Misc
- blog.whiona.me What happened to blogging for the hell of it?
EDIT: So this post got a lot more attention than I intended it to for what is essentially word vomit. It's honestly a bit embarrassing! You sure forget about...
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CT scans of coffee-making equipment
www.scanofthemonth.com X-ray CT scans reveal the art and science of coffee as never beforeDiscover why the best coffee equipment is so good: Bialetti's Moka Express, the AeroPress, a Porlex ceramic burr grinder, and the Fellow Stagg EKG kettle.
- wheresyoured.at The Rot Economy
At the center of everything I’ve written for the last few months (if not the last few years), sits a cancerous problem with the fabric of how capital is deployed in modern business. Public and private investors, along with the markets themselves, have become entirely decoupled from the concept of wh...
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- www.marginalia.nu Killing Community
This is a theory that’s previously been stated in log/39-normie-hypothesis.gmi, but I think it’s worth expanding on as it’s become very relevant with the recent Reddit shit-show actualizing just how bad that website has gotten along with social media in general. I think the model demonstrate how the...
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- dynomight.net Taxonomy of procrastination
There’s a little accountant named Jim that lives in my head
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Riding the Rails by Ebike
hackaday.com Riding The Rails By EbikeAs most developed countries around the world continue to modernize their transportation infrastructure with passenger rail, countries in North America have been abandoning railroads for over a cent…
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How Tattoos Interact With The Immune System Could Have Impacts for Vaccines
hackaday.com How Tattoos Interact With The Immune System Could Have Impacts For VaccinesTattoos are an interesting technology. They’re a way of marking patterns and designs on the skin that can last for years or decades. All this, despite the fact that our skin sloughs off on a …
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We come to bury ChatGPT, not to praise it
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Sobre la ignición de la fusión en NIF anunciada a bombo y platillo
francis.naukas.com Sobre la ignición de la fusión en NIF anunciada a bombo y platillo - La Ciencia de la Mula FrancisHoy se ha anunciado a bombo y platillo un gran hito en energía de fusión, la primera ignición con exceso de energía de NIF (National Ignition Facility) en el LLNL […]
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- dynomight.net Historical analogies for large language models
ice, chess, tractors, railroads, swords, sword fighting, mass production, pre-fab homes, photography, Segways, scissor doors, pornography, calculators
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On whether letting bath water cool down in the tub helps to save energy
dynomight.net A modest proposal: For preventing the heat in bathwater in BritainFROM BEING A WASTE TO THE BATHER AND COUNTRY, AND FOR MAKING IT BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLICK
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I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived (2009)
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Why are plants green? To reduce the noise in photosynthesis
worldsensorium.com Why Are Plants GreenLand plants are green because their photosynthetic pigments reflect green light, even though those wavelengths hold the most energy. Scientists finally understand why. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis. Plants ignore the most energy-rich part ...
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- cyclingtips.com Counterfeits, fraud, and theft: Why Silca changed its return policy
An in-depth Q&A with owner Josh Poertner about the real challenges brands and retailers face in an e-comm world.
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We don't do that here (2017)
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- hackaday.com Same Taste With Less Energy: Optimizing The Way We Cook Food
Preparing food is the fourth most energy-intensive activity in a household. While there has been a lot of effort on the first three — space heating, water heating, and electrical appliances &…
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- hackaday.com Pulling Out Burger Flavor With A Magnet
If you’re vegetarian or don’t eat beef, you are probably already familiar with Impossible. Impossible meat tastes like beef and cooks like beef while being plant-based. They achieved th…
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Why hasn't Middle Earth had an Industrial Revolution?
featherlessbipeds.substack.com Why didn't Gandalf own a Colt .45?Part I of Why hasn't Middle Earth had an Industrial Revolution?
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- backreaction.blogspot.com Why does science news suck so much?
Science News, Physics, Science, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
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Things you're allowed to do (2020)
milan.cvitkovic.net Things you're allowed to doA list of things you're allowed to do that you thought you couldn't, or didn't even know you could.
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