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Notes on the Insane Biology of Dragonflies
What can we learn from the incredible biology of dragonflies?
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Notes on The Michelangelo of Microsoft Excel
https://youtu.be/OrwBc6PwAcY 00:15 tatsuo horiuchi - 77 year old Microsoft Excel artist 00:42 the same thought behind Processing and generative art 01:34 So Good They Can't Ignore You type vibes -- are you wasting effort on something that's not useful to
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Notes on What Even is Europe?
https://youtu.be/vtymaSR3T48 02:18 the romans failed to unite europe, the han succeeded in china to connect the country 03:19 EU has a different economic myth to Chinese (communism) and USA (capitalism) 04:35 the EU project has a goal to cooperate and avoid the imperialism eras
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Notes On 'Feng Shui Does Makes Sense! The Basis of How to Plan Your Home for Comfort and Practicality'
https://youtu.be/YsBPqO3pv_Y 01:17 think of moving through the house as circulation, certain areas are heavily used 02:19 think of the arteries of your home (the kitchen is the gravitational well of the home) and try to keep it open 04:24 consider the well trodden
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Notes on Did the Ancient Greeks Believe in Myths?
https://youtu.be/UkCRM1bTPu0 00:22 all thought gods existed 01:03 every city had own gods, but all believed in the same pantheon 02:02 people tended to dream about gods (like how people in early 20th cent dreamed in B/W) 02:43 some elites thought gods were
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Wheat Domesticated Us
The reason that wheat became the grain of choice in northern climates is thanks to a uniquely small lectin in wheat, known as wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), which is responsible for wheat’s weight-gaining propensity. (Location 341) Yes, cows develop heartburn from these lectins, just as you do. To keep
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When Buying Bread in the Grocery Store
In this case, green means “stop” and red (and orange and yellow) means “go.” Red, orange, and yellow signal sweetness and desirability to your brain, a concept that food marketers have long known about and employed. Next time you are in the snack food aisle in the supermarket, check out
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Plants Are Sirens
The mother plant relies on animals to eat the seeds before they fall to the ground. The objective is to have their babies wind up some distance away from the mother plant, so that they don’t have to compete with it for sun, moisture, and nutrients. This increases the
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The Slow Acting Poison of Lectin
Because their initial predators were insects, plants developed some lectins that would paralyze any unfortunate bug that tried to dine on them. Obviously, there is a quantum size difference between insects and mammals, but both are subject to the same effects. (If you are suffering from neuropathy, take notice!) Clearly,
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Is Death a Time Capsule?
It was with great sadness that she realized that her brother would be six forever, but when she held that thought, she also made an effort to smile. (Location 5499) Is the age we pass at a time capsule? Do we stay forever in the last year we lived?
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If You Protect Your Life Too Preciously Can You Get Serious Work Done?
For a while, he remained silently at the table after the eating was finished. Was he really a coward, as his son had so brutally pointed out? Certainly, in World War I, he considered himself one. He attributed his survival to it. But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment
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Chapter 5 of A Series of Unfortunate Events Frfr
Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness. (Location 1078) A Series of Unfortunate Events vibe