Been reading The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. It’s eye opening to read stories of how illnesses kill before science & modern medicine. Also, alternative medicine is the best example of Dunning–Kruger effect. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7170627
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Anyone got a G Suite business promotion code I can use?
DJI’s new head offices in Shenzhen feature a sky bridge to launch drones from! [Filed under #suckithongkong] https://dronedj.com/2018/05/10/djis-new-head-offices-in-shenzhen-feature-a-skybridge-to-launch-drones-from/
Annabelle & Aiden: What Happens When We Die? - A children’s book.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1269876999/annabelle-and-aiden-what-happens-when-we-die, via Kickstarter
Can’t put my finger on it but there’s something about this list that’s a little upsetting. https://x.com/jonerlichman/status/992011489719521280
@JonErlichman @johnbiggs Hard to believe so many future titans can be identified so early on. How many more were profiled but didn’t make it big?
@aivencha OK… please follow me.
@mreinsch @heatherarussell @pietrozuco @jonnyli I’d love to see you in Berlin! Will try to make it happen, need to see how things go in the next months.
@heatherarussell @mreinsch @pietrozuco @jonnyli SF!! When did u made the move?! U like it there?
I’ll also be there in late Sept for my sister’s wedding!
Will be heading to London for a meeting in mid. Sept, wondering if I should also pop over to Europe and visit friends there too. @heatherarussell @mreinsch @pietrozuco @jonnyli Where is everybody?
I’ve really enjoyed these updates from Turing Tumble on Kickstarter showing us everything from working with a manufacturer in China, to how amazing these people are, to how things are shipped around the world! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/871405126/turing-tumble-gaming-on-a-mechanical-computer/posts/2172447
Children of Anita-vaxxer who grew up and vaccinated themselves tell their stories. https://reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/8ewg7o/children_of_antivaxxers_who_grew_up_and_got/
Currently listening to As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. Read by the actors and actresses themselves! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21412202
Aztec death whistle. Install these on your car’s exhaust and become a legend! https://reddit.com/r/videos/comments/8dbgso/aztec_death_whistle_makes_the_sound_of_a_human/
TIL: I’m only 43% human. 👽🖖🏼 https://x.com/nick_kapur/status/984234581518843904
Women (and men) who gave up their career and/or personal life to care for your kids. I just wanna say I have mad respect for y’all!
And to those of you who have gone back out into the workforce, how did you do it? I feel like I’m facing a huge ice wall.
Director of Grave of the Fireflies, Isao Takahata, has died. https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180406-00000503-sanspo-ent
“Spaniard raised by wolves disappointed with human life.” - Of course he would. Humans raised by humans are disappointed with human life. https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/03/28/inenglish/1522237746_629465.html
同感だ。