Author: Dan Q
Dan Q is a software engineer, a director of a voluntary organisation, a trainee counsellor, a keen geocacher, and an amateur magician. He lives with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous triad, and occasionally finds time to blog.
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Found GLVRG2DJ Church Micro 4195…Headington
This checkin to GLVRG2DJ Church Micro 4195…Headington reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found with fleeblewidget on a quick spring evening walk while waiting for our appointment time at the nearby escape room. Lovely little tour of a pretty part of Headington. TFTC!
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Intermediary Protocols and Google Duplex
As Google show off their digital assistant's upcoming new feature of being able to make phone calls on your behalf, Dan asks what this means for the way we communicate in the future.
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The woman who watched 300 executions in Texas
The woman who watched 300 executions (BBC News) A former employee of the state of Texas describes the profound effect the executions had on her.
Texas has executed far more people than any other US state, and one former employee of the state has watched hundreds of executions unfold. She speaks to Ben Dirs … -
The man with the golden blood
The man with the golden blood (The man with the golden blood) Meet the donors, patients, doctors and scientists involved in the complex global network of rare – and very rare – blood. By Penny Bailey.
His doctor drove him over the border. It was quicker that way: if the man donated in Switzerland, … -
The Mystery Cable
Dan found a mystery cable in his attic and has no idea what it is or what it does. Can you help, before it drives him mad?
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Mystery cable found in my attic
What is it? What is it for? I've never seen anything like it before!
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The Quakers are right. We don't need God.
The Quakers are right. We don’t need God | Simon Jenkins by Simon Jenkins (the Guardian) The group is considering dropping God from its meetings guidance. This is the new religiosity, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Quakers are clearly on to something. At their annual get-together this weekend they are reportedly thinking of …
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Posted a note for GC591VV You Can't Do It Alone!
This checkin to GC591VV You Can't Do It Alone! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. If anybody wants to replicate this and make a similar cache themselves, instructions, schematics, and a link to the source code can be found at:
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The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant
The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant (youtube.com)
CGP Grey
There are so many things for which this can be a metaphor. Bring-your-own-philosophy. -
The Better Bundo Book
Dan reads A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo to a four year-old as a vehicle to talking about difference, diversity, and discrimination.
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Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit
Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit (youtu.be)
Tyacenda
This is amazing, and I've no idea how it's only got (at the time of writing) ~28,000 views. Seriously: push on through the first two minutes and pay atention to how the effects and filming are executed. Then keep watching. -
Use a .dev domain? Not anymore.
Use a .dev domain? Not anymore. (medium.engineering) For years, programmers used .dev domains for testing their code. Those days are over.
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The Magma Chamber
The Magma Chamber (oglaf.com)
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Digest for April 2018
Summary
This month I produced almost no original content, but I shared a number of interesting content from elsewhere around the web, including an explanation of the power of compound interest (and why saving for a pension early is often more-important than saving lots), a curious poem, and a short film about what would happen … -
Compound interest and retirement
Compound interest and retirement (datagenetics.com)
Datagenetics
Spectacular example of why when saving (e.g. for a pension) it's often more important to save early than it is to save lots. So get saving! Even with an understanding of compound interest, these numbers can surprise you.
The only time better than today would have been yesterday, and …