2024 Week 31 - Weekly Notes

Locality of Behaviour is the principle that the behaviour of a unit of code should be as obvious as possible by looking only at that unit of code. — Carson Gross on talking about htmx

A new version of Ideaverse Pro came out and I spent the weekend configuring it. It’s up now, and I’m getting used to having my setup change. While there’s the obvious changes, like the new theme, there’s more subtle changes, as treating some maps as collections.

The Technium

• There’s a TUI for that with Nick Janetakis (Changelog & Friends #53)
  • You can apparently open a CSV file with SQLite where you can use queries
  • The CSV Virtual Table

    SQLite actually has a CSV mode, and in-memory mode. And then it also will take queries directly from the the command line, so you don’t have to go into like little SQLite UI, and do things from there.

React Conf 2024 made me realize that the Apple Event Summary Slides are called “Bento Slides”. I updated the note to reflect that.

Security alert - if you transfer a repo, be aware. Truffle Security Co. reports Anyone can Access Deleted and Private Repository Data on GitHub

Maarten Grootendorst - A Visual Guide to Quantization

404 Media reports AI ‘Friend’ Company Spent $1.8 Million and Most of Its Funds on Domain Name

Around the world

The Park Fires in California are a reminder for - Preparing Your Organization to Fight Fires. Our CSO recapped this article with the following.

• Understanding Situations: Encourage unbiased thinking and openness to new feedback.
• Being Flexible: Encourage quick thinking and adaptability.
• Clear Communication: Keep communication open and clear, especially in stressful times.
• Building Trust: Ensure everyone trusts each other and the decisions made. Trust within our team strengthens our overall performance.
• Learning from Experience: Review past events to improve future responses. Continually learning from our projects helps us innovate and stay ahead.

I’ve been trying to find this database for quite some time: - Little Sis . It’s the journalism database for following the money.

The New York Times reports “Racked by Pain, One Man Turns To a Far-Right Platform And a Right-Wing Miracle Cure”. I think when it comes to pain, there is an itch to find any kind of cure, especially when Western medicine fails us. And combined with our bad faith actors in the right-wing groups, it’s easy to find solace with them.

Taken from The Guardian

From MSN - My Mom Says She Loves Me. AI Says She’s Lying.

Break dancing goes from the streets to the Olympics. TIME - A Guide to Breaking, the Newest Sport at the Olympics

Reactor Magazine - The Joy of Reading Books You Don’t Entirely Understand

The New York Times interviews Vance’s friend on her views on their friendship. JD Vance, an Unlikely Friendship and Why It Ended

The New York Times reporting How Olympic Injuries Break Bodies

NBC News - 14 arrested at Comic-Con in anti-human trafficking sting in San Diego

Recommendations

• Book: AMD GPUOpen - Crash Course in Deep Learning (for Computer Graphics) - Free!
• New zine from Julia Evans: How Git Works!
• An Alternative to the NYTimes for The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century As Voted By Us! from Becca Freeman of Book Enthusiast