little bit of HTTPS Write once, read everywhere
12th Aug 2024
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From Shell to Excel - with a little bit of HTTPS

from csvbase blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Aug 2024
Write once, read everywhere
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SolidGoldMagikarp In November 2019, years before the launch of ChatGPT, OpenAI created a 1.5 billion parameter Large...
28th Oct 2025
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SolidGoldMagikarp

from Bryan Braun - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Oct 2025
In November 2019, years before the launch of ChatGPT, OpenAI created a 1.5 billion parameter Large Language Model and released it publicly under the name GPT-2. Immediately, researchers and enthusiasts began playing with it, using it to generate poetry, folk music, fan-fiction...
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The Talk Show Timeline I really enjoy John Gruber’s podcast The Talk Show. However, I’ve noticed that it’s been a while...
8th Sep 2026
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The Talk Show Timeline

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2026
I really enjoy John Gruber’s podcast The Talk Show. However, I’ve noticed that it’s been a while since it was in my feed. I decided to chart previous episode dates to check some of my assumptions about release frequency. Cutting to the chase, here’s a link to The Talk Show...
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Notifications with xmonad/irssi/urxvt So I’ve been idling on irc for years now and I’ve been using irssi for that, which works fine. I...
3rd Jul 2014
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Notifications with xmonad/irssi/urxvt

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jul 2014
So I’ve been idling on irc for years now and I’ve been using irssi for that, which works fine. I have not had notifications enabled, so I can see from the statusbar whenever someone messages me. As I’ve never been very active this has been fine, but now I figured it’s time to fix...
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TIL: Rails, CloundFront CDN, and imgproxy In September, I worked on improving Pika’s image performance. I’ve had a long career now (25 years...
14th Oct 2025
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TIL: Rails, CloundFront CDN, and imgproxy

from Good Enough [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Oct 2025
In September, I worked on improving Pika’s image performance. I’ve had a long career now (25 years 😭) doing mostly web-programming tasks, yet somehow I’ve never set up a CDN myself. I suppose the “management years” right as my prior organization was getting bigger contributed to...
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The Birth of THE MERGE Sitting at lunch one day, the GitButler team were having our usual conversations of how awesome our...
24th May 2024
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The Birth of THE MERGE

from GitButler [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th May 2024
Sitting at lunch one day, the GitButler team were having our usual conversations of how awesome our community is, product feature ideas, and how much Kiril loves food. As we shifted toward the topic of conferences, the idea of hosting our own event emerged. Wouldn’t it be fun
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Introduction to Causal Logs
30th Sep 2024
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Introduction to Causal Logs

from Joel Gustafson [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Sep 2024
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My Very Own Rival I’ve always marveled at people who are motivated purely by the love of what they’re doing. There’s...
12th Feb 2025
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My Very Own Rival

from matduggan.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Feb 2025
I’ve always marveled at people who are motivated purely by the love of what they’re doing. There’s something so wholesome about that approach to life—where winning and losing don’t matter. They’re simply there to revel in the experience
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Introducing Pebble - Hackable E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android Our first Kickstarter launch! Check out the Hacker News thread for some lively discussion
11th Apr 2012
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Introducing Pebble - Hackable E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Apr 2012
Our first Kickstarter launch! Check out the Hacker News thread for some lively discussion
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My Ceph test cluster based on Raspberry Pi's and HP MicroServers Introduction To learn more about Ceph, I've build myself a Ceph Cluster based on actual hardware. In...
26th Jan 2019
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My Ceph test cluster based on Raspberry Pi's and HP MicroServers

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th Jan 2019
Introduction To learn more about Ceph, I've build myself a Ceph Cluster based on actual hardware. In this blogpost I'll discus the cluster in more detail and I've also included (fio) benchmark results. This is my test Ceph cluster: The cluster consists of the following...
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Protocol Politics Metascience is my bag.
4th Jun 2026
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Protocol Politics

from Never Met a Science [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Jun 2026
Metascience is my bag.
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Algorithms are breaking how we think Today, Alec Watson posted a video titled “Algorithms are breaking how we think” on his YouTube...
23rd Feb 2025
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Algorithms are breaking how we think

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Feb 2025
Today, Alec Watson posted a video titled “Algorithms are breaking how we think” on his YouTube channel, Technology Connections. The whole thing is excellent and very well argued. The main thrust is: people seem increasingly less mindful about the stuff they engage with. Watson...
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CCPS: A CPS-1 SDK
25th Sep 2022
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CCPS: A CPS-1 SDK

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Sep 2022
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The Vinland Saga (Season 2) I thought the first season of this anime was good and entertaining but certainly not anything to...
6th Jul 2023
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The Vinland Saga (Season 2)

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Jul 2023
I thought the first season of this anime was good and entertaining but certainly not anything to write home about, a slightly tropey anime with interesting character work and a novel setting. The second season did something that I (to my recollection) have never seen in an anime,...
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Notes about Basic Polyphase Decimation Filters Introduction Decimation with FIR Anti-Aliasing Filter Naive Hardware Implementation Reduce number of...
25th Jan 2026
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Notes about Basic Polyphase Decimation Filters

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Jan 2026
Introduction Decimation with FIR Anti-Aliasing Filter Naive Hardware Implementation Reduce number of calculations - Move decimator before multiplier Polyphase decomposition of the original filter The Noble Identity for Decimation Re-using Common Hardware in the Fast Clock...
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We Hacked Apple for 3 Months: Here’s What We Found
7th Oct 2020
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We Hacked Apple for 3 Months: Here’s What We Found

from Blog | Sam Curry [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Oct 2020
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Braindump Sometimes, getting it all down on paper helps me think through things. This is that, a complete...
21st Oct 2020
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Braindump

from Yazin Alirhayim [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Oct 2020
Sometimes, getting it all down on paper helps me think through things. This is that, a complete brain dump.
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Amazon is complicit with counterfeiting (updated) When someone goes to the lengths of making counterfeits of your products, it's at least a sign...
1st Mar 2018
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Amazon is complicit with counterfeiting (updated)

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2018
When someone goes to the lengths of making counterfeits of your products, it's at least a sign you're doing something right. And it deserves a minute of flattery. But when Chinese counterfeiters tool up and make copies of your product, send that inventory to Amazon, then overtake...
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GitButler for Windows The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.
12th Apr 2024
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GitButler for Windows

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Apr 2024
The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.
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June, 2026 June, like any month in which I neither write very much nor read very much, feels already...
1st Jul 2026
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June, 2026

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jul 2026
June, like any month in which I neither write very much nor read very much, feels already cryptographic in retrospect.
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Beast of the Green Hell This month I received an invitation to join Mercedes at the Zolder circuit in Belgium to drive in...
30th May 2017
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Beast of the Green Hell

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th May 2017
This month I received an invitation to join Mercedes at the Zolder circuit in Belgium to drive in "the beast". The Mercedes-AMG GT R, a furious green coloured performance car that gets its nickname from the Nürburgring where it was developed. It was an incredible experience, well...
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Desirée Plata appointed associate dean of engineering Faculty member in civil and environmental engineering will advance research and entrepreneurial...
8th Apr 2026
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Desirée Plata appointed associate dean of engineering

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Apr 2026
Faculty member in civil and environmental engineering will advance research and entrepreneurial initiatives across the School of Engineering.
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One Million Chessboards One Million Chessboards I made a website. It's called One Million Chessboards. It has a million...
28th Apr 2025
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One Million Chessboards

from eieio.games [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Apr 2025
One Million Chessboards I made a website. It's called One Million Chessboards. It has a million chessboards on it. Moving a piece moves it for everyone, instantly. There are no turns. Read the full post on my blog! Here's a raw link, if you need it: ...
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5 Kup After a season with very bad attendence, I blame school and lack of motivation, I still went to...
2nd Dec 2012
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5 Kup

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Dec 2012
After a season with very bad attendence, I blame school and lack of motivation, I still went to grading. I slept well but I was super stressed all weekend so I had to constantly run to the bathroom and I couldn’t eat lunch or breakfast properly, and I don’t usually get...
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AI and machine learning for engineering design Popular mechanical engineering course applies machine learning and AI theory to real-world...
7th Sep 2025
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AI and machine learning for engineering design

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Sep 2025
Popular mechanical engineering course applies machine learning and AI theory to real-world engineering design.
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Professor Emeritus Chiang Chung Mei, pioneering scholar of ocean wave dynamics and fluid mechanics,... A towering figure in theoretical hydrodynamics is remembered for his intellectual rigor, generosity,...
14th Aug 2026
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Professor Emeritus Chiang Chung Mei, pioneering scholar of ocean wave dynamics and fluid mechanics, dies at 91

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Aug 2026
A towering figure in theoretical hydrodynamics is remembered for his intellectual rigor, generosity, and lifelong devotion to his students.
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Train Simulator Controller: Inside an AWS Sunflower In my first post about the Train Simulator Controller project, I introduced the Automated Warning...
20th May 2023
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Train Simulator Controller: Inside an AWS Sunflower

from Project Blog on Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D. [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th May 2023
In my first post about the Train Simulator Controller project, I introduced the Automated Warning System (AWS) on most of the UK trains that I drive in Train Simulator. This safety system is designed to warn drivers of restricting (non-green) signals, often because there’s a...
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air traffic control: the IBM 9020 Previously on Computers Are Bad, we discussed the early history of air traffic control in the United...
17th Jan 2026
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air traffic control: the IBM 9020

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Jan 2026
Previously on Computers Are Bad, we discussed the early history of air traffic control in the United States. The technical demands of air traffic control are well known in computer history circles because of the prominence of SAGE, but what's less well known is that SAGE itself...
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Homage to My Last Name How I build my custom error page with Next.js & Tailwind
25th Oct 2024
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Homage to My Last Name

from Toni's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Oct 2024
How I build my custom error page with Next.js & Tailwind
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Bye Bye Alan Dye I was trying to get something down about Alan Dye leaving Apple, but John Gruber got there first and...
5th Dec 2025
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Bye Bye Alan Dye

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Dec 2025
I was trying to get something down about Alan Dye leaving Apple, but John Gruber got there first and has done a much better job. I’ve grumbled several times in the past about the new Liquid Glass redesign, but it’s just the latest push in a direction I’ve been unhappy with for...
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Armadillo Space T-shirt Finally received my Armadillo Space T-Shirt and mug. I recommend them !
14th Oct 2009
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Armadillo Space T-shirt

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Oct 2009
Finally received my Armadillo Space T-Shirt and mug. I recommend them !
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HP 33120A Repair - Shutting Down the Eye of Sauron Introduction Opening Up an HP 33120A A Walk Through the Block Diagram Bug Hunting Zener...
2nd Jan 2023
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HP 33120A Repair - Shutting Down the Eye of Sauron

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jan 2023
Introduction Opening Up an HP 33120A A Walk Through the Block Diagram Bug Hunting Zener Replacement Staring at the Eye of Sauron FLIR IR Imaging To Destroy a PCB in Order to Save It Circuit Reconstruction Success! Trust but Verify Conclusion References Introduction When the...
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Vertigo I’m surprised that this movie is held in such high esteem relative to other Hitchcock films. I liked...
4th Jun 2022
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Vertigo

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Jun 2022
I’m surprised that this movie is held in such high esteem relative to other Hitchcock films. I liked it, and I thought there were very good parts of it, and I thought it was better than Haley did. But it didn’t strike me as one of his best films beyond the dolly shot which is now...
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Clouds below my floor Building a little datacenter in my basement utilising a very fast internet connection.
30th Aug 2017
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Clouds below my floor

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Aug 2017
Building a little datacenter in my basement utilising a very fast internet connection.
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How Core Git Developers Configure Git What `git config` settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core...
22nd Feb 2025
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How Core Git Developers Configure Git

from GitButler [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Feb 2025
What `git config` settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core developers change.
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2024-09-08 private lines I have been meaning, for some time, to write about common carrier switching arrangements (CCSAs)....
8th Sep 2024
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2024-09-08 private lines

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2024
I have been meaning, for some time, to write about common carrier switching arrangements (CCSAs). These could be considered an early form of products like "virtual private ethernet:" a private telephone network that was served by the same switching machines that handled the...
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The End of the Tunnel Lately I’ve been feeling like there’s been a shit-ton of stuff going on, quite a turn-around from...
19th Oct 2011
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The End of the Tunnel

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Oct 2011
Lately I’ve been feeling like there’s been a shit-ton of stuff going on, quite a turn-around from the last time. One course about data structure and algorithms (super fun to be honest) has wrapped up. We thought we were ahead with the assignments but in the end it got very...
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BatteryPro available on Apple.com! Good news, BatteryPro is now available worldwide online at Apple! This makes it much easier and less...
18th Oct 2017
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BatteryPro available on Apple.com!

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Oct 2017
Good news, BatteryPro is now available worldwide online at Apple! This makes it much easier and less expensive for customers outside the USA to pick one up. And we couldn't be more humbled and proud - it goes to show that when you design a product you really want for yourself,...
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2024-02-11 the top of the DNS hierarchy In the past (in fact two years ago, proof I have been doing this for a while now!) I wrote about the...
11th Feb 2024
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2024-02-11 the top of the DNS hierarchy

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Feb 2024
In the past (in fact two years ago, proof I have been doing this for a while now!) I wrote about the "inconvenient truth" that structural aspects of the Internet make truly decentralized systems infeasible, due to the lack of a means to perform broadcast discovery. As a result,...
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Is Clean Power 2030 dead? Plus Thomas Ableman on what we can learn about AI from the Victorian railway rollout
a week ago
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Is Clean Power 2030 dead?

from Odds and Ends of History [alt+shift+b] in technology

a week ago
Plus Thomas Ableman on what we can learn about AI from the Victorian railway rollout
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High quality, low filesize GIFs While the GIF format is a little on the older side, it’s still a really handy format in 2025 for...
2nd Aug 2025
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High quality, low filesize GIFs

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Aug 2025
While the GIF format is a little on the older side, it’s still a really handy format in 2025 for sharing short clips where an actual video file might have some compatibility issues. For instance, I find when you just want a short little video on your website, a GIF is still so...
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App Clip Local Experiences have consumed my day Okay, I have to be doing something astronomically stupid, right? This should be working? I’m playing...
8th Sep 2025
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App Clip Local Experiences have consumed my day

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2025
Okay, I have to be doing something astronomically stupid, right? This should be working? I’m playing around with an App Clip and want to just run it on the device as a test, but no matter how I set things up nothing ever works. If you see what I’m doing wrong let me know and I’ll...
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Calculating EXT2 EXT3 EXT4 stride size when using RAID When formatting a RAID device with an EXT filesystem, it is always advised to specify a stride size....
20th Dec 2008
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Calculating EXT2 EXT3 EXT4 stride size when using RAID

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Dec 2008
When formatting a RAID device with an EXT filesystem, it is always advised to specify a stride size. The format utility will take this stride size into account when formatting a device. The stride size is the number you get when you divide the 'chunck' size, as specified with...
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How is duct tape like the force? I’m at Dragon*Con this weekend, my second time here now. I decided that if I was going to Dragon*Con...
5th Sep 2010
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How is duct tape like the force?

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Sep 2010
I’m at Dragon*Con this weekend, my second time here now. I decided that if I was going to Dragon*Con again, I needed to do something in terms of costuming, and I wanted it to be something unique – I wasn’t going to come anywhere near as epic as some of the costumes people pull...
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The day I sold my car This week I sold my car, I now no longer own one. For me, this is something of a change as over the...
12th Feb 2020
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The day I sold my car

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Feb 2020
This week I sold my car, I now no longer own one. For me, this is something of a change as over the years I owned various sports cars that were like a hobby to me. My discovery of cycling and the birth of my son changed this. But if you're looking for a reason to buy a sports...
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I held a talk about my self-hosting adventure! There are two reasons why I haven’t written much lately, and one of them is that I was cooking up...
26th May 2023
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I held a talk about my self-hosting adventure!

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th May 2023
There are two reasons why I haven’t written much lately, and one of them is that I was cooking up a talk about self-hosting, more specifically my own self-hosting adventure (the other one is the Steam Deck, more about that in the future). The talk took place on May 25th 2023 at...
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The Power of One For my entire career, I've had a clear goal: to stay a company of one. This isn't a starting point,...
22nd Jul 2025
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The Power of One

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Jul 2025
For my entire career, I've had a clear goal: to stay a company of one. This isn't a starting point, but a deliberate choice about the best way to do great work and build a sustainable business. In this post, let me explain why. Focus Over Growth In a world that often celebrates...
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Design for Testability When designing a new software project, one is often faced with a glut of choices about how to...
6th Mar 2016
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Design for Testability

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Mar 2016
When designing a new software project, one is often faced with a glut of choices about how to structure it. What should the core abstractions be? How should they interact with each other? In this post, I want to argue for a design heuristic that I’ve found to be a useful guide to...
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When One Pro Is Worth Ten Cons Stop listing options and start making arguments
3rd Feb 2026
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When One Pro Is Worth Ten Cons

from Push to Prod [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Feb 2026
Stop listing options and start making arguments
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Practical? Common Lisp on the JVM: A quick intro to ABCL for modern web apps In a ridiculous attempt to prove an internet wrong about the practicality of Lisp (Common Lisp...
5th Aug 2021
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Practical? Common Lisp on the JVM: A quick intro to ABCL for modern web apps

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Aug 2021
In a ridiculous attempt to prove an internet wrong about the practicality of Lisp (Common Lisp specifically), I tried to get a simple (but realistic) web app running. After four days and a patch to ABCL I got something working. The code I had in mind would look something like...
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GitButler CLI Is Really Good My workflow has remained mostly the same for over a decade. I write everything in Vim using the...
9th Feb 2026
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GitButler CLI Is Really Good

from matduggan.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Feb 2026
My workflow has remained mostly the same for over a decade. I write everything in Vim using the configuration found here. I run Vim from inside of tmux with a configuration found here. I write things on a git branch, made with the git CLI, then I add them with
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Hacking a Massive Steam Scamming and Phishing Operation for Fun and Profit
9th May 2018
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Hacking a Massive Steam Scamming and Phishing Operation for Fun and Profit

from Blog | Sam Curry [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th May 2018
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Modeling conversion rates using Weibull and gamma distributions This is a blog post originally featured on the Better engineering blog. If you want to link to this...
5th Aug 2019
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Modeling conversion rates using Weibull and gamma distributions

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Aug 2019
This is a blog post originally featured on the Better engineering blog. If you want to link to this article or share it, please go to the original post URL! Separately, I'm sorry it's been so long with no posts on this blog.
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Howdy, Is This Thing On? Since things are uh... collapsing? I thought it'd be a good idea to finally get my blog up and...
14th Nov 2022
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Howdy, Is This Thing On?

from videah's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Nov 2022
Since things are uh... collapsing? I thought it'd be a good idea to finally get my blog up and running. Come in, get comfy and take a look around! Cozy right? Getting Started (Again) Ok admittedly, this is my 4th attempt at making a blog. This time I'm...
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Maxell's MF 2-DD Floppies The Gold Standard
1st Dec 2024
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Maxell's MF 2-DD Floppies

from Computer Ads from the Past [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2024
The Gold Standard
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2023-03-13 the door close button This will probably be a short one, and I know I haven't written for a while, but it has always been...
13th Mar 2023
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2023-03-13 the door close button

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Mar 2023
This will probably be a short one, and I know I haven't written for a while, but it has always been the case that you get what you pay for and Computers Are Bad is nothing if not affordable. Still, this is a topic on which I am moderately passionate and so I can probably stretch...
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Extending gosql to supporting LIMIT and OFFSET It's been a few months since I picked up gosql and I wanted to use it to prototype a SQL interface...
23rd Jan 2021
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Extending gosql to supporting LIMIT and OFFSET

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Jan 2021
It's been a few months since I picked up gosql and I wanted to use it to prototype a SQL interface for data stored in S3. But one missing critical feature in gosql is LIMIT and OFFSET support. This post walks through the few key changes to gosql to support LIMIT and OFFSET. You...
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Pattern Recognition It was funny to read 2002-era reviews of this book, which universally bemoaned the "tres hip"-ness...
5th Apr 2023
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Pattern Recognition

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Apr 2023
It was funny to read 2002-era reviews of this book, which universally bemoaned the "tres hip"-ness of Gibson's brand deployments (iBooks! MUJI!) as a flaw that would instantly date its relevance — and nary a mention of how grounded the book was in the September 11th attacks,...
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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad
28th Mar 2018
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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Mar 2018
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2024-10-12 commercial HF radio According to a traditional system of classification, "high frequency" or HF refers to the radio...
12th Oct 2024
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2024-10-12 commercial HF radio

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Oct 2024
According to a traditional system of classification, "high frequency" or HF refers to the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 MHz. The label now seems anachronistic, as HF is among the lowest ranges of radio frequencies that see regular use. This setting of the goalposts in the early...
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Using wpa_supplicant on Debian/Ubuntu I’ve been using wpa_supplicant to manage wifi on my Ubuntu laptop for a while, and have found that...
22nd Aug 2008
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Using wpa_supplicant on Debian/Ubuntu

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Aug 2008
I’ve been using wpa_supplicant to manage wifi on my Ubuntu laptop for a while, and have found that it’s pretty close to what I want for managing wireless — closer than anything else I’ve found, at least. I figured I should document my setup and experiences. Some Background You...
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The Attention Wars: Why Creative Time Is Now Contraband In a world of endless pings, every creative act becomes rebellion. This isn't about time...
7th Jan 2025
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The Attention Wars: Why Creative Time Is Now Contraband

from Simone Salis [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jan 2025
In a world of endless pings, every creative act becomes rebellion. This isn't about time management—it's about protecting your spark in a system designed to extinguish it.
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Books I read in 2015 Early last year when I left Spotify I decided to do more reading. I was planning to read at least...
1st Jan 2016
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Books I read in 2015

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2016
Early last year when I left Spotify I decided to do more reading. I was planning to read at least one book per week and in particular I wanted to brush up on management, economics, and technology.
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Tech hiring: is this an inflection point? We might be seeing the end of remote coding interviews as we know them, and a return of in-person...
15th Apr 2025
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Tech hiring: is this an inflection point?

from The Pragmatic Engineer [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Apr 2025
We might be seeing the end of remote coding interviews as we know them, and a return of in-person interviews, trial days and longer trial periods. Could hiring be returning to pre-pandemic norms?
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The immediate threat is AR and not AI Disclaimer: This is an attempt at trolling and satire. Don’t just tag me under technology fear...
8th Sep 2017
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The immediate threat is AR and not AI

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2017
Disclaimer: This is an attempt at trolling and satire. Don’t just tag me under technology fear mongerer, I’m going to present an acute scenario in which AR could be misused to inflict significant damage to a large population. As a technology evangelist, I’am very excited to see...
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Volumer I've always wanted a good USB volume control, so I decided to design one.
21st Mar 2020
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Volumer

from Opsbros [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Mar 2020
I've always wanted a good USB volume control, so I decided to design one.
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Visionaries Have Democratised Remote Network Access - Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops... Well, we’re back again, with yet another fresh-off-the-press bug chain (and associated Interactive...
12th Nov 2024
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Visionaries Have Democratised Remote Network Access - Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVE-2024-8068 and CVE-2024-8069)

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Nov 2024
Well, we’re back again, with yet another fresh-off-the-press bug chain (and associated Interactive Artifact Generator). This time, it’s in Citrix’s “Virtual Apps and Desktops” offering. This is a tech stack that enables end-users (and likely, your friendly neighbourhood...
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HP Laptop 17 RAM Upgrade Introduction Selecting the RAM Opening up Replacing the RAM Reassembly References Introduction I do...
12th Mar 2025
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HP Laptop 17 RAM Upgrade

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Mar 2025
Introduction Selecting the RAM Opening up Replacing the RAM Reassembly References Introduction I do virtually all of my hobby and home computing on Linux and MacOS. The MacOS stuff on a laptop and almost all Linux work a desktop PC. The desktop PC has Windows on it installed as...
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HP 8656A Signal Generator Schematics Agilent has made the 8656A Signal Generator Operating & Service Manual available as a PDF, but the...
22nd Feb 2024
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HP 8656A Signal Generator Schematics

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Feb 2024
Agilent has made the 8656A Signal Generator Operating & Service Manual available as a PDF, but the schematics of chapter 8 are all spread over 3 or 4 pages, which makes them hard to follow. I spent a good evening extracting the schematics pages, cutting-and-pasting them together...
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Liquid Glass updates in 26.4 Apple recently updated all their OSs to 26.4, and there were plenty of Liquid Glass updates. Most of...
29th Mar 2026
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Liquid Glass updates in 26.4

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Mar 2026
Apple recently updated all their OSs to 26.4, and there were plenty of Liquid Glass updates. Most of them of the better! Here are some of the changes that stood out to me, as well as a bit more grumbling about Liquid Glass in general (sorry). When I last wrote about Liquid Glass,...
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Poor Person Software's Write-Hand Man "Almost a sidekick for CP/M"
1st Dec 2025
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Poor Person Software's Write-Hand Man

from Computer Ads from the Past [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2025
"Almost a sidekick for CP/M"
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Reading List 10/04/2025 Boeing’s 737 replacement, parking lot investments, a deflected hurricane, opinions on nuclear power,...
4th Oct 2025
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Reading List 10/04/2025

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Oct 2025
Boeing’s 737 replacement, parking lot investments, a deflected hurricane, opinions on nuclear power, and more.
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TIL: Tiptap Excerpt Extension with Rails While building Pika’s Stream of posts layout, we had need to add the capability to manage excerpts...
16th Jan 2025
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TIL: Tiptap Excerpt Extension with Rails

from Good Enough [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Jan 2025
While building Pika’s Stream of posts layout, we had need to add the capability to manage excerpts in the Pika editor. These excerpts would be used to show a small portion of your post in a post stream while offering a “continue reading” link for readers to click to read the rest...
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Three tips to make a content strategy work Consider these three things to maximise the effect of the words you write for your website, blog or...
24th Mar 2021
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Three tips to make a content strategy work

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Mar 2021
Consider these three things to maximise the effect of the words you write for your website, blog or company.
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Missing the point about microservices: it's about testing and deploying independently Ok, so I have to first preface this whole blog post by a few things: I really struggle with the...
4th Jun 2018
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Missing the point about microservices: it's about testing and deploying independently

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Jun 2018
Ok, so I have to first preface this whole blog post by a few things: I really struggle with the term microservices. I can't put my finger on exactly why. Maybe because the term is hopelessly ill-defined, maybe because it's gotten picked up by the hype train.
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ode to libraries (the book ones) Most of the audience reading this post think of some random new programming tool dropped recently...
25th Sep 2025
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ode to libraries (the book ones)

from sibervepunk [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Sep 2025
Most of the audience reading this post think of some random new programming tool dropped recently when the word library comes up. Let’s leave our déformation professionnelle in the door and think about the libraries. Book ones. This post is an ode to them. I am not sure if...
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Control - how to make a game enjoyable for casual audiences I’ve decided to intentionally take more time to play video games this year, since it’s a relatively...
1st Dec 2023
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Control - how to make a game enjoyable for casual audiences

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2023
I’ve decided to intentionally take more time to play video games this year, since it’s a relatively healthy way to escape from the real world once in a while. A friend recommended one game in particular: Control: Ultimate Edition. During the Steam summer sale of 2023, I went...
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Train Simulator Controller: Driver's Reminder Appliance (DRA) I’m building a physical cab dashboard to control Train Simulator, replicating the controls present...
5th Feb 2024
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Train Simulator Controller: Driver's Reminder Appliance (DRA)

from Project Blog on Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D. [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Feb 2024
I’m building a physical cab dashboard to control Train Simulator, replicating the controls present in UK trains such as the Class 80x. One of the important safety systems is the Driver’s Reminder Appliance (DRA) that helps the driver avoid passing a red signal. I added a...
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Raise your standards for important things; lower them for unimportant things I think we’ve all got some built in tendencies, pulling us towards certain behaviors, whether or not...
27th Dec 2025
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Raise your standards for important things; lower them for unimportant things

from Bryan Braun - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Dec 2025
I think we’ve all got some built in tendencies, pulling us towards certain behaviors, whether or not they are worthwhile. It takes many different forms. If you have OCD cleaning tendencies, you spend excessive time making sure your windows are spotless. If you are money-focused,...
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2018 in review A new year and a lingering feeling of not having done enough during the year. A fast review of the...
24th Jan 2019
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2018 in review

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Jan 2019
A new year and a lingering feeling of not having done enough during the year. A fast review of the year usually makes me feel better. 2018 non-geek achievements Was on parental leave for about 7 months. It was great although I’ve been crawling up the walls a little the last...
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Miscellaneous unsolicited (and possibly biased) career advice No one asked for this, but I'm something like ~12 years into my career and have had my fair share of...
26th Sep 2019
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Miscellaneous unsolicited (and possibly biased) career advice

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th Sep 2019
No one asked for this, but I'm something like ~12 years into my career and have had my fair share of mistakes and luck so I thought I'd share some. Honestly, I feel like I've mostly benefitted from luck.
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Skylight and the AT Protocol Since my last piece about Bluesky, I’ve been using the service a lot more. Just about everyone I...
4th Apr 2025
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Skylight and the AT Protocol

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Apr 2025
Since my last piece about Bluesky, I’ve been using the service a lot more. Just about everyone I followed on other services is there now, and it’s way more fun than late-stage Twitter ever was. Halifax is particularly into Bluesky, which reminds me of our local scene during the...
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Links #14 See below for links to recent things that have made me think. It’s quite the mix of mediums...
30th Mar 2026
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Links #14

from Bryan Braun - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Mar 2026
See below for links to recent things that have made me think. It’s quite the mix of mediums (animated videos, short posts, letters, and 6-hour podcasts), but it wasn’t until I gathered them that I noticed a recurring theme: sacrifice Sometimes the world imposes constraints on us,...
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Street Fighter 2: Sound System Internals
15th Jan 2022
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Street Fighter 2: Sound System Internals

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Jan 2022
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Why doesn't Apple make a standalone Touch ID? Why doesn't Apple make a standalone Touch ID? I finally upgraded to a mechanical...
3rd Dec 2025
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Why doesn't Apple make a standalone Touch ID?

from Jeff Geerling [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Dec 2025
Why doesn't Apple make a standalone Touch ID? I finally upgraded to a mechanical keyboard. But because Apple's so protective of their Touch ID hardware, there aren't any mechanical keyboards with that feature built in. But there is a way to hack it. It's incredibly...
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Encapsulated vs systemic complexity in protocol design
28th Feb 2022
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Encapsulated vs systemic complexity in protocol design

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Feb 2022
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Cyber Forensic Expert in 2,000+ Cases Faces FBI Probe A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of...
3rd Mar 2025
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Cyber Forensic Expert in 2,000+ Cases Faces FBI Probe

from Krebs on Security [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Mar 2025
A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years is facing questions about his credentials and an inquiry from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Legal experts say the inquiry...
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In Crypto, Apps Need Infrastructure Like Infrastructure Needs Apps Or, maybe the real infrastructure was the applications we made along the way
6th Oct 2023
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In Crypto, Apps Need Infrastructure Like Infrastructure Needs Apps

from Greater Still by Gaby Goldberg [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Oct 2023
Or, maybe the real infrastructure was the applications we made along the way
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GitButler 0.19 - "Commander Keen" GitButler 0.19 is out, now shipping with a CLI, improved diffing, improved agentic help and more!
5th Feb 2026
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GitButler 0.19 - "Commander Keen"

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Feb 2026
GitButler 0.19 is out, now shipping with a CLI, improved diffing, improved agentic help and more!
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Go Viral on X Learn how to go viral on X using simple logic in creating engaging posts.
9th Nov 2024
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Go Viral on X

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Nov 2024
Learn how to go viral on X using simple logic in creating engaging posts.
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Syncing files seamlessly between smartphone and tablet In order to optimise my workflow, I was looking for a way to seamlessly access the same files on...
15th Sep 2020
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Syncing files seamlessly between smartphone and tablet

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Sep 2020
In order to optimise my workflow, I was looking for a way to seamlessly access the same files on both my computer and smartphone. Read along to find out how I did it.
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My attempt at archiving nfscars.net Background My mother once had a laptop: the Compaq Armada 1592DT. It came with Windows ME which...
1st Mar 2021
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My attempt at archiving nfscars.net

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2021
Background My mother once had a laptop: the Compaq Armada 1592DT. It came with Windows ME which later got “upgraded” to Windows 98 SE after I managed to completely screw up the OS, a whopping 96MB of RAM and a hard drive that probably wasn’t much larger than 1-3GB. It wasn’t...
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From building ships to shipping builds: how to succeed in making a career switch to software... I have worked with a few software developers who made the switch to this industry in the middle of...
1st Jul 2025
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From building ships to shipping builds: how to succeed in making a career switch to software development

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jul 2025
I have worked with a few software developers who made the switch to this industry in the middle of their careers. A major change like that can be scary and raise a lot of fears and doubts, but I can attest that this can work out well with the right personality traits and a...
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Plus Post: subLOGIC Flight Simulator II Put yourself in the pilot's seat of a Piper 181 Cherokee Archer for an awe-inspiring flight over...
3rd Apr 2026
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Plus Post: subLOGIC Flight Simulator II

from Computer Ads from the Past [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Apr 2026
Put yourself in the pilot's seat of a Piper 181 Cherokee Archer for an awe-inspiring flight over realistic scenery...
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Mini-review: David Pogue's Apple: The First 50 Years Apple: The First 50 Years to see if I even wanted to bother with the hardcover. Previously the...
1st Apr 2026
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Mini-review: David Pogue's Apple: The First 50 Years

from Old Vintage Computing Research [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Apr 2026
Apple: The First 50 Years to see if I even wanted to bother with the hardcover. Previously the essential tome on Apple (and especially Mac) history was Owen Linzmeyer's Apple Confidential, still on my shelf in the well-thumbed 2.0 paperback. I was prepared to find this book...
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2025-10-30 An experiment involving scrollbars Keeping scrollbars easy to acquire even in large...
31st Oct 2025
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2025-10-30

from Freewheeling Apps [alt+shift+b] in technology

31st Oct 2025
An experiment involving scrollbars Keeping scrollbars easy to acquire even in large files. Demo of an idea for a scrollbar with a shadow or "penumbra" which makes it easier to acquire to drag around, even as the conventional and smaller central object continues to be...
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GPL Clarification A quick followup on my prior conversation with Theo. During that chat, I talked briefly about a...
1st Nov 2024
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GPL Clarification

from Matt Mullenweg [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Nov 2024
A quick followup on my prior conversation with Theo. During that chat, I talked briefly about a trademark infringer that was also distributing nulled plugins. I said “Not illegal. Legal under the GPL. But they weren’t changing the names. They were selling their customers Pro...
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Christmas break So school is on a break and I welcome it with all of my heart. The semester has been pretty fun and...
18th Dec 2010
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Christmas break

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Dec 2010
So school is on a break and I welcome it with all of my heart. The semester has been pretty fun and I really enjoy studying here. We had lisp the whole time which is a pretty sweet little language and if you haven’t, give it a shot. Then we had math and I do like math, although I...
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Clip control on the Apple GPU Neverball rendered on the Apple M1 GPU with an open source OpenGL driver After a year in...
22nd Aug 2022
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Clip control on the Apple GPU

from On Life and Lisp [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Aug 2022
Neverball rendered on the Apple M1 GPU with an open source OpenGL driver After a year in development, the open source “Asahi” driver for the Apple GPU is running real games. There’s more to do, but Neverball is already playable (and a lot of fun!). Neverball uses legacy “fixed...
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The Godfather It has taken me far too long to watch The Godfather, and having finished it I find myself slightly...
6th Feb 2023
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The Godfather

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Feb 2023
It has taken me far too long to watch The Godfather, and having finished it I find myself slightly deflated — because it is a tremendous movie, worthy of its status in both the American and cinematic anons, and every line and meme which has etched itself into the collective...
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Long Distance Relationships I’ve been managing a fully remote, fully distributed team, covering timezones from UTC-8 through...
12th Oct 2024
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Long Distance Relationships

from Matt Blewitt [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Oct 2024
I’ve been managing a fully remote, fully distributed team, covering timezones from UTC-8 through UTC+10, for the last couple of years. Through that time, I’ve learned a lot on organising work, interpersonal relationships, and ultimately how to overcome a lack of promximity to my...
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Trying out VR on an AMD Ryzen 4000 series APU You may know that I really like small, efficient APU-based builds. At this point in time, they’re so...
4th May 2022
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Trying out VR on an AMD Ryzen 4000 series APU

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th May 2022
You may know that I really like small, efficient APU-based builds. At this point in time, they’re so close to being a viable mainstream option for gaming, especially the Ryzen 6000-series mobile APU-s. Forza Horizon 5, at 1080p high settings? Yes, they’re that good. I don’t have...
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New Year, New Theme: 100 Things Happy New Year, Everyone! 2009 was great in many ways; I drove a submarine (yeah quite literally), I...
1st Jan 2010
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New Year, New Theme: 100 Things

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2010
Happy New Year, Everyone! 2009 was great in many ways; I drove a submarine (yeah quite literally), I released 6 experimental games and recently I discovered the completely amazing game Evil Genius but lets try to make 2010 even better! So let’s forget our small mishaps (yes I’m...
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The best keyboard for iPad The tablet is at the frontier of mobile computing and its hardware form factor is evolving. This...
10th Aug 2020
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The best keyboard for iPad

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Aug 2020
The tablet is at the frontier of mobile computing and its hardware form factor is evolving. This year Apple introduced a new Magic Keyboard for iPad that includes a trackpad. Everybody is raving about it, yet I think there is something to be said for the "mouse-less" Smart...
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Dithering in Colour
8th Mar 2025
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Dithering in Colour

from Niklas Oberhuber’s Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Mar 2025
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Enjoy a festival without alcohol This year I didn't drink alcohol during Rock Werchter, leading to interesting observations during...
9th Jul 2018
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Enjoy a festival without alcohol

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Jul 2018
This year I didn't drink alcohol during Rock Werchter, leading to interesting observations during the music festival.
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Weather, an argument against simulation hypothesis As I am writing this, cyclone Fani with category 4 level winds 215 kph (130 mph) in the Bay of...
2nd May 2019
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Weather, an argument against simulation hypothesis

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd May 2019
As I am writing this, cyclone Fani with category 4 level winds 215 kph (130 mph) in the Bay of Bengal is expected to make landfall in the state of Odisha, India by tomorrow. Over 800,00 evacuated, as 100 million people are expected to be affected by the cyclone. Cyclone Fani is...
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Mourning the Loss of Cohost The staff running Cohost have announced (archived) that at the end of 2024 Cohost will be shutting...
11th Sep 2024
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Mourning the Loss of Cohost

from Ian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Sep 2024
The staff running Cohost have announced (archived) that at the end of 2024 Cohost will be shutting down, with the site going read-only on October 1st 2024. This news was deeply upsetting to receive, as Cohost filled a space left by other social media websites when they stopped...
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Train Simulator Controller: TPWS Control Panel TPWS is a key safety system in UK trains, so my Class 80x cab needed a precisely replicated TPWS...
16th Nov 2025
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Train Simulator Controller: TPWS Control Panel

from Project Blog on Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D. [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Nov 2025
TPWS is a key safety system in UK trains, so my Class 80x cab needed a precisely replicated TPWS control panel.
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Quality vs quantity in the age of AI Over the last four months I’ve increased my use of AI for web dev work pretty dramatically. I use it...
27th Apr 2026
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Quality vs quantity in the age of AI

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27th Apr 2026
Over the last four months I’ve increased my use of AI for web dev work pretty dramatically. I use it every day at work, as do most of my coworkers. I don’t think it’s disputed anymore that AI-assisted development can save a lot of time and effort. The question is, what do we do...
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Our favorite places to eat and drinks during our Portugal vacation In the summer of 2023, we went on an amazing trip through Portugal. We’d already visited Lisbon on a...
25th May 2024
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Our favorite places to eat and drinks during our Portugal vacation

from Style over Substance [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th May 2024
In the summer of 2023, we went on an amazing trip through Portugal. We’d already visited Lisbon on a short city trip a few years earlier, and that experience was so good we knew we had to return. This time, we decided to take a full three weeks and see the sights. We were...
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Zoo elephants get a musical toy to enrich their lives Everyone loves looking at exotic animals and most of us only get to do that at zoos. But, of course,...
2nd Dec 2024
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Zoo elephants get a musical toy to enrich their lives

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Dec 2024
Everyone loves looking at exotic animals and most of us only get to do that at zoos. But, of course, there is a lot to be said about the morality of keeping those animals in captivity. So, good zoos put a lot of effort into keeping their animals healthy and happy. For more...
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How to find insights Excel, still invincible!
4th Sep 2026
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How to find insights

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4th Sep 2026
Excel, still invincible!
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Mark Williams' C Programming System What C did for Programming Mark Williams has done for C Programming
22nd Aug 2024
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Mark Williams' C Programming System

from Computer Ads from the Past [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Aug 2024
What C did for Programming Mark Williams has done for C Programming
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Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 1. lisp to assembly Next in compiler basics: 2. user-defined functions and variables 3. LLVM 4. LLVM...
20th Nov 2018
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Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 1. lisp to assembly

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Nov 2018
Next in compiler basics: 2. user-defined functions and variables 3. LLVM 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci 5. LLVM system calls 6. an x86 upgrade In this post we'll write a simple compiler in Javascript (on Node) without any third-party libraries....
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Traction Heroes Ep. 44: WEIRD People Are you more of an analytical or a holistic thinker? The answer might depend on the culture in which...
7th Sep 2026
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Traction Heroes Ep. 44: WEIRD People

from Jorge Arango [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Sep 2026
Are you more of an analytical or a holistic thinker? The answer might depend on the culture in which you were raised — and will impact your ability to gain traction. In episode 44 of Traction Heroes, Harry read a short segment from Joseph Henrich’s The WEIRDest People in the...
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The Three Transitions
9th Jun 2023
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The Three Transitions

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Jun 2023
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Streaming public key authenticated encryption with insider auth security Note: this post will probably only really make sense to cryptography geeks. In “When a KEM is...
2nd Jul 2025
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Streaming public key authenticated encryption with insider auth security

from Neil Madden [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jul 2025
Note: this post will probably only really make sense to cryptography geeks. In “When a KEM is not enough”, I described how to construct multi-recipient (public key) authenticated encryption. A naïve approach to this is vulnerable to insider forgeries: any recipient can construct...
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Moving beyond coin voting governance
16th Aug 2021
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Moving beyond coin voting governance

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Aug 2021
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RSS in Next 14 We finished Buttondown’s migration from MDX to Markdoc last week. It went swimmingly, except for one...
1st Sep 2024
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RSS in Next 14

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Sep 2024
We finished Buttondown’s migration from MDX to Markdoc last week. It went swimmingly, except for one little hitch: our RSS feeds, which sat on top of getServerSideProps and read in the flat .mdoc files, threw 500s in Vercel. (They worked fine locally and in CI, but then those...
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2020 in review And so 2020 has come to an end. On a global scale it’s been quite a horrible year, and for me...
4th Jan 2021
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2020 in review

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Jan 2021
And so 2020 has come to an end. On a global scale it’s been quite a horrible year, and for me personally it’s been both good and bad. Luckily we haven’t been directly affected by COVID too much, but it’s still been very disruptive. Either way as I’ve done for years now it always...
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Smartwatches vs Mechanical watches Technology has come a long way since the first computer. Smartwatches today are very much an...
29th Apr 2017
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Smartwatches vs Mechanical watches

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Apr 2017
Technology has come a long way since the first computer. Smartwatches today are very much an achievement of miniaturisation of technology. I recently used an Apple Watch Series 2 to find out if technology has come far enough to replace my mechanical watch, today I share you my...
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The fresh new videah.net The fresh new videah.net Posted on August 30, 2026 It’s an unfortunate fact of life that every...
30th Aug 2026
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The fresh new videah.net

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30th Aug 2026
The fresh new videah.net Posted on August 30, 2026 It’s an unfortunate fact of life that every tech-savvy person who writes any kind of long-form content is born with an evil curse that compels them to spend more time coming up with increasingly complex byzantine blogging engines...
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Sometimes, You Can Just Feel The Security In The Design (Junos OS Evolved CVE-2026-21902 RCE) On today’s ‘good news disguised as other things’ segment, we’re turning our gaze to CVE-2026-21902 -...
3rd Mar 2026
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Sometimes, You Can Just Feel The Security In The Design (Junos OS Evolved CVE-2026-21902 RCE)

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Mar 2026
On today’s ‘good news disguised as other things’ segment, we’re turning our gaze to CVE-2026-21902 - a recently disclosed “Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource” vulnerability affecting Juniper’s Junos OS Evolved platform. This vulnerability affects only Juniper’s...
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IDA Summer of Code 2014 IDA Summer of Code is Linköping University’s response to Google Summer of Code. Students can send in...
11th Jun 2014
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IDA Summer of Code 2014

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Jun 2014
IDA Summer of Code is Linköping University’s response to Google Summer of Code. Students can send in a project of their choice and if selected they get paid to work on it for 4 weeks during the summer. In return the university get to show off the students and their projects in...
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Et Tu, Aldi? It was the day that I stopped forever my weekly visit to Kroger. The COVID-19 epidemic was underway,...
5th Nov 2025
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Et Tu, Aldi?

from Open for Business [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Nov 2025
It was the day that I stopped forever my weekly visit to Kroger. The COVID-19 epidemic was underway, and we were advised to stay away from each other. It was cold, and the forecast was that an ice storm would hit about sundown (made an hour earlier each year for no good reason by...
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Is MAGA Melting Down? Signs and wonders, portents and data points
2nd Aug 2026
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Is MAGA Melting Down?

from Can We Still Govern? [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Aug 2026
Signs and wonders, portents and data points
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Album Search in Album Whale Did you know that we, Good Enough, make a little website called Album Whale where you can make...
24th Mar 2026
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Album Search in Album Whale

from Good Enough [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Mar 2026
Did you know that we, Good Enough, make a little website called Album Whale where you can make beautiful lists of albums to share with your friends, the world, or just yourself? It’s true! We haven’t made an update there in quite some time (it’s pretty good enough as-is), but I...
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A 15-minute intro to hobby CNC In which the author tilts at windmills for a brief while.
6th Sep 2024
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A 15-minute intro to hobby CNC

from lcamtuf’s thing [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Sep 2024
In which the author tilts at windmills for a brief while.
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iPad Pro next to my primary machine Using iPad Pro with Apple Pencil next to my computer to form a create powerhouse
29th Jan 2017
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iPad Pro next to my primary machine

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Jan 2017
Using iPad Pro with Apple Pencil next to my computer to form a create powerhouse
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Lessons from a takeaway plastic bag How we're tricked into repeated purchases replacing perfectly fine products just for the sake of...
7th Jan 2018
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Lessons from a takeaway plastic bag

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jan 2018
How we're tricked into repeated purchases replacing perfectly fine products just for the sake of change.
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Tools for a Culture of Writing One of the hardest things we do, as humans, is try and communicate what is going on in our minds to...
30th Oct 2021
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Tools for a Culture of Writing

from Matt Blewitt [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Oct 2021
One of the hardest things we do, as humans, is try and communicate what is going on in our minds to each other. With significant room for misunderstanding, biases, assumptions and cultural differences, communicating with other engineers (or to stakeholders) appears fraught....
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#14: Extreme ironing A couple of months back, I made a search engine to look for half loaves of bread in stores. I was...
3rd Jul 2022
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#14: Extreme ironing

from Pea Bee [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jul 2022
A couple of months back, I made a search engine to look for half loaves of bread in stores. I was tired of wasting leftover bread and made this because, well I could. You can try it here: halfloafnear.me
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Comment on Why I’m Switching Web Hosts by Hitesh Sahni Great post Lars. I have had my fair share of issues with Godaddy, and then Bluehost. I finally found...
29th Sep 2019
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Comment on Why I’m Switching Web Hosts by Hitesh Sahni

from Comments for Lars Lofgren [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Sep 2019
Great post Lars. I have had my fair share of issues with Godaddy, and then Bluehost. I finally found satisfaction with SiteGround. The only reason GoDaddy is still in business is because of their heavy online and offline advertising. My WordPress website has not yet reached...
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In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism
1st Apr 2022
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In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Apr 2022
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My issue with GPU-accelerated deep learning I've been spending several hundred bucks renting GPU instances on AWS over the last year. The...
3rd Feb 2016
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My issue with GPU-accelerated deep learning

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Feb 2016
I've been spending several hundred bucks renting GPU instances on AWS over the last year. The speedup from a GPU is awesome and hard to deny. GPUs have taken over the field. Maybe following the footsteps of Bitcoin mining there's some research on using FPGA (I know very little...
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Some VORON 0 mods I recently completed my VORON 0 build and I was determined to leave it as-is for a while and to...
2nd May 2025
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Some VORON 0 mods

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd May 2025
I recently completed my VORON 0 build and I was determined to leave it as-is for a while and to start modding my VORON Trident… So before embarking om my larger Trident modding journey I decided to work on the VORON 0 just a little bit more. HEPA filter With the Nevermore Micro...
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Visualizing 13 million Bluesky users
12th Nov 2024
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Visualizing 13 million Bluesky users

from Joel Gustafson [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Nov 2024
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How the UK is Weakening Safety Worldwide
23rd Feb 2025
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How the UK is Weakening Safety Worldwide

from The New Oil [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Feb 2025
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Efficiency trades off against resiliency What’s the “right” level of CPU utilization for a server? If you look at a monitoring dashboard from...
15th Apr 2023
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Efficiency trades off against resiliency

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Apr 2023
What’s the “right” level of CPU utilization for a server? If you look at a monitoring dashboard from a well-designed and well-run service, what CPU utilization should we hope to see, averaged over a day or two? It’s a very general question, and it’s not clear it should have a...
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MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5 A microcontroller Macintosh This all started from a conversation about the RP2040 MCU, and building...
15th Jun 2024
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MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

from axio.ms [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Jun 2024
A microcontroller Macintosh This all started from a conversation about the RP2040 MCU, and building a simple desktop/GUI for it. I’d made a comment along the lines of “or, just run some old OS”, and it got me thinking about the original Macintosh. The original Macintosh was...
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Invertimo Binance Crypto Integration You can now import your binance Crypto related transactions to invertimo.com (open source investment...
2nd Feb 2022
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Invertimo Binance Crypto Integration

from Tiny struggles [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Feb 2022
You can now import your binance Crypto related transactions to invertimo.com (open source investment tracking app). Why track crypto transactions in invertimo? Invertimo helps you track all transactions related to your investments as well as dividends and received income in one...
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On Design and Chemistry How I transitioned from chemistry to design, and back again.
12th Sep 2024
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On Design and Chemistry

from Toni's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Sep 2024
How I transitioned from chemistry to design, and back again.
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Fixing LCD Screen Corruption of a Tektronix TDS220 Oscilloscope Introduction The TDS220 Oscilloscope Opening Up the TDS220 Common TDS220 issues Replacing the power...
3rd Nov 2025
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Fixing LCD Screen Corruption of a Tektronix TDS220 Oscilloscope

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Nov 2025
Introduction The TDS220 Oscilloscope Opening Up the TDS220 Common TDS220 issues Replacing the power supply capacitors LCD Panel Corruption Extracting the LCD Panel LCD Panel Capacitor Replacement LCD Panel Backlight Replacement Fixing the Square Wave...
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Notes on the Intel 8086 processor's arithmetic-logic unit In 1978, Intel introduced the 8086 processor, a revolutionary chip that led to the modern x86...
23rd Jan 2026
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Notes on the Intel 8086 processor's arithmetic-logic unit

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Jan 2026
In 1978, Intel introduced the 8086 processor, a revolutionary chip that led to the modern x86 architecture. Unlike modern 64-bit processors, however, the 8086 is a 16-bit chip. Its arithmetic/logic unit (ALU) operates on 16-bit values, performing arithmetic operations such as...
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Apple Interview (1995) Recalling my somewhat unusual interview with Apple back in 1995.
13th May 2022
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Apple Interview (1995)

from Engineers Need Art [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th May 2022
Recalling my somewhat unusual interview with Apple back in 1995.
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Joining TCG Crypto I am thrilled to share that I am joining the team at TCG, The Chernin Group, to focus on the firm’s...
14th Sep 2021
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Joining TCG Crypto

from Greater Still by Gaby Goldberg [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Sep 2021
I am thrilled to share that I am joining the team at TCG, The Chernin Group, to focus on the firm’s investments at the intersection of consumer and crypto.
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Builder.ai did not “fake AI with 700 engineers” The claim that the AI startup “faked AI” with hundreds of engineers went viral – and I also fell for...
12th Jun 2025
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Builder.ai did not “fake AI with 700 engineers”

from The Pragmatic Engineer [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Jun 2025
The claim that the AI startup “faked AI” with hundreds of engineers went viral – and I also fell for it, initially. The reality is much more sobering: Builder.ai built a code generator on top of Claude and other LLMs; it did not build a so-called “Mechanical Turk.”
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Scripts I wrote that I use all the time In my decade-plus of maintaining my dotfiles, I’ve written a lot of little shell scripts. Here’s a...
22nd Oct 2025
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Scripts I wrote that I use all the time

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Oct 2025
In my decade-plus of maintaining my dotfiles, I’ve written a lot of little shell scripts. Here’s a big list of my personal favorites. Clipboard copy and pasta are simple wrappers around system clipboard managers, like pbcopy on macOS and xclip on Linux. I use these all the...
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Collecting health data with Biostrap Most wearables (smartwatches, fitness trackers, etc.) use very basic sensors to capture heart rate....
14th Nov 2017
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Collecting health data with Biostrap

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Nov 2017
Most wearables (smartwatches, fitness trackers, etc.) use very basic sensors to capture heart rate. Their signal is binary: just counting beats. Biostrap is different, instead of just checking pulses, it captures a high-fidelity PPG waveform. These waveforms are the same kind...
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The Rehearsal As many people have mentioned, this show owes a lot to Synecdoche; New York (a film that I have very...
3rd Sep 2022
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The Rehearsal

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Sep 2022
As many people have mentioned, this show owes a lot to Synecdoche; New York (a film that I have very strong memories of and for despite having only seen once, in a haze, ten years ago.) It's also a show in the discourse, which I think belies a little just how deeply weird it...
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Pea Bee #8: GT-I5800 Only a few days back, I heard the news that Blackberry has finally died.
14th Jan 2022
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Pea Bee #8: GT-I5800

from Pea Bee [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Jan 2022
Only a few days back, I heard the news that Blackberry has finally died.
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Debugging Tauri in VS Code If you're working on a Tauri app in VS Code and want to set breakpoints and use a debugger like a...
5th Dec 2023
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Debugging Tauri in VS Code

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Dec 2023
If you're working on a Tauri app in VS Code and want to set breakpoints and use a debugger like a grown up, this is how to get it done.
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Mortality statistics and Sweden's "dry tinder" effect We live in a year of about 350,000 amateur epidemiologists and I have no desire to join that “club”....
23rd Sep 2020
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Mortality statistics and Sweden's "dry tinder" effect

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Sep 2020
We live in a year of about 350,000 amateur epidemiologists and I have no desire to join that “club”. But I read something about COVID-19 deaths that I thought was interesting and wanted to see if I could replicated it through data.
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Building LLVM in 90 seconds using Amazon Lambda Last week, Frederic Cambus wrote about building LLVM quickly on some very large machines,...
21st May 2021
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Building LLVM in 90 seconds using Amazon Lambda

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st May 2021
Last week, Frederic Cambus wrote about building LLVM quickly on some very large machines, culminating in a 2m37s build on a 160-core ARM machine. I don’t have a giant ARM behemoth, but I have been working on a tool I call Llama, which lets you offload computational work –...
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Running a million-board chess MMO in a single process Running a million-board chess MMO in a single process Recently I made a game called One Million...
24th Jun 2025
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Running a million-board chess MMO in a single process

from eieio.games [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Jun 2025
Running a million-board chess MMO in a single process Recently I made a game called One Million Chessboards. It's a realtime chess MMO played over a 1000x1000 grid of chess boards. Pieces can move between boards and there are no turns. I ran the game out of a single process and...
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Introducing BatteryPro BatteryPro is designed to keep anyone with an iPhone and Apple Watch powered, it's comfortable to...
2nd May 2017
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Introducing BatteryPro

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd May 2017
BatteryPro is designed to keep anyone with an iPhone and Apple Watch powered, it's comfortable to carry, charges fast, and lessens cord clutter when you travel. It sports an integrated MFi-certified Apple Watch Magnetic Charger, high-speed USB-out that charges iPhone at max rate,...
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We are still early with the cloud: why software development is overdue for a change This is is in many respects a successor to a blog post I wrote last year about what I want from...
19th Oct 2022
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We are still early with the cloud: why software development is overdue for a change

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Oct 2022
This is is in many respects a successor to a blog post I wrote last year about what I want from software infrastructure, but the ideas morphed in my head into something sort of wider.
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And 18 very popular NPM Packages are compromised On September 8th, 18 npm packages were compromised with malicious code. These packages are very...
8th Sep 2025
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And 18 very popular NPM Packages are compromised

from Software and Tech stories from an Insider - iDiallo.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2025
On September 8th, 18 npm packages were compromised with malicious code. These packages are very popular. They receive an average of 2 billion downloads every week. If you are not sure whether you are affected, you can run this grep command on your repository to search for the...
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2024 in review It’s time for my 15th yearly review. Nerdy things I enjoyed I read a lot of fantasy books this...
5th Jan 2025
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2024 in review

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Jan 2025
It’s time for my 15th yearly review. Nerdy things I enjoyed I read a lot of fantasy books this year! My favorite new series were The Kingkiller Chronicle, Gentlemen Bastards series, and The Stormlight Archive. If you’re curious about Sanderson’s books but a little apprehensive...
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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...
28th Dec 2024
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Intel's $475 million error: the silicon behind the Pentium division bug

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Dec 2024
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...
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The Art of Deliberate Friction-Building In a world engineered to be frictionless, adding a bit of resistance can be revolutionary.
10th Sep 2024
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The Art of Deliberate Friction-Building

from Simone Salis [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Sep 2024
In a world engineered to be frictionless, adding a bit of resistance can be revolutionary.
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Powering Xbox OneX using ATX power supply My post-warranty Xbox One X power supply went kaput, Microsoft wanted me to visit a walk-in center...
2nd Jan 2022
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Powering Xbox OneX using ATX power supply

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jan 2022
My post-warranty Xbox One X power supply went kaput, Microsoft wanted me to visit a walk-in center 500 Km (~ 300 Mi) away and exchange it for a new one for ~ 250 USD. I couldn't find replacement power supply online where I live and shipping it from abroad was risky on several...
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Logging information from iOS Widgets Lately users have been emailing me with a few odd things happening with their Apollo iOS 14 home...
1st Dec 2020
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Logging information from iOS Widgets

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2020
Lately users have been emailing me with a few odd things happening with their Apollo iOS 14 home screen widgets, and some well-placed logs can really help with identifying what’s going wrong. iOS has a sophisticated built in logging mechanism, os_log, and now with SwiftLogger in...
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Django - growing up from SQLite to PostgreSQL Django by default comes with SQLite as a database.It’s a great choice for initial development and...
11th Jul 2021
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Django - growing up from SQLite to PostgreSQL

from Tiny struggles [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Jul 2021
Django by default comes with SQLite as a database.It’s a great choice for initial development and for testing,but not if you want to run multiple app servers, e.g. in a SaaS project. At some point it’s time to pick up a DB like MySQL or PostgreSQL that is more suitable for this...
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Using AI to generate code As part of my software optimisation efforts to cut cloud costs, I needed to replace an existing...
2nd May 2023
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Using AI to generate code

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd May 2023
As part of my software optimisation efforts to cut cloud costs, I needed to replace an existing piece of inefficient server software with something that uses more robust (yet fragmented) tooling available in Debian GNU/Linux. Could the GPT4 language model deliver me some AI...
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Being a Bridge Person How lowering your masks can ripple outward, changing not just individuals, but entire communities.
15th Oct 2024
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Being a Bridge Person

from Simone Salis [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Oct 2024
How lowering your masks can ripple outward, changing not just individuals, but entire communities.
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Stereographer Experimenting in stereo photography and I write an app to create old-fashioned stereoscopic cards.
5th Aug 2024
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Stereographer

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5th Aug 2024
Experimenting in stereo photography and I write an app to create old-fashioned stereoscopic cards.
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Hospitalised with MCADD This week our son was hospitalised because a regular illness caused him to keep vomiting, a...
3rd May 2021
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Hospitalised with MCADD

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd May 2021
This week our son was hospitalised because a regular illness caused him to keep vomiting, a dangerous situation if you're diagnosed with MCADD.
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Commuting by bike One week on the VanMoof Electrified S E-bike testing it for commuting and comparing it to a normal...
1st Dec 2017
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Commuting by bike

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2017
One week on the VanMoof Electrified S E-bike testing it for commuting and comparing it to a normal bike.
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On Focus
16th Aug 2017
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On Focus

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16th Aug 2017
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Paytm says to me that it’s PoS feature didn’t have a security risk Paytm- Alibaba backed India’s leading mobile payment wallet saw a 1000 % growth in the amount of...
29th Nov 2016
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Paytm says to me that it’s PoS feature didn’t have a security risk

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Nov 2016
Paytm- Alibaba backed India’s leading mobile payment wallet saw a 1000 % growth in the amount of money added to its wallet during India’s demonetisation. I must acknowledge that digital wallets like Paytm, Ola money etc. did help in easing the pains of demonetisation for those...
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Benchmarking cheap SSDs for fun, no profit (be warned) The price of Solid-state drives (SSDs) has dropped significantly over the last few years. It's now...
26th Mar 2023
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Benchmarking cheap SSDs for fun, no profit (be warned)

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th Mar 2023
The price of Solid-state drives (SSDs) has dropped significantly over the last few years. It's now possible to buy a 1TB solid-state drive for less than €60. However, at such low price points, there is a catch. Although cheap SSDs do perform fine regarding reads, sustained write...
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Reverse engineering the barrel shifter circuit on the Intel 386 processor die The Intel 386 processor (1985) was a large step from the 286 processor, moving x86 to a 32-bit...
6th Dec 2023
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Reverse engineering the barrel shifter circuit on the Intel 386 processor die

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6th Dec 2023
The Intel 386 processor (1985) was a large step from the 286 processor, moving x86 to a 32-bit architecture. The 386 also dramatically improved the performance of shift and rotate operations by adding a "barrel shifter", a circuit that can shift by multiple bits in one step. The...
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Game of Thrones Okay, so, Game of Thrones.
28th Dec 2019
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Game of Thrones

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Dec 2019
Okay, so, Game of Thrones.
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Escaping the flat tires Finding the answer to the question how resilient a puncture-proof tire really is took me quite some...
18th Nov 2021
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Escaping the flat tires

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Nov 2021
Finding the answer to the question how resilient a puncture-proof tire really is took me quite some time, but alas - here it is!
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What I have been working on: Modal Long story short: I'm working on a super cool tool called Modal. Please check it out — it lets you...
7th Dec 2022
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What I have been working on: Modal

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Dec 2022
Long story short: I'm working on a super cool tool called Modal. Please check it out — it lets you run things in the cloud without having to think about infrastructure. Scaling out, scheduling, containerization, using GPUs, setting up webhooks, and all kinds of other stuff.
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Long Story Short Long Story Short, feels like in many ways a synthesis of everything Raphael and Lisa have been...
3rd Oct 2025
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Long Story Short

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Oct 2025
Long Story Short, feels like in many ways a synthesis of everything Raphael and Lisa have been trying to do and say, packaged in a slightly more mature and restrained way than the excesses of Bojack Horseman and their respective written fiction (everyone should read Someone Who...
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Updates November 4: Free newsletter to RSS tool
4th Nov 2024
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Updates November 4: Free newsletter to RSS tool

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4th Nov 2024
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avalanche technology One of the downsides of having written here for six years now is that my messy, ever-growing text...
5th Sep 2026
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avalanche technology

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Sep 2026
One of the downsides of having written here for six years now is that my messy, ever-growing text file of topics for future articles contains a bunch of ideas that have been there for about six years. Part of the problem is that I just have to scroll so far up to even see them...
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How To Sell Sales at a startup is counter-intuitive.
18th Jan 2020
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How To Sell

from Nabeel S. Qureshi [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Jan 2020
Sales at a startup is counter-intuitive.
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Announcing Startup School Winter 2020
10th Dec 2019
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Announcing Startup School Winter 2020

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Dec 2019
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A work week one bag travel Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Neale Donald Walsch I’m lucky that I have a job...
10th Mar 2026
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A work week one bag travel

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Mar 2026
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Neale Donald Walsch I’m lucky that I have a job where I can work remotely as it allows me to live in a small community where there are no tech jobs anywhere close. It does require me to travel a few weeks per year to the office but...
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My first netrunner store championship My girlfriend has told me I get these narrow interests where I pour all my energy and thoughts into...
24th Feb 2015
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My first netrunner store championship

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Feb 2015
My girlfriend has told me I get these narrow interests where I pour all my energy and thoughts into and about 1,5 months ago I discovered Netrunner, a very awesome card game. Check out this how to play or team covenant’s channel if you want to know more. So this Sunday I went to...
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Talking Tines [Concept] Tuning forks that talk
29th Jun 2024
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Talking Tines

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Jun 2024
[Concept] Tuning forks that talk
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How to set compensation using commonsense principles Compensation has always been one of the most confusing parts of management to me. Getting it right...
8th Jun 2020
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How to set compensation using commonsense principles

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Jun 2020
Compensation has always been one of the most confusing parts of management to me. Getting it right is obviously extremely important. Compensation is what drives our entire economy, and you could look at the market for labor as one gigantic resource-allocating machine in the same...
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Git Merge 2026 Git Merge is coming to Lisbon this September, and GitButler is once again helping host two days of...
8th May 2026
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Git Merge 2026

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th May 2026
Git Merge is coming to Lisbon this September, and GitButler is once again helping host two days of Git talks, community, and deep technical nerdery.
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2025-08-16 passive microwave repeaters One of the most significant single advancements in telecommunications technology was the development...
16th Aug 2025
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2025-08-16 passive microwave repeaters

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Aug 2025
One of the most significant single advancements in telecommunications technology was the development of microwave radio. Essentially an evolution of radar, the middle of the Second World War saw the first practical microwave telephone system. By the time Japan surrendered, AT&T...
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Introducing TagVault Surface for AirTag We wanted something easy and secure to mount AirTag to any surface. And indestructible and...
23rd Aug 2022
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Introducing TagVault Surface for AirTag

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Aug 2022
We wanted something easy and secure to mount AirTag to any surface. And indestructible and waterproof so it could be used in extreme environments - like on skis. So we designed TagVault Surface Mount for AirTag. Opens and closes like a contact lens case. Glass reinforced...
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Developing a native iOS app As a little side-project, squeezed between my normal work, I have been working on something of...
10th May 2024
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Developing a native iOS app

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th May 2024
As a little side-project, squeezed between my normal work, I have been working on something of personal interest: a native workout tracking app for iOS. I wanted to make my smartwatch obsolete, instead using my phone to track workouts. How hard could it be to gather detailed...
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Train Simulator Controller: Laser-Cutting a Door Control Panel As the different pieces of my Train Simulator controller come together, a bite-sized first task of...
1st May 2024
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Train Simulator Controller: Laser-Cutting a Door Control Panel

from Project Blog on Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D. [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2024
As the different pieces of my Train Simulator controller come together, a bite-sized first task of building the physical dashboard is the door controls placed at each side of the cab. Here, I detail the process of prototyping the door control panel from a Class 80x out of...
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Impact of Adblockers on Google Analytics (vs. Plausible) Adblocker usage is quickly rising, with some estimates saying that almost 25% of internet users have...
27th Oct 2020
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Impact of Adblockers on Google Analytics (vs. Plausible)

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Oct 2020
Adblocker usage is quickly rising, with some estimates saying that almost 25% of internet users have one installed. Not only do they block advertisements, but also analytics scripts (like Google Analytics, Matomo, etc.)So that begs the question: what is the impact of these...
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Godzilla Minus One I wrote a bit in Everybody's in L.A. about the constraint of evaluating the merit of something...
4th Jun 2024
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Godzilla Minus One

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Jun 2024
I wrote a bit in Everybody's in L.A. about the constraint of evaluating the merit of something that's in conversation with a genre you don't really care for in the first place; I don't care much for late night shows, and I care even less for kaiju movies, even with my knowledge...
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Reflections on Palantir A retrospective of an eight-year stint.
15th Oct 2024
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Reflections on Palantir

from Nabeel S. Qureshi [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Oct 2024
A retrospective of an eight-year stint.
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Eztables: simple yet powerful firewall configuration for Linux I've created and released Eztables on Github. Anyone who ever has a need to setup a firewall on...
16th Nov 2013
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Eztables: simple yet powerful firewall configuration for Linux

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Nov 2013
I've created and released Eztables on Github. Anyone who ever has a need to setup a firewall on Linux may be interested in this project. It doesn't matter if you need to protect a laptop, server or want to setup a network firewall. Eztables supports it all. If you're not afraid...
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Robot Slide Whistle Orchestrion [Hardware] Army of Robot Slide Whistles
1st Apr 2024
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Robot Slide Whistle Orchestrion

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Apr 2024
[Hardware] Army of Robot Slide Whistles
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