Link List 281

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:50:09 GMT

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Politics/Law:

• Mann schießt sich Wattestäbchen in den Kopf

Popular Culture:

• The Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Toward Piracy

Nerd Culture:

• run the original Mac 128k version of Dali Clock, emulated in Javascript in your browser

STEM/MINT:

• Otto goes AWS "Die Cloud steht für Skalierbarkeit, Kosteneffizienz und kurzer Time to Market für neue Features. Davon will auch otto.de profitieren und trat deshalb im Sommer letzten Jahres die Migration in die AWS an." – ich dachte erst der Text wäre Satire.
• World's first hydrogen fuel cell-powered train enters service
• Experimental refrigeration system uses magnetic fields and shape-shifting alloys
• Firefox unveils virtual reality web browser – I would rather prefer to have Tab Mix Plus back.
• The “honest” placebo: When drugs still work even though patients know they're fake
• A new version of Common-Lisp.net has been launched!
• Garbage collection and the underappreciated power of good enough
• Haiku OS Releases R1 Beta 1
• Atmospheric water harvester takes out $1.5m XPrize

WTF:

• The Dozenal Society of Great Britain (via)

Zeroth World/SciFi becoming Reality:

• Chinese city plans fake moon (via)

Art (Comics etc.):

• Two Men Enter
• Behind Your Ear
• Cash Is Fine
• So hip hausen Deutschlands Erstis
• Stick
• Every European City
• Sprechen Sie Österreichisch?
• Loser
• Roboter
• Journalists

Quotes:

• We used to laugh at comedians and listen to politicians. Now we laugh at politicians and listen to comedians.