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February 11, 2022

Buried by the Ash of Vesuvius, These Scrolls Are Being Read for the First Time in Millennia

"A revolutionary American scientist is using subatomic physics to decipher 2,000-year-old texts from the early days of Western civilization It’s July 12, 2017, and Jens Dopke walks into a windowless room in Oxfordshire, England, all of his attention trained on a small, white frame that he carries w"

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Workaday Reading

February 8, 2022

Memory leaks: the forgotten side of web performance

"I’ve researched and learned enough about client-side memory leaks to know that most web developers aren’t worrying about them too much."

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From the Twitter

February 5, 2022

Took @yoiamsamyo’s first @onepeloton class today and there were other people in the studio! No masks too! I forgot we could do things like that. https://t.co/Pb6iurOyoX
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 5, 2022

From the Twitter

February 5, 2022

Get some sleep people!
Cerebrospinal Fluid "Brain Washing" During Sleep | The Brink | Boston University https://t.co/8ULZbevdcL — Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 5, 2022

Reading Today

February 5, 2022

Are We “Brain Washed” during Sleep?

"New research from Boston University suggests that tonight while you sleep, something amazing will happen within your brain. Your neurons will go quiet. A few seconds later, blood will flow out of your head."

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Reading Today

February 4, 2022

Supermountains controlled the evolution of life on Earth

"Giant mountain ranges at least as high as the Himalayas and stretching up to 8,000 kilometres across entire supercontinents played a crucial role in the evolution of early life on Earth, according to a new study by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU)."

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From the Twitter

February 4, 2022

Supermountains controlled the evolution of life on Earth https://t.co/JVj4pYwgfW
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 4, 2022

Workaday Reading

February 4, 2022

Being Glue — No Idea Blog

"You know that thing where everyone on a software engineering team turns up and just writes code for eight hours a day and then later the project is successful? No you don't. Projects don’t work like that! Of course coding is an important skill in a software engineering team."

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Workaday Reading

February 3, 2022

Why Efficient Hydration in JavaScript Frameworks is so Challenging

"Hydration is the name given to the process in JavaScript frameworks to initializing the page in the browser after it has previously been server rendered."

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From the Twitter

February 2, 2022

Ooooh…because most of my books are not bought through Amazon.
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 2, 2022

From the Twitter

February 2, 2022

Finishing off the last of the birthday cake after I PR’d a 45 minute ⁦@onepeloton⁩ ride. 🍰🚲😋 https://t.co/r1sCC70NUa
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 2, 2022

Played around with some filters on pictures from Old Rag Mt. @ShenandoahNPS https://t.co/MPiuHd7EXL
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 2, 2022

From the Twitter

February 1, 2022

You’re covered with thick cloud. Slide out the side. Die, and be quiet. Quietness is the surest sign that you’ve died. Your old life was a frantic running from silence. The speechless full moon comes out now.
-Rumi 2/2 — Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 2, 2022

From the Twitter

February 1, 2022

QUIETNESS
Inside this new love, die. Your way begins on the other side. Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape. Walk out like someone suddenly born into color. Do it now. 1/2 — Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 2, 2022

From the Twitter

February 1, 2022

https://t.co/tZzevYkRNH
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 2, 2022

From the Twitter

February 1, 2022

Went on one of the most fun hikes I’ve been on in a while. It was snowy, icy and lots of clambering in the “scramble” at the top. Well worth it. Ridge Trail to Old Rag Mountain https://t.co/TT6fVJUDbY
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 2, 2022

From the Twitter

January 29, 2022

https://t.co/ChCbmqPlt2
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Jan 29, 2022

From the Twitter

January 27, 2022

https://t.co/IHLH1ovDRM
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Jan 28, 2022

From the Twitter

January 27, 2022

Strapping in for my first live @onepeloton ride with @yoiamsamyo. Interested to see how it feels different. 🚴 https://t.co/sFN2ksTFaQ
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Jan 27, 2022