Miscellaneous Articles You Should Read (4 Viewers)

[Deadmanposting]

Crap. it's paywalled

Gonna try and sneak up on it tomorrow at work

It says I can have one free article if I create an account, but its a scam

 

[pete]

What the heck is "Media Access Control" or "MAC"????

Mommy, where do MAC addresses come from?

open.substack.com

 

[pete]

Goodbye, old friend 👋🔒

It's been a really long time coming, but, the end is finally here for the padlock icon in the address bar! 🔒🚫 A Long Road Wow, where do I start?! Whilst the dawn of the encrypted Web was in 1994, with the release of SSLv2.0, the real transition to an

scotthelme.co.uk

 

[magicbastarder]

How We Ended Up in the Era of 'Quantitative Aesthetics,' Where Data Points Dictate Taste | Artnet News

Different factors have come together to create Quantitative Aesthetics, the use of numerical metrics to judge culture—and what it gets wrong.

news.artnet.com

 

[egg_]

Walking might be good for you, but it also ruins your life

When you walk, the truth appears, annoying and inevitable, and all the fantasies about eternal youth and bodily perfection become vain

english.elpais.com

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Walking might be good for you, but it also ruins your life

When you walk, the truth appears, annoying and inevitable, and all the fantasies about eternal youth and bodily perfection become vain

english.elpais.com

I love walking. I walk 5 - 8 miles a day. Tonic for the soul

 

[dudley]

Interesting, never knew about the moider

The ‘V’ Files: The Shocking Legacy of an ’80s Sci-Fi Cult Classic

Hollywood backstabbing, conspiracy theories, and the devastating murder of a star behind the TV alien-invasion sensation.

www.vanityfair.com

 

[pete]

Interesting, never knew about the moider

The ‘V’ Files: The Shocking Legacy of an ’80s Sci-Fi Cult Classic

Hollywood backstabbing, conspiracy theories, and the devastating murder of a star behind the TV alien-invasion sensation.

www.vanityfair.com

The reboot was FOURTEEN YEARS AGO????

JFC

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Interesting, never knew about the moider

The ‘V’ Files: The Shocking Legacy of an ’80s Sci-Fi Cult Classic

Hollywood backstabbing, conspiracy theories, and the devastating murder of a star behind the TV alien-invasion sensation.

www.vanityfair.com

Loved that show. There was always a buzz in school the next day " did you see V last night?"

 

[egg_]

With his ginger-gray beard and ring of hair, he bears a striking resemblance to Don Quixote

What? Don Quixote is a fictional character from a novel written in the early 1600s - how the fuck could someone bear a striking resemblance to him???

 

[Deadmanposting]

I love walking. I walk 5 - 8 miles a day. Tonic for the soul

A fecking flaneur over here!

God bless you, man. Good for you.

 

[Deadmanposting]

I just want to warn @David Kronenbourg that he is in the danger zone of downloading a Couch to 5k app or showing up at a ParkRun

 

[magicbastarder]

What? Don Quixote is a fictional character from a novel written in the early 1600s - how the fuck could someone bear a striking resemblance to him???

don't tell me you wouldn't walk past the chap in the street and think 'fuck me, that's don quixote'

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

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[magicbastarder]

when i was a kid i thought he was singing about donkey hotay.

 

[seanc]

Because my history teacher was a hateful lazy bag of contempt, she gave us bullet point lists of things, which we had to transcribe and hopefully memorise. Instead of, y'know, teaching.

I knew a bunch basic facts about Don Quixote, but not how to pronounce his name, as she never once said it out loud. Don Quicks Oat.

 

[magicbastarder]

your history teacher made you learn a bunch of stuff about a fictional character?

 

[seanc]

Iirc, it was pertaining to the early renaissance, so Don, Canterbury Tales, using perspective in paintings, I think Gallileo is in there somewhere, stuff like that.

 

[nuke terrorist]

Walking might be good for you, but it also ruins your life

When you walk, the truth appears, annoying and inevitable, and all the fantasies about eternal youth and bodily perfection become vain

english.elpais.com

I could not have a more different perspective on walking. no idea where that hombre was coming from.

I do very moderate exercise for the crack (7 miles in 1 hour 50 is decent cardiac exercise but it will only burn off about 300+ calories).

I go out on quite roads too enjoy being outside alone and clear my mind. it is beautiful and green at the moment and hearing the birds sing is really cheerful.
Why was yer man in Spain listening to music on earphones especially when so many people were around?
If other people are younger and fitter than me - good on 'em. I was in worse shape 20 years ago than I was in my 30s or 40s.
thinking about dying, aging and the loss of youth don't really enter my head - aging happens to us all soon enough.

 

[egg_]

Because my history teacher was a hateful lazy bag of contempt, she gave us bullet point lists of things, which we had to transcribe and hopefully memorise. Instead of, y'know, teaching.

That's still how lots of teachers roll. History in school is bascially about becoming familiar with the foundational myths of one's culture. Very little to do with history as its practised by historians