The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was published in 1962, when he was forty, and he spent the rest of his life distressed by its success. It has sold 1.7 million copies, and has been translated into 42 languages. Very few academic books sell in those numbers and scarcely any are still seen as state of the art sixty years after publication. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n07/steven-shapin/paradigms-gone-wild

I’ve been slashdotted.
Wow it’s a long time since I wrote that.

An extensive archive of Vintage Home Plans, 20th century houses from around the world https://vintagehomeplans.tumblr.com

"Catering to the overworked, the introverted and the way-too-baked, a new barbershop in San Francisco offers silent haircuts so that you no longer have to talk to your barber as they line you up." https://sfstandard.com/community/drink-free-beer-in-silence-at-this-new-san-francisco-barbershop/

Groovy Datasets for Test Databases
When you experiment with a new-to-you data science skill, you need some sort of data to work with. Why be boring?

I had so much fun writing this. (Also a hat tip to @researchbuzz!) https://redis.com/blog/datasets-for-test-databases/

A Billy Joel Passover: This makes me smile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1k6HmUY6Zk

"As the lore goes, when someone gives you a friendship bracelet, you put it on and make a wish, and you must leave it on until the bracelet naturally falls off, at which point your wish comes true." https://jeremykun.com/2023/04/01/were-knot-friends/

"Three days after voting to cease publication and lay off its journalists, the nonprofit publisher of the Texas Observer said on Wednesday that it would change course and keep the 68-year-old liberal magazine going, following an emergency appeal that crowdsourced more than $300,000." https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/29/texas-observer-keep-publishing/

Joni... need I say more? She can still sing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNwjFU2yEBM

Does your flag fail? CGP Grey grades the state flags of the USA! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4w6808wJcU

"Many sites have posted collections of these ads. But none them seemingly noticed the many subliminal penises in the layouts." https://copyranter.substack.com/p/the-unsubtle-phallicism-in-the-classic

The app, a free add-on to a normal Apple Music subscription, is based on a classical-only streaming service called Primephonic, which Apple purchased in 2021. https://www.gq.com/story/apple-music-classical-is-a-ton-of-fun

Want to learn #JSON? These videos can bring you up to speed, with the help of #Redis experts. https://redis.com/blog/learn-json-from-redis-experts/

Overheard: Ridicule-driven development

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Hive Mind: If you use recipe-centric websites/food communities, what do you look for? Assuming that most such sites have decent-to-good recipes... what else makes you like one better than another? What makes you loyal?

I'm not looking for responses here about random web searches. But sites and apps that are your go-to destinations.

H.P. Lovecraft writes Olive Garden's dinner menu. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hp-lovecraft-writes-olive-gardens-dinner-menu

I think my aunt did the Lipton soup version.

"Twitter is no longer free. Literally and figuratively. And we are all so much poorer for that." https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/28/twitter-is-dying/