fun facts
Drunk fish convince sober ones to follow them around
Essentially, a drunk fish becomes the designated driver for the whole group.” | learn more
fun facts
The pledge of allegiance started as a PR gimmick
Francis Bellamy had no idea how famous, and controversial, his quick ditty would become.” | learn more
fun facts
Google year in search 2020
Google releases an annual list of top search terms of the year. For this year, I visualized the top search terms to show the impact that the year’s events had on people.” | learn more
on the blockchain
Grayscale BTC buying squeezes supply
In December the crypto fund bought nearly 3x the amount that was mined in total. | learn more
on the blockchain
Tether price manipulation
“Tether has been manipulating #Bitcoin’s price upwards for years now by printing unlimited, and unbacked $USDT. This thread will cover the controversial aspects surrounding Tether, and how it will eventually meet its demise.…” | learn more
big ideas
To fund people or projects?
Here’s a deep discussion of the merits of two different scientific funding paradigms. Are we better off funding scientists and giving them a lot of freedom, or funding specific research projects with a tight leash? | learn more
thoughts of food
Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop
“Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop.” | learn more
thoughts of food
The restaurant apocalypse and DropKitchens
“Drop Restaurant – A Dropshipping model / and or Operating System (Similar to Shopify) for virtual restaurants where entrepreneurs create virtual restaurants from existing kitchens and generate revenue without ever touching a stove.” | learn more
under the microscope
Single cell learning
“The question of whether single cells can learn led to much debate in the early 20th century. The view prevailed that they were capable of non-associative learning but not of associative learning, such as Pavlovian conditioning. Experiments indicating the contrary […]