Weekly Filet #160: This May Hurt a Bit. And more.
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→ Post-operative check (Scientific American)
You've probably heard enough of the Euro crisis by now. Trust me, this piece will give you a fresh perspective.
→ How Underpaid German Workers Helped Cause Europe’s Debt Crisis (The Upshot / NYT)
This looks like a place worth visiting. A massive light show inside an abandoned gas tank.
→ 320° Licht: A Repurposed 112-Meter High Gas Tank Converted into a Cathedral of Light (This Is Colossal)
In Italy, they plan to turn an old highway viaduct into a set of «inverted highrises». Nice views.
→ These Old Bridges Will Become Inverted High-Rise Communities (Fast Company)
Nerd stuff. Very interesting nerd stuff.
→ Why nobody can tell whether the world’s biggest quantum computer is a quantum computer (Quartz)
Bonus track (in German): Eine ergreifende Geschichte über den Neffen des Autors, der mit 18 einem Gehirntumor erlag. Dieser eine Satz geht mir nicht mehr aus dem Kopf: «Ihn leben lassen, indem sie ihn sterben lassen.»
→ Bald (Der Spiegel)