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A combined listing of Interesting Things editions and blog posts.

Interesting Things #7 — Don't read everything

4 Jun 2021

31 tech, 4 indie biz, 8 science, 9 life, 2 random
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Interesting Things #6 — Esoteric languages and sleep sort

28 May 2021

26 tech, 1 indie biz, 13 science, 6 life, 2 random
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What's in email tracking links and pixels?

27 May 2021

This investigation into email tracking attempts to deconstruct tracking links and pixels and highlight the data that is being collected. It covers Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Substack and other Mailgun retailers.
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Interesting Things #5 — The Last CPU

21 May 2021

25 tech, 5 indie biz, 13 science, 13 life, 1 random
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Why I chose Substack but then quickly moved to Buttondown

20 May 2021

My preferred email newsletter provider is Buttondown but when I set up my newsletter Interesting Things, I chose Substack. However, after two weeks, the warm glow of Substack had subsided and I moved it over to Buttondown. Here’s the story.

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Interesting Things #4 — Superhistory, Not Superintelligence

14 May 2021

30 tech, 5 indie biz, 11 science, 11 life, 5 random
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Interesting Things #3 — JavaScript optimizing compiler

7 May 2021

Welcome to the third edition of Interesting Things, a curation of interesting stories and links from tech, indie business, science, and adjacents.

These are things I came across during my Internet wanderings. I find them interesting, and I hope you do too. Enjoy!

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How to use markdown if markdown is not supported

30 Apr 2021

I recently launched a Substack newsletter and was disappointed to discover that Substack didn’t support markdown. I write a lot of text and markdown is my preferred format. It would be nice if Substack could integrate into my workflow. Well, maybe it can. I discovered a way to use markdown with Substack. …
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Interesting Things #2 — Can you trust floating-point arithmetic on Apple Silicon?

30 Apr 2021

I don't know what happened this week but I came across a LOT of stuff (60!). I didn't do anything different so perhaps it's just a statistical anomaly. In any case, happy reading!
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I started a newsletter of Interesting Things

26 Apr 2021

As I alluded in my status update, I’ve been setting up an email newsletter. Finally it’s ready and I posted the first issue last Friday. I’ve named it Interesting Things because it’s a curation of interesting stories and links from tech, indie business, science, and adjacents. Basically, stuff …
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