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We Were Wrong About GPUs

Do my tears surprise you? Strong CEOs also cry.

Fly 2,000 words

Rated Feb 15th - sethherr

My Life in Weeks by Gina Trapani

weeks.ginatrapani.org 1,000 words

Rated Feb 15th - sethherr

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calculator-app - Chad Nauseam Home

Chad Nauseam Home 2,000 words

Rated Feb 17th - sethherr

Mike White’s Mischievous Vision for “The White Lotus”

Behind the scenes before the Season 3 première with the creator of the HBO series, streaming on Max, who has filmed with casts in Hawaii, Italy, and, most recently, Thailand. Kelefa Sanneh reports. #Profile

Feb 10th The New Yorker Kelefa Sanneh 6,000 words

Rated Feb 17th - sethherr

My Time at MIT

Twenty years ago, in 2004-2005, I spent a year at MIT’s Computer Science department as a postdoc working with Professor Nancy Lynch. It was ...

Feb 17th Blogger Murat 2,000 words

Rated Feb 17th - sethherr

Energy Cheat Sheet

Building an intuition about energy

2024-12-20 Construction Physics Brian Potter 4,000 words

Rated Feb 17th - sethherr

Maximizing resume SNR

This is a brief note about resumes and hiring. At Terraform Industries, I've been doing a lot of recruiting recently and it's helped me crystallize a few ideas I've had in this area. This blog will change over time. Terraform Industries is hiring! Join us as we decarbonize our industrial economy by getting carbon from…

2022-03-22 Casey Handmer's blog 3,000 words

Rated Feb 17th - sethherr

Moving on from 18F.

I had a wonderful job, until I didn’t. This is about what happened—and what is happening.

ethanmarcotte.com 2,000 words

Rated Feb 18th - sethherr

When Imperfect Systems are Good, Actually: Bluesky’s Lossy Timelines

By examining the limits of reasonable user behavior and embracing imperfection for users who go beyond it, we can continue to provide service that meets the expectations of users without sacrificing scalability of the system.

Feb 19th Jaz’s Blog Jaz 2,000 words

Rated Feb 20th - sethherr

Democrats Control U! (and the weather)

Before you kill yourself, consider reading this fun and informative snippet from America's finest unknown work of nonfiction.

2024-10-10 Dumpster Fires Barret Baumgart 9,000 words

Rated Feb 20th - sethherr

The first RCT for GLP-1 drugs and alcoholism isn't what we hoped

or what people seem to think

Feb 20th Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words

Rated Feb 23rd - sethherr

The True Costs of Being on YouTube

what I spent, what I earned, and why I'm walking away

Feb 13th Food Processing carla lalli music 4,000 words

Rated Feb 23rd - sethherr

Why does target=”_blank” have an underscore in front?

Ever wondered why you need the underscore in target="_blank" to open a link in a new tab?

2024-10-25 Kyrylo Silin 200 words

Rated Feb 24th - sethherr

Notes from Carrierwave to Active Storage

island94.org 1,000 words

Rated Feb 25th - sethherr

Texas’s Barbecue Schism

The New Yorker

Rated Feb 25th - sethherr

I Went To SQL Injection Court — Quarrelsome

sockpuppet.org Quarrelsome 3,000 words

Rated Feb 26th - sethherr

Meet the journalists training AI models for Meta and OpenAI

The gig work platform Outlier is one of several companies courting journalists to train large language models (LLMs).

Nieman Lab 2,000 words

Rated Feb 27th - sethherr

The secret to perfectly calculate Rails database connection pool size

island94.org 1,000 words

Rated Feb 27th - sethherr

The world's most unhinged video wall (made out of Chromebooks)

Web developer and cybersecurity researcher

varun.ch 3,000 words

Rated Mar 2nd - sethherr

The Smith v. Substack saga

A tale of lawsuits, impersonation and alter egos.

Jan 13th Ghost of Lomax 10,000 words

Rated Mar 3rd - sethherr

How I'm thinking about AI (LLMs)

island94.org 2,000 words

Rated Mar 4th - sethherr

The Return of Digg, a Star of Web 2.0

The New York Times

Rated Mar 5th - sethherr

The Man Who Spent Forty-two Years at the Beverly Hills Hotel Pool

From 1993: Nearly every day for decades, Irving V. Link tanned by the luxury pool, Adam Gopnik writes. Then his idyllic life style came under threat from the hotel’s owner, the Sultan of Brunei.

1993-02-15 The New Yorker Adam Gopnik 8,000 words

Rated Mar 6th - sethherr

Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose it

Cognitive skills do not decline with age for those who use math and reading throughout their life.

Mar 7th Science Advances Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Frauke Witthöft, Ludger Woessmann ... 10,000 words

Rated Mar 6th - sethherr

Microsoft is reportedly plotting a future without OpenAI - Tech Startups

Microsoft’s AI head is plotting a future without OpenAI. According to a report from The Information, Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft’s AI division, has set his sights on a bold objective: reducing the company’s dependence on OpenAI. In a report titled 'Microsoft’s AI Guru Plots a Future Without OpenAI,' The Information reported: "After setbacks,

Mar 7th Tech Startups | Tech Companies | Startups News Nickie Louise 1,000 words

Rated Mar 8th - sethherr

Two Americas, one bank branch, and $50,000 cash

Ever wondered what happens if you try to take $50,000 in cash out of a bank? Answer: a year of investigative journalism.

Mar 5th Bits about Money Patrick McKenzie (patio11) 7,000 words

Rated Mar 8th - sethherr

SFF community reeling after Marion Zimmer Bradley's daughter accuses her of abuse

Moira Greyland's claims that she was molested by the late fantasy author have horrified readers and writers who had been inspired by her work

2014-06-27 The Guardian Alison Flood 1,000 words

Rated Mar 9th - sethherr

Opinion | I Loved ‘Anora,’ but I Still Hope It Loses at the Oscars

“Anora” is neither pro-Russian nor anti-Russian. But its Oscar nominations have been portrayed as a national victory in Russia. #Donald Trump #Movies

Feb 27th The New York Times Michael Idov ($) 2,000 words

Rated Mar 10th - sethherr

MDMA may have protected Nova attack survivors from trauma, study suggests

Neuroscientists in Israel find signs that the drug helped festival survivors in the attack and the aftermath.

Mar 7th BBC News Lucy Williamson 2,000 words

Rated Mar 11th - &e

The Pitchfork Story

A bit more than two years ago, as part of my work in Shopify’s Ruby and Rails Infrastructure team, I released a new Ruby HTTP server called Pitchfork.

Mar 4th byroot’s blog 10,000 words

Rated Mar 11th - sethherr