26 December 2021

17 links ยท Sunday

Justin Pombrio

A capability-safe language would have minimized the impact of, or even prevented, the log4j vulnerability.

Putting a vaccine out quickly, part 3

If anyone had been in the mood to argue with my previous missives about getting a vaccine out quickly, they could have easily found an objection. "You're only addressing testing", they might have said, "and the real problem is manufacturing. It's fine to tes…

25 Anti-Mimetic Tactics for Living a Counter-Cultural Life - Epsilon Theory

The social rewards that come from imitating others feel good, but they come at a high price. Here are 25 Anti-Mimetic ideas that can help us craft a life that is a little more free from the herd, and a bit more open to the spontaneity and wonder of new things.…

My Path to Financial Independence as a Software Engineer

One of the watershed moments of my life was as a 20 year old intern attending a workplace presentation about personal finance. Over the course of one hour, I learnt about the power of buy-and-hold …

You block ads in your browser, why not in your city?

There are defences against badvertising on the internet, and you should use them. But there are defences against bad advertising in real life too, and you should use them too. Put badvertising in its place: nowhere!

OBS and Streamlabs Commit to Long-Term Collaboration

First and foremost, we want to thank you all again for your incredible outpouring of love and support for OBS. Everyone on the team is incredibly thankful and humbled by your …

A new coefficient of correlation

Is it possible to define a coefficient of correlation which is (a) as simple as the classical coefficients like Pearson's correlation or Spearman's correlation, and yet (b) consistently estimates some simple and interpretable measure of the degree of dependenc…