https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:40:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss am9smc40b https://flipso.com/p/am9smc40b?ref=rss Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:40:17 GMT https://archive.ph/GM3FJ [archive.ph] j2penoni3 https://flipso.com/p/j2penoni3?ref=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:40:18 GMT Researchers using the NSF Inouye Solar Telescope observed Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on the Sun, offering new insight into solar activity and space weather. [nso.edu] otl1wlto8 https://flipso.com/p/otl1wlto8?ref=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:00:19 GMT AI can speed up software development by handling repetitive work and providing a starting point, but it still can’t replace judgment, taste, or an understanding of quality. Building consistently good software still requires knowing what to ask for, how to evaluate results, and when generated output is technically correct but still wrong for the task. [blog.sydorets.com] eassrbsow https://flipso.com/p/eassrbsow?ref=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:40:16 GMT A personal account of Josée Lamère, whose decision to choose medical aid in dying in Quebec raises broader questions about how suffering, autonomy, and the end of life are judged — and what gets overlooked when the focus stays on eligibility alone. [statnews.com] ojw7b9th9 https://flipso.com/p/ojw7b9th9?ref=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:40:17 GMT An interactive guide to using Pareto efficiency to choose a strong Mario Kart 8 build. It shows how speed, acceleration, and other stats create trade-offs, then explains how to filter out dominated options and find builds that fit your play style. [mayerowitz.io] u1o8e01lf https://flipso.com/p/u1o8e01lf?ref=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:20:18 GMT Thousands of people in Nigeria have been held for ransom by bandit groups. One professor escaped his captors—only to be abducted again. [newyorker.com] 700hb4p5m https://flipso.com/p/700hb4p5m?ref=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:00:16 GMT A methodical exploration of the least accessible points in the San Gabriel Mountains using OpenStreetMap road and trail data, a tangent-plane approximation, and a Voronoi-diagram approach. Includes the implementation details, sample results for roads, trails, and paved roads, and mapped coordinates for the farthest points. [notes.secretsauce.net] 2q2qpvgsq https://flipso.com/p/2q2qpvgsq?ref=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:40:17 GMT From neighbourhood shopping streets to accessible transport, Japan's most liveable cities remove the everyday frustrations of urban life. [bbc.com] pa1nqakz3 https://flipso.com/p/pa1nqakz3?ref=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:22:42 GMT A look at why thoroughbreds may have hit a biological ceiling: centuries of breeding, racing, and selection for speed may have narrowed the genetic diversity needed for further gains. The piece traces horse evolution, domestication, and the history of thoroughbred breeding to explain why racing times may have stopped improving. [worksinprogress.news] gwsfs5m5f https://flipso.com/p/gwsfs5m5f?ref=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:00:18 GMT Takram’s branding for Morioka Shoten, a Tokyo bookstore that stocks only one title at a time and pairs it with small exhibitions. The identity uses a rhombic logo and location-focused typography to reflect the shop’s single-room, single-book philosophy and its emphasis on slow reading and conversation. [takram.com] p8ri8506m https://flipso.com/p/p8ri8506m?ref=rss Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:40:13 GMT A close read of Blade Runner’s opening titles shows how a single typeface, careful casing, spacing, and color choices create mood and establish the film’s dystopian tone. It also contrasts that polished design with an early work-print version that used a much clumsier title treatment. [randsinrepose.com] otjhcqgtt https://flipso.com/p/otjhcqgtt?ref=rss Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:00:16 GMT Scientists identified a previously unknown multicomponent alloy in debris formed by the 1945 Hiroshima atomic explosion. [science.org] xmbeqfz1y https://flipso.com/p/xmbeqfz1y?ref=rss Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:00:43 GMT A reflection on modern philanthropy and patronage, arguing that America has immense wealth but often directs it toward fragmented, less enduring ends instead of beauty, civic culture, and ambitious public works. [buildingoptimism.substack.com] nab8gleop https://flipso.com/p/nab8gleop?ref=rss Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:00:14 GMT Early trial results suggest psilocybin, paired with talk therapy, may reduce anorexia symptoms and increase motivation to recover. Researchers say the evidence is promising but still preliminary, with larger controlled studies needed. [scientificamerican.com] aw10b4rub https://flipso.com/p/aw10b4rub?ref=rss Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:40:14 GMT A thoughtful essay on how small UI decisions tend to compound into complexity, using Apple ads, Chrome’s context menu, and iOS screenshot controls as examples. It argues that once one exception is allowed, “one more” can quickly become the norm. [unsung.aresluna.org] qho3rvww0 https://flipso.com/p/qho3rvww0?ref=rss Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:00:34 GMT Selective breeding has driven horses from wild forest browsers to the streamlined racehorse, but it may also have narrowed the genetic diversity they need to stay healthy and keep improving. [worksinprogress.co] c3r9ersmh https://flipso.com/p/c3r9ersmh?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:40:13 GMT In remembrance of his beloved and brilliant wife, Elise Cawley, and their 36 years together, Stephen Wolfram shares memories of their family and home and relates Elise's many accomplishments and contributions to mathematics. [writings.stephenwolfram.com] dmntup3f5 https://flipso.com/p/dmntup3f5?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:00:31 GMT We analyzed 132,003 attempts to mow a virtual lawn efficiently. [pudding.cool] boxhofgt1 https://flipso.com/p/boxhofgt1?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:20:16 GMT Transcript of Buckminster Fuller’s 42-hour 1975 lecture series on his life’s work, covering design, geometry, architecture, engineering, economics, and his “synergetic” approach to solving global problems. [bfi.org] g4ypfyx3d https://flipso.com/p/g4ypfyx3d?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:20:19 GMT A neuroscientist argues that psychoanalysis still deserves a place in modern psychiatry, drawing on Freud, brain science, and research on the unconscious to make the case for talk therapy over biological psychiatry. [theatlantic.com] padbl7z9f https://flipso.com/p/padbl7z9f?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:20:31 GMT A look at the Burtele Foot and the fossils that led Yohannes Haile-Selassie to propose Australopithecus deyiremeda as a separate hominin species. It covers the evidence for a more apelike, grasping foot, the controversy over whether the bones and teeth really belong to the same species, and what the find suggests about early hominin diversity and locomotion. [lflank.wordpress.com] doe1wi9ua https://flipso.com/p/doe1wi9ua?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:00:17 GMT Tracing words can reveal deep links between languages, religions, technologies, and cultural history — from Farsi cognates to the surprising rise of “hello” with the telephone. [resobscura.substack.com] wx3dhmvvb https://flipso.com/p/wx3dhmvvb?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:40:16 GMT The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and… [short-stories.co] tx12wezfm https://flipso.com/p/tx12wezfm?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:20:18 GMT archived 30 Jul 2026 19:38:58 UTC [archive.ph] oda1nzdu3 https://flipso.com/p/oda1nzdu3?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:20:32 GMT New York’s history suggests that growth strategies built around attracting large enterprises can deepen fiscal crisis and inequality, while locally rooted institutions, shared ownership, and community-led investment can strengthen the city’s economy. The piece argues for public banking, anchor-institution procurement, community land trusts, worker co-ops, and social-cost accounting to build a more affordable and just New York City. [commonedge.org] a9p29lwo6 https://flipso.com/p/a9p29lwo6?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:00:23 GMT The world exceeds us. It comes to us out of darkness. The cave is the universe, the nightly presence of that unknown... [lrb.co.uk] 70p7j3jpk https://flipso.com/p/70p7j3jpk?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:20:26 GMT Why so many young adults are dating less, partnering less, and struggling to find love in an era of apps, shifting gender dynamics, and changing social life. [theatlantic.com] y8kow01uu https://flipso.com/p/y8kow01uu?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:00:14 GMT New earthworks suggest a large pre-Columbian society once occupied a vast but sparsely studied stretch of the Amazon, with estimates of millions of inhabitants across the region. [science.org] fbp4ghkc3 https://flipso.com/p/fbp4ghkc3?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:40:32 GMT A firsthand look at pregnancy, labor, hospital operations, and the gaps in patient information and billing. [outofpocket.health] fz5w1n8q9 https://flipso.com/p/fz5w1n8q9?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:00:13 GMT The economics behind where movies are filmed, why production has shifted away from Los Angeles, and whether audiences notice the difference. [statsignificant.com]