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 [Nose Holes] Why we have two nostrils instead of one big hole. Our nostrils share the workload like coworkers on rotation. Link |
| Diver Missing] The U.S. Coast Guard ended its search for a 79-year-old North Palm Beach woman who went missing while scuba diving a shipwreck off Key West on Friday. Ellen Ruth Domb was reported missing by her dive partner, who told authorities that she last saw her around 11 a.m. while they were diving the USNS Hoyt S. Vandenberg, a former missile tracking ship intentionally sunk in 2009 about seven miles south of Key West as an artificial reef in 140’ of water. |
 God does not play dice with the universe. ~Albert EinsteinSo why does God play dice, as Einstein puts it? So the reason offered– He was late on the mortgage for the universe. Yeah. So he plays dice to get some extra cash on the side. Papa gotta make this money. Papa gotta make this money, baby. Come on.” |
| [Progress] Engines, steam engines, were invented in 1700. And what followed was 200 years of steady improvement, with engines getting 20% better a decade. For the first 120 years of that steady improvement, horses didn’t notice at all. Then, between 1930 and 1950, 90% of the horses in the US disappeared. Progress in engines was steady. Equivalence to horses was sudden. But enough about horses. Let’s talk about chess! Folks started tracking computer chess in 1985.And for the next 40 years, computer chess would improve by 50 Elo per year. That meant in 2000, a human grandmaster could expect to win 90% of their games against a computer. But ten years later, the same human grandmaster would lose 90% of their games against a computer. Progress in chess was steady. Equivalence to humans was sudden. Enough about chess! Let’s talk about AI… Link |
 These frogs eat murder hornets—despite being stung in the eyes. Pond frogs devour murder hornets, stinger and all. Insect venom means nothing to some amphibians. Link |
| Germany reconstituted the draft this week for men over 18. |
 [Santa Parade] The neighborhood mini parade escorting Santa down Kyle starts at 4:30 at No Name Rd and travels 5 blocks on Kyle to Key Deer Park at the end of Kyle. All ages are welcome to join the parade. Walk or ride on a decorated bike, trike, wagon, yard tractor, golf cart or surprise us! Ugly sweaters, costumes, holiday colors, elves, carolers, all are welcome. |
| [Movies] It bugs me when one character says, “Honey, there’s something I really must tell you…” and the spouse says, “Not now, I’m really tired.” Are they kidding? |
 [Icons in Menus] I’ve never liked the philosophy of “put an icon in every menu item by default”. It’s extra noise to me. It’s not that I think menu items should never have icons. I think they can be incredibly useful (more on that below). It’s more that I don’t like the idea of “give each menu item an icon” being the default approach. Link |
| [Corruption] America has become a digital narco-state. Social media giants have bought our government and are trying to bully Europe. Link |
 [Online Grocery Business] Kroger acknowledges that its bet on robotics went too far. The retailer’s decision to close three automated fulfillment centers reflects the stark changes in grocery e-commerce that have taken place in the years since it launched its partnership with Ocado. Link |
| [Content Wars] Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD ‘to finish what we started,’ CEO Ellison tells CNBC. Video |
 Cassette tapes, 80s tech, are making a comeback. Yes, really. Cassettes are fragile, inconvenient and relatively low-quality in the sound they produce – yet we’re increasingly seeing them issued by major artists. Is it simply a case of nostalgia? Cassettes did (and still do) have the whiff of the rebel about them. They give consumers the power to customize and reconfigure recorded sound, thus inserting themselves into the production process. Link |
 [Microsoft Download Center Archive] Over the years, Microsoft has deleted thousands of downloads for prior versions of Windows, Office, Visual Studio, SQL Server, and more. These downloads include ones for Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7, old versions of runtimes such as the .NET Framework, Visual C++ Redistributable, and DirectX, and freeware tools such as Microsoft Virtual PC and Microsoft SQL Server, among countless other Microsoft no longer supports. Legacy Update has catalogued the Microsoft Download Center between 2012 and 2024. You can browse the archive below, or use the search box to find a specific download. Link |
 [Ice] The reason we can gracefully glide on an ice-skating rink or clumsily slip on an icy sidewalk is that the surface of ice is coated by a thin watery layer. Scientists generally agree that this lubricating, liquidlike layer is what makes ice slippery. They disagree, though, about why the layer forms. Three main theories about the phenomenon have been debated over the past two centuries. Earlier this year, researchers in Germany put forward a fourth hypothesis(opens a new tab) that they say solves the puzzle. Link |
 A pilot turned an old plane into a two-bedroom apartment. Jon Kotwicki jokes that converting an aluminum plane in Alaska is the “worst idea that a person could possibly have.” Link |
| [?“Old, black or Jewish”] I’m trying to figure out about this problem in England. Glad surgery went well. Was it done there? Is writer saying they won’t perform surgery there on old, black or Jewish people? |
 [Hamburger Kills Man] A New Jersey dad who collapsed and died after eating a hamburger has been identified as the first known fatality from a rare meat allergy caused by a tick bite. The 47-year-old victim, an otherwise healthy airline pilot, is the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome(AGS), a disease spread by bites from the lone star tick that has sickened hundreds, according to a study published Wednesday by researchers at the University of Virginia. Link |
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 Mazda suitcase car, a portable three-wheeled vehicle that fits in the luggage. Back in the early 1990s, Mazda built a suitcase car, a portable three-wheeled vehicle for airports that fits inside hard-shell luggage. A project coming from an internal contest called Fantasyard between 1989 and 1991, the concept automobile was built by seven of the company’s engineers from their manual transmission testing and research unit. They wanted a vehicle to move around airports faster, so the team bought a pocket bike and the largest hard-shell Samsonite suitcase. Link |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 12/9/25 at 8:44 am. |