Gongol.com Archives: December 2022
December 11, 2022
The Economist: "China's bureaucracy is so centralised that when unfamiliar threats arise, sensitive information can spread widely while censors await official orders. 'With this level of protest every bureaucrat is afraid to make a decision for himself,' he says."
A 4,000-character limit on Twitter?
So goees the rumor, but that's not what anyone needs. What we need is 280 characters, but with footnotes.
A magnificent street sign from 1941
The lingering influence of Art Deco in this Bulova Watch clock sign is just exquisite
Did we really just get a fusion reaction?
Scientists appear to have achieved (on a very small scale) the holy grail of energy production. It's the best kind of fusion, even ahead of fusion cuisine and fusion voting.