What I saw on the web on 2022.3.6

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1. … just … live …
   by Abe Janzen
   https://somemessynotes.wordpress.com/2022/03/06/just-live/
   this is a hard one for people enmeshed in education to attain
   via rss
   
   
2. Did Dua Lipa ACTUALLY Plagiarize Levitating?
   by Adam Neely
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnA1QmZvSNs
   if two songs sound the same, it's possible they're both referencing something else!
   via rss
   
   
3. Planescape: Torment Playthrough
   by TheRhysWyrill
   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyJCsHkFxCjidtxtkEi-C6kM1mhd9D1AY
   do i want to spend 45+ hours watching someone play this game which i find interesting but likely won't play myself? maybe....
   via googlery
   
   
4. It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning
   by Ted Chiang
   https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/opinion/ted-chiang-future-genetic-engineering.html
   this is fiction. it's horribly plausible fiction, but still, for the moment, fiction. apologies for linking to a paywalled site. there are ways to get around the paywall.
   via googlery after wikipedia
   
   
5. Open Problem Garden
   by Open Problem Garden
   http://www.openproblemgarden.org/
   a clearing house for open problems in mathematics
   via reddit
   
   
6. Inscribed square problem
   by Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inscribed_square_problem
   a fairly simple-to-understand open problem
   via googlery after reddit