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The truth is, introverts often have little quirks like this — things that might seem strange to others but make total sense to us. The post Weird Things Introverts Do That Are Actually Completely Normal appeared first on Introvert, Dear.

It took months for my functional neurological disorder to finally be diagnosed. It’s a condition that must be recognised - by Kevin Aho Read at Aeon

“Crack killed everything.” –Nas, 2012 It was a chilly spring night in 1984 and I was returning uptown from my cashier job at Miss Brooks, a fast food coffee shop located near 56th Street and 6th Avenue. Working from 3 PM to 11 PM, after closing time a few of the staff usually went out […]

Earlier this week Nilay Patel was working on the show notes for the episode of Decoder I guested on, and he texted me to ask if I could recall the time Steve Jobs sent some random developer a link to an article I wrote about the App Store. He wanted to cite it as an example of Daring Fireball being ...

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Geometry may have its origins thousands of years ago in ancient land surveying, but it has also had a surprising impact on modern physics. In the latest episode of The Joy of Why, Yang-Hui He explores geometry’s evolution and its future potential through AI. The post How Did Geometry Create Modern P...

What really happens to your mind in a crisis? We all think we know how we’d react in an emergency—but according to journalist and author Amanda Ripley, we’re usually wrong. Drawing from interviews with real people in disasters—from plane crashes to terrorist attacks, research on human behavior under...

by Tim Sommers Welcome to the VR office and, hopefully, welcome to the coven! No, it’s not just witches, a group of vampires is called a “coven” too. VR? Human Resources for vampires, obviously. Just a few last details before we can move forward. Lunch after, so let’s get through this. I know that s...

I was young. I was inexperienced. Then again, I was just a kid.I had no idea about the meaning behind the word “manhood.” And yet, I posed, and I postured, and I played and I would pretend, and yes, I acted like I knew or like I was unafraid. But what else could I do?I […]

Every year that we farm in the old ways, more of nature returns, despite the mistakes we make. Each return teaches hope.

I loved this talk from Alexander Petros titled “Building the Hundred-Year Web Service”. What follows is summation of my note-taking from watching the talk on YouTube. Is what you’re building for future generations: Useful for them? Maintainable by them? Adaptable by them? Actually, forget about futu...

When I’m not talking, just walking (which is most of the time), I try to cultivate the most bored state of mind imaginable. A total void of stimulation beyond the immediate environment. My rules: No news, no social media, no podcasts, no music. No “teleporting,” you could say. The phone, the great t...