I am still taking a pause from blogging, but here is an intermediate link list which may contain older links.

Popular Culture:

• Verlust der Handschrift: Schlecht für den Intellekt – also ich seh da im Wesentlichen Bullshit-Argumente.

Nerd Culture:

• The halloweenmath LaTeX package
• The First New Polaroid Instant Camera in Over A Decade

STEM/MINT:

• VIDEO Bell's Theorem: The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox
• Ransomware verlangt von Erpressungsopfern Nacktfotos statt Bitcoins
• Researchers track down Italy's oldest wine
• Mozilla Plans to Collect User Data, Opt-Out Not Opt-In – such freedom. much wow.
• Yotaphone 3 mit rückseitigem E-Ink-Display offiziell vorgestellt
• Thorium salt reactor experiments resume after 40 years
• Dijkstra on Haskell and Java
• Could a skin patch melt away unwanted fat?
• Introduction to HTML Components

Zeroth World/SciFi becoming Reality:

• 'Cyborg' bacteria deliver green fuel source from sunlight (via)

Art (Comics etc.):

• I hate you
• Quorf
• Glass Slippers
• Ausheulen
• Orders
• Free
• Biscuit in can
• Over Weight
• Sailor Pluto
• Abraham was the original hipster

I have a lot of stuff to do recently. So I will pause blogging until about November. See you then, hopefully!

External Content not shown. Further Information.

Popular Culture:

• Photo of young Osama Bin Laden taking a vacation with his family to Sweden

Nerd Culture:

• Ein orthographisch korrekter Text wird in ein Stenogramm in der Verkehrsschrift der Deutschen Einheitskurzschrift umgesetzt

STEM/MINT:

• German state to electrify 10km of highway for overhead charging of trucks (via)
• Shocking Mushrooms

WTF:

• In Indien wurden blaue Hunde gesichtet

Zeroth World/SciFi becoming Reality:

• Spider Silk Made Stronger by Feeding Spiders Graphene or Carbon Nanotubes (via)

Art (Comics etc.):

• Message
• Protestitute

Quotes:

• I'm only responsible for what I say… …not for what you understand.

External Content not shown. Further Information.

Popular Culture:

• Retailer apologizes after font makes ‘glitter’ appear to read as ‘Hitler’

Nerd Culture:

• Getting Interlisp-D running with Medley on Debian 3.1 – got it, but I cannot handle the GUI.

Science:

• Caterpillars turned into 'exploding zombies' by bug (via) – der Brexit erreicht Raupen.

Software, Hardware:

• Find Instructions Hidden In Your CPU
• Android Samba Client kann nun SMB v3 – schade dass nicht NFS.
• Petition to open source Flash and Shockwave spec (via)
• making self-driving cars read stop signs as speed limit signs "if you don't know why it works then probably there are going to be situations where it fails to work in very surprising ways" – see also
• Harness the Power of Machine Learning in Your Browser with Deeplearn.js – didn't try it, but sounds nice.

WTF:

• Exact Value of pi π (17 - 8√3) – not really worth reading, but funny.
• Bayerische Polizei rüstet jeden Streifenwagen mit iPhones aus

Zeroth World/SciFi becoming Reality:

• Your Own Pacemaker Can Now Testify Against You In Court
• 'TomTato' tomato and potato plant unveiled in UK

Art (Comics etc.):

• Brick House Hoax
• Volcano
• Better Place
• Trump Comic

Quotes:

• The Flat Earth Society… …has members all around the globe.

Politics/Law:

• Warum die Populisten die Welt erobern – und was sie aufhalten könnte
• Schäden durch Erdwärme-Bohrungen
• Unfaire Kleckerfinanzierung

Popular Culture:

• FAQ Butter und Margarine
• Those Annoying Strings On Bananas Are Called Phloem Bundles
• Bundeswehr-Helikopter abgestürzt – Omg. Ein Bundeswehrhubschrauber der fliegen konnte.

Nerd Culture:

• How They Make Those Squishy Air Pillows Inside Amazon Boxes
• Alberta family's QR code named world's largest by Guinness
• Maywa Denki’s Nonsense Machines
• Piracy

Science:

• Diabetes Typ 2: Viele Betroffene kämen ohne Medikamente aus – Ja, wenn man nach 40 Stunden Arbeit noch genug Disziplin hat um sich gesund zu ernähren und Sport zu treiben, dann vielleicht. Immer dieses geseusel.
• US Navy's electromagnetic railgun leaves the lab for field demos
• Physics of bubbles could explain language patterns (via)
• New strain of seaweed tastes like bacon
• Food From Electricity project bears its first protein-rich "fruit"
• Georgia parents debate medically stunting growth of disabled children
• Video: Drinking Heavy Water

Software, Hardware:

• How to create multipart compressed zip file in java
• Chrome Fidget Spinner Extension
• Metaclasses: Generative C++ – one more thing that Lisp had since the 80s.
• Testversion des Peer-to-Peer-Messengers Briar für Android veröffentlicht
• KeeWeb mit Plugin für Browser-Anbindung

Art (Comics etc.):

• The First Math Class
• Controllers
• Thoughts

Nerd Culture:

• Video: Screensavers Before Windows

Science:

• Humans want equality as long as the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor (via)
• First Woman to Win the Fields Medal for Mathematics Dies // Mathematikgenie Mirzakhani ist tot
• Video: Gravity Visualized

Software, Hardware:

• India's first solar-powered train makes its debut (via) – but "The train will still be pulled by a diesel locomotive; the solar panels will only power passenger comfort systems, such as lights, information displays and fans."
• Künstliche Intelligenz: Der Robo-Boss kommt – ich bin mal skeptisch.
• Mozilla Aims To Democratize Voice Recognition Technology With ‘Common Voice’ Crowdsourcing Project

Art (Comics etc.):

• Neue Technologien
• Life Insurance
• Russell's Teapot – gah, I had the same idea but did not draw such a comic yet :\
• Voters
• Gegenbewegung zu Big Data
• I think maybe
• Evidence Room
• Sauna
• Bearista
• Wolf
• Cookies
• Useful Information
• Driven Mad

External Content not shown. Further Information.

Politics/Law:

• Sahra Wagenknecht: Klare Worte zu G20-Krawallen
• Keiner liest AGB – die Hälfte davon ist ja üblicherweise Juristendeutsch.

Popular Culture:

• So werden Sie in fünf Minuten zum Kapitalisten – tl;dr, könnte aber interessant sein.
• Rechtsextreme wollen Flüchtlinge abfangen – wenn die genauso viel Engagement gezeigt hätten gegen weltweite soziale Ungleichheit, gäbe es jetzt vielleicht keine Flüchtlinge.
• Studie zu Geschmacksverstärkern

Nerd Culture:

• 18 months after discovery, the “Nintendo PlayStation” is finally working (via) – nice. Didn't watch the video, though.
• Super Cool Household Items That You Need in Your Life Right Now
• Video: What does Liquid Nitrogen do to Your Face? (via)
• Renault is making a teapot – it looks like an oil can.
• A Poor-Man’s Laser CNC Engraver
• These coffee cups are made from coffee

Science:

• Six programming paradigms that will change how you think about coding (via) – actually, I knew most of them, and somehow I think that every good computer scientist should have heard of them.
• Dip Transform for 3D Shape Reconstruction
• Video: Plastic from the Air, Global Warming Solution or SCAM?

Software, Hardware:

• WikiLeaks Unveils CIA Implants That Steal SSH Credentials From Windows, Linux PCs
• Why I Hate Slack and You Should Too (via)
• OpenBSD KARL: Für jeden Start ein neuer Kernel
• wscat
• Simple WebSocket Client Chrome Extension
• Mozilla is held to a higher standard
• Scammer bauen falschen Tor-Browser für falschen Darknet-Marktplatz
• Windows Phone wird nicht länger von Microsoft unterstützt

WTF:

• US-Luftwaffe rettet deutsche Segler
• Sonnengewehr
• Thieves snatch 500 cases of urinal cakes, worth thousands of euros
• Robots that crabs talk about around the campfire

Zeroth World/SciFi becoming Reality:

• So lassen sich Videos in Bakterien speichern
• Mutant fungus from space – this one's a bit older.

Art (Comics etc.):

• Voodoo Doll
• Ideas
• Ghosts Are Real
• Wann handelt der Gesetzgeber? – die Titanic – wie immer herrlich geschmacklos :3
• Phone In Bed
• Recyclotron
• Hamburg steht Kopf
• Confused

Quotes:

• Müsste ich mich zwischen einer Bahn voller Kinder und alten Omas und einer zombieapokalypse entscheiden, ich würde die zombies nehmen… …die darfst du wenigstens erschießen ohne dass dir jmd böse ist