Letter of Recommendation: Get a Vasectomy

Letter of Recommendation: Get a Vasectomy By Jason Kottke Men in the US typically do not talk about or worry about birth control that much, to the detriment of the health and safety of women. In the spirit of trying to change that a little, I’m going to talk to you about my experience. About a decade ago, knowing that I did not want to have any more children, I had a vasectomy. And let me tell you, it’s been great. Quickly, here’s what a vasectomy is, via the Mayo Clinic: Vasectomy is a form of male birth control that cuts the supply of sperm...

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Recycling Center Made From Recycled Materials

Recycling Center Made From Recycled Materials By Jason Kottke I love this: the local recycling center in the town of Kamikatsu, Japan is itself made of recycled and upcycled materials. Most prominent of those materials are the hundreds of mismatched windows that form the building’s facade: Brilliant. From Dezeen: Kamikatsu’s main industry was once forestry, but all that remains of this today are neglected cedar forests. Nakamura’s studio worked...

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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Mathematics

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Mathematics By tech@thehiveworks.com Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Written after enjoying Francis Su's new book, Mathematics for Human Flourishing, which slightly changed my view about this type of question. Today's News: Quick notes before blog: One: A bunch of you mutants who use RSS noted that it was having weird formatting issues. I've deformatted today's blog before posting. Please...

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On the Dangers of Cryptocurrencies and the Uselessness of Blockchain

On the Dangers of Cryptocurrencies and the Uselessness of Blockchain By Bruce Schneier Earlier this month, I and others wrote a letter to Congress, basically saying that cryptocurrencies are an complete and total disaster, and urging them to regulate the space. Nothing in that letter is out of the ordinary, and is in line with what I wrote about blockchain in 2019. In response, Matthew Green has written—not really a rebuttal—but a “a general response to some of the more common spurious objections…people make to public blockchain systems.” In it,...

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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Solved

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Solved By tech@thehiveworks.com Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: There's another philosophical problem solved. This is easy. Today's News: June 16, 2022 at 08:04PM via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal https://ift.tt/OcEIx...

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Astronomer Hotline

Astronomer Hotline By June 15, 2022 at 08:00AM via xkcd.com https://xkcd.com/263...

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Success Stories - Dr Alexa Datko - Family Medicine Residency Match

Success Stories - Dr Alexa Datko - Family Medicine Residency Match By Alexa Datko, MD shares her journey to becoming an MD with Scott Harrah, MA, Director of Digital Content at UMHS. She discusses her hometown of San Diego, California, and her status as an elite NCAA Division 1 athlete at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. Eventually winding up at UMHS more than six years after graduating from undergrad. Dr. Datko chose UMHS as her medical school because of the small class sizes and the reputation of having professors that...

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