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I've long been a fan of the em dash—one of the first things I did when I migrated back from OSX to Windows was to set up an AutoHotKey function to map + to an em dash.

This reminds me of Teilhard de Chardin's take on complexification, as laid out in his seminal book Le Phénomène humain . See e.g., this article[0] for a simple overview of the hypo…

For what it's worth, I agree with you and feel those examples are indeed emblematic of our current economic mode. The "alternative" you envision is premised on shifting power back …

To say the quiet part out loud: your body's center of mass is located near your belly button. [0] You maintain balance through a combination of your vision, vestibular system, and …

I would also suggest https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd for hotkeys; it also pairs well with an associated project for window tiling and management: https://github.com/koekeishiya…

Indeed, why not? ;) There may yet be something to Teilhard de Chardin's take on the Noosphere which exists in a matrix of consciousness that spans planets, solar systems, galaxies,…

https://youtu.be/Oadf4KNYz-I

I encourage you to consider an alternative perspective, in which grocery stores intentionally restrict availability of food in order to artificially maintain high profits and exter…

Reading this comment and shaking my head, I am reminded of the Upton Sinclair quote: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not und…

One kind of building that I came across is called an "Earthship", which relies on "thermal mass construction and natural cross-ventilation to regulate indoor temperature".[1] It wi…

I highly recommend checking out https://twitter.com/BuildSoil if you're interested in learning more about this approach.

More discussion here: Security lapse exposed Clearview AI source code - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22892494 Also links to the full article on Tech Crunch.

You should not use that term in that manner.

This is a super neat tool—thank you for creating and sharing!

No cars? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ More seriously, my guess is that you enjoy those streets because there's so much more character to them. They are generally part of an older, more storied urban …

2nd-gen Indian in Austin here: many folks in my generation are highly critical of Modi and the BJP, but just as many if not more are casual supporters. I honestly do find the more …