Solomun, the D.J. Who Keeps Ibiza Dancing

He leads a manic, exhausting life—but when he’s guiding clubbers through one of his marathon sets it feels like time has been suspended.

The man who wrote the Onion's Supreme Court brief takes parody very serious

The satirical site submitted a 23-page brief to the Supreme Court in support of a First Amendment case. Mike Gillis, The Onion writer who authored the brief, tells NPR why parody is worth defending.

Scientists Have Discovered a New Set of Blood Groups

The ‘Er’ grouping could help doctors identify and treat some rare cases of blood incompatibility, including between pregnant mothers and fetuses.

The four horsemen of fear

All fears can be divided into four broad categories which psychologists refer to as the four horsemen of fear: bodily, interpersonal, cognitive and behavioral fears. And each of the four horsemen of fear can be addressed by applying simple strategies.

GoodwillFinds.com gives shoppers more reasons to feel good about buying sec

A new recommerce venture offers all of the benefits of buying second hand plus a means to help fund social service programs in local communities, such as job training and youth mentorship. Do you see retailers trying to raise the visibility of their secondhand offerings in light…

Herbert Hoover vs Fairmont 1977

First round of the AAA WV State Playoffs 1977 (4 teams)

Hilarious Cowboy Poetry With Waddie Mitchell and Batxer Black | Carson Tonight Show

Original Airdate: 01/08/1987 #johnnycarson #thetonightshow

Paul McCartney's freakish memory - by Ian Leslie

And what it tells us about his creativity

How Headphones Are Changing the Sound of Music

One important impact appears to be on vocals.

Security Best Practices for Your Rails Application

Ensure your Rails application stays secure by following some best practices and habits.

Why Everyone—From Mechanics to Crust Punks—Wears Dickies

The Fort Worth apparel company celebrates a century as a blank cultural canvas.

Scraping JSON, HTML, and ZIP Files with Pure SQLite

a.k.a. leave BeautifulSoup in the past and embrace SQL I used DALL·E to generate thumbnails for this post: “cute cartoon|claymation abominable snowman scraping ice off his frozen car windshield” is nightmare fuel Some of the most common web-scraping tasks can be done in pure…

CompCogNeuro/book: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience textbook

Computational Cognitive Neuroscience textbook.

Fundamentals of Data Visualization

A guide to making visualizations that accurately reflect the data, tell a story, and look professional.

Huge new dataset pushes limits of neuroscience

The Allen Institute’s release includes recordings from a whopping 300,000 mouse neurons. Now the challenge is figuring out what to do with all that data.

How I Use Robert Greene’s Notecard System

I adopted the master researcher’s notecard system to transform great ideas into actionable steps

Linux 6.0 Arrives With Support For Newer Chips, Core Fixes, and Oddities

My favorite Michigan J. Frog scene

I've found the more "magical" side of life to be exactly like this cartoon. You can't show anyone something they don't already believe in. "To he who know's, no explanation is necessary. To he who knows not, none is possible."

Charlie Tyson: "Theater of Shame"

What does the state of online shaming reveal about our democracy?

7 Cool HTML Elements Nobody Uses

Were you left in tears while searching for cool HTML elements? Don’t worry! This article contains 7 elements to up your Coolness…

How to Print Environment Variables in Linux

Wondering what environment variables are set on your current shell? Learn how to print environment variables in Linux.

Videos — Engineering Media

Here is a growing list of videos that I’ve created for YouTube channels other than my own.

Steampipe | select * from cloud;

Steampipe is an open source tool to instantly query your cloud services (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP and more) with SQL. No DB required.

Coolio Was More Than “Gangsta’s Paradise”

The hip-hop classic was both 1995’s biggest song and its most acclaimed, but it was neither the rapper’s first hit nor his last.

Cloudflare’s post-quantum cryptography protects almost a fifth of the inter

Today, Content Delivery Network (CDN) vendor Cloudflare announced it's enabling post-quantum cryptography across all protected sites.

Alone at the Edge of the World - The Atavist Magazine

Susie Goodall wanted to circumnavigate the globe in her sailboat without stopping. She didn’t bargain for what everyone else wanted.

The Bodies in the Cave

Native people have lived in the Big Bend region for thousands of years. Who should claim their remains?

19 advanced Google search operators you need to know

Gain powerful insights to inform your marketing efforts. Use the following advanced Google search operators and commands to your advantage.

Victor Shi: We don’t need a third party. We need ranked choice voting.

Earlier this summer, a group of anti-Trump and moderate Republicans and Democrats launched a new political party called the Forward Party. On the surface, this movement echoes recent polls indicati…

How one of America’s last piano manufacturers stays alive

Piano-building was once one of the country’s largest industries. Today, only two companies remain in business.

Inside the Ransomware Gangs That Extort Hospitals

They shut down patient care and put lives at risk. Would the pandemic finally slow them down?

Cats Give the Laws of Physics a Biiiiig Stretch

They can fall from potentially infinite heights and survive. They can pivot off of nothing to land on their feet. Scientists still can’t fully explain why.

Asking one simple question can entirely change how you feel | Psyche Ideas

Positive and negative emotions respond differently to ‘affect labelling’ – the act of giving a name to your feelings

Everything You Important You Should Know About the known_hosts file in Linu

There is a known_hosts file in the .ssh directory and it is an integral part of the SSH mechanism. Learn more about it.

How to count all files in a directory in Linux

To count all files in a directory in linux, simply cd to that directory and then run the following...

What Time is It? A Timing Market Primer and Overview

How do we keep track of time? A deeper look into Quartz timers and the emerging field of MEMS

The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet’s Time

An obscure software system synchronizes the network’s clocks. Who will keep it running?

How Product Strategy Fails in the Real World — What to Avoid When Building

Why does strategy tend to stall when the rubber hits the road? Nate Stewart, Chief Product Officer of Cockroach Labs, shares an essential guide for creating a resilient strategy that’s still standing next year.

7 Techniques to Handle Imbalanced Data - KDnuggets

This blog post introduces seven techniques that are commonly applied in domains like intrusion detection or real-time bidding, because the datasets are often extremely imbalanced.

How to have better arguments | Psyche Guides

Arguing well isn’t just about winning. A philosophical approach will help you and the other person get much more out of it

Something Strange Happens When You Tear These Creatures Apart

Behold choanoflagellates, tiny creatures that can be one body and many bodies all at once.

What is semantic search: A deep dive into entity-based search

Semantics = theory of meaning, yet most define semantic search with a focus on intent. “Meaning” is not the same as “intention.” Learn more.

Chi-Square Test to Compare Categorical Variables

Complete Guideline to Find Dependencies among Categorical Variables with Chi-Square Test

How to Follow Symbolic Links

You got a symbolic link and wondering about the actual source file? Here's how to follow symlinks in Linux.

The Best Jewish Food Cookbooks (for Noshing Your Way Through the Holidays)

From classic to innovative, these Jewish cookbooks will teach you how to make Israeli street food, West African-inspired brisket, and way, way more.

The surprising power of memes

The science of these viral mash-ups reveals why they are so effective at spreading ideas and beliefs.

7 Lessons on Dynamic Pricing (Courtesy of Bruce Springsteen)

Some fans were outraged when man-of-the-people Bruce Springsteen charged more than $5,000 per seat for his upcoming concert. The high prices were the result of a dynamic pricing system, in which prices are adjusted upward in response to strong demand. This controversy…

The Disappearing Art Of Maintenance | NOEMA

The noble but undervalued craft of maintenance could help preserve modernity’s finest achievements, from public transit systems to power grids, and serve as a useful framework for addressing climate change and other pressing planetary constraints.

The Case of the Disputed Lucian Freud

A collector thought he had bought a painting by the celebrated British artist. How far would he go to prove it?

A Guide to Thai Soups

An introduction to the three main types of Thai soups: herb-infused soups, clear soups, and Chinese-style soups. Here is a guide to what makes them different, and how to start making them at home.