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All of Congressman\u2019s @RoKhanna\u2019s financial disclosures<\/a> are finally OCR\u2019d and searchable online. He hand-filed papers instead of using the electronic system to obfuscate the data, but I indexed them all here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This report examines how modern, open-source assessment<\/a> methods could be used to produce fair, transparent, and affordable countywide reassessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise, it\u2019s probable that WEIRD people themselves are mistaken<\/a><\/em> in how and why their own norms and institutions operate, and so may be making a grave error in undermining them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the way empires die: they try to wall<\/a><\/em> themselves off from competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now a special edition of the<\/a> board game is teaching a new lesson\u2014about how hard it is to make things in the USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Corvette<\/a> files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building and Shipping Mac and iOS Apps Without Ever Opening Xcode<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This led it to create the first of the multiple ranges of pioneering<\/a> hand-held pocket computers for which it is better remembered today. In 1984, Psion launched the Organizer range, and in 1986, its successor the Organizer II, which came with two slots for what were arguably the computer industry\u2019s first replaceable SSDs. In 1989, Psion introduced all-solid-state MC laptops. Although unsuccessful, the MC\u2019s hardware was miniaturized to create the pocket-sized Psion Series 3 in 1991, and Psion\u2019s bespoke GUI OS became EPOC16. The machines sold in the millions, which in turn led to the Psion 5 and netBook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026\u2026and this has become an enormous industry, with annual revenue of a trillion dollars and capex of $200 billion, but the stocks have gone nowhere<\/a>, and all the value was captured by other people further up the stack<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking good isn’t a sin\u2014but when does self-improvement become self-worship? In this episode<\/a>, we wrestle with one of the most relevant questions Christians face today: from BBLs and Botox to braces, veneers, and hair transplants, where should followers of Jesus draw the line? Join us as we explore what Scripture says about our bodies, our motives, and whether we’re pursuing God’s glory or the world’s approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said \u201cstate leaders failed to act with the urgency<\/a> this project demanded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Palantir\u2019s Head of Vibes<\/a>: \u2018Focus On the People Who Love You\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The \u201c99.9mm\u201d Obsession<\/a> & Coincidence<\/strong>
The Target: When designing the lens, the team faced the classic battle of performance versus size. After building multiple mockups t[3][4]o test ergonomics on actual camera bodies, they strictly targeted a total length of \u201cless than 100mm.\u201d. The Result: They squeezed the final length down to exactly 99.9mm. A strange Coincidence: Matsumura points out a quirky design coincidence\u2014the full-frame LUMIX S 24-60mm F2.8 (released in 2025, over a decade after the original 35-100mm design) also ended up measuring exactly 99.9mm in overall length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s before we even get into the fact that it\u2019s mighty hard to run a successful airline anywhere in the world.<\/a>Yet even with that it mind, the comparative data suggests that African economies are leaving<\/a> a whole of cash on table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we have the means to capture huge amounts of information, but, just like much of our food is less nutrient-dense than before<\/a>, there is less and less of it on the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first time Francesca Hong appears to back away – to a degree<\/a> – from her past stance of calling to abolish police. She told me last month that her old \u201cdefund the police\u201d stance was more of an aspirational future hope than a current\/concrete plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Track every ?6,000t die casting machine ordered and installed<\/a> worldwide, every vehicle model adopting the technology, and the design strategies behind each casting \u2014 updated continuously, with analytical reports that turn raw data into decisions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All of Congressman\u2019s @RoKhanna\u2019s financial disclosures are finally OCR\u2019d and searchable online. He hand-filed papers instead of using the electronic system to obfuscate the data, but I indexed them all here: This report examines how modern, open-source assessment methods could be used to produce fair, transparent, and affordable countywide reassessments. Likewise, it\u2019s probable that WEIRD […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17343"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17365,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17343\/revisions\/17365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}