Interesting Links for 27-12-2020

[andrewducker]

Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 - the winners

(tags:environment photos viaPatrickHadfield )

The US view on the brexit deal

(tags:UK Europe USA trade Doom )

Stunning Milky Way time-lapse photobombed by Aurora Borealis

(tags:astronomy video timelapse beautiful auroraborealis viaSwampers )

The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real

(tags:psychology statistics )

Fun with IP address parsing

(tags:technology internet numbers computers standards )

Key questions about UK's relationship with EU still unanswered, experts warn, after deal published

(tags:Europe UK trade )

Norway outlaws hate speech against trans people

(tags:LGBT Norway transgender GoodNews )

How Differential Steering Let's Cars Drive Around Corners

(tags:cars design engineering video )

Comments

[calimac]

3. And how fast a time-lapse is that magnificent show?

7. Wondering what will be classified as hate speech against trans people. Don't know about Norway, but it's notable in the UK how much such hate speech gets defended as "just asking questions" or "just saying that sex is real." Totally specious arguments in the cases I've seen, but that's what they say.

[anna_wing]

Classifying ideological or indeed any disagreement as 'hate speech' is an impartial tool that can be used against any group, individual or opinion at all, limited only by the current relative strength of the parties involved.

Incitement to violence is in my opinion a safer metric, and more practical to enforce.