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[I haven’t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting evidence that around two or three of the links in each links post are wrong or misleading. I correct these as I see them, and will highlight...
FT Alphaville with a terrific chart on the potential myth of AI-driven productivity gains:→ ft.com
Even if you are as averse to semver as I used to be in the course of my programming activity, you can still think of open source software distribution as something that used to follow a fixed number of steps. There is a branch where...
Found photo Headscarves were a popular accessory for women in the World War Two era. I’ve read a few different explanations. Women at work in factories, ala Rosie the Riveter, needed to keep their hair out of the way of machinery. Since...
Today I’d like to highlight something I built with some colleagues that I think is cool: the dynamic paths of Hashrocket’s daily learning site, Today I Learned (TIL).
Back in the 90s when I was a young professor at the University of Chicago, we would have a Complexity Class of the Week where I would take some interesting complexity class, write down on a white board everything we knew about it with...
By Peter Hintjens.
We overthink too much before revealing our true personalities. I am of the opinion that no person is truly serious. They appear so because they want to project a certain image to people. They are afraid to appear vulnerable in front of...
"So what do you do for work", is a question I get asked constantly by people who I'm first meeting. Dentists, doctors, random people at parties, all ask this same question. I know it's people trying to make small talk or whatever, but...
If you work in or around the film industry, there is a decent chance you have used the work of The Numbers this month, whether you realise it or not. Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets,...
Some people don't like AI writing. What if one day in the future, AI can write much better contents than any human could do. Is the content that matters, or who create the content? I buy a book for the what it has to say in the book, not...
Every two weeks or so I am publishing an essay from an emerging writer. This week, we are publishing “Bone Mother” by Danna D. Schmidt. Danna is a ceremonialist and Medical Aid in Dying mixologist living in Seattle. Her writing has...
🚨 MAJOR SPOILERS for Better Call Saul and Attack on Titan. Japanese Manga artist Hajime Isayama always has been a magpie for pop culture. He sneaks Game of Thrones cameos, silly Internet memes, and whatever crosses his desk that week...
I’m happy to announce I’ve released a new set of free wallpapers you can use on your computer. Please go to my Free Desktop Wallpaper page to download any or all of them. You can see the new images below:I love putting my images up on my...
Scuzzy Acid fried surreal space rock art. The soundtrack to your very own hallucinogenic cyber-punk sci-fi horror of your mind becoming reality. Chaotic psychedelic noise poorly recorded in some psycho's garage. Far out man.