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by philshem 5y ago
For those interested, longform article about SPACs: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/07/the-pied-piper...
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If anyone is curious about the atmospheric CO2 on a certain date, e.g. your birth date, you can check out this site: https://co2birth.date All static content, no trackers: https://co2birth.date/co2/1990-12-3
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University of Liechtenstein still offline 3 weeks after ransomware attack(uni.li)
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by philshem 5y ago
Clickable links! [1]: https://ente.io [2]: https://ente.io/apk [3]: https://play.google.com/store /apps/details?id=io.ente.photos [4]: https://apps.apple.com/in/ap
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https://archive.ph/2MBSg
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Fragrance Maker Dares to Sniff ‘What Life Smells Like’(nytimes.com)
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When screen sharing on a video call, I prefer to only share a private browsing window, rather than the entire desktop.
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You can use your browser as an offline (temporary) text editor, which I find useful with screen sharing. Enter this into your browser’s address bar: data:text/html, <html contenteditable> https://twitter.com&
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by philshem 5y ago
The full section with the Aguzzi quote adds context, including his declining to comment on the French case. > The scientific community has long recognized that handling prions is dangerous and an occupational risk for neuropathologists,
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Shoe Exchanges(amputee-coalition.org)
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> The show treats podcasting like an opportunity to make experimental art. Unlike “Chappelle’s Show,” “The Midnight Miracle” doesn’t explicitly critique the traditional constraints or tropes of the form; instead, it has a blue-skies sens
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https://archive.is/Wo2IA
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Dave Chappelle’s Freewheeling Podcast(newyorker.com)
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> Eusociality: … the highest level of organization of sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generations within a colony of adults,
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Nice try, Italian tax police /s
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youtube-dl does have “—-username” and “—-password” flags, or will prompt for a password if you just specify “-u”. https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#authentication-option... But as of a couple days ago it wasn’t wo
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Yeah exactly. We have a very large and robust electrical grid, with amazing geographical coverage.
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I agree. There is a great old talk from Rory Sutherland called “Life Lessons from an Ad Man” [0] which is worth a watch in regards to our perception of value. Especially relevant is the anecdote about improving the train journey between Bru
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You’re hired
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by philshem 5y ago
SPAC is Special-purpose Acquisition Company. From wikipedia, > ... a shell corporation listed on a stock exchange with the purpose of acquiring a private company, thus making it public without going through the traditional initial public
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The Pied Piper of SPACs(newyorker.com)
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We are primates, after all.
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yes, I've replied the same below. Now I've flagged myself (via email) hoping the mods can take the post down. I hate to be involved in misinformation.
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by philshem 5y ago
Can no longer edit, but might be a fake parody interview from the Paris Review. Sorry. https://twitter.com/buckwilson/status/1397930890446229504 https://twitter.com/AviTheNaftali/status/1
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TIL, the stomach-ache scene was forced by the publisher… https://twitter.com/unfortunatalie/status/139787073540681728...
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Historically, bike lanes were added to move the bikes off the road in order to keep the car traffic flowing. They have had nothing to do with cyclist or pedestrian safety. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cyclin
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Every (US) cyclist who was killed by a driver in 2020(outsideonline.com)
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Now I'm getting ads for my mom’s toothpaste brand(twitter.com)
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for developers: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/ all categories: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/contribute/ unsure how you can help? https://whatcanidoformozilla.org
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If anyone reads this later, ST4 is now the downloadable from Homebrew

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