Interesting Links for 14-09-2024

[andrewducker]

1. The Music industry's 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying

(tags:music Technology fail )

2. How to Spot NASA's Solar Sail Demonstration Streaking Through the Night Sky

(tags:solar space NASA )

3. New beanless 'coffee' emerges but does it taste any good?

(tags:coffee caffeine )

4. What's the most accurate weather app in the UK?

(tags:weather apps uk )

5. Lord Darzi review finds Tory austerity has left NHS in critical condition

(tags:austerity nhs uk )

6. AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans

(tags:conspiracy ai GoodNews )

7. 'Good Omens': Neil Gaiman Offers To Step Back From Season 3 (I hope he does the same with the Netflix Sandman show)

(tags:neilgaiman assault tv terrypratchett )

8. All maps are wrong

(tags:GPS maps Technology )

9. New ChatGPT o1 Blitzes "Britain's Hardest TV Quiz" (Only Connect)

(tags:ai quiz viaSteer )

Comments

1. digital versus non

[snippy]

Records apparently are the longest lasting format. We can still play records from the 1930s.

[mtbc]

4. I was disappointed when the BBC stopped using the Met Office. Personally, I've found the Met Office far better than the BBC at telling me if it will rain which, given that article, perhaps means I'm rarely seeking very short-term predictions.

[andrewducker]

I've settled on AccuWeather. Which sometimes tells me there will be rain when there isn't (Edinburgh's surrounding hills confuse it), but almost never tell me there won't be rain when there is. And I really like the rain radar.

Re: 1. digital versus non

[andrewducker]

Good point!

Re: 1. digital versus non

[bens_dad]

Yes you can still get players that run at 78rpm, but remember that 78s need a different sort of needle from LPs and 45s, since the grooves are larger.