What a find: On Monday, a German Redditor named c-wizz announced that they had found a very rare 66-year-old Librascope LGP-30 computer (and several 1970 DEC PDP-8/e computers) in their grandparents’ basement. The LGP-30, first released in 1956, is one of only 45 manufactured in Europe and may be best known as the computer used by “Mel” in a famous […]
Always been an Garbage fan since forever. Shirley did a Q&A with the Guardian, worth reading in full. Sample: How much sexism did you face as a rising female rock star in the 90s? Is it better now or is it still too depressing to ponder? StupidGrrrl The outrageous way I was spoken to or about […]
This looks very enjoyable – Beautiful, decadent, damaged: a walk back in time through roaring 20s Berlin The Weimar Republic – a democracy imposed on Germany from 1918 to 1933 as part of the Versailles treaty – is regarded as an incredibly innovative time for science, politics, culture and medicine. An entire generation – their understanding of […]
A date that is correct in Yankee and Hiberno-English formats. Facebook has no idea what data is really has Bruce Schneier posts: The hearing amounted to two high-ranking engineers at one of the most powerful and resource-flush engineering outfits in history describing their product as an unknowable machine. The special master at times seemed in […]
Excellently put here by Ryan Broderick: Websites are not similar to telephones. They are not even similar to books or magazines. They are street corners, they are billboards, they are parks, they are shopping malls, they are spaces where people congregate. Just because you cannot see the (hopefully) tens of thousands of other people reading […]
I find these fascinating, there’s true mystery to them yet they’re also very evocative of spy thrillers, cold war stories and the X-Files. In this video, Curious Droid gives a great summary of their purpose and how they’re used (allegedly, of course, although, we’re all pretty certain what they’re for now).
Bruce Schneier: “Amazon has revealed that it gives police videos from its Ring doorbells without a warrant and without user consent.” https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/08/ring-gives-videos-to-police-without-a-warrant-or-user-consent.html I find the workings of the Premier League to be intriguing, here’s the story behind Brentford’s rise and rise. Brentford FC beat Swansea this past Saturday in the “World’s Richest Game” — the Championship Play-Off […]
What an awesome gig, pure brilliance. Went with my partner in crime, who makes everything more awesome. Played a few from Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic which I loved. (Image: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfZ7rh6P13w/) The IT has a review: Their laid-back attitude came across as a sense of fun and excitement in them. Whether it was Smith’s fills, Flea’s […]
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2022/07/19/janan-ganesh-western-democracy-has-a-personnel-problem/ As Janesh argues in the IT: The crisis of democracy is the crisis of the restaurant trade and of Heathrow airport. You just can’t get the staff. Worth reading in full