popula.comHeaven or High Water
“Sunny day flooding” is flooding where water comes right up from the ground, hence the name, and yes, it can certainly rain during sunny day flooding, and yes, that makes it worse.
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www.cnbc.comHere's Jeff Bezos' annual shareholder letter
Jeff Bezos on Thursday published Amazon's annual shareholder letter, in which he called on rivals to match Amazon's pay and benefits.
www.theatlantic.comMr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children
For the millions of adults who grew up watching him on public television, Fred Rogers represents the most important human values: respect, compassion, kindness, integrity, humility.
www.theverge.comFoxconn is confusing the hell out of Wisconsin
It was summer in Wisconsin, and Foxconn seemed to be everywhere. But also: nowhere at all. Starting last June, officials with the Taiwanese tech manufacturing giant began popping up in all corners of the state and announcing new projects. It had been almost a year since then-Gov.
www.independent.co.ukThe 'circus' and the slip : The inside story of Liverpool vs Chelsea 2014
After a build-up all around Liverpool that only seemed to be going one way, and inexorably towards that long-awaited Premier League trophy, the Chelsea players sensed the distinct change of direction.
www.vanschneider.comThe Startup That Never Started: Lessons from .Mail
.Mail (I'm going to use DotMail here, for easier reading) was an email app concept I originally came up with and designed in 2010. DotMail never saw the light of the day. It never launched and it would haunt me for many years to come.
www.theverge.comThe UK is attempting a radical redesign of the internet
The Interface is a daily column about the intersection of social media and democracy. Subscribe to the newsletter here. Last month, with the passage of the Copyright Directive, I wrote here that Europe was splitting the internet into three.
medium.comKyle Simpson: I’ve Forgotten More JavaScript Than Most People Ever Learn
Kyle Simpson is, perhaps, the most highly-anticipated speaker of JSNation Conference 2019: he holds workshops on June 5 & 6 and gives a keynote address on June 7. Kyle is a living JavaScript classic, the truest embodiment of the spirit of open source.
www.theguardian.comRevisiting the rendering tier
The 2019 incarnation of theguardian.com began life around six years ago, starting out as an m-dot and gradually scaling up both its breakpoints and page views until it rendered the entire site. At the time of writing, it has gone from 0 to 62,783 lines of Sass.
www.menshealth.comHow This Car Saved My Life
FUuuUU— We’re airborne. I’m a passenger in a McLaren 570S Spider with the roof down and we’re hurtling down the side of this mountain. I noticed the speedometer at 110 before I saw the road snake hard to the right, a sickening feeling flooding my body as we start . . . flying.
www.theverge.comThe problem with AI ethics
Last week, Google announced that it is creating a new external ethics board to guide its “responsible development of AI.” On the face of it, this seemed like an admirable move, but the company was hit with immediate criticism.
www.bbc.co.ukBloodgate 10 years on: Tom Williams on rugby's biggest scandal
The date is 12 April 2009. There are five minutes left to play in the Heineken Cup quarter-final between Harlequins and Leinster at Twickenham Stoop. Dean Richards' Harlequins side trail by a point. Their goal-kicker is off the field with an injury.
www.buzzfeednews.comFacebook Showed Me My Data Is Everywhere And I Have Absolutely No Control Over It
According to the description, "These advertisers are running ads using a contact list they or their partner uploaded that includes info about you. This info was collected by the advertiser or their partner. Typically this information is your email address or phone number."
www.bbc.comHow to solve the plastic packaging paradox
Today, plastic packaging has a bad (w)rap. It begins in 1904, at an upmarket restaurant in Vosges, France, when an elderly patron spilled red wine over a pristine linen tablecloth.
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www.nytimes.comI’m a Tech Addict and I’m Not Ashamed
Lots of people have talked about the downsides of tech. But something can be convenient and good for you at the same time. Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.
medium.comDeveloper wanting to learn UI Design? Start with a Design System!
Are you a Developer struggling to improve your UI Design skills? Woops! Sorry. Wrong intro.
www.hanselman.comCoders: Context Switching is hard for both computers and relationships
"Along the way, Coders thoughtfully ponders the morality and politics of code, including its implications for civic life and the economy. Programmers shape our everyday behavior: When they make something easy to do, we do more of it. When they make it hard or impossible, we do less of it."
www.theverge.comApple may follow up this year’s rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro with a Mini-LED model in 2021
Even before we’ve seen the first one, Apple may have a second version of its rumored 16-inch MacBook that would feature a mini-LED display planned for 2021, according to a new research note from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
misfra.meApple’s $9 engineering marvel no one wants
It’s the Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter. I figured Apple got rid of the headphone jack and came up with this simple adapter to send analog audio signals from the phone to a 3.5 mm jack. Simple, right? Turns out this thing is way more complicated than I thought.
www.theverge.comHere’s the US Army version of HoloLens that Microsoft employees were protesting
In November, we learned that Microsoft won a $479 million contract to supply the US Army with a version of its HoloLens augmented reality headset — a move that Microsoft’s own employees decried this February, prompting Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella himself to respond.
medium.comStatement from npm
In bringing on a new leader to the role of Chief Executive Officer at npm, Inc., we were all aware of the rapid changes we would have to make in order to set the company up for long term success.
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