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Reads
Reading list of books, magazines, newspaper articles, other physical documents, or online posts
👓 How Some Men Fake an 80-Hour Workweek, and Why It Matters | The New York Times
A look at how the professional world differs for men and women, and an implicit critique of a corporate culture that values long hours above all.
👓 "The Danger of a Single Story" in Mathematics | Roots of Unity
The Lathisms podcast shares the varied stories of Hispanic and Latinx mathematicians
👓 Atiyah Riemann Hypothesis proof: final thoughts | The Aperiodical
After Sir Michael Atiyah’s presentation of a claimed proof of the Riemann Hypothesis earlier this week at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, we’ve shared some of the immediate discussion in the aftermath, and now here’s a round-up of what we’ve learned.
I’m not sure I agree wholly with some of the viewpoint taken here, but I will admit that I was reading some of the earlier reports and not as much of the popular press coverage. Most reports I heard specifically mentioned the proof hadn’t been seen or gone over by others and suggested caution both as a result of that as well as the fact that Atiyah had had some recent false starts in the past several years. Some went as far as to mention that senior mathematicians in the related areas had not commented at all on the purported proof and hinted that this was a sign that they didn’t think the proof held water but also as a sign of respect for Atiyah so as not to besmirch his reputation either. In some sense, the quiet was kind of a kiss of death.
👓 Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart | Vox
There was a striking difference in style — and substance.
An impressively telling visualization here.
👓 Sorry, Internet, Brett Kavanaugh's Missing Wedding Ring Isn't New | Gizmodo
Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee repeatedly accused of sexual misconduct, is currently blubbering before the Senate Judiciary Committee in an attempt to paint himself as a victim, a champion of women, and a family man. Naturally, some viewers noticed that, curiously, Kavanaugh’s left hand is absent of a wedding band.
I noticed this as I was watching the hearings today too. I’m curious if there’s more research to be done and what it looks like with some additional runway or follow-up.
👓 CV of failures: Princeton professor publishes résumé of his career lows | Education | The Guardian
Johannes Haushofer bravely posts document listing degree programs he did not get in to and academic positions he did not get
This is a brilliant idea. More people should have these.
👓 What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now | NPR
Back then, Mitch McConnell boasted: "One of my proudest moments was when I looked Barack Obama in the eye and I said, 'Mr. President, you will not fill the Supreme Court vacancy.' "
A good recap in light of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings and the pending midterms.
👓 Introducing Trashy.css | CSS Tricks
It began, as many things do, with a silly conversation. In this case, I was talking with our Front End Technology Competency Director (aka "boss man")
I can’t wait to try this out on some sites. I love that it’s got a browser bookmarklet that will let one test out other sites too.
👓 NetNewsWire Diary #2: Switching to OPML | inessential
Since the earliest days of NetNewsWire, before 1.0 even shipped, I wanted to make the subscriptions list on disk an OPML file. It seemed like using the standard format for listing RSS subscriptions would be a good idea. But I was never able to make that happen — until now, with NetNewsWire 5.0d7.
👓 Making a Murderer, season two | Kottke
In season one of Making a Murderer, filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos profiled Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey, who were
I remember loving the first season which was very compelling. Can’t wait to see this follow up.
Ben Werdmüller (groups.google.com)Before we begin -
- Hi! I'm going to return to spending more time on Known. As you may know, I was Director of Investments at Matter Ventures for the last two years or so, which occupied a disproportionate amount of my time. This is no longer the case. While I'm working on another open source project - Unlock - during the day, I'll be able to devote more attention to Known.
- Known deserves a 1.0 release, and will get one. Marcus and I have spoken quite a bit about the route forward.
- Commercial enhancements to Known, like the hosted service and Convoy, will get their own update. Going forward, any commercial ambitions or support for Known will be secondary to the open source project, if they exist at all.
Okay. With all of that said, I'd like to put the following out for discussion. Replies, questions, and criticisms are welcome!
This may be some of the best news I’ve heard in months! Known is one of my favorite open source CMSes that’s easy to spin up and use. It also supports so many awesome IndieWeb specs like Webmention, Micropub, WebSub, etc. right out of the box.
The runner up awesome news is that Reclaim Hosting is very likely to revamp their installatron version of it.
👓 We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage | Buzz Feed
Millions of American children were placed in orphanages. Some didn’t make it out alive.
Literally Holy Shit!
👓 Skepticism surrounds renowned mathematician’s attempted proof of 160-year-old hypothesis | Science | AAAS
The Riemann hypothesis, a formula related to the distribution of prime numbers, has remained unsolved for more than a century
One of the lesser articles I’ve seen on the topic thus far…
👓 The risks of treating 'academic innovation' as a discipline (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed
Calls to create a discipline around the term risk reinforcing existing problems with how it is used -- and misused -- in higher education, Rolin Moe writes.