links, etc 10 Things Software Developers Should Learn about Learning there so much good stuff in here. i’ve only poked at formal learning processes but these are solid glimpses into we need to remember when learning. not quite what i was expecting, but fun.
links, etc Extracting the Essential Simplicity of the Internet | Communications of the ACM a tribute to worse is better engineering and studied underspecification. seriously though, a little bit of retrospective analysis on the beauty in the simplicity of the internet’s “design”. the underspecification and ability to work over any link type really was a master stroke.
links, etc caught the ‘rona. catching up on reading. 240/4 As Seen by RIPE Atlas | RIPE Labs the tl;dr - amazon and VZ are using 240/4 internally. hardly shocking. still, let’s get our collective shit together on the IPv6 migration. A Simple Rule for Planning Your Fall Booster Shot - The Atlantic i’ve been holding out for the bivalent vaccines and an extended weekend wedding did me in. looks like i should still get crackin’...
links, etc The Sick, Refreshing Honesty of Web3 - The Atlantic well, let’s all come to terms with reality and admire the grift. We Found The Real Names Of Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Pseudonymous Founders yawn… ‘It’s a glorified backpack of tubes and turbines’: Dave Eggers on jetpacks and the enigma of solo flight | Dave Eggers yeah … i’ll hold off on my jetpack. I Gave Myself Three Months to Change My Personality - The Atlantic...
20211102 ‘Dune’ Has a Desert Problem don’t quite know how i landed on this article. but i found it a fascinating read on the influences and whitewashing of dune over its various incarnations. research!rsc: Lessons from the Debian/OpenSSL Fiasco - great read; passed along to me during a crypto discussion at $DAYJOB. 20211106 Who Controls the Internet? And should they? - Bert Hubert’s writings gone are the heady dreams of my 20s....