On Urbit

(content here copy-pasted from this HN thread, because I thought it was a good summary) What is Urbit? Urbit is a virtual machine OS for server-side applications. If you imagine a future in which i…

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Paradox of speed (a quote from James Clear): > "Speed is important. Work fast and iterate. People rarely remember the first draft, but everyone remembers the final draft. > Speed is unimp…

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Watching season 4 of Stranger Things, and had to lookup Vecna and saw the word "lich" and wondered where I'd seen it before, then remembered, yes, World of Warcraft, 14 years ago !!…

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From James Clear: > "On the ground, a rock is just a rock. But when moving at high speed through the atmosphere, a rock becomes a meteor—alive with fire and burning bright. > People are n…

A painting

Came across this  painting through Twitter. Something about it appealed to me. The colors and shape of the arches reminded me of Bruegel's Tower of Babel. The title of the painting is "Das…