Author: Yeri Tiete
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Xiaomi purifier hack with NFC tags
It’s been over two years since my last rant. I can now happily say this NFC tag hack works. No need to hack your purifier like with their previous kit (I almost purchased the kit — but eventually decided against it; was it worth the trouble?). But these NFC tags are significantly easier to use.…
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The Rush of Feeling Stressed
When Kevin lost his job at a tech startup during a round of mass layoffs two months ago, he suddenly felt way less stressed. He had spent countless hours as a customer service agent for a health app that rarely worked, fielding angry call after angry call. Now that he was unemployed, the stress disappeared,…
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DALL-E: Mythical creatures
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Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse?
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Bakfiets
Wish this was an option in Singapore — sadly, driving a bike here is needlessly dangerous. But likely a viable mode of transportation when we move back to Europe.
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Shifting Baseline Syndrome
“Due to short life-spans and faulty memories, humans have a poor conception of how much of the natural world has been degraded by our actions, because our ‘baseline’ shifts with every generation, and sometimes even in an individual. In essence, what we see as pristine nature would be seen by our ancestors as hopelessly degraded,…
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Gecko
Using Van Der Waals force, geckoes are able to stick to pretty much any surface, including slippery windows. Their feet have millions of tiny hairs. Pretty damn cool — never thought about it (*) until Nerdland talked about it. (*) Singapore has a lot of geckoes. They are considered to be pests here… But I…
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Our global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss
– A new Chatham House report highlights that the global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss. – Biodiversity loss will continue to accelerate, unless we change the way we produce food. Further destruction of ecosystems and habitats will threaten our ability to sustain human populations. – The new report calls for an urgent reform of food systems, suggesting three interdependent…
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DALL-E: Tigers
