18 October 2020

33 links · Sunday

3 Reasons Why I Love Low Touch SaaS

I'm increasingly convinced that Low Touch SaaS model makes full use of the software technological brilliance that humankind has achieved to create superior product experiences.Here are 3 reasons why I love Low Touch SaaS.

Beating the Casino

When I was a high school student in New Jersey, the state legalized gambling in Atlantic City. As a math and games enthusiast, I was immediately drawn to the Blackjack tables and the prospect of gaining an edge over the house by counting cards.

Hating Monday | Eryb's Space

The Monday terror intensifies as the weekend nears, the uneasiness reaches its peak on Sunday. Instead of being cheerful, the weekend slips away by dreading the inevitable day.

Questioning Probability

A popular narrative explaining the outcome of the 2016 election is that the odds were in Clinton’s favor. She just got unlucky. That election night, dice were cast, and she unfortunately rolled snake eyes. The comforting messages implied by this interpretation…

Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings

In Google Chrome's "Cookies and site data" settings, accessible via the Preferences menu item or directly with chrome://settings/cookies in the address bar, you can enable the setting "Clear cookies and site data when you quit Chrome". However, I've discovered…

Analyzing the Design of Unusual Japanese Butter Tableware - Core77

Why is this shaped like this? Let's talk about two things that used to not go together: Japan and butter. Like other East Asian cultures, butter was never a part of the traditional Japanese diet, and was actually treated with disgust when introduced by Europea…

The Emerging Architectures for Modern Data Infrastructure

Five years ago, if you were building a system, it was a result of the code you wrote. Now, it’s built around the data that is fed into that system. And a new class of tools and technologies have emerged to process data for both analytics and operational AI/ ML…

Holy Post - Race in America - Part 2

I got a lot of follow-up questions after my last video about race, so I'm answering the four that came up the most: 1. "What about family breakdown and fatherlessness?" 2. "What about the welfare system?" 3. "Why do you say WE did this??" 4. And finally.…

charmbracelet/glow

Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! 💅🏻. Contribute to charmbracelet/glow development by creating an account on GitHub.

Voters Support Removing Traffic Enforcement From Police Purview in New York

The largest predictor of police violence in America is not poor training, lack of discipline, or militarization. The largest predictor is simply contact with the police--and the most common contact Americans have with police is traffic stops.

OpenPrinting/cups

OpenPrinting CUPS Sources (Apple CUPS + common patches) - OpenPrinting/cups

We’re not as divided as we think we are

The United States is not as polarized and angry as you think it is. The shrill voices that dominate discussions online and in the press are ...

The Case for Unique Email Addresses

For the past few years, every company I interact with doesn't get the same email address from me. I'm trying to be as plain as possible w...

dandavison/delta

A viewer for git and diff output. Contribute to dandavison/delta development by creating an account on GitHub.