What I saw on the web on 2020.10.13

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1. Let's change the quotient rule!
   by Michael Penn
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMxoiFBm8E
   for people who wish rules in calculus were simpler. Be careful of what you ask for.
   via reddit
   
   
2. Alan Moore Gives Rare Interview: ‘Watchmen’ Creator Talks New Project ‘The Show’, How Superhero Movies Have “Blighted Culture” & Why He Wants Nothing To Do With Comics
   by Tom Grater
   https://deadline.com/2020/10/alan-moore-rare-interview-watchmen-creator-the-show-superhero-movies-blighted-culture-1234594526/
   among other things, the ustad's preferred Batman adaptation might not be the one you expect. And he has a new movie coming out.
   via boing
   
   
3. 'Death doulas' present the perfect 2020 problem
   by Colby Cosh
   https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-death-doulas-present-the-prefect-2020-problem
   in case you wondered what 'doula' means
   via rss
   
   
4. “Story Engineering” by Larry Brooks
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/story-engineering-by-larry-brooks/
   shared mostly for the last paragraph, which for me is kinda the point of existentialism
   via rss
   
   
5. His Words Matter Billboard Campaign
   by Vote common good
   https://www.votecommongood.com/his-words-matter/
   a curious juxtaposition of two people allegedly influential in the US right now
   via boing
   
   
6. 13 Centuries of Spoken English, in Two Minutes and Twenty Seconds
   by A.Z. Foreman
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtQYF2cJ5og
   including the so-called "great" vowel shift
   via boing
   
   
7. a tentacular pumpkin
   by /u/Paradoctored
   https://i.redd.it/qy1cxrdsmtr51.jpg
   that's one freaky-lookin' gourd!
   via TYWKIWDBI
   
   
8. Monocropping
   by David R. MacIver
   https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/monocropping
   What if we did this but, you know, good?
   via rss
   
   
9. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Fictional Genres
   by Idiosophy
   https://www.idiosophy.com/2017/11/maslows-hierarchy-of-fictional-genres/
   a curious suggestion!
   via I'm really not sure where - was it the tolkienfans subreddit?