Andrei Stoica
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Andrei Stoica
The difference between Saudi Arabia's wealth and Venezuela’s poverty is mainly that Venezuela's national oil company PDVSA is dysfunctional, but Saudi Aramco isn't. Two-thirds of native Saudis work for the government. The profligacy of the Saudi economy is underwritten by oil exports by Saudi Aramco, which has a special arrangement for autonomy in... See more
27 Insights From Three Years of Bismarck Brief
The reason I've spent so long establishing this rather obvious point [that writing helps you refine your thinking] is that it leads to another that many people will find shocking. If writing down your ideas always makes them more precise and more complete, then no one who hasn't written about a topic has fully formed ideas about it. And someone... See more
Henrik Karlsson • How to Think in Writing
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Once the morning dew has evaporated, whole families head out into the waist-high fields to begin the harvest. The grasshoppers, butterflies, and spiders make way as human sounds replace the hum of insects. The grass is cut and then left to dry over a long lunch held under the shade of a tree. After the midday heat has subsided, the family members... See more
Beauty and Biodiversity in Romania’s Hayfields | Atmos
interesting that this got published now - imo, there is a big culture war going on in romania re: industrialization and flight to the city over the last 20 years. much of the culture exists in rural/distributed regional traditions that are very pagan/land linked in origin… the loss of this (which was in part emphasized secularly in communist times) has led many older voters to support nationalist candidates - but the times have changed. there is no return to this form of society while maintaining the same pace of economic growth the country has had over the last 15 years.
Figure 5: Comparison of liking, based on cluster membership.
Specialty Coffee Association • Beyond Freshness: How Packaging Color Influences Consumer Behavior | 25, Issue 20 — Specialty Coffee Association
When bugs occur, the worst of all possible strategies is to continue writing code. It will guarantee that your code will soon have even more bugs, and debugging them will be even more difficult. The Jidoka (stop and fix) principle from Toyota Production Systems is very effective in this situation as well.
Fullstack part3 |
“The fast shall inherit the earth.” This was previously printed in the Facebook internal book they’d give new employees. Now we can read it as “the fast will catch Elon’s attention, which will influence an army of fans to mimetically adopt the message.” Unfortunately that’s not as catchy.
Reggie James • Political Expectations
This is also what the internet is becoming: a dark forest.
In response to the ads, the tracking, the trolling, the hype, and other predatory behaviors, we’re retreating to our dark forests of the internet, and away from the mainstream.
This very email is an example of this. This theory is being shared on a private channel sent to 500 people who I... See more
In response to the ads, the tracking, the trolling, the hype, and other predatory behaviors, we’re retreating to our dark forests of the internet, and away from the mainstream.
This very email is an example of this. This theory is being shared on a private channel sent to 500 people who I... See more