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2020-06-25
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to PlantUML PlantUML is an amazingly useful tool, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to PlantUML provides a productive introduction to the tool (including why you might want to use it). News to me: the C4 model is in the standard library.
Foam: a Roam-like setup for VS Code Foam is kind of like Obsidian, but built atop VS Code using a collection of extensions and settings. FWIW, I’m quite happy with Obsidian and don’t see a particularly great reason to switch, even though I also use VS Code regularly.
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Obsidian
Backlinks 2020-06-25 Foam is kind of like Obsidian, but built atop VS Code using a collection of extensions and settings. FWIW, I’m quite happy with Obsidian and don’t see a particularly great reason to switch, even though I also use VS Code regularly. 2020-05-19 Since I’m using Obsidian now, I should collect interesting tips and tricks. Today, one of the founders just linked to awesome-obsidian, which I should keep an eye on.
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PlantUML
Backlinks 2020-06-25 PlantUML is an amazingly useful tool, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to PlantUML provides a productive introduction to the tool (including why you might want to use it). News to me: the C4 model is in the standard library.
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2020-06-23
Latest mask-wearing information Jeremy Howard has been beating the mask drum for a while. He has posted a new thread about the latest on non-medical masks and their effectiveness in stopping COVID-19 spread.
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2020-06-21
Google search returns 3D AR objects If you search for things like “tiger” on Google, you’ll find the option to view it in 3D. Do so on a modern smartphone and you can view it in Augmented Reality. Really nifty, and 9to5google has a collection of things you can search for. Via Recomendo
Defunding the Terminators Exquisite political satire: Just because they’ve turned against humanity doesn’t mean we should defund the terminator program.
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Augmented Reality
Backlinks 2020-06-21 If you search for things like “tiger” on Google, you’ll find the option to view it in 3D. Do so on a modern smartphone and you can view it in Augmented Reality. Really nifty, and 9to5google has a collection of things you can search for. Via Recomendo
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2020-06-19
AOC on defunding the police Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has an amazing ability to speak clearly about a number of issues important for our times. Her answer for what does defund the police look like? was excellent. “It looks like a suburb.” Many other people have commented on how “defund the police” is a confusing slogan, but the idea of putting more resources into helping communities out is a good Anti-Racism approach.
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2020-06-17
Don’t believe that the coronavirus “first wave” is over in the US Dr. Sanjay Gupta has a thread on Twitter that pokes holes in Pence’s WSJ op-ed, which claims that there is no “second wave”. Pence is right: there is no second wave, because the first one didn’t end. We just had a small decline in cases, nationwide.
Covid Act Now Covid Act Now is a COVID-19 tracking site that I hadn’t seen before.
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2020-06-14
A thread on coronavirus risks UCSF medicine chair Bob Wachter posted a twitter thread about assessing risk in adopting activities while COVID-19 is continuing to spread.
Bonus: an interview with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm from the University of Minnesota with his take on COVID-19 and the future.
Double bonus: The Masks Masquerade by Nassim Nicholas Taleb echoes how I think about mask wearing right now.
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2020-06-13
Nappy: Beautiful high-res and free photos of black and brown people This looks like a fabulous addition to Art Resources: Nappy: Beautiful high-res and free photos of black and brown people. This can help ensure that there’s better representation on websites, etc.
