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  2. IE doesn’t upload csv files with text/* media type. Content-type cannot be trusted, the only way of telling if data is of a particular type is to see if it parses successfully.

  3. I started the hundredpushups.com challenge last week. Unexpectedly, I found myself in the hardest of the three categories, but sailed through the week 1 without much of a problem. Just finished the first day of week 2 and OUCH this is getting more difficult now.

  4. Turns out there’s a difference between actual rest and “not doing anything because you’re burnt out”. Won’t be making that mistake again (hopefully).

    Diagnosis tip: both often involve not doing very much. Actual, voluntary rest feels good. Being burnt out feels bad.

  5. ↪ LouLouK: Intensely enjoyed Countryfile feature on mediavel musical instruments. I know want a harp. I was supposed to be learning to fiddle :0)

    @loulouk a harp is probably perfect for someone with “hyper extendy fingers” :) If you want to go fully medieval, get one with bray pins for extra buzzing. You’re in London, right? There’s an Early Music Shop outlet there, IIRC they have a bunch of harps and would probably be delighted to let you try one earlymusicshop.com/London.aspx

  10. Opinions about icelandiconline.is as a place to learn Icelandic online? Been working through the lessons on-and-off over the past few weeks and, despite atrocious UI design and hilariously bad videography have found it adequate for a free resource. The fact that it’s completely in Icelandic is also nice.

  14. “[Whilst] rational actor models are, in themselves, morally blameless… …the use of such models to change the world is not morally neutral. Rational-actor models are metaphorical human constructions humanly imposed. They are not a feature of the world in itself. They can be used insightfully or not, fruitfully or not. How we choose to use them is not a “rational choice” as defined in the models. Not to understand this is truly irrational” — Lakoff & Johnson, Philosophy in the Flesh

  16. Today in “things I have typed instead of import”: imprto, improt, implore

    I actually quite like how implore pandas looks in my code.

  20. Has anyone published research into the of URLs? Specifically interested in how people understand, relate to and interact with URLs. Hav found some talks and blog posts but not much actual data.