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.

How to minimize user frustration in Antarctica.

So true

Lagrange updates. Misfin? What is Misfin?

A year ago, Marginalia Search's developer received a grant, so he walked out of the office and never came back, and he still has more money funded. I don't think I would want to work like that forever, but working on my own projects like that for some months — sounds like a dream.

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Understanding the concept of nothingness is as much a philosophical issue as it is a pragmatic one.

The four nils.

Alternative Go (Golang) Playground with syntax highlighting, turtle graphics and more

Collection of encrypted correspondence between the compiler and various correspondents, in approximately 150 alphabets, accompanied by transcriptions of the letters in Arabic. The compiler cites Shihāb al-Dīn al-Jindī al-ʻAlāʼī, Burhān al-Dīn al-Qudsī, and Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar al-Ḥusaynī as authorities for some of the alphabets. The manuscript is incomplete, lacking its beginning and end. Occasional marginal notes. Some worm damage in margins.

Via https://t.me/linguopunk/549

Арабская книга 14 века с собственным тайным алфавитом для тайных записей

The way to improve search is not to mimic Google, but instead to build boutique search engines that index, curate, and organize things in new ways.

Manu Chao's website

CW: spiders

Web-inspired harp-like music instrument. Cool!

Browsing projects on #Sourcehut reminds me of what FLOSS development looked like 15-20 years ago. Ugly interfaces that were just thin layers above the code, barely any README (let alone wikis, or any form of easily accessible and structured documentation), and let's not mention accessibility on mobile.

How are we supposed to build the foundations of tomorrow's FLOSS if we use tools that look even more outdated than Craigslist? How are we supposed to have any credibility when we tell people "stop using Github, try Sourcehut instead"? How do we expect to create user engagement? How do we expect somebody who's not a developer to use software that doesn't even come with an easily accessible documentation?

And the discussion is good. The endless discussion about SourceHut's UI+UX! My opinion: UI is good, UX not so. But I use it nevertheless!

This project is meant to run as a standalone service to deliver posts from your own website to ActivityPub followers. You can run your own website at your own domain, and this service can handle the ActivityPub-specific pieces needed to let people follow your own website from Mastodon or other compatible services.

Spatial!

Paleolithic cuisine was anything but lean and green, according to a recent study on the diets of our Pleistocene ancestors.

There are many videos involving mushrooms synthesizing audio, but here is one synthezing video as well!