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Understanding Solar Energy

The biggest energy story of the last fifteen years is the rise of solar photovoltaics, also known as solar PV or simply solar panels.

2025-03-20T05:03:41-0700 Construction Physics Brian Potter 4,000 words

Rated 2025-03-20T16:01:47-0700 - sethherr

How Much Would You Need to be Paid to Live on a Deserted Island for 1.5 Years and Do Nothing but Kill Seals?

I read and reviewed Oliver Platt’s Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China’s Last Golden Age over a year ago, and I haven’t been able to get one small story from the book out of my head. In 1793, the British government launched the Macartney Embassy, the nation’s first formal diplomatic mission…

2020-07-10T07:15:24-0700 Matt Lakeman 3,000 words

Rated 2025-03-20T17:01:53-0700 - sethherr

Memo 3: So, you want to be a Supervisor

The Burton machine when choosing which ambitious neophyte candidate to back, would usually decide on a single factor: “Which one will knock doors in the rain?”.

2024-12-01T10:03:02-0800 Governing San Francisco Zack Rosen 4,000 words

Rated 2025-03-22T18:06:09-0700 - sethherr

Meet the Guy Who Invented the Belay Test—and the Modern American Climbing Gym

When Peter Mayfield set out to create the first gym designed to welcome new climbers to the sport, he made climbing gym history.

2025-03-17T10:34:38-0700 Climbing Bruce Hildenbrand 3,000 words

Rated 2025-03-23T09:28:26-0700 - sethherr

A Brief History of The Super 73 Problem

With the rising popularity of the Super 73 model, we’re focused on educating riders and regulatory bodies about the distinctions between throttle-powered and pedal-assist e-bikes.

E-BIKE ACCESS 3,000 words

Rated 2025-03-23T19:27:57-0700 - sethherr

Stimulus Autocomplete with Combobox Navigation

HYBRD 1,000 words

Rated 2025-03-24T15:01:08-0700 - sethherr

Cottagecore Programmers: The Idealization of Farming by Tech

tjmorley.com

Rated 2025-03-24T19:28:31-0700 - sethherr

The long-awaited Friend Compound laws in California

[X-posted from the Live Near Friends blog]

2025-01-10T10:48:38-0800 Supernuclear Phil Levin 1,000 words

Rated 2025-03-26T18:53:43-0700 - sethherr

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada

Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’

2025-03-26T15:26:12-0700 The Guardian Rachel Leingang 1,000 words

Rated 2025-03-27T21:13:44-0700 - sethherr

The art of DJing: Avalon Emerson · Articoli ⟋ RA

One of the most creative DJs in the game unpacks her methods for Elissa Stolman.

2019-02-06T03:30:24-0800 Resident Advisor Elissa Stolman 7,000 words

Rated 2025-03-29T14:57:07-0700 - sethherr

What to Do

paulgraham.com

Rated 2025-03-30T13:33:27-0700 - sethherr

Gemini 2.5 is the New SoTA

Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental is America’s next top large language model.

2025-03-28T07:16:23-0700 thezvi.substack.com Zvi Mowshowitz 4,000 words

Rated 2025-03-31T07:27:30-0700 - sethherr

The April Fools joke that might have got me fired

Everyone should pull one great practical joke in their lifetimes. This one was mine, and I think it's past the statute of limitations. The s...

oldvcr.blogspot.com 2,000 words

Rated 2025-04-01T19:03:08-0700 - sethherr

Bikes in the Age of Tariffs

Today's post was going to be about a new product we're introducing—but we need to hold off while we recalculate our prices. You've probably seen the news: Virtually all imports into the United States will be subjected to additional, steep import taxes, also called tariffs. The…

Rene Herse Cycles 4,000 words

Rated 2025-04-03T14:52:12-0700 - sethherr

An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

There is only one thing worse than being imitated

2025-04-03T10:50:14-0700 The AI Underwriter Otakar G. Hubschmann 1,000 words

Rated 2025-04-03T19:03:44-0700 - sethherr