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I Finally Reached Computing Nirvana. What Was It All For? | WIRED

September 19, 2022

Liked your piece, particularly the sentiment: “The key, finally, was to turn nearly everything in my life into emails.” Most important here is that email — as opposed to most other forms of electronic communication — is in an open, cross-platform format that’s readily parsable.

https://www.wired.com/story/i-finally-reached-computing-nirvana-what-was-it-all-for/

Ethereum Plans to Cut Its Absurd Energy Consumption by 99 Percent

September 18, 2022

https://spectrum.ieee.org/ethereum-plans-to-cut-its-absurd-energy-consumption-by-99-percent

Opinion | There’s Terrific News About the New Covid Boosters, but Few Are Hearing It – The New York Times

September 18, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/opinion/covid-booster-shot.html QT:{{”
The White House coronavirus response coordinator, Ashish Jha, said last week that people might consider getting the booster when they get flu shots, which many do in October and, barring a new variant curveball, think of it as an annual shot going forward. That’s fine if people do that, especially since many immunologists say it’s best to wait three to six months after one’s last vaccination or infection, and many people have had recent infections.
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Testing planetary defenses against asteroids, and building a giant ‘water machine’ | Science | AAAS

September 17, 2022

https://www.science.org/content/podcast/testing-planetary-defenses-against-asteroids-and-building-giant-water-machine

https://twitter.com/boron110/status/1570761167232016389

Thought the recent @ScienceMagazine podcast about the asteroid deflection mission dealt well with the effect of science on
sci-fiction and *vice-versa*. Wonder if this interplay happens in other scientific contexts?

https://www.science.org/content/article/nasa-s-unprecedented-asteroid-deflection-mission-more-billiards-space-scientists-say

Should “data” be singular or plural? | The Economist

September 17, 2022

Enjoyed this article! I studied Latin, but, unfortunately, now agree with the article: “It is poignant that [trivia] a word that once meant a knowledge of Latin now means a knowledge of impractical random facts.”

https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/08/11/should-data-be-singular-or-plural

SN 887 twitter +

September 17, 2022

Great episode! Liked the discussion of “permission-less browser clipboard write” (shown at http://webplatform.news), esp. the example of a malicious website rewriting a crypto wallet address in the clipboard without the user realizing it.

However, how does a website know the clipboard contains a wallet address to overwrite, in the first place?
https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-887.htm

Security Now! Transcript of Episode #887

To Mask, or Not to Mask: Theaters and Concert Halls Face a Dilemma – The New York Times

September 12, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/arts/theaters-masking-covid.html

Lake Saltonstall

September 11, 2022

https://branfordhistoricalsociety.org/history-of-lake-saltonstall/

East Rock Market – New Haven CT Food Hall

September 11, 2022

https://www.eastrockmarket.com

Taqueria de Rojas
Rockfish Sushi
&
Panicale Pasta (which has simple spaghetti w/ butter)
available via uber eats

The genes of a jellyfish show how to live forever | The Economist

September 11, 2022

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2022/08/31/the-genes-of-a-jellyfish-show-how-to-live-forever