Friday Links!
Leading off this week, and it's fantastically inventive: An Animated Figure Battles Mathematics.
Ken Piper is riding in a fundraiser for ALS treatment and research, and if you'd like to donate, you can do it here: 2023 Napa Valley Ride to Defeat ALS.
From C. Lee, and it's an important read: Looking for Eileen: how George Orwell wrote his wife out of his story. A courageous writer: Seiichi Morimura, 'The Devil's Gluttony' author, dies at 90 after pneumonia case. An interesting theory: A Japanese Company Bans Late-Night Work. A Baby Boom Soon Follows. Long overdue: This Government Program Will Help Support Dementia Patients and Their Caregivers.
From Wally, and it's bizarre: Chilling Breakthrough: The Science Behind a Real-Life “Freeze Ray” Technology for the Air Force. A follow-up video after last week's link: Stolen Lincoln Town Car stars in wacky GTA-like airborne crash. This is going to start happening all the time: Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon. Not again: Here We Go Again: AI Developers Are Buying Gaming GPUs in Bulk. Potentially amazing: PCI Express explores PC tech that will run on light. A fantastic read: To Create His Geometric Artwork, M.C. Escher Had to Learn Math the Hard Way.
More links from Ken P. First, buyer/user beware: We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD. Florida, trying to become Mississippi: Florida effectively bans AP Psychology for gender, sex content: College Board. This is an excellent read: Does the Linguistic Theory at the Center of the Film ‘Arrival’ Have Any Merit? These both look spectacular: Don’t Miss: Perseid Meteor Shower and a Rare Super Blue Moon. A fascinating read: Why Are UFOs Still Blurry? A Conversation With David Brin.
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