Links for 2022-09-24
“Somehow, the laws of physics conspired with the evolution of human consciousness such that sound engineering solutions are also aesthetically appealing: from the ideal solder fillet, to the neat geometric arrangements of components on a circuit board, to the billowing clouds of standard cells laid down by the latest IC place-and-route tools, aesthetics both inspire and emerge from the construction of practical, everyday electronics.” (Book Review: Open Circuits) https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=6558
"There is a very high probability that most published criminological research findings are false-positives, and therefore wrong." https://osf.io/mhv8f/
"Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard." https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/09/long-covid-brain-fog-symptom-executive-function/671393/ [discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/xgnxjx/brain_fog_isnt_like_a_hangover_or_depression_its/]
The value of Prediction Markets and why they should be legal. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/09/prediction-markets-should-be-legal.html
Why not site new nuclear facilities at old coal plants? DOE Report Finds Hundreds of Retiring Coal Plant Sites Could Convert to Nuclear https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/doe-report-finds-hundreds-retiring-coal-plant-sites-could-convert-nuclear
A method to soothe and promote sleep in crying infants utilizing the transport response: the tendency in altricial mammals for infants to calm and become passive when transported. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01363-X
Scientists at America’s top nuclear lab were recruited by China to design missiles and drones https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/scientists-americas-top-nuclear-lab-recruited-china-design-missiles-dr-rcna48834
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell: “The West’s hesitance to put these capabilities in the right hands has cost lives. Horrors could have been avoided if the Biden Administration and our European partners hadn’t been self-deterred from providing these tools sooner. He should also be clear with our allies that our defense holiday is over. It is time for all of us to rebuild our militaries and defense industrial bases… Beijing, Tehran, and other authoritarian regimes cannot think for one minute that trampling free peoples’ sovereignty will go unpunished.” https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/remarks/mcconnell-on-ukraines-progress-and-needed-next-steps
OHCHR report on Russian war crimes: "As for violations against personal integrity, we were struck by the large number of executions in the areas that we visited. The Commission is currently investigating such deaths in 16 towns and settlements. We have received credible allegations regarding many more cases of executions, which we are documenting further. Common elements of such crimes include the prior detention of the victims as well as visible signs of executions on bodies, such as hands tied behind backs, gunshot wounds to the head, and slit throats." https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2022/09/update-chair-independent-international-commission-inquiry-ukraine-51st-session