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Rob Lion

@rnlion.bsky.social

Mechanical engineer building particle accelerators, formerly quantum computers. Technology and infrastructure history; reverse engineering. Cats. He/him. Also @rnlion@Twitter and @rnlion@tacobelllabs.net

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Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · yesterday

I swear to God, part of the problem of literacy is that we make kids read SO MANY books like this. Of course they’re going to associate reading with misery! We put them in a Skinner box and shock them when they read, what did people THINK would happen?

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com · yesterday

Having ranted about school curriculum books, I’ve just seen my son’s summer reading list, and all I can say is “I was right”. A more depressing collection would be tricky to assemble. Are we actively trying to convey to kids the idea that reading is dismal and arduous?

richard@halkyardo.bsky.social · 9h ago

since oscilloscope graphics are doing the rounds again, here's some photos from that time a few years ago when I built a gizmo to show dril tweets (and assorted other nonsense) on my ancient Tek 466

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@cityplanneractual.bsky.social · 9h ago

The thing about China is that it forces retirement at 55. Their city planners are 35 years old and in charge of entire cities. America is governed by people who want to preserve 1990s buildings that were built to mimic a long-demolished movie palace that nobody remembers.

Christian Alder@hejchristian.com · 3mo ago

Always the good links in here! I’m especially inspired this one: mechanical-pencil.com/products/pen There’s some super nice interactivity going on, and I think I’ll need to attempt making a sticky table of contents like that 👀

Mechanical Pencil

Illustrating the Engineering Around Us

mechanical-pencil.com

Piccalilli@piccalil.li · 3mo ago

It’s Friday, so let’s close out the week with some Good Links™ in The Index #183, sponsored by the great folks at DebugBear piccalil.li/the-index/183/

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · 8mo ago

You're in a bubble of the literate, the people who are able to process written language, and a dozen of the biggest sweatiest sex pest freaks the world has ever seen are using their vast resources and power to stomp this bubble into the ground.

George Pearkes@peark.es · yesterday

Elon is talking about using robots to build a mass accelerator on the moon in support of an economy 1000x to 1 million times the current earth economy. It's a bad sci fi novel not an earnings call.

George Pearkes@peark.es · yesterday

Kimco ($KIM) is a REIT focused on strip malls. They're widely renowned for owning the worst possible assets; one example across the street from me saw an anchor grocery tenant bail over 5 years ago and the unit has been vacant since. Anyhow, here's their new/renewed rent change vs prior (%).

Chart shows the change in cash rent for new and renewed leases relative to prior for the quarter. Example: if they own 10 properties, 1 renews at rents +5%, 1 property is rented by someone new at a 15% rate, everyone else's leases don't change, this number would be 10%. Note: KIM reported 40.4% (!!!) growth for new leases vs prior cash rent, 6.1% for renewals.