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The price of 1 million lumen-hours since the Middle Ages

Posted on 2022/02/21 by Carl Robitaille

The price of 1 million lumen-hours since the Middle Ages. A lightbulb does that in ~600 hours, or about 2 months of daily usage. So multiply these prices by 6 to see how much it used to cost to use a lamp for one year. So many things we take for granted used to be such luxuries. pic.twitter.com/hEYmqVf6D5
— Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) February 17, 2022

Quick analysis of the Trucker Tantrum hateriot campaign sample data leaked from GiveSendGo

Posted on 2022/02/21 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/ChadOhman/status/1493093568730349573?s=20&t=Td8QdbhjCKBdRhPdJ1sA9w

Money can’t buy happiness?

Posted on 2022/02/16 by Carl Robitaille

Money can’t buy happiness?

Money can't buy happiness? https://t.co/cAeRl9sB3E
— Doug Savage (@savagechickens) February 15, 2022

I’ve just read one of the most lucid, wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary critiques of cryptocurrency and blockchain I’ve yet to encounter

Posted on 2022/02/16 by Carl Robitaille

I've just read one of the most lucid, wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary critiques of cryptocurrency and blockchain I've yet to encounter. 1/ pic.twitter.com/vay7WQIUyD
— Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr (@doctorow) February 14, 2022

Un tabou en héritage: financement entre les universités du Québec

Posted on 2022/02/15 by Carl Robitaille

Un tabou en héritage: financement entre les universités du Québec

Depuis 10 ans, l'écart de financement entre les universités du Québec et du ROC se creuse et c'est pire pour le réseau francophone.
Analyse https://t.co/FMPPsdrkfl
— Paul Journet (@PaulJournet) February 13, 2022

La CAQ refuse de hausser la redevance sur l’eau

Posted on 2022/02/15 by Carl Robitaille

La CAQ refuse de hausser la redevance sur l’eau

Calvairehttps://t.co/FJIMzpGtU0
"Alors que le Québec touche 70 $ par million de litres, l’Italie exige 2000 $ par million de litres et le Danemark, 100 000 $ par million de litres" #1CenneLaTonne #Duplessisme2022
— Fred Savard (@LeFredSavard) February 10, 2022

This is insane: CPI vs Rate

Posted on 2022/02/15 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1491777726176538630?s=20&t=-cvPzDQxzxQYmfaPHZ6XwQ

There’s a £100,000 coin buried under this London building

Posted on 2022/02/15 by Carl Robitaille

This is the Colorado River. 40 million people in the dry, desert American Southwest rely on it as their source of water. But it’s running dry…

Posted on 2022/02/15 by Carl Robitaille

This is the Colorado River. 40 million people in the dry, desert American Southwest rely on it as their source of water. But it's running dry… pic.twitter.com/fqZKPDPeZF
— Sam (from Wendover) (@wendoverpro) February 8, 2022

John Stuart Mill’s supervisor: “That first chapter is too long.”
Mill: “Very well…”

Posted on 2022/02/15 by Carl Robitaille

John Stuart Mill's supervisor: "That first chapter is too long."
Mill: "Very well…" pic.twitter.com/GAPXmxibLa
— Nikhil Venkatesh (@NikVenkatesh) February 8, 2022