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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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Four supply chain experts on the challenges of manufacturing in the US—and the tactics to turn to insteadThe daily email newsletter covering the latest news from Wall St. to Silicon Valley. Informative, witty, and everything you need to start your day. 2022-8-16 8:03am Morning Brew Erin Cabrey, Maeve Allsup 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-11 6:24pm
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The Stupidity of "Buy American"The case against economic protectionism 2011-11-3 4:00am Reason Magazine John Stossel 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-9 7:06pm
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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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Made in AmericaIn its special report #Buy American #Cars #Money Consumer Reports 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-8 8:00am
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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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How ‘Buy American’ provisions hurt AmericaThese types of rules were costly in the 20th century, but they are self-evidently backwards in the 21st. #Buy American 2023-6-6 12:00pm The Hill Scott Wallsten, opinion contributor 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-7 6:51pm
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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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The Talk: Accused of PlagiarismIn an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Talk,” Darrin Bell illustrates a conversation with a professor at U.C. Berkeley who accused him, without evidence, of plagiarism. #College 2023-6-3 3:00am The New Yorker Darrin Bell 200 words Rated 2023-6-4 7:23am
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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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Undoing bikeshare’s original sinBikeshare has been a godsend. Why not subsidize it? 2023-4-18 12:00am Fast Company Aimee Rawlins 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-30 7:54pm
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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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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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How Tokyo Became an Anti-Car ParadiseThe world’s biggest, most functional city might also be the most pedestrian-friendly. That’s not a coincidence. 2023-4-11 4:45am Heatmap News Daniel Knowles 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-22 11:39pm
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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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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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Silicon Valley’s Civil WarTech’s leadership is splitting into two elites—and the battle between them will shape America’s future 2023-5-14 6:30pm Tablet Magazine Nadia Asparouhova 4,000 words Rated 2023-5-20 11:38am
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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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The Driver’s SeatAdam Gopnik reached middle age and still didn’t know how to drive. How hard could it be? 2015-1-25 4:00pm The New Yorker Adam Gopnik 6,000 words Rated 2023-5-19 11:38am
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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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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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Into Thin AirPods | DefectorI’d like the record to show that I resisted getting AirPods for a long time. Within weeks of their 2016 release, I began spotting them (to my semi-surprise, considering their price) in the ear canals of lots of people on public transit–a reliable barometer of how popular a new tech product will turn out to ... 2023-5-8 10:16am defector.com 4,000 words Rated 2023-5-13 6:30am
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Taco Bell’s Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food WarsAntonia Hitchens writes about how the chain outdid Burger King’s Bacon Sundae, Pizza Hut’s hot-dog-stuffed crust, and KFC’s fried-chicken-flavored nail polish. 2023-4-17 3:00am The New Yorker Antonia Hitchens 5,000 words Rated 2023-5-12 10:14pm
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The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”Rated 2023-5-11 10:16pm
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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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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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Marketing Malpractice: The Cause and the CureMarketing executives focus too much on ever-narrower demographic segments and ever-more-trivial product extensions. They should find out, instead, what jobs consumers need to get done. Those jobs will point the way to purposeful products—and genuine innovation. 2005-11-30 9:00pm Harvard Business Review 6,000 words Rated 2023-5-3 4:35pm
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When Private Equity Firms Bankrupt Their Own CompaniesPrivate equity firms can succeed when their companies, customers, and employees fail. It’s a broken system. 2023-5-1 4:00am The Atlantic Brendan Ballou ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-2 11:35pm
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Would you live next to co-workers for the right price? This company is betting yesBusinesses like Cook Medical in Indiana say the housing shortage makes it harder to recruit and keep middle-income workers. Now, more companies are building places for employees to rent or even buy. 2023-5-2 2:20am NPR Jennifer Ludden, Marisa Peñaloza 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-2 4:13pm
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The Future of FertilityEmily Witt on the biotech startups seeking to change human reproduction. 2023-4-17 3:00am The New Yorker Emily Witt 6,000 words Rated 2023-5-2 10:22am
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Big Tech Sees Like a StatePlus! Pirate’s Treasure, Redux; Takedowns; Antitrust and Laggy Beliefs; Money, The High-Order Bit; More... 2020-11-6 8:32am The Diff Byrne Hobart 4,000 words Rated 2023-5-1 10:45pm
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How Much Can Duolingo Teach Us?Carina Chocano on the company’s founder, Luis von Ahn, who believes that artificial intelligence is going to make computers better teachers than humans. 2023-4-17 3:00am The New Yorker Carina Chocano 6,000 words Rated 2023-4-30 10:45pm
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It's Not Intelligent If It Always Halts: A Critical Perspective on Current Approaches to AGIIntelligence requires the ability to explore "trains of thought" that are potentially never-ending. Most current approaches fail at this. 2023-4-5 9:06pm Life Is Computation 4,000 words Rated 2023-4-30 10:09pm
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Small modular reactors produce high levels of nuclear wasteSmall modular reactors, long touted as the future of nuclear energy, will actually generate more radioactive waste than conventional nuclear power plants, according to research from Stanford and the University of British Columbia. #Climate Change #Infrastructure 2022-5-30 12:00pm Stanford News Stanford University 1,000 words Rated 2023-4-30 8:05am
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The Internet Is Just Investment Banking NowThe internet has always financialized our lives. Web3 just makes that explicit. 2022-2-4 8:19am The Atlantic Ian Bogost ($) 6,000 words Rated 2023-4-30 7:21am
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