h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com
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Hello! I post something interesting every few days.
Joined Feb 2019
Simulating traffic - how the simulations adjust reality, and how developers adjust the simulations
https://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2013/09/magical-modelling-digital-deceit-and.html #roads
Which strain ok coronavirus became widespread? https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/04/21/watching-for-mutations-in-the-coronavirus #genetics
Even more disturbingly precise location tracking https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2019/12/21/every-move-you-make-ill-be-watching-you-privacy-implications-of-the-apple-u1-chip-and-ultra-wideband/ #mobile
Lyrid meteor shower every night this week - look north east after sunset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrids #space
Dramatic readings of serious academic research. https://www.improbable.com/2020/03/04/podcast-episode-205-color-preferences-in-the-insane/ #podcast #science
Sometimes you just need some calming sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07h0nky
Cloudflare switches from reCaptcha to hCaptcha https://blog.cloudflare.com/moving-from-recaptcha-to-hcaptcha/ #websites
If you want people do to something, make it easy.
http://timharford.com/2019/09/if-you-want-people-do-to-something-make-it-easy-richard-thaler-has-lunch-with-the-ft/ #economics
SSH keys - a comparison of rsa and ed25519. My understanding is that both are about equally secure: while ed25519 is more secure against known attacks, it is newer so more likely to have unexpected breakthroughs. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SSH_keys#Choosing_the_authentication_key_type #linux
Join bee-fly watch and spot some fake bees.
https://naturalhistorymuseum.blog/2020/04/02/bee-flies-are-back-citizen-science/ #science
Operation Umbrella: Rebuilding Oxford Circus
http://www.londonreconnections.com/2019/operation-umbrella-rebuilding-oxford-circus/ #london
Vera Rubin, galaxy rotation, and dark matter
https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/vera-rubin-giant-of-astronomy #physics
Scientists know neutrinos switch between three different weights. A new experiment is looking at whether there's an even weightier fourth neutrino.
https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/icarus-prepares-to-chase-a-fourth-neutrino #physics
Been playing with the Pocket Operator, a tiny synthesizer designed to record and play back simple loops. Very easy to make something that sounds good, even if (like me) you're not very musically talented. https://teenage.engineering/products/po #music
Timezones are hard, and frequently change. https://codeofmatt.com/on-the-timing-of-time-zone-changes/
Time Bandits. It's a Terry Gilliam film, so every scene is more elaborate and amazing than the last. An adventure!
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hackathon, covid-19
my first impressions of the #WirvsVirus hackathon:
* it's scary that ethics doesn't play a huge role in the majority of projects
-> many participants consider to code software that tracks people being infected/that traces infection routes/that shows areas with the highest infection rate (I don't want to see software that tracks people based on illnesses like ever... that just feels icky and messed up and fucking dangerous)
* there's a majority of "let's throw tech at a social problem that cannot be solved with tech but we're doing it anyways" folks
* there's barely a discussion on security (like when you're working with data that includes the health status of someone or, on a more basic level, any personal, non-public, data... that should be a top priority!)
* Makers DIYing critical medical infrastructure without including the safety standards into their scope. "Hold on, have to debug my Arduino" is an appropriate sentence for LED strips, not for vital stuff like respirators.
Official UK coronavirus statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-track-coronavirus-cases
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Hello! I post something interesting every few days.
Joined Feb 2019
