If your password is on this list, you REALLY need a better one. Or better yet, use a password manager like LastPass or KeePass so you can use passwords that look like keysmashes and not have to worry about (a) remembering them or (b) someone guessing them.
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An interesting read on optimism, pessimism, technology and the future… particularly in how it
https://www.oreilly.com/radar/the-computing-of-distrust/
An interesting read on optimism, pessimism, technology and the future… particularly in how it applies to running computer programs on networks, data or even hardware that you can't trust.
A time-lapse video made from 40 images of Comet Lovejoy showing its motion against
A time-lapse video made from 40 images of Comet Lovejoy showing its motion against the sky.
It’s been interesting to watch the cascade of allergy recalls over the past month…
It’s been interesting to watch the cascade of allergy recalls over the past month after a single spice supplier discovered that a batch of cumin had been contaminated with peanuts. Most of the time, recalls are over labeling errors, or cross-contamination in prepared food. Seeing it happen further up the supply chain is eye-opening.
That reminds me, I’ve been meaning to take J on a nature walk now
That reminds me, I've been meaning to take J on a nature walk now that he's old enough to keep up.
As the headline says: Holy wow!
https://slate.com/technology/2015/01/comet-lovejoy-stunning-photo-by-gerald-rhemann.html
As the headline says: Holy wow!
Chestnut trees once dominated the forests of the eastern US, until a blight imported…
https://www.popsci.com/transgenic-chestnuts-roasting-open-fire/
Chestnut trees once dominated the forests of the eastern US, until a blight imported from Asia devastated them early last century. Its continued presence has prevented them from recovering. Now there's a project to repair the damage to the chestnut forests by inserting a gene from wheat that makes the trees resistant to the blight.
“J, I need more coffee, so please take the dinosaur foot off my head. Thank you.”
“J, I need more coffee, so please take the dinosaur foot off my head. Thank you.” (More things you never thought you'd say.)
Back at work after two days off. I keep thinking it’s a Monday.
Back at work after two days off. I keep thinking it's a Monday.
There’s some interesting stuff in here about using treated wastewater to recharge aquifers and prevent seawater intrusion.
A Thirsty Town Debates Need for New Source of Water
I remember stopping at Cambria a few years back when visiting Hearst Castle. There’s some interesting stuff in here about using treated wastewater to recharge aquifers and prevent seawater intrusion.
It turns out you can mathematically describe wave-partical duality as a manifestation of the
https://phys.org/news/2014-12-quantum-physics-complicated.html
It turns out you can mathematically describe wave-partical duality as a manifestation of the uncertainty principle, rather than as a distinct feature of quantum mechanics.
How vaccines work, and countering some of the myths about them and their safety,
https://medium.com/the-nib/vaccines-work-here-are-the-facts-5de3d0f9ffd0
How vaccines work, and countering some of the myths about them and their safety, explained in comic strip form.
I know I shouldn’t laugh at this headline, but…
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-drive-in-the-rain-20141202-story.html
I know I shouldn't laugh at this headline, but…
Yeah, that’s about right…
Some interesting stuff here including redesigning roofs to collect rain, and redesigning ground cover…
https://www.kqed.org/science/23789/designing-california-cities-for-a-long-term-drought
Some interesting stuff here including redesigning roofs to collect rain, and redesigning ground cover to allow rain to soak into the ground instead of sending it out to sea as quickly as possible.
Perspective.
In an interesting bit of timing, this picture got some attention from a reddit…
In an interesting bit of timing, this picture got some attention from a reddit discussion over the weekend…right before we drove down to Orange County for Sunday afternoon. I've been meaning to check whether it's still there, but keep forgetting. This time, we remembered to look.
It's gone now. The sign only shows the diamond symbol and “5 NORTH.”
Galileo Was Right
Hey, Galileo Was Right! – Phil Plait
One of the funny things about being a human is that our intuition can steer us wrong, even on things that should be pretty obvious, things we see literally every day.
A simple example of why it’s worth applying the scientific method, even to things that seem obvious.
This sounds fascinating. Descanso Gardens has attempted to recreate the oak woodlands of a
This sounds fascinating. Descanso Gardens has attempted to recreate the oak woodlands of a pre-colonial Los Angeles landscape.
The latest illustrated quote from Zen Pencils: Amelia Earhart on getting past fear.
AMELIA EARHART: The fears are paper tigers
The latest illustrated quote from Zen Pencils: Amelia Earhart on getting past fear. (I should probably mention: there is a monster at the end of this comic strip.)