DDG #42 – Bunch o’ links and health update

half life of knowledge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life_of_knowledge

Principles of Curiosity

Popular culture is full of misinformation and pseudoscience. Principles of Curiosity explores the problem and offers a simple 3-step process anyone can follow to separate what’s real from what’s not.Free companion educational materials are available at http://principlesofcuriosity.comThis film is no

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKY6jJbyCo0

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humanprogress.org

Topics

https://humanprogress.org/article.php

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AI Dungeon

AI Dungeon, an infinitely generated text adventure powered by deep learning

https://play.aidungeon.io/

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This “Do’s and Don’t’s” List From the 1918 Pandemic Proves We’ve Learned Absolutely Nothing in 100 Years

Almost exactly 100 years ago, the entire world faced a different pandemic: the Spanish Flu. The H1N1 virus spread throughout the world, and approximately 675,000 people in the U.S. died.

https://www.distractify.com/p/1918-pandemic-dos-donts-list

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Add “Run in Sandbox” options on Windows 10

Run in Sandbox is a useful PowerShell script that Windows 10 administrators may use to add options to run executable files, zip archives, and scripts, in the Windows 10 sandbox.

https://www.ghacks.net/2020/08/09/add-run-in-sandbox-options-on-windows-10/

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96 percent of developers believe security harms productivity

In a new survey of over 165 developers, AppSec and DevOps professionals, application security automation company ShiftLeft finds that 96 percent of developers believe the disconnect between developer and security workflows inhibits developer productivity.

https://betanews.com/2020/06/30/developers-security-harms-productivity/

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See Photos and Video From New ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Book: Premiere

“Weird Al” Yankovic’s self-titled debut album was released in April 1983. It wasn’t long before videos for two of the LP’s songs – “Ricky,” a parody of Toni Basil’s No.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/weird-al-photo-book/

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Search Results for https:/www.economist.com

LEAST BIASED These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes).  The […

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/search/https:/www.economist.com/

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Media Bias/Fact Check – Search and Learn the Bias of News Media

PBS News Hour (Left-Center) USA Today (Least Biased) Los Angeles Times (Left-Center) Politifact (Least Biased) Chicago Tribune (Left-Center) BBC News (Left-Center) Inside Sources (Right-Center) Huffington Post (Left) Forbes (Right-Center) Politico (Left-Center) MakeUseOf (Least Biased) St.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

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Zipcall – Decentralized video calls

Simple, Secure, and Fast. Peer to peer video calling provides quality and latency simply not available with traditional technology. Zipcall is built radically different. We left behind slow bulky servers, opting for decentralized peer to peer calling.

https://zipcall.io/

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The millionaire who rescues migrants at sea

Appalled by migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, Chris Catrambone bought a boat and launched his own rescue mission.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/jul/08/millionaire-who-rescues-migrants-at-sea

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Advertising Makes Us Unhappy

The University of Warwick’s Andrew Oswald and his team compared survey data on the life satisfaction of more than 900,000 citizens of 27 European countries from 1980 to 2011 with data on annual advertising spending in those nations over the same period.

https://hbr.org/2020/01/advertising-makes-us-unhappy

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Stardew Valley’s Farming Accurately Explained By Real Farmer

For many, Stardew Valley is the ultimate comfort food of games: it’s simple, it’s easy, and players can accomplish a lot without expending a great deal of effort.

https://screenrant.com/stardew-valley-farming-real-life-accuracy-farmer-details/

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Stardew Valley has taken over my life, and I love it – Reader’s Feature

A reader explains how they learnt to appreciate Stardew Valley and how, as a keyworker, it’s helped them to relax during the pandemic. Over the past month, I have been playing the absolutely charming, farming/mining and life simulation game, Stardew Valley.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/06/stardew-valley-has-taken-life-love-readers-feature-12812054/

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Self-cleaning mask can kill viruses with heat from phone charger, researchers say

HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Israeli researchers say they have invented a reusable face mask that can kill the coronavirus with heat by drawing power from a mobile phone charger.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-israel-mask-idUKKBN23O11J