2001-12-11 Joel Spolsky
What’s happening at a low level in computer programs.
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/12/11/back-to-basics/
Month: May 2019
The scientists persuading terrorists to spill their secrets
2019-10-13 Ian Leslie
Expert interrogators know torture doesn’t work – but until now, nobody could prove it. By analyzing hundreds of top-secret interviews with terror suspects, two British scientists have revolutionized the art of extracting the truth.
Why software projects take longer than you think – a statistical model
2019-04-15 Erik Bernhardsson
Anyone who built software for a while knows that estimating how long something is going to take is hard. It’s hard to come up with an unbiased estimate of how long something will take, when fundamentally the work in itself is about solving something. One pet theory I’ve had for a really long time, is that some of this is really just a statistical artifact.
How a Gay Character on Arthur Reflects Changing Norms in the U.S.
2019-05-14 Ashley Fetters and Natalie Escobar
This week, PBS portrayed a same-sex relationship on a children’s TV series—and got much more positive feedback than the last time it tried.
Why Recycling Doesn’t Work
Updated 2019-03-12 | Published 2018-08-14 Matthew Halliday
You may use the blue bin, but it doesn’t mean you’re helping the environment
https://thewalrus.ca/why-recycling-doesnt-work/
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Caltech’s Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy and The Feynman Lectures Website
How to Obfuscate
2017-06-29 by Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum
What misinformation on Twitter and radar have in common.
The Dow By Days of the Week
2018-01-04 Eddy Elfenbein
“the compounded gains for the Dow by days of the week from March 1, 1986 to the end of 2017.”
http://www.crossingwallstreet.com/archives/2018/01/the-dow-by-days-of-the-week.html