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I marvel at it’s succinctness to represent information about Antarctica. Chef’s kiss.

Aren’t recorded live streams of the ceremonies and funeral already on Internet Archive’s television news archive?

No. There must always be a paper trail. I used to teach web programming. One of the exercises I had for students was to create a ballot box. The first step was making it work as ex…

> Miami also has ficus trees planted all over the place. Fun story. In 2005, South Florida took two direct hits: Katrina in late August, Wilma in October. During Katrina, a neighbo…

I find the Amish’s perspective on technology interesting. Especially now, I respect the lengths they have gone through to preserve community over expediency. I was particularly int…

So the French even had “Septembre éternel” before everyone else? ;)

Recent studies have linked depression to chronic inflammation. [1] Long COVID is also tied to inflammation. I can only speak from my experience in battling (non-COVID) depression t…

I’m surprised no one has brought up “Threads.” [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film)

An excellent book. I read his research lasted seven years. Worth noting: there is an American Experience documentary based on this book (with a primary focus on the Damascus incide…

There’s no reason the face has to be on the outside of the arm. I remember when we had the databank watches (in the 80s), we’d wear them on the inside of our wrists since they were…

The most valuable course I took at university taught you how to request and analyze public records. This was at least 4-5 years before the government had records available online. …

Except those add layers of complexity. I don’t know if rawtext.club supports UTF-8, but if they only use ASCII, that would be a constraint I’m not sure can be matched in simplicity…

Ah, but the GOP-run state doesn’t like new taxes. The state doesn’t collect income tax and largely relies on taxing the tourists. Between state tax and county hotel tax, locals are…

Short version: Florida’s legislature passed a bill (later signed into law by its governor) which prohibits discussion of “sexual orientation and gender identity” in (presumably onl…

Excellent book. I enjoyed the hardware and software projects at the end of each chapter. I had been looking for a good hands-on text for a long time, and this delivered.

Isn’t this when the leader (or group) demands “we must do something!” against something, anything they dislike, even if it’s not wise? What’s happening in Florida is a good example…

From a CNBC story [1]: “If the special district is dissolved, Orange and Osceola counties would have to provide the local services currently provided by Reedy Creek. And, the $105 …

“How Computers Really Work” by Matthew Justice. [1] I enjoyed this book because every chapter includes hands-on hardware and software experiments for you to see the concept describ…

I don’t have an opinion regarding order of port vs. financial hub. New York is a target for its communications infrastructure. That is in large part a component which facilitates i…

Came by to mention Threads . [1] The collapse of society spurred by nuclear war is a pretty horrific thing. If Threads taught me anything about being prepared for “surviving” a nuc…

A post about “Threads” appeared on HN a few days ago, for anyone interested. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30540652

> But that's why a shortwave radio is important to have… As would be a faraday cage/box/bag to keep the radio in until it is needed. An electromagnetic pulse would render the elect…

Or the Raspberry Pi 400?

Open Syllabus may be of help: https://opensyllabus.org/results-list/titles?size=50

Randall’s comic for Dec. 25, 2021 is . https://xkcd.com/2559/