Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for August 12th from 12:48 to 00:43:

• It wasn’t the Facebook it was when I was seven. –
• “Two drafts later somebody would say, ‘Does he have to die?’ ” –
• Twitter / daveaddey: Unfortunate choice of wording … – Unfortunate choice of wording in the RunKeeper app. Should I get one heart rate monitor, or should I get two?
• Revealed: Elon Musk Explains the Hyperloop, the Solar-Powered High-Speed Future of Inter-City Transportation – Businessweek – um "Musk thinks the Hyperloop would avoid many of the land issues because it’s elevated."
• Hyperloop | SpaceX – HYPERLOOP ALPHA