h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

C, Fortran, and single-character strings https://lwn.net/Articles/791393/

Electronic https://youtu.be/BJ8jsEnzzso #music

I'll be at Fosdem this weekend, the free and open source software conference. https://fosdem.org/2020/ #fosdem #brussels

Carmine food colouring (E120) is made from crushed insects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine

Web browsers will be requiring TLS 1.2 or better very soon. Beta version of Firefox already requires it! https://scotthelme.co.uk/legacy-tls-is-on-the-way-out/ #networking

On my way to Citizen Beta https://attending.io/events/citizenbeta026 #london

Living in a healthy democracy - does democracy lead to better health?
https://ourworldindata.org/democracy-health #world

What does a SIM card do, and why does it even exist? Talk by @LaF0rge at 36C3 https://laforge.gnumonks.org/blog/20200105-36c3-talks/ #video #mobile

The Skies of Mini-Neptunes
http://www.planetary.org/explore/the-planetary-report/the-skies-of-mini-neptunes.html #space

"For the purpose of the bet, Earth should be considered "destroyed" if, at the end of the term of this bet in 2018, zero human beings reside on the surface of the planet. Damage caused by attack of hostile beings is included if it is a causal result of operation of the collider." http://longbets.org/382/

The TV adaptation of the amazingly funny Good Omens written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is currently on the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dbf0

Six new geometry puzzles. How many can you solve?
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2020/01/13/six-new-geometry-puzzles-how-many-can-you-solve/ #math

Is it going to rain, or should I wait 10 mins? https://darksky.net/ #weather

Emergency instructions
https://humantransit.org/2020/01/a-new-years-letter-with-unsolicited-advice.html #transit #climatechange

Museum of Neoliberalism https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2020/01/20-shops-on-a20.html #london

Scary real-life stories with Tim Harford, in podcast form. This time: safety systems that go wrong. http://timharford.com/2019/11/cautionary-tales-ep-3-lala-land-galileos-warning/ #podcast

Leeks! The only winter vegetable that hasn't died on me. Sow in March or April, harvest all winter. Makes a nice leek and potato soup.

Stopping libreoffice, even all the processes it forked
http://www.enricozini.org/blog/2019/himblick/stopping-libreoffice