Interesting Links for 14-08-2019
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andrewducker- How white boys are being recruited by the alt right
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- Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile blows up, creating "mini-Chernobyl"
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- There are multiple methods remaining to avoid a No Deal Brexit
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- This person's drone battery running out is the epic blockbuster movie of the year.
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- Solar-plus-storage is undermining the economics of existing coal-fired generation
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- The women who were too cool to get laid
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- Danish bank launches world's first negative interest rate mortgage
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- Epstein's Death Was On 4Chan Before Officials Announced It — And Authorities Had To Look Into It
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- FactCheck: No evidence for government's plastic straw claims
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- Making Peppa Pig terrifying with the power of makeup
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- Reminder that The Last Jedi is a well-received, commercially-successful, critically-acclaimed Star Wars movie and that a small collection of extremely vocal accounts solely devoted to telling you otherwise doesn't change that fact.
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- First ads banned for contravening UK gender stereotyping rules
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- Investment managers don't understand how to rate funds managed by black people
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- Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms (Plain-text passwords, and full fingerprints all leaked)
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- Psytrance Guide (I am always fascinated at how many subgenres people can identify within a given field of music, or indeed any art, sport, craft, or other field of endeavour)
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- Kevinism
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no subject
Date: 2019-08-14 01:23 pm (UTC)I think that was last year. But otherwise, yes.
"Danish bank launches world's first negative interest rate mortgage"
So... do you have to be a Danish homeowner? Or can anyone just get a giant pile of money for free?
"First ads banned for contravening UK gender stereotyping rules"
Excellent! I'm surprised the first ones weren't more obvious sexism. Gender stereotyping is SO prevalent I still can't believe this happened, I'm interested to see if ads actually get better.
"Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms (Plain-text passwords, and full fingerprints all leaked)"
On the one hand, I feel like you should be legally required to upload your fingerprint database before you're allowed to use it for biometrics, to ensure your "security" doesn't depend on, you know, people never walking around in public.
On the other hand, there are big problems with that, if the names are attached, and people go on pretending fingerprints are better than they are :(
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Date: 2019-08-14 01:25 pm (UTC)I do hope you've now replaced your fingerprints with more secure ones.
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Date: 2019-08-14 01:30 pm (UTC)"I do hope you've now replaced your fingerprints with more secure ones."
I hear it's painful.
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Date: 2019-08-14 01:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-08-14 02:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-08-14 03:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-08-19 10:11 am (UTC)Solar-plus-storage is undermining the economics of existing coal-fired generation
Date: 2019-08-14 01:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-08-14 05:37 pm (UTC)I gave up on tracking subgenres of popular music some time before the coming into existence of a subgenre called "house".
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Date: 2019-08-15 04:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-08-18 10:48 pm (UTC)[OTOH, her role could be interpreted as her being a First Order plant -so- well, as I saw one person propose.]