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Links #45

vfoley on making reasonable use of computer resources. Data-oriented design has now snagged my curiosity. I think about this overall topic fairly often, though I still haven’t done anything about it. Also in this vein: Craig Mod’s essay on fast software.

Robin Sloan on having newsletters live on the web and just emailing out a link instead of the full thing. My own newsletter has been sadly dormant for the past several months, but when I revive it I plan to do this.

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Zeynep Tufekci on the new Covid strain — astute as always, and yikes (though my feel for plot points thanks to my reading of apocalyptic novels had me expecting a twist like this)
Robin Sloan on newsletters having seasons — I love this idea and plan to swipe it for my own newsletter, and also see what other projects it might work for (boundaries are good, and I miss publishing a magazine where the issues provided those constraints)
Bryan Braun on using URLs to build database-free web apps — another idea to keep in mind
McKay Coppins on the most American religion — I thought this was a decent take
Boston Dynamics robots dancing — pretty soon they’re going to start learning jiu jitsu and then they’re going to escape

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Lea Verou on web components — seems reasonable
Barton Gellman on what could happen if Trump refuses to concede — alert alert alert the end of America is nigh and this article is important (also, Barton wrote Angler, which is a great book)
In Abeyance — fascinating newsletter about the built world
Interpolating stop motion up to 60fps via AI — great that it can do this, but I think maybe it loses something essential about stop motion too?
Jason Kottke on getting rid of euphemisms about slavery — amen

I’ve enjoyed Anne Trubek’s Notes from a Small Press newsletter. Recommended if you’re interested in books and publishing.