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Knitted shoes

knitting creates far less waste, can be fully automated, and highly customized.

knit technology just might transform the entire traditional shoemaking process. Athletic shoes make up 30% of all footwear sales, and Nike and Adidas dominate, with $14.5B and $9.5B in sales. Widespread use of the knitting technique could boost the industry’s efficiency—cutting down on materials, labor, shipping, and time, as the products can be made start-to-finish in 1 place.

Bringing down “Dr.” Oz

a new front on the war on quacks. i wish this bright student good luck.

Mazer brought a policy before the Medical Society of the State of New York—where Dr. Oz is licensed—requesting that they consider regulating the advice of famous physicians in the media. His idea, Treat health advice on TV in the same vein as expert testimony, which already has established guidelines for truthfulness.

GoT Languages

this is pretty fascinating to think how much effort is being put into this. not just to avoid sounding like dumb gibberish, but to actually have different dialects of the same artificial language for different cities.

Peterson created the grammar and vocabulary for all of the languages in HBO’s Game Of Thrones, using material from George R.R. Martin’s books and filling in the substantial gaps on his own. The A.V. Club sat down with Peterson to ask him about the process of creating Dothraki and Valyrian, as well as Grey Worm’s particularly wonderful Low Valyrian accent