My digital life in a nutshell: I discover relevant content I don’t have time to consume, I find time and become overwhelmed with my scattered backlog, I wish the content were in a different format, and then I’m unable to find something again once I’ve consumed…

The data for Tesla's in-vehicle displays gets updated so often that the memory chips in older models are getting worn out, which turns out to be a very big problem.

Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.Calculations involving a higher dimension are guiding physicists…

I’ve always been frustrated that people often talk about culture without giving actionable or realistic advice, and was previously prompted by this tweet to write about what I did when put in…

In 1964, with “Seven Up!” Michael Apted stumbled into making what has become the most profound documentary series in the history of cinema. Fifty-five years later, the project is reaching its conclusion.

What do we talk about when we talk about Clojure?
We love to talk about its simplicity, its functional roots, its elegance, and we are right;
but so is everyone else, praising their favorite technology.
Bootleg has to be pushed, luxury designer brands are…

The legislation enables banks to sell and store cryptocurrencies from January 1, 2020. Other providers will now require a German license. 

(Note: Thanks to the effort of a kind reader, this post is now available in audio format! The playlist for the entire series may be found here.) This is the first part of a six-part (II, III, IV, V…

Recently, @withoutboats challenged me to demonstrate a hypothetical version of Pin with different guarantees, and show how it would be sound. However, while working on that, I stumbled upon unsoundness in the actual Pin. I haven't seen this reported before…

Most code editors color different pieces of your program in different ways. For instance, they’ll make keywords like if bold and bright so that you notice when you’ve misspelled them. They’ll make non-executable parts like comments and documentation fainter…

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.