Human folly for 02025-11-17

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• (theatlantic.com):

  did medieval peasants work 150 days a year or 300? #history

• Gypbg (archive.ph):

  Brian Shaw is the strongest man in history, but “he has trouble reaching across his chest to get the seat belt” (archive of Atlantic https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/07/23/the-strongest-man-in-the-world)

• Solar energy (en.wikipedia.org):

  graph of the #history of #solar #PV #energy #pricing

• Why the time has finally come for geothermal energy (newyorker.com):

  #Geothermal #energy article largely on Fervo, which has drilled three demonstration and appraisal wells for US$800 million

• RFC index (rfc-editor.org):

  the #RFC index in HTML

• Mace (spray) (en.wikipedia.org):

  Oh, 1% CN tear gas (chloroacetophenone) is what’s in old Mace. So I guess I have been tear-gassed, but not with CS gas. #materials