Tired: Seti@home Wired: Folding@home
By downloading the Folding@home software you are supplying us with the computer power we need to find new cures.
The History of the URL.
“The conclusion in this area was that the current ‘user@host’ mailbox identifier should be extended to ‘user@host.domain’ where ‘domain’ could be a hierarchy of domains.” And the domain was born.
Extinguished Countries is the first guidebook series about countries that no longer exist. We don’t follow today’s borders but take you on a journey through time and space to lost kingdoms, republics and empires, looking for what unites us rather than what divides us. (Via atlasobscura.com).
Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus. One Survived.
The young medical professionals came down with fevers. Within weeks, they were both lying in hospital beds, hooked up to IVs or oxygen machines.
Relevant: “You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus.”
Tropical carbon sinks are saturating at different times on different continents.
A survey of tree establishment, growth and mortality shows that the rate at which Amazonian tropical forests take up carbon dioxide has slowed since the 1990s, whereas signs of a potential slowdown in Africa appeared only in 2010.
From Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama, meet 100 women who defined the last century.
Césars : «Désormais on se lève et on se barre», par Virginie Despentes. (Via spiegel.de.)
Le temps est venu pour les plus riches de faire passer ce beau message : le respect qu’on leur doit s’étendra désormais jusqu’à leurs bites tachées du sang et de la merde des enfants qu’ils violent.
Der Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit seit 2000.
Alle Lizenzen für lizenzfreie Inhalte beinhalten weltweite Nutzungsrechte, umfangreichen Schutz und eine einfache Preisgestaltung mit Mengenrabatten.
Relevant: Can We Make Open Source More Sustainable?
The VHS Vault (via www.openculture.com).
A wide collection of trailers, shows, recordings, and other captures on VHS tape.
Relevant: Wiener Videorekorder.
The Documentaries of Werner Herzog Ranked.
Werner Herzog has made many movies, including 38 documentary features and shorts. Here, we focus on those.
