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Sam Bankman-Fried convicted on seven charges

November 2, 2023
https://web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=sam-bankman-fried-convicted

Sen. Tommy Tuberville faced rare and blistering criticism from his own party over his holds on military promotions. But there’s a lot of confusion and frustration over what’s happening and why the problem isn’t so easily solved. I break it down today. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/sen-tommy-tuberville-faces-down-his?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Inside: Zuck's gravity-defying metaverse money-pit; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/30/markets-remaining-irrational/

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Here's the reign and rising net worth of the richest American since 1983.

#billionaires #TaxTheRich

https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2023/10/13/the-great-gatsby-curve-among-americas-uber-rich/

The Intel 386 processor (1985) was the first 32-bit processor in the x86 line. Let's take a close look at the processor dies, seeing how Intel shrunk the chip, created new versions, and why the 386 SL jumped from 285,000 transistors to 855,000 transistors. 1/9

It is done! Bob the Cat assembly instructions, PCB plans, and source code, all in one place:

https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/bob-the-cat/

#Google is looking for gratis employees helping them to fix their #maps. I really wonder why I should be working for them, instead of contributing to the public commons at @openstreetmap . Even without considering idealism I want my improvements to show up in all maps, e.g. Garmin, TomTom and all free ones and not only in Google.

https://www.golem.de/news/road-mapper-google-sucht-strassendetektive-fuer-google-maps-2309-177797.html

In the event of nuclear war, here’s my plan: Get vaporized immediately

In 1995, 14 wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park.

No one expected the miracle that the wolves would bring.

It started with the wolves hunting the deer, this led to a rapid decrease in the deer population. The wolves' presence also made the deer avoid parts in the park where they were and easy prey.

Thanks to the deer's absence, those parts started to regenerate. Forests of aspen and willow trees started to flourish.

That's when things really started to happen. With trees and bushes came more berries and bugs. As soon as that happened, various bird species started moving in.

With the increasing tree population, also another species was attracted. The beaver, previously extinct in the region, moved back. And the dams they built provided habitats for otters, muskrats and reptiles.

The wolves also killed coyotes, which meant more hawks, red foxes, badgers and weasels in the park. Even the population of bald eagles and ravens rose.

But here's where it gets really interesting. The wolves changed the behavior of the rivers. With more balance between predator and prey came the possibility for other species to thrive. There was less erosion because of increased vegetation. And the river banks were stabilized, the channels narrowed, more pools formed, and the rivers stayed more fixed in their courses.

So the wolves did not only transform the great ecosystem of Yellowstone, they also changed the park's physical geography.

#nature #ecology #wolves #yellowstone #parks

A brief history of counting stuff: https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-counting-stuff

Even if CO₂ emissions decreased annually as much as during the pandemic lockdown, we wouldn't achieve our climate targets.

While individuals made huge sacrifices, the system remained. This shows that individual action will not solve climate change. We need the system to change.