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  • Links van 12 augustus 2016 tot 26 september 2016

    Planetfall 2 prototype : Infocom : Free Download & Streaming : Internet ArchiveDon’t get your hopes up: this is a very early prototype from the cancelled sequel to Infocom’s classic text adventure. It’s barely playable, though it does provide an interesting look at how the game would have played with a realtime 3D engine. The…

  • Links van 1 augustus 2016 tot 9 augustus 2016

    Overheid, stop met starters dood te knuffelen! | De TijdElke sub­si­die is goed­be­doeld maar zal de goed geïnfor­meer­de on­der­ne­mer be­voor­de­len te­gen­over de min­der geïnfor­meer­de. Sub­si­die­zoe­ken is im­mers een stiel ge­wor­den, en ge­spe­ci­a­li­seer­de con­sul­tants kun­nen daar­bij hel­pen. Het heeft ech­ter wei­nig te maken met on­der­ne­mer­schap en een nieu­we dy­na­miek in een regio op gang bren­gen. In…

  • Links van 10 juli 2016 tot 28 juli 2016

    Nicholas Windsor Howard – The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X’s Interface Decline (Introduction)Whether or not Steve Jobs’s absence caused the decline (though I suspect it did), I grow frustrated as I watch each software update further erode one pillar of Apple’s formerly astronomical greatness. De maskers vallen in Turkije – Lukas De VosMaar…

  • Links van 1 juli 2016 tot 10 juli 2016

    Vegetarians Found To Have More Cancer, Allergies And Mental Health DisordersA cross-sectional study taken from the Austrian Health Interview Survey AT-HIS 2006/07 found that vegetarians are actually less healthy than normal eaters. Subjects were matched according to their age, sex, and socioeconomic status leaving 1320 people – 330 vegetarians, 330 that ate meat but still…

  • Links van 27 mei 2016 tot 15 juni 2016

    Ramadan 2016: Israel ‘cuts off water supply to West Bank’ during Muslim holy month | Middle East | News | The IndependentAlmost 200,000 Palestinians in the West Bank do not have access to running water, and require permission before collecting it themselves, according to a report by Amnesty International. A few months ago, I brought…

  • Links van 5 mei 2016 tot 25 mei 2016

    Why Viggo Mortensen Is Off the GridThis summer, the quintessentially un-Hollywood Viggo Mortensen stars in a film about a father of six who rejects the world to raise his kids completely off the grid. How much does this character resemble the actor himself? Let's start with his flip phone. BBC – Earth – The bizarre…

  • Links van 27 april 2016 tot 5 mei 2016

    Microsoft’s hover gestures for Windows phones are magnificent | The VergeIt's not clear whether Microsoft will ever bring its 3D Touch work to the market. The software giant is largely retrenching from its Lumia Windows phones, and rumors suggest the company is focusing on a "Surface Phone" launch for next year. While Windows Phone might…

  • Links van 19 april 2016 tot 26 april 2016

    Nokia is buying digital health firm Withings for $191 million | The VergeNokia has announced plans to acquire Withings — a French consumer electronics company focused on digital health — for €170 million ($191 million) in cash. The acquisition will significantly boost Nokia's portfolio of wearables and fitness devices, bringing 200 Withings employees and products —…

  • Links van 16 april 2016 tot 18 april 2016

    Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic – The New York Times85 cents of every new dollar spent in online advertising will go to Google or Facebook, said Brian Nowak, a Morgan Stanley analyst. (…) Facebook also announced that it would open up Instant Articles — which encourage publishers to post their content directly…

  • Links van 12 april 2016 tot 15 april 2016

    Hillary wins! Named most corrupt politician of 2015She's in a dead heat with Trump, loses to several Republicans in the polls, and can't seem to shake that pesky Bernie Sanders, but nevermind the bad news, it's time to score a win for Hillary: The nonpartisan watchdog group Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) named…

  • Links van 2 april 2016 tot 10 april 2016

    Links van 2 april 2016 tot 10 april 2016

    Malcolm Gladwell got us wrong: Our research was key to the 10,000-hour rule, but here’s what got oversimplified – Salon.comYes, it takes effort to be an expert. But Gladwell based 10,000-hour rule in part on our work, and misunderstood Mounting data suggest antibacterial soaps do more harm than good | Ars TechnicaWhether you’re coming home…

  • Links van 30 maart 2016 tot 2 april 2016

    Netanyahu: Anti-Israel ‘slander and lies’ caused Brussels attack | The Times of Israel Allez, dat weten we dan ook, dus: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Saturday that a shooting attack at the Brussels Jewish Museum that killed three people  and critically injured a fourth  was caused by anti-Israel attitudes in…

  • Links van 24 maart 2016 tot 28 maart 2016

    Why is David Cameron so silent on the recapture of Palmyra from the clutches of Isis? | Voices | The IndependentIn the end, it was the Syrian army – and its Hizballah chums from Lebanon, and the Iranians, and the Russians – who drove the Isis murderers out of Palmyra So You Wanna Be a Chef—…

  • Links van 19 maart 2016 tot 21 maart 2016

    EXCLUSIVE: Belgian Intelligence Had Precise Warning That Airport Targeted for Bombing – World News – Haaretz – Israeli News Source Haaretz.com Dus die lekken uit het onderzoek hebben er direkt toe bijgedragen? Goed werk, mensen. “Abdeslam’s arrest was apparently the trigger for Tuesday’s attacks, due to the concern in ISIS that he might give information…

  • Links van 12 maart 2016 tot 17 maart 2016

    Erdogan claims fighting terrorism outweighs democracy in Turkey | News | DW.COM | 16.03.2016"Democracy, freedom and the rule of law," have "absolutely no value any longer," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told local leaders in Ankara on Wednesday. "Those who stand on our side in the fight against terrorism are our friend. Those on the opposite…