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Ambulance hits Oregon cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then sticks him with $1,800 bill, lawsuit says

oregonlive.com

Rated 2024-11-07T19:26:46-0800 - sethherr

How to match Hashes in RSpec like a pro | Timur's Blog

A cool undocumented feature that allows using matchers in hashes.

2022-09-21T17:00:00-0700 Timur Nugmanov 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-07T14:36:59-0800 - sethherr

From prison companies to Tesla: These stocks are soaring off the Trump victory

Former President Donald Trump’s projected return to the White House is making many shareholders of publicly traded companies richer by the second.

2024-11-06T12:34:30-0800 lite.cnn.com Elisabeth Buchwald ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-06T15:06:44-0800 - sethherr

Hacker Fab Documentation | Hacker Fab

the first open-source semiconductor fab.

docs.hackerfab.org 500 words

Rated 2024-11-05T17:54:44-0800 - sethherr

Forest Service Halts Prescribed Burns in California. Is It Worth the Risk? | KQED

Pausing the beneficial burns to keep crews available for wildfires merely delays and exacerbates fire risk to communities, critics say.

2024-10-24T15:28:46-0700 kqed.org Danielle Venton 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-05T06:13:17-0800 - sethherr

US Forest Service Decision to Halt Prescribed Burns in California is History Repeating

Exploring the consequences of ending prescribed burns in California. Discover the importance of understanding the state's forest management practices.

2024-10-28T13:19:53-0700 Center for Economic and Policy Research CEPR 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-05T06:09:08-0800 - sethherr

The Tight-Knit World of Kamala Harris’s College Sorority

How are members of A.K.A.—which Harris joined at Howard University—responding to their most famous sister’s Presidential campaign against Donald Trump? Jazmine Hughes reports.

2024-10-21T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jazmine Hughes 6,000 words

Rated 2024-11-03T19:57:14-0800 - sethherr

Mark Zuckerberg is driving frenzy for ultra-expensive watches

Wake up, babe, a new watch influencer just dropped. The swagged-out Zuck 2.0 has better hair, a hype beast wardrobe, and a multimillion-dollar watch collection that has fans and experts drooling with envy. #Fashion #Mark Zuckerberg #Silicon Valley

2024-10-16T06:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Rya Jetha 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-02T13:42:04-0700 - sethherr

There is no such thing as a global method (in Ruby)

What Ruby’s top-level methods actually are, who they belong to and how they are namespaced.

zverok.space 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-31T20:07:37-0700 - sethherr

Democratising publishing

Thoughts on open source governance, non-profit organisations, and how to create trust within technology and media.

2024-10-30T06:00:21-0700 John O'Nolan 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-31T15:59:23-0700 - sethherr

How to Render CSS Dynamically in Rails

Rails is not just for HTML over the wire. This post demonstrates how and why you might use Rails for delivering CSS on the fly too.

Joy of Rails 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-31T15:25:07-0700 - sethherr

delroth's homepage - One weird trick to get the whole planet to send abuse complaints to your best friend(s)

delroth.net

Rated 2024-10-30T18:31:33-0700 - sethherr

Hi Google, please stop 💩 the bed: a desperate plea from the independent web.

Served with humor, as I cry into my goldfish bowl of boxed Chardonnay.

2024-10-28T09:51:44-0700 Building Shepherd.com Ben Fox 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-30T16:44:07-0700 - sethherr

Physiology Friday #241: How Caffeine Dose and Timing Affect Our Sleep Physiology

That afternoon coffee is subtly changing your brain overnight—even if you can’t detect it.

2024-10-25T05:10:35-0700 Physiologically Speaking Brady Holmer 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-30T16:07:52-0700 - sethherr

Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone | SSOReady

Timezones are weird. But only finitely so. Here's the exact conceptual model you should have of them.

ssoready.com 3,000 words

Rated 2024-10-30T07:14:55-0700 - sethherr

2024-10-26 buy payphones and retire

Computers Are Bad 3,000 words

Rated 2024-10-29T07:19:41-0700 - sethherr

A return to hand-written notes by learning to read & write

research.google 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-28T21:24:35-0700 - sethherr

For the strongest disc golf throws, it’s all in the thumbs

Amateur players got the best results by placing thumbs about 3 centimeters from the outer edge.

2024-10-23T14:15:15-0700 Ars Technica Jennifer Ouellette 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-28T17:28:38-0700 - sethherr

Michelin Will Announce Chicago, D.C., and New York Stars in December - Eater Chicago

chicago.eater.com

Rated 2024-10-28T09:04:22-0700 - sethherr

Regenerative farming practices require unlearning past advice

Early on a cool September morning, farmer Josh Payne tends to his flock in Concordia, just east of Kansas City, Missouri. As Payne opens the gate, about a thousand sheep round the corner and bound into fresh grass. The pasture the flock grazes was once corn and soybeans, along with the rest of the Payne ...

2024-10-11T08:31:57-0700 Investigate Midwest Lauren Cross 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-26T06:19:38-0700 - sethherr

Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted

In mid-2022 I bought a new domain name.

2024-10-24T17:00:00-0700 Bryan Braun - Frontend Developer 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-25T21:39:40-0700 - sethherr

Humans Are Evolving Right Before Our Eyes on The Tibetan Plateau

"This is a case of ongoing natural selection."

2024-10-21T12:00:47-0700 ScienceAlert Michelle Starr 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-25T08:37:11-0700 - sethherr

Everything I built with Claude Artifacts this week

I’m a huge fan of Claude’s Artifacts feature, which lets you prompt Claude to create an interactive Single Page App (using HTML, CSS and JavaScript) and then view the result …

simonwillison.net 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-23T22:44:54-0700 - sethherr

The Trials of Daniel Penny

The white student who killed a black homeless man on the subway last year is either a killer or Good Samaritan, depending on who you ask. Finally, a jury will decide.

2024-10-20T15:14:04-0700 The Free Press Olivia Reingold 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-22T06:04:03-0700 - sethherr

Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964)

In William Faulkner’s 1938 novel The Unvanquished, the implacable Colonel Sartoris takes drastic action to stop the election of a black Republican candidate to office after the Civil War, destroying the ballots of black voters and shooting two Northern carpetbaggers. Open Culture, openculture.com

2024-10-21T00:21:20-0700 Openculture.com OC 500 words

Rated 2024-10-21T18:22:31-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | Fatherhood Transforms Men’s Brains and Bodies

The New York Times

Rated 2024-10-21T15:24:18-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | School closures suck. But they’re necessary, and opposing them is wrong

Should San Francisco families really be asked to give up on their small community schools for the sake of the public good? Yes, they should. #Education and schools

2024-10-16T10:29:20-0700 The San Francisco Standard Catharine Burhenne 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-20T22:01:12-0700 - sethherr

What if Kurt Vonnegut’s lost board game had actually been published in the 1950s?

It could have been a contemporary of Risk, Diplomacy, and other legendary wargames #Gaming

2024-10-18T07:00:00-0700 Polygon Charlie Hall 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-20T18:04:54-0700 - sethherr

Doctor Fukushi Masaichi And The Art Of Preserving Tattooed Skin

Tattoos have different meanings across cultures, ranging from sacred symbols to marks of rebellion. In Japan, tattoos are part of a broader subculture called irezumi, an intricate form of body art with its own set of unique designs, imagery, and symbolism. These elaborate tattoos often cover large parts of the body, with some resulting in full “bodysuits,” a tradition that is frequently linked with the yakuza—Japan’s organised crime syndicates.But while many viewed irezumi as a criminal mark or

2024-10-16T12:17:10-0700 DannyDutch dthholland 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-18T22:13:45-0700 - sethherr

Why birds do not fall while sleeping

The only permanent bipeds of the animal kingdom alongside humans, birds have an extraordinary sense of balance. How do these direct descendants of the dinosaurs maintain this stability, especially when sleeping? Scientists recently succeeded in solving the mystery.

CNRS News 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-17T07:34:46-0700 - sethherr

Reflections on Palantir

A retrospective of an eight-year stint.

2024-10-15T12:19:09-0700 Nabeel S. Qureshi 6,000 words

Rated 2024-10-16T17:09:31-0700 - sethherr

Did Sandia use a thermonuclear secondary in a product logo? | Restricted Data

blog.nuclearsecrecy.com

Rated 2024-10-14T21:09:51-0700 - sethherr

Cargo airships are happening

I got something wrong; introducing Airship Industries

2024-10-14T06:02:54-0700 Eli Dourado 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-14T19:58:29-0700 - sethherr

Amid crisis, California’s last drug incineration plant is set to close

Nobody knows what law enforcement agencies will do with the evidence they seize when the facility shuts down. "We will eventually run out of space," one Bay Area official said. #Crime #Fentanyl #Police

2024-10-13T07:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Max Harrison-Caldwell 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T20:51:19-0700 - sethherr

Oakland’s new school buses don’t just reduce pollution — they double as giant batteries

A new fleet of buses can send power back to the grid, stabilizing it instead of straining it. #City #Technology #Transportation

2024-08-29T01:15:00-0700 Grist Matt Simon 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T20:15:42-0700 - sethherr

Strava Metro and the Global Heatmap

Strava Metro By contributing your activities to Strava Metro you will be helping to improve bike- and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure in your area. Strava Metro’s mission is to make cycling, run...

Strava Support 500 words

Rated 2024-10-13T20:13:17-0700 - sethherr

Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster

From Coinbase to OpenAI, the tech sector is pouring millions into super PACS that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda. Charles Duhigg reports.

2024-10-07T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Charles Duhigg 8,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T20:01:27-0700 - sethherr

Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people

A trove of secret documents show teens’ increasing reliance on TikTok and how executives were acutely aware of the potential harm the app can cause young people, but appeared unconcerned.

2024-10-13T05:00:00-0700 NPR Bobby Allyn 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T19:04:58-0700 - sethherr

1 bug, $50,000+ in bounties, how Zendesk intentionally left a backdoor in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies

1 bug, $50,000+ in bounties, how Zendesk intentionally left a backdoor in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies - zendesk.md

Gist 262588213843476 3,000 words

Rated 2024-10-12T21:52:02-0700 - sethherr

SB 1047: Our Side Of The Story

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2024-10-10T05:20:19-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 40,000 words

Rated 2024-10-12T20:47:58-0700 - sethherr

How Long Til We’re All on Ozempic?—Asterisk

Over 100 million Americans, and possibly many more, could benefit from GLP-1 drugs. When can they expect to get them?

asteriskmag.com 4,000 words

Rated 2024-10-12T09:10:26-0700 - sethherr

How to Make an Information Super Weapon

A Technical Deep Dive into the Components of a Trust Assembly

2024-06-17T22:49:31-0700 Extelligence Some Guy 9,000 words

Rated 2024-10-11T15:26:18-0700 - sethherr

This Chatbot Pulls People Away From Conspiracy Theories

In a new study, many people doubted or abandoned false beliefs after a short conversation with the DebunkBot. #Artificial Intelligence #Conspiracy Theory #Psychology

2024-09-12T11:30:55-0700 The New York Times Teddy Rosenbluth ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-11T15:22:14-0700 - sethherr Rated 2024-09-23T17:10:31-0700 - &e

Gay bathhouses could come again. For once, no one is moaning

There have been no gay bathhouses in San Francisco since 1987. In large part that’s because red tape is less a bondage prop and more a fact of life for the city. #LGBTQ+

2024-10-04T08:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Kevin Truong 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-10T15:32:31-0700 - sethherr

How the Online Right Fell Apart

Behind the scenes, the online Right is just as divided as the Left—and it’s adopted many of its pathologies too. Are we facing a fascist coup, or just a collapse into political confusion? #Christianity #Internet

2024-08-21T05:20:47-0700 Damage Sam Kriss 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-07T18:19:45-0700 - sethherr

Incomplete Streets Part 3: Even When Caltrans Is Right, It’s Wrong - CalBike

2024-07-31T17:08:31-0700 California Bicycle Coalition Jared Sanchez 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-07T17:05:46-0700 - sethherr

How to Pull the Perfect Shot of Espresso

Finally, an all-in-one guide to help you master that elusive perfect espresso shot at home. We lay it out in this easy, six-minute step-by-step walkthrough with tips, tricks, and even our signature espresso recipe. What's the difference between dose and yield? What size dose should you be using based on your basket? Grab a pen and notebook, and stop head-scratching whenever your espresso turns out differently. You'll thank us later. Recipe An espresso recipe consists of dose, yield, and...

Clive Coffee 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-07T09:01:25-0700 - sethherr

What We're Getting Wrong About Ethical Eating

When it comes to ethical eating, the journey is not as simple as "eat more plants." We have to think about the whole system and our place in it.

2020-01-07T06:17:43-0800 Greatist Leigh Huggins 3,000 words

Rated 2024-09-23T17:19:29-0700 - &e

A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots

AI needs a lot of electricity and water to stay cool in data centers. We break down the toll prompt-by-prompt to show the scale of AI’s environmental needs.

2024-09-18T02:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Pranshu Verma, Shelly Tan ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-09-23T17:02:13-0700 - &e