https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:00:28 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 7yrxq7noe https://flipso.com/p/7yrxq7noe?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:00:28 GMT Photographer Derek Brook captured Carnaby Street at the height of Swinging London, with fashion-forward shoppers, boutiques like Lord John and Trecamp, and the street’s vivid mid-1960s style scene. [flashbak.com] 79ysmhxh2 https://flipso.com/p/79ysmhxh2?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:20:08 GMT Japan has a rich set of wordless symbols used in daily life, from kamon and police and fire emblems to driver marks, transit badges, and other signs that communicate status or needs at a glance. [arun.is] ibw78epvv https://flipso.com/p/ibw78epvv?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:40:31 GMT In 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the U.S. armory at Harpers Ferry, hoping to seize weapons and spark a slave rebellion. The attack failed, but Brown’s execution intensified sectional tensions and helped push the nation toward Civil War. [thecollector.com] bhym6kriy https://flipso.com/p/bhym6kriy?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:40:09 GMT https://jchri.st/blog/in-praise-of-memcached/ [jchri.st] upjawbubo https://flipso.com/p/upjawbubo?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:00:08 GMT A look back at an old Project Euler solution that uses a simple combinatorics pattern instead of code to solve the lattice-path problem, and the strange mix of pride and embarrassment that comes with rediscovering past work. [blog.dahl.dev] h6ma9nnxr https://flipso.com/p/h6ma9nnxr?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:40:12 GMT The federal government is looking to build up to 10 new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years, with at least one of them outside of Ontario. [cbc.ca] i8z9ydoed https://flipso.com/p/i8z9ydoed?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:20:09 GMT A startup application asked for undergrad GPA and SAT scores, even years after college. The post examines why an old standardized test might be used as a hiring signal, compares it with more predictive hiring methods, and argues for verifiable, current assessments instead. [mrmarket.lol] an5ry1tlq https://flipso.com/p/an5ry1tlq?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:00:08 GMT DisplayMate offers display calibration, test patterns, and evaluation tools for monitors, TVs, projectors, and mobile screens, along with consulting and lab testing for manufacturers. [displaymate.com] ib88qiws3 https://flipso.com/p/ib88qiws3?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:20:27 GMT Florida’s small towns reveal the state’s deeper past, from fishing villages and former boomtowns to historic inland communities and one of the nation’s first incorporated Black municipalities. These ten places highlight preserved architecture, local museums, and stories shaped by railroads, maritime trade, and cultural heritage. [thecollector.com] zekobctle https://flipso.com/p/zekobctle?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:00:11 GMT As America’s auto debt nears $1.7 trillion, repossessions are reaching levels not seen since the Great Recession. Inside an industry at the front line of the country’s affordability crisis. [newyorker.com] ny6lt9296 https://flipso.com/p/ny6lt9296?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:20:10 GMT A heresy trial held in Friuli, Italy in the sixteenth century brings to light the complex cosmogony and worldview of a miller who stunned the inquisitors. [weirditaly.com] ak1o1ip2b https://flipso.com/p/ak1o1ip2b?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:00:31 GMT A satellite-driven alert system is helping Tonle Sap communities spot and extinguish wildfires within minutes, protecting flooded forest habitat, fisheries, and local livelihoods. [conservation.org] z3egky0jd https://flipso.com/p/z3egky0jd?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:40:11 GMT A close-up reverse engineering of the Intel 8087’s barrel shifter, showing how its pass-transistor design shifts data by up to 63 bits and supports fast floating-point operations. [righto.com] qshogqy2s https://flipso.com/p/qshogqy2s?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:20:08 GMT A Greyhound’s favorite treats are ranked using pairwise-choice experiments and a Bradley-Terry model, revealing a current winner, a possible challenger, and a measurable side bias in the setup. [wespiser.com] v6i2yzbha https://flipso.com/p/v6i2yzbha?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:40:08 GMT A California court granted summary judgment for a blogger accused of reposting a photographer’s image in an old fashion-advice post, finding fair use and rejecting the CMI claim under Section 1202. The opinion highlights the case’s low stakes, the long delay before suit, and the mismatch between the photo’s licensing market and the blog’s use. [blog.ericgoldman.org] w9c3bdf11 https://flipso.com/p/w9c3bdf11?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:40:27 GMT Fuel prices in parts of Africa have climbed, boosting interest in electric motorbikes and accelerating EV adoption in markets such as Kenya. Companies like Spiro are expanding across the continent as governments push to reduce fuel imports and support cleaner transport. [e360.yale.edu] gubmi5wtf https://flipso.com/p/gubmi5wtf?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:20:27 GMT Attention is a core brain function that usually goes unnoticed until it breaks down. This post examines how attention works in the brain, why it matters, and how problems with it can become debilitating. [theness.com] q4g2in84i https://flipso.com/p/q4g2in84i?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:00:09 GMT Heidi Blake reports on how Andrew Tate built a sex-work and influencer empire by coercing women, spreading misogynistic ideology, and turning online notoriety into political influence. [newyorker.com] 663ggcplm https://flipso.com/p/663ggcplm?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:40:30 GMT A critique of urban planning through the lens of SimCity and a college seminar with a former mayor, arguing that the field has become far more complicated in practice than it needs to be. [slowboring.com] 1zkiz141p https://flipso.com/p/1zkiz141p?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:20:24 GMT Anniversaries are chosen milestones: occasions to recommit to a relationship, job, practice, or project, and to celebrate what you’ve agreed to keep doing. They mark both the past and the next chapter. [seths.blog] 9ipcjvjm0 https://flipso.com/p/9ipcjvjm0?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:20:27 GMT Sean Carroll discusses why the accelerating universe is most naturally explained by vacuum energy, tracing the idea from Einstein to modern cosmology. He covers the cosmological constant problem, the coincidence problem, and why dark energy remains one of physics’ biggest open questions. [preposterousuniverse.com] i9b5wdg6h https://flipso.com/p/i9b5wdg6h?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:20:27 GMT Sharanya Deepak reflects on how romance can suppress appetite, connecting crushes, long relationships, family meals, and the politics of women’s desire through food, memory, and restraint. Illustrated by Lisa Carpagnano. [vittlesmagazine.com] igj08ttnf https://flipso.com/p/igj08ttnf?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:00:11 GMT https://lmao.center/blog/wiggle-accidents/ [lmao.center] 1999dufr1 https://flipso.com/p/1999dufr1?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:40:30 GMT Elizabeth Gaskell used social realism to challenge Victorian assumptions about class, poverty, and women’s lives. Drawing on her Unitarian beliefs and experience in industrial Manchester, she wrote novels that portrayed mill workers, “fallen women,” and family loss with unusual sympathy and blunt realism. [thecollector.com] pnif3ezld https://flipso.com/p/pnif3ezld?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:09 GMT A clear, intuition-first guide to Japanese verb conjugation that reframes stems, suffixes, and verb groups with a small set of patterns instead of memorizing many exceptions. It also argues for using romaji to make the vowel changes easier to see, while still thinking in Japanese syllables. [underreacted.leaflet.pub] 5mq7b8xtg https://flipso.com/p/5mq7b8xtg?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:40:11 GMT A rare Canadian-only Commodore VICModem phone bundle from 1983, made by Northern Telecom and sold with a VIC-1605 adaptor to work around hardwired handset rules and Bell Canada’s telecom restrictions. [oldtelephoneroom.ca] zcd0i5hg1 https://flipso.com/p/zcd0i5hg1?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:20:09 GMT A Queen Mary University of London study finds HPV vaccination in early adolescence almost eliminates cervical-cancer deaths before age 30, but researchers warn falling vaccine uptake could reverse the gains. [theguardian.com] auhohgfki https://flipso.com/p/auhohgfki?ref=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 01:20:29 GMT So why do Americans use the former and not the latter? [noahpinion.blog] isobbqrv5 https://flipso.com/p/isobbqrv5?ref=rss Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:20:10 GMT A former software engineer revisits his early startup days at GenieDB, later acquired by Frost VP, and examines whether the company’s existence was tied to alleged VC fraud. He weighs SEC and arbitration allegations, internal emails about fees and new portfolio companies, and concludes that while the fund may have siphoned value, the startup itself still had a real technical idea and real people trying to build it. [david.newgas.net] w8prwo8fy https://flipso.com/p/w8prwo8fy?ref=rss Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:40:10 GMT An essay drawing parallels between logarithms, vectors, and partial derivatives, using a “baseless logarithm” idea to reinterpret change-of-base as a unit conversion. It also connects logarithmic decompositions to p-adic valuations and factorization. [alexkritchevsky.com]