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Friday, January 5, 2024

In This Edition:
EV myths busted, coin tossed proved not 50/50, AI ocean map of untracked vessels, avoiding unnecessary meetings, & You Are What You Eat!

EV Myths Busted

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In response to the barrage of electric vehicle misinformation in the UK media, Carbon Brief published a fact-checking piece busting 21 of the most wide-spread EV myths.

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Coin Toss Proved Not 50/50

PhD candidate František Bartoš organised 47 volunteers to flip coins 350,757 times over 12 hours, to prove that coin tosses contain a 1% bias for the side visible before the coin is flipped.

AI Ocean Map Of Untracked Vessels

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Google-backed non-profit Global Fishing Watch used AI models & satellite imagery to build a true map of ocean vessels and offshore infrastructure. The results show 30% of global vessels are not publicly tracked, and 75% of industral fishing vessels are not tracked.

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Avoiding Unnecessary Meetings

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Séverin Bruhat published the 3As to avoiding unnecessary meetings; Attend, Ask, & Abstain.

You Are What You Eat

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You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment is an excellent 4 part series that follows 4 sets of twins through a study that measures the health benefits of exercise and a vegan diet versus exercise and a more healthy omnivore diet. The show also includes many fascinating side-stories such as a chicken farmer that switched to growing mushrooms, cheese made from cashew nuts, urban gorilla vegetable gardens, & the best restaurant in the world going vegan.

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About Found This Week

Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.
The first 104 editions were published on Medium before this site was created, check out the archive here.

Daryl Feehely

I’m a web consultant, contract web developer, technical project manager & photographer originally from Cork, now based in London. I offer my clients strategy, planning & technical delivery services, remotely & in person. I also offer freelance CTO services to companies in need of technical bootstrapping or reinvention. If you think I can help you in your business, check out my details on http://darylfeehely.com

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