Extra Future

Year: 2014

  • stochastic

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    Phil Nelson
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    “[Simple functions for simulating Poisson Processes, Brownian motion, geometric Brownian motion, discrete/continuous-time Markov chains, and normal random variables][link]” in Javascript. [link]: http://github.com/NathanEpstein/stochastic “NathanEpstein/stochastic”

  • How to set up your own private RTMP server using nginx

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    Phil Nelson
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    [If you’re looking for a Twitch replacement and know how to run a server… maybe this is what you need.][link] Mostly leaving this here as a note to myself for Secret Projects. [link]: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-set-up-your-own-private-rtmp-server-using-nginx.50/ “How to set up your own private RTMP server using nginx | Open Broadcaster Software”

  • Markov Chains explained visually

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    Phil Nelson
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    [This is a very good resource][link], and helped me better understand a concept I use all the time (for stuff like [Tybor][tybor], my Twitter bot) [link]: http://setosa.io/blog/2014/07/26/markov-chains/index.html “Markov Chains” [tybor]: http://twitter.com/ef_tybor “Tybor”

  • Joel Spolsky announces Trello, Inc.

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    Phil Nelson
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    [His “business operating system” sounds like a damn fine blueprint for creating a successful company that good people *want* to work for.][link] >That architecture is all the stuff I spent ten years ranting on this blog about, but y’all don’t listen, so I’m just going to have to build company after company that runs my…

  • Five Critical Moments in Platform Game History

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    Phil Nelson
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    [USgamer is putting out some great games journalism lately.][link] [link]: http://www.usgamer.net/articles/five-critical-moments-in-platform-game-history “Five Critical Moments in Platform Game History | USgamer”

  • Framer

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    Phil Nelson
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    [An application / framework platform for Mac that looks to let you got from Photoshop or Sketch to prototype in record time.][link] [link]: http://framerjs.com/ “Framer – Innovative Prototyping”

  • Dataviz: NFL players height & weight over time

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Really cool data visualization][link] from [Noah Veltman][twitter] tracking the average height and weight of NFL players from 1920 – 2014. Spoiler: The graph starts moving much more quickly towards heavier players in the 80s when growth hormones and steroids started getting serious, while the average height goes up at a pretty steady rate the whole…

  • DuckDuckGo to be included as default search option in Safari on iOS and OS X

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Straight from the Apple’s mouth.][link] It’s already in the Safari betas! This is great news. I’ve been using DuckDuckGo as my search provider for awhile now, and their new design is the bees knees. Unlike some other search engines they aren’t in the business of selling your personal data. [link]: https://duck.co/blog/safari “DuckDuckGo in Safari”

  • Old Slang: Appreciating Webster’s with Bots

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Peter Organisciak:][link] >The medium of Twitter bot offers us the ability to shine a spotlight on the entries as individual entities; “hence, conspicuous public notice“. While it is certainly possible to look up all the words, perhaps dig through my Github account to find them, there is a different dynamic of attention with a tweet.…

  • DuckDuckGo Reimagined & Redesigned

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    Phil Nelson
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    [DuckDuckGo’s totally-overhauled site looks and feels great.][link] They replaced Google as my default search engine a year or so ago, and I haven’t regretted it for a second. [Here’s how to add them to Safari.][safari] [link]: https://duck.co/blog/whatsnew “DuckDuckGo Reimagined & Redesigned” [safari]: https://duck.co/help/desktop/safari “Adding DuckDuckGo to Safari”

  • These companies spend the most money to kill net neutrality

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    [Spoiler alert: Verizon and AT&T spend the most time and effort to kill Net Neutrality, while AOL, Level 3, Google, and Microsoft spent the most in favor of it.][link] [link]: http://www.dailydot.com/politics/lobbyists-net-neutrality-fcc/ “These companies spend the most money to kill net neutrality”

  • Level3 is without peer, now what to do?

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Cringely:][link] >The idea here is pretty clear: these five ISPs want to be paid extra for doing the job they are already being paid for. Extra ports are required to handle the current level of traffic and these companies are assuming that when the pain becomes great enough — that’s our pain, by the way…