The Psychological Challenges of Just Getting to Mars - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
Though space may be the quintessential I.C.E. environment, Musk appears to be aiming to make trips to Mars—aspirationally scheduled…
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AlphaFold @ CASP13: “What just happened?”
I just came back from CASP13, the biennial assessment of protein structure prediction methods (I previously blogged about CASP10.) I participated in a panel on deep learning methods in protein stru…
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Why ticket prices on long-haul flights have plummeted
I F YOU HAVE booked a flight recently and been surprised by how cheap your ticket was, you are not alone. Airfares have been falling for years. Between 1995 and…
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The Surprising Reason that There Are So Many Thai Restaurants in America
You may have noticed that the ratio of Thai restaurants to Thai people in the US is high—and it's no coincidence.
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How Myst Taught a Generation of Gamers to Explore New Worlds | Atlas Obscura
The creators revisit their hit game 25 years later.
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51 Tips For a Successful Life
(1) Get married. Then get divorced. Then get remarried. (2) Every day, ask yourself, do I feel like showering today? If the answer i...
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A Preview of Your Chinese Future
China’s vision of world order is a more radical departure—and more realistic alternative—than the West understands.
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What’s Inside This Enormous Canadian Cave?
It's deep, wide, and named after a "Star Wars" character.
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A rocker’s guide to management
Bands are known for drink, drugs and dust-ups. But beyond the debauchery lie four models for how to run a business. Ian Leslie explains
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I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You.
Real coding is the difficult task of creating something unique.
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Confessions of a Juul Junkie
The nicotine is everywhere, and I am assailed on all sides. Hip Catalan separatists in jean cutoffs smoking their rollies, their tobacco laughter echoing up the cracked façades of this narrow…
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The Benefits of Technical Sparring
How shit posting about future pie in the sky enhancements is good for you and your team.
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52 things I learned in 2018 – Fluxx Studio Notes – Medium
This year I edited another book, worked on fascinating projects at Fluxx, and learned learnings.
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Why A Fringe Idea About The Supreme Court Is Taking Over The Left
In the calm before 2020, FiveThirtyEight is taking a look at the ideas and people who are nudging the country’s rapidly changing political conversation in one d…
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Losing Lordstown - Belt Magazine
General Motors announced plans this week to close its plant in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley. But it’s not only jobs that are at stake. By Vince Guerrieri Photo: Jeff Swenson/Getty Images When the first car—a Chevrolet Impala—rolled off the line at the Lordstown GM complex near Youngstown, Ohio, in 1966, the Mahoning Valley was still a blue-collar haven.
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Running in highly cushioned shoes increases leg stiffness and amplifies impact loading
Running in highly cushioned shoes increases leg stiffness and amplifies impact loading
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Internet communities: Otters vs. Possums
Most of my friends have been on the internet, and I’ve spent many years as part of various internet communities, many of which I have moderated as either part of the mod team or the sole creator. (…
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10 Months of Acid
disclaimer: this is not typical acid use. There are many concretely ‘beneficial’ effects from lower, more infrequent doses In 2014, I did on average 200-250ug of acid once a week(ish) f…
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Maximizing Your Slut Impact: An Overly Analytical Guide to Camgirling
Included: Picking a site, security, equipment, lighting/angles, business strategy, psychological tricks, types of camgirls and members, how to make sales, dealing with the emotional burden, taxes, …
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Lost jobs, shrinking growth, and rotting crops — here are the ways Trump's trade war is hurting America
Eight months on from the opening salvos of President Donald Trump's trade war, and the real-world impacts are starting to be felt across the globe.
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There Will Never Be an Honest Conversation About Nancy Pelosi as a Political Leader
Gender bias makes it impossible to have fair discussions about women in politics.
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Borges on Life and Death
Borges on Life and Death Interview by Amelia Barili I met Jorge Luis Borges in 1981, when I returned to Buenos Aires from a job at the BBC in London and began…
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Lost jobs, shrinking growth, and rotting crops — here are all the ways Trump's trade war is hurting America
Eight months on from the opening salvos of President Donald Trump's trade war, and the real-world impacts are starting to be felt across the globe.
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Notes - Gwern.net
And on that dread day, the Ineffable One will summon the artificers and makers of graven images, and He will command them to give life to their creations, and…
