[SC 2.4.4] They would have told me to tone it down a bit
This week access to all 911-associated services went down in Massachusetts in the middle of a serious heatwave. It turns out the culprit was a misconfigured firewall. If I was a writer they would have told me to tone it down a bit.
‘If Not Friend, Why Friend-Shaped?’ A Beary Scientific Investigation
Can we appreciate how good a sentence, "This is an intriguing question if you decide to take it seriously." is?
National Sleepy Head Day
Not really seeing the downside of botching the holiday, to be honest.
The Odd Connection Between Cheetos And The Military
Strategic cheese powder reserve.
Furiosa and the Disability Wasteland
"Adaptation was a skill she already had acquired, so even though the tools were new, the sensation in her body simply wasn’t."
This malware campaign uses Discord emojis for C2 instructions
Woah.
Payoff from AI projects is 'dismal', biz leaders complain
Who could have forseen, etc.
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic
Oh.
“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
Oh.
Algae offer real potential as a renewable electricity source, new Concordia research shows
"Micro photosynthetic power cell" is a lot of fun to say.
Karabo Mooki documents South Africa’s punk rock movement, debunking stereotypes of the genre
🤘
Design without process, or the form factor trap
New Pavel post! New Pavel post!
Color mixing
This was very soothing to play around with.
Sam Bankman-Fried funded a group with racist ties. FTX wants its $5m back
It was so refreshing to see the absolutely horrible and absurd philosophies powering this who debacle finally getting mainstream attention.
Understanding the misunderstood Kessler Syndrome
This was helpful, as someone who worries about a lot of things, but also Kessler Syndrome in particular.
Cyber Scarecrow
This is a very clever idea.
FromSoftWord
"The Dark Souls of word processors. One typo, and it's game over."
Simple sabotage for software
"It's a hard job to pull it off! But if you can parachute behind the enemy front lines, and land a job as a CTO, you can make this happen."
Astronomers detect sudden awakening of black hole 1m times mass of sun
Neat!
Inline conditionals in CSS?
This is very, very, very cool news for CSS.
France Bans UFOs!
…aaaaand stay out.
Making a positive change: PDF to HTML
"Perhaps the most surprising outcome from the panel was about Carbon Dioxide emission in relation to the use of PDF as a communication medium."
The return of pneumatic tubes
I, for one, wish for more pneumatic tubes.