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Again speaking from zero expertise, would it be possible to genetically engineer coral lifeforms to adapt to higher temperatures?

Is improving water quality the decided-upon method for preventing (or even reversing) bleaching of coral reefs? It seems like that ship has sailed, and now more technological advan…

I think we've been with HelpScout for around 4 years at https://openexchangerates.org . The service is great, and they just seem like a really honest, switched-on team.

I am fortunate that neither work, family, nor leisure compel me to fly to (or through) the USA at any point. I intend to keep it that way.

I liked this one: https://github.com/squared-one/omniauth-unsplash/commit/072b... "... It's not really removing any password, is it? But hey, why not use the momentum ... wheeeeeee…

I'm curious, at that scale why don't they build their own infrastructure? Surely it would cost less?

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami. I'm on at least my third reading and imagine I'll read it again. Also re-listened to Getting Things Done by David Al…

A very well-reasoned and well-written piece. Thank you.

Alternatively - under UBI - you may decide to work 6 hours per day, and enjoy the earned income in addition to the regular Basic Income payment, all the while knowing that you can …

I got the mayonnaise guy as well!

Good question! Neither. I write whatever is on my mind, it changes day-to-day. It's sometimes logical, rational things, plans for the day or week or a project, and sometimes it's d…

I've been writing Morning Pages (3 x A4 pages, hand-written) every day for almost three years. Sometimes I do them in the afternoon or evening, or right before bed. Sometimes I'll …

In 2008, his book "The Four Hour Workweek" helped me change absolutely everything in my life, and really to start living at all. Even if most of its contents could be found elsewhe…

The most shocking stats from this article that jumped out at me and made my heart sink: "The world has lost 60 percent of its population of Bornean orangutans since 1950, according…

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" - Upton Sinclair

What effect could four years of Trump presidency have on such research, trials and progress? Anybody have any comments or links to related resources? Thanks in advance.

From the outside, I'm curious if anybody here has any comment on what effect (if any) a Trump presidency could have on this and related research/progress? In all the noise of the e…

I use https://ipredator.se . "IPredator was launched in 2009 as a response to a growing trend of Internet censorship, in restrictive regimes as well as so-called open societies. Ou…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness

I'm most proud of making Open Exchange Rates ( https://openexchangerates.org ), which grew out of a hobby project (and a desire to create a really simple API for something that had…

Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne (live 1968): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE6wBBrTMEs So long, Leonard.

I enjoyed your post, great and very real writing. Thank you for publishing.