neilkakkar.com
Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer
20+ min · · I sat next to a senior software engineer for a year. Here’s what I learnt. · Shared by 407, including Matthew Turland, Thomas Power, 瑞拿頭, Matthias Lampe, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Yvette Dubel, Jelan Ong, 𝔽_un
Tim Urban
The Great Battle of Fire and Light — Wait But Why
11+ min · · This is why all humans are crazy. · Shared by 404, including Gideonro, fnord, Alexandra Wong, Roland Wyss-Aerni 😷, Zachary Becker, Marin Lorant, Fern, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Matthias Lampe, Carly, 瑞拿頭, Saad Hasnain, Dominik Grolimund, Florian Hanke 🍎
Quanta Magazine
A Mathematical Model Unlocks the Secrets of Vision
7 min · · Mathematicians and neuroscientists have created the first anatomically accurate model that explains how vision is possible. · Shared by 305, including Matthias Lampe, ExApologist, Ward Plunet, Roland Sailer, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Lukas Stickelberger, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Jane, Faik Ersoy, Christopher Mims 🤌, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 瑞拿頭, sircharlsxavier
monkeyUser
Applied Scrum
· Software development satire · Shared by 162, including Mayhem, Just Mayhem., 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Fabrizio Bianchi, Matthias Lampe, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, 瑞拿頭
Craig Mod
Fast Software, the Best Software
9 min · · Essay on the benefits of performant software, and how it affects user perception of engineering quality and overall usability · Shared by 160, including Brad Frost, Guillermo Rauch, Stu Collett, Joe Lencioni, 瑞拿頭, Ankesh Bharti, Johannes Dornisch, Matt, Stammy, #MuskOut (not parody), Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Sachin Rekhi, lehrjulian, Jitendra Vyas, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Marius Bleuer, Ouriel @Zengo, @AlgoCompSynth@ravenation.club by znmeb
1x.engineer
1x Engineer
· The official website of 1x Engineers around the world.1 · Shared by 128, including 瑞拿頭, Nils Hitze, Christopher Lauer™, Hans Bickhofe, Icefox, Chris {he, they} , Baadier Sydow 🇿🇦, Emerson Macedo, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Dayyan Smith, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Stef Walter, ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ, Jelan Ong, bouiboui, Rebecca Franks
anishathalye.com
Turning a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware
3 min · · We turned a MacBook into a touchscreen using only $1 of hardware and a little bit of computer vision. · Shared by 126, including ɯoɔ ʇop pןɐʍuɐƃɐɹ uo ǝɯ puıɟ, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️ 🛡️, Stammy, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Janosch Tröhler, Alexander Seifert, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, 瑞拿頭, Chris {he, they} , Scott Williams, yawniek 📯, Philippe, Ines Bieler
Quanta Magazine
Decades-Old Computer Science Conjecture Solved in Two Pages
7 min · · The “sensitivity” conjecture stumped many top computer scientists, yet the new proof is so simple that one researcher summed it up in a single tweet. · Shared by 104, including Chintan Shah, Leo Polovets, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, 瑞拿頭, Esther Schindler, Vikram Dutt, Channing Walton, Matthew Turland, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Mattia Fregola 🤔
ScienceAlert
Scientists Find Evidence The Human Brain Can Create Structures in Up to 11 Dimensions
3 min · · Back in 2017, neuroscientists used a classic branch of maths in a totally new way to peer into the structure of our brains. · Shared by 92, including Howard Getson, 瑞拿頭, Oleg Baskov, SusanaDeLeón, MD, John Nosta, Yvette Dubel, Draven
github.com
timqian/chart.xkcd
· xkcd styled chart lib. Contribute to timqian/chart.xkcd development by creating an account on GitHub. · Shared by 88, including Kenneth Kalmer, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, 瑞拿頭, L. Taylor Banks, Balda, Brian Rinaldi, Toni Juan, bouiboui, Philippe Gauvin
The Guardian
Douglas Adams was right
4 min · · Supercomputers are solving complicated problems but we often don’t know how · Shared by 77, including 瑞拿頭, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Gerrit Eicker, Graham Brown-Martin, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Mike Tamir, PhD, Bob E. Hayes
therestartpage.com
The Restart Page - Free unlimited rebooting experience from vintage operating systems
· Free unlimited rebooting experience from vintage operating systems · Shared by 72, including Joe Groff ⎷⃣, Andrei Luca, Niklaus Gerber, 瑞拿頭, THAT @REM SHOW, L. Taylor Banks, Aske Behrsin, Esther Schindler, Jens-Christian Fischer, Tobias van Schneider
thehistoryofweb.design
The History of Web Design – From the rise of Flash to Steve Jobs and today, the story of how…
· From the rise of Flash to Steve Jobs and today, the story of how Web Design came to be and became part of our lives. · Shared by 62, including 瑞拿頭, Victor Tolosa, Matt, Kristy Tillman, Jonathan Kogan, Karen McGrane, Nick Floro, Oscar MacDonald, five5star // Design Graphique
hackaday
Neural Network In Glass Requires No Power, Recognizes Numbers
1 min · · We’ve all come to terms with a neural network doing jobs such as handwriting recognition. The basics have been in place for years and the recent increase in computing power and parallel proce… · Shared by 53, including Yvette Dubel, Nils Hitze, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Florian Hanke 🍎, Matthias Lampe, 瑞拿頭
web.mit.edu
The 500-mile email
· Shared by 50, including Nilan 🇱🇰 නිලාන්, 瑞拿頭, sarajo, Kenneth Kalmer, Dave Cheney
charlieharrington.com
Novels with Giant Possibly Magical Libraries
16+ min · · List of novels with magical libraries · Shared by 46, including Jeff Atwood, Nils Hitze, 瑞拿頭, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, sircharlsxavier, Pixel