The Weirdest Bug I’ve Seen Yet
In an investigation for an on call issue, we followed a series of incorrect hypotheses before ultimately discovering a surprise at the end of the debugging rainbow.
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How Did Courtney Dauwalter Get So Damn Fast?
This summer Courtney Dauwalter made history, becoming the first athlete to win the three biggest races in ultrarunning in the same year: the Hardrock 100, the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc, and the Western States Endurance Run. What’s her secret?
Gift Article: My Father, My Faith, and Donald Trump
Here, in our house of worship, people were taunting me about politics as I tried to mourn.
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5 Ways To Work Effectively With Someone You Really Don’t Like
Work can be full of stressors, but one of the most challenging situations is when you must work with someone you don’t like, don’t get along. Key strategies can help.
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My techno-optimism
Dark Mode Toggle 2023 Nov 27 See all posts My techno-optimism Special thanks to Morgan Beller, Juan Benet, Eli Dourado, Karl Floersch, Sriram Krishnan, Nate…
Neil Gaiman's Radical Vision for the Future of the Internet - Cal Newport
Earlier this week, Neil Gaiman was interviewed on Icelandic television. Around the twenty-five minute mark of the program, the topic turned to the author’s thoughts ... Read more
Wooden Shoes and Marihuana
...or the proper way to run a country
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Consider Writing Documentation for Your House
Have you considered writing documentation for your house?
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The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce
Esquire Magazine,,December 1983, pp. 346-374 . America is today in the midst of a great technological revolution.With the advent of the silicon chip,…
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Plentiful cheap clothes are a triumph of innovation and markets. Most of human history has been characterized by privation and low‐productivity toil. As one…
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Emily Oster Capsule
BUY ONE, GIVE ONE! Save 25% and support Bottomless Closet in partnership with the New York Liberty. In 2023, we're donating 10% of our annual profits to social…
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Chris Evans is Captain America - GQ July 2011 Cover Story
"Chris Evans pecs. how do they FEEL? like smooth stone from the souvenir shop?" …is the instant message that pops up on my computer one Monday morning in April.…
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The Roots of Today's Modern Backend Engineering Practices
What accidentally taking down Amazon.com in 1997 taught Joshua Burgin; tech industry veteran and one of Amazon’s first 100 employees
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‘AI’ Is Supercharging Our Broken Healthcare System’s Worst Tendencies
“AI” (or more accurately language learning models nowhere close to sentience or genuine awareness) has plenty of innovative potential. Unfortunately, most of the folks actually in charg…
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Opinion | Why I Am a Liberal
Perhaps more than ever, there is an urgent need for a clear understanding of liberalism.
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We’ve been fighting poverty all wrong
The success of the expanded child tax credit shows why anti-poverty programs should be unconditional.
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OpenAI Staff Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns
OpenAI was in open revolt on Monday with 490 employees threatening to leave unless the board resigns and reinstates Sam Altman as CEO, along with cofounder and…
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7 books that changed me the most as a software engineer
Books are one of the best ways to grow as a software engineer. They give you actionable takeaways based on decades of knowledge and experience. This article goes into 7 categories of books valuable for software engineers and top 1. Writing & communication
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Museletter #368: The Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blower as a Metaphor for Industrial Society
MuseLetter #368 / November 2023 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version Every Thursday our next-door neighbor hires a worker to use a leaf blower. This infernal machine drives me nuts. Rather than letting a
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Is My Toddler a Stochastic Parrot?
New Yorker Favorites First she scandalized Washington. Then she became a princess . The unravelling of an expert on serial killers . What exactly happened…
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Speeding up the JavaScript ecosystem - The barrel file debacle
Many projects are littered with files that just re-export other files. These so called "barrel files" are one of the key reasons why JavaScript tooling is slow in bigger projects.
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Zod: Why you’re using TypeScript wrong
TypeScript can be too permissive regarding external data. In this article, I will explain how Zod can prevent data-related runtime errors.
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Fans of Connections, rejoice! Rebooted classic sci-doc series returns with original host
Ars chats with host James Burke about his "connective" approach to science history.
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Your Small Imprecise Ask Is a Big Waste of Their Time
When managers and leaders don't specify the expected time investment of an ask, the time that is invested is almost never what was intended.
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Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block
The birds are widely reviled for their carrion-eating ways. But an evolutionary history of scavenging has forged a creative, cunning and wide-ranging mind.
