9 Best Articles in 2022
pouchdb.com
We have a problem with promises
pouchdb.com
~19 min read · From 2016 · Fellow JavaScripters, it's time to admit it: we have a problem with promises. No, not with promises themselves. Promises, as defined by the A+ spec, are awesome. The big problem, which has revealed… · Shared by 86, including blinch, davilious, bouiboui, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Yannick D., masone, Jon Thompson, Will Hoag 🏔‼️, Clemens
pouchdb.com
We have a problem with promises
pouchdb.com
~19 min read · From 2015 · Fellow JavaScripters, it's time to admit it: we have a problem with promises. No, not with promises themselves. Promises, as defined by the A+ spec, are awesome. The big problem, which has revealed… · Shared by 49, including René Stalder, DON’T PANIC, Thomas Kaul, Matthew Turland, Christophe Jean, Chris Guselle, julian 🚮✨, Vikram Dutt, Francis DB, Moritz Klack
scotch.io
JavaScript Promises for Dummies
scotch.io
~14 min read · From 2016 · Javascript Promises are not difficult. However, lots of people find it a little bit hard to understand at the beginning. Therefore, I would like... · Shared by 50, including Luca Hammer, Paul, Rodrigo Prior, Marc Wieland, René Stalder, Stephen C Sanders, Álvaro Felipe
Ness Labs
How to access paywalled research papers without institutional access
Ness Labs
4 min read · Jun 16th · The Internet is full of promises and allegations. Some of these claims are based on paywalled research. Fortunately, there are workarounds. · Shared by 612, including Stef Walter, Anne-Laure Le Cunff
The Guardian
The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism
The Guardian
~15 min read · From 2020 · The long read: From the ‘KonMari method’ to Apple’s barely-there design philosophy, we are forever being urged to declutter and simplify our lives. But does minimalism really make us any happier? · Shared by 456, including Liliane Ferrari ™, Jane, Merkstatt, Javi Cantón, Agnese Folli, Fern, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Kyle Chayka, Esther Schindler, Tillmann Allmer, Guy Kawasaki, Ceferino Díaz, Felix M, Johannes Dornisch, Mars Rebello, Liv 😷
Tyler McGinnis
The Evolution of Async JavaScript: From Callbacks, to Promises, to Async/Await
Tyler McGinnis
20+ min read · From 2018 · In this post you'll learn about the historical context as well as the pros and cons behind the three most popular JavaScript async patterns - Callbacks, Promises, and Async/Await. · Shared by 68, including Massimiliano Aroffo, Tableless, Michael Duergner, Matt, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Simone Corsi 💻🚀
otee.dev
Promises in JavaScript and Clojure
otee.dev
10 min read · 2021-11-19 · In this post I discuss how promises are created in JavaScript, some of the confusions I had while working with JS promises and how Clojure handles promises. · Shared by 69
Guardian Tech
Move over, Aristotle: can a bot solve moral philosophy?
Guardian Tech
3 min read · 2021-11-02 · Delphi, an online AI bot, promises to answer any moral question users pose. We put it to the test · Shared by 268, including Dean Anthony Gratton, Marcus Borba, Carla Gentry, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #Abolishthemonarchy, Iain Brown, PhD, Uyên Đỗ, Dr. Sally Eaves #InnoTrans2022 #GTC22, Harold Sinnott 📲 #DigitalTransformation #DTW, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Allen Institute for AI, Neil Hart 💙, Brian Ahier
The New Yorker
Why Doctors Hate Their Computers
The New Yorker
20+ min read · From 2018 · Digitization promises to make medical care easier and more efficient. But are screens coming between doctors and patients? · Shared by 291, including Charlie Oliver, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Esther Schindler, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Frank Stratmann, Pete Skomoroch, Ryan Singer, Steven Sinofsky, Stephanie A Kowalski, Tim Harford, Frederic Filloux, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him), Jane, Lee Keyes, Fareed Mosavat, Leonardo Sumulong, Steve Portigal 🇨🇦🇺🇸, fernand0, Daniel Boos, The BMJ
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Ars Technica
Cheap, high capacity, and fast: New aluminum battery tech promises it all
Ars Technica
4 min read · Aug 24th · The big catch is that it has to be at roughly the boiling point of water to work. · Shared by 119, including Stephan Woodtli, Jennifer Ouellette, Tim
MIT Technology Review
Automated techniques could make it easier to develop AI
MIT Technology Review
1 min read · Aug 5th · Automated machine learning promises to speed up the process of developing AI models and make the technology more accessible. · Shared by 120, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
The Drum
Why brands should treat TikTok more like a search engine than a social media platform
The Drum
2 min read · Aug 24th · TikTok promises new opportunities for content engagement and paths to purchase – particularly when brands effectively leverage the platform's search capabilities, writes Kirsty King of Nativex. · Shared by 99
The Wall Street Journal
More Bosses Are Spying on Quiet Quitters. It Could Backfire.
The Wall Street Journal
1 min read · Sep 17th · The tools companies use to monitor their employees can fall short of their promises, and even be counterproductive. · Shared by 86, including Jeff Jarvis, Anne Helen Petersen, Adam Singer, Christopher Mims 🤌, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Esther Schindler
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Quartz
The problem with Silicon Valley’s obsession with blitzscaling growth
Quartz
20+ min read · From 2019 · Blitzscaling promises to teach techniques that are “the lightning fast path to building massively valuable companies.” But it's not a recipe for success—it's survivorship bias masquerading as a strategy. · Shared by 230, including Phrasee, Gerd Leonhard, ツ, Kevin Delaney, Mathew Ingram, Lauren Holliday, Carl Morris, Dan Gillmor, DHH, martha lane fox, Christopher Allen, timoreilly, Steven Sinofsky, Bill Johnston, Francesco Corea, Sachin Rekhi, Kevin_Indig, Josh Elman, Pieter van Diggele, OM
The Guardian
All women know they are prey
The Guardian
5 min read · 2021-10-01 · Despite the horrifying levels of violence against women, there is no strategy to end it. Just promises to ‘learn lessons’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde · Shared by 206, including Bruce Lawson, Simon Hix, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, patrick h. lauke (redux) "Big Dog" #toryScum, Barry C Smith, Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola
medium.freecodecamp.com
How Flexbox works — explained with big, colorful, animated gifs
medium.freecodecamp.com
6 min read · From 2017 · Flexbox promises to save us from the evils of plain CSS (like vertical alignment). · Shared by 185, including pizza.fig 🍕, Michael Duergner, Amaury, Benoit Pontbriand, Alberto, Bryan Onel, Thomas Power, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, David Dias, Adriano Latorre, Jono Mallanyk, Natan Souza, ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ sᴄʜᴡᴀʀᴢ, Niklaus Gerber, Veronika Lampion, Martin Hoffmann, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, Casey Smith, Thomas Eichmann, David Hellmann
WIRED
Forget the Blood of Teens. This Pill Promises to Extend Life for a Nickel a Pop.
WIRED
Summary · ~16 min read · From 2017 · Antiaging researcher Nir Barzilai wants to redefine the meaning of life extension: not simply more years, but more years of disease-free life, free of the suffering and expense of cancer, heart disease, dementia, and other scourges of old age. Barzilai calls it your “health span,” and he’s working to extend it by decades via an affordable generic drug currently in common use for diabetes. Science writer Sam Apple, writing for Wired, dives into the sometimes outlandish world of life extension and describes how one scientist hopes to make the dream reality for millions of Americans. · Shared by 122, including Christopher Sikkenga, Jane, Matthias Sala, Merkstatt, slumos, getAbstract, Joanna Strom, Manos Hatzimalonas, BREAKERMAG
The New Yorker
What the “Creator Economy” Promises—and What It Actually Does
The New Yorker
5 min read · 2021-07-17 · A lattice of new platforms and tools purports to empower online creators. In reality, it’s turning digital content into gig work. · Shared by 169, including Jonathan Kogan, Gerd Leonhard, Kyle Chayka, Chad Underwood, Merkstatt, FANZO 🧢 #NFT365
The New York Times
Can Silicon Valley Find God?
The New York Times
~16 min read · 2021-07-16 · Artificial intelligence promises to remake the world. These believers are fighting to make sure thousands of years of text and tradition find a place among the algorithms. · Shared by 179, including Terence Mills, Tamara McCleary, Tactical Tech
Contagious
Researchers unveil new narrative method for creativity training
Contagious
2 min read · Jul 4th · A new method for teaching creativity, developed out of Ohio State University, promises more resilient, more transformative thinking · Shared by 166, including Katja Evertz
Aeon+Psyche
Tantric sex promises healthy bliss; what does the science say?
Aeon+Psyche
~14 min read · From 2020 · Coitus reservatus is an ancient technique promising bliss and longevity. Does orgasm data back up these tantric ideas? · Shared by 149, including Rick Powell, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire
The Verge
Inside Foxconn’s empty buildings, empty factories, and empty promises in Wisconsin
The Verge
20+ min read · 2020-10-19 · The two-year charade that upended people’s lives · Shared by 148, including Casey Newton, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Steve Faktor, Esther Schindler, Augie Ray, Kyle Lacy, Marc Abrahams, Ken Schwencke, Ezra Klein, Taylor Lorenz, Jeff Atwood, Shel Holtz, pןɐʍuɐƃɐɹ, Kyle Chayka, hakan, Carl Zimmer, David Frum, Kara Swisher, Rob Weinert-Kendt, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙
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