Synopsis of Lindependence 2008, where Linux geeks tried to convince a whole town in California that Linux is a viable alternative to Windows, and seemed to be pretty succesful. - Robert Felty via Bookmarklet
"Otherwise, most of the Western world has already largely abandoned routine neonatal circumcision, which is seen as an outdated and unfortunate medical fad." - Robert Felty via Bookmarklet
I heard Steven Hayward speak last night on the radio. He was a guest speaker at the Indiana Monthly Economic Forum. He talked about how the goal 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 is unrealistic, and instead suggested that we simulate volcanic eruptions by spewing fine particulate into the atmosphere, since large volcanic eruptions have been known to cool the planet (basically blocks out the sun's rays). Sounds kind of crazy to me. - Robert Felty
This is a very in-depth article about how web standards can affect search engine optimization. The "take home message" is that they can some, but not that much. I feel like I saw this from someone else on friendfeed, but when I searched for it, I didn't find anything. Am I hallucinating, or did I see it on reddit? And why don't article pop up in friendfeed when I upvote them in reddit? - Robert Felty
All sorts of different tests for linux to make sure that things really work the way you think they will (e.g. really big files, filesystem not being corrupted after power loss etc.) - Robert Felty
Apparently windows random number generator is not too random - Robert Felty
The true random number image has a 3d pattern if you cross your eyes just right. - Paul Buchheit
Physicists used to use the decay of certain radionuclides as the seed for true random number generation, but these days, to obtain a truly random seed, they just check to see if Twitter is up. - Karim
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