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This Week’s Book Review – Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them
Books and Media
mathematics ,  book-review ,  physics ,  science
0 18 14 August 2022
Sour Grapes
General Discussion
0 36 13 August 2022
David Rozado: Tracking the Narrative in Academic Literature and Mass Media
Context
woke ,  social-justice ,  david-rozado ,  academic-literature ,  mass-media
0 63 13 August 2022
Space Science in the Age of Starship
The Happening World
spacex ,  starship ,  science-magazine ,  space-science
0 60 13 August 2022
What Is “Dry Aged Beef”?
Tracking with Closeups
food ,  beef ,  dry-aging
0 56 13 August 2022
The Many Incarnations of the Antares Rocket
Continuity
russia ,  ukraine ,  northrop-grumman ,  antares-rocket ,  firefly-aerospace
0 47 13 August 2022
World Economic Forum: Use AI to “Moderate” Online Speech
The Happening World
artificial-intelligence ,  censorship ,  world-economic-forum ,  free-speech
5 58 13 August 2022
Why isn't Florida Disneyworld swarming with mosquitos?
General Discussion
entomology ,  disney-world ,  mosquitos
23 134 13 August 2022
Elon Musk Buys a 9.2% Stake in Twitter
The Happening World
elon-musk ,  twitter ,  social-media
237 2436 13 August 2022
Ariane 6 Launch Complex
Continuity
space ,  esa ,  ariane-6
1 94 12 August 2022
Development log: 2022-08-12
Site Development Log
0 23 12 August 2022
Sabine Hossenfelder on Existential Physics
Tracking with Closeups
physics ,  sabine-hossenfelder
0 60 12 August 2022
Why Does the Bank of England Issue £100 Million Banknotes?
Context
united-kingdom ,  funny-money ,  paper-money ,  bank-of-england
6 69 12 August 2022
SpaceX Starlink Group 3-3 Launch
The Happening World
space ,  spacex ,  starlink ,  vandenberg
3 56 12 August 2022
SpaceX Starlink Group 4-26 Launch
The Happening World
space ,  spacex ,  starlink
2 66 11 August 2022
SpaceX Super Heavy Booster Single Engine Static Fire Test
The Happening World
spacex ,  static-fire ,  starship-super-heavy
3 80 11 August 2022
Hunger Games
General Discussion
33 196 11 August 2022
Music Lovers
General Discussion
music
2 41 11 August 2022
Viewing the Fourth Dimension in your Browser
Context
javascript ,  fourth-dimension ,  tesseract ,  hypercube ,  webgl
0 51 11 August 2022
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Rejects Starlink Bid for Rural Broadband Subsidies
The Happening World
spacex ,  starlink ,  fcc ,  federal-trough
1 52 11 August 2022
Fundamentals of Lighting in Cinematography
Tracking with Closeups
cinematography ,  lighting ,  filmmaking
2 92 11 August 2022
Open thread on Tesla Gigafactory Austin
General Discussion
tesla ,  elon-musk ,  giga-texas ,  giga-austin ,  gigafactory
7 103 11 August 2022
From 1945—“The Atom Strikes!”
Continuity
world-war-ii ,  nuclear-weapons ,  japan ,  atomic-bombings ,  manhattan-project
13 120 11 August 2022
What Is Inflation, and What Is Its Real Rate?
Context
inflation ,  funny-money ,  consumer-price-index ,  shadowstats ,  cost-of-living
33 403 10 August 2022
Hal Puthoff on “Ultraterrestrial Models”
Context
0 69 10 August 2022
Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff—Consciousness and Quantum Mechanics
Context
quantum-mechanics ,  consciousness ,  roger-penrose ,  stuart-hameroff ,  microtubules
4 102 10 August 2022
Hey, look! Meta/Facebook Has an AI Chatbot, and It's Really Dumb
The Happening World
facebook ,  artificial-intelligence ,  meta ,  blenderbot
0 56 10 August 2022
Financing Innovation
General Discussion
2 44 9 August 2022
An Obscure 1980s Minicomputer Meets an Obscure 1980s Home Computer
Continuity
texas-instruments-ti-99 ,  centurion-minicomputer ,  rs-232 ,  usagi-electric ,  1980s
0 58 9 August 2022
How the U.S. Postal Service Reads Illegibly Scribbled Addresses
Tracking with Closeups
us-postal-service ,  roaring-twenties ,  post-office ,  bad-handwriting ,  optical-character-recognition
0 59 9 August 2022