Author: Bojan Bjelić
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Encounter: 365 RFCs
Super interesting details on internet (standards) beginnings. Commenting on one RFC a day in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first RFC. Source: 365 RFCs — Write.as
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Encounter: How Much of the Internet Is Fake?
Turns out, a lot of it, actually. Source: How Much of the Internet Is Fake? — The article is from 2018, and I have to confess I didn’t look for more recent statistics, but I can imagine it only got worse. I did a quick of search on this topic, and a lot of articles…
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Encounter: Visidata
A terminal interface for exploring and arranging tabular data. https://www.visidata.org/ Short review Wired: Tired: Grouping docs https://www.visidata.org/docs/group/ Github
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Reference: Import existing source code to GitHub
If you’ve got local source code you want to add to a new remote new git repository without ‘cloning’ the remote first, do the following (I often do this – you create your remote empty repository in bitbucket/github, then push up your source) https://stackoverflow.com/a/8012698/61902
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Encounter: untools – Tools for better thinking
https://untools.co/ Collection of thinking tools and frameworks to help you solve problems, make decisions and understand systems.
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Encounter: I’m a very slow thinker
Original post: https://sive.rs/slow Quotes: I’m a disappointing person to try to debate or attack. I just have nothing to say in the moment, except maybe, “Good point.” Then a few days later, after thinking about it a lot, I have a response. People say that your first reaction is the most honest, but I disagree.…
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Encounter: Monocle
“a pocket sized AR device for the imaginative hacker” A new packaging for AR et.al. Source: https://www.brilliantmonocle.com/
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Encounter (again): This Person Does Not Exist
With the flood of AI generated imagery, can we still distinguish what is real and what is “fake”? Is it really fake if it was generated by an algorithm? This website shows a new face every time it is loaded, and that person does not actually exist. It’s using StyleGAN2 and was created in 2019,…
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Book review: Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 2 of 5 stars It’s an interesting idea, and some intriguing concepts on the abilities of understanding very different beings and civilisations. I was very much put off by prejudices towards women, even some misogyny. View all my reviews