2021-04-12

Cool

• The Beauty of Bresenham's Algorithm

• An Introduction to Minecraft Modding - Alan Zucconi

• Sold out already Transformers Optimus Prime Auto-Converting Programmable Robot - Collec – Hasbro Pulse

• Zinc Fever: A Look At The Risks Of Working With Hot Metal | Hackaday

• 18yr old professonal bowler converts 7-10 split on TV in first time in 30 years

• GitHub - ytmytm/c64-bitcoin-miner: C64 Bitcoin miner

Worthy

• Does the Universe Have Higher Dimensions? Part 1

• Rice and Beans in the Outer Darkness - Ecosophia

  What we’re witnessing is thus the opening round of a sharp redefinition of what counts as acceptable behavior for the privileged classes in American society. If this keeps up in the years immediately ahead, and I expect it to do so, the whole range of popular spirituality and alternative culture that played so large role in the lives of the well-to-do from the late 1960s to the late 2010s will be condemned, and those who participate in any of those things will get to choose between their commitment to Buddhism or yoga or what have you, on the one hand, and their social status and high-end employment on the other. I’m sure I don’t have to tell my readers which way I expect most of those frogs to hop.

• Being informed about daily politics is no longer worth it!

  So step back. Realize that policy is not changed on Facebook. It’s changed in the halls of parliaments and governments. And it’s changed at the ballot box.

• Perl Steering Cmte I am stepping down from PSC and Core, effective immediately | Topicbox

  Please remember that just because one holds a public role, it does not mean another can belittle, harass, publicly shame, or bully them. And just because you don't see it as bullying - and bullies rarely see it that way - it doesn't mean it isn't bullying. I know the people I'm referring to would also read this message. You won. I quit.

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• ‘Huge’ explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps erupting.

• Federal Judge Killed in ‘Harry Potter’ Hit-and-Run Crash

• 60 Years Since Yuri Gagarin Made History: The Evolution Of Human Space Flight

• 40 years since first launch Why NASA's Space Shuttle was so revolutionary

• Human Taste Buds Can Tell The Difference Between Normal And 'Heavy' Water

• Accenture Security pledges to revive Bugtraq mailing list

  • You can raise a zombie, but its never the same.

Horseshit

• America Needs More Luxury Housing, Not Less

• Kid-Shaming on TikTok: When Parents Are the Online Bullies

• Man jailed again for refusing to remove revenge website targeting ex-wife

• After the pandemic, outdoor dining and ‘slow streets’ should live on

• The tribes mourning the death of their god Prince Philip

• Sage against the machine: can robots learn to taste?

• Starbucks is starting to work toward ditching disposable coffee cups

• Airbnb launches summer of responsible travel

• US Civil Forfeiture – Truck seized at the US border, held for 2 years

• Domino’s, Nuro to begin autonomous pizza deliveries in Houston

• Can the Meritocracy Find God?

• World’s Eight Richest People Now Worth $1T

celebrity gossip

• Surely We Can Do Better Than Elon Musk

• Wake Up, GOP, Warns Liz Cheney: Trump Is Still Waging 'War On The Constitution'

• BLM founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors million-dollar real estate buying binge

• Nancy Reagan’s Real Role in the Aids Crisis

• LeVar Burton wants Jeopardy producers to know he's the best person to host

• RMS addresses the free software community — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

  • Statement of FSF board on election of Richard Stallman — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

  • The FSF doubles down on restoring RMS after his non-apology apology

Obit

• Malcolm Cecil, Synthesizer Pioneer, Is Dead at 84

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• ‘An Endangered Species’: The Scarcity of Harvard’s Conservative Faculty

• First Thing: protests in Minneapolis suburb after fatal police shooting

• "Total Chaos" - Unlawful Assembly Declared In Huntington Beach When ...

• Althouse: I'm only seeing NBC News covering the "White Lives Matter" rallies that didn't happen.

  The way NBC News dealt with that is to say that the failure to show up in person should be interpreted to mean that the movements have gone "underground." So a big rally would be bad, but a non-rally would be bad too:

• Althouse: "A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that 55% of Republicans falsely believe Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election was the result of illegal voting or rigging."

• Jurors In Chauvin Trial Have Security Escort, Are Partially Sequestered

• Conversations at Home ‘Stirring Up Hatred’ Now a Criminal Offence in Scotland

• Black BBC guest suggests all Republicans, all White males are automatically racist - Washington Times

• Antifa Set Fire to Portland ICE HQ With Officers Inside – PJ Media

• Boston hospital set to offer 'preferential care based on race'

Media / Many Ministries of Truths

• NHS Covid-19 app update blocked for breaking Apple and Google's rules

• More Than Magazine – A place to challenge stereotypes and harmful narratives

• Vice removes altered photos of Khmer Rouge victims as Cambodia protests

TechSuck

• CEO: Intel in talks to produce chips for automakers within six to nine months

• Epic spent $444M to secure exclusive games for their store in 2020

• Cloudflare Pages is now Generally Available

• Microsoft in advanced talks to buy speech-recognition company Nuance

  • Microsoft buys Nuance for nearly $20B

• Facebook loophole that lets world leaders deceive and harass their citizens

  • Facebook let fake engagement distort global politics: whistleblowers account

• Tesla hikes solar roof price on contracts signed over a year ago

  reports have come in of the recent massive Tesla solar roof price increase hitting several customers, some of whom have been waiting about a year with signed installation contracts. The price increase seems to apply to Tesla Powerwall installations, too, with the cost of those increasing by about 30%.

  • Tesla is burning its solar roof customers with a price increase

• Google reportedly ran secret ‘Project Bernanke’ to boost its ad-buying system

  • Google gamed its ad auction system

• AWS releases forked Elasticsearch code. Announces new name: OpenSearch

• Apple Made Sudden Security Changes to Its Chips in Fall 2020

  • Apple docs show unusual mid-production chip updates for Secure Storage Component

• Nvidia Launches Morpheus to Bring AI-Driven Automation to Cybersecurity Industry

• NVIDIA Unveils Grace: A High-Performance Arm Server CPU For Use In Big AI Systems

  • Nvidia Arm-Powered Grace CPU Debuts, Claims 10x More Performance Than x86 Server

Economicon

• CEO of a top Bitcoin exchange warns: crackdown on cryptocurrencies may be coming

• Weed Customers Are Everyone’s Dream Demographic

• Day Traders Know a Bubble When They See One, and They Want In

• Mortgage Firms Warned to Prepare for a ‘Tidal Wave’ of Distress

• Uber CEO says company could get into cannabis delivery

• Intel CEO hopes U.S. can reclaim one-third of chip manufacturing industry

• Bitcoin option traders seek to profit from widening ‘contango’

• Raw material prices have surged. Corporate profits will surge next

• Instacart and DoorDash Plan to Launch Their Own Credit Cards

• Huawei blames global chip shortage on U.S. sanctions

Poilitcks

• Pandemic Prices: Assessing Inflation in the Months and Years Ahead

• How the Federal Government Can Free America from Its Zoning Straitjacket

• Gaetz was denied meeting with Trump: CNN

• 100 Top CEOs Plot To Punish States Which Pass 'Restrictive' Voting Laws | ZeroHedge

• Biden names 2 ex-NSA officials for senior cyber positions

• ‘Dirty Jobs’ Star Mike Rowe Just Totally Debunked the Argument for a $15 Minimum Wage - Foundation for Economic Education

World

• Mexico 'Extremely Dangerous' Radioactive Material Stolen In "Violent" Truck Robbery  | ZeroHedge

  • Iridium-192 sample in a 25kg transport cask.

• Putin is slowly murdering Alexei Navalny. Here’s how the U.S. can save him

• China’s message to America: We’re equal now

• Unprecedented footage shows front line of Ukrainian conflict

• U.S. should think twice on Iran nuclear deal

• India’s sewer cleaners speak up on their caste-ridden occupation

• Conservative Guillermo Lasso Wins Presidential Election in Ecuador

  • Banker candidate scores surprise win in Ecuador presidential election amid massive ballot-spoiling campaign

• Suez Canal Has Reopened, but Ever Given Isn’t Free to Go

• France declares ‘calamité agricole’ after record cold: What is it?

• Stuxnet sibling theory surges after Iran says nuke facility shut down

• Iran Vows Revenge for Alleged Israeli Attack on Nuclear Site

• Myanmar's military is charging families $85 to retrieve bodies of ...

• Myanmar is on the precipice of civil war

Health / Medicine / COVID

• The Covid-19 vaccine and menstrual irregularities

• Botswana probes deaths of two people who took AstraZeneca shot

• Bill Gates Impeded Global Access to Covid Vaccines

• Greg Abbott Speculates Texas Has Herd Immunity

• Covid Madness: People Fleeing a Volcanic Eruption Can’t Board the Rescue Vessels Until Vaccinated – Watts Up With That?

• Long-awaited Brazilian phase 3 study shows Sinovac jab has 50.7% efficacy

• Study reveals alarming trend in US death rates since 2000

• Vegan diets are adding to malnutrition in wealthy countries

  • Are vegan diets good for your heart?

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• France to ban some domestic flights where train available due to climate measure

• The global campaign to make environmental destruction an international crime

• Pandemic Lockdowns Did Cut Air Pollution–But with a Catch

• Are You Ready For Biden’s Ban On Gas-Powered Cars? – Issues & Insights

• Rising sea levels are creating ‘ghost forests’ of coastal trees

• 'This has never happened': California's only wildfire research center makes scary discovery