Charles

I am reading the new book Ludicrous about Tesla. Not many years ago in Silicon Valley the wisdom was one personality to start a company, another to scale it: inventor versus operator. Then Gates, Bezos, Jobs and Page proved founders could become …

Here is interesting perspective of the challenges they had to overcome. https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/19/the-five-technical-challenges-cerebras-overcame-in-building-the-first-trillion-transistor-chip/

I’m not surprised to hear Cal Newport, the author of Deep Work, weigh in and say this is a no brainer. He is all about eliminating distractions and training neurons to concentrate. He is also an advocate of resting the brain though after a few …

Back to lawnmowers, we used to race our ride-on lawnmowers in Texas in the mud and it was a kick. https://youtu.be/bWzmdtQ-o-Q

What about a fast ebike like the Juiced Hyperfat? They go 40 mph, weigh 100 pounds less than the Cake, cost $10,000 less, and are legal on the road and the sidewalk without all the registration hassles. It seems like the lines have blurred but in …

Can you imagine the guy who got his own preview before the announcement and got to drive it? https://youtu.be/uR8v3YDPC4s

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That may be a hard lesson to teach in writing class. "If you used a word that means different things to different people or its meaning has changed over the years, confusing your readers, blame the readers, not your word choice."

> It’s also important to frame climate action as a “no-regrets strategy,” Luntz said. Legislation would lead to cleaner air, cleaner water, less dependence on foreign fuels, enhanced national security, and more innovation in our economy. “And …

I didn't realize they were so big and had integration with companies like Etsy and Shopify to 3D print the merchandise of sellers. Some of the merch they sell is intricate.

I see your lab in a sidecar and raise you 3 labs in a sidecar:

In terms of objective versus subjective, there are a lot of arguments going around that it's mental illness or video games. Objectively, other countries have mental illness and video games but not the mass shootings the U.S. has.

Meanwhile in South Africa... https://gfycat.com/mediocrenextabyssiniancat

> The site features photos of happy shirt wearers frolicking in a Wasilla parking lot during an outdoor concert Saturday, along with links to the fictitious "Ben Stevens 'Eating Crow' cookbook," a duet with rock singer Tom Petty called "Don't Have …

This one is my favorite. It looks very soft and subdued. You and the model and your girlfriend did a nice job. One thing I always associate with vintage photos is a very shallow depth of field. Photo from Bored …

Also related: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2210621-deforestation-in-brazil-has-rocketed-since-bolsonaro-became-president/

I just tried a climate change search and it looked like the first 30 results were primarily in support of the science. Then I sorted by views and the most popular ones that supported the science such as John Oliver's with 11 million views were also …

I couldn't find a link to this online. Can you point us to it? Were any of these the illustrations of John Gould? There is a magnificent book of his drawings from the 1800s published recently:

Andy Aldrin, on what it was like growing up in Buzz’s home: https://www.wmfe.org/growing-up-with-an-apollo-dad-andy-aldrin-on-growing-up-with-the-space-program/126602

How do they keep them so affordable? Below $60,000 sounds too good to be true for a super car. https://jalopnik.com/why-the-2020-corvette-c8-really-is-a-bigger-deal-than-e-1836545924

The Verge just ran a sometimes disturbing, sometimes inspiring story about human nature, about "hashtag cleaners" on Instagram. They try and protect people from vandalism of their …

Those Nikon lenses tho. https://petapixel.com/2019/07/15/70-200mm-shootout-nikon-takes-the-crown-sony-g-master-needs-work/

I didn't know, not being informed of how these things work in Britain, but its an interesting question. Somehow they (The Bank of England?) decided it should be a scientist and then the competition was wow -- Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton and Ada …

He was a war hero, the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, a great mathematician and apparently a good guy. I can't get enough of the books and movies about him. This makes me happy. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27701207

I'll be interested to see how they protect against vandalism. Some people may see this as one more thing competing for space on the sidewalks like scooters.