Henry Rollins on Defining Success
"... Henry Rollins [on] not labelling what you do, why he’s not interested in advice, the need to make things constantly, and why he’s never had a creative block." And 4 minute naps.
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Getting Started with Headless Chrome
Browser automation got a lot easier with chrome --headless.
The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
Including this interesting self-referential one - the Kolakoski sequence.
Civilizations at the End of Time: Iron Stars
Some really "long now" thinking. I love the possible answer to the Fermi Paradox too - that the ETs are hoarding mass & energy to do their computing when the universe cools down and it's more efficient to run their data centers.
Richard Feynman on The True Meaning of Physics
An Omni magazine interview with Richard Feynman.
Nakagin Capsule Tower
"the utopian structure was a fascinating yet wholly anachronistic remnant of a past future". Unbelievably this wasn't a filming location for The Fifth Elelement.
AI Progress Measurement
An EFF project to show how AI is progressing in various problem domains.
remoteStorage.io - Unhosted Web Apps
remoteStorage is an open standard to enable unhosted web apps where users are in full control of their data and where it is stored, while app developers are freed of the burden of hosting, maintaining and protecting a central database.
Mike Bostock’s Blocks
A prolific collection of D3.js examples (in a nifty viewer that proxies GitHub Gists)
Sorting 2 Metric Tons of Lego
Be careful what you buy on ebay! Part 2
via mentalfloss
Linux 0day exploit via 6502 assembler
Hard to decide what's neater here, the exploit or the truly kooky sound format.
via jwz
Neuralink and the Brain's Magical Future - Wait But Why
Another interesting Wait But Why deep-dive into Elon Musk's ventures - this time it's Neuralink.
Python argparse module
Easily add user-friendly command-line arguments.
Skeleton CSS
Lightweight CSS grid and typography
JSON Feed
JSON version of RSS/Atom
Mako template syntax
Lightweight Python template engine