I think I got most of the errors, let me know if I missed any. -steele
All posts by avid
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Monday, 18 December 2023
quote [ Many of the most popular channels have largely ditched original dramas and comedies, morphing into vessels for endless reruns. ]
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Tuesday, 1 August 2023
quote [ A hundred thousand people were killed by the atomic bomb. Survivors wonder why they lived when so many others died. ]
A long and gripping read, and a different perspective on the atomic bomb, apropos to Oppenheimer.
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Saturday, 8 July 2023
quote [ An ever-expanding animation scene depicting the everyday life of the 796th floor of the huge space station ]
Really cool 2.5D animation loop with hundreds of Sci-Fi and Anime characters all crammed together in an amazing collage.
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Sunday, 27 June 2021
quote [ The combination of consumer tastes, low dollar value per volume building components, and the complexity of buildings inhibit efforts to scale.
Prefabbing construction is almost always more expensive than comparable site-built construction. High overhead, capital intensity, and high transportation costs eat away at cost savings. Adoption rates of new technologies are painfully slow. On-site integration can be challenging. ] Interesting blog post about why construction is still so manual.
More here: https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/why-did-agriculture-mechanize-and
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Tuesday, 19 January 2021
quote [ The fossil-fuel lobby is threatened by public concern over the climate crisis. So it’s buying influence, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot ]
Governments paradoxically support industries with massive negative externalities, since those very industries must be adept at influencing politics to survive, hence they dominate public policy despite being deleterious to the public interest.
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Democracy Matters -
Winning the Fight Against Imperialism
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Tuesday, 27 October 2020
quote [ So you know when you’re flopping about at home, minding your own business, drinking from your water bottle in a way that does not possess any intent to subvert the Commonwealth of Australia? ]
A humorous take on discovering and reporting information leaks of famous people. Also learn the elite hacker tool known as "right click > inspect element".
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Saturday, 3 September 2016
quote [ Create beautiful, clear ice without expensive equipment ]
Nice technique. Also cocktail/booze thread.
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Cable TV is being gutted by streaming in much the same way as main street is being gutted by Walmart/Amazon. In this case, it seems somewhat self-inflicted, however, as the cable networks could produce content for both streaming and broadcast, but don't.