Fri. 04/23 - A McShake Up: The Battle Over McDonald's Ice Cream Machines

<p><strong><em>What do you call a collection of black holes? That’s not the tee-up for a punchline. Scientists are legitimately trying to decide what word to use. Plus, how Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs was based on Blackfoot principles that he got wrong. And how the problem of McDonald’s perpetually broken ice cream machines is even more super-sized than you might think.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li>StartMail, Get 50% off your first year at <a href="http://startmail.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">StartMail.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/science/black-holes-astrophysics-names.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What Do You Call a Bunch of Black Holes: A Crush? A Scream?</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://gatherfor.medium.com/maslow-got-it-wrong-ae45d6217a8c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maslow Got It Wrong.</a> (GatherFor)</li><li><a href="https://lincolnmichel.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/maslows-hierarchy-connected-to-blackfoot-beliefs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maslow's hierarchy connected to Blackfoot beliefs</a> (A Digital Native American) </li><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">They Hacked McDonald's Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War</a> (Wired)</li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kottke.Org</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackson Bird on Twitter</a></li></ul><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>