oh, Austin
Austin mayoral candidates had a debate.
Runoff candidates Celia Israel & Kirk Watson discussed housing, transportation and more. | learn more
oh, chicago
Armed men rob at least 14 people during 2-hour crime spree.
Doesn’t seem like anyone has been arrested. “Police issued a community alert late Friday morning linking six robberies to the crew, but a law enforcement source identified additional cases that are also believed to be part of the pattern.” | learn more
fun facts
The Bangladesh water machine.
“Published in Science, the study said that groundwater-fed irrigation had transformed much of Bangladesh’s single-crop, rain-watered floodplains into highly productive double-cropping and, in places, triple-cropping lands to make the country the world’s fourth highest producer of rice.” | learn more
fun facts
Bill Gates explains the internet to Dave Letterman in 1995.
He also tries to convince Dave to get a computer. | learn more
on the blockchain
Having a safe CEX: proof of solvency and beyond.
Vitalik explains how it might be possible to one day trust a centralized exchange: “Rather than relying solely on “fiat” methods like government licenses, auditors and examining the corporate governance and the backgrounds of the individuals running the exchange, exchanges […]
on the blockchain
Why Nassim Taleb does not like Bitcoin.
He thinks its worthless for various reasons. “If any non-dividend yielding asset has the tiniest constant probability of hitting an absorbing barrier (causing its value to become 0), then its present value must be 0.” | learn more
big ideas
How the inside of a black hole is secretly on the outside.
If the following excerpt doesn’t scare you away, you might enjoy this link. “Eventually my colleagues and I realized that both the information paradox and the newer firewall paradox arose because our attempts to meld quantum mechanics and black hole […]
thoughts of food
Antibiotics abuse by big beef suppliers to national chains.
“Unpublished US government records obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Guardian show farms producing beef for meat packing firms Cargill, JBS, and Green Bay are risking public health by still using antibiotics classed as the “highest priority […]
thoughts of food
Delicious, healthier holiday classics.
“Our dietitian at Nutrisense adapted 10 of the most popular seasonal dishes to create unique healthy, guilt-free and tasty holiday recipes.” | learn more
under the microscope
Alzheimer’s study identifies two specific genes that increase risk.
“In most assessments of AD, researchers used genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which are observational tests that look at all of the genetic information within DNA to find connections. However, GWAS does not catch the risk from rare variants of mutations. […]