This video was really a surprise at how much I didn’t know about the system. The enlargement of thumbnails was shocking at how simple it was and how hidden it was to me.
Thought Provoking
Rent a person who does nothing
2020s, Thought ProvokingIn Japan, a man rents himself out
Morimoto commits to “doing nothing” and basically just gives back-channel feedback when someone speaks to him. “I myself don’t like to be cheered on by others. I get upset when people simply tell me keep on trying. When someone is trying to do something, I think the best thing to do is to help lower the bar for them by staying at their side,” he explains.
This story is so quintessentially Japanese. I doubt if the same concept would work in another culture without being corrupted in some way.
Today I learned that Jazz Bagpipes Exist
2020s, Music, Thought ProvokingLove this performance!
People get less sick from an airborne virus if they wear a mask – Infectious Disease Doctor
2020s, Covid-19, Health, Thought ProvokingAn infectious disease doctor writes
It seems people get less sick if they wear a mask.
When you wear a mask – even a cloth mask – you typically are exposed to a lower dose of the coronavirus than if you didn’t. Both recent experiments in animal models using coronavirus and nearly a hundred years of viral research show that lower viral doses usually means less severe disease.
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Most infectious disease researchers and epidemiologists believe that the coronavirus is mostly spread by airborne droplets and, to a lesser extent, tiny aerosols. Research shows that both cloth and surgical masks can block the majority of particles that could contain SARS-CoV-2. While no mask is perfect, the goal is not to block all of the virus, but simply reduce the amount that you might inhale. Almost any mask will successfully block some amount.
The Mother of All Demos – In 1968, a demo showed video-conferencing, hypertext, the mouse and online collaboration.
1960s, Tech, Thought Provoking, Video, WebThis is an incredible video showing what was being developed in 1968. It just took over 20 years for mice to be considered normal on a computer. Video-conferencing much longer.
TIL – Where the term logbook came from.
Thought Provoking, TravelThe log is an interesting invention. It began with 16th-century ships – surrounded with water, no land in sight, no sense of direction, and no sense of speed. What did you have to compare your speed with anyway?
The sailors were ingenious. They used a log – a real piece of wood – attached to a string. They’d throw it in the water and use it to measure speed.
Then they’d track this speed over time, in a logbook.
That’s the origin story of log books, now known as logs.
On Wikipedia, I also learned about the origin of the term knot as a speed metric.
Order of food in a buffet influence what is eaten
2020s, Economy, Food, Health, Thought ProvokingInteresting study.
“What ends up on a buffet diner’s plate is dramatically determined by the presentation order of food. Rearranging food order from healthiest to least healthy can nudge unknowing or even resistant diners toward a healthier meal, helping make them slim by design.”
Serving Healthy Foods First in Buffet Lines Improves Overall Meal Selection
Football is back! – Helsinki, Finland – 17 June 2020
2020s, Finland, Football, Helsinki, Photography, Sport, Thought ProvokingEnjoying watching Villa again having a beer in a bar. Life is almost back to normal.
Passed the Brush
2020s, Humour, Thought Provoking, VideoTIL (Today I Learned) – The flu vaccine is not very effective in older people. The benefit is gained from younger people who don’t get sick and pass it on.
2020s, Thought ProvokingI frequently learn something new from any Bill Gates interview. This one on CNBC is no exception. The fact is at 11:40 but I recommend to watch the whole interview.