oh, chicago
Rats! The science and stories behind Chicago’s most unwanted pests
“An illustrated answer to a question from Justin Carrasco about how many rats are in Chicago, and why.” | learn more
Author: rohit
fun facts
Decapitate vs capitate
If you work in healthcare, you’ve probably heard of the term capitate or capitated. For the rest of us… “As verbs the difference between decapitate and capitate is that decapitate is to remove the head of while capitate is to pay health-care […]
fun facts
Javascript is weird
I’ve used JS a lot over the years, but I never stopped to think about how weird some of the design choices compare to other programming languages. I found this article linked from one title Javascript is bad. “Why [‘1’, ‘7’, […]
oh, chicago
The demographic statistical atlas of the United States
This is an interesting site that shows occupation prevalence by neighborhood. Interesting find: lawyers love living in my neighborhood, Wicker Park. | learn more
fun facts
List of military tactics
I found this page on Wikipedia. It’s an interesting place to spend some time. | learn more
fun facts
Love putting my Peloton bike in the most striking area of my ultra-modern $3 million house
This twitter thread is hilarious! | learn more
on the blockchain
Explaining limited liability autonomous organizations
Preston Byrne explains what OpenLaw is calling the LAO. He’s not the biggest fan. | learn more
under the microscope
First hint that body’s ‘biological age’ can be reversed
“For one year, nine healthy volunteers took a cocktail of three common drugs — growth hormone and two diabetes medications — and on average shed 2.5 years of their biological ages, measured by analysing marks on a person’s genomes. The […]
retail therapy
Ariana Grande sues Forever 21 for $10 million over look-alike ad campaign
They didn’t want to pay her fee, so they hired a lookalike instead and put her picture next to a Grande quote. | learn more
retail therapy
Bonobos founder Andy Dunn says DNVB is now overrated
“‘I don’t really like digitally native vertical brands,’ Dunn said. ‘What gets me excited are brands that are really strong and direct-to-consumer, but also have got omni.’” | learn more