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by andrewl 4y ago
This is a review of the book Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World . From the article: [The book] cuts past the deceit, examining the histories the fable dresses up in heroic garb. Doing for Palo Alto — population 7
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A New History Unveils the Exploitative Origins of the Tech Giants(washingtonpost.com)
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Cruel Britannia? Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning(literaryreview.co.uk)
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They Handled Nuclear Missiles. Now They’re Getting Cancer(washingtonpost.com)
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GABA Labs – Beyond Ethanol(gabalabs.com)
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Britain’s Proposed Online Safety Rules Defy Common Sense(washingtonpost.com)
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Japan Plans New Government Unit to Deal with Disinformation Campaigns(www3.nhk.or.jp)
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Scientists Invented a Melting Liquid Robot That Can Escape from a Cage(washingtonpost.com)
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by andrewl 4y ago
For more on how to lace and knot shoes, see Iain’s Shoelace Site: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/
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‘Bionic Nose’ May Help People Experiencing Smell Loss, Researchers Say(washingtonpost.com)
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Do you know what supplements have this as a side effect?
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by andrewl 4y ago
The title here is the fourth item in the list of highlights: • Cellular responses to double-stranded DNA breaks erode the epigenetic landscape • This loss of epigenetic information accelerates the hallmarks of aging • These changes are reve
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by andrewl 4y ago
I had a toy ornithopter many years ago. It didn’t fly too well, but I thought it was really cool. I’m looking forward to advances in the field. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter
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by andrewl 4y ago
The original title was too long: The Joy of Sets: Why Won’t Our Artistic-Literary Establishment Recognise That There’s Mystery, Beauty and Humanity in Maths?
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Can the Artistic-Literary World Recognise the Beauty and Humanity in Math?(prospectmagazine.co.uk)
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Agreed. I find the SQLite diagrams very helpful. They are generated with Pikchr, which itself was created by the SQLite developers I believe: https://pikchr.org/home/doc/trunk/doc/sqlitesyntax.md
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ISS Astronauts Are Building Objects That Couldn’t Exist on Earth(popsci.com)
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When I saw the title I thought at first it was about police and legal work in Canada or Alaska. It’s actually about warming and the spread of disease in the Arctic, and I thought it was fascinating. Here are a few excerpts in case anybody i
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by andrewl 4y ago
That brings back memories! On a related note, I threw boomerangs in college. It felt magical when I first caught one without having to take a step from where I threw it. The idea that a properly-shaped piece of wood, with no motor, batterie
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Crabs Have Evolved Five Separate Times – Why Do the Same Forms Keep Coming Back?(theconversation.com)
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America’s Genius Lies in Its Respect for Rebellion(washingtonpost.com)
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Soon You’ll Be Able to Make Your Own Movie with AI(vulture.com)
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Remote work’s toll on cities(nymag.com)
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How A Vermont Farmer Proved No Snowflakes Are Alike(cnn.com)
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We’re in a golden age of board games(washingtonpost.com)
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The Decline of the City Grid(economist.com)
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New CRISPR Tech Makes It Possible to Wipe Out Invasive Mice(freethink.com)
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We’re Drowning in Old Books. But Getting Rid of Them Is Heartbreaking(washingtonpost.com)
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Running with the Hadza – The Race Celebrating a Way of Life(bbc.co.uk)
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In this conversation from July 2021 he said he’s going to write his own email server, which I would be very interested in: https://corecursive.com/066-sqlite-with-richard-hipp/ I’m going to write my own mail server. I

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