Interesting Links for 26-05-2021

[andrewducker]

Scientists discover brain connection responsible for misophonia (feeling disgusted when you hear other people chew)

(tags:eating sound brain )

River Runner - drop a raindrop anywhere in the contiguous United States and see where it ends up

(tags:rain USA visualisation rivers )

Liz Truss: LGBT panel disbanded after trans self-ID row

(tags:lgbt transgender conservatives bigotry OhForFucksSake )

COVID cases after vaccination are still very rare—variants aren't changing that

(tags:pandemic vaccination GoodNews )

How your phone spies on you without listening to a word you've said

(tags:surveillance advertising socialmedia phones viaDanielDWilliam )

Talk to your local academics!

(tags:knowledge academia university )

Milky Way not unusual, astronomers find

(tags:space astronomy )

Google launches its third major operating system, Fuchsia

(tags:Google operatingsystems )

Comments

[movingfinger]

Fuchsia is a terrible, terrible name for an operating system...

[andrewducker]

Because nobody can spell it?

[movingfinger]

...because it's going to be really easy to turn it into "f*cks ya" at the slightest provocation.

[jack]

I assumed that was on purpose, like "git" :)

[calimac]

pronounce it. Drop the word in front of N random unprepared techies and I suspect the fumblings over pronunciations, especially ones you'd rather not hear, would be legion.

[trailer_spot]

"How your phone spies on you without listening to a word you've said"
Completely insane and out of control. At least Apple is making an effort. I doubt it will have a big influence. But at least it raises a little more awareness.

[andrewducker]

I really do hope Google get pushed in the same direction.