October 2021 Archive
12421.
The legacy-admissions racket, explained (axios.com)
12422.
How we improved our Python backend start-up time (medium.com)
12423.
Auto Differentiation for Computational and Mathematical Engineering in Julia (github.com)
12424.
From ‘guix environment’ to ‘guix shell’ (guix.gnu.org)
12425.
What? Electronics Engineers Who Cannot Solder? (eetimes.com)
12426.
Big tech’s push for automation hides the grim reality of ‘microwork’ (theguardian.com)
12427.
A Guide to the U.S. Government's Appeal in the Assange Extradition Case (thedissenter.org)
12428.
Study confirms mistaken identity may explain why sharks bite humans (phys.org)
12429.
The startup that wants to disrupt big internet providers (axios.com)
12430.
Doubts to Overcome When Starting (Software) Blogging (drodil.medium.com)
12431.
Amish Quilts of Southern Indiana (youtube.com)
12432.
Bézier Curves [video] (youtube.com)
12433.
A day in the life of Lloyd Squires, Vermont's 'best' bagel maker (burlingtonfreepress.com)
12434.
An Ice-Cream Parlor Where Time Stands Still (nytimes.com)
12435.
Scenius – the intelligence and intuition of a whole cultural scene (notboring.co)
12436.
Inflation Isn't Coming, It's Already Here (spilledcoffee.substack.com)
12437.
Technical Specifications for EU Digital Covid Certificates [pdf] (ec.europa.eu)
12438.
Divorce and Occupation (flowingdata.com)
12439.
Free “do WTF you want with” pixel-perfect icons (iconic.app)
12440.
Cachepot: Shared Compilation Cache with improved security (github.com)
12441.
Candela (nist.gov)
12442.
Recovered historical meteorite put up for sale on the internet for 50k euros (pledgetimes.com)
12443.
List of unsolved problems in computer science (en.wikipedia.org)
12444.
How Nix-Shell Saved Our Team’s Sanity (medium.com)
12445.
National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) (usfa.fema.gov)
12446.
Fire, Fire, Fire: How Navy Failures Destroyed the Bonhomme Richard (gcaptain.com)
12447.
Fake NPM Roblox API Package Installs Ransomware (blog.sonatype.com)
12448.
Airport Codes (airportcod.es)
12449.
Resisting the Menace of Face Recognition (eff.org)
12450.
Tesla AI introduces their new configurable floating point formats (tesla-cdn.thron.com)