Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️
I don’t know if allergies are trying to kill me or if I’ve picked up a cold somewhere. No matter, I’m so sleepy I can barely keep my eyes open. 😃
Ok, so, here we are, three hours later. 🤣 I passed out. Couldn’t keep my eyes open.
Hope you enjoy the links.
I became a blogger because of Dave. Blogging changed — in a great way — the trajectory of my career.
A lot of us were influenced by Dave’s work.
Dan’s a really great writer and someone you should follow.
What follows is the talk that Ethan should have given to the team. Instead, he pedaled away on a stolen bicycle, developed a game that flopped commercially, and now roams the streets of San Francisco, high on fentanyl. Meanwhile, David and the rest of the team sold the company for peanuts but landed comfortable positions at the acquiring firm, earning twice as much while working half as hard. So, in the end, it probably didn’t matter. But if you’re interested in sync engines, read on.
This piece is about writing a sync engine for your application. The beginning of the article is a fun read but it does eventually get to the meat of the subject after the comedic intro. I really dig the diagrams.
Near the end of David Fincher’s 1995 masterpiece “Seven”, John Doe takes Somerset and Mills to the middle of nowhere to reveal his final surprise. They drive to a desolate area surrounded by high tension power lines and towers. A combination of long lenses and wide lenses were used to alternate between images of long-lens compression of the space (the first image below), and scattered wider lenses to illustrate the desolation of the environment (the second image below).
What a great film! Todd’s breakdown of the scene and seeing how much a camera lens can completely transform an environment is amazing!
I know nothing about photography or filmmaking but I learned something new.
I realize that many people may not know or care who or what Matt Mullenweg and WordPress are, or why some people are upset about them, but after giving it a lot of thought (okay, about 10 minutes of thought) I decided to write about it anyway.
The wild story that is the WordPress vs. WPEngine saga continues.
I really hope they can get this sorted out and it doesn’t destroy the WordPress community in the meantime.
Jessica Wakeman • The Guardian
Hurricane Helene destroyed Asheville’s flourishing arts community. Can they rebuild what was lost?
Kim and I were supposed to visit Asheville two years ago for an anniversary weekend. We didn’t go because I’d injured my back as was unable to stand for long periods of time. Now I really wish we’d gone. Those poor people were hit so hard. Here’s to a full recovery! ❤️
Former Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo, who remains without a seat after his ousting from Red Bull’s junior team VCARB, will be handed the “Keys to the City” honor.
I guess Danny Ricciardo is an Austin fan favorite.
Heck, now that he’s available I think a NASCAR team needs to convince him to run a road course NASCAR race next season! 😃
LLMs don’t do formal reasoning - and that is a HUGE problem
There’s nothing Intelligent about this software. They’re just really good at guessing the next thing.
Sure, they’re really great guessers, but can also be very wrong. Keep that in mind.
Oh, and can we stop the craze of stuffing “AI” into all the things? Thank you.
Aidan Hutchinson undergoes successful surgery after gruesome leg injury in win over Cowboys
Under Dan Campbells guidance the Lions have become real threats to win the Super Bowl. I hope losing Aidan doesn’t prevent them from staying in the hunt for a title.
All the best to you Aidan. I hope that leg heals perfectly and you’re back to sacking Quarterbacks next season.
75x faster: optimizing the Ion compiler backend
I like working on stuff more under the hood of software. Network, data structures, and making data generally available. I also love making reusable frameworks so others can get their jobs done in less time and with higher quality.
This effort is nothing short of amazing. I love articles like this! 👍🏼
