https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Sun, 17 May 2026 19:00:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss b29a88vie https://flipso.com/p/b29a88vie?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 19:00:10 GMT A reflection on building a macOS chat UI with Markdown, selection, streaming updates, and good typography—and why SwiftUI, AppKit, and TextKit 2 can become constraints, while WebKit or Electron may be the practical path. [justsitandgrin.im] hnruqxejt https://flipso.com/p/hnruqxejt?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 17:40:10 GMT The Hindenburg did have a smoking room, kept under higher pressure and sealed off by a double-door airlock. It was closely monitored, with smoking limited to that room and only one electric lighter provided. The setup was meant to reduce the risk of hydrogen entering the room, though fire elsewhere on the ship remained the greater danger. [airships.net] o7a82ee0e https://flipso.com/p/o7a82ee0e?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 17:00:33 GMT A condensed-matter overview of heavy fermions: why some materials show electrons with extremely large effective masses, how Kondo hybridization between conduction electrons and localized magnetic moments produces the effect, and why similar physics can also appear in moiré materials. [nanoscale.blogspot.com] nhoinisbd https://flipso.com/p/nhoinisbd?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 16:40:09 GMT A Washington judge later said the guardian ad litem exceeded her role by interviewing the child about abuse allegations, giving biased testimony, and steering the father to a company she ran. By then, the mother said, the family had already endured years of litigation and the child had been sent back to the home where she was abused. [investigatewest.org] cxr9mil0p https://flipso.com/p/cxr9mil0p?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 16:00:09 GMT Trials on veterans suggest the potent hallucinogen could provide a new treatment for PTSD, but scientists still don't know how it works. [bbc.com] lpg3ttux1 https://flipso.com/p/lpg3ttux1?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 14:40:33 GMT The history of coca and cocaine, from Andean ritual use to Vin Mariani and early Coca-Cola, and how a once-promising stimulant became a heavily restricted drug. [worldhistory.substack.com] a5w2humyy https://flipso.com/p/a5w2humyy?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 14:20:10 GMT China is pulling ahead in the clean-energy transition with massive investment in solar, wind, batteries and EVs, while the US doubles down on oil and gas. The result is a shifting global balance of power, with old fossil-fuel interests resisting a cheaper, cleaner energy future. [theguardian.com] 3aheve267 https://flipso.com/p/3aheve267?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 14:00:09 GMT A visual walkthrough of a diamond’s journey from deep underground formation to mining, sorting, polishing in Surat, grading, and sale. Includes how rough stones are processed, certified, and set into jewelry, plus an interactive 3D diamond. [diamond.jaydip.me] 5fhxjc6t7 https://flipso.com/p/5fhxjc6t7?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 12:40:29 GMT Don’t buy the incel narrative: regular, average men can still find romance. The post argues that dating advice should focus less on internet “gurus” and more on realistic expectations, communication, attraction, and what you actually want from relationships. [noahpinion.blog] l9gp3suos https://flipso.com/p/l9gp3suos?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 12:00:09 GMT Before Linotype transformed printing, hand compositors raced to set type at astonishing speed. The essay follows the rise of public typesetting contests, the “Swifts” who turned them into spectacles, and women printers who used the tournaments to press for workplace access and recognition. [publicdomainreview.org] j1ae9ghil https://flipso.com/p/j1ae9ghil?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 11:20:30 GMT Perfection is often a stalling tactic; something better than what you have now may be the wiser choice. The perfect job, leader, or option can stay out of reach, but choosing better repeatedly can still move you closer to ideal. [seths.blog] tvceaof83 https://flipso.com/p/tvceaof83?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 11:00:30 GMT A short photo post contrasting repeated facade grids and architectural detail at One New York Plaza in New York’s Financial District, with images from May 16, 2026. [solomon.io] i1gre474p https://flipso.com/p/i1gre474p?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 09:40:30 GMT Patrick Kurp reflects on Henry Oliver’s idea of “almost Great Books” and offers his own personal top ten-plus-two list of admired, noncanonical works, ranging from Mayhew and Chambers to Chekhov, Swift, Boswell, and de la Mare. [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] 59kxjrlz6 https://flipso.com/p/59kxjrlz6?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:32 GMT Silver, text games, college, diapers, insurance, returns, and jobs, plus an open thread on how founders and companies evolve together. [thediff.co] frn3rpxx8 https://flipso.com/p/frn3rpxx8?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 07:40:09 GMT 1970 American science-fiction thriller directed by Joseph Sargent and based on Dennis Feltham Jones’s novel Colossus. A U.S. defense supercomputer called Colossus becomes sentient, links with a Soviet counterpart, and escalates from nuclear deterrence to global domination in the name of peace. [en.wikipedia.org] 5c9j0lxbv https://flipso.com/p/5c9j0lxbv?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 06:00:30 GMT Negative framing can be confusing. It’s clearer to say what you want to happen: leave on time, speak respectfully, or make a direct point without the hedge. [seths.blog] njjbmdnpg https://flipso.com/p/njjbmdnpg?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 05:40:12 GMT Mapping a general graph onto a hierarchical structure is a pervasive problem in software, writing, architecture, and biology. The article argues that many familiar systems force web-like relationships into trees, distorting the underlying structure. [mmapped.blog] lxiji82x5 https://flipso.com/p/lxiji82x5?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 04:00:39 GMT A personal reflection on replacing fossil heating with a heat pump, installing rooftop solar and battery storage, and what those changes mean for home energy use, winter electricity demand, and datacenter power consumption. [wingolog.org] hp1prm8vh https://flipso.com/p/hp1prm8vh?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 03:20:09 GMT A graduate student recently harnessed the complexity of mathematical proofs to create a powerful new tool in cryptography. [quantamagazine.org] nvgnymmz7 https://flipso.com/p/nvgnymmz7?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 02:00:36 GMT A firsthand history of the Tomy Tutor, tracing its origins in Tomy’s Japanese Pyuuta/Pyuuta line, its shift from kid-friendly graphics system to a more conventional BASIC machine, and the 1983 home-computer market that shaped its U.S. launch. The post also digs into recently found Tomy marketing documents and what they reveal about the company’s CES-era strategy. [oldvcr.blogspot.com] em68uani9 https://flipso.com/p/em68uani9?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 22:20:09 GMT https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/accelerando.html [antipope.org] zs5ay7yhm https://flipso.com/p/zs5ay7yhm?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 22:00:32 GMT Patrick Kurp reflects on Josephine Jacobsen’s reading of Walter de la Mare, arguing that readers often mistake unfamiliar older language for obscurity and miss the eerie, atmospheric strangeness at the heart of his stories. [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] zhe27fqhi https://flipso.com/p/zhe27fqhi?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 21:40:09 GMT Stereoisomers of C13Cl2 exhibiting helical orbitals around a ring of carbon atoms were synthesized by atom manipulation on NaCl surfaces. We resolved the enantiomeric geometries of the singlet states by atomic force microscopy and mapped their helical ... [science.org] wadi9wcwf https://flipso.com/p/wadi9wcwf?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 21:00:09 GMT A Japanese maker of animatronic wolf scarecrows says orders have surged as bear sightings and fatal attacks hit record highs. The motion-activated “Monster Wolf,” originally built to protect cropland, is now mostly being bought by farmers and rural workers. [independent.co.uk] 8jgrs8fo6 https://flipso.com/p/8jgrs8fo6?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 20:40:09 GMT Japan’s handmade Monster Wolf scarecrows are in high demand as bear encounters rise. The solar-powered devices use sensors and loud audio to frighten wildlife away from farms and other rural areas, but the maker can’t build them fast enough to meet orders. [popsci.com] suhqalvnv https://flipso.com/p/suhqalvnv?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 19:20:31 GMT A brief comic-book note on Batman’s references to Gotham City’s history, with a comparison to the Great Fire of New York and a small historical aside about 1830s population figures. [oldstructures.com] a91obccyk https://flipso.com/p/a91obccyk?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 18:20:10 GMT Even without an explicit failure-to-protect law, abused mothers in Oregon can still face felony charges when a child is harmed or killed. A case involving Deborah Albin shows how prosecutors can use criminal mistreatment and limit abuse-related defenses. [investigatewest.org] i6ss142gz https://flipso.com/p/i6ss142gz?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 17:00:10 GMT Ancient Greeks and Romans used lead curse tablets—known as defixiones—to try to bind rivals in sports, court cases, and love. Archaeologists have found more than 1,500 of these folded, often nailed tablets across the Greco-Roman world, revealing a long-lived tradition of ritualized magic. [history.com] 8fhivqo3j https://flipso.com/p/8fhivqo3j?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 15:20:09 GMT A Cincinnati-area FM station known as The Oasis has adopted the WKRP call letters after buying them from a nonprofit station in North Carolina. To mark the launch, it played the sitcom’s theme song for six hours and will keep airing classic rock from the 1960s through the 1980s. [openculture.com] 3r2liwnel https://flipso.com/p/3r2liwnel?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 12:40:36 GMT How the Docklands Light Railway was planned, built, and launched from a small Blackfriars office — with anecdotes about tight budgets, route-finding, and early teething troubles. [londonist.com]