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by known 7mo ago
"Experience is the name men gave to their mistakes" - Oscar Wilde (b. 1854)
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by known 3y ago
Lithium car battery weighs 450kg. It has about 11 kg of lithium, 14 kg of cobalt, 27 kg of nickel, more than 40 kg of copper, and 50 kg of graphite as well as about 181 kg of steel, aluminum, and plastics.
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Artificial pancreas successfully trialed for use by type 2 diabetes patients(medicalxpress.com)
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The Elusive Origin of Zero(scientificamerican.com)
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by known 4y ago
https://archive.is/aNNxA "You never know who’s swimming naked until the tide goes out" --Buffett (b. 1930)
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by known 4y ago
Guide her to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HowStuffWorks
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by known 4y ago
High-pressure tanks weigh much more than the hydrogen they can hold. The hydrogen may be around 5.7% of the total mass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
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Secretive hedge fund Tiger Global changed the rules on tech investing(nymag.com)
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by known 4y ago
"God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages" --Jacques Deval (b. 1895)
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I Rented Electric Car for Four-Day Trip. Spent More Time Charging Than Sleeping(wsj.com)
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Biden is solving America’s labor shortage through wealth destruction(thehill.com)
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Why on Earth Did Warren Buffett Swap Wells Fargo for Citigroup?(ft.com)
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Remote Work and the Importance of Writing(economist.com)
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Why is London so attractive to tainted foreign money?(economist.com)
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The British Couldn’t Take India’s Heat, So They Imported Ice from New England(atlasobscura.com)
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Indian 16-year-old stuns chess world champion Carlsen(channelnewsasia.com)
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The end of waste: The grand plan to build a truly circular economy(newscientist.com)
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Giving Cash to Low-Income Mothers Increased Brain Activity in Their Babies(time.com)
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Is Star Trek’s Dream of a World Without Money Utopian or Dystopian?(fee.org)
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by known 5y ago
"Alimony is a system by which, when two make a mistake, one of them keeps paying for it" --Peggy Joyce (b. 1893)
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Last Sane Man on Wall Street(nymag.com)
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by known 5y ago
"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minuted to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently" --Warren Buffett (b. 1930)
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The costs of cutting Russia off from SWIFT(economist.com)
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by known 5y ago
"You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant” --Warren Buffett (b. 1930)
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Secret Link Uncovered Between Pure Math and Physics(quantamagazine.org)
1 points by known 5y ago|1 comments
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How 80-Hour Weeks and a Caste System Pushed Kellogg's Workers to Strike(rollingstone.com)
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Revolt of the Goldman Juniors(nymag.com)
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How the Rosetta Stone was deciphered(economist.com)
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by known 5y ago
"Understanding is more important than memorization! Schools should teach the students how to understand, think, doubt, and question. They should be made open to imagination and creativity" --Feynman
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How to think about the unstoppable rise of index funds(economist.com)
4 points by known 5y ago|1 comments

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