Entries tagged with tools

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3853427.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 04-01-2020

GirlsDoPorn: Young women win legal battle over video con: (tags:porn fraud )
I am no expert on Middle-Eastern foreign policy by any means, but this is basically my view: (tags:middle_east politics war death )
What kind of people give Paddington Bear 2 a 1 star review?: (tags:children movies bears reviews )
First evidence found of tool use by seabirds: (tags:tools birds )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3654092.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 22-01-2018

Civilization V video game mod: Superintelligent AI: (tags: AI civilisation games )
Colliding neutron stars prove equality before the law of gravity: (tags: physics space )
The Sopranos to Blackadder – what are the definitive series of the best TV shows?: (tags: tv reviews )
The most impressive skiing I've ever seen: (tags: impressive snow video )
An important tip for talking to doctors: (tags: doctors advice )
Decriminalisation of prostitution vs legalisation: (tags: sexwork prostitution law )
The most defining TNG memo we have. Bob Justman suggests adding an android character, then mentions a little-known British actor named Patrick Stewart: (tags: PatrickStewart StarTrek history )
World’s top 1% earn 82% of wealth generated in 2017 (Top 1% = 720,000 Euros): (tags: wealth inequality income )
Things that are not Islands (a collection of incorrect Magic cards): (tags: language wrong magic games art )
Norway becomes first Scandinavian country to decriminalise drugs: (tags: norway drugs GoodNews decriminalization )
This is what happens to your brain and body when you check your smartphone in bed: (tags: phones light sleep brain )
Modern JavaScript Explained For Dinosaurs: (tags: javascript development tools )
Nighttime Long Exposures of Rotating Helicopter Blades: (tags: photos helicopter )
"I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how.": (tags: Technology javascript web security )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3650774.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 10-01-2018

What Is MicroLED and When am I Going to Get It?: (tags: tv Technology led thefuture )
Koreas agree military talks to defuse border tension: (tags: korea NorthKorea GoodNews )
Just-Eat replaces credit-card charge with...service charge: (tags: money food uk )
Luxury retirement village in Granton (Edinburgh) given green light: (tags: edinburgh scotland housing uk )
The Edinburgh neighbourhood that's home to billions of pounds of illegal activity and money laundering: (tags: edinburgh money OhForFucksSake )
Brain Surgery in 3-D: Coming Soon to the Operating Theater: (tags: surgery 3d Technology )
No tracking, no revenue: Apple's privacy feature costs ad companies millions (yay!): (tags: advertising Apple privacy GoodNews )
Virgin West Coast train firm stops selling Daily Mail: (tags: DailyMail virgin trains )
"The day I accidentally killed a little boy": (tags: death children cars accident )
Prime Minister has to tell apparently grown adults that bullying people is not ok.: (tags: bullying politics society )
How to Take a Picture of a Stealth Bomber Over the Rose Bowl: (tags: photography airplanes impressive )
Lessons from the history of radio, and why the internet needs to learn them.: (tags: internet radio technology communication Nazis war propaganda surveillance )
How George Lucas influenced Star Wars: The Last Jedi: (tags: StarWars georgelucas )
Andrew Hickey reads Fire and Fury so you don't have to: (tags: usa politics OhForFucksSake review )
Why dolphins are deep thinkers (They work for fish - and then learn how to game the system): (tags: dolphins Intelligence )
In contrast to Theresa May: here’s how Clement Attlee went about a sacking: (tags: politics jobs history )
The Subtle Misogyny in Anti-Goth Makeovers: (tags: goth fashion society patriarchy )
Some friends are on a cruise around the antarctic. Some of the photos are awesome.: (tags: antarctic photos )
This is my favourite 2016 election map: (tags: maps politics elections usa xkcd )
Designing consent for the GDPR is onerous - and that's a good thing: (tags: consent privacy web surveillance europe )
In 1936 a doctor injected King George V so his death would be in time for the morning papers: (tags: royalty uk death history )
Institutional racism is when changing your name from "Jasmeet" to "Millie" means you suddenly get job interviews...: (tags: names racism uk jobs )
Tim Sweeney on the First Version of the Unreal Editor: (tags: games tools Technology )
Researchers have tested ways to reduce the collective blaming of Muslims for extremism: (tags: psychology islam terrorism )
Michael Barnier asks important questions about Brexit and what comes after: (tags: uk europe )
The Fight For Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won: (tags: videos Technology patents GoodNews )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3611363.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 27-08-2017

This is the relationship I have with my to-read list: (tags: internet life )
A good piece on Joss Whedon: (tags: JossWhedon marriage buffy tv writing women viaJennieRigg )
Here Is What Happens When You Run Away From All Of Your Problems: (tags: life advice )
You can only use the Wi-Fi at St Pancras station if you give them control of your Twitter account: (tags: Twitter wifi OhForFucksSake )
Hope Lies In Rebellion — Some Analysis Of “The Music of Rogue One”: (tags: music StarWars viaFanf )
Can we know what animals are thinking?: (tags: animals thought mind )
A short history of tool use: (tags: tools technology )
NASA sent one identical twin brother to space for a year and studied how it changed him: (tags: NASA space genetics twins )
Maybe We All Need a Little Less Balance: (tags: life advice )
Explaining just how evil Joe Arpaio is: (tags: evil usa police )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3418326.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 03-03-2016

There's strong public support for building more segregated cycle tracks: (tags: bicycles transport poll )
HTC sold 15,000 Vive units in its first 10 minutes on sale: (tags: VirtualReality )
Bristol firm plans to give women time off for periods: (tags: menstruation work )
Meet the 440-million-year-old Scottish fungus which kick-started life on land: (tags: life scotland evolution )
Periodic Table of DevOps Tools: (tags: development tools )
Longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute: (tags: research funny australia )
The Henderson Scale of Plot Derailment: Warning. This is the roleplaying offshoot of 4Chan. Offensiveness is rife.
(tags: roleplaying EpicWTF )
Apparently "Sleeping while black" is enough to get you executed in some places: (tags: race usa police death OhForFucksSake )
Apparently I'm a service dog: (tags: dog muppets funny )
Queensferry Crossing on course to open by end of year almost £1bn under budget: (tags: scotland construction bridge )
Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles): (tags: music video )
Suffolk tourist board embarrassed after metal band Cradle of Filth voted county's greatest icon: (tags: funny music uk )
The Onion predicted Trump, back in 2012.: (tags: politics TheOnion satire usa )
Tilt Brush - 3D painting in Virtual Reality: (tags: VirtualReality art )
Should desire be curable? (Or the lack of it): (tags: sex love relationships drugs psychology sexuality )
Frank Miller - How the writer who made me love comics taught me to hate them: (tags: batman comics FrankMiller )
SNP decides not to replace council tax: (tags: fail tax snp scotland )
No Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Movie, Says JK Rowling: (tags: harrypotter theatre movies )
Vegans may cut prostate cancer risk (by 35%): Original paper: http://ajcn.nutrition.org.sci-hub.io/content/103/1/153.short
(tags: cancer vegetables diet )
Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killing 1m people: (tags: engineering design water epicfail iraq )
British woman becomes one of the first cancer patients to be injected with new tumour-destroying vaccine: (tags: cancer vaccination )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3303610.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 25-06-2015

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3298861.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 15-06-2015

Vader discovers he has a son (really well done, presumably from a recent comic)
- (tags: starwars comics )
Miley Cyrus Mocks Christians Who Believe in Old Testament 'Fairy Tales', Opposes Bigots Making Laws
- (tags: religion Christianity homophobia )
Some very good questions about the Sunday Times story on Snowden
- (tags: spies secrets spying )
Taking beachwear to its ridiculous conclusion Pt 1
- (tags: clothing silly )
Taking beachwear to its ridiculous conclusion Pt 2
- (tags: clothing silly )
TERFs of the New York Times
- (tags: transgender feminism )
This is how I feel when people talk about how much better physical books feel
- (tags: Books funny comic )
Ten years after humanist weddings were legalised in Scotland, they make up one third of all ceremonies
- (tags: wedding humanism Scotland )
Elite firms exclude bright working class people
- (tags: work class uk )
Indian gang rape victim faces purification ritual
- (tags: India rape society OhForFucksSake )
Beautiful Roman "Swiss army knife" is star archaeological attraction at Cambridge's Museum
- (tags: rome history tools )
First graphene quantum dot LEDs produced (with decent brightness too!)
- (tags: led quantum graphene )
Police use ultrasonic device to make sure drivers stay 3 feet from cyclists
- (tags: bicycles traffic transport safety technology usa )
The Chaos Of English Pronunciation
- (tags: English language poetry funny )
Walking improves creativity
- (tags: walking creativity thinking )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3287663.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 24-05-2015

This dog has a camera which takes a photo whenever his heart rate goes up
- (tags: dogs photography technology )
Archaeologists Unfold World's Largest Underground City in Turkey
- (tags: archaeology turkey viaSkreidle )
Here’s how badly the USA is getting ripped off by its mobile phone providers
- (tags: usa phones )
How to Turn On Tracking Protection on Firefox
- (tags: Firefox tracking advertising )
Silk – Interactive Generative Art
- Nice demon: http://r.weavesilk.com/?v=4&id=isi105o9vyt and rose: http://r.weavesilk.com/?v=4&id=fel105ri3yo
- (tags: art interactive drawing tools )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3174100.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 21-10-2014

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3126641.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 28-07-2014

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2936499.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 01-07-2013

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2705179.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 03-05-2012

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2687520.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 01-04-2012

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2601045.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 15-12-2011

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2599188.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 13-12-2011

Could David Cameron call an early election? (No, he really couldn't)
(tags: elections uk politics )
National pride brings happiness, but what you're proud of matters
(tags: pride happiness nationalism patriotism )
Stress in early pregnancy can lead to shorter pregnancies and fewer baby boys
(tags: stress pregnancy children )
What would a Higgs boson at 125 GeV tell us?
(tags: higgs physics )
More fibre-optic roll-out updates - finally coming to my bit of Edinburgh (and most of the rest)!
(tags: internet isp bt fibreoptics broadband )
2011's Best Smartphones
(tags: MobilePhones apple nokia Android motorola microsoft )
The generation who don't believe in copyright are here.
(tags: copyright youtube media remix law )
Horrible (and terribly funny) Greetings Cards
(tags: cards TheOatmeal funny )
The music for the "You wouldn't steal a handbag.." anti-piracy ad is....used without permission!
(tags: copyright piracy music EpicFail )
Police test riot laser that can temporarily blind
(tags: police riots laser blind )
Unbreakable - photos of those who were abused holding the words their attackers said.
(tags: rape photographs )
Disappearance of the elephant caused rise of modern humans
(tags: elephants humans middle_east evolution )
Study debunks myths about gender and math performance
(tags: gender mathematics )
Modern Warfare 3 hits the $1bn mark in record time - faster than any movie
(tags: ComputerGames CallOfDuty money )
The projects Metallica considered before "Lulu"
(tags: metallica funny webcomic )
Shadowcasting in Rogue-like games.
(tags: rogue games )
A short history of tool use.
Oh Brave New World, that has such tools in it.
(tags: tools scifi webcomic )
On the trail of the offshore tax dodgers
(tags: tax uk )
Livejournal to do away with subject line in comments
(tags: livejournal )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2591053.html

Entry tags:

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2588970.html

Entry tags:

Interesting Links for 29-11-2011

Firefox – tons of tools for web developers!
(tags: tools web javascript firebug development firefox )
Women, apparently, are not ethereal bundles of strangeness beyond the ken of mankind.
I've been meaning to write a rant about this for ages. And now I don't have to!
(tags: people women )
The importance of the open internet: BBC Trust Vice Chairman on net neutrality
(tags: bbc internet )
Those who support democracy must welcome the rise of political Islam (it's better than _non_ political Islam)
(tags: democracy islam arab )
Doctor Who moving to autumn, confirms Steven Moffat
(tags: drwho tv )
Functional brain pathways disrupted in children with ADHD
(tags: adhd brain psychology )
Cutting their own throats - how the big publishers insistence on DRM is destroying them.
(tags: books ebooks amazon drm business publishing )
How the brain strings words into sentences
(tags: brain psychology language )
Why "agree to disagree" is a bad move.
(tags: argument belief )
The US Military has plans to deal with a "post-antibiotic era"
(tags: antibiotics medicine Technology )