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Tutanota is the only encrypted email provider that lets you search your entire mailbox. 😎🥳 Here we explain why searching encrypted data is special: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/first-search-encrypted-data/
https://youtu.be/g2tMcMQqSbA amazing history of Colossus and the true details behind breaking Enigma during WWII.
Interesting technical talk if you're a developer and use Linux
Watch "Tech Talks @ Kinvolk: IPC on Linux - DBus & bus1 w/ Tom Gundersen and David Herrmann"
https://youtu.be/380xkjflj8Y
@pixelfed Everytime I click "send verification" during register I get an "Oops" page. This started a few days ago when I first tried, and apparently wasn't a temporary issue.
Can I email someone my email address to check your logs and see what's wrong?
So good - rant on packaging model: https://youtu.be/Pzl1B7nB9Kc
It is proven! I am jzacsh on Keybase: https://keybase.io/jzacsh/sigchain#861ffe2bdf24de08ead58bab2f42d6a4f8891e26f91ce30e0c47684a476163760f
Huh! Why you can smell rain | Earth | EarthSky
https://earthsky.org/earth/what-is-smell-of-rain-petrichor
Best explanation I've seen on wood movement: "What is Wood Movement in Woodworking - Expansion and Contraction."
https://youtu.be/BP0j9uy1nuk
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“We’ve had a variety of unruly protests by armed, far-right militia groups that the police react to in a very calm manner,” he said. “And yet when you see a group of environmentalists or people who might look similar to the way environmentalists at a protest look, you see a hyper-aggressive police response, even though the level of violence coming from those groups is significantly lower
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-- FBI Chased Imagined Eco-Activist Enemies, Documents Reveal
https://theintercept.com/2020/08/24/fbi-fusion-center-environmental-wind/
Fun: TIL about both an Erdos conjecture, as well as a not-Erdos quote:
https://scientificgems.wordpress.com/2019/11/03/something-is-going-on-with-the-primes/
Oh, nice list: 11 Black Sci-Fi Authors To Read Right Now
https://bookriot.com/black-sci-fi-authors
An Open Letter to J.K. Rowling | Tor.com
https://www.tor.com/2020/06/11/an-open-letter-to-j-k-rowling/
Useful post, as I hadn't heard any of this about Rowling before.
It's the perfect day to start reading Octavia Butler's Kindred. | Literary Hub
Totally agree. Great book.
https://lithub.com/its-the-perfect-day-to-start-reading-octavia-butlers-kindred/
Really clever: Webcam mod that enables eye-contact conversation
Colorful Maps of a World in Coronavirus Lockdown - CityLab
New math theory suggests time travel is impossible
https://thenextweb.com/insights/2020/04/09/new-math-theory-suggests-time-travel-is-impossible/
This was a really fun (and as usual depressing) read.
CNN: The 40 wildest lines from Donald Trump's impromptu Friday press conference.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/08/politics/donald-trump-press-conference/index.html
"The world urban system—from its richest to poorest cities—is not a set of playgrounds or amenity parks but instead a vast system of interlinked workshops."
As a city lover, this was a great read.
Desperately Seeking Cities | Online Only | n+1
https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/desperately-seeking-cities/
Ned Flanders Metal Band Okilly Dokilly Appears on ‘The Simpsons’ – Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/ned-flanders-metal-band-okilly-dokilly-the-simpsons-819321/