+++ title = "Interesting Links from December" date = 2021-12-31T00:00:00 lastmod = 2021-12-31T00:00:00 draft = true # Authors. Comma separated list, e.g. `["Bob Smith", "David Jones"]`. authors = ["Carl Pearson"] tags = ["links"] summary = "" # Projects (optional). # Associate this post with one or more of your projects. # Simply enter your project's folder or file name without extension. # E.g. `projects = ["deep-learning"]` references # `content/project/deep-learning/index.md`. # Otherwise, set `projects = []`. projects = [] # Featured image # To use, add an image named `featured.jpg/png` to your project's folder. [image] # Caption (optional) caption = "" # Focal point (optional) # Options: Smart, Center, TopLeft, Top, TopRight, Left, Right, BottomLeft, Bottom, BottomRight focal_point = "Center" # Show image only in page previews? preview_only = true categories = [] # Set captions for image gallery. +++ Here are some interesting things I read this month. Presented without comment or endorsement. * [Lessons from my PhD][16] ([archive][16w]) * [What's the Best Insult you Know?][15] ([archive][15w]) * [Interfaces and Nil in Go, or, Don't Lie to Computers][14] ([archive][14w]) * [Explaining AP style on Black and white][13] ([archive][13w]) * [The growth of command line options, 1979-Present][12] ([archive][12w]) * [Uncomfortable Truths in Software Engineering][11], ([archive][11w]) [HN][11a], ([archive][11aw]) * [Spiking Neural Networks][10] ([archive][10w]) * [The Evolutions of Lambdas in C++14, C++17 and C++20][9] [HN][9a] ([archive][9aw]) * [Conflict vs. Mistake][8] ([archive][8w]) * [Is there a Right to Own a Gun?][7] ([archive][7w]) * [Untitled][6] ([archive][6w]) * ["Every so often..."][5] ([archive][5w]) * [This is what Makes my Head Spin][4] ([archive][4w]) * [Burger Kang][3] ([archive][3w]) * [So You Want to Fight Wokeness][2] ([archive][2w]) * [Tao of Unix Programming][1], ([archive][1w]) [1]: https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup [1w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218193428/https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup [2]: https://eharding.substack.com/p/so-you-want-to-fight-wokeness [2w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218193526/https://eharding.substack.com/p/so-you-want-to-fight-wokeness [3]: http://stonetoss.com/comic/burger-kang/ [3w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218193640/http://stonetoss.com/comic/burger-kang/ [4]: https://medium.com/@page88/this-is-what-makes-my-head-spin-f5542c493384 [4w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218193751/https://medium.com/@page88/this-is-what-makes-my-head-spin-f5542c493384 [5]:https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/quapxg/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_november_15/hl4qa0s/ [5w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218193922/https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/quapxg/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_november_15/hl4qa0s/ [6]: https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/01/untitled/ [6w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194124/https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/01/untitled/ [7]: http://www.owl232.net/papers/guncontrol.htm [7w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194334/http://www.owl232.net/papers/guncontrol.htm [8]: https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/24/conflict-vs-mistake/ [8w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194427/https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/24/conflict-vs-mistake/ [9]: https://www.fluentcpp.com/2021/12/13/the-evolutions-of-lambdas-in-c14-c17-and-c20/ [9w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194514/https://www.fluentcpp.com/2021/12/13/the-evolutions-of-lambdas-in-c14-c17-and-c20/ [9a]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29537660 [9aw]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194602/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29537660 [10]: https://simons.berkeley.edu/news/spiking-neural-networks [10w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194731/https://simons.berkeley.edu/news/spiking-neural-networks [11]: https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/uncomfortable-truths-in-software-engineering/ [11w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194837/https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/uncomfortable-truths-in-software-engineering/ [11a]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29564219 [11aw]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194748/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29564219 [12]: https://danluu.com/cli-complexity/ [12w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194733/https://danluu.com/cli-complexity/ [13]: https://apnews.com/article/archive-race-and-ethnicity-9105661462 [13w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194727/https://apnews.com/article/archive-race-and-ethnicity-9105661462 [14]: http://www.jerf.org/iri/post/2957 [14w]: http://web.archive.org/web/20211228214306/http://www.jerf.org/iri/post/2957 [15]: https://reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/rj8q6k/whats_the_best_insult_you_know/ [15w]: http://web.archive.org/web/20220102221255/https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/rj8q6k/whats_the_best_insult_you_know/ [16]: https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/lessonsfrommyphd.html [16w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220102221404/https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/lessonsfrommyphd.html