Interesting Links for 13-07-2017

How video encoding works (a very simple introduction)

(tags: video Technology )

The touching effect of putting an autistic hero into a computer game

(tags: games diversity autism )

Overwatch: Bigger than the Premier League? (No. But people are trying…)

(tags: games sports money competition )

Is Decentralized Storage Sustainable?

(tags: design storage internet economics decentralisation )

Greening announces ‘evidence champion’ for schools

(tags: Education )

Pthalates linked to chronic disease in men

(tags: pthalates plastic disease )

Government refuses to release report into Saudi Arabia’s funding of Islamist extremism in UK

(tags: saudiarabia terrorism politics uk )

Inside the World of Chinese Bitcoin ‘Mining’ (Some great photos)

(tags: bitcoin china )

At 56, a ‘Light Bulb’ Goes Off and a Firefighter Emerges

(tags: fire age life )

The British View the War of 1812 Quite Differently Than Americans Do

As a Brit I have to admit that I had no idea that there _was_ a war with America in 1812
(tags: war uk usa france canada history )

The Facebook Algorithm Mom Problem

(tags: facebook algorithm mother OhForFucksSake fail )

Radiohead releases a surprise ZX Spectrum program for OK Computer anniversary

(tags: music software )

Visa To Pay Restaurants To Stop Taking Cash

(tags: restaurant money Technology )

A Kingdom for a Horse: Kokpar and the Future of Kazakhstan

“There are no Kazakhs,” he says. “Stalin made us up.”
(tags: kazakhstan horses )

Scientists replay movie encoded in DNA

(tags: dna genetics movies )

“I think I am becoming accustomed to the sight of guns.”

(tags: guns society UK France Scotland )

Unix Time 1,500M – Friday July 14 02:40GMT

(tags: time unix thefuture )

New corporate criminal offences of failure to prevent tax evasion effective from 30 September

(tags: law tax uk )

Post-apocalyptic Dilbert

(tags: dilbert apocalypse comic )

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