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Moral Mazes ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Mazes ) is a sociology classic along these lines. Here's a relevant interview with the author, Robert Jackall: https://anso.willia…

Wind speeds and live fuel moisture level are the critical measures of fire risk in chaparral. Fuel moisture levels have been approaching critical this season in Southern California…

“Walkable” and “grid” are orthogonal concerns. London and Tokyo are two examples of very walkable non-grids, which I prefer to American grid-based city planning — the random connec…

To prevent a tragedy of the commons in street parking spaces, Japan has an excellent system, the shako shomeisho , though looking at how hard it's been to push through a congestion…

The condenser unit on my Miele heat pump clothes dryer just went out after less than two and a half years. It's a $1500 out of warranty repair on a $2K dryer, and the part will tak…

Berkeley’s Hearst Gym at Bancroft & Bowditch https://www.nollandtam.com/portfolio/hearst-gymnasium-pool

Medical evacuation (unrelated to method of travel) is specifically one of the benefits of an Amex Platinum card, as long as you’re more than 100 miles from your address. Maybe wort…

" In a recent survey of French restaurants, more than a third fessed up that they serve industrially prepared, and often frozen, food. Fast-food outlets, mind you, weren't even inc…

Sure, good example of that is r 3.4 out of 5 on the Japanese restaurant review site Tabelog is miles better as a signal of good food than any number of 5 star yelp reviews in the U…

You need a immigrant community large enough to be cooking for their own palate. Los Angeles, for example, has a population of ~30K Thai, ~180K Japanese, and ~5M Mexican origin (num…

I don’t agree with the article and its definitions, it seems poorly sourced and to be advocating for English towns as the apex of civilization. That said, the photos provided and t…

Tokyo is the complete opposite of what you describe, “ugly” per the article but walkable and lively. No acres of parking lots either.

NICU is an exception to that rule! All you need to replicate at home is vital sign alarms and 24x7 nurse care.

I was also thinking Tarkovsky’s Stalker while reading the parent comment - a great accompaniment to a nap on a lazy afternoon. Nice atmosphere, but did anything happen in that movi…

Harold McGee’s On Food and Cooking is the classic in the genre of explaining how cooking works. Rather dry textbook style.