Current coding #music: Heilung https://youtu.be/QRg_8NNPTD8
I'm really getting a Dune vibe from the #Destiny2 #Forsaken soundtrack. Compare https://youtu.be/TqQXtTNC5m0 and https://youtu.be/iarMSIZdI6E
US politics
Michael Cohen’s guilty plea underscores congressional Republicans’ total abdication of responsibility https://www.vox.com/2018/8/21/17766412/michael-cohen-guilty-plea-congressional-republicans
I'm sad that I still don't expect congressional Republicans to care about today's events, but it does give me some hope that we can now say, without any real counter-argument, that there's a credible allegation, made under oath, that Trump cheated. His campaign broke the law. He didn't play fair. His win has an asterisk.
this post is essentially just a press release for the company in question, but I still love the idea. "The system is 'fully charged' when the crane has created a tower of concrete blocks around it. The total energy that can be stored in the tower is 20 megawatt-hours (MWh), enough to power 2,000 Swiss homes for a whole day." https://qz.com/1355672/stacking-concrete-blocks-is-a-surprisingly-efficient-way-to-store-energy/
I use Fluid to create a decent Mac app for Mastodon without having to navigate tabs in a web browser: fluidapp.com. Also, @ticky created some really nice userstyles and a userscript to make it even better: gist.github.com/ticky/8acf2350e7883c626e4902633a8f3dc6 #NewUserTip
iOS developer at @capitalone, patent attorney, former Supreme Court reporter. Aa-shuu dekei-oo.
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