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How to Walk and Talk: Everything We Know
How to plan and organize a walk-and-talk, including choosing participants, setting the duration and distance, arranging meals and lodging, and managing logistics and communications.
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Are Blockchains Decentralized? Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers
The report investigates the true decentralization of blockchains, highlighting various forms of centralization, vulnerabilities in consensus protocols, and the implications for security and immutability in networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
blog.trailofbits.comOver the course of the film, McClane blows up whole sections of the building; he stops elevators between floors; and he otherwise explores the internal spaces of Nakatomi Plaza in acts of virtuoso navigation that were neither imagined nor physically planned for by the architects.
His is an infrastructure of nearly uninhibited movement within the ma... See more
His is an infrastructure of nearly uninhibited movement within the ma... See more
Geoff Manaugh • Nakatomi Space
While watching Die Hard the other night—easily one of the best architectural films of the past 25 years—I kept thinking about an essay called “Lethal Theory” by Eyal Weizman—itself one of the best and most consequential architectural texts of the past decade (download the complete PDF).
Nakatomi Space
"Nakatomi space" is a term coined by Geoff Manaugh in his blog post to describe a way of navigating built environments that defies traditional architectural norms. It's inspired by the actions of John McClane in the movie Die Hard, set in the fictional Nakatomi Plaza. The most important characteristic of Nakatomi space is the use of unconventional,... See more