Fully Mastering Fisher’s Exact Test for A/B Testing

While Fisher’s exact test is a convenient tool for A/B testing, the idea and results of the test are often hard to grasp and difficult to…

The Dynamics of Exploration on Spotify - Spotify Research

Digital media platforms give users access to enormous amounts of content. To stay interested in this content, users must explore by seeking variety. In this study, we examine how users explore online content on Spotify at different points of their lifecycles, whether by…

A collection of bad album covers that are both hilarious and awkward, 1960s-1980s - Rare Historical Photos

In this collection, you can see some of the worst album covers of all time. Everything from rock, metal bands, country, gospel comedy, jazz, etc.

Developer Center | Targomo Developers!

Build the next generation of Location Intelligence applications with the Targomo API

Isochrone Map Generator: How to Create Travel Time Maps | Blog

Learn how to create isochrones for different transport modes with our free isochrone map generator, Isochrone API or software plugins.

Test Your Product On A Crappy Laptop | CSS-Tricks

There is a huge and ever-widening gap between the devices we use to make the web and the devices most people use to consume it. It’s also no secret

vs. : How To Choose The Right One — Smashing Magazine

In this article, Olushuyi explores a mental model that helps you decide between the `` and `` elements when writing documents. You will explore how grouping content affects accessibility and how you can make it all count for users.

Into the Forbidden Forest

Famed American biologist Patricia Wright explores an astonishing breadth of biodiversity in the wilderness of Madagascar

The difference between procs and lambdas in Ruby

Note: before starting this post, I recommend reading my other posts about procs and closures for background. Overview What’s the difference between a proc and a lambda? Lambdas actually are procs. Lambdas are just a special kind of proc and they behave a little bit differently…

What Keeps a Crowd from Becoming a Mob?

Amid COVID, studies in Denmark suggest that crowds do not always engage in bad behavior—and that mass-gatherings sometimes offer meaningful connection

Air Support in a Backpack: The Switchblade

In March 2022, it was reported that the United States was sending over some Switchblades to Ukraine.

Downtime is not an option – meet the stewards of the cloud | Aeon Essays

Hot, strenuous and unsung. There is nothing soft and fluffy about the caretaking work that enables our digital lives

The value of not flying

Why might people decline an offer of up to $10,000 just to keep their feet on the ground?

The Quest to Save the Pink Apples of Italy

Fruit fans, assemble.

Romance, Politics, and Ecological Damage: The Saga of Sable Island’s Wild Horses | Hakai Magazine

They’ve roamed free for hundreds of years, but is that freedom harming the ecosystem they call home?

Overexposed: A History of Fotomat

The tiny photo processing kiosks could be found everywhere in the 1970s and 1980s. And that was the problem.

When Did Peanut Butter Get So Cool?

Like coffee, ice cream, and chocolate, nut butter is having its connoisseur moment.

Supply Chain Process Optimization using Linear Programming

Understand how linear programming can be the most powerful tool for a supply chain continuous improvement engineer

Two-Sided Networks in Healthcare, a Founder’s Playbook

The most significant bottleneck in the adoption of healthcare technology to date has been distribution. Over the last decade, generations of digital health companies have struggled to reach escape velocity—not because their products and services weren’t transformative, but…

How to Structure Your Sales Compensation Plan to Deliberately Undersell by @ttunguz

In Deliberately Underselling as Sales Strategy, I wrote about the importance of sizing contracts below customer needs to ensure customer success. “A key part of the formula: crafting the right account executive compensation structure to reward this strategy.” I received a pile…

Productivity Tips And Tools For A More Efficient Workflow — Smashing Magazine

Who doesn’t love a good timesaver? In this post, we compiled useful productivity tips and tools that help you speed up routine tasks, enhance your development workflow, and stay organized.

How to Track Down Memory Leaks in Ruby

Let's explore how Ruby manages memory, garbage collection, and how to uncover a leak, in the first of this two-part series on memory leaks in Ruby.

Unlink Command in Linux

Learn about the unlink command, an alternate method of deleting files in the Linux terminal.

Under Anesthesia, Where Do Our Minds Go?

To better understand our brains and design safer anesthesia, scientists are turning to EEG.

Why is it so hard to give Google money?

Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’

Casablanca is widely remembered as one of the greatest films of all time, coming in at #2 on the AFI’s top 100 list and similarly regarded by many other critics. You can quibble with its exac…

Emoji Kitchen Browser

Browse thousands of delightful Emoji Kitchen combinations, available in Gboard for Android.

The Digital Shopfloor: Industrial Automation in the Industry 4.0 Era

Stream Graphs Basics with Python's Matplotlib

The good-looking cousin of stacked area charts

Shamelessness as a strategy

I’ve enjoyed playing a game called Avalon recently. I won’t go too far into the rules, but it’s a hidden role game in the vein of Secret Hitler or Werewolf, where one team is “good”, trying to uncover who among them is “evil”, before the evil team wins.

How the Brain Allows the Deaf to Experience Music

Our sensory systems for hearing and touch overlap to stir a wealth of emotions.

The Magical Use of Uncommon Labels Fieldset and Legend

How to use Fieldset and Legend to create an amazing border effect.

4 Quick Tricks For Better Plots in Matplotlib

Easily adding arrows, multiple axes, gradient fill, and more

Mobile UX: Study Guide

Unsure where to start? Use this collection of links to our articles and videos to learn how to write and present information that aligns with users’ needs and online behaviors.

The mysterious inner lives of octopuses

Octopuses are problem-solvers, mischief-makers and notorious escape artists. They also appear to have a rich inner life – so what is it like to be an octopus?

fastai/fastbook: The fastai book, published as Jupyter Notebooks

The fastai book, published as Jupyter Notebooks.

Software Requirement Specification: How to make SRS for your project [with examples]

How to write SRS? What its key characteristics? To deliver a successful and robust software product, you should know an in-depth description of what to be developed. That’s why writing a clear, concise and easy to follow SRS documentation is a must.

What is the best way to write a PRD? With PRD examples from companies you look upto!

Always looking for learning opportunities in product and life.

https://docs.idew.org/principles-and-practices/practices/design-practices/design-requirements

Discovery vs. Documentation | Silicon Valley Product Group

The problem that I want to write about today has always been a problem, but in truth, the pandemic has made this problem substantially worse. In particular, I am worried about teams reverting back to the heavy use of artifacts such as product requirements documents (e.g. PRD’s)…

When Did Shaking Hands Become a Standard Way of Greeting Someone?

There’s ancient evidence for the custom of shaking hands, but did it mean the same thing then as it does today?

How to Make a Database Connection in Python for Absolute Beginners

3 steps (+examples) to connect to MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle and many other databases

A Traveling Jewish Deli Exhibit Tells an American Tale in Pickles and Pastr

“I’ll Have What She’s Having,” a traveling exhibit on the Jewish delicatessen, looks back at a vibrant institution fueled by immigration and irresistible food.

https://twitter.com/freakonometrics/status/1550439602594484225?s=12&t=5dAyRh9A5Nw53A3oNf4HPg

How to convert JSON to CSV using Linux / Unix shell - nixCraft

This page explains how to convert JSON to CSV format using Linux, macOS, *BSD or Unix command-line utilities.

5 tips for writing amazingly jargon-free product copy

These five tactics will help simplify and clarify your technical copy.

Ask HN: What are some cool but obscure data structures you know about? | Hacker News

Building classifiers with biased classes: AdaSampling comes to the rescue

An algorithmic approach to clean up your dataset and sharpen class assignments.

The 50 Greatest Fictional Deaths of All Time

The most tearjerking, hilarious, satisfying, and shocking death scenes in 2,500 years of culture.

Samoon | Traditional Bread From Iraq | TasteAtlas

Samoon is a traditional Iraqi yeast bread characterized by its unusual diamond shape. The bread is usually baked in a tandoor oven, and in Iraq, shops that sell samoon often have yellow diamonds painted on the outside to signify what awaits inside