[SC 2.4.4] Never meet your heroes
My partner and I talk occasionally about how we're usually right about our initial judgement of people. I also try to include that this behavior creates self-fulfilling prophecies and that's not always a good thing.
That said, today was rough and I was right. Never meet your heroes, folks.
Ryugu asteroid sample rapidly colonized by terrestrial life despite strict contamination control
To quote the immortal Jeff Goldblum: Life, uh, finds a way.
Bluesky, AI, and the battle for consent on the open web
"So the problem Bluesky is dealing with is not so much a problem with Bluesky itself or its architecture, but one that’s inherent to the web itself and the nature of building these training datasets based on publicly-available data."
The voices heard by people with schizophrenia are friendlier in India and Africa, than in the US
Huh.
A Tasty History of Edible Underwear
Sure, okay. You spend a night letting the wine and weed talk and suddenly you get edible undies.
Wearing A Salmon On Your Head Is Back In Fashion For Orcas, After A 37-Year Break
Good news, everyone!
kirby vs. this blog post
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Is the Future of Lab-Grown Meat in Luxury Products?
I'm into this for a lot of reasons, especially the ethical aspects.
A Firsthand Account of What Homelessness in America Is Really Like
"One of the primary causes of homelessness, obviously, is a lack of affordable housing. Wages have not kept up with escalating real estate values and rents, especially in major cities."
Teen Mathematicians Tie Knots Through a Mind-Blowing Fractal
Good job, teens!
The End of The Twitter Era
TIL about Metcalfe's Law, and also absolutely incredible hero image here.
‘God of management’ comes back to life as an AI model
but why
Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest
Hell yeah.
Continue and Persist
"A official-looking letter that encourages and uplifts people, one that tells people to keep doing what they’re doing!"
How Honeycrisp Apples Went From Marvel to Mediocre
GODDAMNIT
How should we treat beings that might be sentient?
"Birch’s ultimate message in The Edge of Sentience is that a massive shift in how we view beings with a questionable sentience status should be made."
Gene behind orange fur in cats found at last
Now to find which one currently has the brain cell at any given moment.
The fascinating security model of dark web marketplaces
An image input type making a surprising appearance here!
A love letter to deep systems
"Once you gain a certain amount of that depth of expertise, you learn how to do things that seem like pure magic to the uninitiated."
Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV
oh.
Australia struggling with oversupply of solar power
This shouldn't be news, and I'm hoping one day it won't be.
The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide
"Excerpts and summaries were published by various on-line media, but this is the first time it is published as a whole."
Meet the baseball player who invented the high five
God, doing a high five for the first time must have felt incredible.
I Miss the Internet
If you also miss the Internet, make a website! Need help? Blake has you covered.