"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
"I like to add � and ’ any time I submit online forms because I know that some developer is going to see it and wonder if they have a bug"
https://twitter.com/tenderlove/status/722565868719177729
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
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
Stopping libreoffice, even all the processes it forked
http://www.enricozini.org/blog/2019/himblick/stopping-libreoffice
Interesting math facts, every day https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019/12/16/366-days-of-math/
Lukhash, who normally plays great glitchy / grimey chiptune music, plays an old C64 computer game tune on a Pocket Operator PO-28 Robot https://youtu.be/t_XH4du6BvE
SHA-1, a secure hashing function, is now even more broken. The function, used by git and older pgp versions, is vulnerable to a prefix collision attack. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/pgp-keys-software-security-and-much-more-threatened-by-new-sha1-exploit/
RFC 8674 The "safe" HTTP Preference https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8674.html
Adapting an iPhone for Astrophotography
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2019/adapting-an-iphone-for-astrophotography.html
Who owns the Post Office and which minister is responsible? BEIS, Cabinet Office, UKGI and Treasury all involved. https://www.postofficetrial.com/2019/11/the-post-offices-journey-into-disaster.html
Lack of oversight led to millions of public money wasted and lives destroyed https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/post-office-high-court-case-it-horizon-postmaster-prison-latest-a9249431.html
Getting a .gov domain name
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/11/its-way-too-easy-to-get-a-gov-domain-name/
Every Christmas since 1825, the Royal Institution gives science lectures for kids and adults.
This Christmas, Dr Hannah Fry talks about maths: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000crbl
Previous lectures, including Kevin Fong talking about how to survive in space: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch
GiveWell's top charities
https://blog.givewell.org/2019/11/26/announcing-our-2019-top-charities/
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