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Failure is the default, the right Q is, in what way is it exceptional?
“Is there a Sully in the Eccles building?”
Untangling the Mystery of the World’s First Rooftop Solar Panel - bellingcat
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nothing really to gain from this article, just very interesting, and i had no idea that there were even mentions let alone prototypes of solar energy like this as early as the 1880s. also hilarious that at the time, they said it wouldn't be commercially viable for some of the same challenges we face today: energy storage.
also cool that this all happened on Nassau and Maiden Lane, just a few blocks from my apartment — “FiDi”, as we call it now, is the epitome of Lower Manhattan, as it should be called, and it's a beautiful place, with massively rich history
maybe this is some reference imagery for “Lower Manhattan”, the brand
The industry lacks much in the way of standardization, and many developers have agreed to localize various aspects of their supply chains across innumerable states, provinces, and cities to win political backing for new projects. As a consequence, benefits from economies of scale have been difficult to realize
The region-beta paradox describes the phenomenon whereby, sometimes, a person may benefit from being worse off versus just mildly off, because being worse off may mobilize them to take action to address the problem, whereas being mildly off can lead them to stagnancy.
Haley Nahman • #161: Unhappy medium
Supima, the luxury brand promoting the use of American-grown Pima cotton
The very best of NYFW SS24: Proenza Schouler, Eckhaus Latta, Dion Lee
what A and i were talking about
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