Interesting Links for 04-06-2017
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andrewducker- A hands-on introduction to video encoding
- (tags: video Technology )
- With the right combination of intrigue and strangeness you can really pull in a niche audience
- (tags: celebrity mysteries fandom )
- Seven Decades of Historical Data Find No Correlation Between Minimum Wage Increases and Employment Levels
- (tags: minimumwage jobs research usa )
- 3D printing and clever computers could revolutionise construction
- (tags: 3dprinting architecture construction )
- The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting as an Espionage Tool
- (tags: knitting encryption wwii )
- Some Resources (And Thoughts) on Tactical Voting
- (tags: voting politics uk )
- Let White People Appropriate Mexican Food—Mexicans Do It to Ourselves All the Time
- (tags: cultural_appropriation food mexico )
- Evaluating Perceptual Image Hashes at OkCupid
- (tags: images comparison photos computers )
- History In Memes
- Caligula's Folly was probably my favorite
(tags: history meme funny ) - Gay Vultures Become Proud Daddies After Hatching Abandoned Egg
- (tags: birds lgbt )
- China Is Now Home To The World's Largest Floating Solar Power Plant
- (tags: solarpower China water )
- Understanding the “GPL is a Contract” court case
- (tags: opensource law usa software )
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Appropriation
Date: 2017-06-04 03:14 pm (UTC)Can confirm this is how the food industry works.
Also:
>To suggest...that Mexicans and other minority entrepreneurs can't possibly engage in cultural appropriation because they're people of color, and that we're always the victims, is ignorant and patronizing and robs us of agency.
Yep.
Knitting spies
Date: 2017-06-04 03:49 pm (UTC)https://twitter.com/eminmien/status/868585837449146369
"Faster!" I yell, dropping into the bank from the open skylight.
"I'm trying!" Shouts my grandma from above, furiously knitting more cable.
Re: Knitting spies
Date: 2017-06-04 04:53 pm (UTC)