2021-02-11 · fastruby.io

Hacker News

Ruby 3.0 is a lot faster than Ruby 2.0, with both incremental tuning and interesting new disruptive changes. 'Three times faster' is hard to define...

2021-02-11 · are.na

the art of negativity

The concept of ‘positive thinking’ is ubiquitous throughout society – from socia… media to home décor. What then, of adopting an approach grounded in negativity?

2021-02-10 · linda.mirror.xyz

A beginner's guide to NFTs — Mirror

Non-fungible token (NFT) is a term used to describe a unique digital asset whose ownership is tracked on a blockchain, such as Ethereum. Assets that can be represented as NFTs range from digital goods, such as items that exist within virtual worlds, to claims on physical assets…

2021-02-10 · unintendedconsequenc.es

Three Wagers

It’s easy to write or talk about an issue without staking anything on its outcome. After all, that’s what casual forecasters do all the time. But having something in play — reputation or money or something else — can make sure that people remember their claims. This can keep us…

2021-02-09 · lemonde.fr

All Personal Feeds

Multinationals, billionaires, artists, sportsmen, criminals : an investigation by Le Monde reveals for the first time exhaustively what the Grand Duchy’s financial centre conceals, thanks to its tax advantages.

2021-02-09 · thedriftmag.com

The Original Karen

After Kenya declared independence from British rule in 1963, there came a flood of renamings. Schools, suburbs, and roads were rechristened in ways that spoke to a new idea of what it meant to be…

2021-02-08 · kcrw.com

Birria: greatest of all time | Good Food

A red, beef stew tucked into a corn tortilla stained red from the juices — birria de res has become a bonafide phenomenon. Bill Esparza documented its journey from Tijuana to Los Angeles and beyond in a deep dive for Eater .

2021-02-08 · theunixschool.com

The UNIX School: awk & sed

--> awk and sed tutorials: awk: awk - Read and split file contents awk - Passing arguments or shell variables to awk awk - Match a pat...