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BrtByte··on Studies increasingly find links between air pollutants and dementia
What really stands out is how subtle the damage can be. You're not coughing or wheezing, you're just slowly accumulating risk for something that might not show up for dades
BrtByte··on Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: László Krasznahorkai
In Krasznahorkai's case, it's pretty clear they're recognizing the sustained impact and distinctiveness of his entire body of work
BrtByte··on Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: László Krasznahorkai
Tarr and Krasznahorkai are basically artistic soulmates
BrtByte··on Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: László Krasznahorkai
His prose is like wading through a fever dream
BrtByte··on I spent the day teaching seniors how to use an iPhone
It's wild how phones went from being the simplest tech in our lives to these over-personalized, over-contextualized systems that require a user manual just to change a ringtone or wallpaper
BrtByte··on I spent the day teaching seniors how to use an iPhone
It's the perfect example of Apple overengineering something
BrtByte··on I spent the day teaching seniors how to use an iPhone
iOS 6 really was the sweet spot. It had personality, clarity, and just enough visual cues to guide users without being overwhelming
BrtByte··on I spent the day teaching seniors how to use an iPhone
The magic is gone when just getting to the home screen feels like an obstacle course
BrtByte··on I spent the day teaching seniors how to use an iPhone
I think the market is screaming for a dead-simple, modern flip phone that works like an old Nokia but with 2025 reliability
BrtByte··on Man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant
What seems like a small step now often ends up being the foundation for something revolutionary a decade later
BrtByte··on Man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant
The part that always gets me is the lack of nerve reconnection - the heart keeps beating on its own, no nervous system hookup required. It's literally running off internal timing, like a mechanical watch made of cells
BrtByte··on Man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant
Totally agree that kidneys are the logical starting point. Lower immunological complexity + less vascularization makes them more forgiving as a test case. The lung, on the other hand… yeah, that's a whole different beast
BrtByte··on Man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant
We're deep into the part of the sci-fi timeline where the tech works, and now the real challenge is cultural, ethical, and existential
BrtByte··on Man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant
That's genuinely impressive. Six months without dialysis after a xenotransplant is no small milestone, especially considering how many hurdles this field has faced over the years. The level of genetic modification involved shows how far biotech has come. Still, it's hard not to wonder about the long game. Immunosuppression, organ longevity, possible unforeseen complications - all big unknowns
BrtByte··on The best YouTube downloaders, and how Google silenced the press
But I think the point is more about passive tolerance than active support
BrtByte··on The best YouTube downloaders, and how Google silenced the press
The lack of even basic metadata when a video disappears is maddening... like a black hole where context used to be
BrtByte··on The best YouTube downloaders, and how Google silenced the press
For a lot of creators, YouTube is the internet
BrtByte··on The best YouTube downloaders, and how Google silenced the press
But I think the article's point isn't that Google wants downloaders to work, it's that they tolerate just enough friction to keep power users from revolting, without officially endorsing anything
BrtByte··on The best YouTube downloaders, and how Google silenced the press
It's not incompetence, it's strategy. They want a gray zone so they can maintain dominance without giving users too much official power
BrtByte··on Apple Photos app corrupts images
Never thought to suspect Photos itself
BrtByte··on Apple Photos app corrupts images
What’s wild is that this kind of bug feels like something that should’ve been caught with even minimal end-to-end integrity checks
BrtByte··on Apple Photos app corrupts images
Kind of horrifying. You expect Photos to be dumb and slow, sure, but corrupting files
BrtByte··on EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy
Bottom line: nuclear will never be "cheap and easy," but I think there is headroom to reduce costs meaningfully
BrtByte··on EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy
Yep, the "nuclear waste problem" is 90% political, not technical
BrtByte··on EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy
A lot of the cost isn't the tech, it's the years of delays, endless permitting, and political whiplash
BrtByte··on EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy
In theory, you can replace nuclear with a massive buildout of renewables and storage and grid upgrades and overcapacity to handle intermittency. The challenge is that doing all of that fast enough
BrtByte··on EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy
Whether you're pro-nuclear or not, this ruling feels like a turning point. For decades, nuclear has been stuck in a weird limbo. Fascinating how youth climate activists are now some of the strongest voices for nuclear. That would've been unthinkable 10 years ago
BrtByte··on How can England possibly be running out of water?
Future generations are going to look back and wonder how we let it get this bad while patting ourselves on the back for recycling plastic bottles
BrtByte··on How can England possibly be running out of water?
It really highlights that governance, long-term strategy, and actual follow-through matter just as much as the ownership model
BrtByte··on How can England possibly be running out of water?
What's worse is how hard it is to create political urgency around invisible decay
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