Stories by surprisetalk

A concise and hinged summary of what it was like to build this site from scratch

There is still the need for a better Goodreads alternative

Alan Kay on Sam Altman (2016) [video]

Time Preference, Parenthood and Policy Preferences

YouTube embeds are heavy and it’s fixable

Student-Oriented Teaching (2022)

Numeronymize

Let's stop counting centuries

I Went to an Algorave

The magic of small engineering teams

Do grayscale images take less space?

He Memorized the World with Google Maps. Now He's Exploring It

How to put up with a society you don't like

Wolley: Open-Source Robot Vacuum

Biden's paths forward, according to Manifold

The promise of charter cities [video]

Excalidraw: Open-source "hand-drawn" browser drawing tool

How to make a CPU (2022) [video]

Law of Shitty Clickthroughs (2011)

Welcome to the Age of Magnesium [video]

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