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I’m going to periodically update this page with interesting content I’ve come across online. Inclusion here doesn’t necessarily imply endorsement, only that I found something to be thought provoking.
A statement I keep coming back to:
I feel a lot of things changing as working software increasingly comes out on a tap. The Jevon's paradox kicks in and I feel my own demand for software growing substantially.
- Get started with built-in AI | AI on Chrome | Chrome for Developers
This is crazy! I am not sure I like it.
- Git - Plumbing and Porcelain
Git is fundamentally a content-addressable filesystem with a VCS user interface written on top of it.
- Vibe coding - Wikipedia
Proposition: the closer we get to the singularity, the shorter the Tweet-to-Wikipedia-article pipeline becomes.
- Extinction (psychology) - Wikipedia
Another piece of Cephalonian wisdom: «Καλή Αποκοπή!».
- This Is What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike
- Mineral lick - Wikipedia
They need electrolytes too...
- Nils Olav - Wikipedia
- Neural adaptation - Wikipedia
Especially true for grip strength, apparently.
- Adipocyte - Wikipedia
Early takeaways from learning about human physiology (summer project):
- even fat is a cell
- almost everything important is a protein (say enzymes, ribosomes, ...)
- Two-streams hypothesis - Wikipedia
My most controversial opinion is that bears are our friends.
- 300mph 480kmh | World's Fastest Drone | Guinness Record - YouTube
- Memorylessness - Wikipedia
I think about this almost every day.
- The Future of Humanity's Energy No One Knows About | Terraform - YouTube
Interesting that someone in Casey Handmer's position is thinking hard not just about engineering but also economics, operations and manufacturing.