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John Nye on the Great Depression, Political Economy, and the Evolution of the State

Published 2009-09-14 nye larger depression

John Nye of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the Great Depression, the evolution of the State, and attitudes people have towa…

Andrew Gelman on Social Science, Small Samples, and the Garden of the Forking Paths

Published 2017-03-20 larger forking gelman

Statistician, blogger, and author Andrew Gelman of Columbia University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenges facing psychologists and econo…

Building a PDF larger than the known universe

Published 2024-02-09 universe art19 known

Is it possible to make a PDF bigger than Germany ? Here’s one larger than the known universe. As its creator says, “it’s mostly empty space, but so is the unive…

This tiny gamepad with dual analog thumbsticks pushes the limits of portable controllers

Published 2026-11-13 crkd thumbsticks gamepad

As much as I appreciate the ingenious design of the Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con, my family and I can't stand using them as standalone gamepads. So when we travel …

Edible Insect Breeding Led to Larger but Not Necessarily Better Larvae

Published 2019-03-15 necessarily larvae insect

Researchers aiming to lower the cost of mealworms were able to double the worms' size, but the larger larvae had fewer eggs and weaker offspring. Christopher In…

Episode 384: Boris Cherny on TypeScript

Published 2019-10-17 cherny 384 typescript

Boris Cherny, author of Programming TypeScript, explains how TypeScript can scale JavaScript projects to larger teams, larger code bases, and across devices. To…

A Much Larger and Possibly Stupider World

Published 2018-04-26 stupider possibly larger

Our obsessive tech hobbies and pastimes, the attraction of clicky keyboards, what SmugMug's Flickr acquisition means, and whether a faux analogue digital camera…