given that CL still looks like shit 10 years later, what are your guesses on them biting the well-deserved dust? they’re finally being displaced by airbnb and others.
Month: October 2014
Economic analysis
this a a super wordy, but still interesting, overview of the changes around on demand services.
Instant, pervasive access to goods and services, tailored to individual needs, often without the burden of long-term ownership or commitment Combining the best of the village economy with the best of modern commerce
Antivaxxer nonsense retracted
hey antivaxxer dummies, i know you use science very selectively when it fits your confused aims, but even that is getting much harder now that one of your favorite papers has been retracted. good luck with your crusade.
Numerous Apple sandbox escapes
Our research seems to indicate that sandbox breakouts on OS X and iOS are an under-researched topic.
you don’t say.
Worms are back
Kardashev Scale Progress
humans are currently using 20 terawatts of the 400 yottawatts of total solar output, or 0.0000000000005%
Dull Men Club
this might be a good site for some of you guys.
GRBs extinguish life in the Universe
There is a 50% chance that a GRB took place during the last 500 Myr causing one of the major mass extinction events. The probability of a lethal GRB is much larger in the inner Milky Way, making it inhospitable to life. The safest environments for life are the lowest density regions in the outskirts of large galaxies and life can exist in only ~10% of galaxies.
the most plausible explanation of the fermi paradox yet.
Flight videos deconstructed
another amazing science visualization
Gregor J. Rothfuss 