How I learned French in 12 months (2020) https://runwes.com/2020/02/11/howilearnedfrench.html
Lambda Calculus in 400 Bytes https://justine.lol/lambda/
justine.lol
Lambda Calculus in 383 Bytes
Programming language with a single keyword.
Freshmeat.net, 1997-2014 (2014) https://jeffcovey.net/2014/06/19/freshmeat-net-1997-2014/
jeffcovey.net
freshmeat.net, 1997-2014
A former coworker pointed me to the news today that freshmeat has suddenly ceased operations. I spent the rest of the day flooded with memories and the urge to jot a few of them down before they’re…
Some tiny personal programs I've written https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/03/08/tiny-programs/
Julia Evans
Some tiny personal programs I've written
Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3F9OtH2Xx4
YouTube
Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer (2022 demo)
• Project details + signup at http://pockit.ai
• This video is a demo of modular electronics with Pockit as of March 2022, after several upgrades in the recent months based on the community's feedback.
• Discussion group: http://reddit.com/r/pockit
• This video is a demo of modular electronics with Pockit as of March 2022, after several upgrades in the recent months based on the community's feedback.
• Discussion group: http://reddit.com/r/pockit
Christopher Alexander has died https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2022/03/18/christopher-alexander-1936-2022
CNU
Christopher Alexander, 1936-2022
Christopher Alexander, a towering figure in architecture and urbanism—one of the biggest influences on the New Urbanism movement—died on Thursday, March 17, after a long illness, it was reported by Michael Mehaffy, a long-time collaborator and protege. Alexander…
First images from James Webb telescope exceed expectations https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/exploration/first-photos-james-webb-telescope/
Cosmos
James Webb telescope: first images better than expected
The James Webb telescope has sent back its first focused images, and they have exceeded all hopes and expectations. Read on for details.
Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area https://backofyourhand.com/51.89863,-8.47039
Back of Your Hand
How well do you know your area? Test your knowledge by locating streets on a map.
Mourning loss as a remote team https://www.sofuckingagile.com/blog/mourning-loss-as-a-remote-team
Sofuckingagile
Mourning loss as a remote team
This is a hard one to write about. Last year our team lost Pete, a long time engineer. Pete took his own life. He had battled mental health issues for some time.
The wild world of non-C operating systems https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/29/non_c_operating_systems/
The Register
The wild world of non-C operating systems
You can't fool me, young man. It's C all the way down!
A few things to know before stealing my 914 https://www.hagerty.com/media/advice/a-few-things-to-know-before-you-steal-my-914/
USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021) https://overengineer.dev/blog/2021/04/25/usb-c-hub-madness.html
overengineer.dev
USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness - Dennis Schubert
A short story of me trying out different USB-C hubs, taking them apart, and slowly descending into madness.
Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf https://jinyuz.dev/posts/tips-and-tricks/switching-from-pyenv,-rbenv,-goenv-and-nvm-to-asdf/
jinyuz.dev
Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf
So, there was a time when I was only developing applications using Python. And so I found out about virtual environments.
I thought I’d have accomplished a lot more today and also before I was 35 (2020) https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/i-thought-i-would-have-accomplished-a-lot-more-today-and-also-by-the-time-i-was-thirty-five
The New Yorker
I Thought I Would Have Accomplished a Lot More Today and Also by the Time I Was Thirty-Five
When I think about all the time I frittered away today, it agitates me, and I jump on Wikipedia to look up famous nineteenth-century circuses.
The 0.5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files (2020) https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/apple-music-nullbytes.html
www.ctrl.blog
The 0,5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files
Six percentage of each music files you’ve bought from Apple Music (iTunes Store) contain, literally, nothing. Why is Apple padding their music with zero-bytes?
Dall-E 2 illustrations of Twitter bios https://twitter.com/nickcammarata/status/1511861061988892675
Twitter
dall-e 2 illustrations of my friends' twitter bios