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What are some good examples of creators who "went on a run" of unbroken generation-level genius output? - Orson Welles 1931-40 - Stan Lee, Jack Kirby & Marvel artists 62-64 - The Beatles 63-69 - Jobs & Ive 97-2011 - Pixar 95-2010 - Lucas / Spielberg 75-85 - Bob Dylan 1964-66

Possibly the world’s only photo of the world’s only alpine parrot with a triple fogbow

a painting i made about the history of cosmology

This is quite the epic investor annecdote corememory.com/p/a-day-in-sea…

John Harris

ALS has gradually taken away Kenneth’s ability to speak. Through Neuralink’s VOICE clinical trial, he’s exploring how a brain-computer interface designed to translate thought to speech could help restore autonomy in his daily life. Watch to learn more:

Coupled with the prior announcement that NASA is planning monthly payload deliveries to the Moon next year, this is another strong indicator that @rookisaacman has fully pivoted to actual, full-fledged base-building rather than just flags and footprints missions. Highly detailed terrain and resource mapping from a swarm of drones will be critical for actually landing large numbers of vehicles on the Moon, until launch and landing infrastructure like pads and towers can be built. Having them double as communications infrastructure once they run out of propellant, like a network of navigation beacons, is also an excellent idea, allowing approaching ships to more accurately navigate the lunar environment, rather than just relying on low-resolution satellite maps or trusting everything to onboard sensors on the moment of approach.

Party ideas. Each guest is tasked with bringing the most controversial person they know as a plus one

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Real sounds of musical instruments used in ancient times.

best relationship cheat code is finding somebody who thinks the way you’re annoying is hot

from a post predicting second-order implications of coding agents. nailed it.

"nobody is coming to save you" ummm literally not true? My friend just brought me coffee and a croissant

Very, very impressive. Raycasting for collisions without a mesh directly on a splat.

My 2-year old daughter just entered the “why?” phase, where she repeatedly and recursively asks me why we do various things. Often preceded by a “what?” question. What’s deodorant? Why do you use it? Because armpits smell. Why? Well, grownups sweat and this can have a bad odor. And so on, dozens of times a day, sometimes going many links deep, about all sorts of household items. This was particularly challenging today because someone is here at the house installing Starlink, so I had to attempt to explain satellites and wireless data to her. Not sure how well that one got through… Anyway, I find it all incredibly cute and endearing and take my job seriously, trying to give her substantive answers to everything without saying something trivial or dismissive like “that’s just how it is.” I think it’s important to instill deep curiosity and the concept that it’s possible to keep digging deeper and deeper into questions until you get to fundamental, self-evident propositions and reasons that seem satisfying to you. That posture has served me extremely well in my career. I’m not sure why I’m like that, but it probably has something to do with my upbringing, so I figure it’s best to cultivate it when they’re young.

"Suffolk, where they come" by artist Kenichi Nakaya.

The ultimate form of tenant protection is the ability to say to your landlord, "I'm moving out," and that requires housing abundance.

a large part of the appeal of fiction these days is just the dream of competence

Damn, if you tell someone who regularly sees a chiropractor that the guy who invented it learned it from ghosts they get really mad.

I think the optimal social strategy is to maximally make bids for connection with people you want to connect with but also be maximally okay with rejection

We got out of Project Hail Mary 2.5 hours ago and my husband is already actively recruiting friends to go watch it with again lol