https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:00:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss s3v3cnw9d https://flipso.com/p/s3v3cnw9d?ref=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:00:08 GMT NASA’s Curiosity rover detected more than 20 organic compounds in Gale Crater rocks, including a nitrogen-bearing molecule linked to DNA-building chemistry. The results suggest Mars can preserve complex organic material for billions of years, though they do not prove life ever existed there. [courthousenews.com] wt16baxun https://flipso.com/p/wt16baxun?ref=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:20:08 GMT Sterling Hooten discusses Iku Bio’s PCB-based microfluidic bioreactor, media optimization for biologics manufacturing, and why better cell-culture experimentation could radically improve wet-lab throughput and cost. [owlposting.com] uamgc7xop https://flipso.com/p/uamgc7xop?ref=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:20:31 GMT Jon Peterson traces how wargaming evolved from early chess-like military simulations into Kriegsspiel, RAND-era analysis, Diplomacy, and ultimately the origins of Dungeons & Dragons. [asteriskmag.com] qrdtxu7dy https://flipso.com/p/qrdtxu7dy?ref=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:00:29 GMT Ted Gioia marks five years on Substack by ranking the 10 most-read Honest Broker posts from 2021–2026, including pieces on culture, AI, Spotify, Barnes & Noble, and screen addiction. [honest-broker.com] sy53fdoq1 https://flipso.com/p/sy53fdoq1?ref=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:40:30 GMT A new SMBC comic strip tagged mathematics, posted April 21, 2026. [smbc-comics.com] v0sbumy2v https://flipso.com/p/v0sbumy2v?ref=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:20:10 GMT San Diego’s median rent for 1-bedroom apartments fell 5.6% year over year, while 2-bedroom rents dropped 7.5%. The decline came alongside about a 15% increase in active rental listings, and among the nation’s 20 priciest rental markets, only New Haven saw a steeper 1-bedroom drop. [kpbs.org] sl9xrka5m https://flipso.com/p/sl9xrka5m?ref=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:00:24 GMT Travel has shifted from exploration to collection: countries become checkboxes, iconic places become photo stops, and social media turns experiences into status signals. The result is less time spent being present and more time spent documenting the visit. [herman.bearblog.dev] soxgyet9f https://flipso.com/p/soxgyet9f?ref=rss Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:40:08 GMT UK buyers are seeing average EV prices dip below petrol cars, driven by low-cost Chinese models, discounts, and the country’s EV grant. The article argues that tariff-free access to cheaper Chinese EVs is putting downward pressure on prices across the market. [electrek.co] pbjr91apb https://flipso.com/p/pbjr91apb?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:20:08 GMT Thinky Games marks the 10th anniversary of Stephen's Sausage Roll with comments from puzzle developers on its design, difficulty, and lasting influence on modern sokoban games. [thinkygames.com] 498ofhkme https://flipso.com/p/498ofhkme?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:00:30 GMT John Marston’s The Malcontent is a strangely original revenge comedy with sharp, inventive insults, a memorable disguise plot, and a psychology that makes Malevole’s cynicism feel central to the play’s power. [wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com] nkhv4ymz3 https://flipso.com/p/nkhv4ymz3?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:20:30 GMT Steven Novella examines the viral claim that a cluster of dead or missing scientists points to something sinister, and argues the apparent pattern is better explained by base rates, loose definitions, and confirmation bias than by a real connection. [theness.com] txjqplb5v https://flipso.com/p/txjqplb5v?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:00:09 GMT A maintainer argues that PRs are often no longer the best way to contribute, especially with LLMs making it faster to implement changes directly. Instead, they suggest giving feedback, discussing ideas, reporting and investigating bugs, sharing prototype code or prompts, reviewing code, or forking the project and adapting it yourself. [dpc.pw] ccp2zcu97 https://flipso.com/p/ccp2zcu97?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:20:27 GMT New research suggests that attractive, human-scale design can reduce opposition to new housing. The piece argues that walkable streets, coherent building form, and better materials not only improve everyday experience but can also make housing proposals more politically viable. [commonedge.org] 3x14kejjs https://flipso.com/p/3x14kejjs?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:00:08 GMT An interactive grid of cheesemaking combinations across milk, texture, rind, mold, aging, and processing, highlighting established cheeses, rare regional styles, and promising gaps. [cheesemap.netlify.app] 4p7mlggg6 https://flipso.com/p/4p7mlggg6?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:20:49 GMT In 1975 and 1976, the Teton Dam was filled for the first time, but seepage through fractured foundation rock and erodible silt led to piping and a rapid breach. The collapse devastated downstream communities in Idaho, killed 11 people, and reshaped dam safety practices in the U.S. [practical.engineering] bqzvr9844 https://flipso.com/p/bqzvr9844?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:54:16 GMT How Authentic Brands Group turns bankrupt or struggling brands into licensing machines: buy the intellectual property, shed the design and manufacturing, and collect royalties while third-party operators make the products. The result is the same logo across wildly different quality tiers, from Brooks Brothers and Eddie Bauer to Forever 21, Champion, Dockers, and Sports Illustrated. [worseonpurpose.com] a5dtj1sq1 https://flipso.com/p/a5dtj1sq1?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:20:10 GMT A detailed build log about getting a 1960s UNIVAC 1219B to run a Minecraft server, a NES emulator, OCaml programs, a web server, encryption, and other code by compiling C to RISC-V and emulating it on the machine. [farlow.dev] a8wm9q2m1 https://flipso.com/p/a8wm9q2m1?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:00:09 GMT How Leonardo da Vinci, Cesare Borgia, and Niccolò Machiavelli intersected during a 1502 military campaign in northern Italy—and how Borgia’s ruthlessness shaped Machiavelli’s thinking and Leonardo’s work. [historytoday.com] tl1n6ajkl https://flipso.com/p/tl1n6ajkl?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:40:35 GMT Conservation International’s Indigenous Women’s Fellowship supports three Peruvian Amazon conservationists working to defend territory, revive an Indigenous language, and restore a native potato. [conservation.org] q6il6ek3m https://flipso.com/p/q6il6ek3m?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:00:11 GMT Great white sharks and other warm-blooded fish may face dangerous overheating as climate change raises ocean temperatures, narrowing their suitable habitat and adding to pressure from declining prey and overfishing. Researchers say the warming seas could force these species into cooler waters and disrupt marine ecosystems. [e360.yale.edu] mkkstaxan https://flipso.com/p/mkkstaxan?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:40:46 GMT Quanta Magazine’s Natalie Wolchover examines whether recent bootstrap results strengthen the case for string theory, and how they fit into decades of debate over whether strings can describe the universe. [quantamagazine.org] g2i2josus https://flipso.com/p/g2i2josus?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:20:29 GMT A critique of how car-dependent, isolated neighborhoods can let people avoid encounters with neighbors in need, and how concentrated poverty and separated land uses make compassion harder to practice in everyday life. [strongtowns.org] bu9zy4au3 https://flipso.com/p/bu9zy4au3?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:20:09 GMT First study of how drugs affect behavior of fish in the wild adds to concerns about chemical exposure [science.org] zku5wjimi https://flipso.com/p/zku5wjimi?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:00:26 GMT Patrick Kurp reflects on Fernando Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet, comparing it with Leopardi’s Zibaldone and arguing that books should be well-written and teach something. He quotes Pessoa on reading, writing, and literature’s relation to life, while noting both insight and pretension in the passages he cites. [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] paa3t131h https://flipso.com/p/paa3t131h?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:00:10 GMT Bonsai styles reflect how trees grow in nature, shaped by wind, light, cliffs, storms, and competition. This Longwood Gardens guide explains the five basic styles—formal upright, informal upright, slanting, cascade, and semi-cascade—along with related forms like broom, literati, forest, and raft. It shows how each style balances horticulture, aesthetics, and the tree’s natural character. [longwoodgardens.org] 8xquan17n https://flipso.com/p/8xquan17n?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:00:08 GMT Subsea cable repairs start by locating the fault, usually from outages and cable testing. Fiber-optic data cables are then pinpointed with light pulses, while power cables may need fault-detection instruments or an ROV. A cable ship retrieves the damaged section, engineers splice in replacement cable on board, and the repaired line is lowered back to the seabed. The article also explains why cables fail, how ships and fishing gear damage them, and the protections used to reduce future breaks. [onesteppower.com] hifxessbj https://flipso.com/p/hifxessbj?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:40:09 GMT A 1,200-year Kyoto cherry blossom record, long used as a climate signal, will continue after climate scientist Yasuyuki Aono’s death. Environmental biophysicist Genki Katata has agreed to take over the historic dataset, which documents how bloom dates have shifted earlier as temperatures have warmed. [nytimes.com] ilni4llih https://flipso.com/p/ilni4llih?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:20:44 GMT AI can produce fast, cheap approximations, but the author prefers durable, repairable work with quality and longevity over disposable, particle-board-like output. [nazhamid.com] hanym2mjv https://flipso.com/p/hanym2mjv?ref=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:40:31 GMT A refurbished iPhone worked for a couple of months before the back shattered and the phone was later blacklisted by its original carrier, leaving calls and texts unusable. The upside was an accidental break from phone addiction, though the experience was still frustrating and came with a dead-end support saga. [atvbt.com] aasfvjwen https://flipso.com/p/aasfvjwen?ref=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:00:08 GMT A practical guide to using octopus merge commits in Jujutsu to keep many branches, WIP changes, and dependent PRs organized in a single working merge while minimizing conflicts. [isaaccorbrey.com]