severak
3.6.2019 10:31:24
The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships, not physical spaces | The Japan Times
Fifty-three-year-old Kenji Yamase doesn't fit the traditional image of a hikikomori, but then perceptions of Japan's social recluses are changing. "People
severak
3.6.2019 01:24:34
Zhores Medvedev and the battle for truth in Soviet science – Michael D Gordin | Aeon Ideas
On Zhores Medvedev: The scientists the Soviet Union created became some of its most powerful and courageous critics
severak
1.6.2019 14:44:29
Gini coefficient
In economics, the Gini coefficient ( JEE-nee), sometimes called Gini index, or Gini ratio, is a measure of statistical dispersion intended to represent the income or wealth distribution of a nation's residents, and is the most commonly used measurement of inequality. It was developed by the Italian statistician and sociologist Corrado Gini and published in his 1912 paper Variability and Mutability (Italian: Variabilità e mutabilità).The Gini coefficient measures the inequality among values of a frequency distribution (for example, levels of income). A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality, where all values are the same (for example, where everyone has the same income). A Gini coefficient of 1 (or 100%) expresses maximal inequality among values (e.g., for a large number of people, where only one person has all the income or consumption, and all others have none, the Gini coefficient will be very nearly one). However, a value greater than one may occur if some persons represent negative contribution to the total (for...
severak
1.6.2019 14:44:18
Dluhy-Smith: Černobílé vidění světa. Krize ve Venezuele není bojem dobra proti zlu
Krize ve Venezuele trvá několik měsíců, vlastně let, a vláda prezidenta Nicolase Madura se stále drží u moci. I přes nedávný pokus o státní převrat venezuelské opozice vedené Juanem Guaidóem. Ten nevyšel a vypadá to, že se opozice bude muset spokojit s oficiálním vyjednáváním, které se bude odehrávat v příštích týdnech v Norsku.
severak
31.5.2019 14:23:44
X-RAY AUDIO
Russian X-Ray Records, Bone Music, X-Ray Bootlegs, Soviet Forbidden Music, Roentgenizdat, Jazz on Bones, Music on Ribs
severak
31.5.2019 11:03:44
So you want to build a journey planner
Having studied graph theory at university and also having the… pleasure of working in the rail industry building a journey planner has…
severak
31.5.2019 09:55:44
How markets plundered Free Software's best stuff and used it to create freedom for companies, not people
from https://boingboing.net/2018/06/21/digital-enclosure.html
severak
31.5.2019 09:37:59
I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me
After 4 months of waiting, that is the response I got from Widevine, Google’s DRM for web browsers, regarding a license agreement. For the last 2 years I’ve been working on a web browser that now cannot be completed because Google, the creators of the open source browser Chrome, won’t allow DRM in an open source project. The browser I’m building, called Metastream, is an Electron-based (Chromium derived), MIT-licensed browser hosted on GitHub.
severak
29.5.2019 13:40:56
Natural Stupidity is more Dangerous than Artificial Intelligence
Do you know what’s more dangerous than artificial intelligence? Natural stupidity. In this article, I will explore natural stupidity in…
severak
29.5.2019 12:30:49
Chernobyl by Andrew Leatherbarrow on Exposure
This text, titled “Chernobyl 01:23:40”, is available to order as an ebook and physical book from Amazon. The book was released on April 26th to coincide with the accident’s 30th anniversary. The version on this webpage is very out of date compared to the final book, but I’ll leave it here as a resource.
severak
28.5.2019 14:48:58
Prdopeč, spoďáry nebo chemoška. Blogerka sbírá slova, za která by se Češi měli stydět | Aktuálně.cz
Rozhovor s autorkou instagramového účtu Slova z pekla o nejtrapnějších výrazech, které lidé používají, aniž by si uvědomovali, že jsou trapné.
severak
28.5.2019 13:44:29
Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific conditions, and the HeLa cell line continues to be a source of invaluable medical data to the present day.Lacks was the unwitting source of these cells from a tumor biopsied during treatment for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., in 1951. These cells were then cultured by George Otto Gey who created the cell line known as HeLa, which is still used for medical research. As was then the practice, no consent was obtained to culture her cells, nor were she or her family compensated for their extraction or use. Lacks grew up in rural Virginia. After giving birth to two of their children, she married her cousin David "Day" Lacks. In 1941 the young family moved to Turner Station, near Dundalk, Maryland, in Baltimore County, so Day could work in Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point...
severak
28.5.2019 12:00:35
Mileniálové útočí: angažovanost v poezii literární generace Y
„lze po této básni ještě opakovat Osvětim?“ – Roman Rops-Tůma Na počátku letošního roku obletěla svět (včetně světa českých médií) těžko uvě...
severak
28.5.2019 10:24:59
Why Every Vehicle Should Have An Electric Motor, Even If It Doesn't Have A Plug
I'll start off this article by admitting that I was totally wrong on the subject of this article a couple of years ago. Sometimes your first impression of a technology is clouded by your biases, sometimes it is clouded by your lack of knowledge, sometimes it is just laziness. In my case, it was all 3.
severak
28.5.2019 09:50:35
Ďábel se skrývá v procesu: jak se z bruselského nápadu snížit emise staly české lány řepky
Na začátku byla snaha evropských úředníků snížit emise uhlíku přidáváním biosložky do pohonných hmot. Během několika let z nápadu vystřízlivěli.
severak
26.5.2019 00:54:30
How Much Alcohol Can You Drink Safely?
from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/magazine/how-much-alcohol-can-you-drink-safe-health.html
severak
26.5.2019 00:50:46
Kovy o coming outu: Nejdelší boj byl pro mě ten vnitřní - E15.cz
Karel Kovář známý jako Kovy je jedním z nejúspěšnějších českých youtuberů. Ve svých dvaadvaceti letech má na svém youtubovém kanálu 750 000 odběratelů a jeho nejúspěšnější video dosáhlo deseti milionů zhlédnutí. Jeho youtubová tvorba je pestrá a najdeme v ní jak parodie, vlogy, tak i infotainmentová videa, která mají divákům zábavnou formou přiblížit důležitá společenská témata. Kovář minulý rok stihl vydat i svou prvotinu, autobiografii, kde se mimo jiné veřejně přihlásil k homosexualitě. V osobně laděném rozhovoru jsme se bavili nejen o tom, jak svou orientaci přijímal on a jak na ní reaguje jeho okolí, ale také o kreativitě a humoru.
severak
25.5.2019 22:43:21
10 most common audio mistakes in documentary filmmaking
from http://www.danmccomb.com/10-most-common-film-audio-mistakes/
severak
22.5.2019 23:51:44
4chan’s ‘Doomer’ Memes Are a Strange Frontier in Online Extremism
from https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/4chan-doomer-gloomer-memes-music-playlists
severak
22.5.2019 23:45:52
F The World (a documentary on how to save it) | The Serfs
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy2QAW4y29A
severak
22.5.2019 15:13:56
Jerusalem Haredi protesters flee after women strip down to bras
Ultra-Orthodox males demonstrating against Eurovision Shabbat 'desecration' leave scene rather than look at immodestly clad females
severak
21.5.2019 13:33:05
Sci-Hub | | 10.1056/NEJMp1811491
Stroumsa, D., Roberts, E. F. S., Kinnear, H., & Harris, L. H.
(2019). The Power and Limits of Classification — A 32-Year-Old Man with
Abdominal Pain. New England Journal of Medicine, 380(20), 1885–1888.
doi:10.1056/nejmp1811491
severak
21.5.2019 11:32:40
The Convivial Society, No. 17: Arduous Interfaces
"Hospitality was a condition consequent on a good society in politics, *politaea*, and by now might be the starting point of *politaea*, of politics. But this is difficult because hospitality requires...
severak
21.5.2019 09:39:17
The Rasterbator
Wall art generator. Enlarges images to multiple pages, which you can then print and combine into huge posters.
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