Human folly for 02021-11-12

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• (birdsite.xanny.family):

  Fabian Giesen explaining #concurrency in #hardware and how it’s all stochastic

• Irm (interlisp.org):

  #documentation for the Medley #Lisp IDE for #Interlisp #retrocomputing

• Crackpot (math.ucr.edu):

  “The Crackpot Index. John Baez. A simple method for rating potentially revolutionary contributions to #physics: ... 8. 5 points for each mention of “Einstien”, “Hawkins” or “Feynmann”.” #humor

• Kosterlitz Thouless transition (johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com):

  #physics #divulgation of the Kosterlitz–Thouless transition for which the 02016 #Nobel-Prize in Physics was awarded

• Is net zero emissions an impossible goal (nautil.us):

  Baez on #geoengineering by atmospheric #carbon-removal

• Altos Labs silicon valleys Jeff Bezos Milner bet living forever (technologyreview.com):

  #hplus #life-extension startup Altos Labs by Yuri Milner using Yamanaka factors for induced pluripotent stem cells; Yamanaka and Izpisúa Belmonte (whose mice got teratomas) are working there; hiring professors for US$1M/year or more

• AgeX and lineage granted pluripotent patent (longevity.technology):

  Michael West got #life-extension patent 10,501,723 on inducing pluripotent stem cells, filed before Yamanaka’s publication; now he’s doing a startup called "AgeX"