The Weekly Weird - 2018-05-04
- Ever want to write some Rust on a plane? Have ~20G? Install this then run "cargo run --bin download-all-crates".
- I've always been annoyed that I can out-type most modern software. I'm thrilled that more people are starting to share this annoyance.
- I for one welcome our adorable hexapod plant-cyborg overlords.
- English doesn't borrow from other languages, it famously pursues other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. But what if we had stuck with Germanic a bit more thoroughly? (via)
- I lost the page where I got this phrasing but the next big change might be the costs of custom manufacturing falling to meet the costs of bulk manufacturing. Like these custom ASICs for $100.
- From the 'background-chyron-in-apocalyptic-movie' department:
- It looks like ceph might be basing their disk daemons on seastar: rough notes.
- Does it make more sense to spend more on a more efficient solar panel or just go for the cheapest? Depends on your install costs.
- A youtube series on why the Hobbit movies were awful. 1/2, 2/2, 3/2.
- More youtube on why Who Framed Roger Rabbit is the most amazing animated movie ever.
- A very pretty NYC subway map.
- Python wrappers to the ZFS subsystem.
- I take it back, the most 2018 headline is Asteroid mining company considering own ICO.
- Good news for Space-based nuclear power.
- And in the meantime, a wonderfully detailed examination of how to refuel a methalox rocket on Mars: Part 1 and Part 2.