Interesting Links for 16-04-2018

[andrewducker]

In case you weren't aware how awesome Christopher Lee is

(tags: ChristopherLee awesome )

How To Get Out of a Speeding Ticket

(tags: funny video speed police viaSwampers )

Glitch tapestries

(tags: materials Technology art )

What will it take for the Lib Dems to get bolder?

(tags: politics libdem )

‘I was a teacher for 17 years, but I couldn’t read or write’

(tags: reading Education teaching usa )

Ten Things A Diehard Alan Moore Fan Learned From the New Annotated Watchmen

(tags: watchmen alanmoore comics )

H&R Block and Intuit Lobbying Against Simpler Tax Filing

(tags: usa tax OhForFucksSake )

Ask me first: What self-assessments can tell us about autism

(tags: autism research )

The way they the government has been treating the 1940s-1970s Caribbean immigrants and their children is frankly shameful

(tags: immigration UK OhForFucksSake )

Why more authors are going audio-only

(tags: writing audio )

Glorious Portraits from the 2017 World Beard And Mustache Championship

(tags: beards photos )

When Do Kids Understand Death?

(tags: death children )

Hackers stole a casino's database through a thermometer in the lobby fish tank

(tags: casino Internet security OhForFucksSake )

Found Footage Offers a New Glimpse at 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

(tags: earthquake sanfrancisco usa history film )

‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose

(tags: alcohol health )

Talking to a young child about death

(tags: death children prehistory )

Over 65,000 home routers are being used to create proxy networks for various types of secret or illegal activities.

(tags: hacking security internet )

It is frankly amazing what people can fit into 64KB

(tags: video demo impressive )

Comments

64k demo

[channelpenguin]

Can anyone explain this to me? Like is 64K the code size? So the whole code that generates the vid takes up 64K? I am stunned. But how much is in the O/S and graphics card firmware code? A lot, surely?

Re: 64k demo

[andrewducker]

Firmware isn't included. And the competitions tend to allow access to openGL.

64k includes code, graphics, and sound.

Good write-up here
http://www.lofibucket.com/articles/64k_intro.html

Re: 64k demo

[channelpenguin]

Cheers!

[momentsmusicaux]

How do they check it's all real actual beard hair and there are no glued-on bits?

[cmcmck]

The Windrush disgrace needs heads to roll- starting with the home office minister!

[danieldwilliam]

Yes it does.

And the previous Home Secretary.

It's a moral outrage, made even worse by the fact that we, the UK, invited and actively encouraged the Windrush people to come here en masse.

And good luck to Britain getting any sort of enhanced trading relationships out of the Commonwealth after we start deporting Commonwealth citizens "back home" in the thuggish manner we seem to have decided is appropriate.

[heron61]

Why more authors are going audio-only

From my PoV, that's horrifying, because I have absolutely no use for audio books, I find the format distracting and vastly inferior to print for anything longer than a very short story.

[franklanguage]

Also, how is it searchable? I'm sure there's a way of marking a "page," but even an e-book can be searched—and can also speak itself if you choose that. I also see audiobooks as being full of limitations.

[heron61]

Definitely. In part I see this as related to the (from my PoV) deeply annoying trend for web-pages to include video or audio links rather than text. Video is essential for some purposes, and exceptionally useful for others, but for most informational purposes, I vastly prefer text + illustrations and graphs, in part because my reading speed is considerably faster than my listening speed. Audio formats are obviously good for blind people and people with serious dyslexia or similar problems. However, focusing more on audiobooks, podcasts, and similar formats because too many people don't enjoy reading seems like an issue that could be better solved by finding ways to encourage people to enjoy reading more.

[channelpenguin]

yup, me too

[snippy]

A lot of print books aren't available in audio, or are very expensive compared to a paperback book (even new, let alone used).

I read and also listen, depending on how capable I am. Sometimes I can't process text, but audio works.

[agoodwinsmith]

Thank you for the Christopher Lee summary.