Immutable Linux Distros: Are They Right for You?

https://linuxblog.io/immutable-linux-distros-are-they-right-for-you-take-the-test/

A string containing one emoji has length == 7 in JS and 17 in Rust

https://hsivonen.fi/string-length/

All Life on Earth Today Descended from a Single Cell. Meet LUCA

https://www.quantamagazine.org/all-life-on-earth-today-descended-from-a-single-cell-meet-luca-20241120/

Innovation Impacts Ebitda Margins

https://alexjvale.com/n/innovations-and-margins

Google is testing a MediaTek modem in the Pixel 10 series

https://www.androidauthority.com/exclusive-mediatek-modem-pixel-10-3507964/

Trouble in Arctic town as polar bears and people face warming world

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg344zz1ro

Casual Viewing: Why Netflix looks like that

https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/essays/casual-viewing/

Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-modern-cars-surveillance-devices-wheels.html

500 Million, But Not a Single One More

https://laneless.substack.com/p/500-million-but-not-a-single-one-more

The Mother of All Bubbles

https://www.ft.com/content/49cca8d7-7b6e-47e3-a50c-9557d7c85fc0

Utterances

https://utteranc.es

Is Matt Mullenweg the Mad King of WordPress?

https://www.inc.com/dfreedman/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-wp-engine/90994969

Blogging, Substacking and owning digital real estate

https://manuelmoreale.com/on-blogging-substacking-and-owning-digital-real-estate

The Copper Plate Must Die

https://121gigawatts.org/the-copper-plate-must-die/

Silicon Valley's Obsession with AI Looks a Lot Like Religion

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/silicon-valleys-obsession-with-ai-looks-a-lot-like-religion/

The Depletion Paradox

https://blog.gorozen.com/blog/the-depletion-paradox

Why Do Religions Decline?

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/why-do-religions-decline

When Everything in the Universe Changed

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2024/era-of-reionization-how-did-it-change-the-universe

Trains that run through buildings and escalators with tolls

https://english.elpais.com/travel/2024-12-01/trains-that-run-through-buildings-and-escalators-with-tolls-the-craziest-city-on-the-planet.html

The Economy Has Been Great Under Biden. That's Why Trump Won

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/the-economy-has-been-great-under-biden-thats-why-trump-won