Commonplace Newsletter #78

Everyone hates China tech’s culture of overwork, but a new game argues that structural incentives tempt bosses to rely on overtime.

When good ideas make bad business

In this article, we introduce you to the concept of algebraic data types and show how you can build your own data types in Haskell.

A unified approach to federated learning, analytics, and evaluation. Federate any workload, any ML framework, and any programming language.

in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

- How we were a few days away from being settled from life - Last summer, we almost sold ScrapingBee for a high 7 figures amount. SPOILER alert: it didn't happen. The experience was both nerve-wracking and very valuable. Here's what happened:

A smart PCIe network interface card that adds full-fledged router
capabilities to your servers. The smart and easy way to create 25
Gigabit networks if you want to save space in your server room!

Higher (order) calculus, Super(Fractional) calculus, Riemann-zeta, etc.

Bread geeks, take note! The new technique, developed in a lab in Naples, involves the smart application of materials science and physics to make airy, bubbly dough without fermentation.

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Marking two years since the start of the pandemic, W3C CEO Jeff Jaffe reflects on how the web became the ultimate tool of resilience for the world.

Leo Kaas a, Georgi Kocharkov b, Edgar Preugschat c, Wealth Inequality and Homeownership in Europe, Annals of Economics and Statistics, No. 136 (December 2019), pp. 27-54

Andi is AI search for the next generation. Instead of just links, Andi gives you answers - like chatting with a smart friend.

😇 A Docker Compose bundle to run on servers with spare CPU, RAM, disk, and bandwidth to help the world. Includes Tor, ArchiveWarrior, BOINC, and more... - ArchiveBox/good-karma-kit