Technologie
- Codec2: a whole Podcast on a Floppy Disk
A ›experimental‹ codec for spoken word which generate crazy-small file sizes - We’re Baking Have I Been Pwned into Firefox and 1Password
Took the opportunity to finally subscribe to HIBP - Microsoft Buys GitHub: The Linux Foundation’s Reaction
Thoughful comment. I was indifferent up to now about MS’s acquisition of Github. But I’m positive now.
Gesellschaft
- My friend from Germany says America is not the greatest country in the world. How can I convince him otherwise?
Well, that’s a tidy summary. - Warum ist das Internet in Deutschland so langsam?
;( Es ist traurig. - RTL hat keine Chance gegen Netflix
Gegen Netflix, Amazon, Disney[, Apple] hat RTL früher oder später verloren, so die These
Wissenschaft
- Sucking carbon dioxide from air is cheaper than scientists thought
Their means of recouping their invest is to sell fuel made from CO2? Meh, they should rather work on efficiently storing the gas for a long time; but I guess there’s no money in that…