Inside North Korea’s Forced Labor Program
Dandong, a city of more than two million people, sits on the Yalu River, just over the border from North Korea. The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge links Dandong to the North Korean city of Sinuiju. A second bridge, bombed during the Korean War, still extends partway across the river, and serves as a platform from which […]
Polymaths Are Late Bloomers
There is a big literature on the ages at which intellectuals peak in life. The rate of publishing papers peaks about tenure time. Physical sciences peak earlier than social sciences. And per paper, each one has an equal chance to be a person’s best paper, regardless of at what age it was written. Being a […]
So Google’s Gemini Doesn’t Like Python Programming and Sanskrit?
I have been playing around with Googles Gemini Pro. Recently, I wanted to write a blog on Python’s decorators and wanted to get some ideas for practical projects I could build with them. Tried GPT4 first, it gave me the standard “log analyser” that all blogs I’ve seen build, and I wanted to try something […]
Show HN: Nekoweb – a retro static web hosting
Nekoweb is a free static website hosting service, created in 2022 2023 2024 by a group of coders, programmers and artists, passionate for the old web and personal websites.Social media is too limiting. We believe that everyone should be able to freely express themselves in their own little corner of the web, without having to […]
Microsoft Is Driving Users Away
What will be the end of Windows? Microsoft. I’ve been a lifelong Windows user since the 90s and even MS-DOS back in the 80s, but things are changing. I’ve been using other operating systems more and more. MacOS and Linux are getting mixed into my workflow more and Windows less. Why? Microsoft is actively angering […]
DOOM on Husqvarna Automower
How to register The software update will be made available for download via the Husqvarna Automower® Connect App, exclusively for Husqvarna Automower® NERA models. Owners of these robotic lawnmower models can sign up for the software update here [Husqvarna.com/register-doom] already now. Following registration, and once the software update is released for download on 9 […]
Windsor Typeface (2018)
Nº47 porterdog.com — Using Windsor on the web is a dangerous proposition, due to the finesse that’s needed to get the kerning right with many letter pairings. Fans of this typeface are in a bit of a bind when it comes to digital interpretations. I don’t find any of the current options satisfactory—each has downsides, […]
The virtuous mean between time drunkenness and work martyrdom
Time drunks having a timeless good time. I have been thinking about work lately, as my relationship with it has always felt uncalibrated. To explore this topic, I am reading a book by philosopher Raymond Geuss called A Philosopher Looks at Work. Geuss examines the modernist notion of work, positing that there are six criteria […]
Pleasures by Aldous Huxley (1920)
Pleasures by Aldous Huxley Pleasures by Aldous Huxley We have heard a great deal, since 1914, about the things which are a menace to civilization. First it was Prussian militarism; then the Germans at large; then the prolongation of the war; then the shortening of the same; then, after a time, the Treaty of Versailles; […]
Console.delight
Everyone knows you can use console.log() to log text and variables to the console. Did you know you could also render (limited) CSS, SVGs, and even HTML in it?!? I didn’t! It’s a neat technique that can delight the curious and further your brand for curious users. If you’re in a browser other than Safari, […]