https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:24 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ie4ntueoi https://flipso.com/p/ie4ntueoi?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:24 GMT Using MovieLens ratings, the piece finds that movie-watching volume declines with age, younger viewers skew toward horror, comedy, animation, and action, and older viewers lean more toward drama, war, and romance. It also shows a strong nostalgia bias: people tend to rate older films more favorably and newer ones more skeptically, even across generations. [statsignificant.com] 348lyzkz3 https://flipso.com/p/348lyzkz3?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:40:09 GMT A rant about keyboards that repurpose F1–F12 for awkward secondary functions, especially when the Fn lock resets unexpectedly and turns shortcuts like Alt+F4 into sleep instead of close. It contrasts that with better implementations where the primary key behavior stays predictable and any alternate mode is easy to toggle and keeps its setting. [danq.me] 909plz63c https://flipso.com/p/909plz63c?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:20:08 GMT Interactive map of Japan’s railway stations from 1872 to the present, showing each station by opening year. Play through time to see the network spread from the first line between Shimbashi and Yokohama to more than 9,000 mapped stations. [jivx.com] kuupnksgk https://flipso.com/p/kuupnksgk?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:20:24 GMT How playground design has changed over time—and what those changes reveal about shifting ideas of childhood, safety, risk, and play. [worldhistory.substack.com] ueipbq6xq https://flipso.com/p/ueipbq6xq?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:40:28 GMT Explains why private health insurers capture so much blame for high U.S. medical costs, arguing that most of the excess spending comes from providers rather than insurers and that insurer profits are relatively small. [noahpinion.blog] qdxza70fd https://flipso.com/p/qdxza70fd?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:20:08 GMT A collection of accidental-prevention “molly guards” in hardware and software, from industrial machines and camera warnings to Finder, iPhone alarms, Chrome, and early iTunes. [unsung.aresluna.org] hiv8fx2u6 https://flipso.com/p/hiv8fx2u6?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:08 GMT We tour Ford’s top-secret Electric Vehicle Development Center in California. [arstechnica.com] 1kx6ehvz6 https://flipso.com/p/1kx6ehvz6?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:20:27 GMT Using General Social Survey data, the post argues that Americans have shifted left on race, gender, sexuality, criminal justice, and political tolerance since the 1990s, but not so much that a typical person from 1995 would be “far right” by today’s standards. It also suggests many older mainstream views now seem plainly objectionable. [cremieux.xyz] ku49t8l9j https://flipso.com/p/ku49t8l9j?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:40:26 GMT Walter Jackson Bate’s biography of Samuel Johnson shows the aging writer growing more receptive to the seasons’ effect on the emotions. In 1784, while in Lichfield, Johnson composed one of his last works: a translation of Horace’s ode on nature’s cycles and human mortality, ending with the reminder that what the changing year renews, human life cannot. [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] kcq5q538q https://flipso.com/p/kcq5q538q?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:20:09 GMT CEOs who treat AI as a replacement for employees usually miss the hidden work that makes software, contracts, and operations actually hold together. LLMs can boost productivity when people choose to use them well, but they don’t eliminate the need for human judgment, compliance, safety, or scale. [techdirt.com] ydwfzacor https://flipso.com/p/ydwfzacor?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:20:08 GMT Lotte Reiniger’s 1926 silhouette animation The Adventures of Prince Achmed took three years to complete and remains the oldest surviving animated feature film, released more than a decade before Disney’s Snow White. The piece looks at how Reiniger created the film and why her pioneering work still matters. [bbc.com] wnc3uz708 https://flipso.com/p/wnc3uz708?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:40:30 GMT Whole wheat strawberry muffins with roasted berries and a crisp streusel topping, designed for a portable summer snack. [tastecooking.com] 96ctr0r4h https://flipso.com/p/96ctr0r4h?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:40:32 GMT A firsthand look at buying and renovating a cheap used home in Japan, from securing a mortgage to handling unexpected repairs and renovation costs. [tokyodev.com] eqta5fpg7 https://flipso.com/p/eqta5fpg7?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:00:30 GMT A lakeside resort in Wuhan with treehouse, boat house, pumpkin cottage, and stargazing cabin accommodations, designed to blend into the forest-and-lake landscape with natural materials and a village-like layout. [archinect.com] orf7h70qo https://flipso.com/p/orf7h70qo?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:20:09 GMT Test-case reducers can dramatically shrink failing inputs and make bugs easier to understand, but they only work well when the interestingness test is carefully designed. The post explains how reducers work, why they can be surprisingly effective, and what can go wrong when the test is too loose, too slow, or allows unhelpful reductions. [tratt.net] 2g4phqlly https://flipso.com/p/2g4phqlly?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:00:34 GMT Europe’s housing shortages are often worse than America’s, but the debate rarely centers on zoning, suburban densification, or NIMBYism. The case for borrowing more from the U.S. YIMBY playbook is that many European housing constraints look strikingly similar once you compare how cities regulate growth. [worksinprogress.co] h9towl380 https://flipso.com/p/h9towl380?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:40:09 GMT UK in a Changing Europe experts assess Brexit’s economic impact a decade after the EU referendum, ahead of the anniversary on 23 June. [ukandeu.ac.uk] 8daja9u50 https://flipso.com/p/8daja9u50?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:09 GMT Astronomers report one of the clearest candidates yet for a pair-instability supernova, a rare blast that can completely destroy a very massive star and leave no remnant. The event, SN 2023vbw, was first detected in 2023 and later modeled from its unusual light curve, high energy output, and low-metallicity host environment. [phys.org] 5y4inbk7e https://flipso.com/p/5y4inbk7e?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:00:32 GMT French Polynesia announced new highest-level protections for 520,000 square kilometers of ocean around the Austral and Marquesas Islands, banning mining, trawling, and industrial fishing. The move is being described as a major milestone in global ocean protection, with funding planned for long-term stewardship. [conservation.org] obcb4nfjc https://flipso.com/p/obcb4nfjc?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:20:12 GMT Raw Farm founder Mark McAfee has built a lucrative business around raw milk as demand has surged, even as regulators link the product and related cheese to repeated outbreaks and recalls. The story examines how raw milk moved from fringe wellness fad to mainstream culture, and how federal oversight has failed to stop it. [propublica.org] 4i05jdvlk https://flipso.com/p/4i05jdvlk?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:23 GMT A walkable neighborhood shapes daily life: shorter trips, more chance encounters, more movement, and stronger community. The piece argues that suburbs built around cars trade those benefits for isolation and shows how people-centered planning can create healthier, more connected places. [commonedge.org] hjgtdx2sz https://flipso.com/p/hjgtdx2sz?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:40:28 GMT Fake doctors are exploiting weak identity checks across telehealth, social media, prescriptions, and medical publishing. The piece argues NPIs were built for billing, not identity, and explores stronger verification options like signed credentials, physician wallets, and real-time licensing checks. [outofpocket.health] pyq5hxacz https://flipso.com/p/pyq5hxacz?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:28 GMT Fort Ticonderoga is the focus of this installment in a series on buildings older than the United States. The fort was originally built in the mid-18th century, later rebuilt in 1908 using original construction techniques, and has been examined by the firm for deteriorating fort walls and related preservation work. [oldstructures.com] 6cjr7udut https://flipso.com/p/6cjr7udut?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:40:24 GMT Robin Hanson argues that weak-adapting institutions like government can end up steering stronger adaptive systems like markets, and that regulation is often a side effect of historical pressures that favored centralized states for war and law. He suggests many specific regulations are maladaptive compared with private alternatives that might emerge without them. [overcomingbias.com] gzcz9pclq https://flipso.com/p/gzcz9pclq?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:20:24 GMT Color photographs capture Florida in the 1950s, from palm-lined streets and crowded beaches to downtown storefronts, roadside motels, fishing docks, and the state’s fast-growing communities. [rarehistoricalphotos.com] qkfxd3v92 https://flipso.com/p/qkfxd3v92?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:00:08 GMT Eagle Computer rose quickly in the early IBM PC clone market, then was hit by the death of CEO Dennis Barnhart, an IBM BIOS dispute, and new competition that squeezed prices and margins. The company’s later products weren’t enough to reverse its decline. [dfarq.homeip.net] e4xwvlhzd https://flipso.com/p/e4xwvlhzd?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:40:08 GMT Biologist Scott Poethig explains how a single molecule can keep plants in a youthful state, reshaping how scientists understand plant aging and development. [omnia.sas.upenn.edu] 00qdp976s https://flipso.com/p/00qdp976s?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:00:29 GMT Amanda Holmes reads Frank O’Hara’s poem aloud in this podcast episode from The American Scholar. [theamericanscholar.org] 5bob5xrls https://flipso.com/p/5bob5xrls?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:40:13 GMT Signal argues that the UK government's proposed age verification and content-scanning rules would expand surveillance, weaken privacy, and fail to protect children. The statement warns that once such systems exist, they can be broadened beyond their original purpose and used for censorship or monitoring. [signal.org] wqtq40y7o https://flipso.com/p/wqtq40y7o?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:20:09 GMT A decade after The Lonely City, Olivia Laing reflects on how loneliness has become less taboo, more widely discussed, and increasingly exploited online by the far right and manosphere. They argue the answer lies less in romance or AI replacements than in solidarity, community assets, and refusing stigma. [theguardian.com]