19 September 2020

40 links · Saturday

Max Hodak - What is relativity, anyway?

Relativity is one of my favorite topics in physics. Its origins were almost pure logic puzzle science, which in my opinion is one of the most fun and satisfying types of science. Most people have a vague sense of what relativity is – the speed of light is fini…

👨‍🔧 Maker tech on the land

I live in an inner-city apartment. There’s a concrete slab, brick walls, and no ceiling cavity access. Oh, and we rent, so drilling into things is frowned upon. The home automation potential in a s…

How To Be Talent

One of our hosts asked me for some talent coaching. This is how I responded.

My first 15,000 curl commits

I’ve long maintained that persistence is one of the main qualities you need in order to succeed with your (software) project. In order to manage to ship a product that truly conquers the world. By continuously and never-ending keeping at it: polishing away fla…

Brittney Braxton - Journaling as a Dev [w/ASL Interpreting]

Note: There are initial captions directly in the video until the interpreter begins. Are you working with impact and purpose? Are you solidly attuned on what you're doing month-to-month with your role? How difficult is it for you to track your accomplishments…

PASS Summit 2020 > Register Now

We are excited to offer our global community PASS Virtual Summit 2020. Over 200 hours of expert-led content, on-demand access and PASS networking opportunities for just $599 - $200 less than our standard non-attendee download price. Don’t miss the chance to co…

Poncelet's Porism - Numberphile

Featuring Daniel Litt. Check out Brilliant (get 20% off their premium service): https://brilliant.org/numberphile (sponsor) More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Daniel Litt: https://www.daniellitt.com/ See Daniel previously on Numberphile: https:…

Mind-Blowing View Of The Chicago Skyline From Indiana

I journeyed up to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore recently, with my good friend Tom Jones and happened upon an incredible view - something that truly blew my mind.

A developer's guide to Ignite 2020

Microsoft Ignite will take place online, kicking off on the morning of September 22nd, at 8:00 AM in the Pacific Time Zone. The event programming will include live segments, digital breakout sessions, and Q&A, available across multiple time zones. Be sure to v…

Who can and can't contribute - FEC.gov

Who can and cannot contribute to a federal candidate, including information on contributions from individuals, partnerships, PACs, minors and prohibitions on corporations, labor organizations, federal government contractors and foreign nationals

Dating our clients

Not really though. It’s a metaphor, okay?

How to be an introverted leader

“If you don’t speak up in the next 10 minutes, I’m going to call on you and ask for your opinion.” I received this text message from my CEO (and boss) ...

The forecasting fallacy — Alex Murrell

Marketers are prone to a prediction. You’ll find them in the annual tirade of trend decks. In the PowerPoint projections of self-proclaimed prophets. In the feeds of forecasters and futurists. To understand the extent of our forecasting fascination, I analysed…

Mastodon shows its stripes

There’s a new (2015) trans flag making the rounds over on Mastodon, an early ActivityPub platform. It was created by Raquel Willis in 2015 to raise awareness to the tremendous amount of viole…

Ayodele Odubela - Combatting Bias in ML [w/ASL Interpreting]

In this talk I cover how to see the bias in your data and machine learning models. By giving examples from recent research on biased facial recognition systems as well as cutting edge explainability algorithms, attendees can expect clarification on what bias m…

Are Founders Allowed to Lie?

Whenever I have a candid conversation with someone interesting in tech, I like to ask: “What are taboo topics in Silicon Valley?” Unsurprisingly, most of the suggestions I hear are not actually tab…