September 24, 2021

inkelinks S02E26

Hello, my dear subscribers! It’s been a while, I know. What can I say? Anything will just be excuses, so with no further ado, here are some links for you. Enjoy!

Links

• Why are hyperlinks blue? [10m]
  Nowadays links aren’t blue anymore because we keep changing the visual aspect of each and every page, but if you stick to the defaults, they are blue, and here’s why.
• Now That Machines Can Learn, Can They Unlearn? [5m]
  Machine learning is starting to creep everywhere, and thus this question is more relevant than ever.
• Reflections on 10,000 Hours of Programming [4m]
  Some strong opinions here, I won’t deny it… but after more than 10,000 hours programming, I agree with most of them.
• Eight Terminal Utilities Every OS X Command Line User Should Know [7m]
  Only two of the eight mentioned weren’t under my radar (pbpaste and pbcopy, I love you both), and I can’t recommend enough starting using this in your daily work.

Videos of the week

Two at the price of one!

• How Distant Stars Mess With Our Lives [23m]
  Fantastic video explaining how everything is connected, but mostly, a very annoying and almost impossible to reproduce kind of errors.

• Why Are There 7 Days In a Week? [16m]
  Fantastic deep dive into why there are 7 days in a week.