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Thursday 13th June, 2019 #

  • Today I am part man, part ▶︎ Radiohead
  • More incredibly synchronous news - Helium a decentralized network infrastructure for internet of things, with blockchain enabled hotspots that you can run in your home, they will no dount have one of the moon soon too
  • Microsoft Alternatives project (MAlt) - CERN is looking to move away from Microsoft products since the license fees have been increased by 10x, there isn't much details on the website, all the interesting details seems to be behind a login screen
  • India Plans to Launch Moon Mission in July - They also have plans to put astronauts into orbit, and send robots to Mars and even Venus - Pretty exciting especially since there appears to be a commercial plan to mine helium on the moon, earth's stocks or helium have been running quite low
  • Donald Trump's impromptu press conference - The 31 most stunning lines - I like this approach to reporting, I especially liked when the reporter seems to go off script and just say what they are thinking rather than some university level boffin analysis of a impromptu meeting
  • We Read 150 Privacy Policies - They Were an Incomprehensible Disaster - Linkblog's privacy policy is rather short and easy to read, I was tired of reading these horrible policies so I tried to write one that had the information I would be looking for if I was signing up for an account on a website