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Playing with Wolfram Playing Cards
A few weeks ago, I knocked my favorite mug off the counter and it shattered. RIP:
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The freakishly strong base
The earth used to be covered in ice.
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The two questions I ask every interviewer
Applying the engineering process to software interviews
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Do you need a VPN?
Early this year, the U.S. Congress rolled back Internet privacy rules, giving service providers free reign to track, store and sell browsing data. In July,
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So You Want Continuous Time Zones
At present the world is partitioned into a finite number of large, discrete time zones. A time zone is an area on Earth where all of the clocks are set to the same time. An example of a time zone is America/Santiago, an area which covers continental Chile. All the clocks in this ...
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Don’t Quit When It Gets Hard
Read this if you're thinking about quitting. I personally think about quitting three or four times a month. I've found a way to NOT quit.
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Too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too much alcohol
There’s growing scientific consensus that one of the most common types of sugar, fructose, is toxic to the liver, just like alcohol.
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My night at the museum
Thursday October 19, 2017, I arrived at the Technical Museum in Stockholm together with my two kids just a short while before 17:30. A fresh, cool and clear autumn evening. For this occasion I had purchased myself a brand new suit as I hadn't gotten one since almost twenty years before this and it had … Continue…
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Training exercise boosts brain power, Johns Hopkins researchers say
Hopkins researchers identify specific exercise that boosts memory, attention
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Feynman’s Breakthrough: Disregard Others
Feynman (just off centre) at Wangerooge in 1987 I started my career as a theoretical physicist, and in the late-80s I co-organised a specialist workshop on a small island, Wangerooge, off the coast…
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RIP the Broccoli Tree
For the past few years, Patrik Svedberg has been taking photos of a beautiful Swedish tree he dubbed The Broccoli Tree. In a short time, the tree gained a healt
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The Depression Thing
the depression thing: a neat story about depression and mental health. By Zach Holman.
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Out to Get You
Epistemic Status: Reference. Expanded From: Against Facebook, as the post originally intended. Some things are fundamentally Out to Get You. They seek resources at your expense. Fees are hidden. E…
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Times I've Messed Up as a Developer
Those two times where I clearly had no clue what I was doing as a developer Last week I had a short conversation with coworkers about how we had messed up in our careers. Being so far removed from …
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The privilege of risk
Another of those values that has seeped into everyday life from start up culture is the cherished status of risk. You know the inspirational quotes people like to post on Twitter “the biggest risk is not taking a risk”, “those who will not risk, will not win” etc. And I get it, personally and professionally it’s…
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150 days of living and coding in a van
A developer on the road.
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