Augusto Mercandelli

yes.

[Augusto Mercandelli @augusto]

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[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

@fasc1nate Timelapse of land occupied by Native Americans

[Augusto Mercandelli @augusto]

@pmarca @beffjezos @bayeslord @PessimistsArc @threader compile @readwise save

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The town of Whittier, Alaska, is known for having nearly the entire population living in a single apartment building.

The building is called Begich Towers, a 14-story apartment complex that houses about 90% of the town's residents (total: 272). This has earned Whittier the nickname of a "town under one roof".

The building, originally constructed as an army barracks, now serves as a cozy condominium featuring a post office, general store, police station, laundromat, health clinic, mayor's office, and a heated indoor pool.

Whittier, Alaska is accessible only by air or through a single-lane tunnel that stretches over two miles through neighboring Maynard Mountain. The town's weather conditions can be harsh during winter, making the Begich Towers a convenient and practical living solution for the residents.

In addition to the Begich Towers, there is a second condo building in the town where the remaining residents live. The town's school and gym are located in a separate structure but are connected to the Begich Towers by a tunnel, allowing for easy access during the winter months.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

A game for cats where they catch the mouse
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[Olawale Badekale @cuthbert_ola]

@fasc1nate Albert Einstein explaining E=mc2

[Taste of Cinema @davidcinema]

What is the most romantic movie you've ever seen?

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Jim Carrey in his sophomore year in high school in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, 1970s. During this time, Jim and his family were so poor that they were all living out of a van. After school, Jim and his brother would work 8-hour shifts as janitors and security guards at a tire factory. At age 16, Jim quit school and continued working at the factory while honing his craft as a comedian.

In an interview with the Hamilton Spectator in 2007, Jim said, "If my career in show business hadn't panned out, I would probably be working today in Hamilton, Ontario, at the Dofasco steel mill." When he was young, he saw the steel mills on the other side of Burlington Bay and believed that's “where the great jobs were.” Regarding his father, Jim had this to say, “My father could have been a great comedian but he didn't believe that that was possible for him, and so he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe job as an accountant, and when I was 12 years old, he was let go from that safe job, and our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father. Not the least of which was that: You can fail at what you don't want. So you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”

[CNET @CNET]

Whether it's lighting up the Las Vegas skyline or blowing up social media with memes, the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas will be hard to miss.

[Augusto Mercandelli @augusto]

Wordle 737 4/6

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[Augusto Mercandelli @augusto]

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[Augusto Mercandelli @augusto]

I completed all 39 C exercises from W3Schools. https://t.co/smiGTZ8ui3

[FBI Denver @FBIDenver]

Avoid using free charging stations in airports, hotels or shopping centers. Bad actors have figured out ways to use public USB ports to introduce malware and monitoring software onto devices. Carry your own charger and USB cord and use an electrical outlet instead.

[Augusto Mercandelli @augusto]

@ScuderiaFerrari 🫴

[Grant Tremblay @astrogrant]

Not to be a ~well, actually~ jerk, and I'm sure Bard will be impressive, but for the record: JWST did not take "the very first image of a planet outside our solar system".

the first image was instead done by Chauvin et al. (2004) with the VLT/NACO using adaptive optics.

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

Saw this ad 😀

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created by Hokusai in 1831, is one of the world's most famous paintings.

But why are there more than 100 different versions of it in galleries all around the world?

Because it isn't actually a painting...

[Edward Tian @edward_the6]

I spent New Years building GPTZero — an app that can quickly and efficiently detect whether an essay is ChatGPT or human written

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Sped up trip there & back again