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Wed, 13 Dec 2017

Making website building fun | GatsbyJS https://www.gatsbyjs.org/blog/2017-10-16-making-website-building-fun/

Tue, 12 Dec 2017

GatsbyJS: Blazing-fast static site generator for React https://www.gatsbyjs.org/

React.js starter kits https://reactjs.org/community/starter-kits.html

Making Vim great again | Sourcerer Blog (note: this Tweet was composed in Vim, and the blog post linked here has some great .vimrc tips that I'm going to use) https://blog.sourcerer.io/making-vim-great-again-cdfbc281428b

The doctor is in. Co-Pay? ,000 | The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/business/economy/high-end-medical-care.html

What is a DuckDuckGo !Bang? https://duckduckgo.com/bang

Google uses comics to explain Kubernetes container management https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/kubernetes-comic/

Classic Valley diner Du-Par’s will depart Studio City on Jan. 1 | Eater LA https://la.eater.com/2017/12/11/16762720/du-pars-diner-closing-studio-city-january

Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Eleven: Annual Uber Losses Now Approaching Billion | naked capitalism https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/12/can-uber-ever-deliver-part-eleven-annual-uber-losses-now-approaching-5-billion.html

Disconnect just a little bit | Modern Human Beings https://modernhumanbeings.com/disconnect-just-little-bit/

Apple touts iMac Pro at Apple.com https://www.apple.com/imac-pro/

FT Person of the Year: Ex-Uber engineer Susan Fowler, whose blog post detailing company's problems got #MeToo ball rolling https://www.ft.com/content/b4bc2a68-dc4f-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482

What would you pay to keep your digital footprint 100% private? https://hbr.org/2017/12/what-would-you-pay-to-keep-your-digital-footprint-100-private

'I’m moving you to BCC': A paradox, a politeness, a gift | The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/04/im-moving-you-to-bcc/522885/

I can't stop drinking coffee out of this temperature-regulating mug | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/ember-ceramic-mug-rants-and-raves/

How email open tracking quietly took over the Web https://www.wired.com/story/how-email-open-tracking-quietly-took-over-the-web/

iMac Pro, Apple’s most powerful Mac, will be available to order December 14 | 9to5Mac. tl;dr: Base model will cost ,999 https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/12/imac-pro-apples-most-powerful-mac-will-be-available-to-order-december-14/

Zeta Global acquires commenting service Disqus (and the web is already too dependent on it) https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/05/zeta-global-acquires-commenting-service-disqus/

Storify is going away, and it's the latest cautionary tale about relying on third-party services for your content. (I'm very worried about Disqus, which was just acquired ...) https://storify.com/faq-eol

Storify’s standalone service is shutting down next year | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/12/storifys-standalone-service-is-shutting-down-next-year/

According to Bits from the DPL (November 2017), Debian is aiming to be one of the choices for the Windows Subsystem for Linux https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/11/msg00002.html

Chocolatey - The package manager for Windows (I heard about it here: https://ariya.io/2017/02/windows-for-web-development) https://chocolatey.org/

Mon, 11 Dec 2017

The future of work is uncertain, schools should worry now - Education Week https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/09/27/the-future-of-work-is-uncertain-schools.html

Thu, 07 Dec 2017

What’s College Good For? - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/whats-college-good-for/546590/

Mastering Ruby blocks in less than 5 minutes - Mix & Go https://mixandgo.com/blog/mastering-ruby-blocks-in-less-than-5-minutes

The Bitcoin bubble https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/bitcoin-bubble

How our housing choices make adult friendships more difficult - Vox https://www.vox.com/2015/10/28/9622920/housing-adult-friendship