A compendium of “open-source” licenses
A compendium of absurd, funny, and downright bad licenses. A table of contents is provided here with titles and a summary of what the license does. Sources, when available, are provided in the descriptions. Also, don’t take this seriously. UNOFFICIAL LEGAL ADVICE: Don’t use these. Like, ever. Passive-Aggressive License A license that allows you to […]
Ask for no, don’t ask for yes (2022)
I think it is important to have a bias for action. Like anything else, this is something you can make a habit of. Moving forward allows you to make progress. I don’t know about you, but I’ve frozen up in the past not knowing what the right path was for me. Moving forward, even the […]
Our Big Oops
Humanity has a huge problem, of which few are aware. Consider an analogy. Your ability to keep a car on a road while driving depends on key driving parameters staying within acceptable ranges. These parameters include your car speed, how curvy and bumpy is your road, and noise and delay levels in the key processes […]
Vine: A programming language based on Interaction Nets
Vine is an experimental new programming language based on interaction nets. Vine is a multi-paradigm language, featuring seamless interop between functional and imperative patterns. See vine/examples/ for examples of Vine. cargo run -r –bin vine run vine/examples/$NAME.vi If you’re curious to learn more, join the Vine Discord server. (Vine is still under heavy development; many […]
Vine: A programming language based on Interaction Nets
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Gig workers worked more but earned less in 2024, a new study shows
Economy Gig workers worked more but earned less in 2024, a new study shows Alex Bitter 2025-02-18T13:24:06Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy Link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Article Icon A bookmark Save Read in app Gig […]
In Defense of Text Labels: Why Icons Alone Aren’t Enough
Why Icons Alone Aren’t Enough I’m a firm believer in text labels. Interfaces are over-stuffed with icons. The more icons we have to scan over, the more brain power we put toward making sense of them rather than using the tools they represent. This slows us down, not just once, but over and over again. […]
September 17, 1787: “A Republic, If You Can Keep It”
Monday, September 17, 1787: The Convention Today The day began with a prepared speech from Franklin (PA) who, eighty-one years old and painfully afflicted with gout and kidney stone, was unable to read it himself and delegated that task to Wilson (PA). While the speech was formally addressed to Washington (VA), the Convention’s president, its […]
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The Birth of Chipzilla
This is the third entry in a multipart series. You may be interested to read about Shockley Semiconductor and about Fairchild Semiconductor. Robert Noyce resigned from Fairchild Semiconductor on the 25th of June in 1968. When Gordon Moore heard that Noyce was leaving, he chose to leave with him. In his resignation, Noyce stated: “I […]