Interesting Links for 08-06-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Deal reached on making USB C the mandatory connector for electronic devices in the EU

(tags:phones Technology usb europe )

2. Disney as religion

(tags:religion Disney )

3. People trying to put Blockchain into games clearly don't actually enjoy playing games at all

(tags:games Blockchain OhForFucksSake )

4. Bigots are terrified of pastels

(tags:colour patriarchy bigotry )

5. Please, don't build another Large Hadron Collider.

(tags:physics research thefuture )

6. The Women Who Ran Genghis Khan's Empire

(tags:mongolia history women )

7. How Flesh Penetrating Sound Waves Could 3D Print Implants Directly Inside You

(tags:3dprinting Technology cyborg )

8. Third of windfall tax cash raised could be handed back to oil firms

(tags:oil gas OhForFucksSake uk politics )

9. HS2: Government scraps plans for £3bn West Coast Main Line link

(tags:trains hs2 uk OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[cmcmck]

4. Bigots are terrified on anyone who isn't like them!

Here I am being terrifying while wearing a pastel top!

[bens_dad]

1. Laptops will also have to be adapted to the requirements by 40 months after the entry into force.
"up to 20V at 5A" is more than I expected, and should be enough for a laptop, but seems more than most USB-C cables I have seen can safely supply. But this might be a known issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C#Power_issues_with_cables

[calimac]

1) I don't know which of the various size USB connections USB C may be, but yeah I'm a little tired of finding that my USB cables won't fit into USB ports.

4) I think I'm missing the story behind this one. (Because I'm a foreigner and don't see all the UK news.) Context?