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The Billion-Dollar World of Parasite SEO: How to Cash In Parasite SEO is when a third-party company partners with an established domain, then posts a bunch...
23rd Oct 2024
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The Billion-Dollar World of Parasite SEO: How to Cash In

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

23rd Oct 2024
Parasite SEO is when a third-party company partners with an established domain, then posts a bunch of SEO content to make a bunch of money. Content often gets published in a subfolder or subdomain or the website. The goal is to leverage the domain’s trust with Google to get...
SwiftUI Explorations My journey of learning SwiftUI as a designer.
21st Jun 2024
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SwiftUI Explorations

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

21st Jun 2024
My journey of learning SwiftUI as a designer.
Control Loops and Rice Cookers Rice cookers are fascinating machines. I’ve owned one for years, as rice is a significant part of my...
8th Dec 2021
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Control Loops and Rice Cookers

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

8th Dec 2021
Rice cookers are fascinating machines. I’ve owned one for years, as rice is a significant part of my regular diet, and it completely removes the stress of preparing rice. They also operate on a simple principle that can help us operate cloud infrastructure – the control loop.
From error-handling to structured concurrency How should we think about error-handling in concurrent programs? In single-threaded programs, we’ve...
23rd Mar 2026
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From error-handling to structured concurrency

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

23rd Mar 2026
How should we think about error-handling in concurrent programs? In single-threaded programs, we’ve mostly converged on a standard pattern, with a diverse zoo of implementations and concrete patterns. When an error occurs, it is propagated up the stack until we find a stack frame...
2025-04-04 Automatically selecting colors with sufficient contrast. Here's a test build of my hypertext...
5th Apr 2025
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2025-04-04

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

5th Apr 2025
Automatically selecting colors with sufficient contrast. Here's a test build of my hypertext browser where every "page load" picks a random background. The foreground and link colors adapt to preserve a minimum contrast (WCAG AAA level). I repeatedly click on links in...
Creating a minimal iPhone stand Today I created a minimal iPhone stand from oak wood. I used a single piece of wood to get it done.
1st Jun 2018
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Creating a minimal iPhone stand

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

1st Jun 2018
Today I created a minimal iPhone stand from oak wood. I used a single piece of wood to get it done.
Business secrets from terrible people I get bored reading management books very easily and lately I've been reading about a wide range of...
16th Aug 2018
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Business secrets from terrible people

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

16th Aug 2018
I get bored reading management books very easily and lately I've been reading about a wide range of almost arbitrary topics. One of the lenses I tend to read through is to see different management styles in different environments.
Minor site updates As it happens I got a little tired of the syntax highlighter Pandoc uses so on a whim I started...
29th Apr 2020
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Minor site updates

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

29th Apr 2020
As it happens I got a little tired of the syntax highlighter Pandoc uses so on a whim I started looking at moving to Pygments as my highlighter. With some searching around I found a blog post about just that! That’s lucky because while I like Haskell, I’ve never really grocked it...
A database without dynamic memory allocation This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
12th Oct 2022
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A database without dynamic memory allocation

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

12th Oct 2022
This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
My E-Reader Setup I bought an e-reader recently, specifically the Kobo Libra 2. I felt like I wasn't reading...
10th Aug 2023
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My E-Reader Setup

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

10th Aug 2023
I bought an e-reader recently, specifically the Kobo Libra 2. I felt like I wasn't reading books/manga as much as I wanted and I think the convenience of being able to carry my entire library around with me will help with that. I own an iPad Pro but I wanted a device I didn't...
How Would You Design Amazon S3? One of my favorite system design questions from a few years ago and a fascinating thing I learned...
1st Oct 2024
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How Would You Design Amazon S3?

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

1st Oct 2024
One of my favorite system design questions from a few years ago and a fascinating thing I learned while answering it.
Objectivity is superstition An objective, external world is a non-falsifiable assumption. The prevailing theory is that our...
17th Mar 2025
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Objectivity is superstition

from Daniel De Laney [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Mar 2025
An objective, external world is a non-falsifiable assumption. The prevailing theory is that our subjective experiences correspond to an external reality. However, they may simply be subjective through and through. That which we claim to be evidence of external reality is actually...
The Tapestry of Influence: The Inspirations That Shape Us Discover how your unique combination of influences—from art and philosophy to pop culture and...
5th Nov 2024
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The Tapestry of Influence: The Inspirations That Shape Us

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

5th Nov 2024
Discover how your unique combination of influences—from art and philosophy to pop culture and personal experiences—shapes your creative perspective. Explore how connecting seemingly unrelated passions and memories creates unexpected insights and original expression.
Cracking Kevin Mitnick's Ghost In Tthe Wires Paperback Edition I received yesterday a copy of Ghost In The Wire Paperback edition. Kevin Mitnick seems to have...
9th May 2012
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Cracking Kevin Mitnick's Ghost In Tthe Wires Paperback Edition

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

9th May 2012
I received yesterday a copy of Ghost In The Wire Paperback edition. Kevin Mitnick seems to have updated all of the challenges found at the beginning of each chapters. Since they are all available on book.google.com preview I don't think it is a big deal to publish and discuss our...
Having a Website Used to Be Fun According to the Wayback Machine, I launched my website over a decade ago, in 2013. Just that...
27th Oct 2024
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Having a Website Used to Be Fun

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

27th Oct 2024
According to the Wayback Machine, I launched my website over a decade ago, in 2013. Just that thought alone makes me feel old, but going back through the old snapshots of my websites made me feel a profound feeling of longing for a time when having a website used to be a novel...
QNAP QTS - QNAPping At The Wheel (CVE-2024-27130 and friends) Infosec is, at it’s heart, all about that data. Obtaining access to it (or disrupting access to it)...
17th May 2024
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QNAP QTS - QNAPping At The Wheel (CVE-2024-27130 and friends)

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

17th May 2024
Infosec is, at it’s heart, all about that data. Obtaining access to it (or disrupting access to it) is in every ransomware gang and APT group’s top-10 to-do-list items, and so it makes sense that our research voyage would, at some point, cross paths with products
Leadership at the Peak I want to start by thanking the Automattic board, and in particular General (Ret.) Ann Dunwoody, for...
10th Feb 2026
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Leadership at the Peak

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

10th Feb 2026
I want to start by thanking the Automattic board, and in particular General (Ret.) Ann Dunwoody, for encouraging me to step away from the endless work of being CEO of Automattic to focus on training and development. Ann, as one of this generation’s great leaders, did it herself...
Prefer STRICT tables in SQLite In short: I prefer strict tables in SQLite because they avoid some datatype problems, such as...
11th Jul 2026
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Prefer STRICT tables in SQLite

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

11th Jul 2026
In short: I prefer strict tables in SQLite because they avoid some datatype problems, such as putting text in number columns. SQLite has a feature that I think is underrated: strict tables. Strict tables help enforce rigid typing, preventing mistakes like putting text into...
Virtual Branches Alpha GitButler is introducing an entirely new way to work on branches in Git. Join the alpha!
1st Sep 2023
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Virtual Branches Alpha

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

1st Sep 2023
GitButler is introducing an entirely new way to work on branches in Git. Join the alpha!
Understanding Windows KMS and MAK volume license activation Introduction If you have to administer a large number of PCs running Windows, you will end up...
9th Jun 2012
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Understanding Windows KMS and MAK volume license activation

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

9th Jun 2012
Introduction If you have to administer a large number of PCs running Windows, you will end up creating an automated deployment platform for your Windows clients. You may implement something like Windows Deployment Services. I used WDS to create a fully automated installation of...
bitCards Thrill Your Friends This Christmas with a gift from bitCards
1st Sep 2026
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bitCards

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

1st Sep 2026
Thrill Your Friends This Christmas with a gift from bitCards
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.
Chipzilla Extends its Domination MMX, Bunny People, Celeron, Xeon
2nd Mar 2025
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Chipzilla Extends its Domination

from Abort Retry Fail [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Mar 2025
MMX, Bunny People, Celeron, Xeon
Designing a multi dimensional capacity queue This month I needed to create additional dimensions to a capacity queue mechanism. The food ordering...
1st Dec 2020
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Designing a multi dimensional capacity queue

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

1st Dec 2020
This month I needed to create additional dimensions to a capacity queue mechanism. The food ordering app that I created needed to be able to restrict capacity based on the number of orders, the contents in individual orders and the dispatch type (takeaway/delivery). Read along to...
Snake '97 High Scores Happily accepting the invitation to attend an exhibition of Snake 97 art works in Antwerp. This was...
17th Apr 2022
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Snake '97 High Scores

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

17th Apr 2022
Happily accepting the invitation to attend an exhibition of Snake 97 art works in Antwerp. This was totally WOW!
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?
Health and fitness data Exploring the balance between health data and intuition, this blog post delves into how personal...
15th Jan 2024
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Health and fitness data

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

15th Jan 2024
Exploring the balance between health data and intuition, this blog post delves into how personal well-being and fitness goals shape our relationship with technology and self-awareness.
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...
Do amazing things with a focused mind Read about my experience during the workshop I got as a birth day present involving the Wim Hof...
5th Dec 2018
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Do amazing things with a focused mind

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

5th Dec 2018
Read about my experience during the workshop I got as a birth day present involving the Wim Hof Method.
4 Ways To Say No, Elegantly and Effectively In my early days at Netflix, my inability to say no led me into unpleasant terrain. Here's how I...
4th Sep 2024
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4 Ways To Say No, Elegantly and Effectively

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

4th Sep 2024
In my early days at Netflix, my inability to say no led me into unpleasant terrain. Here's how I evolved to navigate these situations more fluidly.
Writing a SQL database from scratch in Go: 3. indexes Previously in database basics: 1. SELECT, INSERT, CREATE and a REPL 2. binary expressions...
1st May 2020
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Writing a SQL database from scratch in Go: 3. indexes

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

1st May 2020
Previously in database basics: 1. SELECT, INSERT, CREATE and a REPL 2. binary expressions and WHERE filters 4. a database/sql driver In this post, we extend gosql to support indexes. We focus on the addition of PRIMARY KEY constraints on table creation and some easy...
10th Aug 2025
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The Story of Creative Technology

from Abort Retry Fail [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Aug 2025
The Sound Blaster
Reading List 11/01/2025 A new semiconductor lithography startup, how to make batteries more like bombs, AI and real estate...
1st Nov 2025
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Reading List 11/01/2025

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

1st Nov 2025
A new semiconductor lithography startup, how to make batteries more like bombs, AI and real estate listings, a monastery being built in Wyoming, and more.
The Sting The Sting belongs in the pantheon of films I'm deeply embarrassed to have not watched earlier. Not...
2 weeks ago
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The Sting

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

2 weeks ago
The Sting belongs in the pantheon of films I'm deeply embarrassed to have not watched earlier. Not just because it's a great film — and it is — but because it is so incredibly my shit that I feel retroactively spurned for not having watched it sooner.
Our We Are Developers Adventure Last week the GitButler team descended in force on the We Are Developers World Congress in our home...
2nd Aug 2023
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Our We Are Developers Adventure

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

2nd Aug 2023
Last week the GitButler team descended in force on the We Are Developers World Congress in our home town of Berlin.
Building a professional 72TB NAS Over the past few years I have been moving my data and work from local computers (mostly laptops)...
21st Nov 2019
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Building a professional 72TB NAS

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

21st Nov 2019
Over the past few years I have been moving my data and work from local computers (mostly laptops) into the cloud. Cloud computing is done by servers in a datacenter, powerful computers that do the hard work. As my company grew, I needed more capacity. It was time to add some...
The birth of a child Today I witnessed the birth of my daughter! You feel humble as a man, witnessing the labour and...
12th Jul 2021
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The birth of a child

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

12th Jul 2021
Today I witnessed the birth of my daughter! You feel humble as a man, witnessing the labour and magic. Not sure if I can come up with something having more impact on a man than this. For the purposes of science and curiosity I wore a biometric sensor, and this is what it...
Why I still won't switch to Linux and keep my Mac The current state of Linux is amazing. If we take a look at, for example, Ubuntu Linux, we have to...
1st Feb 2009
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Why I still won't switch to Linux and keep my Mac

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

1st Feb 2009
The current state of Linux is amazing. If we take a look at, for example, Ubuntu Linux, we have to admit that the Linux desktop is really becoming a nice, user-friendly environment. I'm truly starting to like what I see. I considered whiping Mac OS X from my macbook, but there...
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...
Emma this was so fun. i am reminded of walter scott's description of austen as a flemish painter: "[the]...
1st Apr 2020
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Emma

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

1st Apr 2020
this was so fun. i am reminded of walter scott's description of austen as a flemish painter: "[the] subjects are not often elegant and certainly never grand; but they are finished up to nature, and with a precision which delights the reader"
Ori and the Blind Forest It is incorrect to describe this game as a melange of celeste and gris because of course this game...
5th May 2023
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Ori and the Blind Forest

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th May 2023
It is incorrect to describe this game as a melange of celeste and gris because of course this game predates both of them. But that is where my mind went — this sort of "emotional platformer" — and this game is terrific, ten hours of beauty and challenge and fun and very sweet...
Thou shalt follow these Vintage Computing Commandments Thou shalt check voltage and polarity on new-to-thee power supplies, or thy machines shall be smote...
3rd Feb 2024
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Thou shalt follow these Vintage Computing Commandments

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

3rd Feb 2024
Thou shalt check voltage and polarity on new-to-thee power supplies, or thy machines shall be smote and release smoke. This is sometimes very hard to judge without a load, but they should be somewhere in the ballpark, verily, and you should get in the habit of checking any new...
Dipco's Easy Reader "Sight for Sore Eyes"
1st Nov 2024
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Dipco's Easy Reader

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

1st Nov 2024
"Sight for Sore Eyes"
What I wrote in The Atlantic about the Clicktatorship When content matters more than the truth
4th Feb 2026
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What I wrote in The Atlantic about the Clicktatorship

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

4th Feb 2026
When content matters more than the truth
Humanities Crash Course Week 18: 1,001 Nights In week 18 of the humanities crash course, I read five stories from One Thousand and One Nights, a...
4th May 2025
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Humanities Crash Course Week 18: 1,001 Nights

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

4th May 2025
In week 18 of the humanities crash course, I read five stories from One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern folktales that have influenced lots of other stories. Keeping with the theme, I also saw one of the most influential movies based on these...
Theming Apps on iOS is Hard Theming apps (the ability to change up the color scheme for an app from say, a white background with...
7th Feb 2022
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Theming Apps on iOS is Hard

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

7th Feb 2022
Theming apps (the ability to change up the color scheme for an app from say, a white background with blue links to a light green background with green links) is a pretty common feature across a lot of apps. It’s one of the core features of the new “Twitter Blue” subscription,...
We put a distributed database in the browser – and made a game of it This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
11th Jul 2023
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We put a distributed database in the browser – and made a game of it

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

11th Jul 2023
This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
Benchmarking a 1.44 MB floppy drive I've used fio - a storage benchmarking tool - to benchmark a 1.44 MB floppy drive to gauge its...
16th Dec 2019
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Benchmarking a 1.44 MB floppy drive

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

16th Dec 2019
I've used fio - a storage benchmarking tool - to benchmark a 1.44 MB floppy drive to gauge its random I/O performance. I have no real reason for doing this. I just thought it was funny. I've run a benchmark against the floppy drives for different queue depths. The results are...
In Defense of the New The future is being crafted out on the edge. Are you paying attention?
3rd Jun 2024
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In Defense of the New

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

3rd Jun 2024
The future is being crafted out on the edge. Are you paying attention?
Uber Money, Uber Everything? A critical review of Uber's move into payments
19th Dec 2019
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Uber Money, Uber Everything?

from Kent de Bruin [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Dec 2019
A critical review of Uber's move into payments
Effective unemployment and social media Being unemployed can be incredibly depressing. So much rejection. Everything seems to be out of your...
5th Nov 2024
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Effective unemployment and social media

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

5th Nov 2024
Being unemployed can be incredibly depressing. So much rejection. Everything seems to be out of your control. Everything except for one thing: what you produce. You might know that repeatedly posting on social media that you are looking for work is ineffective. That it looks (or...
Would you like a drainer served at the very top of DuckDuckGo? Probably no, right? That would be very dangerous, especially if the phishing website serving it is...
16th Jun 2026
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Would you like a drainer served at the very top of DuckDuckGo?

from tim.sh [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Jun 2026
Probably no, right? That would be very dangerous, especially if the phishing website serving it is an exact copy of the thing you was looking for. Well that's what happened to me! TL;DR I found a fake tronscan blockchain explorer duplicate on the #1 position in the
Slow Horses (Season 2) Not as great as the first season; still tremendously entertaining television, with more than a few...
7th Jan 2024
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Slow Horses (Season 2)

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jan 2024
Not as great as the first season; still tremendously entertaining television, with more than a few twists that I couldn't predict and an underlying thread of competence in set design, pacing, and acting that is hard to deny.
Installing OpenBSD on the Pomera DM250{,XY?} These are some notes for getting OpenBSD-current running on the Japanese-model Pomera DM250, DM250X,...
9th Apr 2026
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Installing OpenBSD on the Pomera DM250{,XY?}

from joshua stein [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Apr 2026
These are some notes for getting OpenBSD-current running on the Japanese-model Pomera DM250, DM250X, and DM250XY. Table of Contents Top Throat-clearing Making a backup Some DM250 hardware notes Making an OpenBSD installation SD card Installing...
Odds and Ends #65: Everything is about everything Plus why Britain can't build things... except for the Lower Thames Crossing, apparently.
1st Apr 2025
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Odds and Ends #65: Everything is about everything

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

1st Apr 2025
Plus why Britain can't build things... except for the Lower Thames Crossing, apparently.
Linux Iptables Firewall Script released on Google code I have released LIFS, the Linux Iptables Firewall Script. This script allows you to setup a firewall...
8th Jan 2012
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Linux Iptables Firewall Script released on Google code

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

8th Jan 2012
I have released LIFS, the Linux Iptables Firewall Script. This script allows you to setup a firewall within minutes. It is easy to use, yet very powerful. It uses Iptables and even improves upon some limitations of Iptables. Every person who has to maintain some kind of...
2026-01-28 As I start teaching the kids programming, I’ve been thinking about how to motivate it to them. They...
29th Jan 2026
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2026-01-28

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

29th Jan 2026
As I start teaching the kids programming, I’ve been thinking about how to motivate it to them. They do a lot of drawing, so that seemed like a potential hook to show how drawing on the computer may make some things easier (erasing, manipulating, repeating) and other things harder...
Cribsheet A follow-up to Expecting Better focusing on the first few years of parenthood and what some...
2nd Apr 2024
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Cribsheet

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

2nd Apr 2024
A follow-up to Expecting Better focusing on the first few years of parenthood and what some combination of data, studies, and rational rigor tells us about common crossroads (breastfeeding vs. formula, daycare vs. nanny, television vs. no television, et cetera.)
COVID-19 temperature correlation A user on needgap posted a problem of not being able to find graphs showing confirmed COVID-19 cases...
11th Mar 2020
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COVID-19 temperature correlation

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

11th Mar 2020
A user on needgap posted a problem of not being able to find graphs showing confirmed COVID-19 cases and local weather data such as temperature. The reason for reputed agencies not publishing such graph is likely to prevent misinformation and possibly to avoid governments getting...
The Boys in the Boat A friend of mine who's in finance told me that the book is a cult favorite in his office, as most of...
14th Jan 2019
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The Boys in the Boat

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

14th Jan 2019
A friend of mine who's in finance told me that the book is a cult favorite in his office, as most of them did crew in college. There's gotta be a word for the narrative neatness that this book employs. Of course the UW folks are the young upstarts — of course they are portrayed...
Hannah and her Sisters I came in with high hopes: I like Allen's ouevre and this was supposed to be one of his best.
2nd Sep 2020
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Hannah and her Sisters

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

2nd Sep 2020
I came in with high hopes: I like Allen's ouevre and this was supposed to be one of his best.
2025-06-08 Omnimax In a previous life, I worked for a location-based entertainment company, part of a huge team of...
8th Jun 2025
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2025-06-08 Omnimax

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

8th Jun 2025
In a previous life, I worked for a location-based entertainment company, part of a huge team of people developing a location for Las Vegas, Nevada. It was COVID, a rough time for location-based anything, and things were delayed more than usual. Coworkers paid a lot of attention...
'Tip of the day for every Linux or Unix user: brace expantion' Searching the web I discovered some really nice feature of the unix shell, which I didn't know...
2nd May 2009
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'Tip of the day for every Linux or Unix user: brace expantion'

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

2nd May 2009
Searching the web I discovered some really nice feature of the unix shell, which I didn't know about. Try this: touch foobar.conf Now try this: cp foobar.conf{,.bak} It is equivalent to: cp foobar.conf foobar.conf.bak This is also the easiest way to create sequences. Do not use...
How to find insights Excel, still invincible!
4th Sep 2026
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How to find insights

from benn.substack [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Sep 2026
Excel, still invincible!
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...
Ann Arbor Software's Textra Word Processing The shortest distance between your thoughts and the printed word.
2nd Jul 2025
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Ann Arbor Software's Textra Word Processing

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

2nd Jul 2025
The shortest distance between your thoughts and the printed word.
2023-05-07 electrical characteristics of telephone lines Let's take a break from our boring topic of regional history to focus instead on an even more boring...
7th May 2023
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2023-05-07 electrical characteristics of telephone lines

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

7th May 2023
Let's take a break from our boring topic of regional history to focus instead on an even more boring topic: implementation details of telephone lines. The conventional "copper pair" analog telephone line is fading away. The FCC has begun to authorize abandonment of copper outside...
Technology you don’t have to think about “Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without...
28th Mar 2025
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Technology you don’t have to think about

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

28th Mar 2025
“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.” – Alfred North Whitehead Effective technology takes our most time-consuming tasks and moves them into the background so we can focus on other important...
The Intolerable Hypocrisy of Cyberlibertarianism I like the Internet. I am old enough to remember the pre-Internet era and despite the younger...
7th May 2026
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The Intolerable Hypocrisy of Cyberlibertarianism

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

7th May 2026
I like the Internet. I am old enough to remember the pre-Internet era and despite the younger generations pining for those simpler days, I was there. Paper maps were absolutely horrible, just you and a compass in your car on the side of the road in the middle of the
Lunch by plane This week I went out for lunch by plane from Hilversum to Texel with a good buddy of mine.
8th May 2018
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Lunch by plane

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

8th May 2018
This week I went out for lunch by plane from Hilversum to Texel with a good buddy of mine.
Final Fantasy IX I’ve noticed that if I want to give something a perfect score but know that it’s not a “perfect”...
28th Dec 2013
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Final Fantasy IX

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Dec 2013
I’ve noticed that if I want to give something a perfect score but know that it’s not a “perfect” thing, I always start off with “okay, so, it has flaws.”
🎼This Is the Worst Trip I’ve Ever Been On 🎶 (A Lengthy Vacation Post-Mortem)
9th May 2024
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🎼This Is the Worst Trip I’ve Ever Been On 🎶

from detreville [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th May 2024
(A Lengthy Vacation Post-Mortem)
Content debt There’s a nascent trend of releasing ostensibly-private material (changelogs, public wikis,...
4th Jul 2024
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Content debt

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

4th Jul 2024
There’s a nascent trend of releasing ostensibly-private material (changelogs, public wikis, handbooks, etc.) to the public as a bit of a marketing push. This is essentially a form of debt, to the extent that you’re taking a lump-sum payment now in exchange for the implicit cost...
Take the tools out of 'Data', but don't take the data out of the tools Using dataframes to write smaller, faster programs
11th Jan 2023
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Take the tools out of 'Data', but don't take the data out of the tools

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

11th Jan 2023
Using dataframes to write smaller, faster programs
Building Air Quality Sensor: Luftdaten + Home Assistant Luftdaten (now Sensor Community) is a global sensor network that measures air quality around the...
3rd Sep 2020
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Building Air Quality Sensor: Luftdaten + Home Assistant

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

3rd Sep 2020
Luftdaten (now Sensor Community) is a global sensor network that measures air quality around the world. Best of all: it's open-source and anyone can build a sensor.I was very curious to see the air quality in my neighborhood, so I decided to build myself a sensor. And of course,...
Credits Credits / Attribution Some of the art used around this blog are by other people. Here is a list of...
21st Apr 2025
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Credits

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

21st Apr 2025
Credits / Attribution Some of the art used around this blog are by other people. Here is a list of them: Smug Videah by Kelevtov Rantsona Sidebar Videah by ScruffKerfluff Callout Pixel Art Videah by lockedsdcard Videah Mutant Standard Emoji by Caius Nocturne
16th Jul 2017
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The Triangle of Harm

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

16th Jul 2017
Pi in the Pentium: reverse-engineering the constants in its floating-point unit Intel released the powerful Pentium processor in 1993, establishing a long-running brand of...
5th Jan 2025
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Pi in the Pentium: reverse-engineering the constants in its floating-point unit

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

5th Jan 2025
Intel released the powerful Pentium processor in 1993, establishing a long-running brand of high-performance processors.1 The Pentium includes a floating-point unit that can rapidly compute functions such as sines, cosines, logarithms, and exponentials. But how does the Pentium...
Repairing a Giro AEON bicycle helmet This month my trustworthy Giro Aeon bicycle helmet broke down! Normally I wouldn't hesitate to...
8th Jul 2020
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Repairing a Giro AEON bicycle helmet

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

8th Jul 2020
This month my trustworthy Giro Aeon bicycle helmet broke down! Normally I wouldn't hesitate to invest in safety and thus buying a new one. But I like the Aeon helmet so much that I went through some extra trouble to fix it. Read along to see how I did it. Giro Aeon The Giro Aeon...
Track Zelda release anniversaries in your calendar The original Legend of Zelda came out 40 years ago today. With other birthdays on the horizon, like...
21st Feb 2026
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Track Zelda release anniversaries in your calendar

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

21st Feb 2026
The original Legend of Zelda came out 40 years ago today. With other birthdays on the horizon, like Twilight Princess’s 20th in November, I wanted a calendar that showed the anniversary of every Zelda game. So I made one. Subscribe to this URL in your calendar...
Tasmota Quad Switch Breakout The Tasmota Quad Switch Breakout is designed to make connecting a custom quad light switch to a...
3rd Oct 2021
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Tasmota Quad Switch Breakout

from Opsbros [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Oct 2021
The Tasmota Quad Switch Breakout is designed to make connecting a custom quad light switch to a Wemos D1 mini running Tasmota super super easy.
RailScan: First Point Clouds from Railroad Museum Scanner I volunteer at a train, trolley, and subway museum. As a non-authoritative, hobby project combining...
16th Jul 2026
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RailScan: First Point Clouds from Railroad Museum Scanner

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

16th Jul 2026
I volunteer at a train, trolley, and subway museum. As a non-authoritative, hobby project combining my love of trains, electronics, mapping, and data, I am building a LiDAR scanner to map and analyze the museum. After designing the initial hardware and software for a GNSS-enabled...
Introducing AirTag Security Cable We wanted to make a better braided steel AirTag mount - more compact, stronger, really well...
18th Feb 2025
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Introducing AirTag Security Cable

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

18th Feb 2025
We wanted to make a better braided steel AirTag mount - more compact, stronger, really well made.    So we fired up our Swiss lathe and machined a custom oversized screw that keeps it secure and looks awesome. It is T10 Torx and comes with an included driver.   There is an...
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...
Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers? Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
13th Jan 2025
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Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers?

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

13th Jan 2025
Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
Cores in space: The core memory module from a 1980 Spacelab computer Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that could be carried in the Space Shuttle's cargo bay, providing...
30th Aug 2026
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Cores in space: The core memory module from a 1980 Spacelab computer

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

30th Aug 2026
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that could be carried in the Space Shuttle's cargo bay, providing lab space for astronauts and experiments.1 Because Spacelab was a European project, it used a French-built minicomputer, the Mitra 125 MS,2 rather than the Shuttle's main...
Klute A terrific, terrific film, with a great performance by Jane Fonda (insert quip of "the film should...
2nd Sep 2023
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Klute

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Sep 2023
A terrific, terrific film, with a great performance by Jane Fonda (insert quip of "the film should be called Bree!" here.) I think some of the noir aspects felt a little more obvious than in The Conversation, but the pair of performances and the deep sense of sonic dread that...
Creating a minimal iPhone stand Today I created a minimal iPhone stand from oak wood. While it's much faster to buy one online, I...
1st Jun 2018
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Creating a minimal iPhone stand

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

1st Jun 2018
Today I created a minimal iPhone stand from oak wood. While it's much faster to buy one online, I wanted one to fit my phone horizontally, with its case on. I like minimal design, so I opted to machine a single piece of wood to get it done. Workmate with wood router ready for...
Rewriting my Neovim config in Lua This screenshot betrays just how much productive time was wasted setting this up. I’ve got tons of...
1st Oct 2023
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Rewriting my Neovim config in Lua

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

1st Oct 2023
This screenshot betrays just how much productive time was wasted setting this up. I’ve got tons of things to do; clean the bathrooms, prototype an idea for a SaaS and ponder world peace. So naturally the procrastination took over and I rewrote my Neovim configuration in...
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「网络国家」之我见

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

13th Jul 2022
The web is changing, and we are not going back Whenever I saw someone type a natural language query into Google, it made me cringe. "It's not a...
1st Jun 2026
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The web is changing, and we are not going back

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

1st Jun 2026
Whenever I saw someone type a natural language query into Google, it made me cringe. "It's not a person," I would say. "Type like you're talking to a machine." This was especially true for programmers and it was before AI took over everything. Instead of "how do I write a...
Learn how Windows builds its store of trusted root CA certificates Today I learned something fascinating about how Windows deals with trusted root CA certificates. It...
5th Dec 2022
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Learn how Windows builds its store of trusted root CA certificates

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

5th Dec 2022
Today I learned something fascinating about how Windows deals with trusted root CA certificates. It might surprise you, and it certainly did for me, but out-of-the-box Windows doesn't come with a set of root CA certificates sufficient for web browsing. You can see this for...
The gentle obsolescence Are we expected to be keeping up?
6th Feb 2026
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The gentle obsolescence

from benn.substack [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Feb 2026
Are we expected to be keeping up?
Benchmarking nearest neighbor libraries in Python Radim Rehurek has put together an excellent summary of approximate nearest neighbor libraries in...
12th Jan 2014
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Benchmarking nearest neighbor libraries in Python

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

12th Jan 2014
Radim Rehurek has put together an excellent summary of approximate nearest neighbor libraries in Python. This is exciting, because one of the libraries he's covering, annoy, was built by me. After introducing the problem, he goes through the list of contestants and sticks with...
7th Aug 2017
2nd Feb 2011
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
September theme: Failure I’m out of the busy mode and here’s the new theme! I’ve got an idea and I’ll be beginning very soon...
12th Sep 2009
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September theme: Failure

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

12th Sep 2009
I’m out of the busy mode and here’s the new theme! I’ve got an idea and I’ll be beginning very soon I hope and again I’m following Experimental Gameplay Project’s site. Let’s rock!!
Stack overflow is almost dead Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it launched back in 2009....
15th May 2025
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Stack overflow is almost dead

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

15th May 2025
Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it launched back in 2009. A recap of its slow, then rapid, downfall.
Why I’m Switching Web Hosts Recently, I’ve gotten fed up with my web host. Since I stood this site up, I’ve used MediaTemple....
5th Jul 2019
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Why I’m Switching Web Hosts

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

5th Jul 2019
Recently, I’ve gotten fed up with my web host. Since I stood this site up, I’ve used MediaTemple. This was before WP Engine was around. At the time, MediaTemple had carved out a nice niche for themselves as the premium web host. Tim Ferriss also raved about them back in the day....
Understanding Mamdani's Vision His inauguration speech challenges the the left to govern
2nd Jan 2026
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Understanding Mamdani's Vision

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

2nd Jan 2026
His inauguration speech challenges the the left to govern
An In-Depth Look at the ICE-V Wireless FPGA Development Board Introduction The ICE-V Wireless FPGA Board Preloading the PSRAM with User Data The Overall Boot...
27th Dec 2022
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An In-Depth Look at the ICE-V Wireless FPGA Development Board

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

27th Dec 2022
Introduction The ICE-V Wireless FPGA Board Preloading the PSRAM with User Data The Overall Boot Process UART Console Getting Started with the ICE-V Wireless Board for Real Reinstalling or Modifying the ESP32C3 Firmware The RISC-V Example FPGA Design Compiling the RISC-V Example...
Hospitalised with MCADD This week we experienced the first time that our son was hospitalised since he was diagnosed with...
3rd May 2021
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Hospitalised with MCADD

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

3rd May 2021
This week we experienced the first time that our son was hospitalised since he was diagnosed with MCADD, a metabolic condition that limits his body's ability to utilise fats for energy. Do you or your kid have MCADD? Then, read along and don't worry, as everything will be...
Creating storage benchmark charts with FIO and GNUplot Edit 2019: I've made a new tool called 'fio-plot'to create various graphs. I use FIO to perform...
22nd May 2013
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Creating storage benchmark charts with FIO and GNUplot

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

22nd May 2013
Edit 2019: I've made a new tool called 'fio-plot'to create various graphs. I use FIO to perform storage IO performance benchmarks. FIO does provide a script called "fio_generate_plots" which generates PNG or JPG based charts based on the data generated by FIO. The charts are...
2013 Read Books I actually read more books in 2013 than in 2012. In a somewhat unorganized list: Fiction Livet...
3rd Jan 2014
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2013 Read Books

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

3rd Jan 2014
I actually read more books in 2013 than in 2012. In a somewhat unorganized list: Fiction Livet Deluxe - Jens Lapidius Escape from camp 14 - Blaine Harden Wonderful. A great book. Edge - Jeffery Deaver Dollar - Lee Child Gisslan - Lee Child Bränd - Lee Child Besökaren - Lee...
1st Mar 2024
71 TiB DIY NAS based on ZFS on Linux This is my new 71 TiB DIY NAS. This server is the successor to my six year old, twenty drive 18 TB...
2nd Aug 2014
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71 TiB DIY NAS based on ZFS on Linux

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

2nd Aug 2014
This is my new 71 TiB DIY NAS. This server is the successor to my six year old, twenty drive 18 TB NAS (17 TiB). With a storage capacity four times higher than the original and an incredible read (2.5 GB/s)/write (1.9 GB/s) performance, it's a worthy successor. Purpose The...
31st Jul 2018
What I learned while gaming at 480 FPS It’s clear that with display technologies, we’ve hit a point of diminishing returns with packing...
12th May 2025
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What I learned while gaming at 480 FPS

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

12th May 2025
It’s clear that with display technologies, we’ve hit a point of diminishing returns with packing pixels more densly. However, there is room for rendering frames faster and faster. Having listened to Digital Foundry’s John Linneman talk so highlighy about playing games in 480hz on...
Do amazing things with a focused mind Just when the temperature was a low 2° Celsius, I jumped in the Amstel river! While it was nearly...
5th Dec 2018
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Do amazing things with a focused mind

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

5th Dec 2018
Just when the temperature was a low 2° Celsius, I jumped in the Amstel river! While it was nearly freezing outside I went for a swim, just moments after I've taken an ice bath! This post is about the incredible birthday present I got, a workshop involving the Wim Hof Method. Wim...
Batavus Champion bike from 1978 Restore the retro glory of an old bike from the 70s using the internet.
2nd Sep 2016
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Batavus Champion bike from 1978

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

2nd Sep 2016
Restore the retro glory of an old bike from the 70s using the internet.
It's All Smiles The production is too glitchy & clever to be pleasant or interesting, which in of itself is not a...
1st Dec 2021
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It's All Smiles

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

1st Dec 2021
The production is too glitchy & clever to be pleasant or interesting, which in of itself is not a huge deal except that the lyrics & vocals are so featherweight that it's not worth the effort of digestion.
AI as Normal Science shoutsout to Arvind and Sayash
2nd Sep 2025
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AI as Normal Science

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

2nd Sep 2025
shoutsout to Arvind and Sayash
Don't be foie gras If 2016-2020 was the golden unicorn age of SaaS, 2021 nearly hurtled us into the foie gras* era.
9th Jan 2022
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Don't be foie gras

from Buck on Software [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Jan 2022
If 2016-2020 was the golden unicorn age of SaaS, 2021 nearly hurtled us into the foie gras* era.
A Christmas Game I’m going through a bit of a boardgame stint, as I usually do during christmas time. I had exactly...
26th Dec 2014
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A Christmas Game

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

26th Dec 2014
I’m going through a bit of a boardgame stint, as I usually do during christmas time. I had exactly one thing on my wishlist for this christmas for my little brother: Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries. Guess what? I got something from my wishlist! This was our 5th or 6th game (or...
Verge interview at CES 2013 2025 Note - probably the last video of me without a beard!
9th Jan 2013
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Verge interview at CES 2013

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

9th Jan 2013
2025 Note - probably the last video of me without a beard!
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
Cowboy Bebop (2021) This was neither as bad as I thought it could be nor as good as I hoped it might be. The vast...
1st Jan 2022
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Cowboy Bebop (2021)

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2022
This was neither as bad as I thought it could be nor as good as I hoped it might be. The vast majority of the blame I think has to go towards the scriptwriting, which has a Joss Whedon-esque self-referentiality to it that completely undermines the philosophy of the original and,...
Does Pinball Cause Violence? A recurring theme here is that social science often asks the wrong questions about media -- and that...
15th May 2025
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Does Pinball Cause Violence?

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

15th May 2025
A recurring theme here is that social science often asks the wrong questions about media -- and that this dysfunction is driven by media itself. This puts us in a bit of a bind, obviously, insofar as we are relying on social science to improve the media enviroment, or at least to...
Chat is a bad UI pattern for development tools Code forces humans to be precise. That’s good. Computers need precision. But it also forces humans...
3rd Feb 2025
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Chat is a bad UI pattern for development tools

from Daniel De Laney [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Feb 2025
Code forces humans to be precise. That’s good. Computers need precision. But it also forces humans to think like machines. For decades we tried to fix this by making programming more human-friendly. Higher-level languages. Visual interfaces. Each step helped, but we were still...
Robotics Hackathon in Bimanual Manipulation in Munich How a LinkedIn Post Led Me to a Munich Basement with Millions of Euros Worth of Robotics...
5th Oct 2025
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Robotics Hackathon in Bimanual Manipulation in Munich

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

5th Oct 2025
How a LinkedIn Post Led Me to a Munich Basement with Millions of Euros Worth of Robotics Equipment My LinkedIn feed has become a stream of robotics content over the past few months. As someone diving deep into AI robotics after years in ML/AI/RL, I’ve been deliberately connecting...
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 Butler's Log [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 to...
You can now use Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® LE simultaneously on Arduino NINA-based boards! Here’s how If you like IoT, you’ll love this update! Starting today, if you own a board powered by the...
2nd Mar 2026
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2nd Mar 2026
If you like IoT, you’ll love this update! Starting today, if you own a board powered by the NINA-W102 module – like the Arduino® MKR™ WiFi 1010, Arduino® Nano™ RP2040 Connect, or Nano 33 IoT – you can now use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) at the same time, in the...
An intuition for distributed consensus in OLTP systems Distributed consensus in transactional databases (e.g. etcd or Cockroach) is a big deal these days....
8th Feb 2024
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An intuition for distributed consensus in OLTP systems

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

8th Feb 2024
Distributed consensus in transactional databases (e.g. etcd or Cockroach) is a big deal these days. Most often under the hood are variations of log-based Paxos-like algorithms such as MultiPaxos, Viewstamped Replication, or Raft. While there are new variations that come out each...
"Republic.com 2.0" is a terrible book title we don't always need citations to justify research
6th Jan 2025
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"Republic.com 2.0" is a terrible book title

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

6th Jan 2025
we don't always need citations to justify research
Wearing Grand Seiko Sadness could be seen in my eyes when my custom made watch got damaged earlier this month, while...
4th Jun 2021
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Wearing Grand Seiko

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

4th Jun 2021
Sadness could be seen in my eyes when my custom made watch got damaged earlier this month, while awaiting repairs I was fortunate to wear a Grand Seiko. Its unique mix of craftsmanship, innovation and practicality is worth sharing with you. As a friend of my blog, you might know...
Final Fantasy The game certainly shows its age, I can tell you that much. (I played Dawn of Souls, which was the...
28th Dec 2007
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Final Fantasy

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Dec 2007
The game certainly shows its age, I can tell you that much. (I played Dawn of Souls, which was the slightly easier remake, and even then it was a bit of a slog.) It’s short, though, and it’s I think worth playing for its place in the canon.
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...
Cameraperson Read review: Cameraperson
1st Jan 2026
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Cameraperson

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

1st Jan 2026
Read review: Cameraperson
Some thoughts on scaling code review AI code-writing tools make it possible for more people to write code than ever before. On my current...
28th Sep 2025
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Some thoughts on scaling code review

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

28th Sep 2025
AI code-writing tools make it possible for more people to write code than ever before. On my current team, I’ve seen PRs opened by engineers, designers, marketers, managers, and product people. There’s something special about empowering more people to build and fix things. That...
Tablet as main computer For the past few weeks I have been using the Microsoft Surface Pro as my main computer. It's a...
6th Mar 2018
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Tablet as main computer

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

6th Mar 2018
For the past few weeks I have been using the Microsoft Surface Pro as my main computer. It's a modern tablet computer that can be used as laptop with the type cover. With the Surface Pen, it's a versatile PC that works in a lot of different ways. Time to find out if it's any good...
Home Energy Monitor: V2 My DIY home energy monitor has been running for almost a year now. It's been recording my...
11th Feb 2020
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Home Energy Monitor: V2

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

11th Feb 2020
My DIY home energy monitor has been running for almost a year now. It's been recording my electricity consumption every second and everything is neatly archived in my AWS account.Still, though, there is room for improvement. It's time to look back, evaluate & improve the design....
Converting a Tuya Thermostat to ESPHome I bought a cheap Chinese thermostat to control an infrared heating panel in my office. It ticked all...
8th Mar 2026
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Converting a Tuya Thermostat to ESPHome

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

8th Mar 2026
I bought a cheap Chinese thermostat to control an infrared heating panel in my office. It ticked all the boxes except one: it's a Tuya device which requires a cloud connection. That's a big no-no for me. So I ripped it apart, soldered some leads onto the PCB and flashed ESPHome...
15th Jul 2011
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 L. Middelkoop [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. This is useful to when you want to quickly send files from your computer using your smartphone through various messaging apps and vice versa. Read...
My very first Dungeons and Dragons campaign In December 2024, I did something that I had never done before: I participated in a short (~6 hours)...
3rd Jan 2025
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My very first Dungeons and Dragons campaign

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

3rd Jan 2025
In December 2024, I did something that I had never done before: I participated in a short (~6 hours) Dungeons and Dragons campaign. It was the nerdiest thing ever, and I loved it! The setting After another day of keeping a critical production service up, the whole team met up at...
How to: Adding a floating “Back to top” button in Pika As we say repeatedly on its homepage, Pika is designed to help you focus on writing, not tinkering...
22nd May 2026
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How to: Adding a floating “Back to top” button in Pika

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

22nd May 2026
As we say repeatedly on its homepage, Pika is designed to help you focus on writing, not tinkering with your blog design. To that end Pika purposely doesn’t support complex liquid templating or other such code customization. However, today I thought I’d share how crazy powerful...
Principles // This was originally a Google Doc where I gathered hard-won life lessons; eventually I open...
12th Jan 2025
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Principles

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

12th Jan 2025
// This was originally a Google Doc where I gathered hard-won life lessons; eventually I open sourced it. It got a great response, including a shoutout from Tim Ferriss, so here it is on Substack.
Building a mobile app in 1 day: Thunoob Is it even possible to make an app in just 1 day? Well, let's find out!
1st Dec 2025
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Building a mobile app in 1 day: Thunoob

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

1st Dec 2025
Is it even possible to make an app in just 1 day? Well, let's find out!
Forgot your safe combination? This Arduino-controlled autodialer can crack it for you Safes are designed specifically to be impenetrable — that’s kind of the whole point. That’s great...
1st Apr 2025
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1st Apr 2025
Safes are designed specifically to be impenetrable — that’s kind of the whole point. That’s great when you need to protect something, but it is a real problem when you forget the combination to your safe or when a safe’s combination becomes lost to history. In such situations,...
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.
The Stupidity of Google’s Site Reputation Abuse Policy Site reputation abuse is when a third-party abuses the reputation of a domain to rank a bunch of...
5th Nov 2024
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The Stupidity of Google’s Site Reputation Abuse Policy

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

5th Nov 2024
Site reputation abuse is when a third-party abuses the reputation of a domain to rank a bunch of pages in Google. The SEO community refers to this type of thing as parasite SEO. Google has gone so far as to publish an official policy (documented here) on how this isn’t allowed:...
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...
Why software projects take longer than you think: a statistical model Anyone who built software for a while knows that estimating how long something is going to take is...
15th Apr 2019
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Why software projects take longer than you think: a statistical model

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

15th Apr 2019
Anyone who built software for a while knows that estimating how long something is going to take is hard. It's hard to come up with an unbiased estimate of how long something will take, when fundamentally the work in itself is about solving something.
How to mess up a simple ThinkPad X230 BIOS flash and how to recover from it Background I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X230. It’s a small and good laptop that I’ve used as my main...
28th Jun 2021
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How to mess up a simple ThinkPad X230 BIOS flash and how to recover from it

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

28th Jun 2021
Background I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X230. It’s a small and good laptop that I’ve used as my main laptop and a server as well. A couple of years ago I messed around with flashing alternative BIOS implementations on the X230, such as the skulls project, which made installing...
Elfstedentocht on Feel Last Monday I rode the Fietselfstedentocht, the hottest edition ever, on my fixed gear bike. No bike...
26th May 2026
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Elfstedentocht on Feel

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

26th May 2026
Last Monday I rode the Fietselfstedentocht, the hottest edition ever, on my fixed gear bike. No bike computer, no GPS, no heart rate on my wrist. Just a mechanical watch, a stamp card and my WHOOP quietly recording in the background. Eighteen months ago I wondered whether I could...
Wallops 2.0 Released Another large update to my Wallops IRC client is available: wallops-2.0.sit (StuffIt 3 archive,...
12th Sep 2024
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Wallops 2.0 Released

from joshua stein [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Sep 2024
Another large update to my Wallops IRC client is available: wallops-2.0.sit (StuffIt 3 archive, includes source code and THINK C 5 project file) 532f6c72eadbb9e7ce74dded1bfcd71369a61d818f7c77160bb8a66d6f1ccf9c SHA1: c375a24e00900378e84745c1e11d3d6976ef749c This release features...
Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 6. an x86 upgrade Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables ...
8th Dec 2019
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Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 6. an x86 upgrade

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

8th Dec 2019
Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables 3. LLVM 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci 5. LLVM system calls This post upgrades the ulisp x86 backend from using a limited set of registers (with no spilling...
Shop vac becomes a Roomba on steroids A robotic vacuum, such as a Roomba, offers a lot of convenience. Instead of having to vacuum and...
29th Apr 2024
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Shop vac becomes a Roomba on steroids

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

29th Apr 2024
A robotic vacuum, such as a Roomba, offers a lot of convenience. Instead of having to vacuum and sweep your own floors, you have a little maid robot to do the job for you. But these devices have very little power and capacity, which makes them useless for anything other than...
Happy Endings This, to me, is the perfect sit-com. It’s that simple: for two seasons (skip the first season; you...
27th Nov 2017
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Happy Endings

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Nov 2017
This, to me, is the perfect sit-com. It’s that simple: for two seasons (skip the first season; you don’t need it and the show tries to be too conventional) it shits out an outrageous level of humor with a cast that has a perfect chemistry. There is a tiny bit of “aw, shucks”...
Book review: The Joy of Cryptography Mike Rosulek, Oregon State University. Draft of January 3, 2021. Online: The Joy of Cryptography....
16th Feb 2023
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Book review: The Joy of Cryptography

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

16th Feb 2023
Mike Rosulek, Oregon State University. Draft of January 3, 2021. Online: The Joy of Cryptography. This is a freely-available book covering introductory material on cryptography. It’s suitable for anyone with undergraduate-level computer science knowledge. As is often the case in...
Inside the Intel 386 processor die: the clock circuit Processors are driven by a clock, which controls the timing of each step inside the chip. In this...
30th Nov 2023
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Inside the Intel 386 processor die: the clock circuit

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

30th Nov 2023
Processors are driven by a clock, which controls the timing of each step inside the chip. In this blog post, I'll examine the clock-generation circuitry inside the Intel 386 processor. Earlier processors such as the 8086 (1978) were simpler, using two clock phases internally. The...
Netrunner Lindhska Store Championship Örebro After the awesomeness during the previous store championship, I decided to go to the store...
2nd Apr 2015
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Netrunner Lindhska Store Championship Örebro

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

2nd Apr 2015
After the awesomeness during the previous store championship, I decided to go to the store championship at Lindhska Bokhandel in Örebro. I brought a modified version of the same corp I used the last time, a Blue Sun kill deck and a new runner with Leela Patel. See the links for...
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...
I Want People To Agree With Me, Not Die Pastor Tim has already written about this in light of another assassination attempt on either...
6th May 2026
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I Want People To Agree With Me, Not Die

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

6th May 2026
Pastor Tim has already written about this in light of another assassination attempt on either President Trump or other members of the administration. Many people are unhealthily and dangerously angry, and it seems like it’s getting worse.
Finance, Fairer Sharing our investment in Jia, which turns crypto liquidity into working capital for small...
17th May 2023
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Finance, Fairer

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

17th May 2023
Sharing our investment in Jia, which turns crypto liquidity into working capital for small businesses in every corner of the world.
2015 Read Books I didn’t read a lot of books in 2015, but the books I did read were pretty damn good. Fiction A Song...
1st Jan 2016
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2015 Read Books

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

1st Jan 2016
I didn’t read a lot of books in 2015, but the books I did read were pretty damn good. Fiction A Song of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons - George R.R. Martin Reread. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - Gearge R.R. Martin The Skin Collector - Jeffery Deaver Best Served Cold - Joe...
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 Writing [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...
You can absolutely have an RSS dependent website in 2026 I write stuff here. Sometimes the stuff is good. Sometimes it reads like I wrote it at 2 AM after an...
9th Apr 2026
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You can absolutely have an RSS dependent website in 2026

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

9th Apr 2026
I write stuff here. Sometimes the stuff is good. Sometimes it reads like I wrote it at 2 AM after an argument with a YAML file, which is because I did. But one decision I made early on was that I didn't want to offer an email newsletter.
Two weeks of parenthood We've had lucy for two weeks, which qualifies us as experts, which means it is time to write about...
6th Oct 2024
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Two weeks of parenthood

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Oct 2024
We've had lucy for two weeks, which qualifies us as experts, which means it is time to write about parenthood. (In all seriousness, consider the below descriptive and not prescriptive: mostly, it's a notepad filled with things that were remarkable or surprising or divergent from...
UNIX Review Magazine Interviews Larry Tesler They discuss Tesler's involvement with Xerox, Apple and office automation with Unix.
10th Sep 2024
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UNIX Review Magazine Interviews Larry Tesler

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

10th Sep 2024
They discuss Tesler's involvement with Xerox, Apple and office automation with Unix.
Secure Home Assistant Access with Cloudflare and Ubiquiti Dream Machine I've become increasingly reliant on Home Assistant to automate various tasks around the house. But...
12th Dec 2020
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Secure Home Assistant Access with Cloudflare and Ubiquiti Dream Machine

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

12th Dec 2020
I've become increasingly reliant on Home Assistant to automate various tasks around the house. But how do you safely expose your instance to the internet for remote access?You want to be able to log in from a remote location, but how to keep others out? This post will show how...
I didn't write any Javascript, and other shortcuts Getting it done by not doing a lot of it
22nd Aug 2023
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I didn't write any Javascript, and other shortcuts

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

22nd Aug 2023
Getting it done by not doing a lot of it
Best Questions and Answers to the “Terrifying Netflix Concurrency Bug” Post Why couldn't we roll back? Weren't we concerned about costs? Why is operating Netflix so...
29th Nov 2024
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29th Nov 2024
Why couldn't we roll back? Weren't we concerned about costs? Why is operating Netflix so complicated? Plus many others.
Switching away from Debian to Ubuntu LTS Over the last couple of years, Debian Linux has released new stable versions about every two years....
6th Jul 2011
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Switching away from Debian to Ubuntu LTS

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

6th Jul 2011
Over the last couple of years, Debian Linux has released new stable versions about every two years. This pace is great for progress, but there is a serious problem. This problem is related to their support for older Debian stable versions. If you read the quote below from the...
How I use Obsidian with Claude Code Thinking alongside an AI that lives inside my notes
20th Jan 2026
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How I use Obsidian with Claude Code

from Kent de Bruin [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Jan 2026
Thinking alongside an AI that lives inside my notes
Stacked Branches with GitButler GitButler can now manage dependent branches that are stacked, including managing stacked GitHub PRs.
4th Dec 2024
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Stacked Branches with GitButler

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

4th Dec 2024
GitButler can now manage dependent branches that are stacked, including managing stacked GitHub PRs.
MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150 As is typical here in the Floodgap lab, it all started so innocently: rebuilding a flaky Apple...
2nd Aug 2026
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MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150

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

2nd Aug 2026
As is typical here in the Floodgap lab, it all started so innocently: rebuilding a flaky Apple Workgroup Server 9150, the odd duck of the Workgroup Server line and older cousin to our beloved Apple Network Server. And then I just had to pimp it out for MkLinux. sui generis IBM...
The 4-Hour Chef: Scrambled Eggs I’ve been listening to The Tim Ferriss Show a while now and he and his guests often inspire me to...
14th Jan 2017
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The 4-Hour Chef: Scrambled Eggs

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

14th Jan 2017
I’ve been listening to The Tim Ferriss Show a while now and he and his guests often inspire me to make changes and start doing new things. I got introduced to Josh Waitzkin’s excellent The Art of Learning and the meta skill of learning has since then fascinated me. So when I got...
The Future of Open Source A GitHub founder's musings on the past, present and future of large groups of people collaborating...
6th Aug 2024
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The Future of Open Source

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

6th Aug 2024
A GitHub founder's musings on the past, present and future of large groups of people collaborating on software in awesome ways.
A tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips .cite { font-size: 70%;} .ref { vertical-align: super; font-size: 60%;} code {font-size: 100%;...
13th Apr 2025
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A tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips

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

13th Apr 2025
.cite { font-size: 70%;} .ref { vertical-align: super; font-size: 60%;} code {font-size: 100%; font-family: courier, fixed;} In 1977, Commodore released the PET computer, a quirky home computer that combined the processor, a tiny keyboard, a cassette drive for storage, and...
GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge to help move towards a more sustainable open source...
2nd Sep 2024
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GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge

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

2nd Sep 2024
GitButler is joining the Open Source Pledge to help move towards a more sustainable open source ecosystem.
Trials of Mana Oh, this game should have been catnip for me! I love ARPGs. I have been waiting literally 15 years...
1st Jun 2021
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Trials of Mana

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

1st Jun 2021
Oh, this game should have been catnip for me! I love ARPGs. I have been waiting literally 15 years to play this game. I wanted something pleasant and smooth brain to hack away with in the late evenings.
The Fear of Being Right The best designs often look wrong. They appear unexceptional. They don’t show off. They don’t push...
7th Oct 2015
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The Fear of Being Right

from Daniel De Laney [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Oct 2015
The best designs often look wrong. They appear unexceptional. They don’t show off. They don’t push our technical skills to the limit. They leave out things we expect. They don’t reflect the latest trends. “It just doesn’t look right.” “It almost looks unfinished.” “Nobody does...
Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end In 2020, Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware...
26th Aug 2025
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Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

from Alyssa Rosenzweig [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th Aug 2025
In 2020, Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware and porting Linux. Today, you can run Linux on a range of M1 and M2 Macs, with almost all hardware working: wireless, audio, and full graphics acceleration. Our story begins in...
The Pentium as a Navajo weaving Hurrying through the National Gallery of Art five minutes before closing, I passed a Navajo weaving...
1st Sep 2024
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The Pentium as a Navajo weaving

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

1st Sep 2024
Hurrying through the National Gallery of Art five minutes before closing, I passed a Navajo weaving with a complex abstract pattern. Suddenly, I realized the pattern was strangely familiar, so I stopped and looked closely. The design turned out to be an image of Intel's Pentium...
Lustre and the risk of Serious Data Loss Personally I have a weakness for big-ass storage. Say 'petabyte' and I'm interested. So I was...
3rd Jul 2010
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Lustre and the risk of Serious Data Loss

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

3rd Jul 2010
Personally I have a weakness for big-ass storage. Say 'petabyte' and I'm interested. So I was thinking about how you would setup a large, scalable storage infrastructure. How should such a thing work? Very simple: you should be able just to add hosts with some bad-ass huge...
Master of Change Change is one of life's few constants. Yet, even with its inevitability, facing it head-on can feel...
17th Jan 2025
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Master of Change

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

17th Jan 2025
Change is one of life's few constants. Yet, even with its inevitability, facing it head-on can feel daunting and disorienting. In the book "Master of Change", Brad Stulberg offers a thought-provoking guide to not just survive but thrive in an ever changing world. As you grow...
Smart Open Xcode If you’re like me, you often have multiple versions of Xcode installed. One or two beta versions, a...
2nd Aug 2023
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Smart Open Xcode

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

2nd Aug 2023
If you’re like me, you often have multiple versions of Xcode installed. One or two beta versions, a stable version, and maybe another version in case the most recent stable version has something weird about it. I also really like mapping my Caps Lock key to something more useful,...
Confusion is a muse Some of the most interesting technical blog posts I read come from, and a common reason for posts I...
14th Jun 2024
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Confusion is a muse

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

14th Jun 2024
Some of the most interesting technical blog posts I read come from, and a common reason for posts I write is, confusion. You're at work and you start asking questions that are difficult to answer. You spend a few hours or a day trying to get to the bottom of things. If you ask a...
Three kinds of memory leaks So, you’ve got a program that’s using more and more over time as it runs. Probably you can...
29th Apr 2018
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Three kinds of memory leaks

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

29th Apr 2018
So, you’ve got a program that’s using more and more over time as it runs. Probably you can immediately identify this as a likely symptom of a memory leak. But when we say “memory leak”, what do we actually mean? In my experience, apparent memory leaks divide into three broad...
Going to University I mentioned in the last post that I’m going to the university, which might explain my lack of...
6th Oct 2010
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Going to University

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

6th Oct 2010
I mentioned in the last post that I’m going to the university, which might explain my lack of activity here and for that I’m sorry. It’s not as hard as I had imagined, and I don’t have that much in school but there’s still a lot that’s going on. For example now how to make...
Control your volume with a wireless rotary encoder, as you deserve Every decent stereo sold since the invention of sound has included a knob on the front for adjusting...
6th Jan 2025
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Control your volume with a wireless rotary encoder, as you deserve

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

6th Jan 2025
Every decent stereo sold since the invention of sound has included a knob on the front for adjusting volume. There are influencers and entire communities dedicated to evaluating the feel of those wonderful knobs. So why would you settle for the mushy volume buttons on a remote?...
I yearn for the perfect home server I’ve changed my home server setup a lot over the past decade, mainly because I keep changing the...
7th Mar 2025
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I yearn for the perfect home server

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

7th Mar 2025
I’ve changed my home server setup a lot over the past decade, mainly because I keep changing the goals all the time. I’ve now realized why that keeps happening. I want the perfect home server. What is the perfect home server? I’d phrase it like this: The perfect home server uses...
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