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gpm's point is that it's a collective action issue. And even if one individual can't fix is, we can with a movement. And we SHOULD care about things like this. We're fairly familia…

The arguments made about wanting to protect the children/babies and those with cognitive impairments are well meaning, but I think misguided. The bottom line is that the world has …

holy units batman > Bursting from their enormous lungs at over 300mph (483km/h), a humpback whale's blow can rise up to 7m (23ft) into the air. Pick a lane BBC. But this is great n…

> I’d love some app with the polish of Bear Notes but that just edited raw Markdown files. Typora? ( https://typora.io/ )

woah. This is a regex use I've never heard of. I'd absolutely love to see a writeup on this approach - how its done and when it's useful.

this is essentially the gist of https://how.complexsystems.fail which has been circulating more with discussions of the recent AWS/Azure/Cloudflare outages.

The heart-warming gem: > I sent a note about these Easter eggs to Scott Corley [the game's developer]. He said that he had recently pulled out the game to show the marriage proposa…

we already do have plants that produce (sort of) high-energy-density liquids for us. So if you want gas to be as expensive as maple syrup then... sure. :)

Interesting. I don't think I follow your examples, but here's my attempt to read it: It sounds like you may be using the term "real" to be mean specifically something like "tangibl…

Your argument is essentially that emergent properties don't exist. It's like saying "there are no such things as waves in water, just individual water molecules." Individuals are t…

Your approach sounds like the mindset of chasing growth instead of sustainability. Short term gains over long term value.

what I found fascinating is that the effect is maintained even when you're not focused (like lens focus, not attention focus) on the circles. If you let your eyes relax their focus…

This is absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing :)

Stumbled across this today and was blown away at the level of organization, information, and detail presented. They provide specific examples of common uses for components, as well…

This right here is what I've been waiting for all these years...

The Trauma of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller is probably a good read to throw in here if this is the direction you're looking to explore - especially if you can get an early edit…

"Love & Sex" is the title of issue 88, the current issue of the print/online magazine in which this article appears.

omg... somebody else who knows the secret of garlic confit and Costco. Seriously, it's probably my favorite kitchen secret.

Amazon explicitly recommends naming buckets like "example.com" and "www.example.com" : https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/website-host... Now, it seems, this is a big …

>Why not give people a means to participate? Sounds great. How? Show how you can provide everyone the means to participate and doesn't just raise the bottom line on the cost to par…

I think your example here of “rational choice” is a great example for the problem of treating the school ecosystem like a market. Only those with means to participate will benefit.…