2014-08-29
Notes.
The latter half of this summer has lead me, weirdly, to read about the Ormen Lange subsea compression project.…
Spencer Wright
Spencer Wright is the (mostly accidental) founder of Scope of Work, which he started writing (as The Prepared) in 2013. Today he serves as its editor-in-chief and chief dilettante.
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2014-08-22
Pathing.
* If you listen to this whole Freakonomics episode on the morality of tipping and still think that tipping is…
2014-08-16
Pathing.
* The CEO of MongoDB stepped down to spend time with his family. His resignation letter is absolutely touching and…
2014-08-08
Pathing.
* You are a roller coaster designer, and that's fantastic.
* The practical philosophy of fish killing.
* A good…
2014-08-01
Pathing.
* An excellent piece on the (terrible) way we teach math in the US.
* A great explanation of Fermi Estimates.…
2014-07-25
Pathing.
* Google's Project Zero is a bunch of hackers being paid to expose vulnerabilities around the web.
* Boston…
2014-07-18
Pathing.
* LeBron James on why he's returning to Cleveland.
* Reid Hoffman says that companies should be honest with…
2014-07-11
Pathing.
* The Presenter's Paradox. <<== Read this.
* ...and why it makes me feel particularly uneasy.
* An argument…
2014-07-04
Pathing.
* Some touching data on the characteristics of successful relationships.
* A proposal for how the YMCA should take their water…
2014-06-27
Pathing.
* The principle of suboptimization.
* A criticism of "sharing economies" as tools for self-exploitation.
* "The dream isn&…
2014-06-20
Pathing.
* Pictures of babies, underwater, learning to deal with it.
* Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) on the "pivot."…
2014-06-13
Pathing.
* Why there are so many wallets on Kickstarter.
* One NASA team wants to send a submarine to explore the…