Tagged “technology”
Jevons paradox
falling costs increase use, offsetting efficiency gains. Related to the upcoming AI-generated summaries of AI-generated content.
Problems in HVAC installation industry
Occam's razor for the planet
Related TED talk: Climate solutions worth funding now
Teaching nature to break manmade chemical bonds
The Rise of Batteries in Six Charts and Not Too Many Numbers
Advances in Mind-Decoding Technologies Raise Hopes (and Worries)
How to Scale Nuclear Power
Scientists unveil methane munching monster, 100 million times faster than nature
twitter thread on breakthroughs of 2023"
The Clock of the Long Now
I didn't know about the transparent/maintainable requirement; had previously thought it was meant to be a thing to last independently.
Opinion: There’s too much technology in today’s new cars
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages
Fake Parts Found on Boeing, Airbus Jets Plague Airlines
Why America is going backward: Being the richest nation in history isn't enough
Computers Are Overrated
High Performance Browser Networking
one to print out and read in a cabin
AMP Robotics Launches Cortex Dual-Robot System for Recycling
interesting to watch if we can finally make recycling financially viable
LLM-related chaos predictions in the next 2-5 years
we are still very ill-equipped to deal with knowing what not to trust
Qanat
Underground aquaducts
Beyond Meat’s Very Real Problems: Slumping Sausages, Mounting Losses
I had thought there was some large technical/scaling challenge (there still are), but much of this reads like plain old stretching too thin.
Beware Upward Reference Classes
Erste serielle CO2-neutrale Gebäudesanierung Deutschlands.
retrofitting buildings to improve energy and thermal efficancy faster
How polyester bounced back
Okuda Hiroko: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae
In those days, my head was full of reggae. Even when I was trying to come up with a rock beat, I think it just naturally came out as something that would work in reggae as well.”
From the rare HN discussion filled with music recommendations!
Interview: Patrick Collison, co-founder and CEO of Stripe
Always interesting, and very clever. Talks about upcoming technology (real and expected), cultural and institutional changes, government as buyer to incentivise development, a bunch on companies and employees.
Ten Predictions for the 2020s
Mostly sensible looking predictions, interesting set of topcs: Enterprise software, phone form factor, SF / NYC tech rivalry apparently, Crypto as dissident tech, fall of grad school, biotech bubble, microplastics health fears, campaign growth hacking, and SV startup scam.
How Fighter Jets Lock On (and How the Targets Know)
Jason Crawford on Twitter - a thread on cement
We crush and burn rock, and then re-constitute it at a time and place and in a form of our choosing.
? Like coffee or pancake mix, it's “instant stone—just add water!”
Isn't that basically magic?
Notes on technology in the 2020s
Ambitious thing to estimate - I don't even try to predict a week ahead!
Some things to get excited about:
- mRNA tech
- geothermal power
- in-orbit manufacturing of things that cannot exist on Earth(!)
Principles of Calm Technology
More greatness from Xerox PARC in the 90s - principles around keeping technology out of the way.
Progress, stagnation, and flying cars
False Humility Will Not Save the Planet
We need solutions that are less terrible for the environment, but 'living in harmony with nature' is basically a fallacy; seeking that is longing for an age that never existed.
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