“You can’t run the microwave with the door open. There’s a cut-off switch that won’t let it turn on until the door is closed.” When there’s only so much you can teach someone about what not to do, sometimes you […]
“His venture firm, Atomic, only writes checks to startups it spins up itself. It’s launching a lot of startups, too. Since founding and selling a company called Milo to eBay in 2010 at the age of 24, Abraham has co-founded […]
In 2019, Chicagoans learned of an alligator living in the lagoon. He became known as Chance the Snapper. Now someone fished a 72-pound carp out of the water! I hope he was using lures from Chicago’s Mystery Tackle Box. | learn more
A thread of 84 tweets by Stuart Loren. Heartbreaking yet worth reading in full for those who have a connection to the city. “I’m writing this because there comes a time when everyone reaches some personal boiling point on some […]
“Veritasium did a clip about a car that had no motor just a wind turbine. He claimed in his video that the vehicle could go faster than the wind that was pushing it, something the professor quickly took issue with.” […]
“He soon figured out that the rail yard computer malfunctioned only when the cargo being processed was live cattle coming in from northern Ukraine and western Russia heading to a nearby slaughterhouse.” | learn more
Chris Dixon thinks of blockchains this way. “Traditional computers are ultimately controlled by people, either directly in the case of personal computers or indirectly through organizations. Blockchains invert this power relationship, putting the code in charge.” | learn more
“I’ve been looking at an overwhelming flood of DeFi deals in the last 6 months. And I’ve come to the conclusion that the vast majority of these companies are playing a part (whether intentionally or not) in creating a decentralized […]
A Digital Autonomous Organization (DAO) has acquired $100 million worth of carbon offset credits. “The core team told Cointelegraph that it intends to put upward pressure on the price of carbon offsets “so that it becomes more profitable to engage […]
How come some families are so extremely impressive? “Aldous Huxley was an author most famous for Brave New World, though his other stuff is also great and underappreciated. His brother Julian Huxley founded UNESCO and the World Wildlife Fund, was […]