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Satellite mapping reveals extensive industrial activity at sea | Nature
One one hand “yes”, on the other hand I wonder whether ships shouldn’t be permitted to travel un-tracked? We find that 72–76% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked, with much of that fishing taking place around South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa. We also find that 21–30% of transport and energy…
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Has anyone considered running “The Gruffalo” as a D&D campaign?
The mouse is clearly an innate sorcerer that does not understand its magical powers but can accidentally cast Major Image with a set of characteristics that prey upon its mind.
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How Windows uses the TPM | Windows Security | Microsoft Learn
A really nice, clear overview of trusted platform modules: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/hardware-security/tpm/how-windows-uses-the-tpm
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Inside the Premier League unit hunting online trolls who threaten players | BBC News
Online abuse is primarily a social problem, not a tech one: “I was young, and that was an important explanation for why I behaved how I did. It was an outlet – social media. It didn’t feel like it mattered at the time. I’ve moved on and I’m doing OK,” Ng [THE ABUSER] said. “I…
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“After over a decade of struggling with CSS, I have something good to say about it. And to my astonishment, I’ve actually used it to solve some important problems I had! And it’s thanks to Tailwind. I heard many people gush about Tailwind CSS before, but…”
Gene is a solid geek, so on this recommendation I may have to give Tailwind a go:
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Scrap coercive ‘privacy fee,’ MEPs urge Meta’s Nick Clegg in open letter | TechCrunch
Bwahaha… https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/15/meps-letter-pay-or-okay/
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Reminder — from March — that a bunch of vandals in the USA want to split-brain the American people who use TikTok, to remove them from the Global community
This guy explains it rather well; “national security” & “privacy concerns” are all overinflated cover for “we failed to foster this kind of global community for ourselves, and we don’t adequately control it, so we must put an end to it”
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ARTICLE 29 DATA PROTECTION WORKING PARTY | Opinion 5/2009 on online social networking
Revisiting this mid-2009 PDF from the EU regarding “SNS” or “Social Networking Services”, is a delight of then-vs-now-isms, e.g.: “if you have too many Facebook Friends you may have to register as a data controller” Quote: Typically, access to data (profile data, postings, stories…) contributed by a user is limited to self-selected contacts. In some…
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How (not) to deal with missing data: An economist’s take on a controversial study | Retraction Watch
Fun, educational followup to a previous posting: https://retractionwatch.com/2024/02/21/how-not-to-deal-with-missing-data-an-economists-take-on-a-controversial-study/