Reading Log ForAugust 4, 2023 (#38)
This week we look at the danger of KOSA, a new dark matter telescope, and the dangers of climate change.
Software Development & Design
- Just normal web things. - Heather Buchel
- I'm betting on HTML - catskull.net
- Seven Things I Wish I Knew When I Started as a Software Developer - Beth Pritchard
- Tailwind CSS Tips and Tricks Worth Knowing - Yoav Ganbar
- GitHub Repository Rules are now generally available - Patrick Knight
- Shrinking VS Code with name mangling - Matt Bierner
Technology & the Internet
- How the Kids Online Safety Act puts us all at risk - Casey Newton
Science
- AI improves breast cancer detection rate by 20 percent - Ashleigh Furlong
- Prospects for Future Human Space Flight Missions to Near-Earth Asteroids - NASA
- Europe’s dark matter-hunting space telescope nabs its first test images - Wes Davis
- A killer ocean heatwave is decimating Florida’s corals - Justine Calma
- NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 - Laura Dobberstein
- How We Can Adapt to Live with Extreme Heat - Daniel Cusick
Gaming
- Microsoft keeps pushing toward repairability, now with Xbox controller parts - Kevin Purdy
- Nintendo’s Switch successor is already in third-party devs’ hands, report claims - Samuel Axon
Business & Finance
- We’re now finding out the damaging results of the mandated return to the office–and it’s worse than we thought - Gleb Tsipursky
- Startups are producing real dairy without a cow in sight - The Economist
- New Georgia reactor is a test case for nuclear power - Kimberly Adams
Podcasts
- Hardcore History #69: Twilight of the Æsir
- ShopTalk #553: TypeScript, DX, GripeScript, and Astro v2 with Fred Schott
- WTF with Marc Maron #1411: Michelle Yeoh
- Radiolab: Golden Goose
- Techdirt Podcast #360: Can Interoperability Be Mandated?
- 99% Invisible #525: The Chinatown Punk Wars
- Techdirt Podcast #358: Social Media In Chaos