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Thanks for the video reccomendation, super interesting.

The core of the article (See full version for the extra commentary): A toothpaste factory had a problem. They sometimes shipped empty toothpaste boxes without the tube inside. This…

Interesting idea, and probably will have an impact. But definitely a long term bet, given the time scale that ICE cars will be replaced.

With regards to the parking space article reference. In the long run with self driving cars we can reduce the overall number of parked cars through greater vehicle utilization. Ins…

Thanks for the link, want to read this to find out what all the fuss is about.

As someone who is cautious about the prospect of Amazon and other large retailers completely dominating the e-commerce space, this ruling worries me a bit. As things stand, the Goo…

Monica Anderson had an interesting post on this a while back. Essentially relating the Boston Dynamics sale to a clash between the deep learning approach at Google, and BD's lack o…

"Ditto Google search ads" checks article He spent less than $5 on Search ads... Hard to be drawing conclusions with that data set.

Recently I did an interview with physicist Thomas Myers. He's a regular contributor to /r/spacex He runs a website The Physics of SpaceX (http://thephysicsofspacex.wordpress.com), …

Thanks Alex!

Anyone have a link to the actual study?

So to clarify on what I wrote: "they won't all improve your health in other areas" Meaning that there are different ways in which to reduce calories. If you were to lower your calo…

It's worth noting that whilst low calorie diets (of any macronutrient ratio), will usually aid weight loss, they won't all improve your health in other areas. This study also looke…

I can second that, great book, with really interesting analysis of not just carbohydrates, but cholesterol too. Also his second book 'Why We Get Fat' is great too. He realised the …

The study doesn't condone any of the diets you mentioned. Instead it compares a lower fat diet ( 40%). No measuring of calories. It's just a study with interesting data, no fad die…

Yes Thailand is, supposedly, cracking down on visa runs from August 12th. Although there have been threats like this before, and its soon dissipated. So we will have to wait and se…

The J1 trainee program sounds really interesting (as I'm currently out of education for > 12 months and therefore ineligible for the J1 intern program). According to the j1visa.sta…

Agreed up until calories in, calories out. I know what you mean, but that way of thinking is quite dated. It's clear these days that the macronutrient composition of the diet also …

Was using Dropmark for sharing designs, but after seeing Flatsies I'm tempted to switch.