April 11, 2023

Another week, another shooting

18 minutes

A mass shooting in Louisville, Kentucky, reminds us of an unfortunate reality: They’re becoming routine. As we discussed in a recent deep dive, the AR-15, the most popular weapon in the consumer market, is often used in mass shootings and has fueled debates on what should be done. Then: Crypto mining presents a huge environmental problem, but there are alternatives. And: A unique solution to the Pythagorean theorem makes us smile.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Gunman Kills 4 Co-workers at Louisville, Ky., Bank on Livestream, Police Say” from The New York Times

“Gunman livestreamed mass shooting at Louisville bank that left 4 dead and 9 wounded, police say” from CNN

“Pfizer, Biogen among hundreds of US drugmakers calling for abortion pill ruling reversal” from Reuters

“Why the GOP isn’t celebrating this major antiabortion ruling” from The Washington Post

“The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin” from The New York Times

“An environmentally friendly model for crypto mining shows promise” from “Marketplace Tech”

“With ‘the merge,‘ ethereum tries to set a greener example for crypto” from “Marketplace”

“New Orleans East teens make ‘impossible’ mathematical discovery unproven for 2,000 years” from WWL

“2 High School Students Prove Pythagorean Theorem. Here’s What That Means” from Scientific American

“Can ChatGPT Decipher Fedspeak?” from SSRN

Have I Been Encoded?

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