Categorie: Links
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Links van 1 maart 2015 tot 3 maart 2015
Links: quo vadis? – DeWereldMorgen.beAuwtsj. "De oppositiekuur die de sp.a nu noodgedwongen ondergaat had een moment kunnen zijn voor een diepgaande reflectie over de verleden en toekomst van de partij, maar blijkbaar gaat alle aandacht en energie naar het uitvechten van interne geschillen. Het schouwspel dat vandaag in de sp.a rond de voorzittersverkiezingen wordt opgevoerd…
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Links van 24 februari 2015 tot 28 februari 2015
Kibbelen voor gevorderden – De StandaardIn het veiligheidsdebat klinkt de kritiek van CD&V en Open VLD verrassend eensgezind: zowel Jambon als minister van Defensie Steven Vandeput ging onderuit. Zo moest Peeters Vandeput uit de nood helpen tijdens het kernkabinet dat besliste over inzet van paracommando’s. De defensieminister was zo slecht gebriefd dat hij niet eens…
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Links van 18 februari 2015 tot 23 februari 2015
The Trouble with Dijsselbloem | JacobinFor Dijsselbloem, extinguishing Syriza’s promise is imperative. It is a precondition for restoring the stability of the EU that he, his party, and economic elites so desire. But it is as necessary for the continuation of the dreamless, managerial, suit-and-tie progressivism from which he has never strayed. The dangers of…
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Links van 15 februari 2015 tot 18 februari 2015
Butterick’s Practical TypographyAmong web-pub lish ing tools, I see Medium as the equiv a lent of a frozen pizza: not as whole some as a meal you could make your self, but for those with out the time or mo ti va tion to cook, a po ten tially bet ter op tion than just eat…
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Links van 12 februari 2015 tot 15 februari 2015
Israel Acknowledges Contraceptive Shots Given to Ethiopian JewsThe Israeli government has tacitly acknowledged injecting Ethiopian women immigrating to Israel with a long-acting contraceptive without their knowledge, telling them they couldn’t come into the country if they didn’t take the shot, which the women thought was a vaccination. Many have called the practice appallingly racist. The…
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Links van 7 februari 2015 tot 10 februari 2015
Why Is Food Babe Selling a Product With BHT? | Bad Science DebunkedWhy is Vani Hari (the “Food Babe”) harassing Kellogg’s and General Mills because their cereals contain BHT, when she’s earning a sales commission on a product that contains BHT? The curious case of the Facebook page that posts the same thing every day…
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Links van 2 februari 2015 tot 7 februari 2015
What’s Up With That: Why Do Cats Love Boxes So Much? | WIREDSo what are we to make of the strange gravitational pull that empty Amazon packaging exerts on Felis sylvestris catus? Like many other really weird things cats do, science hasn’t fully cracked this particular feline mystery. There’s the obvious predation advantage a box…
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Links van 29 januari 2015 tot 2 februari 2015
Microsoft Windows on Devices – Raspberry Pi 2We’re excited to announce that we are expanding our Windows Developer Program for IoT by delivering a version of Windows 10 that supports Raspberry Pi 2. This release of Windows 10 will be free for the Maker community through the Windows Developer Program for IoT. Syria’s President Speaks…
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Links van 26 januari 2015 tot 28 januari 2015
De dreiging van Arabische muziek | Jan Blommaert (en z’n gedachten)Tussen neus en lippen geeft De Wever ons hier een voorbeeld van wat we al weten: de totalitaire surveillantiecultuur. Die zit als volgt ineen: (1) op basis van platte machtsargumenten identificeer je een vijand; (2) en stel je ELK aspect en eigenschap ervan voor als…
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Links voor 25 januari 2015
Holy Shit, I Interviewed the President — MediumLegacy media isn’t mocking us because we aren’t a legitimate source of information; they’re mocking us because they’re terrified. Their legitimacy came from the fact that they have access to distribution channels and that they get to be in the White House press pool because of some long-ago…
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Links van 23 januari 2015 tot 24 januari 2015
The Best Case for Jesus » Peter Kirby Fair’s fair. Let’s try to make the best possible case for the historical existence of Jesus. One never learns about an issue completely unless they are willing to look at it from more than one angle. I intend to write a few more posts on this blog…
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Links van 18 januari 2015 tot 23 januari 2015
How the CIA made Google — MediumThe inside story of Google’s rise, revealed here for the first time, opens a can of worms that goes far beyond Google, unexpectedly shining a light on the existence of a parasitical network driving the evolution of the US national security apparatus, and profiting obscenely from its operation. New…
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Links van 12 januari 2015 tot 15 januari 2015
A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen To YouThis article points out cases where gettext (a common system for localizing software interfaces — i.e., making them work in the user's language of choice) fails because of basic differences between human languages. This article then describes Maketext, a new system capable of correctly treating these differences.…
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Links van 7 januari 2015 tot 12 januari 2015
AirshipsA real-time strategy game where you design airships and then fight with them. The aim is to have pretty chaotic explodey fights and interesting ship design choices. Andrew Chen, Gilt: Designing For China | Design Driven NYCAndrew Chen, Director of Product at Gilt, spoke at December 2014’s edition of Design Driven NYC and outlined all…
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Links voor 6 januari 2015
Watch Movie Unlawful Killing (2011) Online Free – SolarMovieA documentary about the allegedly conspiratorial killing of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed Star Trek: The Next Generation In 40 Hours — MediumI want to make the case Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is important and worth your time in 2015, and I want…