Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 7,742 posts.
Putting a £1,000 Macbook Air in the oven and cranking the temperature up higher than the recipe suggests is a bad idea, unless your goal is to simultaneously desolder most components from the motherboard.
Answer to the famous question ‘Do good programmers use Google?’
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
A year ago today was my last day working a tech job.
My block list and some fun search lenses. Don't @ me that damn article about the guy whinging about Kagi.
Disclaimer: this post represents my own views and it is not endorsed by my employer.
The industry conflates perfection with over-engineering. They're not the same. Over-engineering is solving the wrong problem; a perfect solution exists once the requirements are clear.
I like learning about odd connections between disparate things. This probably is the oddest example that I know. Broadly speaking, mathemat...
I've never been known for my coordination, balance, or cardiovascular enthusiasm. In team sports, I was invariably the last one picked – probably only becaus...
I’ve been watching a buttload of 40s movies over the past few months, and I was thinking about watching something really modern next. And then it occurred to me: How about if I watch all R…
From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus
This is a story about McGill education students that cannot calculate an average, and the professor who admitted he didn't care. Fina...
I've taken 20 logos that were originally designed in Helvetica, and I've redone them in Arial. Some people would call that blasphemy. I call it a challenge: can you tell which is the original and which is the remake?
This week, I felt pretty depressed and lost my motivation and focus. After launching Space4 , I got some signups from HackerNews , but no one was really using the app. Including myself.
No, I don’t want to subscribe to your newsletter. No, I don’t want to complete a short survey. And no, I don’t want to become a member. … Is that text in the background? There is content on this page, right? Does the escape key work? Why doesn’t the escape key work? Where’s the close icon? If this is it, why isn’t my…
A Hackernews comment introduces a new character
The Dirty Work Theory: The lamentable work that many people avoid are great places to look for high impact, low hanging fruit.
A less romantic truth is that aesthetic standards rarely travel alone; power tends to follow in their wake. An episode at the U.S. State Department this month makes exactly this point.
A positive way of looking at the value we provide for our clients.
David shares 50 ideas that changed his life. Read here.
if you want to do world-class research, temperament matters more than talent
One of my favorite pastimes is exploring old bookstores.
