Friday, April 16, 2021
Tastes Great, More Filling
"Human Taste Buds Can Tell The Difference Between Normal And 'Heavy' Water". (Via H.R.)
Bad Algorithm
"Life's a Bitche: Facebook says sorry for shutting down town's page"
Life’s a Bitche for one historic town in north-east France that has received an apology from Facebook after its page was shut down for apparently using offensive language.
Bitche in the Moselle, population 5,000 and home to the Bitchois, fell foul of the social network’s algorithm, which deemed it insulting and removed it without explanation last month.
On Tuesday, after reports of the Facebook suspension spread, the social network restored the Ville de Bitche page.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
FBI Hacking Others' Computers
"The FBI is remotely hacking hundreds of computers to protect them from Hafnium "
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
SCOTUS And APIs
EFF's take on SCOTUS decision on fair use and APIs: "The Supreme Court Reverses the Federal Circuit in Oracle v. Google"
Monday, April 12, 2021
Alternatives To Injections
"Scientists have spent nearly 100 years searching for a better way to give vaccines"
Thursday, April 08, 2021
Universal Language Traits?
"Alien Languages May Not Be Entirely Alien to Us".
I suspect the author might still be thinking too narrowly about how languages could develop.
Wednesday, April 07, 2021
Tuesday, April 06, 2021
Monday, April 05, 2021
Fake Sounds For Nature Documentaries
"How Sounds Are Faked For Nature Documentaries: Meet the Artists Who Create the Sounds of Fish, Spiders, Orangutans, Mushrooms & More"
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