This is a long and well-researched story about water deals between cities. I had never considered these dynamics in the past and find them very interesting. I have always considered Chicago to be water-rich, and this really helps that point hit home. ~ learn more
Worth watching. ~ learn more
It feels like there’s more to the story here, but it’s certainly a weird occurrence. ~ learn more
Driver & passenger run away (on camera). I wonder if the car was stolen? Just kidding, almost certainly it was. ~ learn more
“Kling has the ability to create two-minute videos in crystal-clear 1080p resolution at 30 frames per second, while faithfully replicating real-world physics.” ~ watch video
A long and detailed post about Dyno Therapeutics, a startup that’s using AI to iterate on capsid (viral protein shell) designs to serve as gene therapy delivery vessels. “In order to understand all of this, I’ve spoken with many of the company’s co-founders and investors, visited their labs, read every paper they’ve published, and reviewed countless private and public materials on the company.” ~ learn more
An interview with Elizabeth Zalman and Jerry Neumann. “Together, they have written a somewhat contentious book called Founder vs Investor that lays bare the relationship at the core of most new businesses. They take specific moments in a start-up’s life up to IPO and share their experiences on the friction that inevitably appears. In our conversation, we discuss the strong reaction to the book, the incentive problem at the root…
“Scientists have identified a new member on the genetic family tree of an endangered pupfish native to south-central New Mexico.” They think the origin of the new species is genetic drift, not natural selection. “Genetic drift results from the random inheritance of different genes from an organism's parents. Natural selection, by contrast, occurs when populations within a species change over time due to adaptation to diverse habitats.” ~ learn more
“As a co-founder of The Carlyle Group, one of the globe's top private equity firms, David's journey from a Baltimore kid with big dreams to a presidential advisor and business mogul is truly inspiring.” ~ learn more
A lesson in never giving up! Also a reminder that computers don’t do random very well. ~ learn more