Week 16 - 2023
grow⌗
Career Advice No One Gave Me: Give a Lot of Notice When You Quit (davidlaprade.github.io) | [💬 discussion]
Physicists discover that gravity can create light (phys.org) - Researchers have discovered that in the exotic conditions of the early universe, waves of gravity may have shaken space-time so hard that they spontaneously created radiation.
Simply Email Yourself From a Google Sheet (blog.bettersheets.co) | [💬 discussion] - I wanted to share with you one of the simplest apps scripts that has immense power. Email! You can email others, but you can also email yourself.
tech⌗
World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthrough in energy density (thedriven.io) - “A new era of universal electrification of sea, land and air transportation.” CATL announces new battery that doubles energy intensity.
Spinning Diagrams with CSS (x.st) - This article discusses using CSS to make spinning 3D diagrams.
Web Apps for Bots (core.telegram.org) | [💬 discussion]
All Quiet, an App for Incident Escalation and Collaboration (allquiet.app) | [💬 discussion] - We built All Quiet to make your incident escalation as soothing as yoga at the beach. Or a margarita at the beach. Whatever soothes you.
misc⌗
Null Island Is One of the Most Visited Places on Earth. Too Bad It Doesn’t Exist - Atlas Obscura (atlasobscura.com)
GuessTheGame - Your daily video game guessing puzzle! (guessthe.game) - Try to name the game shown in the screenshots in 6 guesses or less!
🎬 watch video | [📝 text-summary] (youtube.com) - E125: SpaceX launch, Fox News settlement, “Zombie-corn” exodus to AI, late-stage implosion
Chronophoto - Game (chronophoto.app) - Play the online game that tests your knowledge of pop culture and history. Simple and fun. Try to guess the year a picture was taken.
GitHub - Effective-Immediately/effective-immediately: Layoffs are hard. Help each other— Effective Immediately. Everything an employer, colleague, or job seeker can use for support after layoffs. (github.com) - A central hub for employers, employees, and people who’ve been recently laid off. We hope each of you can find helpful resources about handling or recovering from layoffs during a pandemic.
How Did the Chess Pieces Get Their Names? - Atlas Obscura (atlasobscura.com) | [💬 discussion] - One player’s pawn is another’s farmer. And at one time, the queen was the virgin, and rather powerless.
Space Elevator (neal.fun) | [💬 discussion] - Scrolling up will take you on a trip to Space while exploring the atmosphere and its many layers, past high-dwelling animals and cruising altitude for aircrafts and different types of clouds. There’s even a press play button for elevator music along the way as you ascend.