severak 10.2.2020 18:13:34

Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting?

Hi, Welcome to BIG, a newsletter about the politics of monopoly. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here. Or just read on… Today I’m going to write about podcasting, with some observations on how a media market that is far healthier than online publishing functions. But first, a quick update on



severak 10.2.2020 12:57:26

Living Without a SIM Card

A year later. Getting by without a SIM card in my smartphone.


severak 7.2.2020 22:14:36

Database of old book illustrations

Here's an enormous library of thousands of old book illustrations, with searchable name, artist, source, date, which book it was



severak 7.2.2020 15:44:15

Interview with Ingrid Burrington

What is the internet, really? Ingrid Burrington studies the networked infrastructure like submarine cables, data centers, and antennas that make up our fantasy of the virtual “cloud”. We sat down with the Brooklyn-based artist, writer, and technology researcher to talk about internet, magic, power, and being comfortable with failure in the often sexist world of technology.


severak 7.2.2020 14:51:23

Martin Radio

Sharing music.



severak 7.2.2020 14:28:56

warner music claimed my video for defending their copyright in a lawsuit they lost the copyright for

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM6X2MEl7R8


severak 7.2.2020 13:52:07

Divina proportione

Divina proportione (15th century Italian for Divine proportion), later also called De divina proportione (converting the Italian title into a Latin one) is a book on mathematics written by Luca Pacioli and illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci, composed around 1498 in Milan and first printed in 1509. Its subject was mathematical proportions (the title refers to the golden ratio) and their applications to geometry, to visual art through perspective, and to architecture. The clarity of the written material and Leonardo's excellent diagrams helped the book to achieve an impact beyond mathematical circles, popularizing contemporary geometric concepts and images. Contents of the book The book consists of three separate manuscripts, which Pacioli worked on between 1496 and 1498. He credits Fibonacci as the main source for the mathematics he presents. Compendio divina proportione The first part, Compendio divina proportione (Compendium on the Divine Proportion), studies the golden ratio from a mathematical perspective...


severak 7.2.2020 12:38:24

The Joy of Collecting Stamps From Countries That Don't Really Exist

"Bogus Cinderellas" can come from micronations, outer space, or parallel dimensions.



severak 7.2.2020 10:30:35

The limits of high speed rail - Mapping Ignorance

Author: Iván Rivera works as an engineer in innovation projects for railroads Twelve years have passed since the world record for rail speed was set. … Read more


severak 6.2.2020 15:18:10

Jízda na stanovišti strojvedoucího jednotky řady 451.

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA7VxJuZCZY


severak 5.2.2020 11:20:12

What is SAP?

What's SAP? And why is it worth $163B? Every year companies spend $41B on enterprise resource planning software, commonly known as ERP. Today, almost every large business has some sort of ERP system implemented. But most smaller businesses generally don’t purchase any ERP system off the shelf, and most


severak 4.2.2020 12:47:12

Amiga Samplers : Budget dance music in 1990

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9MXYZh1jcs


severak 4.2.2020 10:16:22

Čí je to prsten? ptala se policie. Sauronův, odpověděl internet - Novinky.cz

Když policejní oddělení v Severním Yorkshiru zveřejnilo fotografie kradeného prstenu ve snaze najít majitele, rozhodně netušilo, jaký rozruch a pobavení tím na internetu způsobí. Policistům totiž ušlo, že se jedná o kopii slavného Sauronova prstenu, kolem kterého se točí legendární Tolkienovo dílo.


severak 4.2.2020 09:45:16

The New Coronavirus Is a Truly Modern Epidemic

New diseases are mirrors that reflect how a society works—and where it fails.


slovodne 3.2.2020 12:19:20

koronavirus

v Po:

- večer jsme šel na pivo s J&L, tam jsem se dozvěděl jistou novinku
- vracel jsem se vlakem

v Út:

- vzpomněl jsem si na Formyho komixy
- jsem měl sraz se S&N, N spal, takže sraz proběhl doma

ve St:

- večer jsem nainstaloval ModulAir a začal v něm laborovat

+ Přežití nejbohatších

ve Čt:

- jsem vracel v Trafice knihy a domlouval další spolupráce s Gregorem
- jsem chtěl laborovat s ModulAirem, ale místo toho pes dostal průjem, tak jsem s ním jako kretén chodil nahoru a dolu po obci

v Pá:

- jsem zkoumal Neocities a dával dohromady plán na svou hudební stránku
- cestou domů jsem ale dostal příval inspirace, tak jsem nakonec místo toho nahrával znělky pro Valentýnský speciál

v So:

- se konala zkouška DŠB
- potom jsem se vracel o jeden a půl vlaku dřív a tak jsem stihl jet domů pacifikem
- cestou jsem vymýšlel povídku Vlak ve 4.20
- tu jsem ale nakonec doma nenapsal, protože jsem objevil článek o výrobě LSD v socialistickém Československu a nakonec koukal na dokument LSD made in ČSSR

v Ne:

- bylo představení
- potom jsem byl odvezen autem na Opatov, odkud jsem jel busem (kde jsem instantně prospal celou cestu) na Zbraslav, kde jsem si dal kebab
- večer jsem neměl sílu na nic kloudného

* * *

slovem týdne je ale Koronavirus, protože je to téma číslo #1, kterým mě zásobuje T a celkově to hodně rezonuje internetem


severak 1.2.2020 20:58:22

A Communist LSD Trip - Przekrój Magazine

In the 1960s, LSD was legally available across Czechoslovakia. A writer recounts the story of how a communist state became the leading manufacturer of a psychedelic drug.



severak 31.1.2020 17:03:22

How the coronavirus is exposing the ills of the China model

An all-powerful government means a swift and effective quarantine but the same hierarchical system caused critical delays in containing the coronavirus. Likewise, the China model, so effective when the economy was nascent, has outlived its usefulness.


severak 31.1.2020 15:04:48

http://softikon.wz.cz/infoweb.pdf

from http://softikon.wz.cz/infoweb.pdf


severak 31.1.2020 14:45:50

Something Is Broken in Our Science Fiction - Slate - Pocket

Why can’t we move past cyberpunk?




severak 30.1.2020 16:33:22

The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory

Would you believe that there is a conspiracy theory about the way we tune musical instruments? And that this theory even involves the Nazis, chakras, and whatnot? No? Then sit down and enjoy perhaps




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