Quick quiz
Did I stumble across this lovely search entry from my wife (which produced results as you see in the tabs) before or after this last weekend’s holiday bash?
Search query privacy indeed! (Tip to wife: Tools > Clear Private Data.)
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The Ampcamper
How I hauled myself, two teens, an 80 lb dog, and a whole load of crap 4000+ miles across six states in twenty days using an electric vehicle. And survived to tell the tale.
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Stuff I’ve found interesting from around the web lately.
2024 Commencement Address by Roger Federer at Dartmouth
Tennis great-turned-philanthropist Roger Federer delivered the Commencement address at Dartmouth on June 9, 2024. The eight-time Wimbledon champion gave pointers on how to win at life. Federer received a Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the Commencement ceremony. More from our 2024 Commencement:
Deep-ocean floor produces its own oxygen
An international team of researchers, including a Northwestern University chemist, has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor produce oxygen -- 13,000 feet below the surface.
One Small Controversy About Neil Armstrong’s Giant Leap
When, exactly, did the astronaut set foot on the moon? No one knows. The Apollo 11 mission was, in most respects, a feat of extraordinary precision.
Welcome to Fright Club: How I Fought the Greatest Horror Movie Villains of All Time
The Ringer’s resident survivalist watched more than 200 horror movies to figure out the unimaginable: Could he take Freddy, Jason, and dozens of other villains one-on-one?
I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity
The recent innovations in the AI space, most notably those such as GPT-4, obviously have far-reaching implications for society, ranging from the utopian eliminating of drudgery, to the dystopian damage to the livelihood of artists in a capitalist society, to existential threats to humanity itself.
The Lunacy of Artemis
A little over 51 years ago, a rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying three astronauts and a space car.
Hear the Song Written on a Sinner’s Buttock in Hieronymus Bosch’s Painting The Garden of Earthly Delights
There’s something unusually exciting about finding a hidden or discreetly placed element in a well-known painting.
The Cicada’s Love Affair With Prime Numbers
As far back as the seventeen-hundreds, fur trappers for the Hudson’s Bay Company noted that while in some years they would collect an enormous number of Canadian lynx pelts, in the following years hardly any of the wild snow cats could be found—until, some years later, when the trappers found th
On the Implausibility of the Death Star’s Trash Compactor
The Trash Compactor Debate turns on whether the Death Star ejects its trash into space. I, for one, believe it does. Though we never see the Death Star ejecting its trash, we do see another Empire ship, the so-called Star Destroyer, ejecting its trash into space.
When Do We Stop Finding New Music? A Statistical Analysis
I recently tried Spotify's new DJ feature in which an AI bot curates personalized listening sessions, introducing songs while explaining the intention behind its selections (much like a real-life disc jockey).
A few years ago Rob Smart was giving an Emerging Technology pitch to a packed out audience. He was explaining how AJAX worked and using the Google search suggestion as his example.
He started to type “Emerging Technology” as the search term, but someone asked a question just as he’d got to typing “Emerg”. He stopped to answer the question and on the 20ft screen behind him Google whirred away and came back with “Are you looking for Emergency Contraception?” He had no idea why everyone was in tears.
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