What I saw on the web on 2024.8.27

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1. Wait, it's all just in 4/4?
   by Adam Neely
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4hWmZSOQjM
   i mean, everything is in 4/4 if you squint hard enough
   via rss
   
   
2. How The Internet Is Rigged
   by John Green
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QghbHQq6eHw
   in which John almost gets to the labour theory of value and almost calls for youtubers to unionize
   via rss
   
   
3. "Chocolate breakthrough" reported by Swiss scientists
   by Rob Beschizza
   https://boingboing.net/2024/08/27/chocolate-breakthrough-reported-by-swiss-scientists.html
   more effecient/stustainable/decolonized production is good. sweeter chocolate is not personally appealing
   via rss
   
   
4. Exploring Word Chains
   by CodeParade
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GuqNrV8LsQ
   i was playing with this a little while back. what happens if you add letter transpositions?
   via discord
   
   
5. Montreal byelection to have most candidates in federal election history
   by Maura Forrest
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-byelection-most-candidates-federal-election-1.7305785
   first i've heard of these Longest Ballot Committee folks
   via rss
   
   
6. Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible
   by Veritasium
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf7ws2DF-zk
   an introduction to Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
   via youtube recommends