Entries tagged with hardware

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Interesting Links for 04-02-2021

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Interesting Links for 18-01-2021

Ireland's mother and baby homes: 9,000 babies and children died in 18 mother and baby homes, report says - CNN: (tags:ireland history babies children death OhForFucksSake )
I did not realise how automated some production lines now are.: (tags:valve steam hardware automation factory )
Thousands of human teeth hidden inside a wall of dentist's office: (tags:teeth wtf )
A British wine importer on how much harder Brexit is making it to run a business: (tags:business trade UK Europe Doom wine )
German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employee surveillance: (tags:surveillance privacy Europe rights )
Why this government may never regain the trust of the people: (tags:trust UK government viaDanielDWilliam )
'I was surprised by how clear it was' - Stunning photo of snowy Wales taken from Dublin: (tags:Ireland Wales photo )
If you have problems with masks and glasses fogging up then I recommend adhesive metal strip inserts which allow you to make the mask exactly fit your nose: (tags:pandemic glasses advice )
Mahatma Gandhi's killer venerated as Hindu nationalism resurges in India: (tags:India nationalism murder )
It's lit! How film finally learned to light black skin: (tags:race TV movies )
UK would be lucky to strike trade deal in Biden's first term, says former ambassador: (tags:trade USA UK )
The dinosaur-killing asteroid that struck Earth was unbelievably huge and fast (the best description I've ever read of it): (tags:viaMyBrotherMike dinosaurs asteroids extinction )
Every dinosaur may have been wiped out in a matter of hours: (tags:dinosaurs extinction apocalypse )

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Interesting Links for 21-10-2020

Bletchley Park's contribution to WW2 'over-rated'. (but apparently it was key to the Falkland's War): (tags:history cryptography wwii falklands )
"I walked the perimeter of Britain" - in pictures: (tags:UK photos )
Covid: Are hospitals in Scotland close to capacity?: (tags:Scotland healthcare pandemic NHS )
Vietnam has only had 35 deaths from Covid. Here's how they did that: (tags:pandemic Vietnam epicwin )
A circuit-break will save thousands of lives: (tags:pandemic UK )
After Cheating On A Test, People Claim To Have Known The Answers Anyway: (tags:cheating psychology )
1.5 million children work in the chocolate industry, despite its claims to be against child labour: (tags:chocolate work children OhForFucksSake )
I wouldn't buy any hardware from Google that isn't a phone.: (tags:Google hardware support Doom )
Coronavirus: WHO urges UK to move to local contact tracing system: (tags:Pandemic testing UK )
New organ in throat accidentally discovered by scientists researching prostate cancer: (tags:Cancer organs viaPatrickHadfield )

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Interesting Links for 25-09-2019

We are witnessing something profound: the deep, system-level functioning of liberal democracy in response to an out-of-control executive.: (tags:politics uk law )
Lady Hale's best brooches: (tags:law design jewelry )
Edgar Wright shares photos from behind the scenes of Spaced (one of my all time favourite TV shows): (tags:TV photos )
Tories increase borrowing by 28% as possible election looms: (tags:Conservatives economy uk politics )
The Moderate Middle Is A Myth: (tags:demographics voting )
FactCheck: supreme court ruling on prorogation explained: (tags:Parliament law )
Trump Ukraine row: Democrats launch formal Trump impeachment inquiry: (tags:politics USA )
Promising new hard disk technology.: (tags:hardware harddrive viaFanf )
Bolivia's Powerful Cholitas Luchadora Wrestlers: (tags:Bolivia Wrestling women photos video viaElfy )
Voters back Supreme Court decision, think Johnson should resign: (tags:BorisJohnson polls law politics uk )

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Interesting Links for 26-04-2019

New Doctor Who, sorted by date the story is set in.: (tags:drwho )
Sekiro: DK Bongos Set-up!: (tags:games amazing )
If you own any Apple hardware then you need to be aware of this: (tags:apple hardware fail electricity )
What human milk ducts look like: (tags:breasts milk breastfeeding )
Why Won't Twitter Treat White Supremacy Like ISIS? Because It Would Mean Banning Some Republican Politicians Too.: (tags:twitter usa racism )
Ecuador legalized gangs and murder rates plummeted: (tags:society Ecuador gangs violence )
Stop what you're doing and Google 'Thanos' for an Avengers Easter egg: (tags:google marvel )
Revealed: the Trump-linked 'Super PAC' working behind the scenes to drive Europe's voters to the far right: (tags:politics money europe usa russia )
Face it: The Lion King is a crazed piece of capitalist propaganda (I'd say monarchist propaganda myself): (tags:Disney propaganda )
Extinction Rebellion claim success, as their protests spark huge surge in 'climate change' web traffic: (tags:globalwarming protests )
This picture is designed to simulate the experience of having a stroke. Everything looks hauntingly familiar but you just can't quite recognize anything: (tags:stroke brain vision )
Some more, fascinating, information on the milk duct visualisation going around: (tags:milk bodies breastfeeding breasts )

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Interesting Links for 06-04-2018

Unlike rats, humans don't produce new neurons in adulthood: (tags: adult neuroscience neurons brain )
South Korean university boycotted over 'killer robots': (tags: ai weaponry robots )
Outsourcing your IT continues to be a terrible idea: (tags: outsourcing software )
Giving toddlers a version of the classic Marshmallow Test: (tags: self-control children )
How to Get the Comics Backstory for Avengers: Infinity War for Less Than $20: (tags: comics marvel )
I have totally tried to get this reaction out of Loki. But without this notch success so far.: (tags: babies pregnancy video funny )
Renewable energy generated 104% of Portugal's electricity consumption in March (Scotland lagging at 68%): (tags: renewables portugal )
Fifty (or Sixty) Years of Processor Development…for This?: (tags: hardware processor history computers )
How Belgium is defeating the gender pay gap: (tags: Belgium pay inequality )
Teen buys every cupcake in shop after customer fat-shames her: (tags: funny fat food )
Humans produce new brain cells throughout their lives: (tags: brains neurons neuroscience viaPatrickHadfield )
Men overestimate their own intelligence and credentials, underestimate the abilities of female colleagues, making women doubt their own abilities: (tags: men women science education OhForFucksSake Intelligence )
Seven-year follow-up shows lasting cognitive gains from meditation: (tags: meditation attention psychology )
The chip credit card transition in the US has been a disaster: Because the USA hates actually regulating things, each part of the system made their own decision, leading to the worst of all possible worlds
(tags: USA banking technology fail OhForFucksSake )
How mice moms' brains are hard-wired to gather young: (tags: brain mother parenting mice )
1,500 UK firms miss deadline to report gender pay gap: (tags: pay gender business UK OhForFucksSake )
PubGrub: Next-Generation Version Solving: This is the kind of math/logic puzzle solving which I find fascinating while also getting a headache from it.
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Class clowns: Playful boys viewed more negatively than playful girls: (tags: gender school behaviour )
221b Baker Street and the president of Kazakhstan's daughter - London's secret web of property ownership: (tags: London secrecy property money uk )
New Scottish income tax system comes into force: (tags: tax scotland )
Negative life events make men's brains age faster: (tags: aging brain stress )

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Interesting Links for 11-07-2017

Facebook’s and eBay’s monopolies are very different from, and scarier than, Google’s. But what about Amazon?: (tags: monopoly business Amazon Google Facebook eBay )
What happened when Walmart left: As much a symptom as a cause. Population in the county dropped by 90%, and loads of businesses shut.
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How to make a friend fast - the scientific method: (tags: relationships friendship psychology )
EU Prepares "Right to Repair" Legislation to Fight Short Product Lifespans: (tags: hardware Technology europe )
Major rail disruption looms in August as stations are closed: (tags: trains transport rail uk )
Running a hospital at full capacity costs lives and money: (tags: efficiency hospital healthcare )
New way to predict when electric cars and home batteries become cost effective: Interesting conclusion about nuclear
(tags: nuclearpower electricity thefuture )
15 Years Later, Here's Why A Gamer Was Duct-Taped To A Ceiling: (tags: gaming funny history meme viaSwampers )
Sex Ed for Pirates: (tags: piracy sex Education funny comic )
Every total solar eclipse happening in your lifetime: (tags: sun thefuture )
Gangnam Style is no longer the most-played video on YouTube: I've not seen the most-played. Or, in fact, seven of the top ten. I may have to rectify some of that.
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Taylor Review: UK should end cash-in-hand economy: (tags: jobs money uk )

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Interesting Links for 28-01-2017

Dating advice in the time of Trump: (tags: dating politics )
Amazing Things Architects Make When They Aren’t Architecting: (tags: architecture design )
Volvo cars can now spot Moose and hit the brakes for you: (tags: cars animals )
Same-sex marriage: Church of England proposes that it 'should not change stance': (tags: lgbt marriage religion churchofengland )
A promising study suggests teachers can train 8-year-olds in Theory of Mind: (tags: psychology mind children )
2-million-year-old supernova activity discovered in Earth’s microfossil record: (tags: geology prehistory space )
If anyone wants to live _really_ close to me, now's your chance...: (tags: housing edinburgh )
It might be time to stop using antivirus: (tags: security virus )
Seagate wants to push huge 16TB HDD out the door in next 18 months: (tags: storage hardware thefuture )
The Long-Overdue Opioid Revolution Is Coming: (tags: pain health addiction drugs )
At least twice, Sean Spicer has accidentally tweeted the password to his official White House spokesman Twitter account: (tags: twitter security OhForFucksSake )
Apparently "lost phone" is a genre of game now.: (tags: games phones )
Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare: (tags: healthcare usa republicans )

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Interesting Links for 26-09-2016

Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?: (tags: programming psychopath quiz )
Experimental stem cell therapy helps paralyzed man regain use of arms and hands: (tags: healthcare health stem_cells )
Forget VR. The Future of Roller Coasters Is About Maglev: (tags: fun Technology magnets )
Japanese Can Soon Pay Utility Bills with Bitcoin: (tags: bitcoin japan )
The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films: (tags: movies viaElfy )
Microsoft Bets Its Future on a Reprogrammable Computer Chip: (tags: microsoft hardware Technology )
The many hurdles of Brexit – a short summary post: (tags: uk europe law politics )
Relationship Advice I Wish I'd Heard Before Getting Divorced: (tags: relationships advice divorce fail communication psychology marriage )
China begins operating world's largest radio telescope: (tags: space china astronomy )
Some cities are taking another look at LED lighting after AMA warning: (tags: light lighting led health usa )
Sweden Wants To Fight Our Disposable Culture With Tax Breaks For Repairing Old Stuff: (tags: tax environment Technology sweden )
"Reasons to be cheerful" - a short story about happiness, and choice, and what it means to be human: (tags: shortstory happiness psychology )

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Interesting Links for 19-02-2016

Original 1977 Star Wars 35mm print has been restored and released online: (tags: StarWars film copyright )
Linux founder not a 'people person': (tags: linux Technology )
Inside Apple's Chip Fabrication Team: (tags: apple hardware design )
Hospital pays $17k for ransomware crypto key: (tags: bitcoin crime Technology healthcare )
The latest OFCOM code of practice is completely unworkable and pointless: (tags: phones uk )
25 True Facts About the EU Referendum: danieldwilliam: (tags: funny satire europe referendum )
Why are teenagers so moody?: (tags: psychology teenagers hormones )
Hotsquash, clothes that use tech to keep you warm without the bulk: (tags: Technology clothing heat clothes )
The new DWP benefits helpline is going to be a premium rate number: (tags: welfare phones OhForFucksSake )
Fossils that show how vertebrate life moved from water to land will go on display in an exhibition in Edinburgh.: (tags: life evolution edinburgh scotland )
Swallow This 'Audiopill' At Your Own Risk To Get Your Rave On: (tags: music EpicWTF Technology )
Why what you really need is a vulnerability hangover: (tags: emotion empathy advice )
Huffington Post editor thinks journalism is only authentic when you don't pay the writer: (tags: OhForFucksSake journalism money newspapers )
How Meditation Changes the Brain and Body: (tags: meditation mindfulness brain psychology )
On the investment we make in relationships: (tags: relationships )

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Interesting Links for 14-02-2014

Modern Microprocessors - A 90 Minute Guide!
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The brain reacts to beautiful mathematics in the same way as great art
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New gender options for Facebook users
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On the Origin of "Fuck"
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Here's How To Have A Happy Relationship, According To Science
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Male sexual orientation influenced by genes, study shows
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Kansas anti-gay segregation bill is an abomination.
(tags: lgbt usa epicwtf )
The Couple That Pays Each Other to Put Kids to Bed
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Lush trademarks cosmetics range named after Amazon's UK boss ("rich, thick, and full of it")
(tags: amazon business fraud )
The Economics of Star Trek - towards a proto-post-scarcity economics
(tags: economics money StarTrek thefuture )

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Interesting Links for 04-12-2011