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Quantum computing stock bubble pops after Nvidia CEO warning(axios.com)
4 points by asplake 2y ago|0 comments
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by asplake 2y ago
But in between those two extremes, the curious. I know enough to be intrigued but not to critique. Hoping for some insight here.
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by asplake 2y ago
It’s early days on this, so let me ask again what I have asked previously: What does timescape do to estimates of the age of the universe?
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by asplake 2y ago
Perhaps more surprising (certainly it was to me), the Portuguese man o' war is a colony organism also.
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by asplake 2y ago
What does timescape do to estimates of the age of the universe?
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by asplake 2y ago
“Grandiose”? Stretching, sure, but for a time-bound objective, oh please no. What leading indicators would suggest that you’re making real progress towards that goal? Those would be key results, more granular than that objective. And how mi
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by asplake 2y ago
I have written four books in the 60-80 thousand word range and one (a commission) where I had a constraint of 30 thousand words or 100 pages. I know it’s a cliché, but guess which one took me the longest.
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A chart that shows everything that has ever existed(economist.com)
17 points by asplake 2y ago|6 comments
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by asplake 2y ago
Is that even legal in the UK?
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How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories(bbc.co.uk)
7 points by asplake 2y ago|0 comments
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by asplake 2y ago
Does it? I’m a regular WhatsApp user and haven’t touched any other Meta app in a long time. Easy to forget that they’re connected.
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by asplake 2y ago
Per [1], Zig seems to have its own C compiler (AFAICT it's not just a frontend to an existing one) [1] https://andrewkelley.me/post/zig-cc-powerful-drop-in-replace...
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by asplake 2y ago
Find me on LinkedIn (a hop or two from my profile page here) and I’ll give you early access if you’re up for giving some feedback
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by asplake 2y ago
Re the viable system model, I can recommend Dan Davis, The Unaccountability Machine, which also touches on the Allende story, and Patrick Hoverstadt, The Fractal Organisation. My own VSM-inspired book with a modern complexity lens will be p
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by asplake 2y ago
Why F# there?
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Rough notes on learning Wardley Mapping(lethain.com)
31 points by asplake 2y ago|5 comments
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Nuclear fusion startup reaches milestone in bid to commercialize clean energy(cnn.com)
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From eyesore to asset: How a smelly seaweed could fuel cars(bbc.co.uk)
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by asplake 2y ago
(2016)
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by asplake 2y ago
> If a farm generates £50k of income per annum, what makes it worth the £3 mm at which UK inheritance tax will likely become payable? Answer: it is worth the £3 mm only because land prices have been inflated by people purchasing land for
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Apple TV+ spent $20B on original content. If only people watched(arstechnica.com)
9 points by asplake 2y ago|2 comments
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by asplake 2y ago
I’m getting certificate errors. Is there a better URL?
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by asplake 2y ago
Yes, but it seemed a little ironic in context. But now you mention it, the piece does stroke its core audience nicely ;-)
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by asplake 2y ago
“Defending that claim isn’t really the main focus of this post, but a couple pieces of legible evidence which are weakly in favor”
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VW launches $5.8B tie-up with Tesla rival Rivian(bbc.co.uk)
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by asplake 2y ago
Re the word “afford” (a nod I suspect to “affordance”), see Don Norman’s classic The Design of Everyday Things and Jenny Davis, How Artifacts Afford: The Power and Politics of Everyday Things.
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by asplake 2y ago
> Their engines were mainly 2.5-liters in size and usually naturally aspirated with roughly 150 horsepower. Sure, they were down on power, and efficiency compared to other cars; however, they could easily outlast the competition. This pi
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by asplake 2y ago
And are you writing meanwhile?
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by asplake 2y ago
Via @simonw. > PS: Write and publish before you write your own static site generator or perfect blogging platform. We have lost billions of good writers to this side quest because they spend all their time working on the platform instead
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Please Publish and Share More(micro.webology.dev)
3 points by asplake 2y ago|4 comments

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