The Weekly Weird - 2017-02-03
- A whole slew of articles about pain relief and (especially) opiods have come across my news feed, from less-addictive pain management and analyses of the costs and benefits of addiction to the inevitable pharma scandals, both in prescribing opiods and treating overdoses. I haven't listened to it yet but this econtalk podcast episode comes highly recommended.
- Amd is really counting on its new Infinity fabric.
- "I'm going to start lunch, could you load the cannon honey?"
- You know climate change is for real when it starts affecting the NYC real estate market.
- More biological engineering: 3D printed human parts.
- Jobs that won't exist: Sailor.
- English has 3,000 words for being drunk and 2017 is gonna make me use all of 'em.
- Rust 1.15 is released! This is a big one as it enables the diesel web framework, pom, serde and many others to be built without requiring a nightly compiler.