DEEP DIVES
QWERTY-KEYBOARD
01
DEEP DIVE
WHY YOUR
KEYBOARD
Looks Like This
The telegraph operators, efficiency economics, and the myth of QWERTY
FIG 01
Introduction
FIG 02
The Algorithm of Survival
FIG 03
The Rigorous Experiment
FIG 04
Engineering for Failure
FIG 05
The Economics of Absence
FIG 06
Morse and the Telegraph Operators
FIG 07
Digram Math: The Hidden Graph
FIG 08
Conclusion
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160-CHARACTERS
02
DEEP DIVE
160
Characters
How SMS accidentally became the most powerful messaging protocol
FIG 01
Introduction
FIG 02
The Smuggling Route
FIG 03
The 140-Byte Void
FIG 04
The Modern Stack
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LEAP-SECONDS
03
DEEP DIVE
THE DEAL WE MADE
with the
SUN
Atomic clocks, leap seconds, and the impossible task of keeping time
FIG 01
The Problem & The Two Clocks
FIG 02
The Compromise: UTC
FIG 03
The Algorithm of Alignment
FIG 04
Chaos in Production
FIG 05
Why Is This So Hard To Fix?
FIG 06
Engineering Around Failure
FIG 07
The Future
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