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Wow there really is an xkcd for everything.

I’ve been using this mouse on a daily basis since 2017. Mainly for the gestures that work with MacOS. I totally understand how bad this design is and love making fun of it. That be…

There’s a book called ‘The Sixth Extinction’ By Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert which talks about this. The sixth chapter is about the rise in ocean acidity. She also detai…

What's more, indoor grown cannabis is being increasingly seen as higher quality product and is sold as high end 'craft' bud. It'll be interesting to see where this goes considering…

Came here to promote “The Program” as well! My favorite episodes are “The White Algorithms’ Burden”.

I found one of your posts sometime during the hard lockdown and I absolutely loved falling into the world built in the podcast! I've done a second listen recently and loved spottin…

I certainly welcome a company with as much experience in the energy sector as BP embracing renewable energy sources. However, I do worry about similar problems of a handful of comp…

Seems like a terrible idea. The argument is not from the stand point of pressuring Google to adopt more privacy friendly practices but rather to bring them to the table to negotiat…

Adding to this: I finished high school 3 years ago with a distinction for Mathematics from inevitably one of the ‘top 200’ schools mentioned in the article. I read an article about…

A really interesting take! Makes scientific papers feel more like a tool rather than an article or book. Certainly nice in the case of Computational work. Also allows the potential…

My favorite podcast is No Dumb Questions. It has Destin from Smarter Every Day and his friend Matt Whitman (from the YouTube channel “Ten Minute Bible Hour”) They do really awesome…

Not entirely sure what I’m looking at in the pic. Could you give a bit of detail in a comment?

That’s fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

University of Pennsylvania has an amazing course on single variable calculus. Don't let the idea of doing 'basic' calculus turn you away as it is an incredibly tough course. The re…

I was going to reply mentioning Destin's YouTube series on 'Manipulating the Algorithm' Only to be pleasantly surprised that you linked to it right in the beginning. Keen to read i…

Thanks for sharing this. I found it really interesting to read. Not from Sweden so I’m a little curious about some aspects. They mention their conscription. Is this a standing cons…

Honestly relieved to see this being discussed. In South Africa we are currently under lockdown with the military deployed to enforce the new restrictions. I'm not necessarily again…

Hello all. Most of the books out there on the stock market are these flashy title kind of books promising to make you money. I'm instead interested at learning about the systems at…

Hi all, I’m sure you guys are getting a little COVID-19 fatigue as I am. However, I would like to ask for tips on minimizing disruption while transitioning to most people working f…