[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- Nano-generators can harvest electricity from your blood
- [io9]
We are one very big step closer to sending robots into our body for long-term, complex missions. New nano-generators can turn mechanical energy – like that of flowing blood – into electricity needed to power nanobots.
- One Month In
- [Join Diaspora Blog]
[Finally, some news from the Diaspora team!
...Diaspora aims to compete with Facebook. A project worth watching, although I don't know if I'm rooting for them or just rooting against Facebook.
-L]
- How will the DOMA ruling affect California?
- [Calitics]
…unfortunately, this federal court decision really doesn't affect us at all. In theory, the ruling only covers Massachusetts for the time being. The case was brought on behalf of the state, and unless and until it moves up through the 1st Circuit and possibly to the Supreme Court, the case only has persuasive precedential value. For now, [the Defense of Marriage Act] is still valid in California.
[But click through to read a verra satisfying paragraph from the judge's ruling. -L]
- Affluent Deadbeats
- [Paul Krugman]
"Whether it is their residence, a second home or a house bought as an investment, the rich have stopped paying the mortgage at a rate that greatly exceeds the rest of the population."
[Click through for the whole piece. -L]
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