severak
10.3.2022 11:15:04
Je Putin vážně úplný cvok? :: Nihilista
V posledních dnech jsem se k celému tomu dramatickému dění ohledně Ukrajiny (s výjimkou jednoho jediného statusu na mém soukromém profilu) příliš nevyjadřoval. Spíš ho jen (mírně nevěřícně) sledoval. Moje mlčení nebylo dané ani tak tím, že by mě to celé nechávalo chladným (právě naopak), ani tím, že bych se nemohl rozhodnout "komu fandit" (tady je...
severak
8.3.2022 10:30:59
The Neurologist Who Hacked His Brain—And Almost Lost His Mind
Neurologist Phil Kennedy set out to build the ultimate brain-computer interface. In the process he almost lost his mind.
severak
8.3.2022 10:04:38
Unraveling The JPEG
JPEG images are everywhere in our digital lives, but behind the veil of familiarity lie algorithms that remove details that are imperceptible to the human eye. This produces the highest visual quality with the smallest file size—but what does that look like? Let's see what our eyes can't see!
severak
22.2.2022 14:21:28
Google Tag Manager, la nouvelle arme anti adblock
Un blog sur le capitalisme de surveillance, avec un zoom sur le tracking publicitaire
severak
21.2.2022 11:00:26
Jan Bělíček: Plačky nad buranstvím. Bílá chudina v současné kultuře - Novinky.cz
Hillbilly Elegy, tedy zaostalcova, vidlákova nebo horalova elegie – tak nazval svou knihu právník a publicista J. D. Vance (česky vyšla loni v nakladatelství Argo jako Americká elegie). Především díky triumfu Donalda Trumpa v prezidentských volbách se jí ve Spojených státech prodaly statisíce výtisků a z autora se přes noc stala celebrita.
severak
15.2.2022 13:16:55
How to Make the Internet Small Again
from https://www.raptitude.com/2022/02/how-to-make-the-internet-small-again/
severak
10.2.2022 10:43:52
An incomplete history of Forbes.com as a platform for scams, grift, and bad journalism
severak
7.2.2022 17:19:41
/r/antiwork: A Tragedy of Sanewashing and Social Gentrification
The moment /r/antiwork died was tailor-made for infamy. Head moderator Doreen Ford went on with Fox host Jesse Watters for an interview…
severak
7.2.2022 09:36:45
How Japan Saved Tokyo's Rail Network from Collapse (Part 1, 1945-1982)
The most consequential project in postwar Japanese rail history (not named Shinkansen)
severak
2.2.2022 01:48:56
Okuda Hiroko: The Casio Employee Behind the “Sleng Teng” Riddim that Revolutionized Reggae
The “Sleng Teng” riddim revolutionized reggae music in the mid-1980s, and has spawned hundreds of versions in the decades since then. Less well known is the story of how the distinctive bassline originated in a preset sample included on a Casio electronic keyboard and the work of a young developer fresh out of college.
severak
28.1.2022 10:41:54
‘It’s a glorified backpack of tubes and turbines’: Dave Eggers on jetpacks and the enigma of solo flight
When inventor David Mayman took to the skies, it seemed he’d answered an age-old longing for flight. So why did no one seem to care?
severak
27.1.2022 10:18:30
She was a notorious hacker in the ’80s — then she disappeared
Claire Evans searches for Susy Thunder.
severak
27.1.2022 00:25:42
Why Don't We Use the Math We Learn in School? - Scott H Young
from https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2022/01/24/why-dont-we-use-the-math-we-learn-in-school/
severak
23.1.2022 14:29:43
"Hell Line": Lessons from Seoul's controversial privatized subway line
A dive into Seoul Metro's Line 9
severak
20.1.2022 13:56:51
The Internet Changed My Life
from https://pointersgonewild.com/2022/01/19/the-internet-changed-my-life/
severak
20.1.2022 10:13:32
Is Old Music Killing New Music?
All the growth in the music business now comes from old songs—with consumption of new music actually shrinking. How did we get here, and is there a way back?
severak
13.1.2022 16:34:13
Colors: Where did they go? An investigation.
Why do so many TV shows and movies look like they were filmed in a gray wasteland?
severak
12.1.2022 14:13:42
Naladili nás radioamatéři až v Japonsku, vzpomíná bývalý technik vysílače Topolná
severak
12.1.2022 14:00:02
Řidiči opilí Rohlíkem | Aktuálně.cz
Protest kurýrů digitálního supermarketu upozornil na tajemství "božího jídla bez front". A připomněl, kdo platí za pohodlí spokojených zákazníků.
severak
11.1.2022 10:35:24
19-Year-Old Student Hides Spy Camera In His Clothing To Take Secret Street Photos In The 1890s
Carl Størmer (1872-1957) enjoyed a hobby that was very, very unusual at the time. He walked around Oslo, Norway in the 1890s with his spy camera and secretly took everyday pictures of people. The subjects in Størmer's pictures appear in their natural state. It extremely differs from the grave and strict posing trends that dominated in photography during those years.
severak
11.1.2022 10:14:43
A Few Things I’ve Learned About Livestreaming
from https://dantepfer.com/blog/?p=1005
severak
10.1.2022 16:49:14
The Billionaires’ Fantasia
from https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-billionaires-fantasia
severak
6.1.2022 11:47:41
Crypto: the good, the bad and the ugly
It has been very frustrating watching the rise of cryptocurrency (which, forgive me cryptographers, I will be calling "crypto" from here on) because a whole bunch of smart people in tech seem to be very, very excited about it. When good new things show up in tech, I've generally found them intriguing. I'm by no means an early adopter, but once the train is leaving the station I am generally on board. But crypto hasn't grabbed me like that. Every time I dig into crypto I find things that s
severak
6.1.2022 10:53:58
Nude Pictures on early Retro PCs — Was it Possible?
The JPEG image format was introduced in 1993 and GIF was released in 1987. Was it possible to watch nude photos on this lovely portable…
severak
3.1.2022 12:25:16
Digital Real Estate and the Digital Housing Crisis
As long as there has been digital real estate, there have been digital housing crises, which typically stem from a shortage of digital land.
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