---
lastmod: "2022-08-21T11:30:44.0000000+01:00"
author: patrick
categories:
- stumbled_across
comments: true
date: "2013-08-24T00:00:00Z"
aliases:
- /stumbled_across/stumbled-across-4/
- /stumbled-across-24-august-2013/
title: Stumbled across 24th August 2013
---
*   The much-vaunted Hyperloop looks really cool, if it could ever be built: <https://arstechnica.com/business/2013/08/hyperloop-a-theoretical-760-mph-transit-system-made-of-sun-air-and-magnets/>
*   But it may be a bit too half-baked: <https://pedestrianobservations.com/2013/08/13/loopy-ideas-are-fine-if-youre-an-entrepreneur/>
*   I love a good visualisation: <http://nickolaylamm.com/art-for-clients/what-if-you-could-see-wifi/>
*   I laughed pretty much constantly through this piece of bureaucracy-hacking: <http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2013/08/the_kindly_brontosaurus_the_amazing_prehistoric_posture_that_will_get_you.html>
*   This is a problem with the Internet of Things as well as with mind-computer interfaces: <http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134682-hackers-backdoor-the-human-brain-successfully-extract-sensitive-data>
*   Wow - it's possible to represent words as vectors so that *vector('Paris') - vector('France') + vector('Italy')* results in a vector that is very close to *vector('Rome')*: <https://code.google.com/p/word2vec/>
*   Let there be food: <http://web.archive.org/web/20150219023941/http://thisiswhyyourefat.kinja.com/cadbury-creme-eggs-benedict-230182670>
*   One of the manifold reasons why the USA's [TSA][1] should be scrapped: <https://varnull.adityamukerjee.net/2013/08/22/dont-fly-during-ramadan>
*   An excellent witty dialogue between some experts in their respective fields: <http://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2013/08/21/five-math-experts-split-the-check/>
*   How to disagree correctly: <http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html>

 [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration "TSA Wikipedia page"