Yoni Appelbaum@YAppelbaum
I'm not saying that the stagnation of the last half-century was *caused* by under-caffeination, just that our coffee consumption has fallen by half since the postwar years.
12:01 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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I've really got to work on getting my caffeine impact up.
Science Is Strategic@scienceisstrat1
Cost of sequencing a human genome:
• 2001 - $95 million
• 2021 - $450
• 2023 - $200 with new Illumina machine
Cc: @fdesouza @Noahpinion @erikbryn @amcafee @rtnarch
1:44 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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Worth noting that 23andMe doesn't sequence your entire genome.
TheOmniZaddy 🌹🔰🏗@TheOmniZaddy
Reminding folks that slavery was **terrible** for economic growth and development; we are absolutely worse off today due to slavery having existed. The origin of economics being labeled “the dismal science” was for speaking this inconvenient truth to (slave-owning) powers. https://t.co/XvgbWp7303
Jason Campbell @JasonSCampbell
Daily Wire's Matt Walsh: "All of us today would be in a worse spot if slavery never existed" https://t.co/U3DC4ccyLu https://t.co/AzUY5AoD3B
12:32 AM · Apr 1, 2023
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I must have heard this before, but it's very funny that Economics was called "The Dismal Science" because some slave owner was angry that economists said slavery was bad.
David Wallace-Wells@dwallacewells
“On average, parking lots gobble up 20% of prime locations in U.S. city centers. These maps show the best and worst examples, from Arlington, Texas (42% parking space) to central Manhattan (1%).”
bigthink.com
These maps provide graphic evidence of how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities
12:50 AM · Apr 1, 2023
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I need to find a way to use AI to calculate these numbers quickly from satellite photos.
Alec Stapp@AlecStapp
"that’s not AGI! that’s not AGI!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a paperclip
11:54 AM · Mar 31, 2023
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