Trillionaires are a violent and careless species. lite.cnn.com/2026/08/04/s...
A SpaceX rocket was on a collision course with the moon. Here’s what to know | CNN
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Ted Herman
@tedherman.bsky.social
Collector of fine minerals. Gardener. Bike rider. Influencée: please try to influence me!
Bumpus: An English surname of Norman origin. It comes from the Old French words bon (good) and pas (pace), historically used as a nickname for a fast or good walker.
"As you may know, there are actually 5 sexes of side blotch lizards. Three male and two female."
At the intersection of mineralogy and religion. "Zoroaster Granite is an ancient igneous rock found at the very bottom of the Grand Canyon National Park. It formed when molten magma pushed up into cracks within the darker, older dark layers of the Vishnu Schist deep underground."
"The word sopaipilla is the diminutive of sopaipa, a word that entered Spanish from the Mozarabic language of Al-Andalus." (motivated by "Investors dig in to $12.5B data center bond deal for BlackRock-sponsored Sopaipilla")
"If China continues to grow 2 or 3 percentage points faster than the U.S., then within one generation, and at most two, there will be as many people in China above the U.S. median income as there are Americans." -- @brankomilan.bsky.social
Reposting from a year ago. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Ted Herman@tedherman.bsky.social · last yr.Once again, a car wins the most important bike race of the year. Hardly seems fair. (pas une voiture, mais un čar) #TdF #4
For those of us who visit fields of grain, names like Deere, Case IH, New Holland, Claas, Fendt, Massey Ferguson, and Gleaner are familiar. But there are some outsiders, as shown in this Brazilian promo (Tribine made in US). www.tiktok.com/@canaltecnol...
Ela não usa volante e tem 2 motores: Por que a Tribine T1000 é a máquina mais rara do planeta? Você teria coragem de abandonar o conceito tradicional de colheita? Conheça a Tribine T1000, a máquina qu...
TikTok video by tecnologias Agricolas
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The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. -- Warren Buffet
she coulda been president en.chessbase.com/post/hungary...
Hungary's PM nominates Judit Polgar for presidency (Update: Polgar declines)
In an astonishing move, a day after Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok signed a constitutional amendment that ends his term as head of state, Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced on Sunday that he wo...
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"Marx would love it. The rest of us should demand that both parties reject it."
Bloomberg Opinion@opinion.bloomberg.com · 2w agoMike Bloomberg: The history of governments and industries getting into bed together should serve as a warning for AI
Qui est Judit Polgar, proposée pour la présidence de la Hongrie ?
Qui est Judit Polgar, proposée pour la présidence de la Hongrie ?
Joueuse d'échecs de renom en Hongrie, Judit Polgar a été proposée comme présidente par le Premier ministre Peter Magyar, lundi. Femme de consensus peu associée aux partis, Judit Polgar, 49 ans, jouit d'une notoriété exceptionnelle en Hongrie. Il doit la rencontrer dans la journée.
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En nombre del Reino de España, reclamo todas sus tierras y propiedades, incluidas las islas Malvinas.
"Bill Nguyen, a Silicon Valley veteran who recently founded an AI voice startup called Olive, used a startling 774 billion tokens in the last month and a half, mostly for his personal use, he said." 774 BEE-LION tokens.
Just saw one. "The astyanax butterfly is a stunning, dark-blue to black brush-footed butterfly found across the eastern and central United States. A master of disguise, this forest-dwelling species survives by mimicking the toxic Pipevine Swallowtail." So, not toxic; just looks it.
"Whether that is good for American democracy remains to be seen." 💰 = 🇺🇸 theconversation.com/political-pa...
Political parties can now spend unlimited money supporting candidates, after Supreme Court overturns decades of precedent
A huge amount of money flows into campaigns in the United States. For 20 years, the Supreme Court has been loosening rules for who can contribute and how much. It just loosened the rules again.
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back-of-the-envelope mucilage > back-of-the-envelope calculations
"Then, between 900 and 1100 AD, ancestral Polynesians suddenly undertook a massive phase of eastward migration. The spread of sweet potatoes around Pacific islands indicates they probably made contact with the continental Americas too." antes de Colombo
How are the terms "tech debt" and "technical debt" related?