Joseph Stiglitz explained why he and others got the Nobel prize.

... economists used simple economic models that assumed that information was perfect – i.e. that all participants have equal and transparent knowledge of the relevant factors. They knew that information wasn't perfect, but hoped that a world with moderate imperfections of information would be akin to a world with perfect information. We showed that this notion was ill-founded: even small imperfections of information could have profound effects on how the economy behaved.

Hnefatafl written in HTML and JavaScript by adapting the code of Checkers

Trimming dependencies. I wish we did that at work

FediIndex data on Betula. Very interesting! 1.3.0 is still used by some, 1.2.0 has ceased to exist. Third of all instances are hosted in Russia.

I wish it knew more Betula instances though.

An older version of this article called it character rather than virtue. I think it was a better phrasing.

This specification defines a new HTTP method, QUERY, as a safe,
idempotent request method that can carry request content.

 "Wheel click" with three-finger click/tap for Trackpad and Magic Mouse.

Cute.

Martin came up with the idea of using something like the roots from semitic languages for naming things. I thought of the same before I read this article, but it's good to have it written down by somebody.

Вастрик сравнивает программистов, которым по работе надо постоянно выбрасывать свой код, с фермерами, которые при первой необходимости забивают свой скот. Говорит, что пет-проекты — это уже питомцы, и о них уже можно заботиться.

Some abstractions are wrong. To get rid of them, inline them, rip the unneeded stuff, and forget about the abstraction. I want to rip an abstraction like that!

A surprisingly cute Linux-related news forum.

Иной айтишник нет-нет да пожалуется на разбиение строк по 80 символов. Считаю нужным прояснить ситуацию.

Гришаев говорит глупости, чтобы оправдать ограничение длины строк. Справедливости ради, он не цепляется именно за 80, но идеи дурные, конечно.

A notebook is a human's best friend. It's the only friend who will always stay neutral to your argument, whether it is controversial or not. It's the only friend who will capture all of your wild and rational thoughts and feelings and give nothing back. It's the only friend that will tell you the most amazing or depressing stories, in which your younger self are the main character. It's the only friend that will store all of your thoughts years after your death and tell your stories to those who read it.