Viel zu tun diese Wochen. Wenig gelesen.1

Tech

• Why do game developers prefer Windows?
  Because Direct3D is the lesser evil, according to this StackExchange answer
• Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA
  Much more attention-grabbing headline then actual content. The attack vector is really small. It’s more a specifically crafted proof-of-concept.

Gesellschaft

• Umweltsau Tesla? 17 Tonnen CO2 bei der Produktion der Akkus? Es ist komplizierter …
  Weiter unten geht’s auch um eine Beurteilung der Diesel-Situation gerade. Things are complicated…
• That R. Kelly ‘cult’ story almost never ran. Thank Hulk Hogan for that.
  I never sorted Gawker into the heroic niche of journalism. I should read up on the ins’n’outs of the Hogan case… (Also, I didn’t read the R. Kelly cult piece yet.)
• Let’s Get Excited About Maintenance!
  I’m missing one argument: boring/exciting. In maintenance, a problem is already solved and keeping the status quo could be considered boring. Innovation and changing the establishment is exciting. Speaking as a scientist…

Wissenschaft

• T2K presents hint of CP violation by neutrinos
  Algorithms FTW!
• The Loyal Engineers Steering NASA’s Voyager Probes Across the Universe
  A great piece about the people operating the furthers human-made object distant from mankind and the last remnants of an era.

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