Sunday, 9. July 12017
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Fear of radiation is more dangerous than radiation itself.

Psychologically, research has found that we worry excessively about risks that we can’t detect with our own senses, risks associated with catastrophic harm or cancer, risks that are human-made rather than natural, and risks that evoke fearful memories, such as those evoked by the very mention of Chernobyl or Three Mile Island. Our fear of radiation is deep, but we should really be afraid of fear instead.

Nina Simone in Liberia.

The singer went to Africa, she said, in search of peace, or a husband, or maybe the feeling of home.

Common Ground.

When we think of urban public space in terms of competing rights, we create a battleground. Is there a better way to share?

Unleash Your Inner Supercomputer.

Your Guide to GPGPU with WebGL.

Sand marble racing.

I once had some dogecoins but I lost my wallet.

Dogecoin started as a whimsical digital currency. Then one company started to suck the fun out of it. 

She pioneered retail franchising and created the American hair salon industry.

Martha Matilda Harper, the Greatest Businesswoman You’ve Never Heard Of.

Friday, 7. July 12017
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The Roots of Israeli Hip Hop.

Israeli hip hop has always searched for its roots. Being a hybrid of an African-American culture and a new chutzpah fueled generation of Israeli kids, the still evolving culture has tried for a long time to figure out how to keep it real, Israel style.

Eine Welt jenseits von Facebook: Auf der Suche nach Alternativen zum digitalen Kapitalismus.

In den sozialen Medien manifestiert sich eine Verschiebung von den HTML-basierten Verlinkungspraktiken des offenen Webs zum Liken und Empfehlen innerhalb der geschlossenen Systeme. Die indirekte und oberflächliche ‚Like Economy‘ verhindert, dass ihre Nutzer verstehen, worum es im offenen Web eigentlich geht.

StatiCrypt – Password protect a static HTML page.