Earthquake Prediction Flowchart
What Mamdani Learned from His Mother’s Films. “How the ethics of the...
What Mamdani Learned from His Mother’s Films. “How the ethics of the acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair echo in her son’s politics.”
A Hypnotic Display of Robots Making Tiny Springs
A beautifully shot HD video of machines manufacturing springs and other wire gizmos. I love how all the tools take turns and work together to make the widgets. Imagine the chatter amongst the tools:
“Ok, thanks, my turn.”
“Here, hold this while I turn it. Alright, we’re out.”
“Lemme just bend that a little for you.”
“Outta the way, I just gotta twist this for a sec.”
(via @pieratt, who says to substitute Steve Reich for the provided music)
[This is a vintage post originally from Oct 2016.]
Tags: how to · robots · timeless posts · video
Tahoe’s Terrible Icons
Paul Kafasis, writing at One Foot Tsunami:
While Apple had previously urged developers to use squircle icons
on our apps, they’ve now taken things much further to ensure
compliance. It’s a shame.
Apple updated their own app icons on Tahoe, for both the squircle
shape as...
“A trio of photographers in New Zealand have captured images of ‘red...
“A trio of photographers in New Zealand have captured images of ‘red sprites’, or red lightning, one of the rarest light phenomena in the world, in which luminous crimson flashes appear in the sky.”
Tyler Hayes Suggests Trying a Flip-Style Foldable If You Want a Smaller Phone
Tyler Hayes, writing for This Week The Trend:
The Razr+ 2024 model measures 3.46 inches tall, but still has a
4-inch diagonal screen size. For comparison, the smallest modern
(2021) iPhone is the 13 mini, and that one is 5.18 inches tall.
The Razr foldable is a legitimat...
“Members of the Danish National Chamber Orchestra playing Tango Jalousie while eating...
“Members of the Danish National Chamber Orchestra playing Tango Jalousie while eating the worlds hottest chili peppers” (ghost peppers, Carolina Reapers). This is what elite professionalism looks like.
I Like My Presidents to Care When Someone Faints During a Press Event
“Here you go, you’re OK. I’m right here.”
The second installment of the HVY RCK 3X3 concert is happening tomorrow, and my band is playing once again!
I Visited Every Country in the World Without Flying. Here Are Eight...
I Visited Every Country in the World Without Flying. Here Are Eight Things I Learned. “What you want and what you need are not the same thing.”
Citation Needed
• Molly White
Issue 96 – Redefining solvency
Sam Bankman-Fried makes his case for a retrial and aspiring crypto banks hit roadblocks
Mushrooms Playing Music
Bionic and the Wires connects sensors to plants and fungi to help them play music.
The attached sensors measure bio-electrical fluctuations in the mushroom. The fluctuations are converted into signals that control the robotic arms. The keyboard is playing a synth in Ableton Live.
What are the chances it’s just saying “uh, can you get these things off of me?” Top YouTube comment tho: “Play that fungi music.” (thx, pascal)
New exhibition at the British Library in London: Secret Maps. “Some of...
New exhibition at the British Library in London: Secret Maps. “Some of the maps on display reveal hidden landscapes, offering insight into places long forgotten or erased from official histories. Others are purposefully deceptive…”
Quoting Josh Cohenzadeh
I have AiDHD
It has never been easier to build an MVP and in turn, it has never been harder to keep focus. When new features always feel like they're just a prompt away, feature creep feels like a never ending battle. Being disciplined is more important than ever.
AI still doesn't change one very important thing: you still need to make something people want. I think that getting users (even free ones) will become significantly harder as the bar for user's time will only get higher as their options increase.
Being quicker to get to the point of failure is actually incredibly valuable. Even just over a year ago, many of these projects would have taken months to build.
— Josh Cohenzadeh, AiDHD
Tags: vibe-coding, ai-assisted-programming, generative-ai, ai, llms
Could LLMs encourage new programming languages?
My hunch is that existing LLMs make it easier to build a new programming language in a way that captures new developers.
Most programming languages are similar enough to existing languages that you only need to know a small number of details to use them: what's the core synt...
Royal Family is a daily game where you have to position six...
Royal Family is a daily game where you have to position six chess pieces on a board so that none of the pieces attack each other and there’s only a single piece in each marked zone.
Some Flunky Fainted in the Oval Office During a Press Event, and Trump Just Stood There With a Stupid Look on His Face
An even better, more iconic, metaphor for this administration than the images of the East Wing being razed. When you watch the video, take note of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. performing his family’s signature dance move, “The Chappaquiddick”.
Before all the excitement, Trump fell asleep, right in front of the press.
TIL: “Key man risk refers to the potential threat a company faces...
TIL: “Key man risk refers to the potential threat a company faces when a crucial employee, often a key executive or expert, is no longer available.” I think KDO has key person risk, although maybe I overestimate my VORP.
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
The Wubi Effect
When we think of China today, we think of a technological superpower. From Huawei and 5G to TikTok and viral social media, China is stride for stride with the United States in the world of computing. However, China’s technological renaissance almost didn’t happen. And for on...
📄 IndieWebCamp Berlin 2025
Last weekend, I rather spontaneously attended the IndieWebCamp Berlin.