Brent's Bookmarks: October 2019

https://medium.com/inc./welcome-to-the-no-code-software-revolution-6b75ee967df7
I don't know, from what I've seen of one of the most sophisticated CRM solutions out there, I rather doubt this.

The Untold Story of the 2018 Olympics Cyberattack, the Most Deceptive Hack in History

https://www.wired.com/story/untold-story-2018-olympics-destroyer-cyberattack/
Good breakdown.

Pack Your Bags – Systemd Is Taking You To A New Home

https://hackaday.com/2019/10/16/pack-your-bags-systemd-is-taking-you-to-a-new-home/
I still don't think this is a good idea

Build real-time editing into your site.

https://tinacms.org/
Interesting way to add editability to a site

Laravel beyond CRUD

https://stitcher.io/blog/laravel-beyond-crud
good start, hope he finishes the series.

Georgia lawmakers hearing about affordable housing shortfall statewide

https://saportareport.com/georgia-lawmakers-hearing-about-affordable-housing-shortfall-statewide/
Not nearly enough

sidehustle school: It’s a daily podcast, an online community, and an action-packed book — all designed to help you create a new source of income with-out quitting your job.

https://sidehustleschool.com/
so is it his full-time job or a side-hustle?

Walking as Creative Fuel

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/walking-as-creative-fuel-a-splendid-1913-celebration-of-how-solitary-walks-enliven-the-country-of
I do this a lot.

Malware That Spits Cash Out of ATMs Has Spread Across the World

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7x5ddg/malware-that-spits-cash-out-of-atms-has-spread-across-the-world
make sure there's no cameras around

Legendary Cellist Pablo Casals, at Age 93, on Creative Vitality and How Working with Love Prolongs Your Life

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/legendary-cellist-pablo-casals-at-age-93-on-creative-vitality-and-how-working-with-love-prolongs
stay amazed

As record number of boomers hit retirement age, inequality rampant in senior housing

https://www.curbed.com/2019/10/16/20917025/retirement-seniors-senior-housing-harvard-report-2019
we need better options for starter and ender homes.

Saturday, October 19, 2019

How remote work is quietly remaking our lives

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/10/9/20885699/remote-work-from-anywhere-change-coworking-office-real-estate
There may be too much of a good thing.

The Obesity Era

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-obesity-era
There's something in the air

Deep Learning with PyTorch: A 60 Minute Blitz

https://pytorch.org/tutorials/beginner/deep_learning_60min_blitz.html
Pytorch videos from the source

Asynchronous Communication: The Real Reason Remote Workers Are More Productive

https://doist.com/blog/asynchronous-communication/
Go async!

satellite images

https://www.planet.com/
interesting private company providing satellite imagery

The State of Machine Learning Frameworks in 2019

https://thegradient.pub/state-of-ml-frameworks-2019-pytorch-dominates-research-tensorflow-dominates-industry/
Pytorch is gaining

Books from Stripe

https://press.stripe.com/
Short list they publish

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

How to Fall Asleep in 120 Seconds

https://medium.com/s/story/combat-tested-training-unwind-and-sleep-anywhere-in-120-seconds-27d5307b7606
how to fall asleep

Dayton Audio DATS V3 Computer Based Audio Component Test System

https://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-dats-v3-computer-based-audio-component-test-system--390-807
wish it didn't rely on windows

Clockwork: Distributed, Scalable Job Scheduler

https://cynic.dev/posts/clockwork-scalable-job-scheduler/
so does it have a UI?

Scribe: Transporting petabytes per hour via a distributed, buffered queueing system

https://engineering.fb.com/data-infrastructure/scribe/
that's a LOT of logs

Why the ‘Daily Aspirin’ Hype Is Over

https://elemental.medium.com/why-the-daily-aspirin-hype-is-over-7b1da77e12ca
i'm sure this isn't the final word

How To Learn a New Programming Language Fast

https://medium.com/better-programming/how-to-learn-a-new-programming-language-fast-5fe269370210
I like that step one is to identify one's learning style

microsimulation of traffic flow on-ramp

https://traffic-simulation.de/
great hands-on traffic simulation

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

The Beatles’ revolutionary use of recording technology in ‘Abbey Road’

https://ponderwall.com/index.php/2019/10/07/beatles-revolutionary-recording-abbey/
it was a game-changer for sure

There Was No Big Bang Singularity

https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/there-was-no-big-bang-singularity-ae438985fcca
the show's cancelled, anyway

The Case for a Low-Carb Diet Is Stronger Than Ever

https://elemental.medium.com/major-study-supports-carbohydrate-insulin-model-of-obesity-cb7d47a571d9
no carbs!

What I Learned From Losing $100,000 on Two Failed Startups

https://marker.medium.com/what-i-learned-from-losing-100-000-on-two-failed-startups-b3cb73fc99ab
these were hard-fought lessons, for sure

To Do Big Things, Take on Microprojects

https://forge.medium.com/to-do-big-things-take-on-microprojects-9db36767c488
from tiny acorns...

The 2-Word Trick That Makes Small Talk Interesting

https://forge.medium.com/the-2-word-trick-that-makes-small-talk-interesting-fdd4d5aa693
great opening

We Analyzed 5.2 Million Desktop and Mobile Pages Here’s What We Learned About Page Speed

https://backlinko.com/page-speed-stats
results vary greatly

Why You Should Work Less and Spend More Time on Hobbies

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-you-should-work-less-and-spend-more-time-on-hobbies
breathe.

How Much Money do Podcasters Make?

https://lime.link/blog/how-much-money-do-podcasters-make/
for 99%.... $0

Monday, October 7, 2019

We’re Entering the Era of Big Podcasting

https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/podcasting-history-three-eras.html
hopefully the small guys won't get pushed out.

I created the exact same app in React and Vue. Here are the differences. [2019 Edition]

https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/i-created-the-exact-same-app-in-react-and-vue-here-are-the-differences-2019-edition-42ba2cab9e56
Interesting side-by-side react vs vue comparison. Wish he'd drawn some conclusions, though.

20 great uses for an old Android device

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2487680/20-great-uses-for-an-old-android-device.html
though they're not as cheap as I'd hoped.

The Founder Dating Playbook – Here’s the Process I Used to Find My Co-Founder

https://firstround.com/review/the-founder-dating-playbook-heres-the-process-i-used-to-find-my-co-founder/
Hint: don't look for someone exactly like you

10 Great Articles On Data Science And Programming!

https://dev.to/seattledataguy/10-great-articles-on-data-science-and-programming-1d95
some off-the-beaten-path articles

The World’s Happiest People Have a Beautifully Simple Way to Tackle Loneliness

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-world-s-happiest-people-have-a-beautifully-simple-way-to-tackle-loneliness
Time to franchise or syndicate this

An HTML attribute potentially worth $4.4M to Chipotle

https://cloudfour.com/thinks/an-html-attribute-potentially-worth-4-4m-to-chipotle
good post-mortem on a defective web form

Psilocybin Is Headed for the Mainstream — It’s Bringing the Problems of Big Pharma With It

https://elemental.medium.com/psilocybin-is-headed-for-the-mainstream-its-bringing-the-problems-of-big-pharma-with-it-45354b4836fc
Time for new pharma

Sunday, October 6, 2019

SDR DX-Patrol MK4

http://www.dxpatrol.pt/index.php/products
looks like a good sdr

How to Scrape Web using Python, Selenium and Beautiful Soup

https://swethatanamala.github.io/2018/09/01/web-scraping-using-python-selenium-and-beautiful-soup/
good howto

az quotes

https://www.azquotes.com/
good source of quotes

Cloudflare, Google and Firefox to add support for HTTP/3, shifting away from TCP

https://www.techspot.com/news/82111-cloudflare-google-firefox-add-support-http3-shifting-away.html
UDP, anyone?

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

GitLab is Overtaking GitHub

https://towardsdatascience.com/gitlab-is-overtaking-github-a0bbb0a8d926
GitLab vs GitHub

63 Fun 3D Printer Designs To Try

https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/design/3d-printer-designs
I've tried a couple

The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History

https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-code-crashed-the-world/
one fifth of all shipping worldwide was stopped

Laravel 6 From Scratch

https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-6-from-scratch?ref=devawesome.io
intro from the best

How One Year of Microdosing Helped My Career, Relationships, and Happiness

https://medium.com/better-humans/how-one-year-of-microdosing-helped-my-career-relationships-and-happiness-715dbccdfae4
part 1 of 2. howtos in the next.

You’ll Need to Learn These Harsh Lessons Multiple Times Before You Will Experience a Breakthrough

https://psiloveyou.xyz/youll-need-to-learn-these-harsh-lessons-multiple-times-before-you-will-experience-a-breakthrough-4dccfe56c79
Citations needed.

How To Store Your AWS Lambda Secrets

https://medium.com/better-programming/how-to-store-your-aws-lambda-secrets-cheaply-without-compromising-scalability-or-security-d3e8a250f12c
at deploy time? run-time? how and when

Every Country’s Biggest Export, Mapped

https://digg.com/2019/biggest-export-every-country-world-map
Some surprising exports

A New Theory of Obesity

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-theory-of-obesity/
tl;dr: eat raw food

How Tiny Satellites Are Changing The Way We Do Business

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-tiny-satellites-are-changing-the-way-we-do-business?utm_source=pocket-newtab
microsats come of age