“Bookfind of the century” sells for $2.23 million
In 2007 a retired Canadian doctor paid €13,200 (US$14,256) for a well-used second edition of Andreas Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica (1555), one of the most influential books in history. Only 150 copies are known. The book had been in the hands of collectors for more than four centuries and had extensive latin annotations by […]
The Sotheby’s trial revealed the art market’s unsavoury practices
Listen to this story.Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android. Your browser does not support the element. The horror of it dawned on Dmitry Rybolovlev in paradise, of all places. Over lunch in St Barts in 2014, conversation turned to a painting by Amedeo Modigliani, an Italian artist, that the Russian billionaire had […]
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Rye: A Vision Continued
written on Sunday, February 4, 2024 In April of last year I released Rye to the public. Rye, both then and now, represents my very personal vision of what an improved Python packaging and project management solution can look like. Essentially, it’s a comprehensive user experience, designed so that the only tool a Python programmer […]
You are what you love
Facts is a series of articles where I express my foldable opinions. I know, right? Working with Emotion I find it really challenging to talk with people who have completely separated their work from their emotional being. For me, work is part of life and it should be a meaningful one. I recently had a […]
What is a hard error, and what makes it harder than an easy error?
Raymond Chen Occasionally, you may see a reference in Windows to “hard errors”, such as in this article that shows how to configure an unattended system so that it auto-answers hard error dialogs. But why is it called a “hard error”? Are there “easy errors”? In 16-bit Windows, if there was an I/O error reading […]
Finance worker pays out $25M after VC with deepfake CFO
CNN — A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to Hong Kong police. The elaborate scam saw the worker duped into attending a video call with what he thought […]
How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days
This story is not practical advice. For me, it’s closing the book on an almost two-year saga. For you, I hope it’s an enjoyable bit of bureaucratic schadenfreude. For Anthem, I hope it’s the subject of a series of painful but transformative meetings. This is not an isolated event. I’ve had dozens of struggles with […]
The Mythos of Leadership
If you search for books on leaders in history, you find a recurring cast of characters staring at you from the covers: Winston Churchill. Napoleon. Abraham Lincoln. Genghis Khan. Mao Zedong. They will often be military or imperial leaders, on horses or in uniform or armour, who triumphed in big wars or led their nation […]
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