An Old-Fashioned Economic Tool Can Tame Pricing Algorithms - Scientific Ame

Left unchecked, pricing algorithms might unintentionally discriminate and collude to fix prices

She was a global superstar. She was a world-class spy.

The story of Josephine Baker.

How to Perform Motion Detection Using Python - KDnuggets

In this article, we will specifically take a look at motion detection using a webcam of a laptop or computer and will create a code script to work on our computer and see its real-time example.

8 mental model design heuristics

Rules of thumb for producing learnable designs

Git, GitHub and Git Commands (70 git commands)

WHAT IS GIT? A lot of times, people are confused on the right commands to use to resolve git...

J.Q. Dickinson Appalachian Mercantile

Curator of Appalachian food, crafts, home and bath goods. Get a subscription to have an assortment delivered monthly or seasonally. Appalachia's finest goods. Appalachia is home to high quality artisans and producers. We want to share these fine products with the world.

Uncommon Uses of Python in Commonly Used Libraries

Some off-the-beaten uses of Python learned from reading libraries.

The art of effective trolling

Sometimes you can say more with humor than with a polished speech or marketing spot.

Advanced Database Programming with Rails and Postgres

Learn about Active Record and subqueries, views and materialized views, and domain types and composite types in Postgres and Ruby on Rails.

How to Create File System Triggers in Python

How to painlessly monitor file creation, modification, and deletion programmatically.

A Guide to Python Itertools Like No Other

Crystalise your understanding of this amazing library through animated GIFs and learn how to write more elegant code

Visualizing Part-of-Speech Tags with NLTK and SpaCy

Customizing displaCy’s entity visualizer

Pipeline Analysis Playbook

In many board rooms, the most important go-to-market number this quarter is pipeline health. For some companies, the pipeline may be less clear than a quarter or two ago. Summer seasonality may play a role. Macroeconomics might also be lurking within the numbers. Pipeline…

Vending machines will sell you (almost) anything

Eggs, champagne, underwear, hats for your cat. Here’s why “unattended retail” is taking off — especially with Gen Z.

LearnMYOG

Learn to Make Your Own Gear (MYOG). DIY sewing patterns for ultralight backpacks, technical apparel, and outdoor adventurers.

Kind gestures bring recipients more joy than we assume

Our underestimation of how people feel receiving a small act of kindness can actual hinder us from extending those gestures, research finds.

Agile Scaling: SAFe Best Practices for Scrum Masters

Run effective SAFe ceremonies with these tips for release train engineers.

5 Agile Scaling Frameworks Compared | Toptal

Make the best choice for your Agile team with this scaling framework overview.

The Hidden Power of Workplace Rituals

Employees rightly expect to be able to bring their feelings — big and small — to work. One important way to provide that support is through rituals. The author defines rituals using two important benchmarks. First, rituals go beyond their practical purpose, moving participants…

10 ways to speed up JavaScript loading

In many modern websites, there is a lot of JavaScript. In fact, according to the HTTP Archive, the...

Using the Arrhenius Equation to Predict Electronic Component Aging

Learn about calculating the activation energy of the aging process and some of the contradictory opinions about the Arrhenius equation's usefulness when predicting a crystal's aging process.

17 Best DevOps Tools to Use in 2022 for Infrastructure Automation and Monit

You must adopt proper infrastructure automation if you want to enable your teams to achieve faster...

Free screen recorder for Mac and PC | Loom

Best free online screen recording tool with advanced video editing and video storage trusted by over 21 million people and easy sharing from Loom.com.

How to Analyze Qualitative Data from UX Research: Thematic Analysis

Identifying the main themes in data from user studies — such as: interviews, focus groups, diary studies, and field studies — is often done through thematic analysis.

SSH tips and tricks | Carlos Becker

Since I joined Charm, I’ve been working and learning more about SSH, and I thought I would share a few quick tips and tricks with you. Forward Yubikey Agent If you use a Yubikey (you should), you can use it in your remotes by having the key in a SSH agent and forwarding it. To…

Introduction to The World of Data - (OLTP, OLAP, Data Warehouses, Data Lake

Willie Nelson’s Long Encore

As he approaches 90, even brushes with death can’t keep him off the road — or dim a late-life creative burst.

The speakeasy economy of WeChat

We chat, we buy, we sell.

The Scientific Underpinnings and Impacts of Shame

People who feel shame readily are at risk for depression and anxiety disorders

How Your Brain Fills in the Blanks with Experience

Our neurocircuitry is profoundly shaped by a lifetime of learning.

The two types of quality // Zeno Rocha

The Japanese define quality in two ways — atarimae hinshitsu and miryokuteki hinshitsu. Understanding the difference between them is the key to building products that users love.

The Joy of A/B Testing, Part II: Advanced Topics

Cookies and privacy, interleaving experiments, clean dial-ups, and test metrics

Elevate Your E-commerce Journey With Animated UX Microinteractions

Microinteraction best practices that improve e-commerce UX.

How to get your home folder with using 2️⃣ lines of code and the pathlib module! 🐍🔥

— Mike Driscoll (@driscollis)

The mystery of the world's oldest toys

The world's oldest toys date back thousands of years – but determining whether ancient children played with them, and how, remains a mystery archaeologists are piecing together.

Judgment is an exercise in discretion: circumstances are everything | Aeon Essays

A virtuous person respects the rules. So when should the same person make a judgment call and break or bend them instead?

Find Files Modified in Last N Minutes in Linux

Finding recently modified files is a helpful parameter when troubleshooting your code or server. Learn how to find modified files in Linux command line.

How to design a referral program

Rules for weird ideas

On asking people to consider stuff that sounds crazy

The Case of the Matisse and the Mysterious Thingamabob

Did the artist paint a security camera (or a condom, or a portrait of rigatoni) into “The Red Studio”? An investigation at MoMA looks for clues.

Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier | Y Combinator

Today, Zapier automates work by connecting with over 5,000 apps. The company has been profitable since 2014 and is valued at $5B – with 700 employees working remotely. Wade, Zapier CEO, shared his learnings growing into the role of a growth-stage CEO.

Why Are Border Smugglers Trafficking Bologna?

The tons of contraband lunch meat seized at the U.S.-Mexico border tell us something about the market value of nostalgia.

My Mother’s 13 Unbeatable Tips to Staying Youthful

It’s time to ditch the biological clock, run to the nearest fair and jump back on that metaphoric roller-coaster known as your life

Meteor toolbox for your next hackathon or project start

Photo by NASA on Unsplash Whether you start a new project or want to get ready for the next...

SEO for Animated GIFs

Animated GIFs can provide unique, crawlable page content, boosting organic search rankings. But GIFs can also harm rankings if poorly executed. We explain.

Le bon temps continue to roll on Cajun radio in Southern Louisiana

Eight radio stations in Southern Louisiana still broadcast partially in French as they try to keep alive a dying language in the area. French has been spoken there since the mid-1700s.

Seven Things I Learnt Doing Stand-Up Comedy | Michael Gomes Vieira

I took part in a 6 week stand-up comedy course for beginners at The Comedy Store in Central London. At the end of the course, myself and the other co...

Cha Bu Duo: The expression that fills western manufacturers in China with dread | Hacker News

“Cha Bu Duo”: The expression that fills western manufacturers in China with dread

“Cha Bu Duo” illustrates the difference in the way Chinese manufacturers and their western clients view product quality, says a China sourcing agent.

Acceptance Criteria vs Requirements: Definition and Examples | ProjectPractical.com

When you’re defining your software or new product’s requirements, a set of criteria come into play. Acceptance criteria are one part of those criteria that are either agreed upon or come out of client/customer discussions. Unlike requirements, acceptance criteria define what…