h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

Can Uber ever make a profit?
https://humantransit.org/2019/04/why-invest-in-lyft-or-uber-what-am-i-missing.html #transport #finance

Local election day today. If you have elections today, vote! https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/ #ukpol #vote

PyPy uses utf-8 internally for unicode strings. Such a better idea than 4-byte characters (py2) or 1/2/4-byte (py3) https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2019/03/pypy-v71-released-now-uses-utf-8.html #python

Very cool 3D map of undersea internet cables https://he.net/3d-map/ #map

Local council election campaign is hotting up: the Independent is ex-Conservative, and the Conservative is ex-Labour. At least the Lib Dem candidate is the normal one! Leaflets: https://electionleaflets.org/constituencies/65876/southend_west (Upload your leaflets too!) #southend #ukpol

India will soon overtake China to become the most populous country in the world
https://ourworldindata.org/india-will-soon-overtake-china-to-become-the-most-populous-country-in-the-world

Life on Earth started almost immediately after it cooled, but it took 2bn years - half of Earth's history - before photosynthesis arrived. Shortly afterwards we got multicellular life. Energy from sunlight was the difficult bit. #science

Modern architecture in a modern church: https://essexchurches.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/basildon-st-martin-of-tours-2/

The 50-Year Newspaper: "What would happen if, instead of us getting news updates multiple times a day, what if we only got news updates every 50 years? Things would look really different." https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=574662798 #podcast

A pentaquark is a particle made of 5 quarks. The #LHC has been investigating the most common arrangements of the quarks inside it. https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/lhcb-results-add-clues-to-pentaquark-mystery #science

Proposals for `dict() + dict()` in python https://lwn.net/Articles/782699/ #python

It's local election time in some parts of the UK. Find out who your local candidates are: https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/ #ukpol

A picture of the enormous black hole at the centre of our galaxy https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/10/black-hole-picture-captured-for-first-time-in-space-breakthrough #space

Chemists unhappy that contamination is everywhere. http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2019/03/26/stirring-bar-contamination #chemistry

I'm sure you're all aware of William Shatner's singing career. If not, today's your lucky day https://youtu.be/ainyK6fXku0

Home made pizza. Secret ingredient: Lloyd Grossman Tomato and Basil sauce. Yeah, it's supposed to be for pasta, but it works really well as a tomato sauce here too. #cooking