Topic: POLITIK - on June 23, 2016 at 11:27:00 PM CEST
Here is how much money the senators who voted against gun reform received from the NRA.
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Topic: logisch - on June 23, 2016 at 11:26:00 PM CEST
Life as a Verb: Applying Buckminster Fuller to the 21st Century
IF ONE BELIEVES the story, at the peak of his fame, Buckminster Fuller wore three wristwatches — one set for his current location, one for his previous one, and one for his next one. Jonathon Keats’s new book You Belong to the Universe appropriately situates the designer and autodidact in the present, past, and future — not just Fuller’s, but ours too. In fact, Keats’s central argument is that today’s would-be “world changers” can extract inspiration and even concrete examples from Fuller’s 20th-century life and apply them to 21st-century design futures.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on June 23, 2016 at 11:23:00 PM CEST
The Nintendo 64 turns 20 today
It was on June 23, 1996 that the Nintendo 64 made its debut — in Japan, that is. We wouldn’t see it on this side of the Pacific for another three months. But today is its proper birthday, and 20 years is a significant enough anniversary that we should probably just take a moment to remember just how awesome this console was — and is.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on June 23, 2016 at 11:21:00 PM CEST
Why would you want a 1,000 core processor?
Are you familiar with the highly influential piece for programmers by Herb Sutter called "The Free Lunch Is Over"? He wrote it in 2004, just when CPU clock speeds were at a zenith. Back in those days, software developers could count on Moore's Law double the speed of their software every couple years. They could write something, wait a little while, and all of a sudden it was blazing fast. But Herb Sutter correctly predicted the end of this performance gain. The technical definition of Moore's Law continued — transistor counts kept doubling — but it has become more and more difficult to translate those transistors into actually faster apps.
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Topic: food - on June 23, 2016 at 10:45:00 AM CEST
The price of LEDs is falling so fast it’s profitable to farm in a New Jersey nightclub
US agriculture has reached a tipping point: It’s now possible to buy greens grown indoors for the same price as those farmed in California fields thanks to the falling price of LEDs. New Jersey-based AeroFarms is shipping arugula, kale, and spinach from a farm inside a former Newark nightclub to grocery shelves around New York City. Local ShopRites sell five ounces of AeroFarms’ greens for $3.99, the same price as EarthBound, an organic grower in California.
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Topic: Appelbaum - on June 23, 2016 at 10:43:00 AM CEST
No more rock stars: how to stop abuse in tech communities
Content note for discussion of abuse and sexual violence. In the last couple of weeks, three respected members of the computer security and privacy tech communities have come forward under their own names to tell their harrowing stories of sexual misconduct, harassment, and abuse committed by Jacob Appelbaum. They acted in solidarity with the first anonymous reporters of Jacob’s abuse. Several organizations have taken steps to protect their members from Appelbaum, including the Tor Project, Debian, and the Noisebridge hackerspace, with other responses in progress.
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Topic: Appelbaum - on June 23, 2016 at 10:41:00 AM CEST
Linux Australia adopts wait-and-see approach on Appelbaum
Linux Australia has predictably chosen to take the safe option in the case of well-known privacy advocate Jacob Appelbaum who has been chucked out of various free software projects and associations after sexual misconduct charges were levelled at him. The organisation has said it will not place any restrictions on Appelbaum's potential participation in any of its events until "facts in this matter become clear".
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 23, 2016 at 10:34:00 AM CEST
Portishead Releases Video for Their Stunning Cover of ABBA’s ‘SOS’ in Memory of Slain MP Jo Cox
The British band Portishead released a new music video for their cover of the classic ABBA song “SOS“, which was featured on the soundtrack for the 2015 film High Rise, and dedicated it to the memory of slain Member of Parliament (MP) Jo Cox.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on June 23, 2016 at 10:29:00 AM CEST
Fortsetzung der Wahlanfechtungs-Verhandlung am Verfassungsgericht
Am Donnerstag um 8.30 Uhr haben die Verfassungsrichterinnen und -richter unter dem Vorsitz von Präsident Gerhart Holzinger ihr Beweisverfahren rund um die Anfechtung der Bundespräsidentenwahl durch die FPÖ am Verfassungsgerichtshof in Wien fortgesetzt. - derstandard.at/jetzt/livebericht/2000039600433/fortsetzung-der-wahlanfechtungs-verhandlung-am-vfgh.
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