Ran Prieurhttp://ranprieur.com/#9a417fe513f58988c3b5b1e84cfc57397194a79b2021-11-05T17:30:14ZRan Prieurhttp://ranprieur.com/ranprieur@gmail.comNovember 5.http://ranprieur.com/#7734284631343f565b8063622be0902eea2019cb2021-11-05T17:30:14Z
November 5. Music for the weekend. At the end of last year, I said that the best song of 2020 is surely something I haven't heard yet. I still think that's the case, but among the songs I have heard, this is my new favorite: Pozi - Whitewashing. Pozi is an English post-punk trio with no guitars, only drums, bass, and violin. Their newest EP doesn't have anything as catchy as Whitewashing, but I love its sonic complexity.]]>
November 3.http://ranprieur.com/#148775b2d3d9999e0f560fd8441af165da585ba92021-11-03T15:10:40Z
November 3. No ideas this week, so more links, starting with two about user-friendly devices: the PinePhone and the Framework Laptop.
A reader sends this page about the The Catacombs of Solaris. "The goal of this game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs. It's a perspective maze that plays with your perception of 3D space on a 2D screen."
And Genetic Goldmine in Earth's Harshest Desert Could Be The Key to Feeding The Future. The idea is, as a lot of the planet turns into a desert, we could stick desert genes in food plants so they'll still grow.]]>
November 1.http://ranprieur.com/#a94fcdbb7873b8d80f86b3081d02889cf7e8c5152021-11-01T13:50:49Z
November 1. I have a new rule, that if I post a negative link, I have to balance it with a positive link. So, negative: a Hacker News thread about how U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than income, with lots of smart discussion about why that's happening and how we could do the economy better.
Negative: The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Leaf Blowers. Even if we fix the toxic emissions with electric leaf blowers, they're still used to move leaves off lawns, when it would be ecologically better to let them stay.