Human evolution is fascinating: both the stuff way back in the depths of time, but also more recent adaptations. Domesticated cattle are some of the original biotech, and as we shape our tools, they shape us... https://www.science.org/content/article/humans-were-drinking-milk-they-could-digest-it
feels good to be out bouldering again
Book rec: Quickstart Molecular Biology, by Benfey. It's meant as a crash course for engineers being thrown into the fire of systems biology research or biotech startups. Biology is mind-bogglingly complicated, but Benfey does a good job of getting through "powerhouse of the cell" platitudes and getting to some fundamental mental models for genetics, biological information flow, and the tools we use to work with them, and does it in about 130 pages. Whether it's mRNA, CRISPR, or your own biology, this stuff is worth knowing a bit about. #bookstr
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21544398-quickstart-molecular-biology
Read Harry Browne.
Book rec: Maps of Time, by David Christian, for appreciating both how big and how deep the universe is. Trying to stitch the history of the universe into one narrative is inherently (over)ambitious, but Christian has a pretty neat running thread that links things through self-intensifying complexity. Getting a feel for deep time really puts the world into perspective. #bookstr
Yeah, in the past I've linked out to Goodreads, but having something more stable would be excellent
"I’d already thought in the past that chili could be made into the ultimate food, and then it dawned upon me- there is no need to make it into the ultimate food, because it already is the ultimate food." - Jamie Lewis
Time for some of the best things in life: spice and protein
Random book rec: Left of Bang. Everyone who does anything in self-defense or preparedness talks about the importance of situational awareness, but it's a hard thing to teach (see Gary Klein for why). Van Horne at least gives you a language for labeling things you see, and some heuristics for pulling signal out of noise when you're peoplewatching.
Either markets like https://www.predictit.org
Or someone takes betting odd APIs and makes a book with Lightning.
Was hoping the NIP69 lightning polls would be the precursor to this.
If you could get the liquidity going, peer to peer prediction markets would be really interesting
Yeah, definitely. This kind of arbitrary tagging/HUD is something social media has needed for a while, now we might finally have it
The Club Dumas manages to have some of the coolest chapters I've ever read- just wish the payoff was a little better #bookstr
That's super cool! It's the golden age for both
Autonomous agents self-funding online will be wild- basically internet native life
What kind of stuff interests you?
Unless you really want a default Android experience, maybe an older Pixel with Grapheme/Calyx?
Another day on a spinning little rock in space
Live free or die
How do you find the mobile bath for ice plunges? Been thinking of getting one
Do you not think it will return a profit long term?