Year: 2018
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Coding without a keystroke: The hands-free creation of a full video game
Coding without a keystroke: The hands-free creation of a full video game (Ars Technica) Coder wants to grow the speech-to-text coding community, uses his fun game to advocate.
Dig Dog is a pretty fun little video game. Call it "Spelunky for kids"—and don't think of that as a backhanded compliment, either. Dig Dog, which launched … -
Cautionary Tales
Cautionary Tales (Vimeo) A short film written & directed by Us - http://www.cautionary-tales.co.uk MAKING OF - https://vimeo.com/252215890 "A bizarre incident as a young boy…
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The Tyranny of Convenience
The Tyranny of Convenience (nytimes.com)
Convenience is the most underestimated and least understood force in the world today. As a driver of human decisions, it may not offer the illicit thrill of Freud’s unconscious sexual desires or the mathematical elegance of the economist’s incentives. Convenience is boring. But boring is not the … -
Are You Ready to Have Friends with Kids?
Are You Ready to Have Friends with Kids? (The New Yorker) Once you have friends with kids, your life is no longer about you. It’s about your friends’ kids. Having friends with kids is a huge responsibility. It’s not for everyone. Maybe you like swearing, and having a child in the room would cut into …
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Where does my council tax go?
Where does my council tax go - a Freedom of Information request to South Somerset District Council (WhatDoTheyKnow) I have recently recieved my council tax bill and would like to know excatly where my money goes. On the minimal breakdown that is stated on the letter, it states i pay three different council departments i …
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Does anyone have the right to sex?
Amia Srinivasan · Does anyone have the right to sex? (London Review of Books) When we see consent as the sole constraint on OK sex, we are pushed towards a naturalisation of sexual preference in which the rape fantasy becomes a primordial rather than a political fact.
On 23 May 2014, Elliot Rodger, a … -
"Elon Musk"
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Child Abuse Ad Uses Lenticular Printing to Help Children While Remaining Invisible to Adults
Child Abuse Ad Uses Lenticular Printing to Help Children While Remaining Invisible to Adults (Laughing Squid) The ANAR Foundation and Grey Group Spain have created a unique advertising campaign that only kids can see. The ad campaign uses lenticular printing to show individuals below a certain height — children, in this case — a certain …
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No, Panera Bread Doesn't Take Security Seriously
No, Panera Bread Doesn’t Take Security Seriously – PB – Medium by an author (Medium) tl;dr: In August 2017, I reported a vulnerability to Panera Bread that allowed the full name, home address, email address, food/dietary… tl;dr: In August 2017, I reported a vulnerability to Panera Bread that allowed the full name, home address, email …
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Authority and Usage and Emoji
Authority and Usage and Emoji (Dan Cohen) Maybe it’s a subconscious effect of my return to the blog, but I’ve found myself reading more essays recently, and so I found myself returning to the nonfiction work of David Foster Wal…
Maybe it’s a subconscious effect of my return to the blog, but I’ve found myself … -
The Secret Language of Ships
The Secret Language of Ships | Hakai Magazine (Hakai Magazine) A ship’s markings may look like hieroglyphs, but to industry insiders they tell an important story.
Approaching the container ship in San Francisco Bay, the tugboat looks like a pit bull puppy chasing an eighteen-wheeler. When the vessels are an arm’s length apart, the ship’s … -
Asymmetric Cryptography: Works Like Magic
Asymmetric Cryptography: Works Like Magic (cyberhoboing with dominic tarr) It’s a common complaint that cryptography is too hard for regular people to understand - and that all our current cryptographically secure applications are designed for cyborgs and not humans. While...
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Inside the Deadly World of Private Prisoner Transport
Inside the Deadly World of Private Prisoner Transport (The Marshall Project) Tens of thousands of people every year are packed into vans run by for-profit companies with almost no oversight.
In July 2012, Steven Galack, the former owner of a home remodeling business, was living in Florida when he was arrested on an out-of-state warrant … -
21 Books You Don't Have to Read (and 21 you should read instead)
The 21 Most Overrated Books Ever (and 21 Books to Read Instead) (GQ) GQ asked its favorite new authors to dunk on the classics. We've been told all our lives that we can only call ourselves well-read once we've read the Great Books. We tried. We got halfway through Infinite Jest and halfway through the …
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Far Cry 5 review
Far Cry 5 review (Polygon) A horrible story ruins an enjoyable world Far Cry 5 had the potential to say something interesting by setting the game in America, but its murky story and themes do more to taint the game’s fantastic and playful open world than to give it purpose and meaning.
The goofy world and …