A mostly complete list of articles I've read on the internet. There are currently 76 entries in the list. Last modified 21-09-2023. My blog: manuelmazzuola.dev
It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code - ed weissman - 17-07-2023 - - (A true story.) Philip (President): Our factory is underutilized by 10%. Either we start building more of our backlog or we lay people off. I'd rather keep everyone busy, build inventory, and get...
After 30 Years, Linux Finally Hits 3% Market Share - 11-07-2023 - - Linux enthusiasts rejoice! After a long journey, according to StatCounter's data, by June 2023, Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share.
Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software - 20-06-2023 - - [Audio version (read by a tts bot)](https://youtu.be/9jODhmgkp3o)  ![https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/De_Rebus_Bellicis%2C_XVth_
The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication | Scientific Reports - 31-05-2023 - - Domestic animals are sensitive to human cues that facilitate inter-specific communication, including cues to emotional state. The eyes are important in signalling emotions, with the act of narrowing the eyes appearing to be associated with positive emotional communication in a range of species. This study examines the communicatory significance of a widely reported cat behaviour that involves eye narrowing, referred to as the slow blink sequence. Slow blink sequences typically involve a series of half-blinks followed by either a prolonged eye narrow or an eye closure. Our first experiment revealed that cat half-blinks and eye narrowing occurred more frequently in response to owners’ slow blink stimuli towards their cats (compared to no owner–cat interaction). In a second experiment, this time where an experimenter provided the slow blink stimulus, cats had a higher propensity to approach the experimenter after a slow blink interaction than when they had adopted a neutral expression. Collectively, our results suggest that slow blink sequences may function as a form of positive emotional communication between cats and humans.
Simply explained: how does GPT work? | Confused bit - 06-04-2023 - - By now, you have probably heard of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, or any of the alternatives GPT-3, GPT-4, Microsoft’s Bing Chat, Facebook’s LLaMa or even Google’s Bard. They are artificial intelligence programs that can participate in a conversation. Impressively smart, they can easily be mistaken for humans, and are skilled in a variety of tasks, from writing a dissertation to the creation of a website. How can a computer hold such a conversation?
Saying Goodbye to GitHub | Ersei 'n Stuff - 03-04-2023 - - I've been using GitHub since I was eleven years old. To be fair, I didn't really understand git at the time, but I was able to fumble my way through it...
How to rebase stacked Git branches - Adam Johnson - 29-03-2023 - When working on a feature, you might split it into several stacked branches, so you can merge each one separately. But updating such branches can be annoying, since you have to manage each one. Git 2.38 (2022-10-15) makes such updates easier, with the ability to rebase a stack of branches at once, with the new --update-refs. Let’s look at a couple of examples.
An aperiodic monotile exists! | The Aperiodical - 23-03-2023 - - Actual aperiodicity news on The Aperiodical! This is probably the biggest aperiodicity news we’ll ever cover here: David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss…
The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget | Kent Nerburn - 20-01-2023 - The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget There was a time in my life twenty years ago when I was driving a cab for a living. It was a cowboy’s life, a gambler’s lif
Piano Chords: Simple Online Piano Chord Player - 13-01-2023 - Play piano chords online. Hear and visualize major, minor, diminished, augmented & more chords on the piano. Makes for an easy piano chord reference chart.
Microservices are a Big Ball of Mud | Code-Held - 11-01-2023 - - Over the past years I attended hundreds of interviews. Many candidates proudly told tales on how they develop their projects with a microservice architecture. Often (I don’t want to say “always”, but from my memory I think it actually is “always”) it does not require many questions to see that they used a rocket launcher to kill a mouse. Microservices are hard. Everyone who experienced the pain of operating such an architecture can relate to it. The complexity kills you at one point or the other. You already had to do multiple refactorings of your architecture - because your domains didn’t work out. I wonder - why is this architecture so appealing to developers? And then I remember what I found them appealing 10 years ago.
Post 43: Intentionally Making Close Friends — Neel Nanda - 06-12-2022 - One of the most valuable experiments I ever ran was intentionally practicing the skill of making close friends, and this directly led to most of my friends today. This post is the story of that experiment, and distills the lessons learned
A Vim Guide for Advanced Users - 01-12-2022 - - We continue our walk on the path leading to Vim mastery by reviewing crazy Vim functionalities which will increase even more your productivity.
November 2022
The HTTP crash course nobody asked for - 25-11-2022 - HTTP does a pretty good job staying out of everyone's way. If you're reading this article, there's a solid chance it was delivered to you over HTTP. Even if you're reading this ...
The Ancient Japanese Technique That Produces Lumber Without Cutting Tr | DSF Antique Jewelry - 23-11-2022 - - Daisugi is an ancient Japanese forestry technique in which planted cedars are pruned in a special way to produce "shoots" that eventually become perfect, straight, knot-free lumber.This is an ancient method, developed in the 14th century, which was originally used by people living in the Kitayama region of Japan becaus
Build Your Career on Dirty Work - 12-09-2022 - - The lamentable work that many people avoid are great places to look for high impact, low hanging fruit.