I couldn’t help but share this sad link because it happened so close to my old home in Wicker Park. “The robbery was the second to hit a Chicago TV news crew this month.” ~ learn more
The enforced efficiency train keeps chugging along. “A new minimum standard for lightbulbs has been set at 45 lumens—or brightness—per watt. Retailers can’t sell bulbs that don’t meet the criteria, though households can continue using existing bulbs.” ~ learn more
Follow this link to learn what it takes to build a search engine that might rival Google’s stranglehold, and why that still might not be enough. “A couple of ex-Googlers set out to create the search engine of the future. […]
“Founded in 2021, Godly is a creative feed by Rejiggle, founded by Daryl Ginn. We take pride in our selections and strongly value quality over quantity. We aim to publish multiple top-tier websites per day in the hope our platform […]
In 1-2 sentences, what is the book about as a whole? People want to develop the social skills that lead to others acting charitably and agreeably toward them, but they are not taught in schools. This book compiles a set […]
“Friend.tech, which lets X (formerly Twitter) personalities issue shares on its app for access to a closed group chat, has made over $1.04 million in fees, set at 5% of the value of each transaction over the past 24 hours.” ~ learn […]
The Washington Post covers Prenda and the rise of microschools. “Her program is part of a company called Prenda, which last year served about 2,000 students across several states. It connects home-school families with microschool leaders who host students, often […]
“Efforts to replicate the material have pieced together the puzzle of why it displayed superconducting-like behaviours.” ~ learn more
“They found that when the crystals changed shape with a load attached, they acted like an actuator and moved the load. The 0.02-mg crystal array was able to lift a 20-mg nylon ball – that’s 1,000 times its own mass.” ~ learn […]
“Controlling for some sociodemographic and comorbid conditions, they found that there were significant decreases in AD for patients 65 and older who’d received a Tdap/Td vaccination (30% lower risk), an HZ vaccination (25%) or a pneumococcal vaccination (27%) versus unvaccinated […]