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The ocean cleanup project is working to remove plastic: https://www.theoceancleanup.com/ I'm not affiliated so can't speak for due diligence etc. but they have posted regular progr…

I don't understand, I didn't see any reference to Facebook aside from the standard social media links at the bottom.

I subscribe to Matt Levine's Money Stuff email (A daily take on Wall Street, finance, companies and stuff.) it's a great round up of recent events and can be signed up to here: htt…

I only have my own experience to go on, but I feel considerable benefits from giving up caffeine completely (about 6 years now). I feel mentally broader, calmer, less pointy. That …

The economist has a good article on this with a number of hypotheses: http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2016/02/markets-an...

There's some more info about that here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10834269

I find something worryingly Orwellian about an always on listener in your home that monitors for keywords via a remote server.

I'm sure its the cats, but you might want to get a Carbon Monoxide detector just in case: https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_posti...

I'm not sure I'd be comfortable displaying such a harrowing death toll on my wall

The health implications aren't as bad with herbivores

Thanks very much :)

Can you recommend any for a newcomer to look at?

I gave up caffeine a few years ago, for the very reasons you speak of. I feel completely different now - my thinking is broad and calm, rather than narrow and frantic.

The best discussion I've read about this is in this reddit ama: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/13q8ja/iama_serial_in... search for "On average how long does it take you to …

What else would it be?

"As for frying, palm oil is expected to be a go-to..." uhoh

I'd like to know if this increases intelligence, the article states it does not decrease intelligence, and this article: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/28/research.health s…

In this case I believe that allocating a dollar value to work done for the love of it, significantly devalues that work in the eyes of its creator.

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I think that's a spectrophotometer

If it was to be a static(ish) picture could you not combine many smaller displays and get the same effect?