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> world’s most successful author.

> J.K. Rowling is arguably the most successful author in the history of publishing, with the possible exception of God.

lol alrighty, that is one way to start an article.

> "Dear Fellow Scholars, this is Two Minute Papers.... "

When I was younger and my family had our first internet connection my dad said "One day internet webpages will load like changing channels on the TV - click click click. instant page loads"

Today TV soo much slower and webpage are... well... you know.

That someone needs to resort to clever liquor license dispute adds to the dystopian feel of this story.

Turns out those folks might have been ahead of their time. :D

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/nyregion/monkeypox-vaccin...

Matthias has an interesting video that is tangentially related talking about the distance of a fan to a window and air flow. While watching I was wondering how this interacts with PC case fans and if they are losing a lot of performance by being directly against the case.

Without a decimal it will strip leading zeros by default, a setting that has caused me hours of frustration over the years.

The reddit app used to but they are pushing everything into the new media player (including photos) and it takes you into algorithm content hell. Not even restricted to your subs.. just whatever they want to throw at you. It is enough that I cannot use the reddit app anymore (or hardly use it).

Why?

I love RTS's and will come back after some days?weeks and try again. :D

Anyway, I disabled everywhere except calendar alerts, alarm clock app, and a "favorites" list that is exempt from DnD in my phone.

My preference is for technology to be a tool that I use when I want. It is here for me not the other way around.

I bet you could pull this off with a container (Like a clean IBC tote) and a well water pump. Have the drain go back to the tote. Setup a sink off of the well water line. It will keep the lines pressurized and usable. Then have the sink drain back into the tote. Would want to treat the water like pool water to keep it from getting gross. a little filter and some shock/chlorine.

It is not a bath tub, but would still let them enjoy a sink.

The pump might be loud if you but a cheaper one which could be an issue for the child.

Might be able to rig a sump in the tote instead (cheaper) but you would need to figure out how you want turn it on since it would always be submerged in water - the normal switch would always be on.

Good luck - would be interested in knowing what solution you come up with.

Edit - After looking around a bit, you can pick up a grey water recycling system. They have the pumps, filters, container all bundled into a kit. This seems like the easiest (but not exactly cheapest) way to go. While speculating above I was basically re-inventing one of these. Also it looks like you can scale this down to an RV sized system or up to whole house.

An example is Uber 'invents' smartphone taxi's and says the laws of employment and taxi's don't apply to them. They make a ton of money and here we are.

Maybe I am being overly cynical.

Tangentially related - This app, merlin, has a bird song identifier and it is fantastic.

https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

I don't know anyone that plays a game because of the ads that are in it. I must be misunderstanding what they are saying?

We solidify our known good historic data into immutable data icebergs. We distill the data ocean into data vapor, allow it to condense in the cloud where it precipitates onto lakes, deltas, gulfs, and users as data rain.

Finally some small % of the data vapor escapes into our data vacuum where it drifts and mingles with other matter, eventually accumulating into a new data moon, data planet, or data star.

My new startup, Biggest Data, is looking for funding now.

When I search whoisdomain "w55c.net" I find it is owned by Roku, Inc. 150 Winchester Circle Los Gatos, CA.

Am I doing this wrong or is the tracking pixel in my local hospital sending data to ... Roku... the company that make the little streaming box I have hooked up to my TV.

Very disappointing.

1) Asymmetric RTS / FPS. A group of FPS players play through a map against an RTS player who is controlling the tech, types and grouping of mobs, etc.

2) RTS / FP coop game sort of like Warcraft 3 where one player controls the base from an RTS view and another player(s) control a hero and a support army.

I don't enjoy MOBA's but they are super popular. I love Starcraft but it is too hard to get into. Takes tons of time and effort to get the basics of 'how to play'.

3) I think a game somewhere between Starcraft and LOL would be interesting. Clearly it is all about the details here and I don't have them - but I think you could capture a really big gaming market by trying to simplify the macro of Starcraft, keep the micro, army movement, base building, expanding etc. Controlling and upgrading lanes of a moba map?

I have no idea how any of these would really work out from a game development point of view but I think they have potential to be a lot of fun and bring some new life into the RTS world.

By the same reasoning if critters evolve to eat plastic then the plastic becomes compostable. At the end of a compost cycle we would have a pile of their poop. It wouldn't be magic it would be "Bugs are evolving to eat plastic"

Or will it be an arms race where we have to lace our plastic with pesticide to stop everything from being eaten the moment it comes out of the injection molding machine!

Not likely but it is fun to have a few minutes of wide eyed day dreaming.

Edit: Another thought - perhaps next to my organic compost I will have a plastic compost where I layer old clothing, cellphone covers, food packaging along with some coal tar or old motor oil to break down into a bin of ... hell I have no idea what.