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hildabast, 11 days ago to random

TIL that the author of Planet of the Apes was also the author of The Bridge On the River Kwai.

Pierre Boulle (1912-1994) was born in Avignon. He was in Malaysia when WW2 started, & joined the French Resistance. Then he spied for the British & was captured.

His war experience was, he said, "the spiritual substance" of his writing.

The Planet of the Apes was inspired by watching the frenetic & seemingly mindless behavior of Stock Exchange brokers... 1/3

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-05-10/pierre-boulle-the-spy-who-invented-planet-of-the-apes-a-world-with-intelligent-gorillas-and-humans-with-lazy-brains.html

RickiTarr, 28 days ago to random

Here's my Ma'am, This is A Wendy's Rant:

Cleaning videos that involve mixing together baking soda and vinegar to clean things, you're just creating a Neutral liquid that takes away the degreasing power of acid, and the scrubbing power of baking soda.

arstechnica, 1 month ago to random

Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal cover

This time there's no over-the-air software patch.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-recalls-all-3878-cybertrucks-over-faulty-accelerator-pedal-cover/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

nixCraft, 1 month ago to random

Why did the Tesla Robotaxi driver get fired?

He was fired because he kept going on auto-pilot.

bruces, 1 month ago to random

*The MONIAC fluidic economic analog computer. Built in the 1940s, some of them still work

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Machine

arstechnica, 2 months ago to random

Deadly morel mushroom outbreak highlights big gaps in fungi knowledge

Prized morels are unpredictably and puzzlingly deadly, outbreak report shows.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/deadly-morel-mushroom-outbreak-highlights-big-gaps-in-fungi-knowledge/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social