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Small fragments. Things I read, heard, or couldn't stop thinking about. These are too short for essays but too good to lose. Sort of like commonplace book meets tumblelog.

429 bits, and counting.

Either the stats are messed up, or Apple's customer base is so exceptional in being open to spending that an Apple user is indeed 12 times more likely to spend money on digital goods. Not twice, not 5 times, 12 times!

— Oliver Reichenstein

Aug 20, 2020
I would much rather see the person try to write out a half-page explanation of the plan, so I can better see if one thought follows from the next, and if one step follows from the next.

— Marginal Revolution

Aug 20, 2020
The Beatles are the ultimate archetype of a team of friends working together, scheming together, making music together — and inevitably, tearing one another apart.

— Rolling Stone

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Aug 19, 2020
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Aug 17, 2020
David had spent over 50 years collecting 200,000 notes on over 100,000 people, all written on standard index cards. He later ascribed his success in business, and in life, to the system that valued serving others before himself.

— Clay

Aug 15, 2020
It isn't magic – it's science. 1SecondPainting is a deep neural network trained on thousands of abstract paintings, including a number of pieces by Pollock, Delaunay, and more.

— 1SecondPainting

Aug 15, 2020
We know we'll never crush the big guys. We won't even be on Windows. But that's OK, because crushing anything has never really been a goal. Instead, we're working hard to give you something really amazing. Something you'll use every day.

— Panic

Aug 10, 2020
The evolutionary paths of paddlefish and sturgeons diverged 184 million years ago. For those fish to breed is more like "if a human came out of a platypus egg," he said.

— Quanta Magazine

Aug 6, 2020
This analysis shows growth curves for vocabulary size, the number of words that a child produces or understands, for different languages, forms, and measures.

— Wordbank

Aug 5, 2020
If I just sit and watch the sunset with my wife, that's cool. But if I post it, I feel validated for going down to the ocean to watch the sunset. I don't like that feeling.

— WIRED

Aug 5, 2020
Once his bank account reaches a certain balance, Roy grabs his surfboard and calls it quits for the rest year. Roy has uncovered is a tiny insight that gives him the freedom to upend the age-old dilemma of work-life balance.

— Quartz

Aug 5, 2020
Agree. 40 mins FTW.
Aug 4, 2020
The Ark is a portable computer powered by the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3L. Offline first software including offline wikipedia, p2p messages, websites, and twitter-like social network using the Dat protocol.

— Crowd Supply

Aug 4, 2020