Author: robert.adlington
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Les Effingers (1951) – Gabriele Tergit
The book follows two Jewish families in Berlin from the 1870s to the 1940s. Paul Effinger moves to Berlin and, with his brother Karl, founds a company manufacturing nails. Paul is serious and hard-working, Karl is more worldly. The first half of the novel concerns the growth of the company into a major car manufacturer…
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Vela Supernova Remnant
https://kottke.org/24/03/the-vela-supernova-remnant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_remnant
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli – 2014 Really remarkable. Short, clear, and accessible. Covers: 5/5
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We no longer want to understand…
Le xIx siècle, messieurs, est derrière nous, et avec lui se sont achevés l’engouement et l’enthousiasme de nos pères pour la spécialisation croissante, pour l’aberrant compartimentage de la recherche et pour ses résultats. Avec lui s’est achevée la foi dans le progrès et dans la supériorité de l’homme grâce à la cornue et aux mathématiques.…
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The Douglas Adams Tech Era
https://interconnected.org/home/2024/02/21/adams LLMs as absurdly, infinitely improbable things…
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Dystopian fiction is when…
…you take things that happen in real life to marginalized populations and apply them to people with privilege. https://kottke.org/24/03/0044140-i-saw-this-quote-the
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Time Travel Movies Ranked by Science and Entertainment Value
Primer is among the least scientific and least entertaining! https://arstechnica.com/features/2023/11/the-ars-guide-to-time-travel-in-the-movies/