better doing
Banana equivalents.
“Bananas are (slightly) radioactive. The banana equivalent dose (BED) is a measurement of radiation. It’s definitely not enough to hurt you.” ~ learn more
tech, startups, internet
The insurance claim game.
“The sad reality of healthcare today is it’s a battle between providers, insurance companies, and patients to figure out how much care will cost. Today we’re going to shed some light on the inner workings with a short primer on […]
tech, startups, internet
Andy Dunn’s on a mission to defeat social isolation.
“Our social app has a singular goal in mind: make it easy to make friends. Our aim is to place you into group settings where there is a high density of the kinds of people you might click with. Our […]
tech, startups, internet
Interview with Klarna’s CEO.
As I wrote above, Sebastian’s company has made news this year (a PR effort on their part?) with their AI applications. They do seem to really be on the forefront. He shares details, though is admittedly cagey when it come […]
oh, chicago
Chicago’s food halls have entered a new era.
“Chicago’s food halls were not built to be busy only three days a week during lunchtime. With Loop office occupancy rates still sagging from the pandemic, the businesses once predicated on vast numbers of customers are being forced to forge […]
fun facts
Card Against Humanity sues Elon Musk for $15 million.
“We have terrible news. Seven years ago, 150,000 people paid us $15 to protect a pristine parcel of land on the US-Mexico border from racist billionaire Donald Trump’s very stupid wall. Unfortunately, an even richer, more racist billionaire⸺Elon Musk⸺snuck up […]
fun facts
How humans wrestle against rivers.
“They naturally move, and this can have serious consequences for humans and politics, to the point of getting presidents killed. Today, we’re going to go deeper to understand why rivers move, how humans have tried to wrangle them, and what […]
fun facts
Steve Ballmer talks through the US federal budget.
“He discusses taxes, mandatory and discretionary spending, the federal deficit, as well as spending on Medicare, veterans, social security, and more. Get the data straight from the source, so that you can have the information you need ahead of the […]
fun facts
Buy, borrow, die – explained.
I knew games like this existed, yet I am still in shock at how this one works. “Actual “buy, borrow, die” planning is enormously complicated. If that weren’t the case, the ultrawealthy wouldn’t have to pay private wealth attorneys like […]
big ideas
Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.
“In the US, the size of the grid connection queue has increased over 7x in the past decade, and 95% of the queue is solar, wind and batteries. The capacity in the queue is now more than twice the installed […]