I read through that literacy link a bit. Very interesting. I was assuming at least a majority of the adult illiteracy was from people born outside the country, but that’s only 34% of them! Do you know how California has the lowest rate by state? Are those 34% concentrated there, or is public school particularly bad there? I’m not American.

Haha that’s a great site. But I think the C example is actually reasonable behaviour.

I have this formative moment from my teenage years where I finished something in the fridge and asked my parents if I should leave the packaging in there. My dad, obviously frustrated with the question, snapped back asking if I saw an accumulation of empty packaging in the fridge.

My kids are starting to do this now. I’m still perplexed why this is the default our brains take.

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Fracture toughness

Hang on to your butts!

This feels weird, but I agree with you, internet stranger.

I often think about this too, though a quick search about house spiders did suggest to me they have a decent chance of survival through winter. I don’t think human structures have been around long enough for species to have adapted to be dependent on them.

Is there something like NeoStumbler for iOS?