links, etc A Brief History of Inkjet Printers - IEEE Spectrum kind of 🤯 what these things are capable of. using them for DNA arrays is one of the coolest things i’ve heard in a long time. Robin’s blog – Friends don’t let friends export to CSV mind changed. will send you parquet files from now on.
links, etc The Case for Destroying Old Forest Roads | Science | Smithsonian Magazine i really didn’t realize that even abandoned forest roads were a problem. in retrospect, this makes a ton of sense. feels like we should be figuring out how to make this happen faster. Measuring NAT64 Usage in the Wild | RIPE Labs a rollicking good read.
links, etc What Monks Know about Focus - by Joel J Miller “Every acquired skill and every discipline,” says Moses, “has a scopos and a telos, some immediate goal and some ultimate goal that is particular to it. Practitioners of any skilled craft will gladly and good-naturedly work through all their fatigue and risks and costs as they keep those goals in mind.” #meditation #focus peak cherry tree blossom dates in kyoto japan....
links, etc The Supreme Court Must Be Stopped | The Nation this is one of the most thought provoking things i’ve read in a while. the reverence that is shown to SCOTUS for their lack of accountability is something that we need to take a long hard look at. the author makes a number of great points. i’m pleased to see how our contributions to propublica have paid off, they’ve done absolutely brilliant muckraking on the court....
links, etc Price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing | Federal Trade Commission somehow it makes me very happy to see the FTC writing stuff like this.