On kids' activities (as a parent)
Some wisdom from HackerNews: Kids want to be doing what other kids today are doing. Hearing “I loved this as a kid” from a parent can doom something right from the start. Kids want their own experien…
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Kourosh Dini really has the right approach for teaching habits/tools: > Not coincidentally, my books and courses all begin small and gently: > - Creating Flow with OmniFocus begins with a sing…
C++: "the good parts"
Herb Sutter has an interesting proposal The new “basic Hello-World with a single method call” would look something like: ``` main: () -> int = { hello("World\n"); } hello: (msg: _) =…
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Something ambitious that I'll need time to digest woodrush.github.io/blog/lamb...…
Of analog “anti-nets” and slip-boxes
Came across this series of “emails” or “letters” about someone embarking on an analog thinking system. An Antinet is for those who wish to read more effectively, take valuable notes from readings, an…
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An instrument the size of an house: a giant pipe organ. youtu.be/JeB3JnKp8...…
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Luxury doomsday bunkers: www.theguardian.com/lifeandst... Manages to be ridiculous and frightening at the same time.…
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TIL (thanks to Ed West) Alexander Kerensky, the leader of the Provisional Government in 1917, was born in 1881 and lived until 1970, having escaped Russia following the Bolshevik takeover. He died in…
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A weirdly wonderful take on Terry Davis: return.life/2022/08/1... > Modernity has a strong apocalyptic feeling to it, in the biblical meaning of the word, which means “the unveiling”, the event w…
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An interesting anecdote about the development of the Soyuz transport vehicle: www.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-7kt...…
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Great overview of different financial eras with “computer analogies”: youtu.be/HcugCDf6s...…
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Interesting new browser, "Arc": * www.youtube.com/watch * arc.net…