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In the Rockets’ Red Glare, by Rachel KushnerThe past and future of hot-rodding in America #California #Donald Trump #Religion 2024-10-23T10:05:45-0700 Harper's Magazine 200 words Rated 2024-11-30T15:00:30-0800 - sethherr |
M.I.T. Aluminum Bicycle Project 19741974 MIT Aluminum Bicycle Project, we describe some of Marc’s design, the frames he and Harriet built in Shawn Buckleys IAP course, and how these played a role in the Klein vs. Cannondale patent litigation in the mid-1980s. sheldonbrown.com 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-27T19:05:45-0800 - sethherr |
The AI Reporter That Took My Old Job Just Got FiredA local newspaper in Hawaii experimented with AI-generated presenters to engage and boost its readership. After two months, the bots have been shelved. #Artificial Intelligence #Business #Media 2024-11-21T02:00:00-0800 WIRED Guthrie Scrimgeour 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-26T16:29:42-0800 - sethherr |
Donald Trump Has NOT Won a Majority of the Votes Cast for PresidentDonald Trump’s popular vote total has fallen below 50 percent, and his margin over Kamala Harris has narrowed considerably as all the votes are counted. 2024-11-19T07:17:53-0800 The Nation John Nichols ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-24T17:59:53-0800 - sethherr |
Why Americans Are Obsessed With Poor PostureA recent history of the 20th-century movement to fix slouching questions the moral and political dimensions of addressing bad backs over wider public health concerns. 2024-11-20T02:00:00-0800 The Nation Zoe Adams ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-11-24T17:58:20-0800 - sethherr |
FBI raids home of Polymarket CEO Shayne CoplanThe prediction market gained mainstream attention during the recent presidential election. 2024-11-13T13:02:08-0800 Axios Dan Primack 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-20T20:17:44-0800 - sethherr |
Maybe Bluesky has “won”November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky. I’ve seen a bunch of takes about this recently, but I keep seeing things I disagree with. I figure that’s a good enough excuse to write more about this weird-assed social network. 2024-11-15T11:36:51-0800 Gavin Anderegg 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-15T19:38:56-0800 - sethherr |
The Anti-Fluoride Movement Vaults Into the MainstreamWith the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, a formerly fringe opinion suddenly gets wide attention. #Cold War #Long Island #Water 2024-11-15T00:00:24-0800 The New York Times Joseph Goldstein ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-15T05:22:24-0800 - sethherr |
Something weird is happening with LLMs and chessare they good or bad? 2024-11-13T16:00:00-0800 DYNOMIGHT dynomight 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-15T00:42:06-0800 - sethherr |
New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, researchers confirm“Inactivity reboot" effectively puts iPhones in a more secure state by locking the user's encryption keys in the iPhone's secure enclave chip. #Apple #Law Enforcement #Privacy 2024-11-14T09:13:31-0800 TechCrunch Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-15T00:31:37-0800 - sethherr |
RHRV Quick Start Tutorialcran.r-project.org RHRV Team 3,000 words Rated 2024-11-13T08:30:37-0800 - sethherr |
Sleep stage detection using only heart rateGetting enough quality sleep plays a vital role in protecting our mental health, physical health, and quality of life. Sleep deprivation can make it difficult to concentrate on daily activities, and lower sleep quality is associated with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia. The amount of … PubMed 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-13T08:30:08-0800 - sethherr |
Meta’s Broken PromisesThe 51-page report, “Meta’s Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook,” documents a pattern of undue removal and suppression of protected speech including peaceful expression in support of Palestine and public debate about Palestinian human rights. Human Rights Watch found that the problem stems from flawed Meta policies and their inconsistent and erroneous implementation, overreliance on automated tools to moderate content, and undue government... 2023-12-21T18:30:08-0800 Human Rights Watch 15,000 words Rated 2024-11-13T08:17:50-0800 - sethherr |
No, intelligence is not like height... and the reason is one of the most interesting findings from modern behavioral genetics 2024-08-26T14:05:53-0700 The Infinitesimal Sasha Gusev 4,000 words Rated 2024-11-12T12:39:45-0800 - sethherr |
When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study showsExercise can have benefits at the level of neurons, through chemical and mechanical effects, MIT researchers find. The discovery could inform exercise-related therapies for repairing damaged and deteriorating nerves. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-12T11:32:17-0800 - sethherr |
How I ship projects at big tech companiesWhat I think about when I'm lead engineer on a project seangoedecke.com 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-12T06:46:26-0800 - sethherr |
Ambulance hits Oregon cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then sticks him with $1,800 bill, lawsuit saysRated 2024-11-07T19:26:46-0800 - sethherr |
How to match Hashes in RSpec like a pro | Timur's BlogA cool undocumented feature that allows using matchers in hashes. 2022-09-21T17:00:00-0700 Timur Nugmanov 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-07T14:36:59-0800 - sethherr |
From prison companies to Tesla: These stocks are soaring off the Trump victoryFormer President Donald Trump’s projected return to the White House is making many shareholders of publicly traded companies richer by the second. 2024-11-06T12:34:30-0800 lite.cnn.com Elisabeth Buchwald ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-06T15:06:44-0800 - sethherr |
Hacker Fab Documentation | Hacker Fabthe first open-source semiconductor fab. docs.hackerfab.org 500 words Rated 2024-11-05T17:54:44-0800 - sethherr |
Forest Service Halts Prescribed Burns in California. Is It Worth the Risk? | KQEDPausing the beneficial burns to keep crews available for wildfires merely delays and exacerbates fire risk to communities, critics say. 2024-10-24T15:28:46-0700 kqed.org Danielle Venton 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-05T06:13:17-0800 - sethherr |
US Forest Service Decision to Halt Prescribed Burns in California is History RepeatingExploring the consequences of ending prescribed burns in California. Discover the importance of understanding the state's forest management practices. 2024-10-28T13:19:53-0700 Center for Economic and Policy Research CEPR 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-05T06:09:08-0800 - sethherr |
The Tight-Knit World of Kamala Harris’s College SororityHow are members of A.K.A.—which Harris joined at Howard University—responding to their most famous sister’s Presidential campaign against Donald Trump? Jazmine Hughes reports. 2024-10-21T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jazmine Hughes 6,000 words Rated 2024-11-03T19:57:14-0800 - sethherr |
Mark Zuckerberg is driving frenzy for ultra-expensive watchesWake up, babe, a new watch influencer just dropped. The swagged-out Zuck 2.0 has better hair, a hype beast wardrobe, and a multimillion-dollar watch collection that has fans and experts drooling with envy. #Fashion #Mark Zuckerberg #Silicon Valley 2024-10-16T06:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Rya Jetha 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-02T13:42:04-0700 - sethherr |
There is no such thing as a global method (in Ruby)What Ruby’s top-level methods actually are, who they belong to and how they are namespaced. zverok.space 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-31T20:07:37-0700 - sethherr |
Democratising publishingThoughts on open source governance, non-profit organisations, and how to create trust within technology and media. 2024-10-30T06:00:21-0700 John O'Nolan 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-31T15:59:23-0700 - sethherr |
How to Render CSS Dynamically in RailsRails is not just for HTML over the wire. This post demonstrates how and why you might use Rails for delivering CSS on the fly too. Joy of Rails 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-31T15:25:07-0700 - sethherr |
delroth's homepage - One weird trick to get the whole planet to send abuse complaints to your best friend(s)Rated 2024-10-30T18:31:33-0700 - sethherr |
Hi Google, please stop 💩 the bed: a desperate plea from the independent web.Served with humor, as I cry into my goldfish bowl of boxed Chardonnay. 2024-10-28T09:51:44-0700 Building Shepherd.com Ben Fox 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-30T16:44:07-0700 - sethherr |
Physiology Friday #241: How Caffeine Dose and Timing Affect Our Sleep PhysiologyThat afternoon coffee is subtly changing your brain overnight—even if you can’t detect it. 2024-10-25T05:10:35-0700 Physiologically Speaking Brady Holmer 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-30T16:07:52-0700 - sethherr |
Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone | SSOReadyTimezones are weird. But only finitely so. Here's the exact conceptual model you should have of them. ssoready.com 3,000 words Rated 2024-10-30T07:14:55-0700 - sethherr |
2024-10-26 buy payphones and retireComputers Are Bad 3,000 words Rated 2024-10-29T07:19:41-0700 - sethherr |
A return to hand-written notes by learning to read & writeresearch.google 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-28T21:24:35-0700 - sethherr |
For the strongest disc golf throws, it’s all in the thumbsAmateur players got the best results by placing thumbs about 3 centimeters from the outer edge. 2024-10-23T14:15:15-0700 Ars Technica Jennifer Ouellette 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-28T17:28:38-0700 - sethherr |
Michelin Will Announce Chicago, D.C., and New York Stars in December - Eater ChicagoRated 2024-10-28T09:04:22-0700 - sethherr |
Regenerative farming practices require unlearning past adviceEarly on a cool September morning, farmer Josh Payne tends to his flock in Concordia, just east of Kansas City, Missouri. As Payne opens the gate, about a thousand sheep round the corner and bound into fresh grass. The pasture the flock grazes was once corn and soybeans, along with the rest of the Payne ... 2024-10-11T08:31:57-0700 Investigate Midwest Lauren Cross 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-26T06:19:38-0700 - sethherr |
Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's hauntedIn mid-2022 I bought a new domain name. 2024-10-24T17:00:00-0700 Bryan Braun - Frontend Developer 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-25T21:39:40-0700 - sethherr |
Humans Are Evolving Right Before Our Eyes on The Tibetan Plateau"This is a case of ongoing natural selection." 2024-10-21T12:00:47-0700 ScienceAlert Michelle Starr 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-25T08:37:11-0700 - sethherr |
Everything I built with Claude Artifacts this weekI’m a huge fan of Claude’s Artifacts feature, which lets you prompt Claude to create an interactive Single Page App (using HTML, CSS and JavaScript) and then view the result … simonwillison.net 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-23T22:44:54-0700 - sethherr |
The Trials of Daniel PennyThe white student who killed a black homeless man on the subway last year is either a killer or Good Samaritan, depending on who you ask. Finally, a jury will decide. 2024-10-20T15:14:04-0700 The Free Press Olivia Reingold 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-22T06:04:03-0700 - sethherr |
Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964)In William Faulkner’s 1938 novel The Unvanquished, the implacable Colonel Sartoris takes drastic action to stop the election of a black Republican candidate to office after the Civil War, destroying the ballots of black voters and shooting two Northern carpetbaggers. Open Culture, openculture.com 2024-10-21T00:21:20-0700 Openculture.com OC 500 words Rated 2024-10-21T18:22:31-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | Fatherhood Transforms Men’s Brains and BodiesRated 2024-10-21T15:24:18-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | School closures suck. But they’re necessary, and opposing them is wrongShould San Francisco families really be asked to give up on their small community schools for the sake of the public good? Yes, they should. #Education and schools 2024-10-16T10:29:20-0700 The San Francisco Standard Catharine Burhenne 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-20T22:01:12-0700 - sethherr |
What if Kurt Vonnegut’s lost board game had actually been published in the 1950s?It could have been a contemporary of Risk, Diplomacy, and other legendary wargames #Gaming 2024-10-18T07:00:00-0700 Polygon Charlie Hall 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-20T18:04:54-0700 - sethherr |
Doctor Fukushi Masaichi And The Art Of Preserving Tattooed SkinTattoos have different meanings across cultures, ranging from sacred symbols to marks of rebellion. In Japan, tattoos are part of a broader subculture called irezumi, an intricate form of body art with its own set of unique designs, imagery, and symbolism. These elaborate tattoos often cover large parts of the body, with some resulting in full “bodysuits,” a tradition that is frequently linked with the yakuza—Japan’s organised crime syndicates.But while many viewed irezumi as a criminal mark or 2024-10-16T12:17:10-0700 DannyDutch dthholland 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-18T22:13:45-0700 - sethherr |
Why birds do not fall while sleepingThe only permanent bipeds of the animal kingdom alongside humans, birds have an extraordinary sense of balance. How do these direct descendants of the dinosaurs maintain this stability, especially when sleeping? Scientists recently succeeded in solving the mystery. CNRS News 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-17T07:34:46-0700 - sethherr |
Reflections on PalantirA retrospective of an eight-year stint. 2024-10-15T12:19:09-0700 Nabeel S. Qureshi 6,000 words Rated 2024-10-16T17:09:31-0700 - sethherr |
Did Sandia use a thermonuclear secondary in a product logo? | Restricted DataRated 2024-10-14T21:09:51-0700 - sethherr |
Cargo airships are happeningI got something wrong; introducing Airship Industries 2024-10-14T06:02:54-0700 Eli Dourado 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-14T19:58:29-0700 - sethherr |
Amid crisis, California’s last drug incineration plant is set to closeNobody knows what law enforcement agencies will do with the evidence they seize when the facility shuts down. "We will eventually run out of space," one Bay Area official said. #Crime #Fentanyl #Police 2024-10-13T07:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Max Harrison-Caldwell 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-13T20:51:19-0700 - sethherr |