Disney’s 1932 ‘Flowers and Trees’ was the first cartoon to win an Oscar and it was also the first to use the three-strip Technicolor process. The animation was meticulously done by hand, making it a significant achievement in the history of animation.
Why AI Will Save The World
By Marc Andreessen
The era of Artificial Intelligence is here, and boy are people freaking out.
Fortunately, I am here to bring the good news: AI will not destroy the world, and in fact may save it.
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Ethereum will be the new government bond.
Staked ETH, or PoS asset of a dominant blockchain, will replace US Treasuries as the risk-free asset in any portfolio.
This shall be the biggest revolution in the history of financial markets.
Here’s how I think it’ll go down 👇
Visiting the island of Socotra in Yemen can seem like you’re on another planet. 307 out of the 825 or 37% of the plant species found on the island (including the dragon blood tree that bleeds bright red sap when it’s cut) isn’t found anywhere else on Earth https://t.co/DsANppQ6Jb
Does the Sun always rise in the same direction? No. This set of photos by Zaid M. Al-Abbadi shows the direction of sunrise every month during 2019 as seen from near the city of Amman, Jordan. Today is the December #solstice https://t.co/bZy2FrhcY1
Extra vertebrae and free floating clavicle bones allow cats to pass their body through incredibly narrow spaces. Basically they can squeeze through any space larger than their skull https://t.co/mpXyq6tFE3 [source of the gif: https://t.co/LL7ZXdRXyR]
Sunflowers are used to assist in clean up after a nuclear disaster. They are hyperaccumulators, capable of absorbing toxic heavy metals from the ground and have been planted at both Chernobyl and Fukushima in the attempt to aid in soil restoration https://t.co/QWBP5myeYk
Mount Roraima and the other tabletop mountains in Canaima National Park are considered to be the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back around two billion years to the Precambrian Era https://t.co/9maPvLdRqe
Crows are widely regarded as some of the smartest animals on the planet. In this clip narrated by Sir David Attenborough, a wild crow in Japan is seen dropping nuts at a crosswalk, providing it a safer opportunity to retrieve the food [full video: https://t.co/FvhKDJD6t3]