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 07:40:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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] ak73yepo2 https://flipso.com/p/ak73yepo2?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 11:00:30 GMT On Covid media, haunting, and hantavirus [slowboring.com] xgv3nk8ds https://flipso.com/p/xgv3nk8ds?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 10:40:32 GMT Dim sum at Luxe Chinese Seafood in Langley, with a server-order format instead of push carts. Standouts include deep-fried taro dumplings, baked BBQ pork pastries, har gow, siu mai, tripe, and egg tarts, while the XO daikon radish cake misses because the wok sauce makes it soggy. Overall, solid for Langley, though still behind Richmond’s better dim sum spots. [shermansfoodadventures.com] clw0v2our https://flipso.com/p/clw0v2our?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 07:20:09 GMT A look at how the US meth supply shifted to P2P synthesis, what that changed about potency and impurities, and why the bigger story is rising availability and use rather than a new chemical making people go crazy. [dynomight.net] rn8oua1rv https://flipso.com/p/rn8oua1rv?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 04:40:34 GMT How the Swatch x Audemars Piguet collaboration illustrates luxury marketing’s balance between desirability and accessibility, through Kapferer’s Dream Equation and Swatch’s 3% rule. [readtrung.com] qhsfhqtgg https://flipso.com/p/qhsfhqtgg?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 04:00:32 GMT In 1976, a Paris blind tasting upended assumptions about wine: California bottles beat top French wines, helping launch the global reputation of Napa Valley and reshaping the industry’s hierarchy. [thehustle.co] 2tq2ii6os https://flipso.com/p/2tq2ii6os?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 03:00:11 GMT Bird retinas are unusually energy-hungry, yet much of the tissue lacks blood vessels and appears to live without oxygen. New research suggests birds rely on anaerobic glycolysis, with the pecten oculi helping supply glucose and remove lactate instead of delivering oxygen. [quantamagazine.org] kwc2vxqah https://flipso.com/p/kwc2vxqah?ref=rss Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:11 GMT A safer, small-scale thermite demonstration using two rusty iron balls struck together to generate sparks and light. The page explains the oxidation-reduction chemistry behind the reaction and includes the balanced equation for thermite. [sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu] 8g6z2jl0c https://flipso.com/p/8g6z2jl0c?ref=rss Fri, 15 May 2026 23:20:26 GMT A 1913 postcard of the Manhattan Bridge plaza imagined the Chinatown approach as a Parisian-style civic landscape. The post contrasts that fantasy with the bridge’s actual evolution, from streetcars and subway access to later traffic changes and Confucius Plaza. [oldstructures.com] tyabxij54 https://flipso.com/p/tyabxij54?ref=rss Fri, 15 May 2026 23:00:08 GMT Quasicrystals are crystalline materials with nonrepeating patterns, and a few have been found in nature under extreme conditions. The post highlights discoveries from the Khatyrka meteorite in Russia, a Nebraska fulgurite linked to lightning or a power-line arc, and the Trinity atomic test site, with notes on their unusual compositions and symmetries. [johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com] ej4r261wr https://flipso.com/p/ej4r261wr?ref=rss Fri, 15 May 2026 20:40:11 GMT Los Alamos National Laboratory’s accelerator-based isotope program helped advance medical imaging and cancer therapy, from stable isotope research to production of Sr-82, Rb-82, and Ac-225 for PET scans and targeted treatment. [lanl.gov] z4jjz93q8 https://flipso.com/p/z4jjz93q8?ref=rss Fri, 15 May 2026 19:20:29 GMT A look at recent increases in testosterone levels among American men, exploring possible explanations and why common suspects like age, race, lab changes, diet, and TRT don’t fully account for the trend. [cremieux.xyz] z0qf2b96g https://flipso.com/p/z0qf2b96g?ref=rss Fri, 15 May 2026 17:40:09 GMT A deep dive into Malawi’s persistent poverty, comparing institutions, geography, colonial history, trade policy, agriculture, and political coalitions—and arguing that familiar explanations mostly describe the problem rather than fully explain it. [newsletter.deenamousa.com] o9q1uis25 https://flipso.com/p/o9q1uis25?ref=rss Fri, 15 May 2026 17:20:12 GMT A free online library of more than 75,000 public-domain ebooks, with EPUB and Kindle downloads and online reading, maintained by volunteers. [gutenberg.org] b0nsmkeax https://flipso.com/p/b0nsmkeax?ref=rss Fri, 15 May 2026 17:00:33 GMT Claire Wadsworth and Nikki Hill, the owners of La Copine, talk about building a destination restaurant in California’s Mojave Desert, running a business together, and turning their all-day cooking into a debut cookbook. [tastecooking.com]