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estherschindler, 5 months ago to random

Fun fact: the MP3 file format is as old today as 8-track tapes were when MP3 was invented.

estherschindler, 2 months ago to random

We thought we knew how Voyager would end. The power would gradually, inevitably, run down. The instruments would shut off, one by one. The signal would get fainter. Eventually either the last instrument would fail for lack of power, or the signal would be lost.

We didn’t expect that it would go mad.
https://crookedtimber.org/2024/02/19/death-lonely-death/

estherschindler, 2 months ago to random

Communications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication. This means that more than six decades of CACM’s renowned research articles, seminal papers, technical reports, commentaries, real-world practice, and news articles are now open to everyone, regardless of whether they are members of ACM or subscribe to the ACM Digital Library. https://cacm.acm.org/news/cacm-is-now-open-access-2/

estherschindler, 5 months ago to random

The UK government recently changed the law to ban company names containing computer code, after Michael Tandy of Hatfield registered a company called “; DROP TABLE “COMPANIES”; — LTD,” which could theoretically erase the companies house database. https://www.parallelparliament.co.uk/mp/alison-thewliss/bill/2022-23/economiccrimeandcorporatetransparency#9369E91A-2B4D-445F-A66B-1A5071727932

estherschindler, 8 months ago to random

The USENET management committee has reconvened and there are green shoots of growth in the original, pre-World Wide Web social network. https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/30/usenet_revival/

estherschindler, 4 months ago to random

estherschindler, 6 months ago to random

Many American children learn that Daylight Saving Time was originally intended to give farmers an extra hour of light to work the fields.

That is, in fact, a lie.
https://qz.com/1120488/daylight-saving-time-as-americans-know-it-was-instituted-by-corporate-lobbies-not-farmers

estherschindler, 1 year ago to random

This is a reminder that April is Procrastination Awareness Month.

estherschindler, 5 months ago to random

Where does Walmart keep the Terminator toys?
Aisle B, back.

estherschindler, 5 months ago to random

Newly entering the public domain in 2024 will be:

• works by people who died in 1953, for countries with a copyright term of “life plus 70 years” (e.g. UK, Russia, most of EU and South America);
• works by people who died in 1973, for countries with a term of “life plus 50 years” (e.g. New Zealand, and most of Africa and Asia);
• films and books (incl. artworks featured) published in 1928 for the United States.
  https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2024/

estherschindler, 8 months ago to random

I'm available for work, to my surprise.

The Redis marketing department had a re-org, and I'm among the victims.

Perhaps that's good news for you. You're thinking, "Maybe Esther can work for me!" or "Oooh, I know someplace where she'd be perfect!"
Want more details? See my LinkedIn profile. And here's a cat photo, so you notice this status update. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/estherschindler_im-available-for-work-to-my-surprise-activity-7108121572695031808-tXOW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

estherschindler, 1 month ago to random

Monday thoughts

estherschindler, 4 months ago to random

A little while back, Apple released a collection of Steve Jobs' speeches, interviews, and emails, all put into a book, which is totally free. https://stevejobsarchive.com/

estherschindler, 1 year ago to random

Doc Ock has entered the chat. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/ai-arms-controlled-by-humans

estherschindler, 4 months ago to random

Uncovering the Forgotten Female Astronomers of Yerkes Observatory... whose work as astronomers was forgotten, but came to light recently from a photo of an Einstein visit.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/yerkes-observatory-female-astronomers

estherschindler, 7 months ago to random

TIL In the early days of the U.S. space program, NASA didn't offer astronauts life insurance for in-flight missions, and private life insurance was extremely expensive. To get around this, the crew of the Apollo 11 mission signed hundreds of autographs for their families to sell if they died. If the mission went wrong, NASA planned to cut communication with the astronauts and let them either suffocate or take their own lives. https://bigthink.com/the-past/apollo-11-plan-b/

estherschindler, 3 months ago to random

What do you call an apology written in dots and dashes?

Re-morse code.

estherschindler, 3 months ago to random

Normally, the toothbrushes would have used their connectivity for tracking and improving user oral hygiene habits, but after a malware infection, these toothbrushes were press-ganged into a botnet.

https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/three-million-malware-infected-smart-toothbrushes-used-in-swiss-ddos-attacks-botnet-causes-millions-of-euros-in-damages

estherschindler, 7 months ago to random

Here's some of what went down last week at the Grace Hopper conference. It was... not the usual thing. https://www.wired.com/story/grace-hopper-celebration-career-fair-men/

estherschindler, 5 months ago to random

Someone I know just referred to moving things around in the refrigerator as “Fridge Tetris” and now we have to use that expression.

estherschindler, 10 days ago to random

Overheard: TIL CISO does not stand for Corporate Incident Sacrificial Offering.

estherschindler, 6 months ago to random

The Library of Congress is offering "700 Years of Persian Manuscripts" for free online https://www.openculture.com/2023/08/700-years-of-persian-manuscripts-now-digitized-free-online.html

estherschindler, 9 months ago to random

Dream job for one of you, remote gig: " LibraryThing is a small team of developers and librarians. We need a systems administrator/reliability engineer to power our products, including LibraryThing.com, Syndetics Unbound, and Talpa.ai." https://blog.librarything.com/2023/07/job-systems/

estherschindler, 1 year ago to random

estherschindler, 2 months ago to random

Let's enumerate all the sins committed in the name of #Agile development, shall we?

You're going to nod along, I'm sure.

(By me, so you know there's a chocolate reference.) https://www.runtime.news/agile-software-promises-efficiency-it-requires-a-cultural-shift-to-get-right/