Bookmarks

• Funny, interesting — https://www.vidarholen.net/contents/wordcount/

Show how many times frustrated Linux kernel developers have put four letter words into the source code.

• http://www.fillmurray.com/ — Fill Murray

An online tool to provide custom-sized placeholder images of Bill Murray! http://fillmurray.com/200/300.

I like the humor and layout of the page. Images are superb.

Check also PlaceCage (Nick Cage Filler Images) and Steven SeGALLERY (Steven Segal Filler Images) :-D

• Evo-Devo (Despacito Biology Parody) | A Capella Science

An amazing video from A Capella Science on biology science. Amazing song. More to see on the YouTube channel.

AI

• Guppies, an evolving neural network.
• The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Learning Representations.

Mathemathics

• http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

Correlation is not causation.

• Tangente n°182, p34-35, "Les excès de la corrélation".

Nous allons vers un changement épistémologique majeur. S'en remettre à ce type de calcul traduit un renoncement aux ambitions de la raison moderne, qui liait les phénomènes à leurs causes. Ces ambitions de la raison permettaient d'envisager la prévention, d'agir sur les causes pour changes les effets. Au lieu de cela, on se dirige vers un système de pures corrélations. [...] On ne cherche plus à comprendre l'environnement, on cherche à le prédire. Notre rapport au savoir change, mais aussi notre rapport au monde: on se focalise davantage qu'auparavant sur les risques. "Voir et comprendre" sont supplantés par détecter et prévenir". On passe d'une civilisation du signe, qui était porteur de sens, à une civilisation du signal, qui est une donnée qui ne signifie rien en soi..

Tools

• oclif, an open source framework for building a command line interface (CLI) in Node.js.
• Krita 4.0 released, Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program.
• Mosh, a mobile SSH client.

Books

• Seven Sketches in Compositionality: An Invitation to Applied Category Theory

Dev

• POSE - Declarative motion system for HTML, SVG & React
• Debugging across pipes and sockets with strace

Crystal-clear tutorial on how to use strace, lsof and gdb to debug inter-process issues on Linux.

• Introducing Plotly 3.0.0

open source Python graphing library, with Javascript interaction.

Rust

• How to analyze billions of records per second on a single desktop pc

Many interesting comments on RUST, and how to write / debug programs with concurrency/performance in mind.

Methodology

• 5 Red Flags Signaling Your Rebuild Will Fail

5 reasons not to rewrite an existing code.

• Things You Should Never Do, Part I

About the mistake of full rewrite (Netscape 6, Borland Quattro Pro). Instead refactor, rename,

• StranglerApplication

Instead of rewriting, write a strangler application, that will progressively replace the old system.

• Tesler's Law

Tesler's Law, also known as The Law of Conservation of Complexity, states that for any system there is a certain amount of complexity which cannot be reduced.

• Be nice and write stable code

About Semantic Versioning and tips / pits to introduce new functionality, and fixing security bugs.

Science & Tech

• Color: From Hexcodes to Eyeballs — Jamie Wong

The most complete and detailed description on how our eyes perceive colors.

Success stories

• Bootstrapping An Online Fabric Shop and Growing to $20K/mo

With good tips about launching new business online.