The Weekly Weird - 2022-09-02
- I am never sure how to reconcile seemingly optimistic studies of space-based solar power vs the seeming orders-of-magnitude gaps. I guess I could do the math myself but meh.
- Your brains don't experience linear perspective, why should your art?
- What is the longest train journey in the world? Obviously, depends on your definition of 'train' and 'journey'.
- Is this the winner of "most amazing example of foresight" in history? "You can have the ore now. It is in New York, a thousand tons of it. I was waiting for your visit."
- A free book on the internals of the Linux Kernel.
- Use histograms a lot? Maybe consider eCDFs instead.
- Lie on your right side if you want drugs to kick in faster, on your left to slow them down.
- Is it really happening?