Victor Loux — bookmarks

Attention is your scarcest resource | benkuhn.net

The Art of Debating: A Useful Skill for Software Developers

thevaluable.dev/guide-debate-software-developer-skill/

The keys to debate effectively as a software developer and therefore bringing value to yourself and your company.

What’s missing from corporate statements on racial injustice? The real cause of racism. | MIT Technology Review

technologyreview.com/2020/09/05/1008187/racial-injustice-statements-tech-companies-racism-racecraft-opinion/

On August 31, Airbnb launched Project Lighthouse, an initiative meant to “uncover, measure, and overcome discrimination” on the home-sharing platform. According to the company, Project Lighthouse will identify discrimination by measuring whether a renter’s perceived race correlates with differences in the rate or quality of that person’s bookings, cancellations, or reviews. This project comes amid…

Goodhart’s Law and Why Measurement is Hard

ribbonfarm.com/2016/06/09/goodharts-law-and-why-measurement-is-hard/

How to pick more beautiful colors for your data visualizations | Chartable

blog.datawrapper.de/beautifulcolors/

Choosing good colors for your charts is hard. This article tries to make it easier.

Daring Fireball: Online Privacy Should Be Modeled on Real-World Privacy

daringfireball.net/2020/09/online_privacy_real_world_privacy

If Management Isn’t A Promotion, Then Engineering Isn’t A Demotion – charity.wtf

charity.wtf/2020/09/06/if-management-isnt-a-promotion-then-engineering-isnt-a-demotion/

“Management is not a promotion, it’s a change of career.”

What’s the Point If We Can’t Have Fun?

thebaffler.com/salvos/whats-the-point-if-we-cant-have-fun

My friend June Thunderstorm and I once spent a half an hour sitting in a meadow by a mountain lake, watching an inchworm dangle from the top of a stalk of grass…

How to be indistractable | Psyche Guides

psyche.co/guides/to-become-indistractable-recognise-that-it-starts-within-you

Stop blaming technology – distraction starts within. Manage your inner triggers to enjoy greater focus and a fuller life

microCOVID Project

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Music Theory Lessons - Lightnote - Lightnote

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Introduction — Machine Learning from Scratch

dafriedman97.github.io/mlbook/content/introduction.html

Yes, This Interchange in Houston Is the Same Size as an Entire City Center in Italy – Texas Monthly

texasmonthly.com/politics/highway-interchange-houston-same-size-city-italy/

Most common mistakes during interviews • Aitor Viana

aitorvs.github.io/post/most_common_mistakes_during_interviews/

On Monopolies, Apple, and Epic – iA

ia.net/topics/monopolies-apple-and-epic

The Anti-Capitalist Software License

anticapitalist.software/

A software license towards a world beyond capitalism.

What is A/A Testing, and Why Should Marketers Care?

instapage.com/blog/what-is-aa-testing

Are your A/B testing results entirely accurate? Learn why A/A testing can be beneficial, the pros and cons, and how to avoid false positive test results.