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"Planet of Exile takes a somewhat different approach to the survey and study of the indigenous population than Rocannon’s World, blending the idea of an ethnological study with the premise of a “lost colony” in a fascinating story that addresses cultural difference, exilic loss, knowledge keeping, and more.

Error 402 dives into the tension described in the original form of the statement.
"On the one hand… information sorta wants to be expensive, because it’s so valuable. The right information at the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information almost wants to be free because the cost of getting it out, in many respects, is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two things fighting against each other."

"the gullible buyer has a hunch it’s a Ponzi scheme, but plays along because he believes he can then pass the buck to the next sucker and come out ahead."

"Given the extreme effort that went into creating books, scribes and book owners had a real incentive to protect their work. They used the only power they had: words. At the beginning or the end of books, scribes and book owners would write dramatic curses threatening thieves with pain and suffering if they were to steal or damage these treasures."

"Millimeter-thin wirelessly rechargeable fiber batteries can be woven into clothing to help serve as the hub for a wearable network of electronics, a new study finds."
2021 follow-up to this 2018 article: https://spectrum.ieee.org/yarnlike-rechargeable-zinc-battery-could-power-smart-clothes-and-wearables I wonder if it's turned out to be workable, unworkable, or still being developed?

Cool idea for identifying (or rather confirming) unused css: put a unique background image on it and wait to see if it gets any hits.
via https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2018/01/linkbait_35.html