Victor Loux — bookmarks

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grocy - ERP beyond your fridge

ERP beyond your fridge - grocy is a web-based self-hosted groceries & household management solution for your home. Open Source. Built with passion. Created by Bernd Bestel.

Why Can Some Blind People Process Speech Far Faster Than Sighted Persons? - Scientific American

scientificamerican.com/article/why-can-some-blind-people-process/

He tried to prank the DMV. Then his vanity license plate backfired big time.

mashable.com/article/dmv-vanity-license-plate-def-con-backfire/

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

The Life of a Cherry Drying Pilot | An Eclectic Mind

aneclecticmind.com/2009/06/13/the-life-of-a-cherry-drying-pilot/

Copper Destroys Viruses and Bacteria. Why Isn’t It Everywhere? - VICE

vice.com/en_us/article/xgqkyw/copper-destroys-viruses-and-bacteria-why-isnt-it-everywhere

Concentrichron: a clock and calendar made of concentric rings

concentrichron.com/

Balthazar – Text processing in the shell

blog.balthazar-rouberol.com/text-processing-in-the-shell

The Man Who Saw the Pandemic Coming - Issue 83: Intelligence - Nautilus

nautil.us/issue/83/intelligence/the-man-who-saw-the-pandemic-coming

How London’s Trees Help Boost the Local Economy - CityLab

citylab.com/environment/2020/03/london-trees-economic-benefits-urban-cooling-carbon/607525/

Shady trees mean less air conditioning and increased worker productivity in the summer months.

Human Interface: a Guide to Backpack Harness Innovation I CARRYOLOGY

carryology.com/liking/industry/human-interface-a-guide-to-backpack-harness-innovation/

How a dash of mercury can rip a jet plane apart

io9.gizmodo.com/how-a-dash-of-mercury-can-rip-a-jet-plane-apart-5892694

Dreams of Debris - ¡Hola Papi!

holapapi.substack.com/p/dreams-of-debris

How Millennials Are Talking To Their Boomer Relatives About The Coronavirus

buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/annehelenpetersen/coronavirus-parents-grandparents-boomers-millennials

Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus. One Survived. - The New York Times

nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.html

To improve the US coronavirus response, Donald Trump should resign - The Verge

theverge.com/2020/3/12/21176170/coronavirus-response-donald-trump-resign-crisis-pandemic-response

We are facing a pandemic about which US President Donald Trump appears incapable of telling the truth — assuming he even knows it. Without quick action, a lot of people are going to get sick. Some of them will die. The president’s incoherence has reached a level that is a hazard to public health. The best thing Trump can do for the country, to speed its response to coronavirus, is resign and let someone capable take over.