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Bike-mounted sensor could boost the mapping of safe cycling routesStudies have shown that many people don't commute by bike due mainly to a fear of being hit by cars. A new bike-mounted proximity sensor has been designed to help such folks, by objectively telling them which streets are the safest for cyclists. 2025-05-12T10:23:03-0700 New Atlas https://newatlas.com/author/ben-coxworth/ 1,000 words Rated 2025-05-17T19:29:23-0700 - sethherr
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The Fall of RoamI don’t use Roam anymore. Why? 2022-02-12T00:00:00-0800 every.to Dan Shipper 3,000 words Rated 2025-05-18T18:06:35-0700 - sethherr
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Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once Deemed a ‘Hoax’Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, potentially revealing what a culture values 2025-05-09T06:00:00-0700 Scientific American Cody Cottier ($) 1,000 words Rated 2025-05-20T08:42:44-0700 - sethherr
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How do you find the positive integer solutions to \frac{x}{y+z}+ \frac{y}{z+x}+\frac{z}{x+y} = 4?Answer by Alon Amit (אלון עמית), PhD in Mathematics; Mathcircler. Quora 4,000 words Rated 2025-05-20T10:11:21-0700 - sethherr
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how to cheat at settlers by loading the diceizbicki.me 3,000 words Rated 2025-05-22T12:21:54-0700 - sethherr
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After 20 Years, the Globally Optimal Boggle Boarddanvk.org Dan Vanderkam 2,000 words Rated 2025-05-26T07:28:41-0700 - sethherr
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Salsa Cutthroat Build - Brakes - 180mm flat-mount - Hike Bike CakeDuring the Salsa Cutthroat build we discover its unique design for the front brake mount - a flat-mount caliper that is able to take a 180mm rotor. 2020-04-23T16:18:29-0700 HikeBikeCake kaitatari.com 1,000 words Rated 2025-05-27T17:23:39-0700 - sethherr
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Probe lenses and focus stacking: the secrets to incredible photos taken inside instrumentsPhotographer Charles Brooks embarked upon a quest to photograph the inside of musical instruments, creating images that look like monumental buildings. 2025-05-22T17:00:00-0700 DPReview Abby Ferguson 2,000 words Rated 2025-05-31T06:07:23-0700 - sethherr
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Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted To KnowRated 2025-06-01T11:03:14-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | Christo Grozev Is the Man Putin Couldn’t KillPutin had Christo Grozev in his sights. Grozev was way ahead of him. #Assassination #Austria #Crime #New York City #Plane Crash 2025-06-02T02:01:30-0700 The New York Times M. Gessen ($) 6,000 words Rated 2025-06-02T16:02:01-0700 - sethherr
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My AI Skeptic Friends Are All NutsMy smartest friends have bananas arguments about LLM coding. Fly 3,000 words Rated 2025-06-02T16:13:47-0700 - sethherr
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Direct File on GitHubPersonal blog of Chris Given, government technologist. These words are always written by a human; I have no one to blame but myself. chrisgiven.com 500 words Rated 2025-06-04T16:51:18-0700 - sethherr
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Claude’s System Prompt Changes Reveal Anthropic’s PrioritiesReviewing the few changes in the Claude 4.0 system prompts, we get a sense for how system prompts program chatbot applications. 2025-06-03T13:04:00-0700 Drew Breunig 1,000 words Rated 2025-06-04T20:28:54-0700 - sethherr
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The Men Who Fix Manhattan's Symbolic Shabbat BoundariesEvery Thursday and Friday morning, Rabbi Moshe Tauber leaves his home in Rockland County, New York, at about 3:30 a.m. He arrives in Manhattan an hour later... #Border #Law #Religion 2017-10-16T15:07:00-0700 Atlas Obscura Michael Inscoe 2,000 words Rated 2025-06-08T19:55:13-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | The Problems Democrats Don’t Like to SeeThe Democratic future isn’t going to look like the Democratic past. #Books #California #Chicago #Housing #Real Estate #Texas #US Politics 2025-06-08T03:00:12-0700 The New York Times Ezra Klein ($) 3,000 words Rated 2025-06-10T20:18:44-0700 - sethherr
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Don't Panic, but Douglas Adams Predicted All of ThisHow the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy foresaw AI chatbots, voice assistants, and irritating kitchen appliances decades before anyone else 2025-06-07T04:55:12-0700 My Blameless Life Kris St.Gabriel 3,000 words Rated 2025-06-10T20:57:05-0700 - sethherr
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Air-dried vs. Kiln-dried WoodAre they different to saw, chisel and plane? Does it matter? 2025-06-08T03:00:53-0700 The American Peasant Christopher Schwarz, Kara Gebhart Uhl ($) 6,000 words Rated 2025-06-12T07:47:50-0700 - sethherr
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The unions are (finally) coming for big techAfter decades of taking a back seat, the rise of AI, layoffs, and industry-wide burnout has led to a call for more prominent tech unions. 2025-06-05T02:16:39-0700 LeadDev Kelli Korducki 1,000 words Rated 2025-06-15T18:36:07-0700 - sethherr
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Call it Blue TapeDown with anti-government sentiment in blue states // Interstate praise of the federal system 2025-03-30T15:16:23-0700 Maximum New York Daniel Golliher 2,000 words Rated 2025-06-16T19:26:03-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | The Problem With Everything-Bagel LiberalismRated 2025-06-16T19:39:41-0700 - sethherr
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How I'm Voting for Mayor in NYC's Democratic Primary1. Tilson // 2. Myrie // 3. Adams // 4. Lander* // 5. Cuomo // (X) Not Mamdani 2025-06-16T10:19:50-0700 Maximum New York Daniel Golliher 5,000 words Rated 2025-06-16T19:42:36-0700 - sethherr
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Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing Test of Experimental Reusable Rocket | Honda Global Corporate WebsiteHonda Global | Honda R26 D Co., Ltd., a research and development subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., today conducted a launch and landing test of an experimental reusable rocket*1 (6.3 m in length, 85 cm in diameter, 900 kg dry weight2f 1,312 kg wet weight) developed independently by Honda. The test was completed successfully, the first time Honda landed a rocket after reaching an altitude of nearly 300 meters. 2025-06-17T03:30:00-0700 Honda Motor Co.,Ltd. 1,000 words Rated 2025-06-18T07:31:03-0700 - sethherr
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New Terms of Service IP clause cannot be terminated or revoked, not even by deleting content · Issue #35086 · mastodon/mastodonSummary Since it first opened, mastodon.social has operated without any sort of explicit IP grant from the users to the service, which is unusual for a social networking service. Today Mastodon announced effective July 1 there will be a ... 2025-06-17T15:40:04-0700 GitHub mcclure 3,000 words Rated 2025-06-18T21:39:09-0700 - sethherr
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Guess I’m A Rationalist NowA week ago I attended LessOnline, a rationalist blogging conference featuring many people I've known for years---Scott Alexander, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Zvi Mowshowitz, Sarah Constantin, Carl Feynman---as well as people I've known only online and was delighted to meet in person, like Joe Carlsmith and Jacob Falkovich and Daniel Reeves. The conference was at Lighthaven, a… 2025-06-09T18:02:03-0700 Shtetl-Optimized 10,000 words Rated 2025-06-20T07:12:21-0700 - sethherr
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