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In 2019, Justin Harrison’s mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer. But by the time she died, he had figured out how to keep a part of her alive…forever. This week, the strange and provocative story of a man who believes that grief is not inevitable — that we can, in a way, cheat death. If […]
Intro topic: What are expectations on developers that have nothing to do with programming News/Links: Pushing for a lower dev estimate is like negotiating weather with a Meteorologist https://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/ Announcing python in excel https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439 7 Habits of Highly Effective Software Engineers https://makingsmallercircles.com/articles/7-habits-of-highly-effective-software-engineers/ Raspberry pi 5 begins shipping https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-Shipping Book of the Show Patrick: Harry Potter […]
A few years after Princeton University Press published William B. Helmreich’s well-received The New York Nobody Knows, it started putting out standalone “urban walking guides” to each of the five boroughs. Helmreich, a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the City College of New York, famously walked every street in New York City, speaking with just […]
Suppose I’m connecting my home Christmas lights to the Internet. Perhaps I’ll make a mobile app that calls my home control server via an HTTP API: POST /lights/toggle HTTP/1.1 { “subjects”: [“maple_tree”, “roof”] } HTTP/1.1 200 OK { “toggled”: true } It works. I can finally live the dad dream of flashing the lights on […]
Pagan Viking Sea Kings spend the 10th and 11th centuries morphing into Christian monarchs. But with rulers like Harald Bluetooth and Svein Forkbeard it’s debatable whether things will be any less horrific for Scandinavia’s neighbors Source link
#219: Unusual Series of Not Bad Circumstances November 19th, 2023 · 105 minutes A couple of surprises, some live music, and thanks are given. This episode of Analog(ue) is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ANALOGUE. Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that […]
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three different pieces from Camille Saint-Saens’: Suite, Op. 90: II Menuet, and two from Carnival of… Source […]
#464: Always Listen to Christina November 16th, 2023 · 49 minutes Simone is out so Christina and Bri discuss the OpenAI event in a little more detail, talk about Humane’s new AI Pin and then spend some time discussing the new Steam Deck OLED. Stream this episode Source link
The Mozilla AI Guide has launched and we welcome you to read through and get acquainted with it. You can access it here Our vision is for the AI Guide to be the starting point for every new developer to the space and a place to revisit for clarity and inspiration, ensuring that AI innovations […]
GAZA CITY, GAZA- Palestinian Hamas militants are seen during a military show in the Bani Suheila district on July 20, 2017 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chris McGrath/Getty Images GAZA CITY, GAZA- Palestinian Hamas militants are seen during a military show in the Bani […]