[SC 2.4.4] A boatload of links to share this week
For whatever reason, I found myself with a boatload of links to share this week. Read them, or don't!
Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town
Good job, sand!
Caffeine makes fuel cells more efficient, cuts cost of energy storage
Good job, caffeine!
Digitally Typesetting Rare, Ancient and Esoteric Chinese Characters
You had me at esoteric typography.
Are We Watching The Internet Die?
"Their future is one that is less colorful, less exciting, one that caters to the entitled and suppresses the creative."
The great Fruit of the Loom logo mystery is solved
I'm sorry, but this is some Shazaam-grade shit.
Modern workplace tech linked to lower employee well-being, study finds
Oh.
Gig workers on delivery apps rent accounts to get around bans
Life, life finds a way.
The Ellipsis is Widening the Gap Between Snake People and Boomers. Here’s Why
I have, and will forever believe the boomer ellipses are indicative of thoughts stalling out in real time.
Pauli effect
This! This is the name of the thing!
The end of the MrBeast era
"MrBeast isn’t the best YouTube has to offer; he’s just made that rhetoric his brand."
Why Moms Seem to Love Temu
"That marketing ethos translates to the products."
Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can.
Talk about being three spreadsheets to the wind.
Following Links
I do this! You should to!
Write CSS. Not too much. Mostly scoped.
I enjoy this nuanced and level-headed take.
Everyone Knows That: how the internet became obsessed with lostwave
"…lostwave […] becomes not just a term for unidentified songs, but also an aesthetic in its own right — faux-nostalgia represented by retro motifs like “EKT”’s pink boombox."
The World Is Finally Making Movies For Blind People — & It Means More To Me Than You’ll Ever Know
"This is why a film like Touch is so remarkable. It authentically considers a community, avoiding tokenism and embracing genuine representation."
Sans Bullshit Sans
Let's double-click on the synergy of this immersive unicorn experience.
Time to delete your Glassdoor account and data
Hey, so, uh, if you have a Glassdoor account you should probably delete it.
Why Are (Most) Sofas So Bad?
Why yes, yes I did enjoy this deep dive on sofa quality.
Fleischer Cartoons Enter the Modern Age with Restored Superman Shorts
I love how fluid an considerate the animation is for these.
How Ancient Texts Can Shed Light on Auroras
I can't even image what it'd be like to experience, and then live with something like this before instantaneous global communication existed.
The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
Anyways, don't go checking the news on ocean temperatures.