links, etc cleaning out some reading backlog. stuff worth pointing at more broadly. Liberating Wi-Fi on the ESP32 - media.ccc.de open WiFi implmentation and some interesting learnings. The Walmart Effect - The Atlantic well, at least there’s the math now. 77 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2024 one of the best lists i’ve seen in a bit, there are some bangers in here. What All of the Markings on SD microSD and microSDXC Cards Mean...
links, etc American Kakistocracy the atlantic’s considered take on how trump’s grafting wrong. Berlusconi’s shortcomings helped fuel his success, but he wasn’t proud of them. Trump wears his flaws like medals, and is appointing people to his coming administration who have the same attitude. Berlusconi would never have allowed the equivalent of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. near Italy’s department of health. An Italian Matt Gaetz would have been considered for a reality show on one of Berlusconi’s TV channels, at most....
links, etc Hear a Chopin Waltz Unearthed After Nearly 200 Years - The New York Times on the heels of the recent discovery of a string trio arrangement by mozart this is pretty neat news. we can only really have these “discoveries” if there’s a durable medium for preserving creative outputs. in this case paper and pen. with everything being hidden on personal hard drives and in proprietary software/file formats these days, i do find myself wondering what creative bits (no pun intended) we’re going to lose to the ravages of time and bit rot....
links, etc The Truth About Hurricane Geoengineering - The Atlantic it’s absolutely bonkers to me that this is something that requires discussion.
links, etc richard dawkins final bow who knows what the actual title is for this article. but it’s a pretty solid overview of the decline of richard dawkins intellectually and his tilting at stupid stuff.