Week 19 - 2023
grow⌗
Ancient Earth globe (dinosaurpictures.org) | [💬 discussion] - What did Earth look like x million years ago? { #ancient }
macOS Internals · GitHub (gist.github.com) | [💬 discussion] - Understand your Mac and iPhone more deeply by tracing the evolution of Mac OS X from prelease to Swift. John Siracusa delivers the details. { #mac }
Long before modern humans existed, 100,000 years ago, Neanderthals built boats and went sailing (thearchaeologist.org) | [💬 discussion] - LONG BEFORE MODERN HUMANS EXISTED, 100,000 YEARS AGO, NEANDERTHALS BUILT BOATS AND WENT SAILING { #ancient }
To be a happier person, get off the “hedonic treadmill” - Big Think (bigthink.com) - Research has shown that many high performers are affected by “microstress” — an ongoing accumulation of small pressures. Eudaimonic pursuits are outwardly focused, whereas hedonic activities are concerned with self-centered fulfillment. Those who manage microstress successfully also tend to create a eudaimonic sense of purpose by giving back to others. { #happiness }
Instead of your Life’s Purpose - by existentialpervert69 (philosophyinhell.substack.com) | [💬 discussion] - A meditation on meaning. { #meaning #purpose }
tech⌗
Kadoa | AI Web Scraper (kadoa.com) - Scrape Websites Easily With AI { #scraper #ai }
The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok | WIRED (wired.com) | [💬 discussion] - HERE IS HOW platforms die: First, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. { #platform }
TLS, byte by byte (subtls.pages.dev) | [💬 discussion] - See this page fetch itself, byte by byte, over TLS { #tls #learning #http }
GitHub - windmill-labs/windmill: Open-source developer platform to turn scripts into workflows and UIs. Open-source alternative to Airplane and Retool. (github.com) | [💬 discussion] - Open-source developer platform to turn scripts into workflows and UIs. Open-source alternative to Airplane and Retool. { #tool #script }
Free, Open-source Anonymous Email Forwarding - AnonAddy (anonaddy.com) - Anonymous Email Forwarding { #tool #email }
Diving into a hidden macOS tool - networkQuality (cyberhost.uk) - The networkQuality tool is a built-in tool released in macOS Monterey that can help diagnose network issues and measure network performance. In this post, we’ll go over how to use the networkQuality tool and some of its key features. { #tool #macos }
Vimcasts - Free screencasts about the text editor Vim (vimcasts.org) | [💬 discussion] - Free screencasts about the text editor Vim { #vim }
misc⌗
TV series about startup failures, portraying their greedy founders, and the damages of the current startup ecosystem | 1984.design (1984.design) | [💬 discussion] - TV series about startup failures, portraying their greedy founders, and the damages of the current startup ecosystem { #tv #startup }
(mashpoe.github.io) | [💬 discussion] - dino game in favicon { #game }
Forgemytrip - Travel planning made easy (forgemytrip.com) - Simplify your trip planning with AI powered itineraries { #travel #ai }
Story: Redis and its creator antirez (blog.brachiosoft.com) | [💬 discussion] - How redis was created and history of its author { #redis }
The Best Hike in Every State - Outside Online (outsideonline.com) - Alpine scrambles and beachfront strolls; multi-day singletrack adventures and quick urban escapes; soaring trees and rolling sand dunes—every state in the country has something to offer intrepid hikers. So we rounded up a bucket-list-worthy, best-of-the-best guide. { #hiking #health }
(laptopfriendly.co) - From coffee shops to hotel lobbies, discover everyday places to work and connect. { #wifi #coworking }
BookFinder.com: New & Used Books, Rare Books, Textbooks (bookfinder.com) - Find cheapest used books, rare books, textbooks, new and out-of-print books { #books }