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- I am never sure how to reconcile [seemingly optimistic studies](https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/SOLARIS/Cost_vs._benefits_studies) of space-based solar power vs the [seeming orders-of-magnitude gaps](https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2019/08/20/space-based-solar-power-is-not-a-thing/). I guess I could do the math myself but meh.
- Your brains don't experience linear perspective, [why should your art?](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~hertzman/sig22-perspective/)
- What is the longest train journey in the world? Obviously, depends on your definition of ['train' and 'journey'](https://jonworth.eu/the-longest-train-journey-in-the-world/).
- Is this the winner of "most amazing example of foresight" in history? ["You can have the ore now. It is in New York, a thousand tons of it. I was waiting for your visit."](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Sengier)
- A free book on [the internals of the Linux Kernel](https://0xax.gitbooks.io/linux-insides/content/).
- Use histograms a lot? Maybe consider [eCDFs](https://twitter.com/MarcJBrooker/status/1565393130505256960) instead.
- Lie on your right side if you want drugs to kick in faster, [on your left to slow them down](https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0096877).
- Is it [really happening?](https://blog.ethereum.org/2022/08/24/mainnet-merge-announcement/)
