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Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak DebateI watched 15 hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to - but you should! 2024-03-28T04:24:57-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 105,000 words Rated 2024-03-30T20:49:37-0700 - sethherr
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How Israel turned homeowners into YIMBYsHomeowners are often the biggest opponents of building new homes. An Israeli reform reversed this by making homeowners the main beneficiaries of development. 2024-02-16T05:30:44-0800 Works in Progress 6,000 words Rated 2024-03-20T07:50:46-0700 - sethherr
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Using axis lines for good or eviladd them only if they mean something 2024-02-29T09:00:41-0800 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 1,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T23:20:50-0700 - sethherr
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Less Utilitarian Than Thou... 2024-02-27T21:03:18-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 65,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T23:08:24-0700 - sethherr
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Vaclav Smil and the Value of DoubtDavid Owen interviews the author and scientist Vaclav Smil, whose books on environmental issues include “Size: How It Explains the World” and “How the World Really Works.” #Climate Change #Environmentalism #Renewable energy #Science 2024-02-20T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker David Owen 4,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T22:44:49-0700 - sethherr
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TinyLetter had a big momentOn February 29th, 2024, Mailchimp shuttered TinyLetter, a simple email service that attracted a number of personal and experimental writers in the mid-‘10s. 2024-02-29T06:00:00-0800 The Verge Kevin Nguyen 3,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T22:27:14-0700 - sethherr
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Manometer Readings—AsteriskAmerica’s HVAC labor force is plagued by dishonesty and frequently incapable of meeting industry standards. Interventions in indoor air quality are the next frontier in pandemic prevention — but are they up to the task? asteriskmag.com 3,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T07:13:01-0700 - sethherr
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Driving at ridiculous speeds should be physically impossibleIntelligent Speed Assistance, a type of speed-limiting tech, is being tested in New York, DC, and Europe. But will it take off? 2024-03-01T04:00:00-0800 Vox David Zipper 1,000 words Rated 2024-03-18T23:20:59-0700 - sethherr
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Diseconomies of scale in fraud, spam, support, and moderationRated 2024-03-18T22:49:24-0700 - sethherr
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40 years of programmingRated 2024-03-12T16:12:19-0700 - sethherr
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Berkeley's Upzoning Would Be Among Nation's LargestA proposal to end exclusionary zoning would allow for 100,000 more homes in Berkeley's neighborhoods. 2024-02-17T07:02:03-0800 The Discourse Lounge Darrell Owens 3,000 words Rated 2024-02-17T21:20:37-0800 - sethherr
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Paying people to work on open source is good actually - Jacob Kaplan-MossIf you have a problem with maintainers getting paid then you have a problem with me and I suggest you let that one marinate. jacobian.org 2,000 words Rated 2024-02-16T20:44:56-0800 - sethherr
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Taste gamesor why I avoid midrange beer 2024-02-15T09:01:14-0800 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 3,000 words Rated 2024-02-15T20:46:06-0800 - sethherr
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Activists vow to keep installing guerrilla benches at East Bay bus stopsBerkeley has replaced one DIY bench with a city-approved one. A pair of activists have added at least four more wood benches in the East Bay. #Transportation 2024-01-12T16:30:00-0800 Berkeleyside Iris Kwok 2,000 words Rated 2024-02-11T21:22:54-0800 - sethherr
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Jacques on X: "Sharing a long, but insightful comment @Gwern made in response to the question: "EA had a pretty weak hand throughout and played it as well as can be reasonably expected"? Gwern: It was a pretty weak hand. There is this pervasive attitude that Sam Altman could have been…" / XX (formerly Twitter) 1,000 words Rated 2024-02-11T13:27:12-0800 - sethherr
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How to hire low experience, high potential peopleFinding diamonds in the rough 2024-01-26T20:51:43-0800 Working Assumptions Tara Seshan 2,000 words Rated 2024-02-07T19:06:32-0800 - sethherr
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At Penn, Tensions May Only Be Growing After Magill’s ResignationProfessors at the University of Pennsylvania have begun to organize, fearing what they view as a plan by the billionaire Marc Rowan to upend academic freedom. #College 2024-01-29T09:20:18-0800 The New York Times Stephanie Saul ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-01-29T19:12:22-0800 - sethherr
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On “owning” softwareWhen it comes to services supporting software teams, ownership is expensive. 2024-01-24T14:01:57-0800 avdi.codes Avdi Grimm 4,000 words Rated 2024-01-27T09:05:57-0800 - sethherr
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Driving Faster Takes LongerI often drive between Boston and New Haven. While on the road, I find myself pondering a simple question: If my only goal is to arrive as fast as possible, how fast should I drive? Ignoring things like ethics (or fuel efficiency), the solution would seem to be simple. Drive as fast as possible. But there's a… 2024-01-27T07:17:18-0800 Algorithm Soup 1,000 words Rated 2024-01-27T09:04:40-0800 - sethherr
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Sex, aggression, and humour: responses to unicyclingSam Shuster compares men and women’s responses to the sight of a unicyclist 2007-12-22T00:00:00-0800 PubMed Central (PMC) 3,000 words Rated 2024-01-23T08:45:59-0800 - sethherr
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‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. CrusadeThe backlash against “wokeism” has led a growing number of states to ban D.E.I. programs at public universities. Thousands of emails and other documents reveal the playbook — and grievances — behind one strand of the anti-D.E.I. campaign. #College #Texas 2024-01-20T13:35:53-0800 The New York Times Nicholas Confessore ($) 7,000 words Rated 2024-01-22T18:03:33-0800 - sethherr
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Should I Open Source my Company?The unexpected upsides of building in public 2022-03-25T00:00:00-0700 Supabase https://github.com/awalias 2,000 words Rated 2024-01-22T11:52:50-0800 - sethherr
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Book Review: What's Our Problem?... 2023-02-22T20:05:18-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander ($) 30,000 words Rated 2024-01-21T20:37:59-0800 - sethherr
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The Quiet Death of Ello's Big DreamsEllo launched in 2014 with big dreams, but the artsy social network suddenly shut down last year, deleting nine years of posts without warning. What happened? 2024-01-18T08:23:10-0800 Waxy.org Andy Baio 6,000 words Rated 2024-01-18T17:29:42-0800 - sethherr
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Pinker was right, I was wrong. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Sciencestatmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Rated 2024-01-18T08:18:59-0800 - crkrenn
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Opinion | Look What We Made Taylor Swift DoWhether she is conscious of it or not, Ms. Swift signals to queer people — in our language — that she has some affinity for queer identity. #Celebrity #Country Music 2024-01-04T02:01:26-0800 The New York Times Anna Marks ($) 5,000 words Rated 2024-01-09T22:03:34-0800 - sethherr
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The reality of the Danish fairytaleDenmark has long ranked high on the list of societies that American liberals dream about turning the United States into. And for many good reasons. Education is state-funded, and students are even paid a stipend to go to university. Health care is equally free of individual charge, and there’s generally a robust social safety net for u... world.hey.com 2,000 words Rated 2024-01-06T23:17:15-0800 - sethherr
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The Christian Science Monitor Daily for January 4, 2024Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views. 2024-01-03T21:00:00-0800 The Christian Science Monitor ($) 5,000 words Rated 2024-01-05T13:14:00-0800 - sethherr
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A Grand Unified Theory of Why Elon Musk Is So UnfunnyElon Musk's terrible sense of humor: a theory of how the Tesla and Twitter CEO became obsessed with proving that he's funny. 2023-04-13T08:58:53-0700 Rolling Stone Miles Klee ($) 200 words Rated 2023-12-30T13:12:05-0800 - elll
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Everything you ever wanted to know about car bloatnewsletters.feedbinusercontent.com Rated 2023-12-19T08:49:28-0800 - sethherr
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Why Dumb Ideas Capture Smart and Successful PeopleIntelligent individuals are better at understanding the reputational consequences of their beliefs 2023-11-19T03:00:57-0800 Rob Henderson's Newsletter Rob Henderson 3,000 words Rated 2023-12-17T23:15:24-0800 - sethherr
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Giant food companies are quietly ruining your favorite snacks — and hoping you don't noticeFrom Coke to Nutella, your favorite treats are being ruined by a sneaky ploy known as 'flavorflation.' #Economy #Food & drink #Retail 2023-12-12T02:52:01-0800 Insider Jairaj Devadiga ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-12-14T11:24:05-0800 - sethherr
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What’s on the Menu When Your Cat Goes Out? Probably More Than You Think.Free-ranging cats hunt or scavenge more than 2,000 species, some of them imperiled, according to a new study. #Birds #Endangered Species 2023-12-12T08:03:28-0800 The New York Times Catrin Einhorn ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-12-12T20:52:14-0800 - sethherr
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Why Are So Many American Pedestrians Dying at Night?Nothing resembling this pattern has occurred in other comparably wealthy countries. #Cars #Poverty 2023-12-11T00:00:01-0800 The New York Times Emily Badger, Ben Blatt, Josh Katz ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-12-12T08:09:34-0800 - sethherr
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Ego killed the empowered product teamEveryone wants to build empowered product teams. There's one huge obstacle in the way -- your boss's ego. Here's how to overcome it. 2023-12-10T19:09:00-0800 Jeff Gothelf 1,000 words Rated 2023-12-11T08:23:49-0800 - sethherr
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Opinion | What the University Presidents Got Right and Wrong About Antisemitic SpeechThe proper response to censorship is not more censorship. #Censorship #College #Harvard 2023-12-10T06:00:05-0800 The New York Times David French ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-12-10T15:08:15-0800 - sethherr
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Most Asian Americans say they face discrimination and are often treated as foreignersIn a Pew survey, Asian Americans reported facing the "model minority" stereotype, which assumes they're smarter and more well off, as well as being treated as outsiders even if they were U.S. born. 2023-11-30T12:06:04-0800 NPR Ayana Archie 1,000 words Rated 2023-12-03T06:26:39-0800 - Jaog
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The Philosophical And Moral Incoherence of “How Dare You Walk Out Of My Speech”“Cancel Culture” Has Victims, But You’re Probably Not One Of Them 2022-08-14T12:47:01-0700 The Popehat Report Ken White 2,000 words Rated 2023-11-20T20:40:47-0800 - sethherr
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My Free Speech Means You Have To Shut UpElon Musk and The Enduring Appeal of “Criticism is Censorship” 2023-11-19T19:11:56-0800 The Popehat Report Ken White 1,000 words Rated 2023-11-20T20:02:40-0800 - sethherr
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</> htmx ~ Why I Tend Not To Use Content Negotiationhtmx.org 1,000 words Rated 2023-11-19T17:12:47-0800 - sethherr
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The FCC Is Trying To Stop Discrimination In Broadband Deployment. Telecoms And Republicans Are Big Mad About ItFor decades, big ISPs like AT&T have refused to upgrade low income and poor communities to fiber, despite billions in subsidies, regulatory favors, and tax breaks that were supposed to accomplish precisely that. Groups like the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) have released studies on cities like Cleveland and Detroit, documenting how this discrimination lines… 2023-11-17T05:24:01-0800 Techdirt 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-17T07:37:44-0800 - sethherr
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The night train revolution has been hailed as an alternative to airplanes. Here’s how that’s goingNight trains have been making a resurgence across Europe after decades of decline, raising the prospect of more sustainable ways of criss-crossing the continent as travelers look to find alternatives to flying. 2023-11-11T22:00:03-0800 CNN Ben Jones 2,000 words Rated 2023-11-17T07:34:10-0800 - sethherr
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Why we can’t buildAmerica’s inability to build is killing people. #Politics 2020-04-22T05:50:00-0700 Vox Ezra Klein 2,000 words Rated 2023-11-16T07:59:09-0800 - sethherr
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The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your LandAmid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency. #Detroit #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning 2023-11-12T00:00:52-0800 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-14T07:52:48-0800 - sethherr
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A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the CraftJames Somers, a professional coder, writes about the astonishing scripting skills of A.I. chatbots like GPT-4 and considers the future of a once exalted craft. 2023-11-13T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker James Somers 4,000 words Rated 2023-11-13T20:43:44-0800 - sethherr
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OmegleRated 2023-11-08T17:42:10-0800 - sethherr
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How Montreal Built a Blueprint for Bargain Rapid TransitAt $139 million per mile, the REM is far less costly than similar recent projects. Cities with ballooning transit budgets can learn from its approach. #Business #City #Government #Infrastructure #Los Angeles #New York 2023-10-30T06:00:16-0700 Bloomberg 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-05T22:46:59-0800 - sethherr
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China’s Age of MalaiseParty officials are vanishing, young workers are “lying flat,” and entrepreneurs are fleeing the country. What does China’s inner turmoil mean for the world? Evan Osnos reports. 2023-10-23T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Evan Osnos 9,000 words Rated 2023-11-01T08:11:05-0700 - sethherr
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