What’s been beeping the radar the last few weeks?
Cross the disciplines
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It's 2023, here is why your web design sucks. – such a good piece looking at the "macho" mindset that still pervades "development" and code in 2024.
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Free Climate Art Worshop with Nicole Kelner – Friday, March 1, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM GMT
Climate and feedback loops and fish food
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How to do climate policy in the age of the green backlash (£FT) – In the words of study co-author Teodora Boneva: “Most of the world’s population wants to fight climate change, but that majority thinks they are the minority.”
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The uninsurable world: what climate change is costing homeowners (£FT) – finally some kind of feedback loop kicking in…
Energy and efficiency
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Watt-Wise Game Jam – a jam focusing on energy usage and optimisation in gaming
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Scaphandre v1.0 is here : Windows support, IT resources metrics, packaging, and more…
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IFixit: Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea
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Data centres curbed as pressure grows on electricity grids (£FT)
Software security
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Why Bloat Is Still Software’s Biggest Vulnerability – complexity is dangerous.
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I Stopped Using Passwords. It’s Great—and a Total Mess – not using these myself yet, but still using BitWarden a year after signing up.
Random tales
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Game designer Jason Rohrer designs a game meant to be played 2,000 years from now, hides it in desert – mad use of AI, a million lat/lng coordinates, and screen masking to obscure something from the present day.
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Walkers forced to trespass onto open access countryside – real world as battlefield.
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Stroke of genius? How one developer earned over £250k from games made in 30 minutes – less is more? Or there’s a market for everything these days?