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Strong Opinions, Weakly Held - Bob Sutton

bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/07/strong_opinions.html

My Heroku values

gist.github.com/adamwiggins/5687294
My Heroku values. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

Clues for software design in how we sketch maps of cities (Interconnected)

interconnected.org/home/2021/03/31/maps

Collecting my thoughts about notation and user interfaces (Interconnected)

interconnected.org/home/2021/08/12/notation

The ‘I’m Not Like the Other Guys’ Guy Is Exactly Like the Other Guys

melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-im-not-like-the-other-guys-guy-is-exactly-like-the-other-guys

I figured out how DMARC works, and it almost broke me | Simon Andrews

simonandrews.ca/articles/how-to-set-up-spf-dkim-dmarc
How to use SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to improve your domain's email security and limit spoofing - but written for humans.

[2107.02185] Growing Urban Bicycle Networks

arxiv.org/abs/2107.02185

Why are the doors so big in video games? Some developers explain | GamesRadar+

gamesradar.com/why-are-the-doors-so-big-in-video-games-some-developers-explain/
You might have seen an image doing the rounds recently from the Halo Infinite technical preview. It shows a Spartan standing by a door that towers over a character known for being seven foot tall. 

Pluralistic: 10 Aug 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net/2021/08/10/unter/

libphonenumber/FALSEHOODS.md at master · google/libphonenumber

github.com/google/libphonenumber/blob/master/FALSEHOODS.md

The rise of never-ending job interviews - BBC Worklife

bbc.com/worklife/article/20210727-the-rise-of-never-ending-job-interviews
Some companies are asking candidates to attend multiple interviews. But too many rounds could be a red flag – and even drive candidates away.

The Dangerous Ideas of “Longtermism” and “Existential Risk” ❧ Current Affairs

currentaffairs.org/2021/07/the-dangerous-ideas-of-longtermism-and-existential-risk
<p>So-called rationalists have created a disturbing secular religion that looks like it addresses humanity’s deepest problems, but actually justifies pursuing the social preferences of elites.</p>

True Crime Is Cathartic for Women. It’s Also Cop Propaganda. – Mother Jones

motherjones.com/media/2020/06/true-crime-podcasts-white-women/
Stay sexy, don’t get murdered, and reinforce the carceral state.

Use Spreadsheets Everywhere! - Simple Thread

simplethread.com/use-spreadsheets-everywhere/

The Incredible Fig - Issue 104: Harmony - Nautilus

nautil.us/issue/104/harmony/the-incredible-fig

Technical Debt Is Not Debt; It’s Not Even Technical | Mark Greville

markgreville.ie/2021/07/23/technical-debt-is-not-debt-its-not-even-technical/
Co-authored with Dr Paidi O'Raghallaigh and Dr Stephen McCarthy at Cork University Business School as part of my PhD studies, and originally published by Cutter Consortium’s Business Agility & Software Engineering Excellence practice on 22nd of July 2021 Take a minute and write an answer to the question, “What is technical debt?” Then read this…

Where Do Poppers Come From?

buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/poppers-factory

Hundreds of Ways to Get S#!+ Done—and We Still Don’t | WIRED

wired.com/story/to-do-apps-failed-productivity-tools/

Anti-vaccine groups changing into 'dance parties' on Facebook to avoid detection

nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna1480

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