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chnx··on Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants died
It's air temperature according to a linked article (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/25/mass-mor...):

> They concluded that a rise in temperature to 37C and an increase in humidity above 80% in the previous few days had stimulated the bacteria to pass into the bloodstream where it caused haemorrhagic septicaemia, or blood poisoning.

chnx··on Video Vectorization
Here's a quote from Lone Starr:

> "State of the Art was traced by hand with a Genlock overlay and tool I developed. In 9 fingers the process was automatic, my program controlled the videoplayer, digitized one picture, traced it, and skipped to the next frame. For me the equipment at that time was expensive, about 150 Euros for the videoplayer (used the prize money from State of the Art), since it had to show de-interlaced pictures."

chnx··on Grumpy Website – a blog about everything wrong with modern web & tech
If you can only open one at a time it means the locking mechanism only needs to lock one drawer. They do the same thing with tool cabinets.
chnx··on Tell HN: Danny Cohen Has Died
Could this be it?

https://youtu.be/MGat1jRQ_SM

chnx··on Show HN: Responsify.js
smartcrop.js is interesting.

https://github.com/jwagner/smartcrop.js/ http://29a.ch/sandbox/2014/smartcrop/examples/testsuite.html

chnx··on The Benefits of a Quiet Ego
Stoic week is coming up in early November. I did it last year and it focuses on fostering virtues very similar to the ideas listed in the article.

http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/stoicismtoday/2015/09/12/announcin...

chnx··on What It Was Like to Seek Asylum in Medieval England
There's even a source under the image that links to, "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westminster_Abbey_-_...
chnx··on Emperor Norton
He's also a patron saint of Discordianism.
chnx··on A Simple Guide to Meditation
When I first started meditating I found the book The Relaxation Response helpful. It has a one page guide to activating the parasympathetic nervous system and is non-spiritual in its application.
chnx··on The Myth of AI
Five mortally ill patients are in care at a hospital, all of whom will soon die. At the same time, a sixth man is undergoing a routine checkup at the same hospital. A transplant surgeon in residence finds that the only medical means of saving the five ailing patients would be to slay the sixth and transplant into them his healthy organs. Legal ramifications and other peripheral matters disregarded, it morally right to do so?
chnx··on What can men do?
Psychologists abandon established diagnoses with every revision of the DSM. For instance sexual aversion disorder was also removed in the latest DSM [1].

[1] http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Practice/DSM/DSM-5/...

chnx··on Can Namecoin obsolete ICANN (and more)?
You can explore the blockchain here: http://explorer.namecoin.info/
chnx··on The Boy Genius of Ulan Bator
"Battushig, then 15, became one of 340 students out of 150,000 to earn a perfect score in Circuits and Electronics, a sophomore-level class at M.I.T. and the first Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC"

This is a second year MIT course in a language that is not his native language. While I agree with your sentiment about the use of the word genius, I think it is misdirected here.

chnx··on Foxconn Plans American Expansion as Clients Seek Made in U.S.A.
I also can't see the scrollbar or scroll the page with OS X 10.7.5 and Google Chrome 23.0.1271.95. It works in Safari and Firefox.
chnx··on The Ludum Dare October Challenge: Finish a game, Take it to market, Earn $1
>This October challenge reemphasizes the misplaced focus of Ludum Dare: make something overnight that makes just $1.

The October challenge is for the whole month, not overnight. You submit your game to market on November 1st but you have the whole month to produce it.

chnx··on Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Near the end of the documentary it is said by Jiro that his son (Yoshikazu) was the one making the sushi when it was being graded for the three Michelin stars and that being the head chef is the easy job because all the hard preparation work is done by the people under him. I think this somewhat applies to Apple as well — while Jobs was an excellent curator of sorts, he was supported by excellent people like Sir Jonathan Ive and others. So I wouldn't be surprised if they continue to create highly innovative products.