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/


Epigenetics: How Environment Shapes Our Genes Reprint, Francis, Richard C. – Amazon.com

September 19, 2022

https://www.amazon.com/Epigenetics-How-Environment-Shapes-Genes-ebook/dp/B0053GMLRQ


High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service | ExpressVPN

September 18, 2022

https://www.expressvpn.com/


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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Longevity diet: How changing what you eat could add decades to your life | New Scientist

September 17, 2022

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533930-400-a-longevity-diet-that-hacks-cell-ageing-could-add-years-to-your-life/

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gz666mkgv912lyl/2022-09-04%2023.12.45.New-Scientist-Longevity-Diet.clipcacheondisk.pdf?dl=0

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Limit calorie intake to maintain a body mass index of 22to 23 for men and 21 to 22 for women.

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Eat a diet high in whole grains, legumes and nuts. Stop eating meat to restrict Intake of the amino acid methionine, but include some fish.

Aim to get between 45 and 60 per cent of calories from non-refined complex carbohydrates, 10 to 15 per cent from plant-based proteins and 25 to 35 per cent from plant-based fats

Do a limited daily fast, eating no calories from around 3 hours before bedtime and for the next 11 to 12 hours.

Every two to three months, undertake five days of complete fasting or a fasting-mlmicking diet

Low alcohol
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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


COVID may be no riskier than the flu for many people, some scientists argue : Shots – Health News : NPR

September 17, 2022

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/09/16/1122650502/scientists-debate-how-lethal-covid-is-some-say-its-now-less-risky-than-flu