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andrewducker) wrote2017-11-22 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2017-11-22 12:00 pm
Entry tags:
- abuse,
- advertising,
- advice,
- awful,
- colour,
- computers,
- design,
- disney,
- edinburgh,
- facebook,
- funny,
- gender,
- harrypotter,
- history,
- inflammation,
- ketamine,
- labour,
- language,
- links,
- magic,
- mice,
- microbiome,
- ohforfuckssake,
- pheremones,
- pixar,
- police,
- psychology,
- ptsd,
- racism,
- rainbow,
- scotland,
- security,
- shipping,
- speed,
- spying,
- surveillance,
- technology,
- trams,
- transport,
- twitter,
- uk,
- viaswampers,
- water,
- web,
- wtf
Interesting Links for 22-11-2017
- Sinking container ships by hacking load plan software
- (tags: shipping transport security viaSwampers )
- In 2017, over 80% of UK water companies still rely on “magic”
- (tags: water uk wtf magic )
- The good news is that 99% of websites don't record every key you press and send it to third parties...
- (tags: web spying surveillance OhForFucksSake )
- Labour documentary: Hang on, are the centrists the idiots?
- (tags: Labour OhForFucksSake )
- John Lasseter Taking Leave of Absence From Pixar Amid "Missteps" (Most disappointing one so far)
- (tags: abuse Disney pixar )
- John Lasseter's Pattern of Alleged Misconduct Detailed by Disney/Pixar Insiders
- (tags: Disney Pixar abuse OhForFucksSake )
- Definitely the worst advice in the world
- (tags: advice awful funny )
- Ketamine lifts rodents' mood only if administered by male researchers
- (tags: gender pheremones mice psychology ketamine )
- The consultation is up for the Picardy Place re-design
- (tags: edinburgh transport design trams )
- How can it be faster to send an IP packet to Europe than to send a pixel to the screen?
- (tags: Technology speed computers )
- The bacteria in your gut might affect your vulnerability to PTSD
- (tags: ptsd inflammation microbiome )
- Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Based On Race
- (tags: racism Facebook advertising )
- Bizzumbaw and heidbummers: why Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is better in Scots
- (tags: harrypotter Scotland language )
- Police tweet open 'letter' to domestic abuse victim
- (tags: scotland abuse police twitter )
- How many colours were there in a medieval rainbow?
- (tags: colour rainbow history )
Re: Rainbows
https://www.wired.com/story/what-you-call-a-color-depends-on-how-you-use-it/
And this video is a really good overview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMqZR3pqMjg
And historically there's been lots of variance across cultures. I was fairly sure that "Wine-coloured sea" was one of the things that pops up as a starting point for discussion:
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/hoffman_01_13/
And sometimes even in humorous verse:
http://latining.tumblr.com/post/162233566949/marzipanandminutiae-feels-for-the-fictional
I find our varying different views on the world, and the fact that we can never really tell what others see when they look at the same thing, a true marvel.