What I saw on the web on 2024.11.30

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1. book review: What are Universities For?
   by Susan Stepney
   http://susan-stepney.blogspot.com/2024/11/book-review-what-are-universities-for.html
   many good points here about the nature of higher education. in particular: students' main task is to study, not to be taught
   via rss
   
   
2. Revealed: New Zealand's furthest inland point
   by Marjorie Cook
   https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown-lakes/revealed-new-zealands-furthest-inland-point
   how to confuse someone from the Canadian prairies: mention that in NZ it's impossible to get more than 120km from the ocean
   via going looking
   
   
3. Middle-Earth Transportation Authority
   by donolinio
   https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fn2fmpuz1cava1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D2000%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D711f79c832e0264e9217ae2164adfbc8d79edc09
   "one does not simply walk"
   via discord
   
   
4. Penn & Teller: Fool Us - Juggling - Season 3 Episode 7 (2016)
   by Penn Jillette
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOsPtF9h7Jg
   this is pretty much as difficult as it looks.
   via youtube recommends