Bookmarks from 2015
19 bookmarks from 2015
The Secret History of SEAL Team 6: Quiet Killings and Blurred Lines - NYTim
The unit best known for killing Osama bin Laden has been converted into a global manhunting machine with limited outside oversight.
Troy Hunt: Secret iOS business; what you don’t know about your apps
In the beginning, there was the web and you accessed it though the browser and all was good. Stuff didn’t download until you clicked on something; you expected cookies to be tracking you and you always knew if HTTPS was being used. In general, the casual observer had a pretty goo
Interfaces are not abstractions
Interfaces are language constructs, whereas abstractions are conceptual. You can model abstractions with interfaces, but the use of interfaces in itself doesn't guarantee that you're programming with abstractions.
Dependency Injection is Loose Coupling
The overall purpose of Dependency Injection is to facilitate loose coupling.
How to Negotiate Nicely Without Being a Pushover - HBR
Stress “we” over “I.”
Hacking Habits: How To Make New Behaviors Last For Good - 99U
Blog :: Want to write everyday? Start exercising? Quit smoking? We look at how to hack our brains' hard-wired habit loops to change our lives for the better.
The Trip Treatment
Research into psychedelics may hold a key to coping with anxiety, addiction, and existential dread. Michael Pollan on psilocybin.
One Man’s Quest to Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake
On a Friday in July 2012, two employees of the Wikimedia Foundation gave a talk at Wikimania, their organization’s annual conference. Maryana Pinchuk and Steven Walling addressed a packed room as…
How to Build a Meaningful Career
Practical steps you can take toward the larger goal.
The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think
New evidence about addiction isn't just a challenge to us politically. It doesn't just force us to change our minds. It forces us to change our hearts.
Why can’t the world’s greatest minds solve the mystery of consciousness?
The long read: Philosophers and scientists have been at war for decades over the question of what makes human beings more than complex robots
What I Learned About Life After Interviewing 80 Highly Successful People |
"You interrupt too much," people email me. "Let your guests finish talking.
An Old Fogey’s Analysis of a Teenager’s View on Social Media — The Message
Over the last few days, dozens of people have sent me a link to Andrew Watts’ “A Teenager’s View on Social Media written by an actual teen.” Increasingly, I’m getting uncomfortable and angry by the…
The scientific evidence against spanking, timeouts, and sleep training
So when you were punished as a kid, did you absolutely, never again take an extra cookie from the cookie jar?
Xmas or Bust: The Untold Story of ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’
From freak snowstorms to working with Chevy Chase, the makers of 'Christmas Vacation' reveal the secrets behind a holiday-movie classic.