Ernesto McCormick
@ernestomccormick.bsky.social
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Steve Jobs loved this original @sciam.bsky.social graphic and cited it constantly in interviews, calling computers "bicycles of the mind" for how they let us operate with max efficiency.
Turns out, though, bikes are so efficient because they make us more like... fish? Check it out 🧪
Turns out, though, bikes are so efficient because they make us more like... fish? Check it out 🧪
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Steve Jobs loved this original @sciam.bsky.social graphic and cited it constantly in interviews, calling computers "bicycles of the mind" for how they let us operate with max efficiency.
Turns out, though, bikes are so efficient because they make us more like... fish? Check it out 🧪
Turns out, though, bikes are so efficient because they make us more like... fish? Check it out 🧪
vt.tiktok.com/ZShn1je7g/ This will make all housing initiatives fail @mark-carney.bsky.social
TikTok - Make Your Day
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May 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
vt.tiktok.com/ZShn1je7g/ This will make all housing initiatives fail @mark-carney.bsky.social
Reposted by Ernesto McCormick
The externalities of cars scale with weight, size and speed: space taken, gas burned, tire particulates, noise, pavement, cost to consumer and, above all, crash force, injuries and fatalities.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
March 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The externalities of cars scale with weight, size and speed: space taken, gas burned, tire particulates, noise, pavement, cost to consumer and, above all, crash force, injuries and fatalities.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
Reposted by Ernesto McCormick
This is unbelievable, really. The pace of innovation in this tool is amazing. #dataSky #DuckDB
duckdb.org/2025/03/12/d...
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The DuckDB Local UI
The DuckDB team and MotherDuck are excited to announce the release of a local UI for DuckDB shipped as part of the ui extension.
duckdb.org
March 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is unbelievable, really. The pace of innovation in this tool is amazing. #dataSky #DuckDB
duckdb.org/2025/03/12/d...
duckdb.org/2025/03/12/d...
I would like to hear the Liberal candidates positions on public housing, health care capacity planning, productivity, infrastructure (bike lanes, trains, public transport) and oligopolies control, @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social , @mark-carney.bsky.social , @karinagould.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I would like to hear the Liberal candidates positions on public housing, health care capacity planning, productivity, infrastructure (bike lanes, trains, public transport) and oligopolies control, @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social , @mark-carney.bsky.social , @karinagould.bsky.social