This New Yorker story covers the development of artificial hearts and the continued efforts to improve their design and development. It includes recent interviews of the engineering teams who are on the cutting edge of new designs as well as […]
The actual post is titled, “Breaking: Elon Musk is Not Stupid” and that’s also a good lead. | learn more
Lawrence Yeo takes the evolution of self and grafts it onto a metaphorical staircase. It’s an interesting exploration that reminded me of the Jung quote: “The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half […]
The story of a founder buying back the technology they sold years prior is always fun. I wonder if anyone’s analyzed the outcome stats for this sort of deal. | learn more
A data scientist from the Lyft team explained their various iterations of how to keep drivers and riders in balance using price. “Dynamic pricing is the main technology that allows us to maintain market balance in real-time. If we were […]
This post offers a look into the creator economics of Tiktok, Instagram and Youtube. “Professional influencers can command huge sums for sponsored posts/videos… But it’s a tough game, with enormous power laws and low chances of success. Even on YouTube, […]
There’s construction on my street and that included removal of a big tree. I learned that trees larger than 19″ diameter are all protected, so to remove one you must pay a fee, plant new trees elsewhere on the property, […]
“Around 1900, about 4.5 per cent of the land area of the world burned every year. Over the last century, this declined to about 3.2 per cent In the last two decades, satellites show even further decline: in 2021 just […]
“Human hair is 50 times softer than steel, yet it can chip away a razor’s edge, a new study shows.” | learn more
I overheard this on a playground and had to dig in. | learn more