2022-04-01 Nerd Roundup
Why can't they build cars in sprints? The technical details of abstractions in programming. Volcanoes on Pluto. Time to shout it out: build less software!
We had a great roundup this week with Greg and Jon. We had so much fun we ended up running a bit long. This week had one of the better essays I've seen on abstractions in programming language design, and a link to a super cool video about how Tesla uses XP practices to build hardware at software speed. Fun stuff!
| STORY | BUT WHY? |
| Twitter: time to say it loudly: build less software! | Hear hear! |
| Large-scale cryovolcanic resurfacing on Pluto | Do planet tiny mos have volcanoes? I think not!! |
| Host your own content | Most def. This and open protocols is the only way out of this mess we're in. Take a look at costs for processor cycles, memory, and bandwidth. Now ask yourself if you actually have more now. This was good for the list of what could have been |
| Abstraction is not what you think it is | Fascinating technical comparison between what abstraction is in programming languages and what it actually is to people who use it. How to handle that gap? |
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Tik-Tok finally explains how the for-you algorithm works
Original discussion |
An article on HN led to another discussion about how scary good the TikTok recommenation engine is which led to this article |
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Instant Nerf Research
Our dystopian future |
Whoa. Almost realltime/ wonder what thei mplications are for long lost relatives |
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How we got herd immunity wrong
Related article also in the news. Gonna be decades sorting the politics out from the science on this one |
institutional messaging easily overwhelmed the actual mission of the institution |
| WSMV 4: Man arrested for attaching Apple Watch to girlfriend's car. | But if he'd dropped the watch accidentally it would have been okay? A bad thing is happening here, no doubt, but is it necessarily the crime it's being labeled? |
| Lessons on burnout | This essay has a nice homespun feel to it |
| WebAssembly in my Browser Desktop Environment | Yo dawg! You got a browser in your browser |
| Humans infected with mind-altering parasite | First the cat pee, now this? |
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Why don't they b uild cars in sprints
Also see for reasons the guy is wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCLNswMtk5k |
Ok, I admit it. I was triggered. There is much self-induced suffering going on in the world of people trying to create useful tech |
| Scientists translated spiderwebs into music | Beautiful, but not enough cowbell |
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