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Almost like I ran the grainy-to-real conversion in my mind and I felt like I was imagining seeing this in person. Beautiful image!
>Some sources estimate the most recent four reversals took on average 7,000 years to occur. Clement (2004) suggests that this duration is dependent on latitude, with shorter durations at low latitudes and longer durations at mid and high latitudes. Others estimate the duration of full reversals to vary from between 2,000 to 12,000 years.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal
So maybe that's enough time for the biomass to adapt?
>There's an integrated cutter that'll cut the roll into A4 size, but if you have a longer format printing job like a banner, then that's possible too.
“I just approved a program to deploy small modular nuclear reactors built in the United States to an allied country to help with their sort of energy infrastructure.”
“Which allied country would that be?”
“I can't tell you. It's not public yet.”
From Interesting Times with Ross Douthat: The DOGE Alum Asking if Foreign Aid Is America’s Problem, Jul 31, 2025
Great article. I recently finished my second reading of TMM and how/to what extent our current era of generative code affects the ideas of the book was top of mind.
> Reporting problems and proposed solutions should be encouraged, but there shouldn't be a blanket statement of "Don't bring a me problem unless you have a proposed solution!"
It's kind of meta because in this post itself you are employing a kind of complain-and-propose.
Anyways I think your conclusion is entirely reasonable. I don't think blanket statements are most ever the solution, and I assume the author would agree!
>Vaaler, who was Norwegian, is commonly but incorrectly given credit for invention of the paper clip. His designs were neither first nor important. There is a large Gem paper clip statue in Norway. Norway might consider giving it to the U.S.
Weird that even a wired connection does not work. Stay curious!
1. How much space would it take up? GBs?
2. Would we have the computing power to run "it", say on a top of the line consumer laptop?
They're probably reaching some YT threshold to have more ads show on it
Look for the two little open holes on the face of the plug and you're golden
Wage Stagnation in Nine Charts:
https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/
The Pay of Corporate Executives and Financial Professionals as Evidence of Rents in Top 1 Percent Incomes:
https://www.epi.org/publication/pay-corporate-executives-fin...
Certainly Bill Gates and his endeavors have created immense value for many.
None of these points are being contested or purported in the "line of thinking" you mention (the letter I linked I assume?)