Favorites February 8th 2022

Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill

"A paralysed man with a severed spinal cord has been able to walk again, thanks to an implant developed by a team of Swiss researchers. "It is the first time someone who has had a complete cut to their spinal cord has been able to walk freely."

bbc.comParalysed man with severed spine walks thanks to implantMichel Roccati tells the BBC he “almost has a normal life” again thanks to an electrical implant.

Wow, this is pretty cool, it's a tiny implanted device that makes it possible.

Randall Munroe @xkcd

wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com is such a cool game idea. My high score on the current version is 23. (The dataset has been cleaned up a lot, though there are definitely still a few cards with issues. It’s on GitHub if you want to contribute!)

I tried this game a few tries so far and my best is 11. It's fun, but honestly I think there's a fair bit of luck.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Canadian YIMBYism

theglobeandmail.comEnd rules that require only single-family houses, Ontario report saysTask force says Ontario needs 1.5 million new homes over the next 10 years to keep prices from spiralling

It always comes back to land use policy.

James Medlock @jdcmedlock

The ultimate move would be for USPS to leverage their exemption from local zoning laws to build dense social housing on top of ground floor post offices newsday.com/opinion/corona…

James Medlock @jdcmedlock

In addition fixing some of the retiree cost problems, there's a section in there allowing "non-postal services" - there's a lot of potential there https://t.co/RpvD8t6A4C

Aww yea, that's the good stuff.

June 2016