Highlights from the Web
Ten Years Left to Redesign Lithium-Ion Batteries
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05752-3
Batteries have always sucked.
November 4, 2018
Inside X, The Moonshot Factory Racing to Build the Next Google
https://www.wired.com/story/alphabet-google-x-innovation-loon-wing-graduation/
Yeah, I know, the topical thing about Google right now is that everyone is walking out to protest their executives for sexual harrassment. Here's an article about the remaining part of Google that isn't full of SJW bullshit. (I'm not against the harrassment claims btw, I just think 60% of the employees walking out for a day is stupid as if it would change anything)
November 3, 2018
The Agave Plant's Asparagus Death Fetish
https://www.theawl.com/2017/06/the-agave-plants-asparagus-death-fetish/
Agave is this spiny, giant ground artichoke looking thing that is used to make sugary syrup and alcohol I think. Did you know it's genetically related to Asparagus??
November 2, 2018
You Graduated Cum Laude? So Did Everyone Else
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-graduated-cum-laude-so-did-everyone-else-1530523801
Whelp. You and I both know this has been coming for a long time. School is bullshit. Tests is bullshit. And grades are bullshit.
October 31, 2018
This is an incredible story. Astronauts are ridiculous.
October 24, 2018
How Robots are Grasping the Art of Gripping
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05093-1
Robots!
October 23, 2018
The Pros and Cons of Stealing Fine Art
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-26/the-pros-and-cons-of-stealing-fine-art
Makes sense, I guess.
October 22, 2018
http://thehumbleprogrammer.com/stack-trace-art/
Useless. But amusing I guess.
October 21, 2018
Why Atheletes Need a 'Quiet Eye'
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180627-is-quiet-eye-the-secret-to-success-for-athletes
This is pretty cool. I do notice from my own anecdotal evidence that I do better when I'm staring for prolonged periods at something I'm working on in a physical setting.
October 19, 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_base
This is a nice party trick you can break out to make people hate you and think you're a huge tool.
October 16, 2018
Look at these goddamn links
Hey maaan, these snippets from the internet are p. cool imo. You should check them out. I think you should waste a bunch of time looking at them. It's totally worth it.
Cool Links from the Web
Something Awful 4Chan
Gunnerkrigg Court Octopus Pie Dr. McNinja Nedroid Picture Diary Dresden Codak Phuzzy Comics Johnny Wander Bearmageddon Cucumber Quest F@nboys Three Panel Soul Lackadaisy Cats Comics by Patrick Alexander
Joe Rogan Experience "Opie & Anthony" DVDASA
