December 2011
8 posts
“Here’s a thought experiment: Everyone over age 12 when YouTube launched in 2005...”
– No Copyright Intended - Waxy.org (via iamdanw)
Dec 11th
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City of Victoria →
Victoria City expanded over much of what is now Central, Sheung Wan, and Wan Chai. However, the city name Victoria has been eclipsed by Central in popular usage. It is nevertheless retained in the names of various organisations in reference to the Victoria City, such as the Victoria City District of the Hong Kong Scout, and the Victoria Junior Chamber. The name Victoria District Court had been...
Dec 10th
Steepest Street in the World →
Baldwin Street in a suburban part of New Zealand’s southern city of Dunedin, is considered the world’s steepest residential street. The street is the venue for an annual event in Dunedin, the Baldwin Street Gutbuster. Every summer since 1988 (usually in February), this exercise in fitness and balance involves athletes running from the base of the street to the top and back down again....
Dec 10th
Piracy Pays for Itself, Swiss Government Says →
blackbutshining: if you want to make money off of music (without actually making music), the implication of all these studies is that legislation will not help you, building a better mousetrap will. Take all that money you’d spend on lawyers, and figure out what makes Spotify great, and figure out how to expand that success. As someone who pirates a ton of music - nearly as much as I buy -...
Dec 9th
Updating UI data in Android from a Background... →
Dec 8th
“Jon used a desktop computer attached to a GPS satellite simulator to create a...”
– Schneier on Security: GPS Spoofing (via iamdanw) This is how the assassins do it in real life
Dec 7th
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How to make a Nutella hot chocolate →
Dec 7th
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US Budget Numbers Simplified To The Household...
From the $38.5 trillion number, that seems to refer to the budget cut deal that averted a US government shutdown in April 2011. In any case, it does make the numbers much more easy to grasp. Some stats about the US government: U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000 New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000 National debt: $14,271,000,000,000 Recent budget cuts: $...
Dec 7th