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.
The social media company admitted last October that it had "inadvertently" targeted ads at users through contact details that they provided for security purposes.
— CNN
WTF Twitter. There's no such thing as accidentally using a phone number for ad targeting.
The researchers injected eight-week-old mice with a virus carrying a healthy FST gene. Over a period of 18 weeks, or about 4 months, the team observed that the muscle mass of the treated mice more than doubled, as did their strength level.
Human activity has brought my kind to the brink of extinction, but I don't blame them for it. They didn't do it maliciously. They just weren't paying attention.
The STAR board's trading volume has risen more than fourfold through July 13, more than the Shanghai main board's 119%. The average P/E ratio has reached 109, higher than domestic peers on Shanghai's main board and in Hong Kong.
I made a fully functioning search engine on top of GPT3.
— Paras Chopra (@paraschopra) July 19, 2020
For any arbitrary query, it returns the exact answer AND the corresponding URL.
Look at the entire video. It's MIND BLOWINGLY good.
cc: @gdb @npew @gwern pic.twitter.com/9ismj62w6l
Microsoft has deemed C++ no longer acceptable for writing mission-critical software. The industry sorely needs to move to a performant, memory-safe language for its low-level system work. And the best choice on the market today is Rust.
I suffocate sometimes from the "design-overkill" aspect of other professions. I feel creatively more recharged and refreshed when I run through my forest or walking the dog.
— Pinky Lai, originator of the Porsche 996, Boxster, and Cayman
From the Manhattan Beach Pier in spring 2019.
From the back of a sailboat going up the Pacific Coast. Shot in winter 2019.
Bowie & Lemmy. Shot in Mar Vista, CA.
Love this street photo from DTLA. Shot in summer 2018.
Got the scans back a few days and finally had time to go through them. Some excellent portraits, street photography, and family photos. Will share the interesting ones here over time.
The #fireworks in #LA right now are unbelievable. #HappyFourthOfJuly!! pic.twitter.com/5dvKt4kjFO
— Gregg Rosenblum (@Greggo325) July 5, 2020
I'm glad to see Apple investing in Keychain enhancements. The average mobile user isn't paying for a password manager - Apple and Google can really move the needle by improving the usability and features of built-in managers. https://9to5mac.com/2020/07/04/ios-14-icloud-keychain-now-alerts-users-about-leaked-passwords-more/
FWIW, I'm not active on many networks and get my fill via private group messaging and from high quality creators that have communities of mutually interested people. These two sources have the highest signal/noise ratio and are genuinely safe places.
I haven't played with Erlang since 2007!
I started working on this in late December of 2019, but didn't really focus on it for a few months until the Corona virus struck and I decided to "quarantine myself" so as not to vector the virus to someone else. I then worked in earnest on it.
Every now and then I come across an independent maker who's producing work that's aesthetically pleasing. Nedrelow is my most recent discovery - minimally designed products that are highly functional. Looking forward to the future setup. https://www.nedrelow.com
The perfect document and photo storage system is one you build or an existing one where you can find 100% flow in. So far, Apple, Dropbox, Google, and others fall short. I'm investing in a custom built approach that's forcing me to build apps and scripts, with storage in AWS.