Damian’s notes

• Generosity when Accepting Postcodes 12 August 2015

(Via lowtechmagazine on Twitter)

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  Fruit Trenches: Cultivating Subtropical Plants in Freezing Temperatures Citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, mandarins, tangerines, grapefruits, limes, pomeloes) are the highest-value fruit crop in terms of international trade. Citrus plants are not frost-hardy and can only be grown in tropical and subtropical climates – unless they are cultivated in fossil fuel heated glasshouses. However, during the first half of the twentieth century, citrus fruits came to be grown a good distance from the (sub)tropical regions they usually thrive in. The Russians managed to grow citrus outdoors, where temperatures drop as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius, and without the use of glass or fossil fuels. By 1950, the Soviet Union boasted 30,000 hectares of citrus plantations, producing 200,000 tonnes of fruits per year. The Expansion of Citrus Production in...

(Via Tate on Twitter)

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  Aubrey Beardsley – Exhibition Guide | Tate Watch the curator’s tour and explore the exhibition room by room

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  johnny gin&tonic on Twitter “just found out about jean paul gaultier's knitted circuit board collection from 1995 these fucking rule”

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  Wrath Of Gnon on Twitter “Sustainable forestry: lumber without cutting down trees. Daisugi is a Japanese forestry technique where specially planted cedar trees are pruned heavily (think of it as giant bonsai) to produce "shoots" that become perfectly uniform, straight and completely knot free lumber.”

• Properties (Java SE 10 & JDK 10 )

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3XgzNKso4E

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrjuyXfLD6s

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  Why We Started Putting Unpopular Assets in Memory Recently, we developed a technology that reduces our hit tail latency and reduces the wear out of SSDs. This technology is a memory-SSD hybrid storage system that puts unpopular assets in memory.