https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Sun, 31 May 2026 08:20:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss b7pweg9pe https://flipso.com/p/b7pweg9pe?ref=rss Sun, 31 May 2026 08:20:08 GMT A fork of BirdNET-Pi that turns bird detections from a Raspberry Pi microphone into a live collage of illustrated species, with setup notes for local hosting, cloud forwarding, and Home Assistant or MQTT integrations. [theodore.net] f0lmte25p https://flipso.com/p/f0lmte25p?ref=rss Sun, 31 May 2026 08:00:09 GMT In 1982, as we mentioned at length with our history of the DEC Professional , Digital Equipment Corporation attempted to keep their PDP-11 m... [oldvcr.blogspot.com] 51ztbq8o8 https://flipso.com/p/51ztbq8o8?ref=rss Sun, 31 May 2026 07:40:09 GMT An offline text editor for fiction writing that keeps notes alongside scenes, supports syncing across devices, and exports outlines or full stories from a simple Markdown-based file format. [brie.gay] e01x1y3wl https://flipso.com/p/e01x1y3wl?ref=rss Sun, 31 May 2026 06:40:08 GMT Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can learn to associate the repellent DEET with food, and that learned association can reverse DEET from a deterrent into an attractant. The study examines how associative learning changes the insect’s response to a common repellent. [journals.biologists.com] qkhyyz767 https://flipso.com/p/qkhyyz767?ref=rss Sun, 31 May 2026 04:40:27 GMT A reflection on how other people’s expectations can pull you away from your own instincts, and how self-trust helps you notice what you actually want and build a more meaningful life. [herbertlui.net] xuvs4osrz https://flipso.com/p/xuvs4osrz?ref=rss Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:09 GMT The story behind Shantell Sans, a free variable typeface inspired by Shantell Martin’s handwriting and designed for broad everyday use, with multiple axes for weight, italic, informality, bounce, and spacing. [shantellsans.com] o0o267rio https://flipso.com/p/o0o267rio?ref=rss Sun, 31 May 2026 03:20:09 GMT A decayed corpse was found being wheeled through Walthamstow. The investigation traces Tracey Turnell’s isolated life, her mother Joan’s frailty, and the repeated social care and housing failures that left a vulnerable family unprotected for years. [the-londoner.co.uk] f5o3jw4t8 https://flipso.com/p/f5o3jw4t8?ref=rss Sun, 31 May 2026 01:40:09 GMT Agentic AI has shifted the bottleneck in software from writing code to judging whether the result is correct. The strongest advantage now belongs to people who deeply understand a real domain and can verify both the code and the answers it produces. [brethorsting.com] 8jwx1z9ce https://flipso.com/p/8jwx1z9ce?ref=rss Sun, 31 May 2026 01:00:09 GMT A comparison of Klimt and Schiele’s drawings, tracing their mutual admiration, contrasting styles, and the lasting immediacy of their work. [theparisreview.org] fabxuviid https://flipso.com/p/fabxuviid?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 23:20:27 GMT Christopher Hill’s history-from-below approach recast Levellers, Diggers, Ranters, and Quakers as serious political and religious thinkers. Their pamphlets and biblical arguments helped shape ideas of democracy, tolerance, and social equality in 17th-century England. [thecollector.com] pkqpajcex https://flipso.com/p/pkqpajcex?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 22:20:08 GMT Ken Shirriff examines the 8087’s FXCH instruction and shows how its microcode swaps stack registers, handles empty-register exceptions, and uses NaN substitution when needed. The post also explains the 8087’s stack-based register model, tag bits, and the microcode techniques used inside the chip. [righto.com] gi70vxnhf https://flipso.com/p/gi70vxnhf?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 21:20:26 GMT Robin Hanson argues that institutions shaping abstract debate—universities, journals, peer review, tenure, grants, media, blogs, and social platforms—may be the most important leverage point for improving how society finds and spreads useful ideas. He criticizes prestige-based academic incentives, political capture, and weak accountability, and suggests more experimental institutional designs, including decision markets, could improve the production of insight. [overcomingbias.com] q2zveh0fe https://flipso.com/p/q2zveh0fe?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 20:20:26 GMT Letters, photos, graphic pornography, stickers, and altered envelopes that Genesis P-Orridge sent to General Idea’s FILE magazine, tracing a provocative exchange within the mail art movement. [flashbak.com] 0yp2e9kja https://flipso.com/p/0yp2e9kja?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 19:00:08 GMT A Northwestern preclinical study in mice suggests that loss of locally produced brain estrogen after menopause may alter the brain’s extracellular matrix and help explain why women face a higher Alzheimer’s risk. [news.northwestern.edu] xwl6v5f1u https://flipso.com/p/xwl6v5f1u?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 18:40:28 GMT Simone de Beauvoir’s ideas still resonate in fourth-wave feminism, from digital activism and #MeToo to debates over gender, freedom, and intersectionality. Her work remains a foundation for modern feminist thought, even as later movements expand beyond the limits of her original framework. [thecollector.com] puc2miuzk https://flipso.com/p/puc2miuzk?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 18:20:08 GMT Werner Herzog discusses Los Angeles, the myths surrounding his life, and the making of *Grizzly Man*, including Timothy Treadwell, the footage he left behind, and the ethical limits of documentary filmmaking. [fsgworkinprogress.com] xta6xxwo2 https://flipso.com/p/xta6xxwo2?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 16:40:27 GMT After liberation, many Holocaust survivors faced displaced-persons camps, shattered communities, and stolen homes. Some tried to rebuild in Europe, while many emigrated to the United States, Palestine/Israel, and elsewhere. Postwar violence, restitution battles, and the long struggle for remembrance shaped their lives for decades. [thecollector.com] eb48xgb63 https://flipso.com/p/eb48xgb63?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 14:00:31 GMT Cory Doctorow argues that Mark Carney’s brand of liberal technocracy promises popular reforms on antitrust, consumer protection, trade, and public services, but his government keeps retreating to austerity and corporate-friendly policy. The result, Doctorow says, is cynicism that helps open the door to fascism. [pluralistic.net] 36yp8qeh9 https://flipso.com/p/36yp8qeh9?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 12:00:09 GMT A case for seeing history not only through great figures or broad structural forces, but through ordinary, often flawed people who end up in extraordinary positions of power. Using Kaiser Wilhelm II as the example, the piece argues that incompetence, inconsistency, and personal whim can have major geopolitical consequences. [deadcarl.com] k3xoyue38 https://flipso.com/p/k3xoyue38?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 11:00:08 GMT A collection of writings [explosion-scratch.github.io] cctdz6gt3 https://flipso.com/p/cctdz6gt3?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 10:20:28 GMT A realistic vision for longevity enables living life, not just obsessing over numbers [cremieux.xyz] frv8offzg https://flipso.com/p/frv8offzg?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 09:40:08 GMT New study identifies a surprising mechanism for sensing Earth’s magnetic field [science.org] 1d650s74d https://flipso.com/p/1d650s74d?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 08:20:08 GMT A Cambridge University Libraries project is preserving aging floppy disks before their magnetic media degrades further, while also capturing the tacit knowledge needed to read older formats and file systems. [spectrum.ieee.org] qhpwg38go https://flipso.com/p/qhpwg38go?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 08:00:29 GMT Patrick Kurp reflects on Geoffrey Hill’s poetry, quoting Alice Goodman on poetry’s power to convey reason, feeling, and the senses, then revisits lines from The Triumph of Love and Without Title to describe Hill’s harsh, consoling voice. [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] nd0eq3b63 https://flipso.com/p/nd0eq3b63?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 05:00:09 GMT Naphtha shortages are affecting packaging and other inputs across Japanese manufacturing, prompting Calbee to switch some products to black-and-white packaging and causing similar disruptions at other companies. The article says the shortage is tied to the Iran war and could intensify if the conflict continues. [nippon.com] tpp0mhhj9 https://flipso.com/p/tpp0mhhj9?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 02:40:08 GMT The proposed OMB rules would give political appointees the final say on federal research grants, expand agency control over funding decisions, and make peer review advisory rather than निर्णative. They also would tighten approval for international collaborations, conference travel, and some publication costs. [scientificamerican.com] 12glloovo https://flipso.com/p/12glloovo?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 00:40:09 GMT A technical deep dive into building Diffs’ CodeView, including the zero-blanking “Inverse Sticky Technique” for rendering large code reviews and diffs with native scrolling. [pierre.computer] kityimqsz https://flipso.com/p/kityimqsz?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 22:40:09 GMT Jeff Geerling compares the Framework 12 with Apple’s MacBook Neo for a student laptop buyer, weighing price, performance, build quality, repairability, and tablet-mode tradeoffs. He ultimately argues the Framework 12 is a tougher value proposition despite its modular design. [jeffgeerling.com] p9t70yycd https://flipso.com/p/p9t70yycd?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 22:20:10 GMT Nobody quite recovers from being a child: the asymmetry of power between parents and children always leaves a trace [aeon.co] 7efjrl9no https://flipso.com/p/7efjrl9no?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 20:40:29 GMT African countries are rapidly adding renewable capacity, especially solar, as clean power becomes more competitive than fossil fuels. The shift is being driven by strong resource potential and rising electricity demand, though high financing costs and political risk still slow projects. A major oil pipeline in East Africa is also advancing despite opposition. [e360.yale.edu]