SQL.js accessing a database on a static host phiresky has wired up SQL.js to a static SQLite file via HTTP range queries and that is some fancy SQLite magic.

Read More

Backlinks 2021-05-02 phiresky has wired up SQL.js to a static SQLite file via HTTP range queries and that is some fancy SQLite magic. 2021-04-11 Squirrelbyte is an open source document/search server backed by SQLite. The server is written in Go and it has a UI in React for running queries. 2020-04-16 Simon …

Read More

Sky Pool Pretty sure I’d be deeply uncomfortable swimming in the Sky Pool, which is 115 feet above a London street. The shots make it look like an impossible construction, but you can just make out a couple of steel reinforcements in one of the pictures. Fatality rate among fully vaccinated is not precisely known …

Read More

Backlinks 2021-05-01 Solomon Hykes has been playing with Cue and linked to a resource I hadn’t seen before: Cuetorials 2021-04-03 This article explains the gotcha that is YAML’s implicit typing, suggesting using StrictYAML instead. Cue should also solve this problem, because of its well-constructed …

Read More

The unnecessity of Contributor License Agreements I’ve worked on a lot of Open Source in my career and contributor license agreements (CLAs) have been a normal part of the process for many of the projects. It turns out that there are good arguments to not use CLAs and then GitHub’s terms of service include …

Read More

Backlinks 2021-04-30 I’ve worked on a lot of Open Source in my career and contributor license agreements (CLAs) have been a normal part of the process for many of the projects. It turns out that there are good arguments to not use CLAs and then GitHub’s terms of service include a clause that essentially …

Read More

The Everdeck New (to me) in Board Games is The Everdeck, a collection of cards that can be used to play all sorts of games (standard 52-card games, Tarot, Werewolf, Letter Jam, The Mind, Hanabi, Lost Cities). Excess mortality in 2020 Kieran Healy has some excellent visualizations of excess deaths in 2020, which gives a …

Read More

Backlinks 2021-04-29 New (to me) in Board Games is The Everdeck, a collection of cards that can be used to play all sorts of games (standard 52-card games, Tarot, Werewolf, Letter Jam, The Mind, Hanabi, Lost Cities). 2020-04-24 Many great suggestions for online Board Games in this hacker news thread

Read More

New coronavirus safety guidelines The CDC yesterday released new guidelines for activities that are safe for the vaccinated and unvaccinated to avoid COVID-19 spread. Zeynep Tufecki argues that the way these guidelines have been communicated is too complicated and too timid.

Read More

Recently added: Covid Vaccinations Dashboards Covid Vaccinations Covid Act Now — Dashboard of how well each state has the epidemic under control. Helpful information CDC guidelines on safe activities and Zeynep Tufecki’s criticism of it, which is less visual but more informative Unofficial Michigan …

Read More