Interesting Links for 23-05-2020

[andrewducker]

Coronavirus: UK's testing chief says track and trace was ditched in March due to forecast of one million cases

(tags:pandemic uk )

Are you saying it wrong? How to say oft-mispronounced tech terms

(tags:Technology language )

The simplest DIY mask yet - all you need is a sock and some scissors

(tags:pandemic clothing )

The clams that can turn off Warsaw's water supply

(tags:Poland water )

Alcoholics Anonymous most effective path to alcohol abstinence

(tags:alcohol addiction )

Ministers rejected school reopening plan recommended by Sage experts

(tags:UK pandemic school OhForFucksSake )

The Amazing Dinosaur Found (Accidentally) by Miners in Canada

(tags:dinosaur archeology )

'She-Ra' is "hands down the best queer representation on television -- providing satisfying content through which kids can see people like us not just normalized but celebrated"

(tags:TV children lgbt )

The Earth's magnetic field is weakening between Africa and South America, causing issues for satellites and space craft.

(tags:magnets space Doom )

Out-of-Sync 'Loners' May Secretly Protect Orderly Swarms

(tags:behaviour groups )

Comments

[jack]

NOT NOW, Earth's magnetic field... This one isn't on us, right? This one is just bad luck?

[andrewducker]

Naah, it's all part of the Withdrawal Agreement.

[naath]

signs of the End Times.

[naath]

HOW do you make an article about proscriptive punctuation and NOT include audio (for everything) ??!! one actual good use for it! But regional variation is surely expected... and anyway I'll call SQL squirrel if I want to and treat the WHO as an acronym. (eye-oss; soo-doo; Lee-nux; lib; mac-oss-ex)

[jducoeur]

Someone else who calls SQL "squirrel"! I thought I was the only one. I gave up the habit some years ago, but I always thought it was a much more mnemonic pronunciation...

[naath]

heh, must have picked it up somewhere. Sqirl really, like how you'd say it if you were an over excited dog. Shorter that ess-queue-ell anyway

[drswirly]

When I got to "Mac OS X and iPhone X", I didn't think about the X/ten issue and assumed it was going to be oss/oh-ess again for the first one. But I couldn't think of any mispronunciations of "iPhone".

Then I had an epiphany.

[andrewducker]

Hah!