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Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water RecyclingSan Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in an era of increasing water scarcity. Yale E360 3,000 words Rated 2023-6-20 7:12am
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Moneyball Broke BaseballBut now the whiz kids who nearly ruined the national pastime have returned to save it. #New York 2023-6-6 4:00am The Atlantic Mark Leibovich ($) 8,000 words Rated 2023-6-19 11:34pm
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The Instant Pot Failed Because It Was a Good ProductA one-hit wonder is never enough. #United States 2023-6-14 3:30pm The Atlantic Amanda Mull ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-16 10:21pm
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Laundry Pods Are Bad. Laundry Sheets Aren’t Any Better.Laundry and dishwasher pods are encased in toxic plastic. Save money and go easier on the planet with these sustainable laundry tips. #Sustainability 2023-6-14 4:42am Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-14 5:56am
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Rewriting the Ruby parserAt Shopify, we have spent the last year writing a new Ruby parser, which we’ve called YARP (Yet Another Ruby Parser). As of the date of this post, YARP can parse a semantically equivalent syntax tree to Ruby 3.3 on every Ruby file in Shopify’s main codebase, GitHub’s main codebase, CRuby, and the 100 most popular gems downloaded from rubygems.org. We recently got approval to merge this work into CRuby, and are very excited to share our work with the community. This post will take you through... 2023-6-11 5:00pm Rails at Scale 5,000 words Rated 2023-6-13 4:37pm
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Lessons From a Renters’ UtopiaWorldwide, housing has become a nightmare of expense and speculation. What did Vienna do right? #Housing #Real Estate 2023-5-23 1:20am The New York Times Francesca Mari, Luca Locatelli ($) 7,000 words Rated 2023-6-13 11:07am
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'Anti-dopamine parenting' can curb a kid's craving for screens or sweetsDopamine is a part of our brain's survival mechanism. It is also part of why sugary foods and social media hook kids. The latest neuroscience can help parents help their kids manage behavior. #Dopamine #Parenting 2023-6-12 2:00am NPR Michaeleen Doucleff 3,000 words Rated 2023-6-13 10:59am
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Pluto should be our ninth planet. A planetary scientist explains whyAstronomers believe they’re closing in on the so-called Planet Nine, but planetary scientist Paul Byrne argues our official definition of what is and isn’t a planet is in need of a long-overdue shake up. 2023-6-11 11:40pm BBC Science Focus Magazine Paul Byrne 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-13 10:52am
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Shot at, electrocuted, exhausted, exhilarated: What it’s like to kayak from Tulare Lake to San Francisco BayWith torrents of snowmelt flowing through California, two men kayaked an improbable 200-mile route from Tulare Lake to San Francisco Bay. #Los Angeles 2023-6-10 4:00am San Francisco Chronicle Gregory Thomas 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-10 8:46am
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Harvey Karp Knows How to Make Babies HappyThe pediatrician and best-selling author on the perils of excessive individualism, the moralization of baby sleep, and why when it comes to newborns he’s “a little bit like a priest.” #Babies #Interview #Parenting 2023-4-9 12:25pm The New Yorker Helen Rosner 7,000 words Rated 2023-6-9 4:54pm
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Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological DeficitsSmall plastic particulates can induce inflammatory responses in the gut and brain, but removing them reverses this damage. #Nanoplastics The Scientist Magazine 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-8 7:40am
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Faster sorting algorithms discovered using deep reinforcement learningFundamental algorithms such as sorting or hashing are used trillions of times on any given day1. As demand for computation grows, it has become critical for these algorithms to be as performant as possible. Whereas remarkable progress has been achieved in the past2, making further improvements on the efficiency of these routines has proved challenging for both human scientists and computational approaches. Here we show how artificial intelligence can go beyond the current state of the art by... 2023-6-7 12:00am Nature Mankowitz, Daniel J., Michi, Andrea, Zhernov, Anton, Gelmi, Marco, ... 10,000 words Rated 2023-6-7 11:48pm
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The growing pains of database architectureHow the Figma infrastructure team reduced potential instability by scaling to multiple databases Figma 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-7 5:13am
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Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?Track ballast is the name for the crushed stones next to railway tracks. They are used by Railway Track Designers for numerous reasons 2022-2-18 7:39pm Alpha Rail 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-4 7:27am
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Things I Won't Work With: HexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitaneScience Advances 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-4 7:19am
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The Biden administration’s recent regulatory review and analysis changesRaso argues the Biden administration's recent regulatory review and analysis changes have a basis in recent academic research and the rulemaking process would be updated to make better use of recent technological developments. 2023-5-18 5:50am Brookings Connor Raso 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-4 7:15am
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It Will Cost Up to $21.5 Billion to Clean Up California’s Oil Sites. The Industry Won’t Make Enough Money to Pay for It.An expert used California regulators’ methodology to estimate the cost of cleaning up the state’s onshore oil and gas industry. The study found that cleanup costs will be triple the industry’s projected profits. 2023-5-18 3:00am ProPublica Mark Olalde 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-3 9:02pm
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The Last Days of Berlin's Gas StreetlampsLooking at the German city in a different light. #City #Climate Change #Design #History #Politics 2023-6-1 7:00am Atlas Obscura Alex Rennie 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-1 11:45pm
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California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next?From reparations to tax revolts, the Golden State tries out new ideas all the time. What roads will its latest experiments send us down? #Artificial Intelligence #California #Immigration #Politics 2023-5-30 1:55am The New York Times Laila Lalami ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-30 9:15am
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How to Hire a Pop Star for Your Private PartyFor the very rich, even the world’s biggest performers—Beyoncé, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Andrea Bocelli—are available, at a price, Evan Osnos writes. 2023-5-29 3:00am The New Yorker Evan Osnos 8,000 words Rated 2023-5-30 8:55am
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US elections 2024: Who is the Republican contender Ron DeSantis?A look at rise of Florida governor, who is seen as Trump’s most serious challenger for party’s presidential nomination. #Donald Trump #Elections #Government #Joe Biden #United States 2023-5-24 2:09pm Al Jazeera Ali Harb 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-29 11:56am
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Watching Paint DryThe unexpectedly interesting story of car coatings and what they tell us about the modern world 2023-2-3 5:05am Material World Ed Conway 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-27 12:36pm
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Microbes may play a key role in unleashing 'forever chemicals' from recycled-waste fertilizer"Forever chemicals" are everywhere—water, soil, crops, animals, the blood of 97% of Americans—researchers from Drexel University's College of Engineering are trying to figure out how they got there. Their recent findings suggest that the microbes that help break down biodegradable materials and other waste are likely complicit in the release of the notorious per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into the environment. 2023-2-15 12:09pm Phys.org Science X 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-24 10:41am
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Where Living With Friends Is Still Technically IllegalAcross America, some places still outlaw living with people who aren’t your relatives. #Domestic Violence #Family #High School #Law #New Hampshire 2023-5-22 4:00am The Atlantic Michael Waters ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-22 2:23pm
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Load BalancingA bottom-up, animated guide to HTTP load balancing algorithms. samwho.dev 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-22 9:49am
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Memory AllocationA visual introduction to memory allocation. samwho.dev 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-22 9:29am
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Opinion | The model city for transforming downtowns? It’s in Canada.It was in danger of becoming the next Detroit. Instead, Calgary became a shining example. 2023-5-18 7:56am The Washington Post Editorial Board ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-21 5:03pm
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Anti-Fascist. Armed to the TeethHateful rhetoric is leading to armed protests from the far right. But now, they’re not the only ones with weapons 2023-5-18 6:00am Rolling Stone Jack Crosbie 200 words Rated 2023-5-20 12:01pm
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Did Scientists Accidentally Invent an Anti-addiction Drug?People taking Ozempic for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting. #Drugs 2023-5-19 7:37am The Atlantic Sarah Zhang ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-19 4:53pm
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Writing Is My Main Freedom. One Day My Work Disappeared.A software change in my prison-issued electronic tablet ate up my drafts and eliminated basic writing tools. That may sound minor, but try sending a poem to your kid without line breaks. #Michigan 2021-12-16 7:00pm The Marshall Project Demetrius Buckley 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-19 11:44am
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How to Quit CarsAdam Gopnik reviews “Carmageddon,” by Daniel Knowles, and “Paved Paradise,” by Henry Grabar, and considers the shortsighted history of transportation and the possibilities for its future. #Books 2023-5-15 3:00am The New Yorker Adam Gopnik 4,000 words Rated 2023-5-19 7:28am
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The Regenerating Power of Big Basin’s RedwoodsThe Regenerating Power of Big Basin’s Redwoods By Gayil Nalls Sign up for our monthly newsletter! Up in the Santa Cruz Mountains on the former homelands of the Cotoni and Quiroste tribes sits the oldest state park in California, Big Basin Redwoods State Park. It was formed in 1902 after long, exhausting efforts to preserve... 2023-4-21 12:52pm World Sensorium / Conservancy 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-17 11:15am
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Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s diseaseCommon environmental contaminant increased rate of neurodegenerative affliction in one population by 70% Science Advances 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-16 10:02am
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The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. TreasuryHow a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam #High School 2023-5-8 4:00am The Atlantic Ariel Sabar 9,000 words Rated 2023-5-16 1:06am
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Why Did the Obamas Fail to Take On Corporate Agriculture?Activists hoped President Obama would fight for stronger regulation. Eight years later, they’re still waiting. #Agriculture #Barack Obama #Fast Food #Food & drink 2016-10-5 1:55am The New York Times Michael Pollan ($) 6,000 words Rated 2023-5-15 10:27pm
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Shenzhen Tech Girl Naomi Wu: My experience with Sarah Jeong, Jason Koebler, and Vice MagazineTranslator and proofreader’s note: There are large parts of this document that don’t parse well either from Chinese or from Naomi’s written English into more fluent English. In trying to do so, some… 2018-8-5 6:56pm Medium Naomi 'SexyCyborg' Wu 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-15 7:22am
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Our crazy farm subsidies, explainedThe US offers farm subsidies pretty heavily for some crops, but what began as a temporary measure gradually became more permanent. #Technology 2015-4-20 2:00am Grist Amelia Urry 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-14 10:58pm
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The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigsThe justices just did something very unusual: They didn’t try to make themselves even more powerful. #Politics #Supreme Court 2023-5-11 10:55am Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-11 10:59pm
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The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”Rated 2023-5-11 10:16pm
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These Intimate Photos Capture a Family Farm’s Bittersweet Final YearsPhotographer Ellen Harasimowicz has chronicled New England’s Willard Farm in its final harvests #Agriculture #Arts & Culture #Farming #Photography 2023-5-9 5:00am Smithsonian Magazine Jeff Campagna 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-9 10:27pm
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We’ve Had a Cheaper, More Potent Ozempic Alternative for DecadesNew weight-loss drugs are getting all the hype, but bariatric surgery is still the “gold standard” for treating obesity. #Individual People #Obesity #Surgery 2023-4-25 2:21pm The Atlantic Yasmin Tayag ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-9 7:29am
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9 Ways to Imagine Jeff Bezos’ Wealth (Published 2022)A fortune of $172 billion is almost impossible to fathom. For the magazine’s Money Issue, the artist Mona Chalabi came up with some extremely original comparisons. 2022-4-7 6:21am The New York Times Mona Chalabi ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-5-8 9:04pm
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15 Minute Cities15 Minute Cities datasecretslox.com 45,000 words Rated 2023-5-7 12:23pm
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I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthroughBill Gates writes about visiting Kemmerer, Wyoming, the future site of the fourth-generation Natrium nuclear power plant being designed by TerraPower. #Nuclear power 2023-5-5 4:00am gatesnotes.com Bill Gates 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-6 7:43am
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A few words on Ruby's type annotations state...that were written in a military training camp and accidentally grew to 5k words zverok.space 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-5 2:45pm
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Why has nuclear power been a flop?Nuclear is expensive, but it should be cheap #Nuclear power 2021-4-16 2:18am The Roots of Progress 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-5 2:06pm
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Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill... 2023-4-11 5:08pm Astral Codex Ten Scott Alexander 60,000 words Rated 2023-5-5 1:38pm
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Income and emotional well-being: A conflict resolvedDo larger incomes make people happier? Two authors of the present paper have published contradictory answers. Using dichotomous questions about the... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-4 11:56pm
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United States of AmericaThis is Earth.Org's profile of the climate change vulnerabilities, updated emissions pledges and environmental policies by sector of the United States. Earth.Org 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-4 11:27pm
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The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet, explainedThe UK’s long-delayed Online Safety Bill is expected to become law this year, representing a massive change for how the internet is regulated in the country. 2023-5-4 12:00am The Verge Jon Porter 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-4 7:12pm
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