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Weekendlinks 2021-47: bike crashes, Tetris and Airflow foundations
It’s weekend and it’s raining. Time to play some computer games. Bikrash In meatspace I try to avoid crashing with my bike. But in this free game they are rampant. And you can actually win by causing them, by … Continue reading
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Tagged Apache Airflow, Bikrash, Foundation series, Stackrabbit, Tetris
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Weekendlinks 2021-46 brrrr, space juggling and salt crystals
I have to say, I’m a fan of long summer nights where I can ride my bike for hours after work in short sleeves. This is not that time. The sun goes under at 16:45 now. So if I do … Continue reading
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Tagged crystals, Dr. Adam Dipert, juggling, Siberia, sodium chloride, space, weekend links, Weekly Space Hangout
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Weekendlinks 2021-41: Rickrolling, carbon capture, Shatner’s flight
Last weekend I was too busy either cycling or celebrating that I rode 10,000 kms this year. Nevertheless, here are this weekend’s links. Rickrolling your high school by hacking the IPTV system This student managed to gain access to … Continue reading
Weekendlinks 2021-38
Question I’m pondering I was listening to Lex Fridman’s podcast where he interviews Daniel Kahneman. You might have heard about Kahneman: he wrote the influential book “Thinking Fast and Slow”. It is about the two modes of thinking our … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Kahneman, Lex Fridman, Nauka, vacation, Vinland map
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Weekendlinks 2021-33
I’m back for a wonderful cycling holiday in the Vercors and Drôme regions of France. And this is what it looked like: But enough of that. Let’s have some weekend links. One little RNA change: Boom! 50% more potato … Continue reading
Weekendlinks 2021-29
I won’t end this week without a few weekendlinks. This time: SciBabe, an ugly rock from Mars and Have I Been Powned Domain Search. SciBabe’s Moment of Science Yvette d’Entremont, also known as SciBabe, writes daily about either adorable … Continue reading
Weekendlinks 2021-27
Here is the third weekendlinks edition. Vael Ouwe bike ride In the previous weekend I rode the Vael Ouwe bike ride. We had lots of luck with the weather. My video, made with my Sony actioncam, turned out really … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancillary Justice, Data Teams, Vael Ouwe, Wally Funk, weekend links
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Weekendlink 2021-26
This is my second Weekendlink post with interesting links for you to enjoy in the weekend. Presentation Zen on Zoom? I’ve written many years ago on my old Oracle blog how important it is to be able to give … Continue reading
Weekendlinks 2021-25
Back when I worked for Transfer Solutions we had an internal weekly newsletter that appeared every end of the week. At the end of it there was a small section by me called “weekendlinks”: 3 or 4 things I found … Continue reading
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Tagged Bibimbap, ISS, Kafka, noctilucent clouds, Project Hail Mary, Thomas Pesquet, weekend links
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