tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57971872024-03-15T11:09:13.786+01:00Christof DamianCycling nerd in BarcelonaChristof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.comBlogger358125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-22766430814073757172024-03-15T11:08:00.001+01:002024-03-15T11:08:12.038+01:00Friday Links 24-08<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAa2PrgJuQ3CQ3sDtfe_C-K80vgQUKXFHcucWIF4IQm1cNjb_-05No7uNKpdgxpAlj6AkEaa5IfFhzRcnoHya6UMWqaHocgJgNhYonpXbB1XkqPaQZHUAw8sokUnaex_ajAqzgbWM9EJOQkFwuHz401foKHG_-NAJDg1-pSTJVKFdN5iO6DA3pw/s3096/IMG_20201002_140613_283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Tablet with teapot, mug, biscuits, and milk" border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAa2PrgJuQ3CQ3sDtfe_C-K80vgQUKXFHcucWIF4IQm1cNjb_-05No7uNKpdgxpAlj6AkEaa5IfFhzRcnoHya6UMWqaHocgJgNhYonpXbB1XkqPaQZHUAw8sokUnaex_ajAqzgbWM9EJOQkFwuHz401foKHG_-NAJDg1-pSTJVKFdN5iO6DA3pw/w320-h320/IMG_20201002_140613_283.jpg" title="Tea set" width="320" /></a></div></h2><p style="text-align: left;">Quite a mix of topics. I recommend the podcast with Cal Newport and the article about learning to ride a bike ("Stumbling can be lovely")<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership<br /></h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/dq0f3ozb">Joe Militello, Chief People Officer at Pagerduty: Why You Need to Rethink Your People Strategy</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - people strategy has to be part of every team. <br /></p><p><a href="https://pca.st/7a5myru0">Story: Leaving LinkedIn - Choosing Engineering Excellence Over Expediency</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - not really about leadership, but an interesting inside view about what makes someone leave.</p><p><a href="https://pca.st/m95pljcr">How to be productive without burning out, with Cal Newport</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - speed vs sustainability. </p><p><a href="https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-10x-engineer-evolution/"> The “10x engineer:" 50 years ago and now</a> - the "surgical team" idea always seemed a bit weird to me, even 20 years ago, when I read it. <br /></p><p><a href="https://martinfowler.com/articles/measuring-developer-productivity-humans.html">Measuring Developer Productivity via Humans</a> - about the benefits of qualitative metrics.</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@marcusf/how-i-set-expectations-for-skip-levels-701981f1636b">How I set expectations for skip levels</a> - I am looking into skip levels at the moment. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering</h2><p><a href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/03/time_t-is-not-gmt/">time_t is not GMT</a> - it has no TZ. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/13/air-pollution-levels-have-improved-in-europe-over-20-years-say-researchers">Air pollution levels have improved in Europe over 20 years, say researchers</a> - not in most cities. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/12/how-did-norway-become-the-electric-car-superpower-oil-money-civil-disobedience-and-morten-from-a-ha">How did Norway become the electric car superpower? Oil money, civil disobedience – and Morten from a-ha</a> - I always enjoy the a-ha part. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/09/olive-oil-becomes-most-wanted-item-for-shoplifters-in-spain">Olive oil becomes most wanted item for shoplifters in Spain</a> - it is still cheaper than everywhere else. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism / Transit <br /></h2><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FwQp0xnFEE"> OMFG DINOSAURS AND TRAINS!!!!! (with TierZoo) </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - it really isn't Germany's fault! <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/health-gains-of-low-traffic-schemes-up-to-100-times-greater-than-costs-study-finds">Health gains of low-traffic schemes up to 100 times greater than costs, study finds</a> - surprise! </p><p><a href="https://road.cc/content/news/government-tried-bury-positive-ltn-report-307183"> Government tried to bury report which found that Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are effective and popular</a> - no surprise! <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Tea</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/po3ho7ua">Storm over a teacup</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - about Nepalese tea. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/berlins-techno-scene-added-to-unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage-list">Berlin’s techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural heritage list</a> - thanks for making me feel even older. </p><p><a href="https://oldweb.today/">OldWeb.Today</a> - use an obsolete browser, on an obsolete OS, to view dead web pages.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xalTFH5ht-k"> Dial Up Modem Sounds, from 300 bps to 56K </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - best subtitles ever?</p><p><a href="https://blog.zarfhome.com/2024/02/what-happened-to-kickstarter">Oh, that's what happened to Kickstarter</a> - close web3 call! </p><p><a href="https://www.harshal-patil.com/post/ergonomics-speed-typing-mouse-kinesis">My 5 Step Journey Towards Ergonomic And Fast Typing</a> - I really should learn to type at some point!</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/11/jack-davenport-steven-moffat-making-coupling">‘We cranked up the madness’: Jack Davenport and Steven Moffat on making Coupling</a> - still funny … even if a lot of it is outdated. </p><p><a href="https://www.aiweirdness.com/learn-your-farm-animals-with-ai/"> Learn your farm animals with AI! </a>- "mock" "qlick"</p><p><a href="https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/outdoor/2023-garmin-inreach-sos-year-in-review/"> 2023 Garmin inReach® SOS Year in Review </a>- busy west coast. </p><p><a href="https://longreads.com/2024/03/07/stumbling-can-be-lovely-devin-kelly/"> Stumbling Can Be Lovely</a> - "The hardest part is the launch, Hal says."</p><p><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/prompt-engineering-is-dead"> AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead Long live AI prompt engineering</a> - let's just have the AIs doing the job of making the AIs doing our job. <br /></p><div style="background-color: #fff8eb; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 225, 230); margin-top: 3em;">
<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-65958431270782667042024-03-08T12:50:00.006+01:002024-03-08T12:56:18.494+01:00Friday Links 24-07<div class="separator"><h2 style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5a73jRpGflrOiGutd9S_VcJNgIWmbWOLIdQVTLjk1JXbEoP414GRMl1ufE6NBYl29MnxrFf9xfjcwi0zncyWp91g56Of-wgWFM4TiayRc1udTewYwGlS7q32H3RiP6okLlPwDxqx9KnQx7QWsA5W3s8Ai3lkNH5to32sskZw4FSPqWwD0zZDpgw/s640/Nerd%20Emoji%20With%20Glasses.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Nerd emoji" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5a73jRpGflrOiGutd9S_VcJNgIWmbWOLIdQVTLjk1JXbEoP414GRMl1ufE6NBYl29MnxrFf9xfjcwi0zncyWp91g56Of-wgWFM4TiayRc1udTewYwGlS7q32H3RiP6okLlPwDxqx9KnQx7QWsA5W3s8Ai3lkNH5to32sskZw4FSPqWwD0zZDpgw/w320-h320/Nerd%20Emoji%20With%20Glasses.png" title="Nerd emoji" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /></h2></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Good urbanism videos today. </p><p style="text-align: left;">If you got some time, I can also recommend the podcast about bonuses and the four part series about the bicycle industry bubble. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/0ktmelwb">Do bonuses actually make us work harder?</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - it is very tricky, and can go awfully wrong. </p><p><a href="https://hagakure.substack.com/p/the-hagakure-76-why-are-you-not-hiring">The Hagakure #76: Why Are You Not Hiring Junior Developers?</a> - Your juniors will be faster seniors than you expect. But AI is working against them. </p><p><a href="https://www.neatro.io/blog/asynchronous-retrospective/">How to Run an Async Retrospective?</a> - I wonder how useful these really are. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering</h2><p><a href="https://github.blog/2024-03-06-how-github-uses-merge-queue-to-ship-hundreds-of-changes-every-day/">How GitHub uses merge queue to ship hundreds of changes every day</a> - I like this, even on a smaller scale. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.programmingfonts.org/">programmingfonts.org</a> - because you can never have enough of them. </p><p><a href="http://antirez.com/news/143">Playing audio files in a Pi Pico without a DAC</a> - I probably would use a DAC. </p><p><a href="https://codeofmatt.com/list-of-2024-leap-day-bugs/">List of 2024 Leap Day Bugs</a> - thankfully this happens only every four years … since we are apparently not great at it. </p><p><a href="https://strudel.cc/">strudel</a> - <i>"a new live coding platform to write dynamic music pieces in the browser!
It is free and open-source and made for beginners and experts alike."</i> <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Work</h2><p><a href="https://medium.com/the-liberators/in-depth-how-does-working-from-home-influence-teamwork-6a14b4c804a">In-Depth: How Does Working From Home Influence Teamwork?</a> - many studies, non-conclusive. <br /></p><p><a href="https://pca.st/rpy1d2zl">Workchat: workplace culture has never been more complicated</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - Let's see if "Chronoworking" becomes a thing. <br /></p><p><a href="https://buffer.com/resources/buffer-retreat-advice/">How to Handle a Retreat: 16 Tips from Bufferoos as We Head to Cancún</a> - Step 1: head to Cancún. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBXz9vAyPC0"> Why Is It So Hard To Cross The Street? (& What You Can Do To Help) </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - the flag thing is still hilarious. <br /></p><p><a href="https://rollingspoke.com/drop-bar-girls-and-my-homage-to-the-road-bike/">Drop Bar Girls and my homage to the road bike</a> - cycling chic is back. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt_zIzDWOEc"> Should Cities be Circles?</a> <i>[YouTube]</i> - yes, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circleville,_Ohio">Circleville</a> is a thing. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7_O1GSPIWo"> How the Dutch SOLVED Street Design </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - this should be possible everywhere. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQtYIFWv7Hk"> What are the benefits of low traffic neighbourhoods on residents in London? </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - following the "culture war" around the LTNs is a weird look into the UK. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Emojis<br /></h2><p><a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/on-families-and-equality/">On Families and Equality</a> - this is a difficult problem to solve, none of the solutions are ideal. And yes, I now subscribe to a blog about emojis. <br /></p><p><a href="https://escapecollective.com/how-did-the-bike-industry-get-into-such-deep-trouble/">How did the bike industry get into such deep trouble?</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - if you are interested in industry bubbles, or bikes, this is a great four part series. </p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2024/03/07/hard-miles-the-hollywood-movie-that-could-boost-bicycling/?sh=28fd2725371d">‘Hard Miles’: The Hollywood Movie That Could Boost Bicycling</a> - new cycling film! </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/feb/29/hairy-bikers-chef-dave-myers-dies-at-66">Hairy Bikers chef Dave Myers dies at 66</a> - RIP</p><p><a href="https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/contentnation-mastodons-toxicity/"> Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon’s Toxicity </a>- the Fediverse needs to chill a bit. </p><p><a href="https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/easy-kimchi">Easy-to-make kimchi</a> - Kimchi in general isn't that hard. This is a good way of making it. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/02/it-makes-me-so-sad-church-reemerges-from-reservoir-as-spain-faces-droughts">‘It makes me so sad’: church re-emerges from reservoir as Spain faces droughts</a> - my drought update. </p><p><a href="https://rss-is-dead.lol/">Feeds all around</a> - useful tool to find RSS feeds of your Mastodon network. </p><p><a href="https://carvehername.org.uk/">Carve Her Name</a> - <i>"Every day women have, and are, making history. Find out what happened on this day, and carve her name with pride."</i></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Other Links</h2><p><a href="https://johnfreeborn.com/words/weekly-design-links-03-05-24/">Weekly Design Links – 03/05/24</a> - I love the Thai Tuan Dang's art and the N64 book.<br /></p><div style="background-color: #fff8eb; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 225, 230); margin-top: 3em;">
<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-53217555311383545752024-03-01T10:22:00.001+01:002024-03-01T10:22:16.195+01:00Friday Links 24-06<p style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhSzqtvPPO2jgoP8NL5xvHxbmKwZy2QHnF0JcPRFj2yZ130ico2ABTqTwsvvOB3TmWtPxcDkAoQSxpiMXh0JVDsm_FM5crxYjno79c7gQin01F3V1fNkKwTdrrqW6TFrIayBQOst4UKklqV6N-RHTw8KzENDdvFiLMeImc2CuQLoSpKTLFGAOTg/s1280/Ukrflagblue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ukrainian flag on post at halfmast position" border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1280" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhSzqtvPPO2jgoP8NL5xvHxbmKwZy2QHnF0JcPRFj2yZ130ico2ABTqTwsvvOB3TmWtPxcDkAoQSxpiMXh0JVDsm_FM5crxYjno79c7gQin01F3V1fNkKwTdrrqW6TFrIayBQOst4UKklqV6N-RHTw8KzENDdvFiLMeImc2CuQLoSpKTLFGAOTg/w320-h214/Ukrflagblue.jpg" title="Ukrainian flag" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ukrflagblue.jpg">The flag of Ukraine at Kyiv City Hall</a></span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>It has been two years since Russia's invasion and beginning of the unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine.</p><p style="text-align: left;">There is fatigue and attention, and headlines are turning to the next topic. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm not as down about it now as I was two years ago, as it really got under my skin. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Now I stay mostly current with the news to not forget. I am impressed by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine">The Guardian's continued reporting</a> on this. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Ukraine</h2><p><a href="https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-worst-morning-ever">The Worst Morning Ever</a> - a memory of the first 24 hours of the war. <br /></p><p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/nastia_ua/nastia-vernadsky-library-in-kyiv-2024"> Nastia @ Vernadsky Library in Kyiv 2024 </a> <i>[SoundCloud]</i> - it is wonderful how some life continues as normal. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/feb/21/two-years-of-war-in-ukraine-then-and-now"> Two years of war in Ukraine – then and now</a> - in pictures. <br /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/24/a-train-through-ukraine-a-journey-into-the-stories-of-two-years-of-war">A train through Ukraine: a journey into the stories of two years of war</a></p><p></p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering </h2><p></p><p><a href="https://pca.st/l4clkesy">Story: Beautiful Code - Inside Greg Wilson's Vision for Software Design</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - interesting story about getting into code and teaching it. </p><p><a href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/02/time_t-hard-mode/">time_t Hard Mode</a> - my favourite topic: time zone changes!</p><p><a href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/02/today-in-daylight-savings-chaos-monkey/">Today in "Daylight Savings Chaos Monkey"</a> - every four years we learn about the mistakes we make. <br /></p><p><a href="https://testing.googleblog.com/2024/02/increase-test-fidelity-by-avoiding-mocks.html"> Increase Test Fidelity By Avoiding Mocks </a>- I quite like mocks! Not using them can also quickly get out of hands if you have many dependencies. </p><p><a href="https://hackmysql.com/post/are-aurora-performance-claims-true/">Are Aurora Performance Claims True?</a> - deep dive into the claims … it depends, but it appears to be true.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Work</h2><p><a href="https://martinfowler.com/bliki/PeriodicFaceToFace.html">Periodic Face-to-Face</a> - I was lucky to meet some coworkers already in my first month, and I know many people are eager to do the same around conferences. </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/rto-doesnt-improve-company-value-but-does-make-employees-miserable-study/">RTO doesn’t improve company value, but does make employees miserable: Study</a> - it is good to see some studies around this. Until now, it was just camps shouting at each other.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/feb/21/four-day-week-made-permanent-for-most-uk-firms-in-worlds-biggest-trial">Four-day week made permanent for most UK firms in world’s biggest trial</a> - 51% is technically most :-) <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment</h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/27/european-parliament-votes-for-watered-down-law-to-restore-nature-farmers-protests">European parliament votes for watered-down law to restore nature</a> - good, except for the watered-down part. </p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/rise-fast-fashion-shein-temu-roils-global-air-cargo-industry-2024-02-21/">Rise of fast-fashion Shein, Temu roils global air cargo industry</a> - another thing we really don't need.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/d9i3yw2q">Europe Spends More on Roads than Rails (with Real Time History)</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - mostly about Germany because it is so depressing. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/7cb9j6yk">In the beginning (of generative AI)</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - it is astonishing how dead ML and data science is, after being on the hype train for the recent years. </p><p><a href="https://jonworth.eu/a-hydrogen-tram-for-gorlitz-about-the-worst-idea-i-can-imagine/">A hydrogen tram for Görlitz: about the worst idea I can imagine</a> - the hydrogen hype continues. </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240222-depaving-the-cities-replacing-concrete-with-earth-and-plants">The cities stripping out concrete for earth and plants</a> - pretty. </p><p><a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/biking/i-biked-almost-everywhere-for-a-month/"> I Biked (Almost) Everywhere for a Month </a>- <i>"I had more mental energy for work and play and felt more intimately connected to the places and people in my city."</i></p><p><i></i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2xAzyQQDHk"> How to find space for bike lanes in clogged cities</a> <i>[YouTube]</i> - Paris showing others how to do it. I really have to visit soon. </p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267">Car harm: A global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment</a> -<i> "</i><span><i>1 in 34 deaths are caused by cars and automobility"</i> </span></p><p><span><a href="https://discerningcyclist.com/city-transformations-before-after/"> Magnificent City Transformations: 6 Before & After Photos </a>- I expect there was a lot of resistance to change, and now nobody wants to go back. <br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random</h2><p><a href="https://www.hvdfonts.com/custom-cases/berlin-type"> BERLIN TYPE </a>- I like the Berlin station lettering. This new font is nice too. </p><p><a href="https://www.strata-gee.com/analog-cassette-tape-is-mounting-a-comeback/">Analog Cassette Tape is Mounting a Comeback</a> - the never-ending comeback. <br /></p>
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<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-27022969411066459512024-02-16T12:15:00.003+01:002024-02-16T12:19:43.988+01:00Friday Links 24-05<h2 style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGair_lSWRlkOdLu3zSueRzvxvvQeh_AU1BUpFZZ6w4aV8fm3huScUh1TsJavc3QujxC6qKgkSNjYuXHCsSVufRevly5smoza5kkvRbsIsoatW92WL1x1H-s3xDeSiEnFoMovpnAwIIfzPWBTCyNSDr0-BOz_GakWpRJ0DC9jA0nY51XWjAAewQ/s800/Delorean_DMC-12_side.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="DeLorean car from side with doors open" border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="800" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGair_lSWRlkOdLu3zSueRzvxvvQeh_AU1BUpFZZ6w4aV8fm3huScUh1TsJavc3QujxC6qKgkSNjYuXHCsSVufRevly5smoza5kkvRbsIsoatW92WL1x1H-s3xDeSiEnFoMovpnAwIIfzPWBTCyNSDr0-BOz_GakWpRJ0DC9jA0nY51XWjAAewQ/w320-h228/Delorean_DMC-12_side.jpg" title="DeLorean" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">by
<a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Grenex" title="en:User:Grenex">Kevin Abato</a> from <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delorean_DMC-12_side.jpg">Wikipedia</a></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></h2><p style="text-align: left;">The two leadership podcasts are good this week, both about trust.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I also like the Vision Pro review. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/rbkgmqfq">Trust and Inspire With Stephen M.R. Covey 6 | 5</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - pretty good episode with a guest talking about trust. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/dir2nbwc">Jacob Morgan, 5x Best-Selling Author & Futurist</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - "Futurists" are always suspicious. His premise that being vulnerable without leading doesn't help. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk2R3WNvWWQ"> The PROBLEM With DORA Metrics</a> <i>[YouTube]</i> - besides being just metrics, they also just measure a tiny part of the creation process.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering </h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://cep.dev/posts/every-infrastructure-decision-i-endorse-or-regret-after-4-years-running-infrastructure-at-a-startup/">(Almost) Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 years running infrastructure at a startup</a> - that is white an extensive list! <br /></p><a href="https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/copilot">I worry our Copilot is leaving some passengers behind</a> - <i>"Why do we accept a product that not only misfires regularly, but sometimes catastrophically?"</i> <br /><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blog.glyph.im/2024/02/let-me-tell-you-a-secret.html">Let Me Tell You A Secret</a> - "Ask the Senior Engineers about problems … then tell Leadership about it"</p><a href="https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/mastering-programming">Mastering Programming</a> - Kent Beck's high-level approach. Many good tips in there. <h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism </h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHZwOAIect4"> More Lanes are (Still) a Bad Thing</a><i> [YouTube]</i> - in case you don't know yet.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnLjesZq66k&list=WL&index=6&t=4s"> Seville's Cycling Revolution, 10 times more cycling in 4 years</a> <i>[YouTube]</i> - if you build it, they will come. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjTx2ALomfc"> When cycling is 'normalized but marginalized' </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - true, in many places, and depressing</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://speakeasy.substack.com/p/train-your-brain">Train your brain</a> - people don't die of the things you think they die off, and definitely not peanuts. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random DeLorean<br /></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://news.stanford.edu/2019/12/20/autonomous-delorean-drives-sideways-move-forward/">Driving sideways to move forward: Stanford engineers show how an autonomous, drifting DeLorean can improve driver safety</a> - of course you use a DeLorean. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/11/daytime-clubbing-rave-generation-day-fever-club-london-outernet">‘You can get home for the 10 o’clock news’: UK ravers fall in love with daytime clubbing</a> - It's music for old people after all. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/tiosg1qp">The Curious Mr. Feynman</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - profile of one of the Manhattan Project people. He seemed fun. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://wedistribute.org/2024/02/tear-down-walls-not-bridges/"> Tear Down Walls, and Build Bridges </a>- the current Fediverse storm. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5puKFpjv4U"> Cycling with Apple Vision Pro: The Future? </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - summary: indoors good, outdoors bad</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://codeberg.org/derat/soundalike">soundalike</a> - I thought I clean up my music collection again. This doesn't quite work. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/13/france-halts-100-a-month-electric-car-leasing-scheme-after-surge-in-demand">France halts €100-a-month electric car leasing scheme after huge demand</a> - people do want electric cars for reasonable prices. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.pcloadletter.dev/blog/rss/">RSS is still pretty great</a> - yes! I wonder if anyone is following this blog via RSS/Atom.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://rollingspoke.com/the-best-bookshops-to-visit-in-amsterdam/">The best Bookshops to visit in Amsterdam</a> - I am going soon. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://waitbutwhy.com/2024/02/vision-pro.html">All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro</a> - great review. I want something like this, but it has to be open, and not by Apple. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I went into a bit of a tea temperature rabbit hole. These are just part of it:<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/tealemetry-IOT-tea-coaster">Building telemetry for tea aka Tealemetry</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/perfect-tea-data-science-approach-giovanni-stephens/"> The Perfect Tea: A Data Science Approach </a></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Other Links</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://brucelawson.co.uk/2024/reading-list-314/">Bruce Lawson Reading List 314 </a></li><li><a href="https://bencrowder.net/blog/2024/links-97/">Ben Crowder - Links #97</a> </li><li><a href="https://bencrowder.net/blog/2024/links-98/">Ben Crowder - Links #98</a> </li></ul>
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<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-3247726830281951502024-02-09T15:38:00.001+01:002024-02-09T15:38:24.450+01:00Friday Links 24-04<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKrkRX6ZzAscNYmKbo-HH6qW35iH7yyP94aEunMM78nApP8DYw_S-7jGFmge3p4LMvGZ4baL5w4YpzBZiJ0mLA4-IQm1Ksgz9_ELMzK34HERbg3vJrhsvPGu0Ue3d_HYvJZVEIxd6oUxm7ZC8s7xBCNmjLSzcsKvLr7JvIczcB_xStbmFHxNJZQ/s728/blue-candy-color-colorful-preview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Gummy bears sorted in cups by colours" border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="728" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKrkRX6ZzAscNYmKbo-HH6qW35iH7yyP94aEunMM78nApP8DYw_S-7jGFmge3p4LMvGZ4baL5w4YpzBZiJ0mLA4-IQm1Ksgz9_ELMzK34HERbg3vJrhsvPGu0Ue3d_HYvJZVEIxd6oUxm7ZC8s7xBCNmjLSzcsKvLr7JvIczcB_xStbmFHxNJZQ/w320-h213/blue-candy-color-colorful-preview.jpg" title="Colours" width="320" /></a></div>I seem to have fewer links recently. <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Just check them all out. :-) <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://makemeacto.substack.com/p/a-lesson-from-richard-feynman-for">A lesson from Richard Feynman for Engineering Leaders</a> - I like the concept of Type 1 and Type 2 collaboration. The article is a bit unstructured at first, but comes with some practical strategies at the end. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/front-end-versus-back-end">Front-end Versus Back-end</a> - Kent Beck about why there is a different working style between them and how to bring them together. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/rdswux8t">Gradually gradually typing Elixir</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - all dynamic languages seem to acquire types at some point. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mutant-wolves-living-chernobyl-evolving-fight-cancer/">Mutant wolves living in Chernobyl disaster are evolving ability to fight cancer</a> - I haven't decided yet if this a good thing or not. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/04/parisians-vote-in-favour-of-tripling-parking-costs-for-suvs">Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs</a> - Paris is still leading the way. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Colours<br /></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.aiweirdness.com/new-ai-paint-colors/"> New AI paint colors </a>- training AI to name colours. This is a fun website overall.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jeff-mills-live-at-the-liquid-room-tokyo/">Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo</a> - the Wizard at his peak. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.arlnow.com/2024/02/06/report-arlingtons-first-guaranteed-income-pilot-boosted-quality-of-life-for-poorest-residents/">Report: Arlington’s first guaranteed income pilot boosted quality of life for poorest residents</a> - <i>"Individuals who received the stipend reported increasing their monthly
income by 36%, from $1,200 to $1,640, compared to the control group,
whose income only rose 9%."</i> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/02/today-in-assassination-coordinates/">Today in Assassination Coordinates:</a> Taylor Swift jumps on the Streisand train. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://magnus.therning.org/2021-03-14-keeping-todo-items-in-org-roam.html">Keeping todo items in org-roam</a> - I am in that rabbit hole right now. I am currently using just org-agenda mixed with org-roam.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Other Links</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://bencrowder.net/blog/2024/links-96/">Ben Crowder - Links #96</a></li></ul>
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<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-36422604251802077322024-02-02T11:28:00.003+01:002024-02-02T11:28:31.690+01:00Friday Links 24-03<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWibABZnVgvHzpvZ4njOzitZCIFJL-ScF9D1fqsF4EM-iZmb96JjkJtkdygHdbSlCWIICUTWCV66WJDn7MJNo2gSaktnmzDfu15j2nInO0K6iMDL_2ajWhniqmuGAwwBBQN-_H7QJ-oHoINvWFO7Svcqh0CDH3FzK3rKqZLckcrjDFF3OEVsUMvQ/s790/atari-1200xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Atari 1200XL home computer" border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="790" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWibABZnVgvHzpvZ4njOzitZCIFJL-ScF9D1fqsF4EM-iZmb96JjkJtkdygHdbSlCWIICUTWCV66WJDn7MJNo2gSaktnmzDfu15j2nInO0K6iMDL_2ajWhniqmuGAwwBBQN-_H7QJ-oHoINvWFO7Svcqh0CDH3FzK3rKqZLckcrjDFF3OEVsUMvQ/w400-h171/atari-1200xl.jpg" title="1200XL" width="400" /></a></div></h2><p style="text-align: left;">A quick one today. I especially recommended the articles about productivity tools and over-meeting culture. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://ashleyjanssen.com/4-productivity-tools-i-use-everyday/">4 Productivity Tools I Use Everyday</a> - I like that this is not about the tools that you buy, but how you use them. <br /></p><p><a href="https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/yes-you-should-estimate/"> Yes, You Should Estimate Software Projects</a> - back in the good old days when teams were still doing time estimates, I truly enjoyed it when I got them right. </p><p><a href="https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/qz43x">Psychological Affordances Can Provide a Missing Explanatory Layer for Why Interventions to Improve Developer Experience Take Hold or Fail</a> <i>[Paper]</i> - highly dependent on the culture of the company and the messaging. </p><p><a href="https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-root-of-over-meeting-culture">The Root of Over-Meeting Culture </a>-<i> "</i><span><i>252% increase in time spent in meetings [since February 2022]"</i></span></p><p><span><i></i><a href="https://pca.st/dulw1loh">Michael Bungay Stanier, Author of #1 Bestselling Book ‘The Coaching Habit,’ on How to Work With (Almost) Anyone</a><i> [Podcast] </i>- I loved the coaching book, I'll give this a try too. There is also a <a href="https://bestpossiblerelationship.com/">website for it</a>. <br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment</h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/01/catalonia-declares-drought-emergency-extending-water-limits-to-barcelona">Catalonia declares drought emergency, extending restrictions to Barcelona</a> - I said I wouldn't include depressing news anymore, but here is one anyway. This was expected. At some point, they will have to restrict water for private households in Barcelona. </p><p><a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-clean-energy-was-top-driver-of-chinas-economic-growth-in-2023/">Analysis: Clean energy was top driver of China’s economic growth in 2023</a> - meanwhile Europe is being left behind. </p><p><a href="https://greenlab.di.uminho.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sleFinal.pdf">Energy Efficiency across Programming Languages</a> - short version: compiled wins, interpreted looses. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Atari<br /></h2><p><a href="https://www.goto10retro.com/p/atari-coding-fonts">Atari Coding Fonts</a> - I wonder if the Amiga / TI99/4A fonts are available somewhere? <br /></p><p><a href="https://ascii.theater/">ascii.theater</a> - <i>"stream free text-based movies in your terminal"</i> <br /></p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/959931/7869fd69cb75418d/">Looking ahead to Emacs 30</a> <i>[LWN] - </i>I also learned about EditorConfig in the comments!</p><p><a href="https://brucelawson.co.uk/2024/apple-and-malicious-compliance/"> Apple, the DMA, and malicious compliance </a>- Apple still being the New Microsoft. </p>
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<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-91731230746034195392024-01-31T15:49:00.001+01:002024-01-31T17:09:03.497+01:002023 in Games<p><br />I am not a gamer, though I obviously had too much time on my hand. The last time I played many games was on the PS2 with Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.<br /></p><p>I also only have a Linux desktop, no console or Windows PC. Because of an upgraded graphics card and support in Steam and <a href="https://heroicgameslauncher.com/">Heroic Game Launcher</a>, a lot of the games nowadays are playable. Since I haven't played in 20 years, I also was able to play some older games, which easily run on limited hardware. </p><p>I probably should say something about my setup: Fedora Linux, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, 32 GB RAM,
AMD Radeon RX 6600, 2560×1440 screen. <br /></p><p>What I like most about games is the graphics, environment and story. I tend to play on the easiest mode to not get frustrated. </p><p>I also gravitate towards open world games, so there is a lot to explore. Furthermore, I prefer stealth games, avoid lots of fighting and especially hate boss fights. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7r7Yi_2LyuapAjpi7EhvitL_SvMm1cYPYqjT-sZbV5w0gWJDCOJfaRh0VeT0EuKqmgTUyJfPCHW6Rjba4xN-qHcVQkwQHxnysG5297wkNOFHmYDiYSqoyvmzmBfjXW3VXejPtk5wRDw2ohnz0jER0ybZd9529MADRzQlxQGmTnMVqxw6egj3VPw/s1680/20220720185226_1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Stray gameplay screenshot" border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1680" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7r7Yi_2LyuapAjpi7EhvitL_SvMm1cYPYqjT-sZbV5w0gWJDCOJfaRh0VeT0EuKqmgTUyJfPCHW6Rjba4xN-qHcVQkwQHxnysG5297wkNOFHmYDiYSqoyvmzmBfjXW3VXejPtk5wRDw2ohnz0jER0ybZd9529MADRzQlxQGmTnMVqxw6egj3VPw/w200-h125/20220720185226_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>In 2022, I only played a bit of Stray, which already blew me away. I did get stuck at some point and finished it in 2023. <p></p><p>There are basically two types of games in this list. <br />True open world games, where you can free roam, maybe do side quests or random stuff. Good examples are Red Dead Redemption II, Ghost Recon and the Assassin's Creed games. <br />And games which have a straight story, with some open world elements, but they feel more like an interactive film than living in a world. The Uncharted and Tomb Raider series are in that camp. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGF_r-5YulV_JtxfzMMjr065TmJ6fYbbf0ADt1yFNNNT7g7ZHdamPYWY0t04BN4t_fjCjl8nHi_udkT0qkpW8vYxapojD5guSIryeBK9YER2hhrEIrzZCfruL07aopa31yOy_h_Gpc1KbAU1e7s0_ZIkv16C5wOUIo_qFWYnU9TFgOUeqlqEMSIQ/s1920/0_1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="RDR2 gameplay screenshot" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGF_r-5YulV_JtxfzMMjr065TmJ6fYbbf0ADt1yFNNNT7g7ZHdamPYWY0t04BN4t_fjCjl8nHi_udkT0qkpW8vYxapojD5guSIryeBK9YER2hhrEIrzZCfruL07aopa31yOy_h_Gpc1KbAU1e7s0_ZIkv16C5wOUIo_qFWYnU9TFgOUeqlqEMSIQ/w200-h113/0_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The best game of all of these is Red Dead Redemption. The story, the world, and the attention to detail are very difficult to beat. This is also one of the games I come back to. Not to further complete the game, but to just live in the world and chill a bit. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYm2c5RQ02F7qbnQS9JEMuxC-jrHdOC55zTCuUTAfaW7BCyoAvgT4MQeB6GDC2Vc_5iA52gd5Wxx2Y15x8Tee_Y34V7G0l7e1uZfFkrHjFD4p2OljkM2EaJp4QDBVYsGn5sccEFatUkS8OlMUA9JZ1lICcZvZmTeWnLvdepOmk_MqY6TrSzwD6Q/s2560/Tom%20Clancy's%20Ghost%20Recon%C2%AE%20Wildlands2024-1-11-15-51-48.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Ghost Recon Wildlands gameplay screenshot" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYm2c5RQ02F7qbnQS9JEMuxC-jrHdOC55zTCuUTAfaW7BCyoAvgT4MQeB6GDC2Vc_5iA52gd5Wxx2Y15x8Tee_Y34V7G0l7e1uZfFkrHjFD4p2OljkM2EaJp4QDBVYsGn5sccEFatUkS8OlMUA9JZ1lICcZvZmTeWnLvdepOmk_MqY6TrSzwD6Q/w200-h113/Tom%20Clancy's%20Ghost%20Recon%C2%AE%20Wildlands2024-1-11-15-51-48.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The other game I still play is Ghost Recon Wildlands. It also has a very nice world, and you can just jump in and conquer some random base or do one of the side missions. The challenge for me is always to do it as stealthy as possible. <br /><p></p><p>The following is a very short review of the games / series from my perspective. They are roughly in the order I played or finished them. </p><p>I also have my <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/yearinreview/76561198082798328/2023">Steam Year in Review 2023</a>. Steam measures the times wrong because I often pause the game and leave it on, or it doesn't register when I leave a game. It is handy for getting additional information about the games.</p><p>By the way, I bought most of these games on sale for €10 or less. <br /></p><p>I usually played the newest game or best reviewed game in a series first. This makes it confusing for you and for me. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Grand Theft Auto V</h2><p style="text-align: left;">The first game I went for because of my history with GTA SA. </p><p style="text-align: left;">It did blow me away when I played it, but in retrospect it doesn't look that good. I also didn't like the focus on just driving and shooting random people. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Switching between the main characters was interesting up to a point. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Shadow of the Tomb Raider</h2><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1X_rgyLCdGeDsccC6xh7C8DMDEYB0gTO3A1LZzUKaJMO3uzMipX8egsNupLNuNYBa1F93SvpTQ2cDCY4YDRl1rZGlDhppg1_8EdjskKfR251M3fotYtGcDULgQIes0Gqvv57NaV6aKb3b99ivSpjH1y7JProBoWklwGJj8AZ7CVYAh8kLU1bnw/s2560/20240112151414_1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Tomb Raider gameplay screenshot" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1X_rgyLCdGeDsccC6xh7C8DMDEYB0gTO3A1LZzUKaJMO3uzMipX8egsNupLNuNYBa1F93SvpTQ2cDCY4YDRl1rZGlDhppg1_8EdjskKfR251M3fotYtGcDULgQIes0Gqvv57NaV6aKb3b99ivSpjH1y7JProBoWklwGJj8AZ7CVYAh8kLU1bnw/w320-h180/20240112151414_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The original Tomb Raider game on the PS2 was quite fun, but this is so much better. I love the story line, the new Lara, and the atmosphere of the different locations. <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">This is mostly a linear game, with a bit of action and some annoying boss levels. </p><p style="text-align: left;">In retrospect, I should have played all three games in the series in order. They are very similar.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;">Batman Arkham City</h2><p style="text-align: left;">The best reviewed game of the three Batman Arkham games, and I tend to agree. </p><p style="text-align: left;">This one really made me feel like Batman, travelling along the roofs of the city, fighting with the bad guys, and using detective skill. It is an open world with a mostly linear story. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Stray</h2><p style="text-align: left;">I started this in 2022, but got stuck on a hectic level. I mostly like the look and moving around as a cat. It is pretty linear, and there are some annoying stressful levels. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Red Dead Redemption II <br /></h2><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-kCFjVj8Rs6kHmFrqNFhDnVMesHfu51kqfI2ETAmKdBUpctwNZOtrfYRvMeTj-PR1z02lIkE7Qi0BSHmHSbUQkY0DW5C7xxq6rZIbSAGeBRepyMgQdAopr-xemWWeSzsGTBKRnvk0KwbqjL_wwFmc6m8I_ShaP1y3N_359rA_nmfc5NDF-dJ-Q/s1920/0_0.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="RDR2 gameplay screenshot" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-kCFjVj8Rs6kHmFrqNFhDnVMesHfu51kqfI2ETAmKdBUpctwNZOtrfYRvMeTj-PR1z02lIkE7Qi0BSHmHSbUQkY0DW5C7xxq6rZIbSAGeBRepyMgQdAopr-xemWWeSzsGTBKRnvk0KwbqjL_wwFmc6m8I_ShaP1y3N_359rA_nmfc5NDF-dJ-Q/w200-h113/0_0.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>As I mentioned before, this is the best game of all the ones I played so far. It really has everything, a very emotional story, beautiful scenery and atmosphere, a massive open world, and many things and side quests to discover. And I don't even like cowboy stuff! <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">The fantastic thing is the attention to detail. You can check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnexEKU3PRxQVWorQOEK5ApoTeGo9FSi">this playlist</a> for a small subset. </p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">That's why I am still going back sometimes to just chill, hunt, or watch sunsets. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Uncharted Legacy Collection </h2><p style="text-align: left;">These are two games, both with a fun story. It is basically Tomb Raider with different protagonists. Good fun, pretty fast to play through.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Ghost Recon Wildlands </h2><p style="text-align: left;">With Tomb Raider and Uncharted, I got a bit of a taste of stealth. While I don't like the big action shoot-outs, the sneaking into a camp and taking people out one by one is quite fun.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Wildlands does this really well. The world is also massive and full of people, enemies, and civilians. The story is not especially exciting, except for some twists towards the end.</p><p style="text-align: left;">It also looks pretty, there are wholly unique landscapes in different areas. You can adapt your approaches to your playing style and preferences. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Ghost Recon Breakpoint</h2><p style="text-align: left;">This is the follow-up of Wildlands, and it just isn't that good. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Firstly, you will have to buy a DLC to be able to play most of the game. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>And the world is just not as exciting. It plays in the near future, with many drones and magic weapons. There are not many civilians, which makes the game feel empty. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>It is annoying because the graphics have improved and there were some improvements to the stealth functionality. </span><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Assassin's Creed Odyssey</h2><p style="text-align: left;">Once you start looking for stealth games, you will end up with the Assassin's Creed series. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Odyssey looks beautiful, it made me want to book a holiday in Greece. This might have been the biggest world I played in. I finished the story, and there were large parts I didn't even travel in. The story is fun, meeting historical people is interesting, there are quite a few of side quests, the big crowd fights work well, and stealth is relatively good.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The annoying things are the boss fights, some sea fights, and sometimes gaining experience points or materials is a bit of a grind. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Assassin's Creed Origins</h2><p style="text-align: left;">Very similar to Odyssey, but playing in Ancient Egypt. The stealth mechanics are a bit better, and you don't have to rely on open fights so much. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Watchdogs Legion</h2><p style="text-align: left;">When I watched some gameplay on YouTube, I found the constant overlay a bit annoying. It does start making sense once you play it. </p><p style="text-align: left;">For me, the best thing was playing in London. It is a compact London in the near future, but has some recognisable things. The story is OK. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The special thing is that you can recruit anyone in London to your gang and then play as their character. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Batman Arkham Asylum </h2><p style="text-align: left;">I haven't finished this. It's OK.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Watchdogs 2</h2><p style="text-align: left;">Because this plays in a version of San Francisco, it reminded me too much of GTA.</p><p style="text-align: left;">They make a lot of fun of nerds and hacker stereotypes, which works for me. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Rise of the Tomb Raider</h2><p style="text-align: left;">Same as the other one. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Tomb Raider<br /></h2><p style="text-align: left;">Same, same.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Assassin's Creed Mirage</h2><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8cZFW_kVAY3p1eb2LYs69n88baqy6TyIWUtafxni2RTmzmelHuIYA2NHWMpKmYos2HWjFtxTtADGgC1xthqhhzWiiNgXTDTkWYV4Pm0E-KtzqkXwHD2ac7CA1vDxlrtqqF62s-0djqS9bZGaY6Jp3t_SheCgj1XCRgZDYilK8LHSc9oq641BCg/s2560/20240131154046.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Assassin's Creed Mirage Screenshot" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8cZFW_kVAY3p1eb2LYs69n88baqy6TyIWUtafxni2RTmzmelHuIYA2NHWMpKmYos2HWjFtxTtADGgC1xthqhhzWiiNgXTDTkWYV4Pm0E-KtzqkXwHD2ac7CA1vDxlrtqqF62s-0djqS9bZGaY6Jp3t_SheCgj1XCRgZDYilK8LHSc9oq641BCg/w320-h180/20240131154046.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The newest game in the series. This focuses much more on stealth. Whenever you get into a big fight, you will probably die. The world is much smaller, busier, and beautiful. <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">This isn't on Steam. I used the Heroic Game Launcher to buy it. It works well, even on my hardware. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Assassin's Creed Syndicate <br /></h2><p style="text-align: left;">I got this for free. I haven't finished it. Playing in a past London is fun, but even just after two missions it felt repetitive. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Batman Arkham Knight <br /></h2><p>Too much bat-mobile. Not much fun.<br /></p>Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-33364000022144835142024-01-26T14:37:00.006+01:002024-01-26T14:37:44.344+01:00Friday Links 24-02<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl192say1OdVIIkgZR3lTuZZ-njjxTFbgOdaGQI_p6t-7OqOYj9mXErM_GN_1CkbN7MUXXGMCBdEzHOOTrfd2LMbedBZUm7Hl8sHvA2K9yzkmPgLDGTMhNQEBbN20nwSaRbdV66STb4rEwdwiDEiMNFPhCwdLuaaqsXKDj9WjJyq6x5-ilfH-LaQ/s1024/lincolnshire-poacher-cheese-milk-product-food-food-drink-2fe81c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Cheese on a plate" border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl192say1OdVIIkgZR3lTuZZ-njjxTFbgOdaGQI_p6t-7OqOYj9mXErM_GN_1CkbN7MUXXGMCBdEzHOOTrfd2LMbedBZUm7Hl8sHvA2K9yzkmPgLDGTMhNQEBbN20nwSaRbdV66STb4rEwdwiDEiMNFPhCwdLuaaqsXKDj9WjJyq6x5-ilfH-LaQ/w320-h240/lincolnshire-poacher-cheese-milk-product-food-food-drink-2fe81c.jpg" title="Cheese" width="320" /></a></div></h2><p style="text-align: left;">I am well impressed by the transparency of Atlassian on going distributed and Buffer about their salary report. Both a worth a read. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/vq3hx1pe">Overcoming toxic positivity with Susan David</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - toxic positivity is only a small part of this interesting conversation. <br /></p><p><a href="https://candost.blog/adrs-rfcs-differences-when-which/"> ADRs and RFCs: Their Differences and Templates </a>- I think nowadays ADRs are more common, maybe not always useful. </p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1048984323000966">Zombie leadership: Dead ideas that still walk among us</a> <i>[Paper]</i> - some bad ideas of leadership that are still around. </p><p><a href="https://lethain.com/navigating-ambiguity/">Navigating ambiguity.</a> - <i>"In my experience, navigating deeply ambiguous problems is the rarest skill in engineers, and doing it well is a rarity."</i></p><p><i></i><a href="https://lethain.com/five-spare-hours/">Those five spare hours each week.</a><i> </i>- writing code in a leadership role? </p><p><a href="https://lethain.com/layers-of-context/">Layers of context.</a> - many layers to consider when thinking about change. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Work <i> <br /></i></h2><p><a href="https://www.atlassian.com/blog/distributed-work/distributed-work-report">Lessons learned: 1,000 days of distributed at Atlassian</a> - many insights from Atlassian going distributed and how they want to improve in the future. A few good links to go deeper into the information and report. </p><p><a href="https://www.drorpoleg.com/dont-sleep-with-your-boss/">Don’t Sleep With Your Boss.</a> - that title is very misleading, this is about remote work. </p><p><a href="https://buffer.com/resources/salary-system/">Introducing our Open Salary System: Reflecting on a Decade of Transparent Salaries at Buffer</a> - in-depth look into the salary system of Buffer. It is great how open they are with this. There is so much to learn from. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering </h2><p><a href="https://slack.engineering/the-scary-thing-about-automating-deploys/">The Scary Thing About Automating Deploys</a> - <i>"Fear of breaking production holds many teams back from automating their
deployments, but understanding how deployment monitoring differs from
normal monitoring opens the door to simple, effective tools."</i> <br /></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/strava-engineering/scaling-challenge-leaderboards-for-millions-of-athletes-9ab09ef01381">Scaling Challenge Leaderboards for Millions of Athletes</a> - Strava's approach. </p><p><a href="https://blog.zarfhome.com/2024/01/parser-if-disambiguation">Parser IF disambiguation hassles</a> - I like reading about these old text adventure systems. Zarf explains them well. </p><p><a href="https://peakd.com/hive-168588/@crell/technical-debt-is-over-used">Technical Debt is over-used</a> - <i>"Keeping the code in a healthy state is your job."</i></p><p><i></i><a href="https://thinkinglabs.io/articles/2021/04/26/on-the-evilness-of-feature-branching.html">On the Evilness of Feature Branching</a><i> - </i>a whole series, and I don't agree with all of it. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p><a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/solar-panels-save-teachers-raise">A School Bought Solar Panels and Saved Enough to Give All Its Teachers Raises</a> - it is basically free energy. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/23/five-examples-of-the-uks-crackdown-on-climate-protesters">Five examples of the UK’s crackdown on climate protesters</a> - it is pretty remarkable what is happening in what should be a modern country. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/24/eu-fossil-fuel-co2-emissions-hit-60-year-low">EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit 60-year low</a> - still not enough. </p><p><a href="https://www.lasexta.com/noticias/sociedad/cataluna-roza-emergencia-sequia-mas-200-municipios_2024012265ae8e5ce5843000011a108e.html">Cataluña roza la emergencia por sequía en más de 200 municipios</a> <i>[Spanish]</i> - my village is on telly. Some areas are getting water delivered by trucks now. In February, we might end up with more restrictions. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/17/eu-bans-misleading-environmental-claims-that-rely-on-offsetting">EU bans ‘misleading’ environmental claims that rely on offsetting</a> - nice!<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/fk5wq722">10 Years Car-Free (with Mrs. NJB)</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - once you are in the right environment, it just happens. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/22/cars-growing-wider-europe-report">SUVs drive trend for new cars to grow 1cm wider in UK and EU every two years, says report</a> - new cars a basically too big for current parking spaces. </p><p><a href="https://findingspress.org/article/92109-a-street-specific-analysis-of-level-of-traffic-stress-trends-in-strava-bicycle-ridership-and-its-implications-for-low-stress-bicycling-routes-in-toron">A Street-Specific Analysis of Level of Traffic Stress Trends in Strava Bicycle Ridership and its Implications for Low-Stress Bicycling Routes in Toronto</a> - <i>"We found that most bicycling occurred on a small fraction of the
network, with just 10% of all roads and paths accounting for 75% of all
bicycle kilometres travelled in 2022"</i> <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Cheese<br /></h2><p><a href="https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/french-cheese-under-threat">French cheese under threat</a> - the right fungus gone missing! <br /></p><p><a href="https://pca.st/01wk9i92">Solutions Journalism: Ending homelessness the Finnish way</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - The reporter talks to the people affected, which brings it closer than all the articles I read about the program. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/j2370lhi">572. Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia?</a> & <a href="https://pca.st/k3ull11m">573. Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped?</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - cool deep dive into the problem and chat with some people involved. </p><p><a href="https://martinfowler.com/articles/2024-emacs-completion.html">Improving my Emacs experience with completion</a> - I have to confess that my Emacs completion is still messed up. I haven't even gone into customizing it. </p><p><a href="https://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/new-thing/">New Thing</a> <i>[Comic]</i> - <i>"week changing event"</i> </p><p><a href="https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/labscam.html">Labscam</a> - funny prank - <a href="https://youtu.be/fxMKuv0A6z4?si=z1gFqcuZHhjsJJZl">the video is on YouTube</a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/19/revisiting-zurich-90s-techno-scene-jules-spinatsch-in-pictures">Revisiting Zurich’s 90s techno scene – in pictures</a> - I miss the 90s :-) </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/17/shelf-absorbed-nine-ways-to-arrange-your-bookshelves-and-what-they-say-about-you">Shelf-absorbed: eight ways to arrange your bookshelves – and what they say about you</a> - I am in the "tiny shelf and a Kindle" camp.</p><p><a href="https://www.wallpaper.com/tech/cassette-players-for-analogue-audio-lovers">Cassette players for analogue audio lovers as we explore tapes’ slow and steady revival</a> - nice to see some cool classic decks in the article. They will be costly. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/16/the-tyranny-of-the-algorithm-why-every-coffee-shop-looks-the-same">The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same</a> - everything will look the same in the future. <br /></p><p><a href="https://bencrowder.net/blog/2024/1650/">I’ve been playing around with making EPUBs look more like print</a> - that's pretty cool and should be built into PDF/EPUB readers. <br /></p>
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<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-51937109255437281412024-01-12T19:45:00.004+01:002024-01-12T19:45:44.113+01:00Friday Links 24-01<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihkT6yFmmBoLy97y-61Azzx8qd0_hBF9KOXfJAUfLD_cDaJijvyvZjsNbDg80fd8uVXJb-7lw1xzPU-zq1uHH7A5XQKd5sWGy6q-Px4Ni5joQseuODX0Tr0WvoWJFHmGbHZW0UpOgfqT4gOzhWkonHyQFV5FrFI7tDqtiuHEpGwfiJxPl-M0Pog/s1340/79141216d823f5a4dd1526f67db7157f7dfc87a0.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Flyer: Metalheadz presents The Blue Note Sunday Session" border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="1340" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihkT6yFmmBoLy97y-61Azzx8qd0_hBF9KOXfJAUfLD_cDaJijvyvZjsNbDg80fd8uVXJb-7lw1xzPU-zq1uHH7A5XQKd5sWGy6q-Px4Ni5joQseuODX0Tr0WvoWJFHmGbHZW0UpOgfqT4gOzhWkonHyQFV5FrFI7tDqtiuHEpGwfiJxPl-M0Pog/w320-h179/79141216d823f5a4dd1526f67db7157f7dfc87a0.webp" title="The Blue Note Sunday Session" width="320" /></a></div>New year, new links! <p></p><p>It has been fairly quiet on the blogs and podcasts recently, and I am focusing on some books at the moment. </p><p>For some fun, have a look at the Jungle & Tetris posts in the random section. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/productivity-measurement-as-a-tradeoff">Productivity Measurement as a Tradeoff</a> - good view from Kent Beck. </p><p><a href="https://charity.wtf/2024/01/05/questionable-advice-my-boss-says-we-dont-need-any-engineering-managers-is-he-right/">Questionable Advice: “My boss says we don’t need any engineering managers. Is he right?”</a> - I hope not! It's a good summary of the purpose of managers. <br /></p><p><a href="https://jacobian.org/2024/jan/4/diverse-hiring-playbook/">My Diverse Hiring Playbook</a> - improving your hiring pipeline for DEI. </p><p><a href="https://www.nadynerichmond.com/blog/2023/03/07/the-goal-setting-conundrum/">the goal-setting conundrum</a> - why it is hard, and what you can do about it. </p><p><a href="https://lethain.com/predictability/">Predictability.</a> - you want predictability, and you should also be predictable. Work is exciting enough.</p><p><a href="https://www.gallup.com/workplace/249332/harm-good-truth-performance-reviews.aspx">More Harm Than Good: The Truth About Performance Reviews</a> - this article triggered plenty of useful conversations. I think most of them are indeed bad. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering </h2><p><a href="https://developer.squareup.com/blog/evolution-of-developer-productivity-at-square-part-one/">Evolution of Developer Productivity at Square - Part One</a> - I like the high-level strategy: CI, platform, tools, reliability & tests. <br /></p><p><a href="https://catfox.life/2024/01/05/systemd-through-the-eyes-of-a-musl-distribution-maintainer/"> systemd through the eyes of a musl distribution maintainer</a> - I used to hate systemd, now I quite like it. As the author, I am not so sure about the other things.</p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/956533/"> Smuggling email inside of email</a> - that is a pretty silly bug to have, and a not so great response overall.</p><p><a href="https://aaronstuyvenberg.com/posts/containers-on-lambda">The case for containers on Lambda (with benchmarks)</a> - I didn't realise you could use containers for Lambda, and it seems they are pretty performant too. </p><p><a href="https://gcher.com/posts/2023-12-24-basic/">BASIC was not just a programming language</a> - BASIC was my first language/IDE, and I am thankful that computers used to directly boot into a programming language prompt. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/10/shift-from-15-minute-cities-in-england-partly-due-to-conspiracy-theories">Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories</a> - great. </p><p><a href="https://citylabbcn.org/the-global-bike-bus-movement/">The Global Bike Bus Movement</a> - Barcelona was a later adopter. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/many-torontonians-are-parking-their-cars-in-favour-of-bikes-heres-why/article_01ba9b1a-a5bc-11ee-a5c4-8fb39569a84c.html"> Many Torontonians are parking their cars in favour of bikes. Here's why </a>- it's more social, more healthy, makes nicer cities, …<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Jungle<br /></h2><p><a href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/01/jungle/">Jungle</a> - easy mistake to make … 30 years later. <br /></p><p><a href="https://vim-adventures.com/">Vim Adventures</a> - this is a fun way to learn. I wonder if the final level is <span style="font-family: courier;">:q</span>.</p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/957316/">Notes on Emacs Org mode</a> - by now, I am a pretty addicted to org-roam. </p><p><a href="https://www.musicradar.com/news/what-they-said-about-the-dance-music-defining-roland-tb-303-when-it-came-out-in-1982">"Fine for off-the-cuff sequencer basslines, otherwise you have to plan what you're going to do before even switching it on": Here's what the reviews said when the dance-music-defining Roland TB-303 was released in 1981</a> - only, 10000 produced? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5UuknsHU"> After 34 Years, Someone Finally Beat Tetris </a>[YouTube] - amazing and good behind the scene look at why it is possible to "beat" Tetris. </p><p><a href="https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2021/12/02/xrandr/"> Ideal monitor rotation for programmers </a>- funny. <br /></p><div style="background-color: #fff8eb; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 225, 230); margin-top: 3em;">
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<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-72151749607937479142024-01-08T12:20:00.001+01:002024-01-08T12:20:56.516+01:00#12in23 and Advent of Code 2023<p>Last year I did have too much time on my hand, and while I spent a lot of time chilling, I did miss using my brain at least a little. <br /></p><p>So I worked on these two challenges. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyGKO-4OvZsSAfCoBC8d7drHarws9uDLVKAYyaZgLHAPIQNWu-DJRqrJFo4AOGyTSYTA35FRZS6zrITmC-yGgdo4idZN6r-85CGPq3c2KGwiMDNDFQvaFXleh99__UotWpij6Mj4f0RbdX7DR66dw9IQwnZY456RhpHlQkg-Om5AtXHwEr_Eusw/s1206/Exercism_-_2024-01-08_12.15.36.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Excercism #12in23 Screenshot" border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1206" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyGKO-4OvZsSAfCoBC8d7drHarws9uDLVKAYyaZgLHAPIQNWu-DJRqrJFo4AOGyTSYTA35FRZS6zrITmC-yGgdo4idZN6r-85CGPq3c2KGwiMDNDFQvaFXleh99__UotWpij6Mj4f0RbdX7DR66dw9IQwnZY456RhpHlQkg-Om5AtXHwEr_Eusw/w320-h294/Exercism_-_2024-01-08_12.15.36.png" title="Excercism #12in23" width="320" /></a></div>Exercism #12in23 <br /></h2><p>I am a big fan of <a href="https://exercism.org/">exercism</a>, which is a site with exercises to learn all kinds of programming languages. The quality of the tracks varies a lot, nonetheless the most popular ones are very useful. There is also a mentoring element, which I haven't used myself. </p><p>You can either solve the tasks in an editor on the website, or use a small CLI tool to download the task and submit solutions. It is all straightforward to use and fast. </p><p>Every year they also have some kind of challenge. In 2023, it was to learn 12 languages in the year called <a href="https://exercism.org/challenges/12in23">#12in23</a>. You have to solve five exercises for each language to complete it. </p><p>I just did the bare minimum for some languages I already know and some I wanted to have a look at. </p><p>The ones I know and used recently: PHP, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Go and Bash. No surprises here, except that you still tend to forget basic stuff over time. </p><p>Some I haven't used in ages: C and C++. C++ especially seems to be a moving target. </p><p>And some I haven't used professionally or just touched before: Elixir, TypeScript, Kotlin, and Emacs Lisp. <br />I like Elixir, and I decided to continue learning it. Some design decisions don't make a lot of sense to me at the moment. This might be my OOP brain. <br />TypeScript seems nice if you have to do front-end stuff. <br />I can't really see the point of Kotlin, it is pleasant, though. <br />Emacs Lisp … I think I keep on just copying and pasting other peoples code for my Emacs config. </p><p>I didn't work on getting any of the challenge badges. Furthermore, I wasn't really that much into it. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNqp2kMH5lxxaNUpwR8moaqyTpvm4Wmo8QTIPI4iZ2_TJwmAma_nbqODb6QhZnUemEGBD4XaMOYJjEGz1Zf_uqd1Y_0FwkhaaoYb3_yzmQ4pYWDwQ6GF0BNTLt91fe9THpxCnb9H9RuvziPMZsNBx2D-SxHYivvPM07QgIEDc6arRvPFPyzApsA/s1072/Advent_of_Code_2023_-_2024-01-08_12.17.12.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Advent of Code 2023 screenshot" border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1072" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNqp2kMH5lxxaNUpwR8moaqyTpvm4Wmo8QTIPI4iZ2_TJwmAma_nbqODb6QhZnUemEGBD4XaMOYJjEGz1Zf_uqd1Y_0FwkhaaoYb3_yzmQ4pYWDwQ6GF0BNTLt91fe9THpxCnb9H9RuvziPMZsNBx2D-SxHYivvPM07QgIEDc6arRvPFPyzApsA/w320-h230/Advent_of_Code_2023_-_2024-01-08_12.17.12.png" title="Advent of Code 2023" width="320" /></a></div>Advent of Code 2023</h2><p style="text-align: left;">This year was the first time I gave it a go. I solved most of the puzzles using Ruby. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Every day you get a challenge on the <a href="https://adventofcode.com/">Advent of Code</a> site and once you solve it, you get a harder version. </p><p style="text-align: left;">In most cases, you can brute force the first challenge, but not the second one. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I made it until day 11, solving both challenges and stopped doing it on day 13, due to travel, and never picked it up again.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I think the best thing about this is the amount of learning you do if you do it in some kind of community (Reddit, Slack, employer, …). People have different approaches, use different languages, and different goals. </p><p style="text-align: left;">People who do this every year have an advantage, as there are some standard solutions you can keep in your toolbox. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I am not sure if I will do it again. I don't know how this would work with having a full-time job at the same time. But I still would recommend it to everybody to at least give it a try. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-19586149936358131222024-01-02T11:47:00.036+01:002024-01-02T11:57:09.018+01:002023 in Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrMuA7g7GCAUfKui1dYzOxE62ARmrY6EFxDbolF_jF7pua3JrKYzB_qCK19AmBqLDePdKv9WoWUNEIIidzqn5mxAv0Y3maGjPNLvjoGiVa0gxOhE7vliEy9BjEzlaKnHnMi2ik_eP23YCOJeTYBx0yIM1BSv1eBEjV9QplkptKJKg5_zrcid8oQ/s1080/Screenshot%202024-01-02%20at%2011-46-52%202023%20Reading%20Challenge.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Book covers from books in this post" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="625" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrMuA7g7GCAUfKui1dYzOxE62ARmrY6EFxDbolF_jF7pua3JrKYzB_qCK19AmBqLDePdKv9WoWUNEIIidzqn5mxAv0Y3maGjPNLvjoGiVa0gxOhE7vliEy9BjEzlaKnHnMi2ik_eP23YCOJeTYBx0yIM1BSv1eBEjV9QplkptKJKg5_zrcid8oQ/w231-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-02%20at%2011-46-52%202023%20Reading%20Challenge.png" title="Book covers" width="231" /></a></div>My year in books (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2023/19036532">according to Goodreads</a>). 8443 pages read in 26 books. <p></p><p>I mostly binged on thrillers and series I am already following. <br />Just one non-fiction!<br /></p><p>I am currently reading / being stuck in these: </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/629.Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance">Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values</a> by Robert M. Pirsig - this is a reread. I read it as a teenager, and I am not getting through it at the moment. <br /></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13613447-obsessive-compulsive-cycling-disorder">Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder</a> by Dave Barter - collection of articles. The title might be the best bit. <br /></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43483913-edges">Edges</a> by Linda Nagata - I am not very excited. <br /></li></ul><h2 style="text-align: left;">Fiction<br /></h2><h4 style="text-align: left;">Mark Dawson</h4><div style="text-align: left;">I just continue reading his multiple series. <br /></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71393528-sandstorm">Sandstorm</a> (Charlie Cooper Thrillers #1) - a new series in the Group Fifteen universe. It is a short book and quite entertaining. </li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75441882-the-red-room">The Red Room</a> (Atticus Priest #3) </li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75301930-pistolero">Pistolero</a> (Beatrix Rose #5)</li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62330389-uppercut">Uppercut</a> (John Milton #22)</li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199225910-the-chameleon">The Chameleon</a> (Charlie Cooper Thrillers)</li></ul><h4 style="text-align: left;">Viveca Stern</h4><p>A new series by Viveca. I confess, I only read them because of the cosy setting in Sweden. It is more "Nordic cosy", than "Nordic noir". </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60400625-hidden-in-snow">Hidden in Snow</a> (Åremorden #1) <br /></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123221953-hidden-in-shadows">Hidden in Shadows</a> (Åremorden #2) </li></ul><h4 style="text-align: left;">William Gibson <br /></h4><p>I read this after watching the TV series. I tried when it first came out, but couldn't get into it. The series definitely helped, and now I love it. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63097734-the-peripheral">The Peripheral</a> (Jackpot #1)</li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34943643-agency">Agency</a> (Jackpot #2)</li></ul><h4 style="text-align: left;">Becky Chambers </h4><p>After reading Legends & Lattes last year, I was looking for more cosy books and these were recommended. It was a bit weird and deep, but nice. <br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40864002-a-psalm-for-the-wild-built">A Psalm for the Wild-Built</a> (Monk and Robot #1)</li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40864030-a-prayer-for-the-crown-shy">A Prayer for the Crown-Shy</a> (Monk and Robot #2)</li></ul><p>The follow is another cosy book. This time a truck stop in space. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50209317-the-galaxy-and-the-ground-within">The Galaxy, and the Ground Within</a> </p><h4 style="text-align: left;"> S.A. Cosby</h4><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62193738-all-the-sinners-bleed">All the Sinners Bleed</a> - a recommendation by a book podcast. Very well written and quite gritty. The focus was very much on the racial conflicts in the US. </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Tom Clancy</h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59336260-without-remorse">Without Remorse</a> (Jack Ryan Universe #1)</li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48723795-patriot-games"><strike>Patriot Games</strike></a> (Jack Ryan #1) </li></ul><p>I gave up on the second one. The heroes are just unbelievable, the universe doesn't make any sense. The gun and military worshipping is annoying. And don't get me started on the UK and the royal family in the "Patriot Games". </p><p>My suggestion: stick to the film adaptions. (The "Without Remorse" film is pretty bad too, though).<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">John le Carré</h4><p style="text-align: left;">His writing is great and I love the characters. I just can't get into the period it is playing it. And not a lot happens throughout most of the books, and then something happens quickly, short and mostly depressing. I am not sure, I am going to try more from him.<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18715700-call-for-the-dead">Call for the Dead</a> (George Smiley #1)</li><li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18899505-a-murder-of-quality">A Murder of Quality</a> (George Smiley #2) - this felt a bit Agatha Christie.</li><li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19847968-the-spy-who-came-in-from-the-cold">The Spy Who Came in from the Cold</a> (George Smiley #3)</li><li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18857680-the-looking-glass-war">The Looking Glass War</a> (George Smiley #4)</li></ul><h4 style="text-align: left;">David McCloskey </h4><p style="text-align: left;">I really like this series. It feels very realistic and gritty. I can't wait for the next instalment. I also follow the author on Instagram, which leads to more book discoveries. <br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58378886-damascus-station">Damascus Station</a> (Damascus Station #1)</li><li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124940299-moscow-x">Moscow X: A Novel</a> (Damascus Station #2)</li></ul><h4 style="text-align: left;">Michael Connelly</h4><p>You can't go wrong with the Bosch universe. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85766771-resurrection-walk">Resurrection Walk</a> (The Lincoln Lawyer #7) - so much better than the TV series. </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Travis Baldree</h4><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75559711-bookshops-bonedust">Bookshops & Bonedust</a> (Legends & Lattes #0) - prequel for Legends & Latte, possibly even better. More cosy reading. <br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">I.S. Berry</h4><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74892113-the-peacock-and-the-sparrow">The Peacock and the Sparrow: A Novel</a> - this might have been the best book I have read this year. It is another spy thriller, that starts so slow that I nearly gave up on it. Over the book, the speed increases exponential to bring everything together into a crash landing. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Comics</h2><p>Just one comic sneaked into this list. It is a bit of an on/off romance story. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66534859-batman-catwoman">Batman/Catwoman</a> by Tom King and others. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Non-fiction</h2><p style="text-align: left;">I can't believe that I read only one non-fiction book this year. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56199938-simplifying-coaching">Simplifying Coaching: How to Have More Transformational Conversations by Doing Less</a> </p><p>This is probably more focused on professional coaches. I still took away many useful titbits that will help me approach coaching in my job in the future. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">References</h2><div style="text-align: left;">Only one, too. This is more useful for future planning. I am still waiting for the app for the book, which should make it easier to keep the checklist of climbs. <br /></div><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122814115-100-greatest-cycling-climbs-of-spain">100 Greatest Cycling Climbs of Spain: A guide to the famous cycling mountains of mainland Spain plus Mallorca and the Canary Islands</a><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Some other book lists I enjoyed<br /></h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2023/12/10/Recent-Sci-Fi">Tim Bray: Recent Sci-Fi</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/my-sci-fi-novel-recommendations-888">Noahpinion: My sci-fi novel recommendations</a></li><li><a href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/12/recent-books-3/">jwz: Recent books</a></li></ul>Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-48818469622790369002023-12-29T12:51:00.000+01:002023-12-29T12:51:02.582+01:00Friday Links 23-31<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4IQtrWXAs7n9zO2DePFm68Wck53HrqCPDmFYy5YDK7rH1SvDx-2OY-Jy_G0PK2U6h_p7qcBqp7-OPqU3kUU89-Lq_cI59KmFcchWjMbT1_zyNT_ec57hlhOjXQPCx5r5w4RCzdLUeJv3H87eW1j0iDcggOlTC7SVhZVBP1vxzXRmnQwdmU30Vw/s4624/PXL_20231008_114023441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Open air swimming pools overlooking Barcelona" border="0" data-original-height="3472" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4IQtrWXAs7n9zO2DePFm68Wck53HrqCPDmFYy5YDK7rH1SvDx-2OY-Jy_G0PK2U6h_p7qcBqp7-OPqU3kUU89-Lq_cI59KmFcchWjMbT1_zyNT_ec57hlhOjXQPCx5r5w4RCzdLUeJv3H87eW1j0iDcggOlTC7SVhZVBP1vxzXRmnQwdmU30Vw/w320-h240/PXL_20231008_114023441.jpg" title="Barcelona olympic swimming pools" width="320" /></a></div>I was lazy due to the festive season and travels. <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">That means plenty of links for today. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lethain.com/strategy-notes/">Engineering strategy notes.</a> - I think I posted the articles in a previous edition. Many good resources in this one. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lethain.com/navigators/">Navigators</a> - interesting approach. I guess in some companies these are architects or staff engineers. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-257-how-to-make-case-for-slowing">TBM 257: How to Make the Case for Slowing Down to Speed Up</a> - many strategies, align with the main values and strategies. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://jacobian.org/2023/dec/1/against-rfcs/">RFC processes are a poor fit for most organizations</a> - good critique of these. I would bet most organizations have already solved the mentioned issues. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://highscalability.com/blog/2023/8/16/the-swedbank-outage-shows-that-change-controls-dont-work.html"> The Swedbank Outage shows that Change Controls don't work </a>-<i> "Change management doesn’t mitigate risk"</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i><a href="https://pca.st/1pa4yu57">Is Being a Manager Right for Me? 5 | 25</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - <i> </i>you probably keep asking yourself that question forever. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/vygixtxj">Rethinking Leadership: The Characteristics of a Successful Team Guide (with Gary Bolles, Chair for the Future of Work)</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - so now we have leader, manager, and guide<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/952029/"> Committing to Rust for kernel code</a> - fascinating to see a massive project considering accepting a new language. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://medium.com/@SkyscannerEng/what-happened-f7c06f078a64">How recursion brought down flight search at Skyscanner</a> - bug in creating the data, really. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/david_nalley_interview/"> AWS exec: 'Our understanding of open source has started to change'</a> - CentOS, Fedora, and their original projects. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/954018/84ba2ea4f7ec241a/">Modern C for Fedora (and the world)</a> <i>[LWN] </i>- lots of code that still to catch up </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.mironov.com/support-all/">We Have To Support Every Line of Production Code Forever</a> - change is easy, maintenance not so much. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Work</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/blog/news/the-surprising-connection-between-after-hours-work-and-decreased-productivity">The surprising connection between after-hours work and decreased productivity</a> - surprising? <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/giant-batteries-drain-economics-gas-power-plants-2023-11-21/">Giant batteries drain economics of gas power plants</a> - <i>"Data shows 68 gas plant projects cancelled or put on hold"</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/spain-environment-minister-hails-andalucia-wetlands-deal-green-transition">Spanish minister hails deal to save Andalucía wetlands as a model for green transition</a><i> - </i>not even that much money. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism </h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-11-20/this-new-jersey-mayor-ended-traffic-deaths-with-a-vision-zero-plan">The New Jersey Mayor With a Plan to End Traffic Deaths</a> - it is all about infrastructure. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVLxUkVwgEU"> The 15-Min City Concept | URBAN MOBILITY SIMPLY EXPLAINED </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - not that the conspiracy theorists will believe it. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://citylabbcn.org/school-streets-create-healthy-and-social-environments/">School Streets create healthy, playful and more social environments</a> - I saw this slowly taking shape. It still seems a tiny effort. It is good to see it making a change. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJzA0Aiw4kI"> Life-sized Lessons for Futureproofing Our Urban World @LvivUrbanForum June 2023 </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - Mikael doing his thing. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/08/paris-mayor-plans-to-triple-suv-parking-tariffs-cut-air-pollution">Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution</a> - or make parking spaces smaller and more rare? </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/dec/18/bollards-and-superblocks-how-europes-cities-are-turning-on-the-car">Bollards and ‘superblocks’: how Europe’s cities are turning on the car</a> - "<i>According to Barcelona’s own statistics, the
number of journeys made by private vehicle rose between 2011 and 2021,
while journeys made by public transport fell."</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/20/vitoria-gasteiz-spanish-city-rejected-cars">‘People are proud of this green spirit of ours’: how a small Spanish city rejected cars</a><i> </i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yDtLv-7xZ4"> I Visited the Best* City in North America </a>- this reminds me of a lot<i> </i>of cities. <i> <br /></i></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Pools<br /></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20231116-the-hidden-beauty-of-berlins-indoor-pools">The hidden beauty of Berlin's indoor pools</a> - beautiful! <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hMtcq_agWY"> Walkman II : The Do-over. The start of something small </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - I love to have one of these, but the maintenance seems to be a hassle. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.datagubbe.se/30yearcomp/">Decades of Fun: Computers Built to Last</a> - or an Amiga in this case.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.techradar.com/audio/an-audiophile-keyboard-now-exists-and-its-straight-in-at-no1-on-my-christmas-list">An audiophile keyboard now exists and it's straight in at no.1 on my Christmas list</a> - I like the idea, even if I have no use for it. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/07/four-bike-rides-four-years-in-the-life-of-black-britain-on-the-road-we-found-ourselves-again">Four bike rides, four years in the life of Black Britain: ‘On the road, we found ourselves again’</a> - long read, but worth it. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC4YLMLar5I"> Elite: "The game that couldn't be written" </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - I have fond memories of this on the Amiga. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/dec/14/night-trains-and-border-crossings-europes-best-new-rail-routes">Night trains and border crossings: Europe’s best new rail routes</a> - some more for Spain too!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://music.ishkur.com/">Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music</a> via <a href="https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2023/12/16.html">jwz</a>.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2023-December/033317.html">[tz] Antarctic research base Vostok local time</a> - thread about changing the timezone of a remote base. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/22/ebike-boom-america-sales">‘It feels very fun and freeing’: US sees ebike boom after years of false starts</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.musicradar.com/news/it-sounds-like-a-drum-machine-instead-of-a-machine-playing-drums-a-sore-disappointment-what-critics-said-about-the-iconic-roland-tr-909-drum-machine-on-its-release-and-how-they-actually-helped-define-dance-music-today">"It sounds like a drum machine instead of a machine playing drums - a sore disappointment": What critics said about the iconic Roland TR-909 drum machine on its release</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/566ajd9x">Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics</a> <i>[Podcast] </i>- about happiness and a good life </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/bbs5zqfv">Plankton</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - TIL: jellyfish is plankton!<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Other Links</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://bencrowder.net/blog/2023/links-90/">Ben Crowder: Links #90</a></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>
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<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-18050127634081735912023-11-17T13:06:00.003+01:002023-11-17T13:06:33.904+01:00Friday Links 23-30<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiINX7htYrzQUBKpBWXsRSnrM4BKvDKw-kThUy_aGfZHFVtXEo_b0VAFeAdjwFDU77cOVSZxtkQ9JVhtRk1hWxOCxyuSuxRQYPFPdvsiR3pk9R7p7Of0s0SAAHx-ChSlnDIMzOSHEoBX6pS8GhajxK2SUrh1saX0_spxGWFUfBYpKt3sfdiaZzzFA" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Hippo in Barcelona Zoo" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiINX7htYrzQUBKpBWXsRSnrM4BKvDKw-kThUy_aGfZHFVtXEo_b0VAFeAdjwFDU77cOVSZxtkQ9JVhtRk1hWxOCxyuSuxRQYPFPdvsiR3pk9R7p7Of0s0SAAHx-ChSlnDIMzOSHEoBX6pS8GhajxK2SUrh1saX0_spxGWFUfBYpKt3sfdiaZzzFA=w320-h180" title="Hippo!" width="320" /></a>I liked the story about Backstage from Spotify.<br /><p>The monaspace font is also lovely. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/6twp5a4y">Adam Bryant on how to know if you're ready to become a leader.</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - lots of good stuff.<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.getkata.com/handbook">A Practical Handbook For Engineering Management</a>- another guide. I have just browsed a bit for now. </p><p><a href="https://lethain.com/team-charters/">Team Charters are a trap.</a> - oh, I quite like them, but … <i>"Empowering bottoms up mission-setting in an organization that practices top-down resource allocation is a trap."</i><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering </h2><p><a href="https://slack.engineering/the-query-strikes-again/">The Query Strikes Again</a> - Slack is still having fun with databases. </p><p><a href="https://monaspace.githubnext.com/">monaspace</a> - new pretty family of monospace fonts for coding & co. </p><p><a href="https://engineering.fb.com/2023/11/06/android/how-meta-built-threads-in-5-months/">How Meta built Threads in 5 months</a> <i>[Podcast]</i></p><p><i></i><a href="https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-39/">Fedora Linux 39 is officially here!</a> - 20 years! </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/nxwnldhj">Story: Platform Takes The Pain</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - history of Backstage at Spotify. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Work</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/u3tp8t59">Is toxic culture driving your team away?</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - it has. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/pets-improve-mental-health-remote-workers">Employees of the Month: How Pets Contribute To Remote Work-Life Balance</a> - they can also drive you nuts!</p><p><a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its-the-job-of-my-dreams-but-id-have-to-write-a-cover-letter-so-never-mind">It’s the Job of My Dreams, But I’d Have to Write a Cover Letter, So Never Mind</a> - funny, but true. </p><p><a href="https://paulfuhr.medium.com/how-indeed-com-keeps-killing-the-job-market-why-resumes-are-dead-a76ab2f5af">Why Resumes Are Dead & How Indeed.com Keeps Killing the Job Market</a> - Indeed is so bad!</p><p><a href="https://buffer.com/resources/remote-not-async-first/">Buffer is Remote but not Async-First, Here's Why</a> - interesting. I thought they would focus more on async. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/08/fika-four-week-holidays-and-zero-overtime-swedens-stunningly-healthy-work-culture">Fika, four-week holidays – and zero overtime: Sweden’s stunningly healthy work culture</a> - Sweden does sound nice, it's a bit cold for me, though.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/15/eu-agrees-law-to-curb-methane-emissions-fossil-fuel-industry">EU agrees law to curb methane emissions from fossil fuel industry</a> - I'll expect someone to veto this. Germany? Poland? </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/10/eu-strikes-landmark-deal-nature-restoration-law">EU strikes landmark deal on law to restore and protect nature </a>- also not adopted yet. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/0ldysmlg">The Amsterdam Metro ... Kinda Sucks, Actually (with RMTransit)</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - I haven't even used it yet, whenever I was in Amsterdam. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Zoos</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/dpkyo0wa">In the Studio: Kieran Stanley - Designing a Zoo</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - TIL: zoo designers exist. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/e7i6uMRZpjE?si=Mo5uX8e3Px_Gz1fD"> The in-flight audio player </a><i>[YouTube] </i>- it's annoying that it is hard to get working. <br /></p><div style="background-color: #fff8eb; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 225, 230); margin-top: 3em;">
<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-7713756610781512202023-11-03T11:05:00.004+01:002023-11-03T11:05:49.024+01:00Friday Links 23-29<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6uZxkUiK6fpo3HsGVphzYPGzC9-0Cz_lPwnTgc-UIQGE6RectxQLZFjp_vDkjPdhXfld0TsOQXDYPLEH6Y9PU-w6kImAv5HWpgtp12yshNdRkKA1RLukD-NTI6kE4I1uEXfuy7usCeYNOcjeMyEQW0H2IKUS9sN9L1QBkLdeTZ77I2v_kLS-IBA" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Beagle on a pile of leaves" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6uZxkUiK6fpo3HsGVphzYPGzC9-0Cz_lPwnTgc-UIQGE6RectxQLZFjp_vDkjPdhXfld0TsOQXDYPLEH6Y9PU-w6kImAv5HWpgtp12yshNdRkKA1RLukD-NTI6kE4I1uEXfuy7usCeYNOcjeMyEQW0H2IKUS9sN9L1QBkLdeTZ77I2v_kLS-IBA=w320-h240" title="Hoover" width="320" /></a></div>If you want to watch something inspiring today, I recommend the video about Germany's Green City and Pedal to freedom. <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Overall, a lot of interesting stuff to think about this week. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/e2pb3lno">How Do I More Effectively Build Stakeholder Alignment?</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - excellent example of coaching, where the thinker is already aware of the answers. <br /></p><p><a href="https://pca.st/v5b92veq">Communicating Your Engineering Team’s Impact at Work - Tips for Leaders</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - obviously pushing LinearB a bit, but still good. </p><p><a href="https://kellblog.com/2023/11/02/cut-costs-the-smart-way/">A Friendly Reminder to Cost-Cutters: Keep the Company a Great Place to Work for Survivors</a> - the list is helpful, I have seen all of these go wrong at some point. </p><p><a href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-252-how-to-troubleshoot-status">TBM 252: How to Troubleshoot Status Updates and Syncs</a> - don't just do the meetings, make sure there is impact </p><p><a href="https://review.firstround.com/interview-questions-for-management-position">Hire Better Managers: 35 Interview Questions for Assessing a Candidate</a> - good if you are hiring or looking for your next opportunity (like me currently).</p><p><a href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-251-scale-vs-efficiency">TBM 251: Scale vs. Efficiency</a> - you can't have it all. </p><p><a href="https://lethain.com/developing-leadership-styles/">Developing leadership styles</a> - I have been thinking about leadership styles a lot lately. <i>"The key insight to remember is that you can use any leadership style badly, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t useful when done well. "</i></p><p><i></i><a href="https://lethain.com/solving-the-engineering-strategy-crisis-videos/">Video of Solving the Eng Strategy crisis.</a><i> </i>- I think I had the slides in a previous week. </p><p><a href="https://scribehow.com/library/runbook-vs-playbook">Runbook vs. Playbook, SOP, User Guide: How Do They Compare?</a> - it's all the same. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/pa2sf9vh">Engineering platforms and golden paths: Building better developer experiences</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - treating the developers as customers is the key here (and the customer is not always right)<br /></p><p><a href="https://thenewstack.io/developer-productivity-engineering-at-netflix/"> Developer Productivity Engineering at Netflix </a>- I like the idea of having a proper support system for your platform teams. </p><p><a href="https://thenewstack.io/bjarne-stroustrups-plan-for-bringing-safety-to-c/"> Bjarne Stroustrup’s Plan for Bringing Safety to C++ </a>- C++ was my first OOP language, but it is a different beast nowadays. I am not sure if this is a good thing. </p><p><a href="https://protomaps.com/">Protomaps is an open source map of the world, deployable as a single static file on cloud storage</a> - pretty cool<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/2hjuxqxq">Bill Gates: How I stay positive on climate change</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - It is nice to see some optimism, even if I don't share it. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/1prquyn7">The Oatly Chronicles Part 1: The Big Dairy Problem</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - it's more than just about the environment, good background on the brand. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/25/young-europeans-quit-driving-fewer-children-save-planet-climate-crisis">Young Europeans more likely to quit driving and have fewer children to save planet</a> - they will grow up, though. </p><p><a href="https://road.cc/content/feature/how-green-your-waterproof-jacket-304645"> How green is your waterproof cycling jacket? Why some tech is being phased out in favour of more eco-friendly materials</a> - I still have the old stuff, but I am looking forward to what they come up with. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Cycling</h2><p><a href="https://medium.com/@jfgaramendi/unpacking-the-claims-are-tubeless-bicycle-tires-really-better-0ab4d5262e52">Unraveling the SRAM Experiment: Tubeless vs. Tubular Tires — Are the Claims Inflated?</a> - more statistics on an aspect of bicycles.</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/10/reasons-to-get-e-bike-emissions-climate-change-benefits/675716/">The Real Reason You Should Get an E-bike</a> - <i>"It’ll cut your emissions. It’ll also make you happier."</i> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/f1d8GiJOKKg?si=fttaMRMFZGHE0DWL"> Pedal to Freedom - HOW CYCLING SAVED MY LIFE - with Owen Vermeulen </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - cycling for mental health is underrated. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0966692323002053">Impacts of parking and accessibility on retail-oriented city centres</a> - parking in front of shops is not good for retail (via <a href="https://www.spiegel.de/auto/einzelhandel-parkplaetze-vor-der-ladentuer-sind-schlecht-fuers-geschaeft-studie-aus-aachen-a-c94e491e-1acc-40d7-84fe-b3e7ef6f75f0"> Parkplätze vor der Ladentür sind schlecht fürs Geschäft </a><i>[German]</i>)</p><p><a href="https://citylabbcn.org/bicibus-barcelona-through-a-justice-lens/">Does Bicibús reflect and reproduce social injustices?</a> - probably<br /></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/6Vil5KC7Bl0?si=_n0EjuFvsveE7HjF"> Germany's "Green" City (with more bikes than cars!) </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - there are good bits in Germany! </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Animals<br /></h2><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-67155632">Mangrove forests: Steely gaze of young tigress wins photo award</a> - brilliant photographs</p><p><a href="https://pca.st/egfxoukz">Melvyn Bragg talks to Mishal Husain</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - a bit of meta talk about one of my favourite podcasts "In Our Time"</p><div style="background-color: #fff8eb; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 225, 230); margin-top: 3em;">
<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-82192513246014446072023-10-20T10:31:00.006+02:002023-10-20T10:31:58.092+02:00Friday Links 23-28<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZv1961OqcDvLWNaveq-eUOCP3fJEGxAAftSGWg7z5aKAlTuuR9z4j2Ony_fv2NFPK8G2RZcMUtoMopI0sexbWIl5HbZVExwwC5DFVG_AVF30Ai9YW05Pl6ehqqnAwQFQSO0Ch-tRUiLuyBHcOVhyphenhyphenytZnYCim44o34h-G8Wf9b9mLFUDvBkjMSg/s4032/PXL_20221125_154523095.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="beach on Lanzarote with dark volcanic mountains and some small boats" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZv1961OqcDvLWNaveq-eUOCP3fJEGxAAftSGWg7z5aKAlTuuR9z4j2Ony_fv2NFPK8G2RZcMUtoMopI0sexbWIl5HbZVExwwC5DFVG_AVF30Ai9YW05Pl6ehqqnAwQFQSO0Ch-tRUiLuyBHcOVhyphenhyphenytZnYCim44o34h-G8Wf9b9mLFUDvBkjMSg/w320-h240/PXL_20221125_154523095.MP.jpg" title="Waves" width="320" /></a></div>I decided to stop posting depressing links and keep only the interesting and uplifting content. <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">This makes the list smaller and me more happy.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-247-15-metaphors-for-waste-in">TBM 247: 15 Metaphors for Waste In Product Development</a> - excellent summary. I recognise all of them in past jobs.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/t6wlxqib">Open source advocacy: The benefits of open source software</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - another one of these, apparently necessary, since many people are moving in a more closed direction.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://engineering.fb.com/2023/10/17/data-infrastructure/automating-product-deprecation-meta/">Automating product deprecation</a> - most of this doesn't apply to smaller organisations, but I like the idea of a "deprecation playbook"</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/947288/"> Remote execution in the GNOME tracker</a> - interesting vulnerability, the comments are also pretty good. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/8iqndg38">Africa's urban future: Tanzania</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - they seem to be mostly investing in buses with dedicated lanes, which is a start. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/20/why-health-wellbeing-should-centre-urban-planning">Why health and wellbeing should be at centre of urban planning</a> - <i>“Creating environments where every essential is within a 15-minute walk or bike ride fosters consistent physical activity. This diminishes risks associated with a sedentary lifestyle and elevates air quality,”</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i><a href="https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/spd-will-straffreiheit-fuer-schwarzfahrer-a-ff9b97bf-397e-473a-af51-cf87adbfd49b"> SPD will Straffreiheit für Schwarzfahrer </a><i>[German]</i> - some plans to stop treating travel without a ticket as a criminal offence, which could lead to prison. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/stockholm-ban-petrol-and-diesel-cars-city-centre-2025-swedish-capital-pollution">Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025</a> - I really wish more cities would dare this. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/google-ai-reduce-greenhouse-emissions-project-greenlight/">Project Green Light’s work to reduce urban emissions using AI</a> - no mention of pedestrians or cyclists. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Waves<br /></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/4qnlqoqq">Deborah Greaves</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - about harvesting energy from waves.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2023/10/07/Suck-it-up">Sucking It Up</a> - Tim about being a "White Male TechBro Boomer". </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/13/about-stimulating-children-how-school-lunches-look-europe">Pizza, plum cake and pickled red onion: how school lunches look across Europe</a> - I vote for Sweden. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Other Links</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://bencrowder.net/blog/2023/links-89/">Ben Crowder - Links #89</a></li></ul>
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<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-137647251177747582023-10-06T12:25:00.004+02:002023-10-06T12:26:39.289+02:00Friday Links 23-27<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92siorYfNN2BWN7lOMBw-jTelmm-DZMxj-zioManblh1Y6gNFi3vMPduj3z93eHWc6lNY9vj6_08gJGJR0YyQBw50NRu5KFybMG4jk7WhhzqSOU92aU6oLTwNjtlBqdW6LBg2VTZa3c4MPGxYIkklH0aMe3Vaelf-Mw18q7lXa9i_toJpvQQBSw/s3601/DSC_0190_1.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Large scale model of person with bicycle, with a picture of a city square in the background, all made from LEGO." border="0" data-original-height="3075" data-original-width="3601" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92siorYfNN2BWN7lOMBw-jTelmm-DZMxj-zioManblh1Y6gNFi3vMPduj3z93eHWc6lNY9vj6_08gJGJR0YyQBw50NRu5KFybMG4jk7WhhzqSOU92aU6oLTwNjtlBqdW6LBg2VTZa3c4MPGxYIkklH0aMe3Vaelf-Mw18q7lXa9i_toJpvQQBSw/w320-h273/DSC_0190_1.JPG" title="Cyclist made of LEGO" width="320" /></a></div>The podcasts I enjoyed especially this week are the Lego Overboard and Open source at a crossroad episodes.<br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">I also liked the WFH vs RTO blog post. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/ns4rqi00">Managing cost efficiency at scale-ups</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - nothing surprising, but still good <br /></p><p><a href="https://pca.st/ifrsfm89">S5, Ep. 20: What's Up With Performance Improvement Plans?</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - interesting that they can be weaponised and figuring this out is nearly impossible. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/yhbnx5c9">Wisdom for Work #17 - The Power of Retrospectives: Learning From the Past To Shape the Future</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - if you do anything "agile", start with retrospectives. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/7wkh49km">Unlocking Peak Performance: The ROI of Investing in DEI (with Dr. Vijay Pendakur, Organizational Development Strategist)</a> [Podcast] - <i>"DEI is not about shrinking one person's slice of pie, but rather expanding the pie for everyone."</i></p><p><i></i><a href="https://pca.st/xqdqj2sr">Garry Ridge: The stunning business impact of WD40’s Culture First strategy</a><i> [Podcast]</i> - I don't agree with all of it, but it is a good listen. </p><p><a href="https://kottke.org/23/09/how-to-apologize">How to Apologize</a> - it will come up again. </p><p><a href="https://lethain.com/solving-the-engineering-strategy-crisis/">Solving the Engineering Strategy crisis.</a> - speaking notes, from a talk. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering</h2><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1cryx7TzqM"> RoboCop 3 - Dongle Anti-Piracy that Failed | MVG </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - that didn't go well, even with all the effort. <br /></p><p><a href="https://third-bit.com/sdxpy/#">Software Design by Example</a> - I haven't seen this before, it's neat.</p><p><a href="https://pca.st/4jbk9dsz">Open source is at a crossroads</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - insights into licences and how they affect the community. </p><p><a href="https://dagster.io/blog/skip-kafka-use-postgres-message-queue">Postgres: a Better Message Queue than Kafka?</a> - keep it boring, if you can.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Work</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/zsqrddrj">Why Meetings Suck and How to Fix Them</a> - I think everybody agrees on this. </p><p><a href="https://jacobian.org/2023/sep/29/rto-wfh/">RTO vs WFH: my default recommendations for remote vs colocated teams</a> - fascinating way of classifying types of work and good overview of how the RTO/WFH arguments are often over the top. <br /></p><p><a href="https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-seven-meetings-you-hate/">The Seven Meetings You Hate</a> - 100%</p><p><a href="https://www.workspaces.xyz/">workspaces.xyz</a> - another pretty workspaces site / newsletter. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment</h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/05/gobsmackingly-bananas-scientists-stunned-by-planets-record-september-heat">‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/04/wetlands-win-reprieve-after-deal-between-spain-and-andalucia">Wetlands win reprieve after deal over Andalucian natural space</a> - some win at least. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/04/worlds-dogs-going-vegan-would-save-more-emissions-than-uk-produces">World’s dogs going vegan ‘would save more emissions than UK produces’</a> - I guess I have to look into this now too. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/71eqef5x">Rishi Sunak’s net zero U-turn</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - UK still going bonkers.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/28/europes-local-olive-oil-supply-runs-almost-dry-after-summer-of-extreme-weather">Europe’s olive oil supply running out after drought – and the odd hailstorm</a> - will this wake people up? No.</p><p><a href="https://www.catalannews.com/society-science/item/summer-night-temperatures-as-high-as-ever-while-sea-18c-warmer-than-average">Summer night temperatures as high as ever, while sea 1.8C warmer than average</a> - time to move?</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/22/five-siblings-jailed-for-illegally-extracting-water-feeding-spanish-nature-reserve">Five siblings jailed for illegally extracting water feeding Spanish nature reserve</a> - #waterwars<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/ujmndyf1">Africa's urban future: Ghana</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - so many possibilities to do things right, or repeat previous mistakes. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/03kdk29p">Germany: Jail for fare-dodging</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - yes, Germany, not the US (see also <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66664823">The German group buying ticket dodgers out of prison</a>)<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/singapur-neue-autos-kosten-jetzt-106-000-dollar-plus-kaufpreis-a-fe5befdd-b12e-4528-b2f5-ea293544d8a7"> Neue Autos kosten in Singapur jetzt 106.000 Dollar (plus Kaufpreis) </a><i>[German]</i> - buying a car in Singapore now needs a licence for 106k. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/03/portugal-to-scrap-unjust-tax-breaks-for-foreign-residents">Portugal to scrap ‘unjust’ tax breaks for foreign residents</a> - good!</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/04/bicibus-how-barcelona-got-kids-cycling-safely-to-school">The bicibús: how Barcelona got kids cycling safely to school – and loving it!</a> - I am so in love with bike-busses. </p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-07-06/in-bid-for-survival-business-districts-welcome-bikes-and-pedestrians">As Downtowns Struggle, Businesses Learn to Love Bike Lanes</a> - sadly businesses only realise this after the fact.</p><p><a href="https://road.cc/content/news/20mph-speed-limit-analysis-hailed-astonishing-304085"> "Far more pleasant for walkers and cyclists": 20mph speed limit analysis hailed "astonishing", with drivers' journeys just 45 seconds longer</a> - surprise! </p><p><a href="https://xkcd.com/2832/">Urban Planning Opinion Progression</a> <i>[Comic]</i> - xkcd joined urbanism.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Hi4rXe3lA"> Car Enthusiasts Should Hate Car Dependency. Here’s Why. </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - you can love cars and hate car use.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Lego<br /></h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/10d7q0ni">Lego Overboard</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - lovely story. <br /></p><p><a href="https://pca.st/h6r8j5xo">What are the best cycling climbs in Spain? Simon Warren’s six must-ride ascents</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - someone did a checklist for me. </p><p><a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/10/annual-report-2022/">Mastodo - Annual Report 2022</a> - looks reasonable healthy</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2023/sep/29/everyone-at-this-gig-looks-just-like-you-the-stephen-collins-cartoon">Everyone at this gig looks just like you! – the Stephen Collins cartoon</a> - does apply to other situations too!</p><p><a href="https://pca.st/h3kn8odp">Are you having fun?</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - <i>"Memorise it: fun is playful connected flow". </i>I like that definition. </p><p><a href="https://cdm.link/2023/09/maxell-still-makes-cassettes/">Maxell would like you to know that they still make audio cassette tapes</a> - just Type I.</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@jfgaramendi/steel-vs-carbon-exploring-clementinas-touring-dominance-against-trek-s-carbon-speed-6f948c6d3e71">Steel vs. Carbon: Exploring Clementina’s touring dominance against Trek’s carbon speed</a> - someone spent too much time on this. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/22/nfts-worthless-price">The vast majority of NFTs are now worthless, new report shows</a> - surprise!</p><div style="background-color: #fff8eb; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 225, 230); margin-top: 3em;">
<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-63728012462792577522023-09-22T15:54:00.000+02:002023-09-22T15:54:08.068+02:00Friday Links 23-26<h2 style="text-align: left;"></h2><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzRH_M_SjKHDvHyW9JRuhnpmnTgvmkv43yjSO_qjEO11LFXq1uDttqayXvosEGszFAwG1RtB1qcyAWJEZ0k2lgYQCF-pBvkk4Df32tL9pztZbpB2z-aSnkfmeRchS2fwX2RVA90r07JbLs8CcFywdkXpRsXSqdkjbxhIAvHl5btZ8M2D62fgPZQ/s2706/PXL_20230502_174827643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Woman walking five dogs towards the sunset on a lane between fields" border="0" data-original-height="2203" data-original-width="2706" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzRH_M_SjKHDvHyW9JRuhnpmnTgvmkv43yjSO_qjEO11LFXq1uDttqayXvosEGszFAwG1RtB1qcyAWJEZ0k2lgYQCF-pBvkk4Df32tL9pztZbpB2z-aSnkfmeRchS2fwX2RVA90r07JbLs8CcFywdkXpRsXSqdkjbxhIAvHl5btZ8M2D62fgPZQ/w320-h261/PXL_20230502_174827643.jpg" title="too many dogs" width="320" /></a></div>Environment news seems especially depressing at the moment. There are some uplifting urbanism stories, the bike bus podcast did make me smile. <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Both long leadership posts are definitely worth a read.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://lethain.com/performance-compensation-process-exec/">Performance & Compensation (for Eng Execs).</a> - massive topic and, as usual, Will really presents it well. <br /></p><p><a href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-240-the-ultimate-guide-to-developer">TBM 240: The Ultimate Guide to Developer Counter-Productivity</a> - this seems to be the topic of the day again. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/di5rktp8">OpenTF for an open Terraform</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - it's called OpenTofu now. I hope they make it. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/91pfkgts">You call it tech debt I call it malpractice</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - I like that framing. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/8wruq8se">Story: Configuring Identity: Adam Jacob and the Search for Self in Software</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - Chef history.</p><p><a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/forty-years-of-gnu-and-the-free-software-movement"> Forty years of GNU and the free software movement </a>- happy birthday! </p><p><a href="https://tosbourn.com/low-hanging-tech-debt/">Make time to address low-hanging technical debt</a> - I wouldn't count the examples in the article as technical debt. I do like the criteria for the low-hanging part:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Easy to verify</i></li><li><i>Easy to remove</i></li><li><i>Small improvement to some part of the development, deploy, or end-user experience</i></li></ul><p><a href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/">It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy</a> - I am a bit surprised and worried. </p><p><a href="https://engineering.fb.com/2023/09/07/culture/threads-inside-story-metas-newest-social-app/">Threads: The inside story of Meta’s newest social app</a> - must be nice to have that kind of infrastructure. Also: Django?<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment</h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/21/swedish-government-faces-backlash-after-slashing-climate-budget">Swedish government faces backlash after slashing climate budget</a> - My guess is that the UK and Sweden are just the beginning, everybody else will pretend that they reach the goals and then fail at it. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/eu-air-pollution-limits-2035">‘A lifeline for dirty cars’: EU backs new air pollution limits, but not until 2035</a> - another step back. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/eu-states-must-bridge-planning-gap-in-order-to-hit-climate-targets-report-warns">EU states must bridge ‘planning gap’ in order to hit climate targets, report warns</a> - not going to happen. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/08/german-parliament-approves-plan-to-replace-fossil-fuel-heating-systems">German parliament approves plan to replace fossil-fuel heating systems</a> - the watered-down plan. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/07/major-disruptor-el-nino-threatens-the-worlds-rice-supplies">‘Major disruptor’: El Niño threatens the world’s rice supplies</a> - maybe people start worrying if they can't get their rice? </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/07/why-climate-deniers-are-wrong-validity-heat-measurements">Heat denial: influencers question validity of high temperatures </a>- Denying must be the hardest hobby.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/aug/30/australia-to-acknowledge-climate-risk-to-government-bonds-after-world-first-court-settlement">Australia to acknowledge climate risk to government bonds after world-first court settlement</a> - maybe people start worrying if it affects their money? <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism & Transport<br /></h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/episode/e60aa3a1-539f-44dd-a9ed-430e3d5ea045">Back to School with the Bike Bus</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - Are bike buses the most effective way to get people on board of more liveable cities?</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/20/all-aboard-can-luxembourgs-free-public-transport-help-save-the-world">All aboard! Can Luxembourg’s free public transport help save the world?</a> - <i>"The loss of income from abolishing fares was small, Bausch explains:
about €40m a year, when the overall cost of running the system is about
€800m"</i> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/19/european-governments-railways-road-building-report-motorways-funding-rail">European governments shrinking railways in favour of road-building, report finds</a> - nobody is surprised. Germany leading the way. </p><p><a href="https://www.spiegel.de/auto/hannover-oberbuergermeister-belit-onay-legt-plan-fuer-nahezu-autofreie-innenstadt-vor-a-fe1fce16-77d1-4d75-ab2c-3729724d9c83"> So will Hannover seine »nahezu autofreie« Innenstadt bauen </a><i>[German] </i>- hard to believe that this is in the same country as Berlin. </p><p><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90952175/this-spanish-city-has-been-restricting-cars-for-24-years-heres-what-we-can-learn-from-it">This Spanish city has been restricting cars for 24 years. Here’s what we can learn from it</a> - the only surprise is that it happened. </p><p><a href="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2023/09/15/this-train-is-your-charger-lessons-from-madrid-about-transit-as-public-space/">This train is your charger: Lessons from Madrid about transit as public space</a> - I have to confess that I mostly walked or used the taxi. </p><p><a href="https://citylabbcn.org/2023/09/13/the-legal-attack-on-superblock-barcelona/">The Legal Attack on Superblock Barcelona</a> - when you think everything is going well, ...<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/05/berlin-clubbers-and-green-protesters-unite-to-fight-motorway-plans">Berlin clubbers and green protesters unite to fight motorway plans</a> - this must be the silliest motorway currently in planning in the whole world. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckgML1hNVw"> DIY Kyiv - The Rise of Temporary Urbanism in Ukraine </a>- life seems too normal. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Pets<br /></h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/13/the-case-against-pets-is-it-time-to-give-up-our-cats-and-dogs">The case against pets: is it time to give up our cats and dogs?</a> - I am worried about the meat consumption of our zoo. <br /></p><p><a href="https://b612-font.com/"> B612 Font family </a>- any suggestions on where I could use this? I notice there is already a Fedora package.</p><p><a href="https://road.cc/content/news/annemiek-van-vleuten-cycling-revolutionary-retires-303773"> Raising the bar: Annemiek van Vleuten, one of cycling’s great revolutionaries, retires</a> - she is a remarkable cyclist, not many like her around at the moment.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/01/do-you-really-need-to-walk-10000-steps-a-day-and-17-other-fitness-rules-tackled-by-the-experts">Do you really need to walk 10,000 steps a day? And 17 other fitness ‘rules’, tackled by the experts</a> - there goes my age & metabolism excuse! <br /></p>
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<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-14512929356543289132023-09-01T10:38:00.002+02:002023-09-01T10:38:39.668+02:00Friday Links 23-25<div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcR_K1L9kpTP-hUuU68o5DJZWYABVP6y_9O0LmXwAF785wciyN7tNfEHLZs7_wczuae6oq0Q6Tfwj5bRPsJN7eZm6LjaFzT03AU20ywD1vxSmCGw4E8U7gU7iujlb8Q2tkR-sybnbKFZ25FLPwAa87ZK8srUB4sol8PXuINpmlWdTSv-0dAK26w/s1200/DSC03547_1.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Cyclists time trialing at night in Barcelona" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcR_K1L9kpTP-hUuU68o5DJZWYABVP6y_9O0LmXwAF785wciyN7tNfEHLZs7_wczuae6oq0Q6Tfwj5bRPsJN7eZm6LjaFzT03AU20ywD1vxSmCGw4E8U7gU7iujlb8Q2tkR-sybnbKFZ25FLPwAa87ZK8srUB4sol8PXuINpmlWdTSv-0dAK26w/w320-h213/DSC03547_1.JPG" title="La Vuelta - Stage 1" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">This time around I enjoyed the interviews with Simon Sinek and Olive Burkeman with Culture First. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership <br /></h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/sgs34l80">Are You Being the Bottleneck or Building the Bridge? Lessons on Cross-Functional Leadership</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - lots of good stuff about communication and DEI </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/3t6h0zpy">Simon Sinek on the power of putting culture first</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - older interview </p><p><a href="https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/measuring-developer-productivity">Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey</a> - Gergely Orosz and Kent Beck responding to McKinsey's post. (there is also a <a href="https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/measuring-developer-productivity-part-2">second part</a> now)</p><p><a href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-238-spinning-plates">TBM 238: Spinning Plates</a> - <i>"The quest for efficiency and high utilization is the same thing that stifles creativity and innovation and paradoxically slows us down and makes us less efficient."</i><br /></p><p><a href="https://hbr.org/2020/12/use-okrs-to-set-goals-for-teams-not-individuals"> Use OKRs to Set Goals for Teams, Not Individuals</a> - I generally prefer to focus on teams and then how to make individuals successful in pushing the team goals. </p><p><a href="https://lethain.com/eng-exec-role-in-hiring/">The Engineering executive’s role in hiring.</a> - very detailed summary of hiring from a higher level. </p><p><a href="https://www.imkylelambert.com/articles/who-has-the-credentials-to-deliver-design-feedback">Who has the credentials to deliver design feedback?</a> - <i>"Designers shouldn’t disqualify feedback based on the person delivering it. "</i></p><p><i></i><a href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-236-the-paper-cut-tax">TBM 236: The Paper-Cut Tax</a><i> - "like juggling fickle priorities and rework, working around dependencies, putting out fires, writing and rewriting proposals, and fiddling with fragile tools."</i><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Work</h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/22/work-from-home-revolution">‘The office is for socializing’: how work from home has revolutionized work</a></p><p><a href="https://pca.st/bl9yon9d">Oliver Burkeman on designing an employee experience for mortals</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - Good to hear him in an interview, but I prefer his book. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Technology</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/wazba67n">30 years of Debian</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - with Red Hat currently misbehaving, I have been looking more seriously at a switch to Debian. </p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/942937/">Bugzilla Celebrates 25 Years With Special Announcements (Bugzilla blog)</a> - we used Bugzilla as a project management tool in my misspent youth. It worked quite well for a while. <br /></p><p><a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/08/27/explore-ffmpeg-from-the-comfort-of-your-browser/">Explore FFmpeg From The Comfort Of Your Browser</a> - just cool. </p><p><a href="https://thenewstack.io/ditching-databases-for-apache-kafka-as-system-of-record/"> Ditching Databases for Apache Kafka as System of Record </a>- I wonder what you loose with this approach. </p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/942346/"> HashiCorp, Terraform, and OpenTF</a> - I really hope OpenTF works out. </p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/941796/"> PineTime: a smartwatch for open-source software</a> - this is amazingly cheap.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/28/burning-man-protest-climate-change-environment">Burning Man attendees roadblocked by climate activists: ‘They have a privileged mindset’</a> - when pseudo fashion hippies meet real hippies. Also: defund the Rangers. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-08-24/where-will-the-tourists-go-europes-winning-and-losing-destinations-due-to-the-climate-crisis.html">Where will the tourists go? Europe’s winning and losing destinations due to the climate crisis</a> - this seems conservative. I am pretty sure people will stop coming to Spain sooner. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/25/france-fund-destroying-excess-wine-demand-falls">France to spend €200m on destroying excess wine as demand falls</a> - do farm subsidies really make sense? </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/24/barcelona-issues-heat-alert-and-gives-out-water-and-caps-to-homeless-people">Barcelona gives hats to homeless people as heatwave sweeps southern Europe</a> - hats … that will fix it. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/23/g20-poured-more-than-1tn-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-despite-cop26-pledges-report">G20 poured more than $1tn into fossil fuel subsidies despite Cop26 pledges – report</a> - good job everyone. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://youtu.be/ztpcWUqVpIg"> Even Small Towns are Great Here (5 Years in the Netherlands) </a><i><u>[YouTube]</u></i> - every town seems to be brilliant there. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Cycling<br /></h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/eq7b9mi6">Cycling in Catalonia – Riding hotspot Girona and La Vuelta kicks off from Barcelona</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - overview of the local cycling scene </p><p><a href="https://www.michalkrasnopolski.com/#/classic-movies/">Grid movie posters</a> - I discovered this posters, but I love all of his art. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Other Links</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://johnfreeborn.com/words/weekly-design-links-08-22-23/">Weekly Design Links – 08/22/23</a></li><li><a href="https://brucelawson.co.uk/2023/reading-list-308/">Reading list 308 </a> </li></ul>
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<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kind of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-75748098103578741562023-08-18T11:19:00.005+02:002023-08-18T11:19:50.566+02:00Friday Links 23-24<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTca7Xjh4Wm6BquLZPSofr4gErGp_fb9XSvYbxMs3IkGhqDe_3GaPTNhmltTzgqR37T9Vi9EcVcqO3OjyzXn0EL8hd8_jkl7ZkX9nCWcjkDPNlyiuBosA0pmmOGCjovdu2MKNWDRbldbA8tT8H5Ib8g2HrlxZgFEFZAtP0xX8u_Yt2ndZZS9oLQ/s1920/octopus-haeckel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Octopus illustration" border="0" data-original-height="1843" data-original-width="1920" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTca7Xjh4Wm6BquLZPSofr4gErGp_fb9XSvYbxMs3IkGhqDe_3GaPTNhmltTzgqR37T9Vi9EcVcqO3OjyzXn0EL8hd8_jkl7ZkX9nCWcjkDPNlyiuBosA0pmmOGCjovdu2MKNWDRbldbA8tT8H5Ib8g2HrlxZgFEFZAtP0xX8u_Yt2ndZZS9oLQ/w320-h307/octopus-haeckel.jpg" title="Octopus" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I forgot to post Podcasts for a while. This makes this week Podcast Week! </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/gk5bimxv">Follow the Leader: How to Be the Example and Transform Engineering Teams (with Jossie Haines, Executive Coach)</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - I like her focus on respect and empathy. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/mmr147rw">Wisdom for Work #16 - The Brightest Bulb Challenge: Moving From Individual Contributor to Team Leader</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - a common problem and I always enjoy the Reboot approach. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/y9gwiwk3">Is That 100% True? Managing the Small Stuff to Prevent the Big Stuff (with Joanna Lord, Executive in Residence at Reforge)</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - I am still an Emotional Intelligence sceptic. In this case, I agree. </p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/11/80percent-of-bosses-say-they-regret-earlier-return-to-office-plans.html">80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’</a> - will they change again? </p><p><a href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-234-maintenance-ktlo-and-bau">TBM 234: Maintenance, KTLO, and BAU</a> - a different approach to talking about these. </p><p><a href="https://www.theengineeringmanager.com/qa/no-number-one-tip/">There is no number one tip</a> - for a new manager. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/lm1jblo1">Generative AI and the future of knowledge work</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - Thoughtworks now has a Chief AI Officer!</p><p><a href="https://pca.st/8x2g6kdo">The Science of Learning to Code</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - in my wild youth I was convinced that programming skills are in the genes … clearly a stupid idea. </p><p><a href="https://engineering.fb.com/2023/08/15/developer-tools/immortal-objects-for-python-instagram-meta/">Introducing Immortal Objects for Python</a> - TIL: Instagram uses Django!<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/1sbm55gm">Opening Transit Payments (with Urban Caffeine)</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - I think the main advantage of an integrated payment for all transit is the reduction in hurdles. The Dutch system sounds wonderful. Ideally, we would have something across the EU. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/episode/71baad31-e2ce-43ff-9549-d3b874f179a3">RES197 Städte im Klimawandel</a> [Podcast, German] - "Urban Mining" was a new one to me.</p><p><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2023/07/rebecca-solnit-climate-despair-hope">Why climate despair is a luxury</a> - I am definitely joined the despair camp. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Octopuses </h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/0106yh0o">The awe-inspiring intelligence of octopuses</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - I am a flexitarian, and I am still eating octopus. This and other recent news about them makes me reconsider. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/episode/7e04e812-bdb7-4a2e-bd8c-89016dc195a3">26: The Bear - Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - The Bear is brilliant, this is a nice analysis of the characters. </p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2023/08/17/debian_turns_30/">30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the world's most successful Linux distros</a> - since Red Hat is misbehaving I might be looking at Debian next. It seems to be the most free distribution right now. </p><p><a href="https://shop.cyclingworldchamps.com/products/uci-cw-highland-cow-plush">Cycling Worlds Highland Coo Soft Toy</a> - the UCI Championship was great … so is their webshop.</p><p><a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/08/play-wipeout-rewrite-ubuntu">Wipeout Game Rewrite: How to Play it on Ubuntu</a> - the leaked code is a bit of a mess, apparently. </p><div style="background-color: #fff8eb; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 225, 230); margin-top: 3em;">
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<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kind of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-72291696497109398182023-08-11T11:05:00.001+02:002023-08-11T11:05:19.952+02:00Friday Links 23-23<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgie4wjDfNmkSIAzgKRqvDTQGvLPmkADdfDzon44lWgkZIlSdE594S5_bW8FniLZe85x33b3azHmzfZaJFcDTzMNSG_smzMF3MbHj2B_MUdCCoxfItq0ygh8AZfFtmrePiLboZWbxdBn3ZurQ4dyYQDQgydjTZ9wjQHtecILxMLYstvshv0QBVsUg/s280/Home_taping_is_killing_music.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Home taping is killing music (and it's illegal)" border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgie4wjDfNmkSIAzgKRqvDTQGvLPmkADdfDzon44lWgkZIlSdE594S5_bW8FniLZe85x33b3azHmzfZaJFcDTzMNSG_smzMF3MbHj2B_MUdCCoxfItq0ygh8AZfFtmrePiLboZWbxdBn3ZurQ4dyYQDQgydjTZ9wjQHtecILxMLYstvshv0QBVsUg/s16000/Home_taping_is_killing_music.png" title="Home taping is killing music" /></a></div>Lots of good stuff in the leadership section today, and lots of depressing stuff in the environment section. <br /><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://buffer.com/resources/performance-reviews-mixed-feelings/">How We Run Performance Reviews At Buffer And Why I Have Mixed Feelings About Them</a> - it's tricky. <br /></p><p><a href="https://developer.squareup.com/blog/how-to-measure-the-value-of-internal-tools/">How To Measure the Value of Internal Tools</a> - most companies are doing none of this. </p><p><a href="https://lethain.com/frameworks-decision-making/">Manage your priorities and energy.</a> - <i>"you’re going to accomplish less in your career if you’re so focused on
correctness that you lose track of keeping yourself energized."</i></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/humanistic-leadership-brenda-lizette-roman-valle/">Humanistic Leadership</a> - this kind of answers my question about "people first" companies. <br /></p><p><a href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-233-coffee-and-complexity">TBM 233: Coffee & Complexity</a> - I like the idea of starting to think about a FAQ right away.</p><p><a href="https://kellanem.com/notes/briefly-meetings-and-some-alternatives">Briefly: The Value of Meetings, and Some Alternatives</a> - killing all meetings is just silly. </p><p><a href="https://developer.squareup.com/blog/squares-updated-growth-framework-for-engineers-and-engineering-managers/">Square’s Updated Growth Framework for Engineers and Engineering Managers</a> - very detailed spreadsheet linked in the article. </p><p><a href="https://martinfowler.com/articles/platform-teams-stuff-done.html">How platform teams get stuff done</a> - good article about different approaches. I think platform teams can easily go wrong in plenty of cases. </p><p><a href="https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/becoming-vp-of-engineering-pt1">On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VP</a> - this is a great <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/01/is-carbon-capture-and-storage-really-a-silver-bullet-for-the-climate-crisis">Why carbon capture and storage will not solve the climate crisis any time soon </a>- it's mainly for people who don't want to change. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/25/gulf-stream-could-collapse-as-early-as-2025-study-suggests">Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests</a> - headline is a bit misleading. It's anywhere between 2024 and 2095. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2023/jul/20/the-climate-crisis-in-four-charts-extreme-weather-heatwaves">Extreme weather: the climate crisis in four charts</a> - I gave up worrying/hoping now. <br /></p><p>It's hot out there</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/25/deadly-global-heatwaves-undeniably-result-of-climate-crisis-scientists-attribution">Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/23/us-airlines-heat-delays-limit-passengers-fuel">Extreme heat forces US airlines to limit passengers and fuel loads</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/23/mexico-cloud-seeding-heatwave-drought">Mexico steps up rain-making project amid intense heatwave and drought</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/23/high-winds-expected-to-impede-fight-wildfires-in-rhodes">Greece carries out its biggest ever evacuation as wildfires rage on Rhodes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/16/thousands-forced-out-of-homes-la-palma-canary-islands-as-heatwave-grips-europe">Southern Europe braces for second heat storm in a week</a> <br /></li></ul><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://youtu.be/R2oD1ZHNMFE"> This town banned cars (except tiny electric ones) </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - still quite a few of them around </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/X_T1iQSZt-o"> Less space for cars, more for green. Utrecht's redesigned ring road </a><i>[YouTube] </i>- not too bad.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/30/rishi-sunak-councils-20mph-speed-limit-low-traffic-neighbourhoods-ltns">Ministers consider curbs on councils’ use of 20mph speed limits </a>- UK going backwards, as usual. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/30/bristols-low-traffic-scheme-stalls-as-row-over-ulez-spreads-from-london">Bristol’s low-traffic scheme stalls as row over Ulez spreads from London</a> - no comment </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/30/low-traffic-neighbourhood-ltn-traffic-planning">Sunak review raises question: what exactly is a low-traffic neighbourhood?</a> - I remember them already being there when I lived in London. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/AOc8ASeHYNw"> Designing Urban Places that Don't Suck </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - I have to say the cover picture still has too many cars in the "nice place". </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/wm_o4ZsD01M"> It's time to stop with the "bicycle highways" </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - stop calling them this, not stop building them. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/FIcwzqRlZ68"> Are Dutch Cities Really that Different? Debunking Cycling Myths </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - no<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Recordings<br /></h2><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/07/home-taping-is-killing-music-when-the-music-industry-waged-war-on-the-cassette-tape.html">Home
Taping Is Killing Music: When the Music Industry Waged War on the
Cassette Tape During the 1980s, and Punk Bands Fought Back</a> - now I want one of those tapes. <br /></p><p><a href="http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2023/08/summer-webcomics.html">Summer webcomics</a> - collection by Charles Stross</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/29/portugals-bid-to-attract-foreign-money-backfires-as-rental-market-goes-crazy">Portugal’s bid to attract foreign money backfires as rental market goes ‘crazy’</a> - surprise! </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jul/20/12795-possessions-barbara-iweins-photographer-every-object">12,795 possessions! Meet the woman who photographed every single thing she owns</a> - i love this, and worry about my possessions. (I still think "<a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160713-michael-landy-the-man-who-destroyed-all-his-belongings">The man who destroyed all his belongings</a>" is even better and one of my favourite art pieces).</p><p><a href="https://diversity.uiowa.edu/resources/dei-style-guide/style-guide-lgbtq">Style Guide: LGBTQ+</a> - I was looking for the use of "queer", this has been helpful. </p><p><a href="https://road.cc/content/news/tour-de-france-pro-says-he-feels-paralysed-descents-302559"> “It’s like I’m going into the void with no control”: Tour de France pro says he feels “completely paralysed” and “scared to death” on descents</a> - worth a read, even if you don't ride yourself. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Other Links</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2023/07/19/Long-Links">Long Links</a> by Tim Bray<br /></li></ul><p><br /></p>Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-26682975354717517582023-07-14T09:58:00.001+02:002023-07-14T09:58:08.210+02:00Friday Links 23-22<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcqvQdufTEqqDvdm_HREs9bdZKLycvbQsBucnC1AyxXz5xfClztk6QzMIfwU5fsflc4l-HHKWe6KquGQVEhPXj2cc3oo4CadznrGpbwhhMAZDf5I2CbWUpG4nYCf0Yb7izAg9PbcxNxa74pLQjc6yIXS9DTM8kIMGj-b3NzDA45elVi5MPiJppw/s2501/DSC_3043-EDIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Cargo bike with a panniers and boxes full of groceries" border="0" data-original-height="1641" data-original-width="2501" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcqvQdufTEqqDvdm_HREs9bdZKLycvbQsBucnC1AyxXz5xfClztk6QzMIfwU5fsflc4l-HHKWe6KquGQVEhPXj2cc3oo4CadznrGpbwhhMAZDf5I2CbWUpG4nYCf0Yb7izAg9PbcxNxa74pLQjc6yIXS9DTM8kIMGj-b3NzDA45elVi5MPiJppw/w320-h210/DSC_3043-EDIT.jpg" title="cargo bike" width="320" /></a></div></h2><p style="text-align: left;">All the leadership articles are great this week and not too long.<br />If you want mostly downers, have a look at the environment articles. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://larahogan.me/blog/find-a-buddy-team-of-one/">Finding a buddy when you’re a team of one</a> - if you can't avoid them. <br /></p><p><a href="https://lethain.com/gelling-engineering-leadership-team/">Gelling your Engineering leadership team.</a> - I think this should be read by a lot of C-level teams, but it also applies to most teams. </p><p><a href="https://angelariggs.github.io/articles/imposter-syndrome">Imposter Syndrome</a> - I love Angela's writing. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Technology</h2><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/big-tech-can-transfer-europeans-data-to-us-in-win-for-facebook-and-google/">Big Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and Google</a> - <i>"US to monitor compliance"</i><br /></p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/938165/">AlmaLinux to diverge (slightly) from RHEL</a> - and so it begins. <br /></p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/937863/">SUSE to create a fork of RHEL</a> - apparently they already had one? "SUSE Liberty Linux"</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/ic1qttjm">Europe’s Heatwave Death Toll</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - this is just the beginning after all. (also: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/10/heatwave-last-summer-killed-61000-people-in-europe-research-finds">Heatwave last summer killed 61,000 people in Europe, research finds</a>)</p><p><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/07/the-world-just-broke-a-stunning-slew-of-heat-records-why-right-now/"> The world just broke a stunning slew of heat records. Why right now? </a><br /></p><p><a href="https://pca.st/q4jej3ra">Tuvalu – how do you save a disappearing country?</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - spoiler: you can't. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/13/uk-poised-to-drop-plans-for-hydrogen-to-replace-natural-gas-in-homes">UK poised to drop plans to replace home gas boilers with hydrogen alternatives</a> - someone should tell Germany. </p><p><a href="https://www.homebuilding.co.uk/news/how-to-protect-your-heat-pump-from-theft">How to protect your heat pump from theft</a> - I heard this is a problem in Germany too. Does this happen with air conditioning too? </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/11/nuclear-power-too-expensive-and-slow-to-be-part-of-australias-plans-to-reach-net-zero-study-finds">Nuclear power too expensive and slow to be part of Australia’s plans to reach net zero, study finds</a> - if you don't have nuclear power already, don't bother starting now. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jul/12/pet-problems-tropical-fish-are-terrible-for-the-environment-and-dogs-are-a-disaster">Pet problems: tropical fish are terrible for the environment – and dogs are a disaster</a> - I am worried about the amount of food our pets consume. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/11/the-orca-uprising-whales-are-ramming-boats-but-are-they-inspired-by-revenge-grief-or-memory">The orca uprising: whales are ramming boats – but are they inspired by revenge, grief or memory?</a><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/t114fg8s">548. Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians?</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - Freedom! Or maybe they are perfecting the issues other countries have. </p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2023/07/11/cycles-now-outnumber-cars-in-city-of-london/">Cycles Outnumber Cars In City Of London</a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/slow-cycling-isnt-just-for-fun-its-essential-for-many-city-workers-92505"> Slow cycling isn’t just for fun – it’s essential for many city workers</a> - <i>"By paying attention to slow cyclists, we can begin to plan our cities
in ways that recognise and enhance the environmental and economic
benefits they deliver."</i></p><p><i></i><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/09/amsterdam-split-low-traffic-roads">‘They’re sticking the finger up at cars’: Amsterdam split by low-traffic roads</a><i> - </i>yes, yes we do. </p><p><a href="https://mashable.com/article/car-free-movement-social-media">Starting to hate cars — even if you drive one? There's an online community for you.</a><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Bicycles <br /></h2><p><a href="https://road.cc/content/feature/10-things-copy-tour-de-france-pros-302401"> 10 tech trends to copy off the Tour de France pros — wide tyres, chain catchers and tubeless are in, slammed stems and narrow cassettes are out</a> - I agree with most of this. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/07/disruptive-protest-helps-not-hinders-activists-cause-experts-say">Disruptive protest helps rather than hinders activists’ cause, experts say</a> -<i> “These sorts of tactics are uncomfortable for everyone concerned, but sadly this is how social change works.”</i></p><p class="dcr-iyhl1z"><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/study-shows-87-percent-of-classic-video-games-are-unavailable-to-play-right-now-3467390">Study shows 87 percent of classic video games are unavailable to play right now</a> - annoying! This will also get worse. <br /></p><p><a href="https://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/devils-advocate/">Devil's Advocate</a> <i>[Comic]</i> - so true <br /></p><p><a href="https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-pulse-vanmoof/"> The Pulse: VanMoof files for bankruptcy protection</a> - they were not really my type of bike, but they are nice, and many people love them. See also:</p><ul style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://youtu.be/htekjgk8OBA"> Hunting Down a Bike Thief </a><i>[YouTube]</i></li><li><i></i><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/13/cowboy-rides-to-the-rescue-of-vanmoof-owners-with-app-to-unlock-threatened-bikes/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvLnVrLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALszJIXhySa09nb3LzgbL9gXRJnwNgD8itbHxFrQuqPoz98xdPIXhKLv3eSZTPCxjq6aL04fQbWO7uCmDGpY7-9MGe-HxFyBewcobr0yrMFrNP-eOMp_wRFJDWguFWKJRcIG7_doJg7czO-OcLiP107xBy0lAHL2CBDv9HBwzs1t">Cowboy rides to the rescue of VanMoof owners with app to unlock threatened bikes</a><i> </i></li><li><i><a href="https://ebiketips.road.cc/content/news/vanmoof-stores-closed-as-the-most-funded-e-bike-company-in-the-world-files-for"> VanMoof stores closed as “the most funded e-bike company in the world” files for protection from creditors</a> </i> <br /></li></ul>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-76215407381479493882023-07-07T14:34:00.007+02:002023-07-07T14:34:55.738+02:00Friday Links 23-21<div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9H_acLO26Vg3wI0r9DDNKZNQpDciOgkCt-nZcTUKHDPaLwxYWdj_csq76Q-gBxN2zmutH2TqeKIiaOyIO-SVMPpZR9us_MVOGTDK8msmMTjY3FVlsSBUfnJRhDMN36BiSeAZNQMehe3uLjjGlmalYNT8PyJpPRnPUU9u-Cw4Vm2rfYzgp1HxNg/s960/lens-3046269_960_720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Looking through a camera lens onto a park" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9H_acLO26Vg3wI0r9DDNKZNQpDciOgkCt-nZcTUKHDPaLwxYWdj_csq76Q-gBxN2zmutH2TqeKIiaOyIO-SVMPpZR9us_MVOGTDK8msmMTjY3FVlsSBUfnJRhDMN36BiSeAZNQMehe3uLjjGlmalYNT8PyJpPRnPUU9u-Cw4Vm2rfYzgp1HxNg/w320-h213/lens-3046269_960_720.jpg" title="Camera Lens" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/lens-camera-taking-photos-3046269/">Source: Lens Camera Taking Photos</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">Today I recommend the podcast about "Inclusivity and Leadership" and everything in Urbanisation. </p><p style="text-align: left;">If you are just looking for a bit of fun, then check out the video about building a camera in 3D software. <br /></p></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership </h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/juzcb0na">Be a Door Opener, Not a Gatekeeper: Inclusivity and Leadership (with Karen Catlin, Leadership Coach)</a> <i>[Podcast] </i>- you can't give good feedback if you don't delegate well, is an excellent point. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/05/tuesday-was-worlds-hottest-day-on-record-breaking-mondays-record">Tuesday was world’s hottest day on record – breaking Monday’s record</a> - this is fine.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/03/extinction-rebellion-plugs-holes-on-10-spanish-golf-courses-in-water-protest">Extinction Rebellion plugs holes on 10 Spanish golf courses in water protest</a> - eat the rich. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-15/the-electric-vehicles-we-need-now-are-e-bikes">It's Time to Treat E-Bikes Like Vehicles</a> - <i>"suggesting that e-bikes and e-cargos cost 30 and 50 tanks of gas, respectively."</i> </p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/to-save-the-planet-should-we-really-be-moving-slower">To Save the Planet, Should We Really Be Moving Slower?</a> - <i>"the city of Paris
has made enormous investments in public transit, built hundreds of
miles of bike paths, and closed many streets to cars. Car trips within
the city dropped by almost sixty per cent between 2001 and 2018, car
crashes dropped by thirty per cent, and pollution has improved. The city
is quieter and calmer; test scores go up as the air around schools
cleans up."</i></p><p><i></i><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/upshot/american-cities-office-conversion.html?smid=tw-nytimesbusiness&smtyp=cur">American Cities Have a Conversion Problem, and It’s Not Just Offices</a> -<i> </i>“You’ve completely lost sight of what kind of city you’re trying to get with all those rules,” </p><p><a href="https://rollingspoke.com/the-top-ten-bikes-of-amsterdam-in-2023/">The Top Ten Bikes of Amsterdam in 2023</a> - the top two are Swapfiets! </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/ymcBC7MFRIk"> Amsterdam Just Closed their Busiest Road </a>[YouTube] - Amsterdam still leading the way. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/01/the-wrong-track-remembering-the-embarrassing-saga-of-sydneys-monorail">The wrong track: remembering the embarrassing saga of Sydney’s monorail</a> - that is a shame, but not worse than hyper-tunnels. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Cameras<br /></h2><p><a href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/07/make-your-renders-unnecessarily-complicated/">Make Your Renders Unnecessarily Complicated</a> [Video] - that is quite a rabbit hole. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.benshoof.org/blog/sci-scripts"> Sierra Creative Interpreter – Scripts</a> - I loved those games </p><p><a href="https://github.com/marian-kamenistak/jira-lead-cycle-time-duration-extractor"> jira-lead-cycle-time-duration-extractor</a> - <i>"it enables easy calculation and visualization of cycle time, lead time, and velocity." </i></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/03/alcohol-free-beer-thirst-for-healthier-options-fuels-jump-in-uk-sales">Alcohol-free beer: thirst for healthier options fuels jump in UK sales</a> - if you are caring in any way for your health, reduce your alcohol intake. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/okjuD6J16GM"> Roads to Ride: Steep, Steeper, Steepest </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - speaks for me. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jun/30/zx-spectrum-1980s-home-computer-gamers">I tried to explain the ZX Spectrum to my son. It didn’t go well</a> - <i>“You had a computer as a kid? You told me you were poor.”</i></p><p><i></i><a href="https://www.theverge.com/23778253/google-reader-death-2013-rss-social">Who killed Google Reader?</a><i> -</i> It could have been great. On the other hand, we now have a good set of competing feed readers that are better than Google Reader. <br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Threads </h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/">What to know about Threads</a> - from the Mastodon guy. </li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/05/meta-delays-eu-launch-of-twitter-rival-threads-amid-uncertainty-over-personal-data-use">Meta delays EU launch of Twitter rival Threads amid uncertainty over personal data use</a> - that explains why I am not using it. </li></ul><h2 style="text-align: left;">Other Links</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://brucelawson.co.uk/2023/reading-list-306/">brucelawson - Reading List 306 </a> </li></ul><p> </p>
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<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kind of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-90954944453467681612023-06-30T16:46:00.003+02:002023-06-30T16:46:47.235+02:00Friday Links 23-20<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQqH-aLhX4IcSFy4mQbD8ZOcTgnvhuLYzTlekpqoUGd28dzw9n9sbz2ZIImjoMBHQLtiyBrBJtbYl3QVOl0J3g_0is2siz6Nv5EXSGjjHuNA69aGDsLQZXczKT6PktgpvK60YQBmoboLcF1CmsTmtCDVx5VlcLcvj2Qeso2vKA870uGjo-jxd4g/s4032/PXL_20230314_082139528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="A backpack and a bicycle travel bag at the airport." border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQqH-aLhX4IcSFy4mQbD8ZOcTgnvhuLYzTlekpqoUGd28dzw9n9sbz2ZIImjoMBHQLtiyBrBJtbYl3QVOl0J3g_0is2siz6Nv5EXSGjjHuNA69aGDsLQZXczKT6PktgpvK60YQBmoboLcF1CmsTmtCDVx5VlcLcvj2Qeso2vKA870uGjo-jxd4g/w320-h240/PXL_20230314_082139528.jpg" title="Travel" width="320" /></a></div>Two great long reads this week: "The Case Against Travel" and "How to reduce the damage done by gentrification"<br /><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p><a href="https://esilva.net/articles/platform-engineering-hype">Platform Engineering Hype</a> - I am not a big fan of these kinds of teams either. Maybe there is a scale where it makes sense, but not for most of the companies. </p><p><a href="https://www.nadynerichmond.com/blog/2023/02/10/climbing-the-leadership-ladder-from-manager-to-director-to-vp/">climbing the leadership ladder: from manager to director to VP</a> - interesting perspective about managing in different directions and <i>"If the things that you love are communicating, unblocking, and coaching, you must do more of that at higher levels."</i></p><p><i></i><a href="https://unwiredcouch.com/2023/06/27/senior-rotations.html"> Senior Rotations</a> - <i>"The basic concept is that every Senior Engineer and
above (back then that meant Staff, Principal, and Distinguished) was entitled
to a 4 week rotation with a different team once a year."</i> <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering</h2><p><a href="https://engineering.fb.com/2023/06/27/developer-tools/meta-developer-tools-open-source/">Meta developer tools: Working at scale</a> - remember: you are not at Meta's scale<br /></p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/936576/01eca19e26fa5a93/">Emacs for Android</a>
[LWN] - this would be nice if I could get org-mode working and there
were some reasonable way to work around the keyboard issues. </p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/927463/"> Disabling SELinux's runtime disable</a> - this won't affect many people, there are still many options to turn it off. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/onuu6iu0">546. Are E.S.G. Investors Actually Helping the Environment?</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - I don't buy the idea that one should invest in dirty companies in the hope to change them. <br /></p><p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/29/a-war-on-nature-rangers-build-mountain-out-of-wildlife-traps-found-in-uganda-park">‘A war on nature’: rangers build mountain out of wildlife traps found in Uganda park</a> - of how many which haven't been found? </p><a href="https://www.westernstandard.news/business/sweden-abandons-100-renewable-energy-goal-as-eu-reconsiders-climate-policies/article_c74a30be-11fd-11ee-a507-4b098c97c6f5.html"> Sweden abandons 100% renewable energy goal as EU reconsiders climate policies</a> - adding more nuclear … good luck with that. <br /><p></p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p><a href="https://pca.st/episode/765321ed-1661-4fbd-a9bc-04a435cc6318">Is It Worth It To Confront Drivers?</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - no, it is frustrating, and you will just get more upset. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/jun/29/how-to-reduce-the-damage-done-by-gentrification">How to reduce the damage done by gentrification</a> - <i>"fairer housing, fairer public transport and fairer schooling"</i></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/I_xRWRUoH1A"> I finally found a true Dutch bike in North America. Here's what you need to know </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - these are really only useful in cities and relatively flat areas. Cool initiative, though. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/26/barcelona-centenarian-organic-gardener-joan-carulla-rooftop-farm-aoe">Still nurturing love and vines: the centenarian who built Barcelona’s first roof garden</a> - this looks better than our proper garden. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Travel<br /></h2><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel">The Case Against Travel</a> - I am so off travelling. <br /></p><p><a href="https://pca.st/lyzz7xeq">Building atomic habits with James Clear</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - amazingly I still haven't read that <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40121378-atomic-habits">book</a>. </p><p><a href="https://pca.st/lcszl4md">Biniam Girmay: Africa’s new cycling hero</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - one more reason to look forward to the Tour.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/28/national-geographic-staff-layoffs-report">National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers</a> - :-( </p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/936405/">McGrath: Red Hat’s commitment to open source</a> - I am not happy. <br /></p>
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<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kind of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-19620162266519084982023-06-23T15:26:00.004+02:002023-06-23T15:26:37.473+02:00Friday Links 23-19<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTamvabnWRwg5Xn2deu7tcmbaIFxxLyL8Lr2Dq0HtymK4LPlH-G6xaBNO0QK3WETa1x6Cm3SRXHqoiMNBodjfEYe3qqmnLsKfd1zDbynivA2fFGkuP6WMdbqoKxOcFc4KK6_2dCCZNrxeeas_30YljKSQ4-BPlpFAN4sd7rjJpLNG4YKx54ak4Q/s920/IMG_20180325_155301_184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Group of professional cyclists passing on top of a climb in Barcelona" border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTamvabnWRwg5Xn2deu7tcmbaIFxxLyL8Lr2Dq0HtymK4LPlH-G6xaBNO0QK3WETa1x6Cm3SRXHqoiMNBodjfEYe3qqmnLsKfd1zDbynivA2fFGkuP6WMdbqoKxOcFc4KK6_2dCCZNrxeeas_30YljKSQ4-BPlpFAN4sd7rjJpLNG4YKx54ak4Q/w320-h320/IMG_20180325_155301_184.jpg" title="Volta a Catalunya" width="320" /></a></div></h2><p style="text-align: left;">The last two weeks I enjoyed the interview with S.A. Cosby (and his book) and the story about the right-wing looney on ecstasy. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/ubyb9led">Honor the Past, Present, and People: Creating and Managing Positive Change (with Esther Derby, Consultant)</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - <i>"See the role of the middle manager as connecting the contextual
knowledge from the top of the organization with the day-to-day
operations at the bottom."</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i><a href="https://pca.st/mxy2ul8z">Ep - 26 - Should I be using the SPACE framework? feat. Abi Noda (CEO and Co-Founder at DX)</a> <i>[Podcast] </i>- about the shortcomings of DORA & SPACE.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://randsinrepose.com/archives/ask-questions-repeat-the-hard-parts-and-listen/">Ask Questions, Repeat The Hard Parts, and Listen</a> - I think the title already says it all. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lethain.com/identify-your-controls/">Identify your controls.</a> - relating different levels of control and alignment. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://buffer.com/resources/customer-engineering-days/">How We Connect Our Engineers Directly To Buffer Customers with Customer Engineering Days</a> - bringing engineers closer to customers and other departments can only be good. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Engineering</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2023/new-approaches-for-detecting-ai-generated-profile-photos">New Approaches For Detecting AI-Generated Profile Photos</a> - websites who live off user contributed content are pretty buggered. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/ai-coding-tools-explosion/"> An explosion in software engineers using AI coding tools?</a> - I just dipped my toes into this, and not with a lot of success. This will change though, quickly. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65946888">Switzerland referendum: Voters back carbon cuts as glaciers melt</a> - sadly this is an outlier. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65938869">Spain drought forces Fuente de Piedra flamingos to find new home</a> - and so do the tourists. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-takes-part-in-her-final-school-strike-warning-the-fight-has-only-just-begun-12899347">Greta Thunberg takes part in her final school strike - warning: 'The fight has only just begun'</a> - five years, 251 weeks! She probably learned more during this time than other people in a lifetime. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/REni8Oi1QJQ"> The Dumbest Excuse for Bad Cities<i> </i></a><i>[YouTube]</i> - also good: "it's too new"</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://speakeasy.substack.com/p/neighborhood-walkability-as-a-remedy">Neighborhood walkability as a remedy for childhood anxiety</a> - I am uncertain if you should draw this conclusion, but I like the argument. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://citylabbcn.org/2023/06/19/the-collboni-surprise/">The Collboni Surprise</a> - Barcelona's new mayor might not be as bad as expected, but still pretty bad. (see also: <a href="https://mailchi.mp/08ec4bbd9d9a/socialist-mayor-in-barcelona-for-first-time-in-12-years-after-last-minute-drama?e=0600b0a572">Socialist mayor in Barcelona for first time in 12 years after last-minute drama</a>)</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/iv9fWEekFUM"> Can U.S. Cities Build Narrow European Streets? </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - spoiler: yes!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://citylabbcn.org/2023/06/13/bicycle-theft-and-traffic-nuisance-the-main-concerns-faced-by-cyclists-in-barcelona/">Bicycle theft and traffic nuisance: the main concerns faced by cyclists in Barcelona</a> - surprise! </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/uwJeOQVxVZY"> We Keep Losing The Battle Against Traffic. Is This Inevitable? </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - sadly, yes<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Cyclists <br /></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/13/leah-goldstein-the-cyclist-who-raced-men-across-america-and-won">Leah Goldstein: the cyclist who raced men across America … and won</a> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/6hjkbt50">S.A. Cosby</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - this made me buy and read "All The Sinners Bleed" right away. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/pj11i97t">Sperm counts</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - frozen peas on your testis? </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.comicbookherald.com/reading-dc-comics/batman-reading-order/">Batman Reading Order</a> - I was looking for inspiration, but this is too much.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/935592/">Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability</a> - I guess one should have seen this coming after the CentOS Stream debacle. Is Fedora next?</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ideas.lego.com/projects/19c4570e-77cc-41d2-807c-d3d5dabde90c">Stud Lane Book Nook</a> - I love book nooks, sadly I have no real bookshelf. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/13/touch-mic-shell-it-british-freestyle-rap-videos-global-phenomenon">‘Touch mic and shell it!’ How British freestyle rap videos became a global phenomenon</a> - for some reason UK rap seems much more real to me. My time in London might be to blame.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://catalonia.com/-/bike24-invests-10-million-euros-for-a-robotic-logistics-center-in-lli%C3%A7%C3%A0-d-amunt-creating-50-jobs">BIKE24 invests 10 million euros for a robotic logistics center in Barcelona, creating 50 jobs</a> - they are not specifically saying this is because of me, but it is because of me. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230614-how-a-dose-of-mdma-transformed-a-white-supremacist">How a dose of MDMA transformed a white supremacist</a> - I bet things like these happened a lot in the 90s. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bigissue.com/culture/theatre/rocky-horror-at-50-a-place-for-the-marginalised/">Rocky Horror at 50: ‘A place for the marginalised’</a> - I'll file this under "anniversaries that make me feel old"</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/10/who-needs-the-metaverse-meet-the-people-still-living-on-second-life">Who needs the Metaverse? Meet the people still living on Second Life</a> - every couple of years I go: "What happened to Second Life?"</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/JN_XeVSKqSY"> The curse of the Nuon </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - another fun odyssey in an obsolete technology that I didn't know existed. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Other Links</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://brucelawson.co.uk/2023/reading-list-305/">Bruce Lawson: Reading List 305 </a></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="background-color: #fff8eb; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 225, 230); margin-top: 3em;">
<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kind of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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Christof Damianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602827735606341943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797187.post-35610358499739288062023-06-09T18:04:00.002+02:002023-06-09T18:04:20.371+02:00Friday Links 23-18<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRix-atkpZYw2dstWGo9AcKh5FjJAlQ1kVKDALMPAb17RSyxRv6aIu5JKoPYO9L3rmwSuoweNfB60hXYX6O8ODgKjxxCqms3VuMKkt2P2QWrgiqnrXFZIalDcpxVpVzga7bljkaWp5yMy6vzOFAfd3VIhhUWrOkFe2vTokfIlpaBwyxQ2HBS4/s1296/bb.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Bird looking into a camera" border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="972" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRix-atkpZYw2dstWGo9AcKh5FjJAlQ1kVKDALMPAb17RSyxRv6aIu5JKoPYO9L3rmwSuoweNfB60hXYX6O8ODgKjxxCqms3VuMKkt2P2QWrgiqnrXFZIalDcpxVpVzga7bljkaWp5yMy6vzOFAfd3VIhhUWrOkFe2vTokfIlpaBwyxQ2HBS4/w240-h320/bb.png.png" title="Bird!" width="240" /></a></div>I am skipping every second week currently, with the result that today is a bit long.<p></p><p style="text-align: left;">I loved the podcast about the U-Cycle initiative in Ukraine and one about the climate-grandmas in Switzerland. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Leadership</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/kwdeqc2i">Measuring Success & Performance of Managers - A Deep Dive</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - measuring individual contributors is already hard, measuring managers even more so. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/9tzg2bwe">Admiral Linda Fagan on servant leadership</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - I usually skip military leadership lessons, this is great, though.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://medium.com/boldstart-ventures/feedback-scoring-and-gap-analysis-an-alternative-to-nps-for-dev-tools-798cc3d92966">An alternative to NPS for dev tools</a> - NPS is questionable, this is another approach. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-223-why-arent-they-saying-anything">TBM 223: Why Aren't They Saying Anything?</a> - there are many reasons, it's the leader's job to figure it out and avoid the obvious ones. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://thinkinglabs.io/articles/2023/05/02/continuous-code-reviews-using-non-blocking-reviews-a-case-study.html">Continuous Code Reviews using Non-Blocking Reviews - a case study</a><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Work </h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/should-you-optimize-for-all-cash-compensation/"> Should you optimize for all-cash compensation, if possible?</a> - it depends. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/g9etyfvq">Story: Quitting (And Then Rejoining) Stack Overflow</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - cool story about the site.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://buffer.com/resources/buffer-diaries-karinna/">Work-Life Harmony: Karinna Briseno Shares Her Experience at Buffer</a> - hmmm.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Technology</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://archive.ph/vEth7">Sci-fi writer Ted Chiang: ‘The machines we have now are not conscious’ </a>- about "AI"</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/OFvXuyITwBI"> Apple Vision Pro Impressions!</a> <i>[YouTube]</i> - this is a very reasonable review. It sounds like a nice toy, that is too expensive for me. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/933525/">Red Hat dropping support for LibreOffice</a> - not good news. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/06/open-source-llms.html">Open-Source LLMs</a> - I haven't tried any of these, but I love to see projects built around them. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/">WezTerm</a> - you can never have enough terminals, right? <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environment </h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/6ir7s2z8">The biggest climate case that ever was</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - older Swiss woman fighting to change climate laws. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/4hwr0t9u">Germany’s forests under threat</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - I didn't realise that it was this bleak. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/64cfib63">BBC OS Conversations: Mount Everest</a> <i>[Podcast] </i>- climbing this mountain is looking different as climate change happens. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://archive.ph/bIYdG">Testing New York Apartments: How Dirty Is That Gas Stove, Really?</a> - pretty dirty. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/spain-barcelona-desalination-drought-climate-fcef13d68e8e1e760391408195e05804">Drought-struck Barcelona quenches thirst with costly desalination</a> - climate change is costing us already. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-change-andalusia-spain-on-the-frontline-of-europes-worst-water-war/"> Water war: Why drought in Spain is getting political </a>- these are very peaceful wars at the moment. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Urbanism</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/episode/017c9695-b817-4321-b4ba-232a774f319a">Paved Paradise with Henry Grabar</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - parking again. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/ilj2ljiq">Sadiq Khan</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - the Mayor of London about pollution in London and climate change. (also: <a href="https://pca.st/hyfeqqxm">Sadiq Khan Q&A</a> <i>[Podcast]</i>)<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/1odlocug">Stockholmer Radpolitik, ukrainischer Widerstand & Shimano CUES</a> <i>[Podcast, mostly German]</i>
- both, the interview with the minister for traffic of Stockholm (in
German) and the interview with U-Cycle in Ukraine (in English) are
great. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/car-free-cities-are-the-future-biometrics-reveal/">Car-Free Cities Are the Future, Biometrics Reveal</a> - <i>"sifting through these data we see that people do not like looking at cars"</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/finnish-businessman-hit-with-121000-speeding-fine">Finnish businessman hit with €121,000 speeding fine</a> - can we use this system worldwide, please? </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/06/sex-work-bollards-not-actually-bollards/">Sex Work Bollards: Not Actually Bollards</a> - better than nothing! </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://road.cc/content/news/united-nations-delegates-slam-policy-banning-bikes-campus-301637"> “Very conservative and unresponsive attitude towards bikes”: United Nations' delegates slam policy of allowing cars in HQ but not bikes</a> - always the same. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/bJjnsHif2EQ"> Five easy ways to reduce bike theft in your community </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - easy if they let you do this.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/episode/e00116e8-4f96-47a2-9b68-493de7201a60">Nick Offerman</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - just a pleasant chat.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://citylabbcn.org/2023/05/29/post-colau-barcelona-implications-bikelash-and-opportunities/">Post-Colau Barcelona: Implications, ‘bikelash’ and opportunities</a> - I am worried. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-legislature-set-to-approve-1-3b-transportation-deal-with-gas-tax-hike-delivery-fee-roads/600276657/?refresh=true">Minnesota Legislature passes $1.3B transportation deal with gas tax hike, sending it to Walz</a> - take from the cars and give to everybody else. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Random Birds</h2><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/yynu076b">The Seagulls</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - turns out being homosexual is completely natural … who knew? <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/hfy7r9d3">Why California is dismantling its death row</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - It is remarkable that this is even going on. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pca.st/gnxkq99h">#167 Dr. Gina Poe: The Science of Better Sleep</a> <i>[Podcast]</i> - this is all fine, if you have control over your environment. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/8Wv3oDeO3Mo"> Concert for the 50th anniversary of the album 'Tubular Bells' by Mike Oldfield. 4K </a><i>[YouTube]</i> - 50 years!?</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/jun/08/cycling-the-great-european-divide-long-distance-ride">‘Only 12 other people have completed it’: cycling the 7,600km European Divide</a> - that looks beautiful. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jun/03/20-years-of-podcasting">‘Deeply personal and very authentic’: how podcasts took over the world in 20 years</a> - 20 years!?</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://histography.io/">histography.io</a> - a clickable timeline since the beginning of time. You can easily waste a few hours on this. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/may/29/getxophoto-festival-in-pictures"> Getxophoto festival – in pictures </a>- they are all lovely. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/23735554/vw-id-buzz-review-ququq-camper-e-vanlife">Living and working from an all-electric VW ID Buzz</a> - nice. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://time.com/6280905/iphone-no-case-rich-people/">Ditching a Phone Case Is the Latest Symbol of Stealth Wealth</a> - it's a sign of rich or careful people. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Other Links</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://bencrowder.net/blog/2023/links-73/">Ben Crowder: Links #73</a></li></ul><div style="background-color: #fff8eb; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 225, 230); margin-top: 3em;">
<div style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Friday Links Disclaimer</b></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kind of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time you might notice common themes, though. <br /></div>
<div style="margin: 1em;">More about the links in a separate post: <a href="https://christof.damian.net/2020/06/about-friday-links.html">About Friday Links.</a></div>
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