Using lidar, scientists discovered a 400-foot-long wall composed of “60 massive granite...
Scientists used lidar to discover a 400-foot underwater wall made of 60 granite monoliths built 7,000 years ago in France. via kottke.org
The study, published Dec. 18 in the Journal of Marketing Research, links survey data on GLP-1 receptor agonist use – a class of drugs originally developed for diabetes and now widely prescribed for weight loss – with detailed transaction records from tens of thousands of U.S. households. ...Within six months of starting a GLP-1 medication, households reduce grocery spending by an average of 5.3%. Among higher-income households, the drop is even steeper, at more than 8%. Spending at fast-food restaurants, coffee shops and other limited-service eateries falls by about 8%.
Cornell research on the proader market impact of GLP-1 drugs.
The struggle resizing returns in macOS Tahoe. Nice to know I'm not losing my mind.
Cult Brand Behavior by Alex Tran
Visualization of 291 million Citi Bike rides in New York City over 12 years, rendered at 60+ FPS directly in a web browser. via x.com
Merry Sky for the best weather UI since Dark Sky, via Hacker News
I am a somewhat odd duck in all this, being a “humanities person” who also learned to code and hack around on a computer at a young age. Therefore I feel it is especially incumbent upon me to demonstrate how coding agents can be useful to non-coders of all backgrounds, ages, and interests. Today, I’d like to do just that. I hope it is useful to as broad a range of people as possible, and in service of that goal, I am going to write assuming no prior experience with coding agents, command-line interfaces, or coding.
Dean Ball on using coding AI agents.
We're more than a quarter way through the new century and we can now ask: what is the aesthetic of the twenty-first century? Which are the important secessionist movements of today? Which will be the most important great works? Today, futuristic aesthetics often mean retrofuturistic aesthetics. So, what should the future actually look like?
A call for new aesthetic perspectives and creative approaches.
The magic of this mysterious technology is starting to lose its luster. What looked like magic is turning into work.
The current state of personal AI infrastructure. via ondiscourse.substack.com
Corporate profit margins have risen to nearly 20%, which is double the historical 10% levels seen in previous decades. via Eric Basmajian x.com
You don't need to do all three. You might not need to do any of them. But if Reddit matters to your audience—and increasingly, AI is making that decision for you—pick one approach and commit to it properly.
Wild Signal provides AI search optimization services that help brands earn citations in the digital landscape. They pair communications experts with geospatial tools to deliver strategic intelligence. via wildsignal.agency
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