A New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands the Same Side Up | Quanta Magazine
A tetrahedron is the simplest Platonic solid. Mathematicians have now made one that’s stable only on one side, confirming a decades-old conjecture.
Science
Windows 11 upgrade myth: Keep using your old computer
Microsoft's latest OS push could waste perfectly good hardware. Here’s how existing machines can stay fast and secure without costly replacements.
History and Pop culture
PlasticList
Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Area foods
Come ti costruisco l'amore (queer): storia di 'Un fantastico altrove'
Due vite che sembrano tante, un libro fotografico, una presentazione (domani, 24 giugno, alla libreria Colibrì di Milano). Abbiamo chiesto a Samuele Galli, tra i protagonisti di questo viaggio, di raccontarci quello che le immagini non dicono
one sec app – Liberati dalla distrazione dei social media – a lungo termine.
one sec ti costringe a prendere un respiro profondo ogni volta che apri un'app di social media. È semplice quanto efficace: puoi ridurre il tuo utilizzo del social media solo rendendotene consapevole. un sec è l'app di concentrazione che affronta il problema dell'uso inconscio dei social media alla radice. È progettata per cambiare le tue abitudini a lungo termine.
Lifestyle mindfulness etc
Computational Public Space
Communal computing in the context of urban design and public space. A values-driven approach to integrating computation into cities.For links, transcript, an...
Missing Matter in Universe Found
Using Caltech's DSA-110 radio telescope, astronomers pinpoint whereabouts of "fog" between galaxies.
Defending the Internet: How Cloudflare blocked a monumental 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack
In mid-May 2025, blocked the largest DDoS attack ever recorded: a staggering 7.3 terabits per second (Tbps).
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Do Analog Synths Really Sound Better Than Digital Synths? (Study)
Sorry that it took so long, but after I conducted the blindtest about Digital Synths vs Analog Synths a bit more than a week ago, here are finally the result...
What Happens When Clergy Take Psilocybin
A 10-year-old study finally comes into the light
E.W.Dijkstra Archive: The Humble Programmer (EWD 340)
Politic
Sincerity Wins The War
Hello Where’s Your Ed At Subscribers! I’ve started a premium version of this newsletter with a weekly Friday column where I go over the most meaningful news and give my views, which I guess is what you’d expect. Anyway, it’s $7 a month or $70 a year, and helps support the newsletter. I will continue to do my big free column too! Thanks.
What wins the war is sincerity.
What wins the war is accountability.
And we do not have to buy into the inevitability of this movement.
Nor do we have to cov
LOPSA - LOPSA Board Seeks to Dissolve Organization — AMA July 29th
Social anxiety disorder-associated gut microbiota increases social fear | PNAS
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a crippling psychiatric disorder characterized by
intense fear or anxiety in social situations and their avoidance...
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A receipt printer cured my procrastination [ADHD]
Why can I focus for hours on a game but procrastinate on simple tasks? I finally cracked the code using thermal receipt printer and game design.