Entries tagged with computing

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Interesting Links for 30-07-2019

Famous dance scenes from movies with the wrong music. (favourites are Saturday Night Fever Vs Metallica and Flashdance Vs Bon Jovi: (tags:music video movies dancing viaSwampers )
I did not realise you could dissolve an infinite amount of candyfloss in water: (tags:video chemistry fun )
Can *you* throw like a girl?: (tags:video women sports )
If MPs no-confidence the government then it will be forced to seek an Article 50 extension: (tags:politics law uk europe hope )
Improved seam carving with forward energy: (tags:images photoshop computing )
New York governor signs bill decriminalizing marijuana use: (tags:marijuana decriminalization newyork )
How the EU sees the withdrawal agreement, and why they hate the backstop: (tags:uk europe trade )
WouldÂ youÂ give up your best friends in search of the truth? Neither would flat earthers: (tags:belief community internet )
'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams Tries to Sell Interviews with Shooting Survivors: (tags:guns Death business )
New trains run on Glasgow to Edinburgh route for first time: (tags:trains Edinburgh glasgow transport Scotland )
Anti trans bigots have been compiling lists of trans people and harassing them. Thankfully this is illegal on multiple counts: (tags:harassment LGBT transgender privacy viaSwampers )
A fascinating, detailed look at what it takes for fans to translate an ancient console game in to English: (tags:translation japan games nintendo )

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Interesting Links for 16-12-2018

Soup-Salad-Sandwich Space: (tags: food visualisation )
How the CGI Tarkin was created for Rogue One: (tags: StarWars cgi faces )
KeyForge: The red-hot card game where every deck is unique—and unchangeable: (tags: games review )
Outdoor cats kill over 2 billion birds per year and have made over 60 species extinct: (tags: cats death wildlife )
This is mostly how I feel when people talk about the terrible effects of mobile phones and social media: (tags: Technology socialnetworking comic )
Mansplaining is proof you live in a hard scifi novel: (tags: scifi sexism funny )
Sunday Times reports that PM’s team is plotting a new referendum: (tags: UK europe referendum )
“Pass Brexit deal and fall behind Lib Dems.", voters tell Corbyn in poll: (tags: labour polls uk europe )
British voters despair of both Conservatives and Labour: (tags: voting UK politics )
Busy Beavers, and the Quest for Big Numbers: (tags: computing numbers mathematics )
The Gillian Duffy/Gordon Brown conversation was a watershed in British politics: (tags: politics immigration labour OhForFucksSake )
What it's like to have ingested a lot of British culture via TV, despite not being at all British: (tags: uk culture tv )

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Interesting Links for 23-03-2017

Hungarian secret agent reveals in detail how serious the Russian threat is: (tags: russia spying viaFanf )
Your yearly dose of is-the-universe-a-simulation: (tags: simulation philosophy computing )
Parliament shooting: Police officer and another man shot outside House of Commons: (tags: guns violence uk government )
Edinburgh transformed ahead of filming The Avengers: (tags: edinburgh marvel movies )
Chilling 4chan post written day before London attack appears to predict terror incident: (tags: terrorism 4chan london )
Programming: What can and can't be automated?: (tags: programming automation )
Help Save Samhuinn: our event is at risk: (tags: edinburgh beltane )
What it's like going to the Lib-Dem party conference: (tags: libdem )
So, You Want To Test A Nuclear Weapon?: (tags: nuclearweapons testing history )
Why do so many male journalists think female stars are flirting with them?: (tags: journalism men sex )
UK-based airlines told to move to Europe after Brexit or lose major routes: (tags: airplanes business europe )
DWP’s fit-to-work tests cause permanent damage to mental health: (tags: disability mentalhealth OhForFucksSake )
‘Game of Thrones’ Script Reveals New Details About Stannis Baratheon’s Fate: (tags: gameofthrones )
48 terrible, terrible jokes: (tags: jokes funny )

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Interesting Links for 05-08-2016

What it's like to be a midwife: (tags: babies childbirth work healthcare viaSwampers )
The beauty of bitwise AND: (tags: logic computing mathematics )
OneCore to rule them all: How Microsoft finally got the same operating system running on all of its platforms: (tags: microsoft windows Technology computers history )
Columbia Researchers Find Biological Explanation for Wheat Sensitivity: (tags: wheat food immune_system )
"I’ll take a united Ireland seriously when I hear Irish politicians tell us what they’ll concede.": (tags: ireland NorthernIreland politics viaNWhyte )
Glasgow shopping centre introduces express lanes... for Pokemon Go players: (tags: games scotland viaSwampers )
Putin's 'Human Rights Council' Accidentally Posts Real Crimean Election Results: (tags: ukraine russia fraud voting )
Norway Proves That Treating Prison Inmates As Human Beings Actually Works: (tags: norway prison success )
What it's like when a fan dies: (tags: sad death comic fandom )
Journey: The videogame so good that many people only play it once: (tags: games art )
Humpback whales seem to be at war with killer whales: (tags: ocean animals behavior )
What are antibubbles?: (tags: video physics )
How to Listen When You Disagree: A Lesson from the Republican National Convention: (tags: communication )
From Suicide Squad to Batman v Superman, why are DC’s films so bad?: (tags: movies dc comics )
Survey reveals highly educated audiences enjoy 'trash films': (tags: quality movies Intelligence )
What would a progressive political alliance look like?: (tags: politics uk )
UK public sector can now buy blockchain-as-a-service (I'm still not sure of the advantages): (tags: Technology government computers data uk )
How does Denmark make its income inequality so much lower?: (tags: inequality tax denmark government )

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Interesting Links for 23-05-2016

BBC Scotland's levels of disrespect for Scottish people are frankly, ridiculous: (tags: scotland comedy bbc OhForFucksSake )
This is pretty-much how I feel about sex-talk: (tags: sex conversation comic funny )
Five Signs Your Story Is Sexist – Against Men: (tags: men sexism patriarchy viaTheFerrett )
Lion dancers have amazing skills: (tags: dancing martialarts video )
Workers will have to save much more or stay in their jobs longer if they want a decent pension: (tags: pension money thefuture )
Elijah Wood: 'Hollywood in the grip of child abuse scandal similar to Jimmy Savile': (tags: abuse movies usa )
Britain has an ethnic problem: the English: (tags: UK racism UKIP politics Education immigration )
Jeremy Corbyn still prepared to call for war crimes investigation into Tony Blair: (tags: war tonyblair law uk )
Official advice on low-fat diet and cholesterol is wrong, says health charity: (tags: diet fat health advice uk )
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson to marry: (tags: Conservatives lgbt scotland marriage )
Wild animals at UK homes include lions, zebras and crocodiles: (tags: animals uk )
By Grabthar's Hammer! Who can suggest sci-fi quotes that are more essential than these eight?: (tags: quotes scifi viaSwampers )
The Busy Beaver Game, and the limits between the knowable and the unknowable: (tags: mathematics computing knowledge )

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Interesting Links for 25-05-2014

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Interesting Links for 11-04-2013

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Interesting Links for 10-10-2012

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Interesting Links for 12-09-2012

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Interesting Links for 21-01-2012

You shouldn't go to sleep angry (or traumatised)
(tags: sleep memory psychology emotion ptsd )
Sometimes I forget how beautiful Scotland is. And then I see photos like these.
(tags: photos scotland )
Employee ownership: Some thoughts from a former John Lewis partner
(tags: JohnLewis business )
Microsoft Calls for Gay Marriage in Washington State
(tags: lgbt usa microsoft marriage )
This anti-gay marriage stance is far worse than homophobic
(tags: bigotry marriage uk )
Buraucracy relaxed for live music
(tags: music law uk )
Drunk Texts from the U.S.S. Enterprise
(tags: funny startrek sms )
The unexpurgated atheist FAQ. I laughed a _lot_.
(tags: atheism funny religion )
A fantastic series of articles on reform of the House of Lords
(tags: houseoflords uk politics viaNWhyte )
Alter Ego: Portraits of Gamers Next to Their Avatars
(tags: gaming photos identity )
Engineering Windows 8 for mobile networks - I'm pretty impressed with the work they're putting into this
(tags: windows wifi internet networking )
Building a computer with SpaceChem
(tags: viaTheWeaselKing computers computing games )
Famous Photographers Holding Their Iconic Photographs
(tags: photography photojournalism photos )

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Interesting Links for 24-12-2011