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40 years of programming

liw.fi

Rated 2024-03-12T16:12:19-0700 - sethherr

Britney Spears’s Instagram is secretly being used by Russian hackers

Comments on her photos are the key to the Russian hackers’ operations. #Social Media

2017-06-08T12:30:02-0700 Vox Lindsay Maizland 500 words

Rated 2024-03-11T17:01:35-0700 - &e Rated 2024-03-18T22:50:01-0700 - sethherr

Diseconomies of scale in fraud, spam, support, and moderation

danluu.com

Rated 2024-02-21T10:59:46-0800 - elll Rated 2024-03-18T22:49:24-0700 - sethherr

My Notes on GitLab Postgres Schema Design

I spent some time going over the Postgres schema of Gitlab. GitLab is an alternative to Github. You can self host GitLab since it is an open source DevOps platform. My motivation to understand the schema of a big project like Gitlab was to compare it against schemas I am designing and learn some best…

2022-07-08T09:16:11-0700 Shekhar Gulati 6,000 words

Rated 2024-02-21T10:59:33-0800 - elll

“Rabbit Test” unwins the Hugo

I cannot convey the supreme depths to which I'd rather be doing anything else with my Saturday afternoon other than writing this blog post, but here we are. If you have been blessedly insulated from the current furor over the 2023 Hugo Awards -- good for you! (I'm going to have to explain this post…

2024-02-17T17:08:27-0800 SAMANTHA MILLS 2,000 words

Rated 2024-02-18T21:22:35-0800 - sethherr

Berkeley's Upzoning Would Be Among Nation's Largest

A 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

Paying people to work on open source is good actually - Jacob Kaplan-Moss

If 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

Taste games

or 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

Activists vow to keep installing guerrilla benches at East Bay bus stops

Berkeley 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

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…" / X

X (formerly Twitter) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-02-11T13:27:12-0800 - sethherr

What it was like working for GitLab

yorickpeterse.com 6,000 words

Rated 2024-02-11T11:43:54-0800 - sethherr

The rise of the American oligarchy

What targeting Russia’s wayward billionaires revealed about our own.

2024-01-22T11:26:54-0800 Mother Jones Tim Murphy 7,000 words

Rated 2024-02-10T12:02:16-0800 - sethherr

40 Years Ago, This Ad Changed the Super Bowl Forever

An oral history of Apple’s groundbreaking “1984” spot, which helped to establish the Super Bowl as TV’s biggest commercial showcase. #Apple #TV

2024-02-09T08:53:45-0800 The New York Times Saul Austerlitz ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-02-09T18:39:04-0800 - sethherr

How to hire low experience, high potential people

Finding 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

The New Jersey Governor’s Wife Has Decided to Be a Senator

nymag.com

Rated 2024-02-05T17:43:47-0800 - &e

Why You Should Be a Luddite

Tech columnist Brian Merchant takes us back to the 19th century to see who the Luddites really were and what they fought for. Luddism, he says, is about “questioning who machinery serves.”

Current Affairs 6,000 words

Rated 2024-01-31T21:27:05-0800 - sethherr

Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand

Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities. Can it be stopped?

2024-02-01T06:00:00-0800 Scientific American David A. Taylor 4,000 words

Rated 2024-01-30T22:35:20-0800 - sethherr

At Penn, Tensions May Only Be Growing After Magill’s Resignation

Professors 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

How “Co-regulation” Became the Parenting Buzzword of the Day

Jessica Winter on why parenting experts claim that co-regulation is the single goal from which all other family aspirations can flow. #Parenting

2024-01-25T09:17:16-0800 The New Yorker Jessica Winter 1,000 words

Rated 2024-01-28T15:22:11-0800 - sethherr

That Smartphone in Your Hand Changes How You Walk

Hunching over a device can mess with your gait, slow you down and poison your mood. And that’s before you trip and fall.

2024-01-23T00:00:08-0800 The New York Times Markham Heid ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-01-28T14:49:00-0800 - sethherr

In case you missed it: America just effectively got much bigger

No shots fired. No flags raised. No land gained. Still, the U.S. recently grew by the size of about two Californias.

Big Think 1,000 words

Rated 2024-01-28T08:46:51-0800 - sethherr

Why do people post on [bad platform] instead of [good platform]?

danluu.com

Rated 2024-01-27T22:49:43-0800 - sethherr

Rising Leqembi Prescriptions Are Straining Clinic Capacity | ALZFORUM

alzforum.org 4,000 words

Rated 2024-01-27T16:47:34-0800 - sethherr

On “owning” software

When 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

Driving Faster Takes Longer

I 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

Review | A love letter to intellectualism

Nikhil Krishnan’s “A Terribly Serious Adventure” is an entertaining and informative homage to philosophers at Oxford.

2024-01-19T02:00:23-0800 The Washington Post Michael Dirda ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-01-27T09:00:47-0800 - sethherr

Dangerous chemicals found in recycled plastics, making them unsafe for use – experts explain the hazards

Recycled plastics are not safe if the chemicals used in creating them in the first place are harmful. #Cameroon #Mauritius #Microplastics #Nigeria #Togo

The Conversation Bethanie Carney Almroth 1,000 words

Rated 2024-01-26T16:39:20-0800 - sethherr

Sex, aggression, and humour: responses to unicycling

Sam 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

Japan’s Housing Crisis: What The YIMBYs Don’t Understand

What Really Drives Housing Prices — And Why Japan’s Haven’t Increased Since 1995!

2022-11-25T10:34:46-0800 Radical Contributions Conrad Bastable 8,000 words

Rated 2024-01-23T05:56:01-0800 - sethherr

‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade

The 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

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

Book Review: What's Our Problem?

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2023-02-22T20:05:18-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander ($) 30,000 words

Rated 2024-01-21T20:37:59-0800 - sethherr

Why Holes at the Bottom of the Ocean Disappear and Reappear

Scientists made a new discovery about other causes for holes on the seafloor. Find out what is causing the pits to disappear and reappear all over again. #Animals #Ocean

2024-01-18T15:05:00-0800 Atlas Obscura 1,000 words

Rated 2024-01-19T08:31:07-0800 - sethherr

The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams

Ello 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

Pinker was right, I was wrong. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

Rated 2024-01-18T08:18:59-0800 - crkrenn Rated 2024-01-14T08:42:35-0800 - sethherr

An Idealistic Cop, a Forbidden Ticket and a Police Career on the Brink

Mathew Bianchi took routine traffic stops seriously and handed out tickets regardless of people’s connections within the Police Department. He says he was punished for it. #Lawsuit #NYPD #Police

2024-01-16T00:00:18-0800 The New York Times Jonah E. Bromwich ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2024-01-17T18:15:39-0800 - crkrenn

Escalation Theory: Compliance, Violence, and Overachievement In Society

How Elites Cause Crime By Acing Marshmallow Tests Some people think crime is caused by poverty. Some think crime is caused by criminals. Some even think crime is caused by the climate. Don’t swallow these easy-to-digest popular narratives — society is shaped by its elite, always has been, always will be. It all comes back to the marshmallows.

2024-01-07T08:09:59-0800 Radical Contributions Conrad Bastable 10,000 words

Rated 2024-01-16T09:04:11-0800 - sethherr

What happened to GE?

Bill Gates shares his review of “Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric” by Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann

2021-06-14T00:00:00-0700 gatesnotes.com Bill Gates 2,000 words

Rated 2024-01-16T08:29:56-0800 - sethherr

Invisible Ink: At the CIA’s Creative Writing Group

"When an organization has, say, financed the overthrow of the government of Guatemala, you would think there might be a speaking fee."

2024-01-09T12:20:45-0800 The Paris Review Johannes Lichtman 3,000 words

Rated 2024-01-10T19:12:25-0800 - sethherr

LLMs and Programming in the first days of 2024 - <antirez>

antirez.com

Rated 2024-01-10T11:19:39-0800 - sethherr

Opinion | Look What We Made Taylor Swift Do

Whether 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

Cycling Doping Fallacies

I make the case that we cannot extrapolate clean performances from Lance Armstrong’s doped performances against doped rivals in the Tour de France.

2024-01-05T06:05:00-0800 The New Leaf Journal Nicholas A. Ferrell 6,000 words

Rated 2024-01-09T09:42:36-0800 - sethherr

The reality of the Danish fairytale

Denmark 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

Bill Gates–1986

As chief executive officer of Microsoft, William H. (Bill) Gates is considered one of the driving forces behind today's personal computing and office automation industry. Gates started his career in computer software at a young age. Both Gates and Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, worked as programming consultants while attending high school in Seattle, Washington. In…

2008-05-19T22:50:49-0700 Programmers At Work 10,000 words

Rated 2024-01-06T23:01:14-0800 - sethherr

The Christian Science Monitor Daily for January 4, 2024

Rethink 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

A Grand Unified Theory of Why Elon Musk Is So Unfunny

Elon 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

Everything you ever wanted to know about car bloat

newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com

Rated 2023-12-19T08:49:28-0800 - sethherr

7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp

A man was abducted by a Chinese gang and forced to work in a scam operation. He gathered financial information, photos and videos and shared the material with The New York Times. #China #Crime

2023-12-17T01:54:29-0800 The New York Times Isabelle Qian, Pablo Robles ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-12-18T13:56:54-0800 - sethherr

Why Dumb Ideas Capture Smart and Successful People

Intelligent 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