There is strong evidence to support recommendations on alcohol consumption varying
by age and location. Stronger interventions, particularly those tailored towards younger
individuals, are needed to reduce the substantial global health loss attributable
to…

Vala is an object-oriented programming language with a self-hosting compiler that generates C code and uses the GObject type system.

Do breastfed children have higher IQs? The answer is annoyingly hard to uncover

Sadly, Porn by Edward Teach, M.D. (AKA The Last Psychiatrist)—A Review

Some moons ago, I took part in an RPG based on Plato’s Republic run by a philosopher. [...] And it fell to me, a person vehemently against capital punishment, to not only prosecute history’s most famous philosopher (as played by an actual philosopher) but…

AUTHOR’S NOTE: This review and commentary was originally written in 2022, and I stand by every word! Over a year later, after lots of community comments and with the release of the Freewrite Alpha, I’ve had some more thoughts.

When Calvin and Hobbes went out of print twenty years ago, I think most people assumed it would return at some point. I know I certainly did. Calvin and Hobbes was a formative part of my youth - the sly brilliant writing and stark black and white illustrations…

my experience at fancy parties

OctoSQL is a query tool that allows you to join, analyse and transform data from multiple databases and file formats using SQL. - cube2222/octosql

Drone mapping software. Generate maps, point clouds, 3D models and DEMs from images, any orientation, any camera.

Simulating shitty network connections so you can build better systems. - tylertreat/comcast

It’s taken decades of iterative refinement to get to this point — a nearly perfect laptop for nearly everyone.

Post-mortem report for the outage on July 13th and 14th 2022

In a facility in upstate New York, Amazon is bombarding its workers with anti-union slogans, this time without a hint of subtlety.