In English – Sivu 42

2023-09-01 @ 11.00.48 ∈ In English

(From July)

I Blame the W3C's HTML Standard for Ordered Lists [tech, soc, Patreon]

CSS will always be hamstrung by HTML's toxic content/appearance paradigm

2023-08-29 @ 17.37.55 ∈ In English

A case of melanism found in a wild gentoo penguin living in Antarctica

[The] research team found no evidence of the extra coloring on its white front making the penguin any more susceptible to predators—and it did not seem to bother the other penguins in its colony.

2023-08-28 @ 19.03.59 ∈ In English

COVID-19 virus is evolving rapidly in white-tailed deer, new research finds

The combined findings suggest that the white-tailed deer species is a reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 that enables continuing mutation, and that the virus's circulation in deer could lead to its spread to other wildlife and livestock.

2023-08-28 @ 19.00.02 ∈ In English

‘Oh my God’: live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world-first discovery

The doctors and scientists involved in her case hypothesise that a python may have shed the parasite via its faeces into the grass. They believe the patient was probably infected with the parasite directly from touching the native grass or after eating the greens.

2023-08-26 @ 19.36.26 ∈ In English

CVE-2020-19909 is everything that is wrong with CVEs | daniel.haxx.se

This is a story consisting of several little building blocks and they occurred spread out in time and in different places. It is a story that shows with clarity how our current system with CVE Ids and lots of power given to NVD is a completely broken system.

2023-08-24 @ 13.56.07 ∈ In English

Bold and beautiful: Amazing Creatures in the new LEGO® Ideas The Insect Collection

The natural world is filled with outstanding beauty. From the largest creatures to the smallest, the colors and shapes of nature are often as spectacular as they are diverse, and nowhere is this diversity more on display than in the wonderful world of insects. To celebrate these beautiful creatures, we’re proud to release the LEGO® Ideas The Insect Collection.

2023-08-24 @ 13.49.14 ∈ In English

Linux on a Commodore C-64

The screenshots took VICE a couple hours in "warp mode" (activate it with Alt-W) to generate. So, as is, a real C64 should be able to boot Linux within a week or so.

2023-08-24 @ 13.45.11 ∈ In English

Waste coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger

Researchers have found that concrete can be made 30% stronger by replacing a percentage of sand with spent coffee grounds, an organic waste product produced in huge amounts that usually ends up in landfill. The method also reduces the use of natural resources like sand, further contributing to a greener circular economy approach to construction.

2023-08-23 @ 16.49.24 ∈ In English

Spotless giraffe, thought to be only one in world, born at Tennessee zoo

Brights zoo hopes publicity around unnamed female, who lacks distinctive patches, will draw attention to plight of giraffes in wild

2023-08-23 @ 16.42.53 ∈ In English

Hookworms successfully prevent type 2 diabetes in human trial

“The JCU trial provides sufficient proof of concept that infection with live hookworms is safe and appears to have some sort of beneficial effects on people’s metabolic health, which will hopefully be confirmed by future clinical trials designed to confirm efficacy and explore how hookworms influence metabolism[.]”