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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...
How to fix ZFS pool not importing at boot Issue description You are running a Linux-based machine with an install of ZFS on Linux. Everything...
1st Feb 2021
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How to fix ZFS pool not importing at boot

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

1st Feb 2021
Issue description You are running a Linux-based machine with an install of ZFS on Linux. Everything seems to work correctly, but after restarting your machine, the ZFS pool is not visible. You can still import your pool manually using zpool import poolname or zpool import -a. In...
Links #12 Oscar, an open-source contributor agent architecture - Oscar is a project from the Go community that...
15th Apr 2025
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Links #12

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

15th Apr 2025
Oscar, an open-source contributor agent architecture - Oscar is a project from the Go community that aims to develop AI agents that assist open source maintainers. I think this is a great idea. Open source is a load-bearing pillar in our modern digital infrastructure and...
For the love of mini People regulary ask me why I have a small smartphone, a modern iPhone 13 Mini. Often I simply reply...
8th Dec 2021
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For the love of mini

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

8th Dec 2021
People regulary ask me why I have a small smartphone, a modern iPhone 13 Mini. Often I simply reply that I like it. The smaller size offers more than just an easier fit in your pocket. I have come to appreciate its intangible greatness, read along for the love of mini! iPhone...
I was told, I would become quadriplegic Tingling on the side of the face during tasks involving intense cognition was my first...
1st Sep 2018
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I was told, I would become quadriplegic

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

1st Sep 2018
Tingling on the side of the face during tasks involving intense cognition was my first symptom. Nature of my job involves regular problem solving of various degree, on certain occasions there was a halting tingling sensation on the right side of my face to the end of lower...
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...
A single-node Kubernetes cluster without virtualization or a container registry This post is a recipe for setting up a minimal Kubernetes cluster on Fedora without requiring...
25th Jul 2020
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A single-node Kubernetes cluster without virtualization or a container registry

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

25th Jul 2020
This post is a recipe for setting up a minimal Kubernetes cluster on Fedora without requiring virtualization or a container registry. These two features make the system cloud-agnostic and the cluster entirely self-contained. The post will end with us running a simple Flask...
Counting Agentic Traffic This month I brought Lemmid Count back: the website statistics of my platform, rebuilt from scratch...
6th Jul 2026
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Counting Agentic Traffic

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

6th Jul 2026
This month I brought Lemmid Count back: the website statistics of my platform, rebuilt from scratch without AWStats and without a database. Its party piece is the dimension every other analytics tool throws away: the bots. In the agentic era the question "what did AI agents read...
The Case for Getting Rid of TestFlight Review I tweeted today about how I think TestFlight review should become a thing of the past and many...
12th Jun 2020
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The Case for Getting Rid of TestFlight Review

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

12th Jun 2020
I tweeted today about how I think TestFlight review should become a thing of the past and many developers seemed to agree, but some had questions so I wanted to expand on my thoughts a little. TestFlight’s awesome. But like App Store submissions, TestFlight betas also require a...
Traction Heroes Ep. 46: Tribal Psychology We keep reading scary reports of swarms of AI agents breaking into computer systems and doing other...
5th Oct 2026
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Traction Heroes Ep. 46: Tribal Psychology

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

5th Oct 2026
We keep reading scary reports of swarms of AI agents breaking into computer systems and doing other untoward and perhaps illegal things. To what degree do these agents influence each other? And is there anything we can learn from human behavior that would help mitigate these...
Privacy Policy The legal terms mentioned here covers abishekmuthian.com and products which explicitly link to this...
1st Jan 2001
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Privacy Policy

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

1st Jan 2001
The legal terms mentioned here covers abishekmuthian.com and products which explicitly link to this legal page. For legal terms of my individual products please refer to the legal section on their respective websites. Privacy Policy What personal data are collected and why its...
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...
A minimal distributed key-value database with Hashicorp's Raft library When I wrote the "build a distributed PostgreSQL proof of concept" post I first had to figure...
17th Sep 2022
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A minimal distributed key-value database with Hashicorp's Raft library

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

17th Sep 2022
When I wrote the "build a distributed PostgreSQL proof of concept" post I first had to figure out how to use Hashicorp's Raft implementation. There weren't any examples I could find in the Hashicorp repo itself. And the only example I could find was Philip O'Toole's hraftd. It's...
Announcing Juno 2.0 Juno’s been a really fun project to build, and it’s been so great hearing how other people have been...
7th May 2024
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Announcing Juno 2.0

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

7th May 2024
Juno’s been a really fun project to build, and it’s been so great hearing how other people have been enjoying Juno since its launch, as well as providing awesome feedback and input to improve it. Today I’m releasing Juno 2.0, which incorporates a ton of that community feedback,...
Introducing TagVault Fabric Extreme for AirTag Our original TagVault Fabric Mount is one of our most popular AirTag cases. So we wanted another...
17th Oct 2025
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Introducing TagVault Fabric Extreme for AirTag

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

17th Oct 2025
Our original TagVault Fabric Mount is one of our most popular AirTag cases. So we wanted another design that was just as useful but even more rugged and fully waterproof. So we designed TagVault Fabric Extreme for AirTag. It's ultra-flexible to move with your fabric. Ultra-secure...
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...
Thinking about functional programming Someone on Discord asked about how to learn functional programming. The question and my initial...
15th Aug 2023
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Thinking about functional programming

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

15th Aug 2023
Someone on Discord asked about how to learn functional programming. The question and my initial tweet on the subject prompted an interesting discussion with Shriram Krishnamurthi and other folks. So here's a slightly more thought out exploration. And just for backstory sake: I...
Being John Malkovich I had held off on watching Being John Malkovich for a while, mostly because I think I had a pretty...
1st Feb 2025
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Being John Malkovich

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Feb 2025
I had held off on watching Being John Malkovich for a while, mostly because I think I had a pretty good idea of what it was and, while I wanted to watch it at some point, it never felt particularly urgent. (The vision in my head was a sort of Bosch painting filled with John...
14th Oct 2024
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Phucking with Phishers

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

14th Oct 2024
Microcode in Intel's 8087 floating-point chip: the scale instruction In the 1970s, floating-point arithmetic was a mess. Computer manufacturers had a dozen incompatible...
12th Sep 2026
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Microcode in Intel's 8087 floating-point chip: the scale instruction

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

12th Sep 2026
In the 1970s, floating-point arithmetic was a mess. Computer manufacturers had a dozen incompatible arithmetic standards. Moreover, floating-point systems were designed around hardware simplicity rather than mathematical rigor, leading to problems with numerical stability. This...
Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors...
6th Aug 2026
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Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions

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

6th Aug 2026
A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors of 2024 has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy to hack and extort more than 165 organizations that used the cloud data storage provider Snowflake. Connor Riley Moucka,...
Machine Learning and the triumph of GOFAI I’ve been slowly reading Brian Cantwell Smith’s “The Promise of Artificial Intelligence” recently. I...
30th Jun 2024
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Machine Learning and the triumph of GOFAI

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

30th Jun 2024
I’ve been slowly reading Brian Cantwell Smith’s “The Promise of Artificial Intelligence” recently. I haven’t finished reading it yet, and like much of BCS’s writing, it’ll probably take me 3 or 4 read-throughs to really understand it, but there’s one point that I want to pick up...
Updating Snake '97 Few years ago my brother threw a beer on my iPhone in an Amsterdam bar. The poor thing didn't like...
20th Feb 2018
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Updating Snake '97

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

20th Feb 2018
Few years ago my brother threw a beer on my iPhone in an Amsterdam bar. The poor thing didn't like the Dutch brew as much as I do: it died. While waiting for a new phone to arrive, I used an old one that couldn't do anything but texting, calling and... Snake! The idea for Snake...
I made my screen blurry to get more done Have you ever gotten to the end of a long work day and realized you’re no closer to your goals? I...
19th Nov 2025
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I made my screen blurry to get more done

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

19th Nov 2025
Have you ever gotten to the end of a long work day and realized you’re no closer to your goals? I have. The problem, counterintuitively, was lack of interruption. I never paused to ask whether I was doing the right thing. Or whether my approach was working. Or if I was spending...
Master of Change In this post I discuss the brilliant book Master of Change by Brad Stulberg, providing a...
17th Jan 2025
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Master of Change

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

17th Jan 2025
In this post I discuss the brilliant book Master of Change by Brad Stulberg, providing a thought-provoking guide to thrive in a changing world.
The unreasonable effectiveness of the pancake rule Being chronically late to meetings sucks. Not only is it very rude, but you’re signalling that you...
8th Sep 2025
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The unreasonable effectiveness of the pancake rule

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

8th Sep 2025
Being chronically late to meetings sucks. Not only is it very rude, but you’re signalling that you don’t value your coworkers’ time. However, I’ve picked up a technique that works unreasonably well within a team.1 If you are late to the first meeting of the day three times within...
Offline Advocate Digital hoarding as a check against the ephemeral nature of the internet ... and maybe some peace of...
19th Nov 2024
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Offline Advocate

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

19th Nov 2024
Digital hoarding as a check against the ephemeral nature of the internet ... and maybe some peace of mind.
How to use a Phase One H20 digital back on a medium format Hasselblad V camera (500EL/M) My newest purchase was a bit of a gamble. I bought a $500 Phase One H20 digital back for my...
1st Jan 2021
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How to use a Phase One H20 digital back on a medium format Hasselblad V camera (500EL/M)

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

1st Jan 2021
My newest purchase was a bit of a gamble. I bought a $500 Phase One H20 digital back for my Hasselblad 500EL/M medium format camera. Or, simply put, I bought an expensive old gadget for my even older analog camera, making it a digital camera. A gadget that was released in the...
14th Apr 2025
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Why I support privacy

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

14th Apr 2025
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.”
Better Interfaces, Better Products Identity via algorithms, wallets as browsers, crypto's "front page" — how interfaces govern the way...
14th Mar 2023
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Better Interfaces, Better Products

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

14th Mar 2023
Identity via algorithms, wallets as browsers, crypto's "front page" — how interfaces govern the way we interact with the world
Winds of Change Software is maybe, just maybe about to get exciting
20th Jun 2024
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Winds of Change

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

20th Jun 2024
Software is maybe, just maybe about to get exciting
Eliminating Radio Interference from Apple charger Apple's product design teams should do a better job eliminating unwanted radio frequency emissions...
14th Sep 2023
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Eliminating Radio Interference from Apple charger

from OH8HUB’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Sep 2023
Apple's product design teams should do a better job eliminating unwanted radio frequency emissions from their product!
Queueing Requests Queues Your Capacity Problems, Too On queues, capacity, and why your dashboard is lying to you
23rd Mar 2026
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Queueing Requests Queues Your Capacity Problems, Too

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

23rd Mar 2026
On queues, capacity, and why your dashboard is lying to you
Realtime service uptime monitoring Downtime happens and it is nothing to be ashamed of, just make sure that you set yourself up to...
1st Feb 2021
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Realtime service uptime monitoring

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

1st Feb 2021
Downtime happens and it is nothing to be ashamed of, just make sure that you set yourself up to discover problems as soon as possible! Know about problems before your customers do!
Two worlds: idea people and developers I recently attended a startup weekend and was surprised by the backgrounds of the other...
29th Apr 2023
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Two worlds: idea people and developers

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

29th Apr 2023
I recently attended a startup weekend and was surprised by the backgrounds of the other attendees. As a software engineer myself, I expected to see mostly engineers, but that wasn’t the case. Instead, I found myself surrounded by people with a diverse range of backgrounds and...
Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive...
2nd Feb 2026
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Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters

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

2nd Feb 2026
A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim firms: Harassing, threatening and even swatting executives and their families, all while notifying journalists and regulators...
2023-08-07 STIRred AND SHAKEN In a couple of days, I pack up my bags to head for DEFCON. In a rare moment of pre-planning, perhaps...
7th Aug 2023
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2023-08-07 STIRred AND SHAKEN

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

7th Aug 2023
In a couple of days, I pack up my bags to head for DEFCON. In a rare moment of pre-planning, perhaps spurred by boredom, I looked through the schedule to see what's in store in the world of telephony. There is a workshop on SS7, of course [1], plenty of content on cellular, but...
GitButler for Windows The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.
12th Apr 2024
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GitButler for Windows

from GitButler [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Apr 2024
The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.
The eigenvector of "Why we moved from language X to language Y" I was reading yet another blog post titled “Why our team moved from <language X> to <language Y>” (I...
15th Mar 2017
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The eigenvector of "Why we moved from language X to language Y"

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

15th Mar 2017
I was reading yet another blog post titled “Why our team moved from <language X> to <language Y>” (I forgot which one) and I started wondering if you can generalize it a bit. Is it possible to generate a N * N contingency table of moving from language X to language Y?
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...
The Pulse: a new trend, smart model routing Are there any ‘intelligent’ router solutions out there which select the right model for the right...
2nd Jul 2026
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The Pulse: a new trend, smart model routing

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

2nd Jul 2026
Are there any ‘intelligent’ router solutions out there which select the right model for the right task? I looked into it, and there are a few options.
Reverse engineering the mysterious Up-Data Link Test Set from Apollo Back in 2021, a collector friend of ours was visiting a dusty warehouse in search of Apollo-era...
21st Jul 2025
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Reverse engineering the mysterious Up-Data Link Test Set from Apollo

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

21st Jul 2025
Back in 2021, a collector friend of ours was visiting a dusty warehouse in search of Apollo-era communications equipment. A box with NASA-style lights caught his eye—the "AGC Confirm" light suggested a connection with the Apollo Guidance Computer. Disappointingly, the box was...
Backup Rotation Scheme Learn about the rsync-backup-rotator tool that helps you automatically rotate backups using rsync,...
14th Dec 2023
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Backup Rotation Scheme

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

14th Dec 2023
Learn about the rsync-backup-rotator tool that helps you automatically rotate backups using rsync, creating and maintaining multiple recovery points from your backups.
New trend: extreme hours at AI startups Pulling 80+ hour work weeks – including weekends – is becoming the norm across AI startups, and is...
14th Aug 2025
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New trend: extreme hours at AI startups

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

14th Aug 2025
Pulling 80+ hour work weeks – including weekends – is becoming the norm across AI startups, and is unlikely to stop while AI is so hot.
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Evolution of inPulse - Part 1

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

25th Oct 2009
Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D, 2nd Edition The second edition of the Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D is out.
6th Dec 2018
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Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D, 2nd Edition

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

6th Dec 2018
The second edition of the Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D is out.
Dispatches from the farm upstate Middle-aged computer expert opts to escape civilization, offers dubious life advice.
3rd Aug 2024
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Dispatches from the farm upstate

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

3rd Aug 2024
Middle-aged computer expert opts to escape civilization, offers dubious life advice.
Recent experiences with Netrunner tournaments After a bit of a hiatus after the Winter Kit Tournament the 16th January I participated in three...
31st Mar 2016
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Recent experiences with Netrunner tournaments

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

31st Mar 2016
After a bit of a hiatus after the Winter Kit Tournament the 16th January I participated in three tournaments during February - March. After each of these tournaments I started a writeup of them but they fell off my mind a bit but consider this my break with my blogging...
Klara and the gift of curiosity In October, a new movie will be released based on one of my favorite books, Klara and the Sun. This...
26th Aug 2026
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Klara and the gift of curiosity

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

26th Aug 2026
In October, a new movie will be released based on one of my favorite books, Klara and the Sun. This has happened a lot for me recently (see The Three Body Problem, The Martian, Project Hail Mary, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow). I know it’s cliché to say that the book is...
A quick visit to Vaajasalo island Vaajasalo is a small island in lake Kallavesi in eastern Finland with population less than hundred....
25th Aug 2023
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A quick visit to Vaajasalo island

from OH8HUB’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Aug 2023
Vaajasalo is a small island in lake Kallavesi in eastern Finland with population less than hundred. There’s also a winery called Alahovi Berry Wine Farm. They produce berry wines, cider, beer and liqueur. The temptation to visit them was huge, but I was on tight schedule. Maybe...
'Linux RAID level and chunk size: the benchmarks' Introduction When configuring a Linux RAID array, the chunk size needs to get chosen. But what is...
23rd May 2010
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'Linux RAID level and chunk size: the benchmarks'

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

23rd May 2010
Introduction When configuring a Linux RAID array, the chunk size needs to get chosen. But what is the chunk size? When you write data to a RAID array that implements striping (level 0, 5, 6, 10 and so on), the chunk of data sent to the array is broken down in to pieces, each part...
Life is maintenance, maintenance is life Over my relatively short career (6+ years), I’ve noticed a change in the way I approach building...
20th Apr 2023
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Life is maintenance, maintenance is life

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

20th Apr 2023
Over my relatively short career (6+ years), I’ve noticed a change in the way I approach building things. When I was still an inexperienced junior developer who barely survived operating in a Linux environment and saw backend development as a black box, I was happy to get...
A Four-Eyed Update Wow it’s been a while! Almost a month and a half since my last update. There I complained about my...
21st Mar 2011
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A Four-Eyed Update

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

21st Mar 2011
Wow it’s been a while! Almost a month and a half since my last update. There I complained about my almost constant headaches which hampered me a lot actually. Luckily now I have joined the rank of cool. I took home three frames I think and tried them out and I settled some I...
'Syslog: the hidden security risk' People sometimes forget that there are also a number of UDP-based services that may pose a threat to...
18th Mar 2010
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'Syslog: the hidden security risk'

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

18th Mar 2010
People sometimes forget that there are also a number of UDP-based services that may pose a threat to the security of your systems. SNMP is a well-known service, notorious for being configured with a default password (or community string). But there is another service that is...
How to run victron veconfigure on a mac Introduction Victron Multiplus-II inverter/charges are configured with the veconfigure1 tool....
4th Mar 2024
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How to run victron veconfigure on a mac

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

4th Mar 2024
Introduction Victron Multiplus-II inverter/charges are configured with the veconfigure1 tool. Unforntunately this is a Windows-only tool, but there is still a way for Apple users to run this tool without any problems. Tip: if you've never worked with the Terminal app on MacOS, it...
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 Applied Cartography [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...
#11: Searchable list of all the mistakes I have more than a decade old google account that I am no longer able to access even though I know...
13th Feb 2022
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#11: Searchable list of all the mistakes

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

13th Feb 2022
I have more than a decade old google account that I am no longer able to access even though I know the correct password.
All you can do is play the game I don’t know what’s coming next.
14th Nov 2025
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All you can do is play the game

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

14th Nov 2025
I don’t know what’s coming next.
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...
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...
4th Mar 2009
Fixing Letterboxd's cast list on the web I love Letterboxd, but I hate how they show you the cast on the web app. Here's the cast of The...
4 days ago
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Fixing Letterboxd's cast list on the web

from Birchtree [alt+shift+b] in technology

4 days ago
I love Letterboxd, but I hate how they show you the cast on the web app. Here's the cast of The Batman on the web. I mean, that's them, but I'm often going to this page wondering who played someone, and that is an
Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and Grafana This post isn’t a detailed line-by-line tutorial on how to set up each individual piece of the setup...
2nd May 2024
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Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and Grafana

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

2nd May 2024
This post isn’t a detailed line-by-line tutorial on how to set up each individual piece of the setup as those types of guides tend to get out of date really easily, but if you know your way around Linux and the command line, then you can definitely replicate this setup on your...
Using iSCSI with time machine and Super Duper In the past, as a Mac user, I've used separate external drives for Time Machine backups and Super...
21st Jul 2013
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Using iSCSI with time machine and Super Duper

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

21st Jul 2013
In the past, as a Mac user, I've used separate external drives for Time Machine backups and Super Duper clones but I'm not happy with that. External hard drives make noise and create clutter. I'd like to move away all my storage from my living room (or home office) and put it in...
Don’t Let the Drawings Distract You: AI is Not About the Output Last week, I spoke with a business leader who’s excited about AI. But as we talked, it became clear...
1st Apr 2025
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Don’t Let the Drawings Distract You: AI is Not About the Output

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

1st Apr 2025
Last week, I spoke with a business leader who’s excited about AI. But as we talked, it became clear that there’s a wide gulf between enthusiasm and creating value for a particular business. Most people’s impression of AI is based on limited use and media hype. Take the recent...
#19 This is a clone of Nykaa's website The clickbait title is explained later, trust me
5th Oct 2023
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#19 This is a clone of Nykaa's website

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

5th Oct 2023
The clickbait title is explained later, trust me
Interior I liked-not-loved this. It was fun and a little bit vibe-y and would happily listen to it again, but...
1st Jul 2022
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Interior

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jul 2022
I liked-not-loved this. It was fun and a little bit vibe-y and would happily listen to it again, but I would be hard-pressed to recognize it out of a crowd.
Inside a vintage aerospace navigation computer of uncertain purpose I recently obtained an aerospace computer from the early 1970s, apparently part of a navigation...
29th May 2024
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Inside a vintage aerospace navigation computer of uncertain purpose

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

29th May 2024
I recently obtained an aerospace computer from the early 1970s, apparently part of a navigation system. Aerospace computers are an interesting but mostly neglected area of computer hardware, so I'm always delighted to examine one up close. In an era when most computers were large...
SipHash-based encryption for constrained devices I see a lot of attempts to define encryption schemes for constrained devices with short...
6th May 2024
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SipHash-based encryption for constrained devices

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

6th May 2024
I see a lot of attempts to define encryption schemes for constrained devices with short authentication tags (e.g., 64 bits) using universal hashing. For example, there’s a proposal in CFRG at the moment for a version of AES-GCM with short tags for this kind of use-case. In my...
Agatha Christie’s Poirot Delightful. I’d recommend pacing out your consumption a bit more than we did — like the books...
3rd Jan 2020
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jan 2020
Delightful. I’d recommend pacing out your consumption a bit more than we did — like the books themselves, and perhaps like the format writ large, the formula wears a bit thin and obvious when you’re giving yourself ninety minutes of it each night — but Suchet’s acting is...
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...
Super ultrawide Niri A Niri workspace with 7 visible columns. After having used practically the same xmonad...
11th Sep 2026
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Super ultrawide Niri

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

11th Sep 2026
A Niri workspace with 7 visible columns. After having used practically the same xmonad configuration for a decade and a half I’ve now modernized my setup with the scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor Niri. It’s been a bit of a struggle to unlearn my old workflow but I’m really...
It’s 37oC, And All We Can Think About Is ColdFusion (Adobe ColdFusion Security Bulletin APSB26-68... We’re back, melting - we’ve tried shouting, screaming, and throwing things at the Sun, and it is...
2nd Jul 2026
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2nd Jul 2026
We’re back, melting - we’ve tried shouting, screaming, and throwing things at the Sun, and it is just not working. Before we begin our analysis, we want to be clear - given the number of vulnerabilities fixed (and some not mentioned..), we’ve struggled to have confidence
Talking to memory: Inside the Intel 8088 processor's bus interface state machine In 1979, Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor, a variant of the 16-bit 8086 processor. IBM's...
28th Apr 2024
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Talking to memory: Inside the Intel 8088 processor's bus interface state machine

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

28th Apr 2024
In 1979, Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor, a variant of the 16-bit 8086 processor. IBM's decision to use the 8088 processor in the IBM PC (1981) was a critical point in computer history, leading to the success of the x86 architecture. The designers of the IBM PC selected...
September 2020 News September 2020 gwern.net newsletter with links on DRL and AI scaling, psychiatric disorders; no...
26th Oct 2020
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September 2020 News

from Gwern.net Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th Oct 2020
September 2020 gwern.net newsletter with links on DRL and AI scaling, psychiatric disorders; no reviews.
Gold and Ghosts In the autumn of 1892, two miners, Earl and Edward, found themselves high in the Pacific Northwest...
28th Oct 2024
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Gold and Ghosts

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Oct 2024
In the autumn of 1892, two miners, Earl and Edward, found themselves high in the Pacific Northwest mountains, searching for a legend as old as the hills: the lost crate of gold. The tale of “Shining Creek Gold” was whispered in every saloon from Seattle to San Francisco, a cache...
Beeper MCP Fellow Automattician Job Thomas, down in Cape Town, South Africa, has a lovely story about using...
6th Oct 2026
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Beeper MCP

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

6th Oct 2026
Fellow Automattician Job Thomas, down in Cape Town, South Africa, has a lovely story about using Claude and the Beeper MCP to wrangle all the group chats for his daughter’s sports.
Packing Neovim with Fennel I’ve got lots of stuff to do but I ended up rewriting my Neovim config instead. … anyone can do...
29th Oct 2025
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Packing Neovim with Fennel

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

29th Oct 2025
I’ve got lots of stuff to do but I ended up rewriting my Neovim config instead. … anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment. Robert Benchley, in Chips off the Old Benchley, 1949 My partner Veronica is amazing as...
The T-34/0 keyboard layout This is an update to the T-34 keyboard layout I’ve been using for a solid number of weeks. While...
5th Sep 2021
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The T-34/0 keyboard layout

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

5th Sep 2021
This is an update to the T-34 keyboard layout I’ve been using for a solid number of weeks. While there are more changes I’d like to try, I’m quite pleased with these changes so I figured I might as well immortalize them before I explore further. (And I do have a bunch of big...
Vacation Finally back from a 2 week vacation up at Övertorneå. It’s been pretty great to be taken care of and...
14th Aug 2014
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Vacation

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

14th Aug 2014
Finally back from a 2 week vacation up at Övertorneå. It’s been pretty great to be taken care of and not doing anything. Well, I did get my ass kicked in Terra Mystica and I played a bit of Minecraft, but still. We got some nice food and my in-laws and my parents were nice. I’m...
Why scons is cool I’ve recently started playing with scons a little for some small personal projects. It’s not...
7th Nov 2010
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Why scons is cool

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

7th Nov 2010
I’ve recently started playing with scons a little for some small personal projects. It’s not perfect, but I’ve rapidly come to the conclusion that it’s a probably far better choice than make in many cases. The main exceptions would be cases where you need to integrate into legacy...
Survey: What’s in your tech stack? We want to capture an accurate snapshot of software engineering, today – and need your help! Tell us...
18th Mar 2025
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Survey: What’s in your tech stack?

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

18th Mar 2025
We want to capture an accurate snapshot of software engineering, today – and need your help! Tell us about your tech stack and get early access to the final report, plus extra analysis
About the time my ThinkPad T430 ran with an external GPU The ThinkPad T430 is not a remarkable laptop. It’s thick, bulky and built like a tank. I got mine in...
3rd Jul 2024
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About the time my ThinkPad T430 ran with an external GPU

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

3rd Jul 2024
The ThinkPad T430 is not a remarkable laptop. It’s thick, bulky and built like a tank. I got mine in 2016 when the first university scholarship money dropped, and it’s still my backup laptop of choice. Around 2017 I did something every reasonable poor computer science...
Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 to Mamiya Press mount mod How I modified an Instax Wide instant camera to mount a Mamiya Press medium format lens The post...
24th May 2020
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Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 to Mamiya Press mount mod

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

24th May 2020
How I modified an Instax Wide instant camera to mount a Mamiya Press medium format lens The post Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 to Mamiya Press mount mod appeared first on Style over Substance.
Game Design Analysis: World of Goo Introduction This is the second essay for the course Game Design and this thime I will be analysing...
1st Jun 2010
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Game Design Analysis: World of Goo

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

1st Jun 2010
Introduction This is the second essay for the course Game Design and this thime I will be analysing the game World of Goo a bit. The first level The game is very simple. You begin with a structure and a few Goo balls, the charming balls bobbing around there, which you can drag...
16th Aug 2013
How to build your own Goodman ZONE camera, part 2 The Goodman ZONE is a medium-format 3D-printed film camera designed by Dora Goodman as part of her...
21st Feb 2020
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How to build your own Goodman ZONE camera, part 2

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

21st Feb 2020
The Goodman ZONE is a medium-format 3D-printed film camera designed by Dora Goodman as part of her range of open-source camera models, using the existing Mamiya Press lens series for glass and the Mamiya RB67 backs to hold film. She sells pre-printed kits that contain all the...
What If We Made Advertising Illegal? What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform...
2nd Apr 2025
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What If We Made Advertising Illegal?

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

2nd Apr 2025
What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.
Candid experiences starting a hardware startup 2025 Note - I gave this talk at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View about 6 months before we launched...
4th Oct 2011
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Candid experiences starting a hardware startup

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

4th Oct 2011
2025 Note - I gave this talk at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View about 6 months before we launched Pebble on Kickstarter. I was 4 years into…
SQLite in Go, with and without cgo This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
12th May 2022
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SQLite in Go, with and without cgo

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

12th May 2022
This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
memories of .us How much do you remember from elementary school? I remember vinyl tile floors, the playground, the...
11th Nov 2025
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memories of .us

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

11th Nov 2025
How much do you remember from elementary school? I remember vinyl tile floors, the playground, the teacher sentencing me to standing in the hallway. I had a teacher who was a chess fanatic; he painted a huge chess board in the paved schoolyard and got someone to fabricate big...
BlackHat/DEFCON 2011 talk: Breaking out of KVM I’ve posted the final slides from my talk this year at DEFCON and Black Hat, on breaking out of the...
8th Aug 2011
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BlackHat/DEFCON 2011 talk: Breaking out of KVM

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

8th Aug 2011
I’ve posted the final slides from my talk this year at DEFCON and Black Hat, on breaking out of the KVM Kernel Virtual Machine on Linux. Virtunoid: Breaking out of KVM from Nelson Elhage [Edited 2011-08-11] The code is now available. It should be fairly well-commented, and...
Writing a minimal in-memory storage engine for MySQL/MariaDB I spent a week looking at MySQL/MariaDB internals along with ~80 other devs. Although MySQL and...
9th Jan 2024
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Writing a minimal in-memory storage engine for MySQL/MariaDB

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

9th Jan 2024
I spent a week looking at MySQL/MariaDB internals along with ~80 other devs. Although MySQL and MariaDB are mostly the same (more on that later), I focused on MariaDB specifically this week. Before last week I had never built MySQL/MariaDB before. The first day of this hack week,...
How to hire smarter than the market: a toy model Let's consider a toy model where you're hiring for two things and that those are equally valuable....
13th Jan 2020
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How to hire smarter than the market: a toy model

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

13th Jan 2020
Let's consider a toy model where you're hiring for two things and that those are equally valuable. It's not very important what those are, so let's just call them “thing A” and “thing B” for now.
An affordable server platform based on server-grade hardware Updated post (June 2014) found HERE There are some reasons why you should consider buying true...
13th Dec 2013
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An affordable server platform based on server-grade hardware

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

13th Dec 2013
Updated post (June 2014) found HERE There are some reasons why you should consider buying true server-grade harware when building a server, wether it's for home or business use. This is why I want to introduce you to the Supermicro X9SCM-F motherboard. This motherboard costs...
2021 in review A new year is always a good time to review the past year. Funny how this is already the 12th year...
10th Jan 2022
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2021 in review

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

10th Jan 2022
A new year is always a good time to review the past year. Funny how this is already the 12th year I’ve done this kind of quick review… Time sure flies. 2021 Non-Geek Achievements Started strength training using a strength coach from Kabuki. I got inspired by the book Peak that...
Adam74 The Adam74 is a small ASCII-based terminal designed for the 8-bit hobbyist.
21st Aug 2022
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Adam74

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

21st Aug 2022
The Adam74 is a small ASCII-based terminal designed for the 8-bit hobbyist.
Writing an x86 emulator from scratch in JavaScript: 2. system calls Previously in emulator basics: 1. a stack and register machine In this post we'll extend x86e...
20th Jul 2019
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Writing an x86 emulator from scratch in JavaScript: 2. system calls

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

20th Jul 2019
Previously in emulator basics: 1. a stack and register machine In this post we'll extend x86e to support the exit and write Linux system calls, or syscalls. A syscall is a function handled by the kernel that allows the process to interact with data outside of its memory....
The Desktop Metaphor The implications of the desktop metaphor on digital interfaces
10th Oct 2021
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The Desktop Metaphor

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

10th Oct 2021
The implications of the desktop metaphor on digital interfaces
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...
Announcing Weave, a native iOS app for Typefully I'm happy to announce the release of my new app, Weave. As is often the case with my apps, I built...
2nd Mar 2026
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Announcing Weave, a native iOS app for Typefully

from Birchtree [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Mar 2026
I'm happy to announce the release of my new app, Weave. As is often the case with my apps, I built this one for myself and then decided it was worth sharing with the world. Weave is a native iPhone and iPad app for Typefully users. For those
Zimaboard: the closest thing to my dream home server setup I stumbled upon this Hardware Haven video about the Zimaboard recently. I liked it a lot. I finally...
9th Oct 2023
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Zimaboard: the closest thing to my dream home server setup

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

9th Oct 2023
I stumbled upon this Hardware Haven video about the Zimaboard recently. I liked it a lot. I finally bought one. In short, Zimaboard is a small single-board computer that is relatively affordable and comes with an interesting selection of ports, which includes an exposed PCI...
Traction Heroes Ep. 48: Visions Harry threw me off course in episode 48 of Traction Heroes. At first, I thought was reading from a...
2 days ago
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Traction Heroes Ep. 48: Visions

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

2 days ago
Harry threw me off course in episode 48 of Traction Heroes. At first, I thought was reading from a book about mind mapping. Soon, it became clear it was about something else: how to define a clear vision for a team or organization. Visions are notoriously hard to articulate....
An ode to the 10,000 RPM Western Digital (Veloci)Raptor Introduction Back in 2004, I visited a now bankrupt Dutch computer store called MyCom1, located at...
30th Oct 2021
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An ode to the 10,000 RPM Western Digital (Veloci)Raptor

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

30th Oct 2021
Introduction Back in 2004, I visited a now bankrupt Dutch computer store called MyCom1, located at the Kinkerstraat in Amsterdam. I was there to buy a Western Digital Raptor model WD740, with 74 GB of capacity, running at 10,000 RPM. When I bought this drive, we were still in...
1st Jan 2001
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Open source

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

1st Jan 2001
How to take down production with a single Helm command You’re Cletus Kubernetus: a software developer, and a proud Fedora Linux user.1 You know Kubernetes,...
4th Apr 2024
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How to take down production with a single Helm command

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

4th Apr 2024
You’re Cletus Kubernetus: a software developer, and a proud Fedora Linux user.1 You know Kubernetes, especially after the time you migrated some services to it. Everything is calm. Your pods are running. Your service is up. Business as usual. You release some minor changes to...
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 Writing [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...
amd64 and va_arg A while back, I was poking around LLVM bugs, and discovered, to my surprise, that LLVM doesn’t...
4th Oct 2010
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amd64 and va_arg

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

4th Oct 2010
A while back, I was poking around LLVM bugs, and discovered, to my surprise, that LLVM doesn’t support the va_arg intrinsic, used by functions to accept multiple arguments, at all on amd64. It turns out that clang and llvm-gcc, the compilers that backend to LLVM, have their own...
I see dead people Imagine seeing your dead family members - not just on a picture, but lifelike and in three...
9th Sep 2024
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I see dead people

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

9th Sep 2024
Imagine seeing your dead family members - not just on a picture, but lifelike and in three dimensions! You can almost touch them. It hits you differently, I can assure you. I'm still in awe: I just saw my dead grandfather, lifelike and for the first time ever in three dimensions!...
Introducing Juno for Apple Vision Pro YouTube is probably one of the parts of the internet I consume the most, so I was more than a little...
2nd Feb 2024
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Introducing Juno for Apple Vision Pro

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

2nd Feb 2024
YouTube is probably one of the parts of the internet I consume the most, so I was more than a little sad when YouTube announced that they don’t have plans to build a visionOS app, and disabled the option to load the iPad app. This leaves you with Safari, and the website is okay,...
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 Applied Cartography [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,...
Interviewing is a noisy prediction problem I have done roughly 2,000 interviews in my life. When I started recruiting, I had so much confidence...
2nd May 2018
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Interviewing is a noisy prediction problem

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

2nd May 2018
I have done roughly 2,000 interviews in my life. When I started recruiting, I had so much confidence in my ability to assess people. Let me just throw a couple of algorithm questions at a candidate and then I'll tell you if they are good or not!
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...
Why Nextcloud feels slow to use Nextcloud. I really want to like it, but it’s making it really difficult. I like what Nextcloud...
3rd Nov 2025
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Why Nextcloud feels slow to use

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

3rd Nov 2025
Nextcloud. I really want to like it, but it’s making it really difficult. I like what Nextcloud offers with its feature set and how easily it replaces a bunch of services under one roof (files, calendar, contacts, notes, to-do lists, photos etc.), but no matter how hard I try and...
Smartwatches vs Mechanical watches Why I still wear a mechanical watch and why smartwatches have potential.
29th Apr 2017
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Smartwatches vs Mechanical watches

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

29th Apr 2017
Why I still wear a mechanical watch and why smartwatches have potential.
Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems Rockets, calculators, and personal computers at MITS
1st Jun 2026
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Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems

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

1st Jun 2026
Rockets, calculators, and personal computers at MITS
Who's Threatening Who? The Trump administration says immigration enforcement are being assaulted; the details tell a...
4th Nov 2025
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Who's Threatening Who?

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

4th Nov 2025
The Trump administration says immigration enforcement are being assaulted; the details tell a different story
An ode to my favorite mobile game I can’t stop telling my friends about Forward: Escape the Fold and now I’m telling you. I bought it...
4th Mar 2025
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An ode to my favorite mobile game

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

4th Mar 2025
I can’t stop telling my friends about Forward: Escape the Fold and now I’m telling you. I bought it more than two years ago and it’s my favorite mobile game by a mile. Forward describes itself as the “perfect bitesized roguelike dungeon crawler”. You control a character trying to...
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.
This Kenyan engineer modernizes vintage cars with a custom ECU and EFI upgrades The automotive industry’s switch from carburetion to fuel injection was one of the most effective...
1st Oct 2024
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1st Oct 2024
The automotive industry’s switch from carburetion to fuel injection was one of the most effective advancements of the 20th century. Electronic fuel injection allows for precise control over an internal combustion engine’s air-fuel mixture, which dramatically improves fuel...
My 7 Rules for A/B Testing That Triple Conversion Rates I really don’t care how any given A/B test turns out. That’s right. Not one bit. But wait, how do I...
11th Sep 2015
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My 7 Rules for A/B Testing That Triple Conversion Rates

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

11th Sep 2015
I really don’t care how any given A/B test turns out. That’s right. Not one bit. But wait, how do I double or triple conversion rates without caring how a test performs? I actually care about the whole SYSTEM of testing. All the pieces need to fit together just right. If not,...
One year as a solo dev building open-source data tools without funding This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
10th Jun 2022
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One year as a solo dev building open-source data tools without funding

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

10th Jun 2022
This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
5th May 2022
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...
A friendly game of Twilight Imperium A few weeks ago I played my first game of Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition). It was fantastic. We...
11th Dec 2019
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A friendly game of Twilight Imperium

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

11th Dec 2019
A few weeks ago I played my first game of Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition). It was fantastic. We were six players, most had played the third edition before. As I was quite hyped before the game, I had read up on the rules, watched a let’s play or two and listened to a podcast...
How I blew up my backup server (Valve pls fix) It all started with me getting a Steam Deck. Background After getting familiar with the Steam Deck...
10th Jun 2023
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How I blew up my backup server (Valve pls fix)

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

10th Jun 2023
It all started with me getting a Steam Deck. Background After getting familiar with the Steam Deck and how the Proton compatibility layer works, I decided to write a backup script that would back up everything in the home folder, excluding the Steam games themselves due to the...
Is Blogging Dead? When I started 2025, I set myself a simple challenge: write consistently and see if I could reclaim...
2nd Jan 2026
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Is Blogging Dead?

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

2nd Jan 2026
When I started 2025, I set myself a simple challenge: write consistently and see if I could reclaim some of the audience this blog once had. In 2024, I had published just 4 posts and had only a handful of RSS subscribers. It felt like shouting into the void. By the end of 2025, I...
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!
Maths is Fun and Useful but Lasers Are More So Way back when, I made a cool but basic paper sculpture (in Maths is Fun and Useful) by hand, using a...
11th Aug 2017
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Maths is Fun and Useful but Lasers Are More So

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

11th Aug 2017
Way back when, I made a cool but basic paper sculpture (in Maths is Fun and Useful) by hand, using a perl script for the shape template. For cultural reasons, I wanted to make a gift out of paper and it had to be Heaps Good. I had finally got access to a laser cutter (omgomg)...
Instruction decoding in the Intel 8087 floating-point chip pre {border:none;} In the 1980s, if you wanted your IBM PC to run faster, you could buy the Intel...
14th Feb 2026
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Instruction decoding in the Intel 8087 floating-point chip

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

14th Feb 2026
pre {border:none;} In the 1980s, if you wanted your IBM PC to run faster, you could buy the Intel 8087 floating-point coprocessor chip. With this chip, CAD software, spreadsheets, flight simulators, and other programs were much speedier. The 8087 chip could add, subtract,...
Butt Pomodoro - A butt triggered pomodoro timer A need gap of Remind me to take break when working from home was recently posted. Forgetting to take...
10th Jul 2020
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Butt Pomodoro - A butt triggered pomodoro timer

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

10th Jul 2020
A need gap of Remind me to take break when working from home was recently posted. Forgetting to take regular breaks when immersed with work in front of a computer is a common problem, especially when working from home. On the flip side, getting distracted from completing a task...
JSON and PowerShell Working with Object-based arrays in PowerShell can be a challenge; but here's a trick that will...
11th May 2020
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JSON and PowerShell

from Opsbros [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th May 2020
Working with Object-based arrays in PowerShell can be a challenge; but here's a trick that will allow you to manipulate these objects efficiently.
17th Jan 2013
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The best Tech books

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

17th Jan 2013
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Algorithms and Data structures books: One size doesn't fit them all Over the years running this moderately popular website, I have been asked many times what is the...
14th Feb 2014
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Algorithms and Data structures books: One size doesn't fit them all

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

14th Feb 2014
Over the years running this moderately popular website, I have been asked many times what is the best book about Algorithms and Data Structures. The answer is always "It depends" ! It depends on how the programmer's brain works and what kind of notation he is comfortable with....
Threads “You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and...
14th Oct 2018
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Threads

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

14th Oct 2018
“You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost…
speed reading (the meaning of language) One of the difficult things about describing a grift, or at least what became a grift, is judging...
8th Dec 2025
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speed reading (the meaning of language)

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

8th Dec 2025
One of the difficult things about describing a grift, or at least what became a grift, is judging the sincerity with which the whole thing started. Scams often crystallize around a kernel of truth: genuinely good intentions that start rolling down the hill to profitability and...
Amazon Basics, but for intellectual property. Amazon has been accused several times for ripping off merchants on its platform. And every single...
6th Jul 2026
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Amazon Basics, but for intellectual property.

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

6th Jul 2026
Amazon has been accused several times for ripping off merchants on its platform. And every single time they denied any wrongdoing. A merchant, or anyone really, can create a product (or source it from China), then resell it on amazon. Amazon is the service provider, and hosts...
What's the big deal about Deterministic Simulation Testing? Bugs in distributed systems are hard to find, largely because systems interact in chaotic ways. And...
20th Aug 2024
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What's the big deal about Deterministic Simulation Testing?

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

20th Aug 2024
Bugs in distributed systems are hard to find, largely because systems interact in chaotic ways. And even once you've found a bug, it can be anywhere from simple to impossible to reproduce it. It's about as far away as you can get from the ideal test environment: property...
Web Push Pitfall Whilst implementing Web Push notifications for my toy Q&A service curiouswolf I ran into an issue...
30th Mar 2023
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Web Push Pitfall

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

30th Mar 2023
Whilst implementing Web Push notifications for my toy Q&A service curiouswolf I ran into an issue that led to me being stumped for hours. I was successfully receiving notifications from my server when using Chrome, but no matter what Safari was not playing ball. Web Push requires...
Wallops 2.2 Released A new release of my Wallops IRC client is available: wallops-2.2.sit (StuffIt 3...
2nd Feb 2026
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Wallops 2.2 Released

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

2nd Feb 2026
A new release of my Wallops IRC client is available: wallops-2.2.sit (StuffIt 3 archive) adc2b473664ec0960b5b028335566831dd69f4a1de40f79e22bf1337292cca88 SHA1: 603c5080c41a0d5752cae49a08376db4e18628b1 This update includes a number of new features and bugfixes: Auto-connect with...
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...
Using Google Free Android Nearly all folks I know use iOS or Android from a mainstream smartphone brand, yet alternatives...
24th Oct 2021
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Using Google Free Android

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

24th Oct 2021
Nearly all folks I know use iOS or Android from a mainstream smartphone brand, yet alternatives still exist! The German Volla Phone prides itself to be a worthy option for those who value privacy and freedom. I bought one to experience it firsthand, read along for my...
Abandoning the indie hacking dream for now I’m taking a break from indie-hacking Will I never write a line of indie code again? Obviously not....
11th Nov 2022
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Abandoning the indie hacking dream for now

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

11th Nov 2022
I’m taking a break from indie-hacking Will I never write a line of indie code again? Obviously not. I love building, sharing and learning. But I am going to stop trying to make profitable indie-businesses for the next couple months or a year. Building things is fun, but marketing...
Software Sprezzatura Sprezzatura is “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says...
26th Jan 2020
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Software Sprezzatura

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

26th Jan 2020
Sprezzatura is “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it”, coined by Castiglione in 1528’s The Book of the Courtier.
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...
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
A Year With the Mini M Just over a year ago I got my Unicomp Model M Mini, a newly manufactured version of what is in my...
1st Jan 2026
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A Year With the Mini M

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

1st Jan 2026
Just over a year ago I got my Unicomp Model M Mini, a newly manufactured version of what is in my estimation the best computer keyboard ever, the IBM Model M SSK. The Minis and the SSKs are like a regular IBM Model M, but they don’t have a number pad at the right, so I can put...
AI automatically preps a bottle when the baby cries Bottle prepping machines make life just a little bit less hectic for overwhelmed parents, but they...
2nd Jan 2026
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AI automatically preps a bottle when the baby cries

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

2nd Jan 2026
Bottle prepping machines make life just a little bit less hectic for overwhelmed parents, but they do still need to be started and that is easier said than done when you’ve got a wailing baby in your arms. That’s why Manivannan created this edge AI-powered system that...
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...
E-book Bellows [Concept] Dynamically deflatable
4th Nov 2025
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E-book Bellows

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

4th Nov 2025
[Concept] Dynamically deflatable
Retrospective: My Fifth Year on YouTube For the past 4 years, I have made a habit of reflecting on the previous year and set goals for the...
15th Jan 2021
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Retrospective: My Fifth Year on YouTube

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

15th Jan 2021
For the past 4 years, I have made a habit of reflecting on the previous year and set goals for the new year. This year is no exception, but now I try to set better goals while reflecting on some personal things in life.
VC-subsidized tokens Simon Willison writes about the recent Cursor changes:
1st Jul 2025
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VC-subsidized tokens

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jul 2025
Simon Willison writes about the recent Cursor changes:
A simple timeline using CSS flexbox As I added a /now page to the site I also decided to refresh my /about page and I figured it would...
25th Aug 2024
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A simple timeline using CSS flexbox

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

25th Aug 2024
As I added a /now page to the site I also decided to refresh my /about page and I figured it would be neat to have timeline element where I could list some of the larger events in my life. To my surprise it wasn’t too difficult to create one that looks pretty clean—the flexbox...
Australian Air Force If You're Switched On, This is Paradise.
12th Apr 2025
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Australian Air Force

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

12th Apr 2025
If You're Switched On, This is Paradise.
The Tandy Corporation, Part 2 Trash-80s get Colorful, and Trash-80s get into your pockets
2nd Jun 2025
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The Tandy Corporation, Part 2

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

2nd Jun 2025
Trash-80s get Colorful, and Trash-80s get into your pockets
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.
Letters What did you do?? I have developed a habbit of writing letters to friends and family for the past...
7th Apr 2019
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Letters

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

7th Apr 2019
What did you do?? I have developed a habbit of writing letters to friends and family for the past few years. Today, I made some of them…
First, Do Harm It’s doubly tragic that just days before Easter there’s need to address the appalling fact that more...
2nd Apr 2026
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First, Do Harm

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

2nd Apr 2026
It’s doubly tragic that just days before Easter there’s need to address the appalling fact that more and more countries in the world, and a dozen states, now have laws that allow the killing of killing their citizens and residents.
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.
My solar-powered blog is now on Lithium Iron Phosphate In my last blog post I discussed how a small solar project - to power this blog on a Raspberry Pi -...
19th May 2023
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My solar-powered blog is now on Lithium Iron Phosphate

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

19th May 2023
In my last blog post I discussed how a small solar project - to power this blog on a Raspberry Pi - escalated into a full-blown off-grid solar setup, large enough to power the computer I use at the moment to write this update1. In this update, I want to discuss my battery...
Release of PPSS - the Parallel Processing Shell Script PPSS is a shell script that processess files or other items in parallel. It is designed to make use...
3rd Jan 2009
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Release of PPSS - the Parallel Processing Shell Script

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

3rd Jan 2009
PPSS is a shell script that processess files or other items in parallel. It is designed to make use of the current multi-core CPUs. It will detect the number of available CPUs and start a thread for each CPU core.  This script is build with the goal to be very easy to use. Also,...
Checkboxes are never&nbsp;round I’ve noticed a worrying number of professional designers mixing up basic form elements lately....
3rd Sep 2015
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Checkboxes are never&nbsp;round

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

3rd Sep 2015
I’ve noticed a worrying number of professional designers mixing up basic form elements lately. Checkboxes and radio buttons, particularly. This is the Jobs page on Designer News: See that “Remote Friendly” control? It’s a trick control. It looks like a radio button, but it...
Comment on How Live Chat Tools Impact Conversions and Why I Launched a Bad Variant by Jeffrey... I would love to talk to you about this but there's no live chat on this site!
26th Jun 2018
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26th Jun 2018
I would love to talk to you about this but there's no live chat on this site!
Approximate nearest news As you may know, one of my (very geeky) interests is Approximate nearest neigbor methods, and I'm...
2nd Jun 2016
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Approximate nearest news

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

2nd Jun 2016
As you may know, one of my (very geeky) interests is Approximate nearest neigbor methods, and I'm the author of a Python package called Annoy. I've also built a benchmark suite called ann-benchmarks to compare different packages.
Integrate Home Assistant with Apple Reminders I recently integrated Home Assistant with Apple Reminders so that automations can create new todos....
27th Jul 2022
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Integrate Home Assistant with Apple Reminders

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

27th Jul 2022
I recently integrated Home Assistant with Apple Reminders so that automations can create new todos. This is trickier as it sounds, because Reminders has no API that can be accessed from Home Assistant. Here's how I worked around that problem with a script, input text helper and...
Setup a VPN on your iPhone with OpenVPN and Linux ⚠️ 🚨 Update 2024 🚨⚠️ I'm not using OpenVPN anymore for my VPN needs and this article is considered...
18th Jun 2018
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Setup a VPN on your iPhone with OpenVPN and Linux

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

18th Jun 2018
⚠️ 🚨 Update 2024 🚨⚠️ I'm not using OpenVPN anymore for my VPN needs and this article is considered unmaintained. It's stronly recommended not to use this tutorial and find up-to-date documentation. I also have no plans to update this blogpost in the future. [Update 2018] This...
This is Personal One of the trickiest tightropes for an author publishing a business book to walk is: "how deftly do...
2nd Apr 2024
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This is Personal

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Apr 2024
One of the trickiest tightropes for an author publishing a business book to walk is: "how deftly do I tip my hand that this is all part of a greater lead generation and monetization engine?"
Shunn The Shunn manuscript format is a set of guidelines for writers to follow when submitting manuscripts...
31st May 2024
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Shunn

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

31st May 2024
The Shunn manuscript format is a set of guidelines for writers to follow when submitting manuscripts to publishers. It was created by author William Shunn and is widely used in the publishing industry. Here is a brief demonstration of a tool I wrote to facilitate generating...
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...
My Home Assistant setup (2023 edition) For the past few years, I have been running Home Assistant to make my apartment a smart home. It’s...
23rd Jan 2023
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My Home Assistant setup (2023 edition)

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

23rd Jan 2023
For the past few years, I have been running Home Assistant to make my apartment a smart home. It’s become such a hobby of mine that I’ve even started coding add-ons for it. While there are other popular automation platforms, Home Assistant’s versatility blows the rest out of the...
Prove you are not a child I'm 100% for banning social media for children. I would even extend it to banning it all together in...
2 days ago
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Prove you are not a child

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

2 days ago
I'm 100% for banning social media for children. I would even extend it to banning it all together in its current form. But I am also against the methods for enforcement. The problem with banning social media for one group and not another is that you have to differentiate the...
2023 in review This is my yearly review #14. Amazing that I’ve kept up with this for 14 years. Even though it’s not...
1st Jan 2024
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2023 in review

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

1st Jan 2024
This is my yearly review #14. Amazing that I’ve kept up with this for 14 years. Even though it’s not anything advanced, I really like looking back at the year to see what has happened. Maybe it’s a very light version of a reverse bucket list, and I can see that it provides some...
No, I Won't Build That! If you're an accomplished developer (as in: you've actually created things in the past), you may...
4th Mar 2024
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No, I Won't Build That!

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

4th Mar 2024
If you're an accomplished developer (as in: you've actually created things in the past), you may recognise this scenario: people reaching out to you, asking you to build something specific. "Can you build X for me?" A fellow technician once urged me to refuse more often: be proud...
Hitting pause for a month! A brief programming note.
1st Jan 2026
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Hitting pause for a month!

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

1st Jan 2026
A brief programming note.
Repairing an HP 5370A Time Interval Counter MathJax.Hub.Config({ jax: ["input/TeX", "output/HTML-CSS"], tex2jax: { inlineMath: [...
10th Aug 2025
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Repairing an HP 5370A Time Interval Counter

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

10th Aug 2025
MathJax.Hub.Config({ jax: ["input/TeX", "output/HTML-CSS"], tex2jax: { inlineMath: [ ['$', '$'], ["\\(", "\\)"] ], displayMath: [ ['$$', '$$'], ["\\[", "\\]"] ], processEscapes: true, skipTags: ['script', 'noscript', 'style', 'textarea', 'pre',...
Revisiting Borderless Payments What’s old is new again. By Gaby Goldberg & Bridget Harris
6th Dec 2023
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Revisiting Borderless Payments

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

6th Dec 2023
What’s old is new again. By Gaby Goldberg & Bridget Harris
15th Jul 2011
Writing a SQL database from scratch in Go: 1. SELECT, INSERT, CREATE and a REPL Next in database basics: 2. binary expressions and WHERE filters 3. indexes 4. a...
6th Mar 2020
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Writing a SQL database from scratch in Go: 1. SELECT, INSERT, CREATE and a REPL

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

6th Mar 2020
Next in database basics: 2. binary expressions and WHERE filters 3. indexes 4. a database/sql driver In this series we'll write a rudimentary database from scratch in Go. Project source code is available on Github. In this first post we'll build enough of a parser to...
Testing a cheap ExpressCard to NVMe SSD adapter on my ThinkPad T430 I stumbled upon this post in /r/thinkpad, which got my attention. It showcases an ExpressCard to M.2...
4th Oct 2022
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Testing a cheap ExpressCard to NVMe SSD adapter on my ThinkPad T430

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

4th Oct 2022
I stumbled upon this post in /r/thinkpad, which got my attention. It showcases an ExpressCard to M.2 NGFF adapter that they purchased from AliExpress. The adapter has a similar purpose to the one designed by thinkmods.store, with the added bonus that it could fit longer NVMe...
2023-01-16 huff-duff We've talked a fair amount about HF radio recently, in the context of OTH radar. Recall that an...
16th Jan 2023
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2023-01-16 huff-duff

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

16th Jan 2023
We've talked a fair amount about HF radio recently, in the context of OTH radar. Recall that an extremely useful property of HF radio here is that HF frequencies can reflect off of the upper layers of the atmosphere, causing them to rebound towards earth at a range much further...
Capability makes your life simpler If you can tolerate discomfort, then you can camp much lighter. Camping lighter means you spend less...
31st Jul 2024
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Capability makes your life simpler

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

31st Jul 2024
If you can tolerate discomfort, then you can camp much lighter. Camping lighter means you spend less time and energy packing, setting-up, tearing down, and unpacking. The same goes for travel. Fewer clothes and shoes means less luggage to carry, manage, and lose. You can board...
from plesiochronous to synchronous Up until the 1960s, telephone calls were carried as analog signals. There was a great deal of...
3 weeks ago
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from plesiochronous to synchronous

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

3 weeks ago
Up until the 1960s, telephone calls were carried as analog signals. There was a great deal of frequency division multiplexing onto open wire, and sometimes coaxial cables, but in the post-war period buried multipair telephone cables began to dominate. While the network was...
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...
Design of Public Posts: Twitter vs Facebook What design tells you about the company’s values Both Facebook and Twitter allow posts to be...
1st Feb 2018
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Design of Public Posts: Twitter vs Facebook

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

1st Feb 2018
What design tells you about the company’s values Both Facebook and Twitter allow posts to be publicly accessible by people who have not…
Mob Psycho 100 (Season 1) It took me a little time to get keyed into the idiosyncratic humor & ethos of this show, but once I...
1st Oct 2022
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Mob Psycho 100 (Season 1)

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Oct 2022
It took me a little time to get keyed into the idiosyncratic humor & ethos of this show, but once I did I really did. It's very much a shonen, but a shonen in a way that feels more committed to deconstructing stereotypes than Ousama Ranking and with characters that are at least...
How to setup a local or private Ubuntu Mirror Preface In this article I provide instructions on how to setup a local Ubuntu mirror using...
18th Jan 2023
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How to setup a local or private Ubuntu Mirror

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

18th Jan 2023
Preface In this article I provide instructions on how to setup a local Ubuntu mirror using debmirror. To set expectations: the mirror will work as intended and distribute packages and updates, but a do-release upgrade from one major version of Ubuntu to the next won't...
How to copy media off of an iPhone the hard way (using Linux) I helped a family member upgrade to a newer iPhone and make some room so that the internal storage...
2nd Sep 2024
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How to copy media off of an iPhone the hard way (using Linux)

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

2nd Sep 2024
I helped a family member upgrade to a newer iPhone and make some room so that the internal storage does not run out. They had Nextcloud installed on the current phone, but due to limitations of the Nextcloud iOS app, the backups only take place if the app itself is open, meaning...
The current T-34 keyboard layout I’ve been documenting my own keyboard layout in a series for a while now. But as the layout is...
6th Sep 2022
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The current T-34 keyboard layout

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

6th Sep 2022
I’ve been documenting my own keyboard layout in a series for a while now. But as the layout is constantly changing it’s been difficult to piece together how the layout currently looks like, so this post tries to show how the layout looks right now in it’s entirety. If you want to...
Understanding Ceph: open-source scalable storage Introduction In this blog post I will try to explain why I believe Ceph is such an interesting...
19th Aug 2018
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Understanding Ceph: open-source scalable storage

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

19th Aug 2018
Introduction In this blog post I will try to explain why I believe Ceph is such an interesting storage solution. After you finished reading this blog post you should have a good high-level overview of Ceph. I've written this blog post purely because I'm a storage enthusiast and I...
Internet of kitchen lighting, with OSC This project was completed in June 2015. Wow, is it 2017 already? In this post, I’d like to say...
3rd Jan 2017
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Internet of kitchen lighting, with OSC

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

3rd Jan 2017
This project was completed in June 2015. Wow, is it 2017 already? In this post, I’d like to say that I wrote a useful little bit of software and built up a crappy hack to demonstrate it but, secretly, the crappy hack came first and I’ve retroactively found something vaguely...
Using the Olympus XA as an everyday carry camera The Olympus XA has been my EDC camera this year and I gotta say – it’s a ton of fun. The concept of...
22nd May 2021
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Using the Olympus XA as an everyday carry camera

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

22nd May 2021
The Olympus XA has been my EDC camera this year and I gotta say – it’s a ton of fun. The concept of EDC – Every Day Carry – is that a piece of equipment should be light and compact enough to have with you every day, yet still versatile enough to be useful in […] The post Using...
Fluid speed issues! Fluid v1.3 is too fast on 3GX iPhones ;( ! I will released a fix tonight !
29th Jun 2009
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Fluid speed issues!

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

29th Jun 2009
Fluid v1.3 is too fast on 3GX iPhones ;( ! I will released a fix tonight !
Apple is killing off the optical drive just like the floppy disk With the release of the new MacBook Air we are one step closer to killing off the cd-rom and the...
23rd Oct 2010
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Apple is killing off the optical drive just like the floppy disk

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

23rd Oct 2010
With the release of the new MacBook Air we are one step closer to killing off the cd-rom and the dvd. As with the previous MacBook Air, this device has no optical drive. And that is a good thing. People do not need an optical drive. You have the network and you have USB disks....
Powering up a module from the IBM 604: an electronic calculator from 1948 1948 was an interesting time for computing. For decades, businesses had used punch card equipment...
7th Jun 2026
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Powering up a module from the IBM 604: an electronic calculator from 1948

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

7th Jun 2026
1948 was an interesting time for computing. For decades, businesses had used punch card equipment that added and sorted electromechanically. Now these electromechanical relays and counting wheels were being used to build room-filling general-purpose computers such as Harvard Mark...
The TikTok Model is the Future of the Web I hate to say it, but when I wake up in the morning, the very first thing I do is check my phone....
24th Oct 2025
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The TikTok Model is the Future of the Web

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

24th Oct 2025
I hate to say it, but when I wake up in the morning, the very first thing I do is check my phone. First I turn off my alarm, I've made it a habit to wake up before it goes off. Then I scroll through a handful of websites. Yahoo Finance first, because the market is crazy. Hacker...
The Ascent to Sandia Crest II Where we left off, Albuquerque's boosters, together with the Forest Service, had...
19th Oct 2025
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The Ascent to Sandia Crest II

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

19th Oct 2025
Where we left off, Albuquerque's boosters, together with the Forest Service, had completed construction of the Ellis Ranch Loop and a spur to the Sandia Crest. It was possible, even easy, to drive from Albuquerque east through Tijeras Pass, north to the present-day location of...
Study of facial bacteria could lead to probiotics that promote healthy skin During the early teen years, many new strains of C. acnes colonize the skin on our faces. This could...
1st May 2025
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Study of facial bacteria could lead to probiotics that promote healthy skin

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

1st May 2025
During the early teen years, many new strains of C. acnes colonize the skin on our faces. This could be an optimal time for probiotic treatment.
Look for the Adults In terms of sheer volume of words, factoids, and data of all kinds, this is surely an information...
1st Mar 2026
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Look for the Adults

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

1st Mar 2026
In terms of sheer volume of words, factoids, and data of all kinds, this is surely an information age. But in terms of understanding, wisdom, spiritual clarity, and civility, we have entered a darker age. — David Orr, Verbicide (1999) You know how Mr. Rogers said that in a...
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...
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.
How I self-host this blog at home with a dynamic IPv4 address, IPv6 prefix, and a dash of Wireguard Networking has long been my Achilles heel. I know the very basics, but the more complex areas of...
6th May 2026
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6th May 2026
Networking has long been my Achilles heel. I know the very basics, but the more complex areas of networking have been a bit puzzling to me. By the time I figured out how IPv4 works, I found IPv6 and that my ISP supports it. Back to square one. That didn’t stop me from learning...
Pareto efficency Pareto efficiency is a useful concept I like to think about. It often comes up when you compare...
25th Oct 2016
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Pareto efficency

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

25th Oct 2016
Pareto efficiency is a useful concept I like to think about. It often comes up when you compare items on multiple dimensions. Say you want to buy a new TV. To simplify it let's assume you only care about two factors: price and quality.
Pomera DM250 Tinkering The KING JIM Pomera DM250 "digital typewriter" is a small Linux-powered ARM computer that boots up...
14th Mar 2025
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Pomera DM250 Tinkering

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

14th Mar 2025
The KING JIM Pomera DM250 "digital typewriter" is a small Linux-powered ARM computer that boots up into a custom word processor application. I've been tinkering with it to try to get OpenBSD booted on it. I'd normally wait until the end and write up a proper article...
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...
In defense of GitHub's poor uptime In short: GitHub’s downtime is bad, but uptime numbers can be misleading. It’s not as bad as it...
10th Apr 2026
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In defense of GitHub's poor uptime

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

10th Apr 2026
In short: GitHub’s downtime is bad, but uptime numbers can be misleading. It’s not as bad as it looks; more like a D than an F. “Zero nines uptime”? 99.99% uptime, or “four nines”, is a common industry standard. Four nines of uptime is equivalent to 1.008 minutes of downtime per...
The Future of Software and Open Source I've been writing software for the better part of 30 years, and like many of my colleagues, I have...
18th May 2023
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The Future of Software and Open Source

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

18th May 2023
I've been writing software for the better part of 30 years, and like many of my colleagues, I have recently had a difficult time identifying the last thing that has changed the way I work more quickly and massively than the current wave of large language model tooling like...
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
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.
🎼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)
Let's build a VORON: Filters I can print, but the printer is missing a very important thing that I alluded to in the previous...
15th Dec 2023
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Let's build a VORON: Filters

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

15th Dec 2023
I can print, but the printer is missing a very important thing that I alluded to in the previous post: filtering dangerous particles and fumes. This is mostly covered by the kit, but I was missing some parts from the print it forward and the kit didn’t include a HEPA...
Camera Genealogica (Part 1) I’m very much into genealogy. I came to realize that my interest was more specifically as a kind of...
30th Jul 2025
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Camera Genealogica (Part 1)

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

30th Jul 2025
I’m very much into genealogy. I came to realize that my interest was more specifically as a kind of photograph genealogist.
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.
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...
Implementing a simple jq clone in Go, and basics of Go memory profiling In this post we'll build a basic jq clone in Go. It will only be able to pull a single path out of...
10th Jul 2022
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Implementing a simple jq clone in Go, and basics of Go memory profiling

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

10th Jul 2022
In this post we'll build a basic jq clone in Go. It will only be able to pull a single path out of each object it reads. It won't be able to do filters, mapping, etc. $ cat large-file.json | head -n2 | ./jqgo...
Baccano! I wanted to like this one so much. It seemed tailor-made to what I love in anime: interesting,...
4th Nov 2021
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Baccano!

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

4th Nov 2021
I wanted to like this one so much. It seemed tailor-made to what I love in anime: interesting, anachronistic setting; weird alchemy stuff; a huge slew of characters and viewpoints; framing devices within framing devices.
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...
Lunch by plane This week I was invited to fly along over the Netherlands in a small aircraft, from Hilversum to...
8th May 2018
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Lunch by plane

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

8th May 2018
This week I was invited to fly along over the Netherlands in a small aircraft, from Hilversum to Texel. A good buddy of mine is a pilot and planned to fly to the Texel island for lunch (and good fun!). The weather was excellent, so packed with my photo camera, I didn't hesitate...
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
Programming on Apple Watch Programming with VIM over SSH on Apple Watch using a bluetooth keyboard
15th Feb 2017
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Programming on Apple Watch

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

15th Feb 2017
Programming with VIM over SSH on Apple Watch using a bluetooth keyboard
Introducing GitButler The development world runs on Git, yet pretty much nobody actually likes using Git. The main reason...
13th Apr 2023
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Introducing GitButler

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

13th Apr 2023
The development world runs on Git, yet pretty much nobody actually likes using Git. The main reason people put up with Git is love for GitHub, but GitHub is where people collaborate, not where people work. GitHub is not local. Nobody has really tried to reinvent the concept of...
Build your own handheld retro console with the Arduino® UNO™ Q board Arduino® Project Hub has featured a lot of DIY handheld consoles on this blog over the years. Most...
6th Aug 2026
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Build your own handheld retro console with the Arduino® UNO™ Q board

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

6th Aug 2026
Arduino® Project Hub has featured a lot of DIY handheld consoles on this blog over the years. Most of them are impressive, and most of them require at least some custom hardware – a purpose-designed PCB, a specialized connector, a part you can only get from one supplier. They’re...
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...
6th Feb 2019
Plex Might Be Indavertently Bottlenecking You Plex has this Relay feature that basically pipes your traffic through their servers if direct access...
12th May 2025
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Plex Might Be Indavertently Bottlenecking You

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

12th May 2025
Plex has this Relay feature that basically pipes your traffic through their servers if direct access isn't possible for whatever reason, bypassing NAT and presumably cutting down on their support tickets. For free users the relay is capped at a measly 1 Mbps and the [ever-growing...
Good Home Automation Should be Boring I'm a huge fan of Home Assistant to automate various things around the house. I often look at other...
10th Apr 2021
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Good Home Automation Should be Boring

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

10th Apr 2021
I'm a huge fan of Home Assistant to automate various things around the house. I often look at other people's setup for inspiration, and one thing struck me. Many people have cluttered dashboards and use Home Assistant to track just about any metric they can.That's quite different...
Anything's a portable speaker if you're brave enough I hate buying things that are single-purpose, which is why I ended up with this setup. Take a...
2nd Jan 2023
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Anything's a portable speaker if you're brave enough

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

2nd Jan 2023
I hate buying things that are single-purpose, which is why I ended up with this setup. Take a speaker, a battery, put them together, and what you now have is a portable speaker. Since I had access to both, I felt no need to buy a separate portable speaker for use in social...
The Ghost All good books are different but all bad books are exactly the same. I know this to be a fact...
11th May 2025
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The Ghost

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th May 2025
All good books are different but all bad books are exactly the same. I know this to be a fact because in my line of work I read a lot of bad books - books so bad they aren't even published, which is quite a feat, when you consider what is published. And what they all have in...
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...
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...
20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful. Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world?
7th Apr 2025
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20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful.

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

7th Apr 2025
Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world?
Lion's Disk Utility not compatible with CoreStorage and Filevault My 1 TB hard drive of my 2011 27" iMac was partitioned with: A bootable partition with Mac OS X...
2nd Aug 2011
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Lion's Disk Utility not compatible with CoreStorage and Filevault

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

2nd Aug 2011
My 1 TB hard drive of my 2011 27" iMac was partitioned with: A bootable partition with Mac OS X Lion Time machine partition (I use an external SSD as my main OS) Bootcamp partition with windows A data partition containg... data. The problem is that CoreStorage is too new. Disk...
Client libraries are better when they have no API fsspec is secretly everywhere, and boss
10th Apr 2024
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Client libraries are better when they have no API

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

10th Apr 2024
fsspec is secretly everywhere, and boss
Goodwill Read essay: Goodwill
1st Sep 2025
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Goodwill

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

1st Sep 2025
Read essay: Goodwill
Serverless Anagram Solver with Cloudflare R2 and Pages Six years ago, I reworked my anagram solver so it would run on top of AWS Lambda and DynamoDB....
10th Sep 2022
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Serverless Anagram Solver with Cloudflare R2 and Pages

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

10th Sep 2022
Six years ago, I reworked my anagram solver so it would run on top of AWS Lambda and DynamoDB. However, this year I realized I didn't need server-side code or a database at all. I could make it completely static by pre-computing anagram solutions.
Peak Design quick-connect Leash and Cuff straps My camera collection has been growing steadily over the years, but it’s been expanding even faster...
18th Mar 2021
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Peak Design quick-connect Leash and Cuff straps

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

18th Mar 2021
My camera collection has been growing steadily over the years, but it’s been expanding even faster during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Online shopping therapy keeps me sane while I’m cooped up at home, and with easy access to eBay and other auction sites my GAS – photographers...
Parquet: more than just "Turbo CSV" Quicker, but also more convenient
3rd Apr 2023
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Parquet: more than just "Turbo CSV"

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

3rd Apr 2023
Quicker, but also more convenient
Competition Feedback The voting is over and I got a few ratings I want to comment on. You can view all ratings and...
18th May 2010
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Competition Feedback

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

18th May 2010
The voting is over and I got a few ratings I want to comment on. You can view all ratings and comments here. They’re all from 1 to 5. Innovation: 3.75 Fun: 3.29 Theme: 3.17 Graphics: 2.54 Audio: 2.14 Humor: 2.54 that ugly. Overall: 3.13 something playable out of this. Community:...
This Stream Deck alternative runs on an Arduino UNO Q If you do a lot of creative work, you’ve probably found that your computer’s keyboard and mouse...
1st Feb 2026
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This Stream Deck alternative runs on an Arduino UNO Q

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

1st Feb 2026
If you do a lot of creative work, you’ve probably found that your computer’s keyboard and mouse alone just don’t cut it. There are simply too many different shortcuts and macros to cover with memorable key combos. That’s why BlommeJan used an Arduino UNO Q to build the Starkpad....
2025-01-19 Infrastructure for graphical debugging See transcript below. audio/video; 4...
19th Jan 2025
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2025-01-19

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

19th Jan 2025
Infrastructure for graphical debugging See transcript below. audio/video; 4 minutes; 25MB; scroll down for shorter clips Transcript For a while now I've been trying to improve the way I program. I've made some progress. I can edit my programs live, and...
All clocks are 30 seconds late OK, this is going to sound crazy: I believe all clocks are 30 seconds late. Let's get a few things...
6th Jan 2025
1

All clocks are 30 seconds late

from Victor Poughon [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Jan 2025
OK, this is going to sound crazy: I believe all clocks are 30 seconds late. Let's get a few things out of the way: this is neither about time zones, nor leap seconds. It's not about synchronization of clocks, and it's not about relativity or any obscure corner of physics. I'm...
Six Websites in Ten Days Halfway June I came back from Amsterdam buzzing. A week and a half later six websites were live on a...
23rd Jun 2026
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Six Websites in Ten Days

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

23rd Jun 2026
Halfway June I came back from Amsterdam buzzing. A week and a half later six websites were live on a publisher that did not exist before: MP1, a static site generator that lives as a ZIP file inside my own CMS. This post is about what made that possible: automating the dull work...
Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by opportunity cost Hanlon's razor is a classic aphorism I'm sure you have heard before: Never attribute to malice that...
10th Mar 2020
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Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by opportunity cost

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

10th Mar 2020
Hanlon's razor is a classic aphorism I'm sure you have heard before: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. I've found that neither malice nor stupidity is the most common reason when you don't understand why something is in a certain way.
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.
April 2021 newsletter with links on AI scaling, particular new East Asian record-breaking work & deep reinforcement...
3rd Jun 2021
35

April 2021 newsletter

from Gwern.net Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jun 2021
with links on AI scaling, particular new East Asian record-breaking work & deep reinforcement learning.
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...
Apple iPhone Tech Talk 2009 tricks and treats Today I took a day off from work to attend the iPhone Apple Tech Talk 2009 in Toronto. I learned a...
3rd Dec 2009
1

Apple iPhone Tech Talk 2009 tricks and treats

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

3rd Dec 2009
Today I took a day off from work to attend the iPhone Apple Tech Talk 2009 in Toronto. I learned a few cool things and though I should share it with the two lost developers that may stumble on this page. I haven't had time to test and verify all of this so as usual: Do your own...
The Big Beautiful Bill has a SNAP Poison Pill How states will get the blame for massive cuts to food stamps
1st Oct 2025
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The Big Beautiful Bill has a SNAP Poison Pill

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

1st Oct 2025
How states will get the blame for massive cuts to food stamps
2024-08-12 a pedantic review of the las vegas loop Did you hear that Elon Musk dug a tunnel under the Las Vegas Convention Center? I think it is pretty...
12th Aug 2024
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2024-08-12 a pedantic review of the las vegas loop

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

12th Aug 2024
Did you hear that Elon Musk dug a tunnel under the Las Vegas Convention Center? I think it is pretty universally known by now that the "Las Vegas Loop" is impractical, poorly thought out, and generally an embarrassment to society and industry. I will spare an accounting of the...
Analyzing Link Rot in My Newsletter (After 31 Editions) I've been writing a monthly newsletter for the past 2.5 years. In every edition, I link to...
2nd Sep 2023
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Analyzing Link Rot in My Newsletter (After 31 Editions)

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

2nd Sep 2023
I've been writing a monthly newsletter for the past 2.5 years. In every edition, I link to interesting articles related to science and technology. I thought it would be interesting to analyze how many of those links are still accessible, and how many have succumbed to link rot....
Odds and Ends #60: Greenpeace is complaining about... solar energy? Plus why the west has semiconductor politics all wrong, and why you should watch Conclave.
1st Mar 2025
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Odds and Ends #60: Greenpeace is complaining about... solar energy?

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

1st Mar 2025
Plus why the west has semiconductor politics all wrong, and why you should watch Conclave.
Decoding the Arctic to predict winter weather With the help of AI, MIT Research Scientist Judah Cohen is reshaping subseasonal forecasting, with...
8th Jan 2026
1

Decoding the Arctic to predict winter weather

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

8th Jan 2026
With the help of AI, MIT Research Scientist Judah Cohen is reshaping subseasonal forecasting, with the goal of extending the lead time for predicting impactful weather.
OTel Isn't Going Well (And I Made A Spreadsheet About It) For years now one of the most reliable complaints I hear when I try to drag a team off their vendor...
12th Aug 2026
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OTel Isn't Going Well (And I Made A Spreadsheet About It)

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

12th Aug 2026
For years now one of the most reliable complaints I hear when I try to drag a team off their vendor specific SDK and onto OpenTelemetry is some variation of: "why does it seem like this isn't done yet?" Vendor SDKs for observability are, to put
Bloated It used to happen sporadicly but now it is a daily experience.
23rd Sep 2018
1

Bloated

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

23rd Sep 2018
It used to happen sporadicly but now it is a daily experience.
An Apple district manager's Macintosh Portable in 1989-91 (featuring GEIS AppleLink and a look at... a late prototype Macintosh Portable. But it turns out it's not merely notable for what it is than...
3rd Mar 2024
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3rd Mar 2024
a late prototype Macintosh Portable. But it turns out it's not merely notable for what it is than what it has on it: a beta version of System 6.0.6 (the doomed release that Apple pulled due to bugs), Apple sales databases, two online services — the maligned Mac Prodigy client,...
4th Mar 2025
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...
Apple GPU drivers now in Asahi Linux We’re excited to announce our first Apple GPU driver release! We’ve been working hard over the past...
7th Dec 2022
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Apple GPU drivers now in Asahi Linux

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

7th Dec 2022
We’re excited to announce our first Apple GPU driver release! We’ve been working hard over the past two years to bring this new driver to everyone, and we’re really proud to finally be here. This is still an alpha driver, but it’s already good enough to run a smooth desktop...
Microfeatures in my blog xkcd: Nerd sniping A while I ago I encountered a blog post called Microfeatures I Love in Blogs and...
9th Jul 2024
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Microfeatures in my blog

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

9th Jul 2024
xkcd: Nerd sniping A while I ago I encountered a blog post called Microfeatures I Love in Blogs and Personal Websites, and together with the related Hacker News discussion I got nerd sniped. (I spent more time than I care to admit implementing new and exciting microfeatures for...
The “Home Alone” / “NiGHTS into Dreams” connection NiGHTS into Dreams is one of those games I tend to think about when Christmas rolls around. It’s one...
6th Dec 2024
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The “Home Alone” / “NiGHTS into Dreams” connection

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

6th Dec 2024
NiGHTS into Dreams is one of those games I tend to think about when Christmas rolls around. It’s one of my favourites from the Saturn lineup, and it also had a free Christmas version. In it, there’s a song I really love that plays on the level select screen called Gate of Your...
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
1

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...
Google Summer of Code 2016 Report : Stingray It began 5 months ago, in February. Due to my recent interests in Image Processing, I had made few...
20th Jan 2017
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Google Summer of Code 2016 Report : Stingray

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

20th Jan 2017
It began 5 months ago, in February. Due to my recent interests in Image Processing, I had made few Pull Requests to the scikit-image library…
Memory and Mental Health It's been known for a while that depression can cause us to not remember finer details of an past...
18th Nov 2022
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Memory and Mental Health

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

18th Nov 2022
It's been known for a while that depression can cause us to not remember finer details of an past event (or) even cause forgetfulness of future events. But while depressed, We have no dearth of negative thoughts and memories i.e. Rumination. Since rumination weakens our cognitive...
Why we prefer computers over consoles when introducing kids to gaming I grew up gaming on consoles like Nintendo 64 and Gamecube. I have a lot of fond memories playing...
8th Mar 2024
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Why we prefer computers over consoles when introducing kids to gaming

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

8th Mar 2024
I grew up gaming on consoles like Nintendo 64 and Gamecube. I have a lot of fond memories playing games with my brothers on those devices. But as my own kids have gotten older, my wife and I have decided to first introduce them to gaming with computers, instead of consoles. The...
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...
How I Write Tests The longer I spend as a software engineer, the more obsessive I get about testing. I fully subscribe...
29th Dec 2016
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How I Write Tests

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

29th Dec 2016
The longer I spend as a software engineer, the more obsessive I get about testing. I fully subscribe to the definition of legacy code as “code without an automated test suite.” I’m convinced that the best thing you can do to encourage fast progress in a test suite is to design...
Introducing The 5-Year Compact Battery for AirTag There are few things worse than a dead AirTag when you need it. That's why we designed the The...
4th Dec 2025
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Introducing The 5-Year Compact Battery for AirTag

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

4th Dec 2025
There are few things worse than a dead AirTag when you need it. That's why we designed the The 5-Year Compact Battery for AirTag.  It replaces the CR2032 coin cell for two uses AAA batteries for 5.5x more capacity. And does so in a small, lightweight form factor.  Discrete,...
Three apps that will not change your life After what has felt like a long winter of habitual reliance on my existing tools, I’m finally...
15th Aug 2025
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Three apps that will not change your life

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Aug 2025
After what has felt like a long winter of habitual reliance on my existing tools, I’m finally playing around with some new ones. This is a healthy habit—so long as you don’t convince yourself that you’re just one more App Store download away from a previously unimaginable level...
Three years later Reflections on October 7th
4 weeks ago
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Three years later

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

4 weeks ago
Reflections on October 7th
Boomba is a Roomba with every upgrade imaginable In the classic Ship of Theseus thought experiment, we’re led to wonder if a ship is still the same...
5th May 2026
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Boomba is a Roomba with every upgrade imaginable

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

5th May 2026
In the classic Ship of Theseus thought experiment, we’re led to wonder if a ship is still the same ship after all of its parts have been replaced. But we might need to rename that to the “Robot of Boomba,” after Lucas completely rebuilt a Roomba to serve as a robotics platform....
Table Stakes This is a short post on what I see are table stakes for any new user-facing service, security-wise....
19th Dec 2019
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Table Stakes

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

19th Dec 2019
This is a short post on what I see are table stakes for any new user-facing service, security-wise. Mostly focused on user-focused, rather than intra-service, considerations.
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Final post on the inPulse blog

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

2nd Feb 2012
Quest for Universal action — Essay You may listen to this while reading We Are All Astronauts - Ether (YouTube). Few months ago, a...
28th Jan 2018
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Quest for Universal action — Essay

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

28th Jan 2018
You may listen to this while reading We Are All Astronauts - Ether (YouTube). Few months ago, a significant percentage of my peers were…
Rear Window I'm not sure at what point it dawned on me that the setting & vantage of Rear Window was going to be...
1st Feb 2022
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Rear Window

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Feb 2022
I'm not sure at what point it dawned on me that the setting & vantage of Rear Window was going to be a fixture of the entire film, and not just a cute way to stage the first fifteen minutes — but that realization, and everything therein (the vignettes of every other "screen"...
Prince Of Persia Code Review On Apr 17, 2012 Jordan Mechner released the source code of Prince of Persia. I immediately took at...
14th Jun 2013
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Prince Of Persia Code Review

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

14th Jun 2013
On Apr 17, 2012 Jordan Mechner released the source code of Prince of Persia. I immediately took at look at it!
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