It’s not the same Toy Story. This is an interesting link for cinema fans and those of us who saw the original Toy Story in theaters. It was one of the first fully-digital movies. But Pixar needed to distribute it […]
A mosquito killing drone is coming to market. Tornyol Systems introduces a drone that’s “silent, safe, chemical-free” for autonomous mosquito defense. With ultrasonic sonar and intelligent control algorithms, it promises a mosquito-free environment. ~ learn more
The scale of China’s renewables. “The 22m tonnes of steel used to build new wind turbines and solar panels in 2024 would have been enough to build a Golden Gate Bridge on every working day of every week that year.” […]
Negative press for Alpha School. I’m intrigued by this school’s approach to education, which uses AI to instruct and test students individually at their specific level of mastery in any given subject. Someone sent me this WIRED article to temper […]
The magic of moiré quantum matter. Though this subject matter is dense and was frankly intimidating to me, this video by Pablo Jarillo-Herrero is a fantastic introduction to “strongly-correlated quantum matter [that] has challenged physicists for decades.” ~ learn more
They’re not hiding this turnaround. From Christian Friedland, cofounder of Build.com, who once shared the small town of Chico, CA with this company: “[Lulu’s Fashion Lounge (NASDAQ: LVLU)] is trading at 0.046x sales ($14.4M market cap on $316M revenue) – […]
Meet the worst programmer. “Tim’s score was consistently zero. Zero! Not just low, or trending downwards, but literally zero.” Despite these metrics, Tim excelled at elevating the entire team’s productivity through collaboration and mentoring. ~ learn more
Already they are men. “Children are overbearing, supercilious, passionate, envious, inquisitive, egotistical,” noted French satirist Jean de La Bruyère in the 1600s. Before critiquing the selfishness of children, it’s a chance to reflect on our adult selves. ~ learn more
Threat of reference check. “When you use the TORC technique, you inform candidates before even speaking to them that a final step in hiring is for them to arrange reference calls with the managers they have reported to.” By ensuring […]
Arbitrage windows in VC selection. “Such windows are brief periods wherein venture capitalists can exploit discrepancies in valuations.” ~ learn more