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Friday, October 14, 2022

In This Edition:
7 types of rest, 2m Thames rise, neurons learn Pong, testing in production, and Blindboy & Darren McGarvey!

7 Types of Rest

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Marissa Goldberg describes 7 types of rest, and how to integrate them into your remote working day.

2 Metre Thames Rise

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The BBC this week broadcast a special EastEnders credits image showing how the Thames will look when sea level rises by 2 metres.

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Neurons Learn Pong

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Researchers in Melbourne grew a dish of neurons, attached an electrode feedback system to them, and observed them learning how to play pong, at least in a statistically significant way.

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Testing In Production

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Jean Yang from Akita Software published an interesting post about how developers are more often than not forced to now do their testing in production because of the complex third party integrations and APIs now used in modern production systems that can't be easily replicated (with live data) for testing separately.

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Podcast Of The Week: Blindboy & Darren McGarvey

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This excellent interview between Blindboy and Darren McGarvey covers a fascinating array of topics such as social class biases and how to overcome them, integrity in artistic practice, and a warning on the dangers of listening to a certain Canadian academic / lunatic.

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About Found This Week

Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.
The first 104 editions were published on Medium before this site was created, check out the archive here.

Daryl Feehely

I’m a web consultant, contract web developer, technical project manager & photographer originally from Cork, now based in London. I offer my clients strategy, planning & technical delivery services, remotely & in person. I also offer freelance CTO services to companies in need of technical bootstrapping or reinvention. If you think I can help you in your business, check out my details on http://darylfeehely.com

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