I had bookmarked this “simple regex language” for regex a while ago, but this morning as I revisited it I was struck by just how neat this project is: begin with any of (digit, letter, one of “._%+-“) once or more, literally “@”, any of (digit, letter, one of “.-“) once or more, literally “.”, […]
_Finally_.

This morning I was greeted with the news that one of the things that most annoys me about Sketch is improving — the keyboard shortcuts for “arrange” have been updated: We’ve changed a few arrangement shortcuts. Send Backward is now ⌘ [ and Bring Forward is ⌘ ]. Send to Back is now ⌘ ⌥ […]
Spreading ideas is slow
The rate of change in culture — the spread of ideas from one person to the group, from one group to many groups — has been accelerating for several decades. It has been accelerating longer than any of us here today have been alive. It has been accelerating so much that the rate of acceleration is something we accept as is, rather than something […]
Boomark ☞ Regex For Noobs (like me!) – an illustrated guide – Janmeppe.com
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Boomark ☞ sampler
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On sharing a well-organized storage closet with one’s spouse.
One of the very many amazing benefits of a having good spouse – such as mine is — is that, between the two of us, our priorities and behaviours have aligned well enough that, every time I have need to replace the batteries in my mouse, there are fresh batteries available, in the same reliable […]
Bookmark ☞ How Your Brain Is Like the Cosmic Web
It is truly a remarkable fact that the cosmic web is more similar to the human brain than it is to the interior of a galaxy; or that the neuronal network is more similar to the cosmic web than it is to the interior of a neuronal body. Despite extraordinary differences in substrate, physical mechanisms, […]
Bookmark ☞ Alpha Compositing – Bartosz Ciechanowski
Alpha Compositing – Bartosz Ciechanowski — Read on ciechanow.ski/alpha-compositing/
Bookmark ☞ Square’s Growth Framework for Engineers and Engineering Managers | Square Corner Blog
A system for leveling up at Square — Read on developer.squareup.com/blog/squares-growth-framework-for-engineers-and-engineering-managers/
Bookmark ☞ Some items from my “reliability list”
Some items from my “reliability list” — Read on rachelbythebay.com/w/2019/07/21/reliability/
Bookmark ☞ The company isn’t a family
Because by invoking the image of the family, the valor of doing whatever it takes naturally follows. You’re not just working long nights or skipping vacation to further the bottom line, no, no, you’re doing this for the family. Such a blunt emotional appeal is only needed if someone is trying to make you forget about […]
Dallas Willard’s Paraphrase of “The Lord’s Prayer” is neato.
Dear Father always near us, may your name be treasured and loved, may your rule be completed in us, may your will be done here on earth, in just the way it is done in heaven. Give us today the things we need today, and forgive us our sins and impositions on you as we […]
Bookmark ☞ What Does Quantum Theory Actually Tell Us about Reality? – Scientific American Blog Network
What Does Quantum Theory Actually Tell Us about Reality? – Scientific American Blog Network — Read on blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/what-does-quantum-theory-actually-tell-us-about-reality/
Boomark ☞ Women’s Pockets are Inferior.
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