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March 2023
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12-03-2023
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10-03-2023
Why am I not terrified of AI?
scottaaronson.blogAuthor says: “Every week now, it seems, events on the ground make a fresh mockery of those who confidently assert what AI will never be able to do, or won’t do for centuries if ever, or is incoherent even …”
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10-03-2023
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03-03-2023
The Missing Semester of Your CS Education
missing.csail.mit.eduClasses teach you all about advanced topics within CS, from operating systems to machine learning, but there’s one critical subject that’s rarely covered, and is instead left to students to figure out on their own: proficiency with their tools. We’ll teach you how to master the command-line, use a powerful text editor, use fancy features of version control systems, and much more!
February 2023
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17-02-2023
How The Post is replacing Mapbox with open source solutions - Kevin Schaul
kschaul.comLast week I published a story for The Washington Post that required an interactive slippy map. Lookup maps like this are a common pattern to show a geographic trend and let readers explore the data …
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07-02-2023
Visual design rules you can safely follow every time
anthonyhobday.comI love rules of thumb. Here are a set of them for graphic or visual design. I am not a designer but I fancy myself being to tell better design from worse. Anyway, this is a good tool for those of us who are wannabee designers
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05-02-2023
35% Faster Than The Filesystem
sqlite.orgAn interesting study of performance. It seems hard to believe.
January 2023
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31-01-2023
SuperMagnetMan - Neodymium Magnets, Many Shapes & Sizes!
supermagnetman.comLarge Selection of strong and powerful neodymium magnets. Great Prices. Discs, Rings, Cones, Cylinders, Arcs, Cubes, Rectangles, Squares, and much more.
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27-01-2023
ActivityPub RFC
avdi.codesThe ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] 2.0 data format. It provides a client to server API for creating, updating and deleting content, as well as a federated server to server API for delivering notifications and content.
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15-01-2023
GitHub - volution/z-tokens: z-tokens -- random tokens generation and related tools
github.comThis is a standalone password generator. I think that because it does’t know the email or account name that the password is used with, the risk that the app itself is malware is small… i think… Author says: “z-tokens -- random tokens generation and related tools - GitHub - volution/z-tokens: z-tokens -- random tokens generation and related tools”
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13-01-2023
Simple 8-bit Assembler Simulator in Javascript
schweigi.github.ioOne of many simple CPU simulators. I'm teaching a course in Operating Systems and I've been looking for a really simple and clear visual simulator for a CPU. This one is the best one yet. But I would like a better one. This one is missing any kind of support for IO or System calls or something like that. But it's usable.
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11-01-2023
karpathy/nanoGPT: The simplest, fastest repository for training/finetuning medium-sized GPTs.
github.comThis looks useful, which is why I am linking to it, I haven't tried it or anything: "The simplest, fastest repository for training/finetuning medium-sized GPTs. - karpathy/nanoGPT: The simplest, fastest repository for training/finetuning medium-sized GPTs.
December 2022
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27-12-2022
huginn/huginn: Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf.
github.comInteresting package although I don't have a use for it yet. It's your own IFTTT built for geeks that you run on your ownn server. It's got no UI to speak of. On the other hand, it has a sophisticated way to create logic around events and is extensible and open source.
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23-12-2022
GitHub - gregmolnar/prepper: Prepper is a simple server provisioning tool, built on top of SSHKit. You can use it to script your server build process.
github.comThis seems like a very nice simple tool to solve a common problem. My only confusion is that there are a bunch of similar tools to do the same thing. Each has its own DSL, written in ruby or some other language, has its own conceptual steucture, and its own bugs. It’s enough to make me decide to just keep doing it by hand. Heres what the author says: “ Prepper is a simple server provisioning tool, built on top of SSHKit. You can use it to script your server build process. - GitHub - gregmolnar/prepper: Prepper is a simple server provisioning tool...”
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20-12-2022
Networking on the Network
vlsicad.ucsd.eduSeveral million people employ electronic mail for some significant portion of their professional communications. Yet in my experience few people have figured out how to use the net productively. A great deal of effort is going into technical means for finding information on the net, but hardly anybody has been helping newcomers figure out where the net fits in the larger picture of their own careers. These notes are a first attempt to fill that gap, building on the most successful practices I've observed in my twenty years on the net. I will focus on the use of electronic communication in research communities, but the underlying principles will be applicable to many other communities as well.
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19-12-2022
rails/docked: Running Rails from Docker for easy start to development
github.comThis is not a new thing by a long shot. But thw fact that it is published by dhh is a big deal imo. For me it assures me to some extent that it is “correct” and that it will be maintained. From author: “Running Rails from Docker for easy start to development - rails/docked: Running Rails from Docker for easy start to development”
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18-12-2022
Radical Simplicity in Technology | Join the movement
radicalsimpli.cityFor me, a very provocative set of arguments. Novel insights on how to remove complexity. Or recognizing that you may not need that additional service or technology. The author: “Radical Simplicity is a startup development method to make development faster and more fun that plays well with lean startups”
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18-12-2022
Welcome to Talking Points for Life
talkingpointsforlife.comToo many people are left wandering through Reddit threads and Quora posts looking for advice on what to say. Communication is tricky. We all bring our own biases, emotions and histories to the table. This site will help you navigate those tricky subjects, allowing you to build healthier and happier relationships.
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15-12-2022
Coding Interview Preparation | Codinginterview
codinginterview.comA very interesting overview of companies and their spproach yo coding interviews. Good if youre applying for a job there. But also good if you are designing your interview process. Author says: “Take the guesswork out of coding interviews with codinginterview.com. Explore comprehensive guides to hack the process at top companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Facebook, and more “
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14-12-2022
The Case for Models | Concerning Quality
concerningquality.comAn interesting idea, model based testing. The aurhor says: “Again, I’m writing about models because I have a deep desire to keep software minimal. While I don’t think it’s wrong to simply buckle up and deal with the complexity and raw magnitude of implementations as many of us do, that’s just not the path that I find appealing intuitively.”