The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel
Huge, and surprising, and important: dementia is down by almost half over the last 40-50y!
(Also reconfirms that amyloid beta was largely a red herring, APOE4 is real, and – news to me – the shingles vaccine seems preventative!)
Of all the themes in The Matrix, one of my favorites is the requirement of a land line to call the operator and exit the Matrix.
Cordless phones, cell radios, wireless networking…none of it can be trusted. When you’re doing serious business, you need good old fashioned copper.
And not just any land line, either. Inevitably, they end up using anonymous land lines. The front desk phone in a hotel room, an aging rotary dial in an abandoned building, or the holy grail: a pay phone.
Cypherpunks. Gotta love ’em. Immaculate vibes.
taking a vacation? forgot which day of the week it is? don’t worry, hotel elevator’s got you
Real-time animated dashboard of SF water and sewage flow at SFPUC headquarters.
no no, you don’t understand, it’s not a torment nexus
it’s more like a torment fidget spinner
It’s so weird that even with this World Cup’s expanded field, China and India still didn’t qualify, despite having the world’s largest populations by far.
Maybe football isn’t historically as important for them, at least within their own countries?