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I used to do work with chitosan, synthetic nacre, and keratin-based biomaterials. While they will have their direct uses we will need a cultural shift if they are to substantially …

If anyone had the time I highly recommend the podcast “The Last Days of August”by Jon Ronson. It chronicles the suicide of a pornstar in conjunction with the rise of mindgeek.

In some ways cyclists are slow enough compared to how fast a car can accelerate. Even a moped or motorcycle can use speed assert its presence and maintain safe stopping distance be…

Walkaway by Cory Doctorow has imo solarpunk elements, but isn’t entirely that.

As someone who used to work in a lab and was in the “biohacker” scene, yes.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm commenting on this thread so I can save it for future reference.

quote: He wrote that, overall, the parents seemed perfectionistic and preoccupied with abstractions, rather than showing a genuine interest in people. I find this sentence interest…

Thank you for posting this article, which led me down to the Breakingsmart post titled "Against Waldenponding" https://breakingsmart.substack.com/p/against-waldenponding I highly r…

First off, just because the HN community lays on criticism doesn't meant that the people making the criticism don't think the technology is a good idea. If I spend the energy to cr…

Frontline did a very informative documentary about this circa 2009. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/gunned-down/ edit:grammar

Have you ever heard of the term "christian atheist". Your post reminded me about a video by the Youtuber Innuendo Studios titled "I hate Mondays". (The following is my opinion take…

Yes! I clicked on this article explicitly to post about Li Ziqi. Talking with a chef friend, her kitchen technique and skills are really good. On a different note, this article rem…

One of the things I've struggled with implementing these life skills is dealing with the cost of failure/trying new things. Both as a monetary cost (switching degrees, studying "no…

Damn; I finally joined Simple last year. Has anybody had experience with Varo Bank? That's the closest alternative I could find. What else do you all recommend? I've looked at Varo…

Hey nmlnn. Thanks for posting this. I'm a shy past 24, and I came to the same conclusion. Nothing matters, we're all small and insignificant-pale-blue-dot-and-all-that. I also lose…

For a good read, I recommend The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

I use a DPT-RP1 13”. I use it everyday, however the pen has an adequate writing experience and the build quality isn’t great. I’ve used the ReMarkable before and it has a much bett…

If you hate your job, which has negative affects on your health, are you really free just because you get to choose what clothes you wear or what you have for lunch?

All clothes I’ve bought from Uniqlo have the rfid logo on the tag.

Spreadsheet for me. Not pictured: pile of returns, especially for clothing.

I have a love/hate relationship with the Sony Digital Paper The good - It's 13", so I can read/annotate full-size documents. - Very little eye strain. - Battery lasts almost a full…