Balaji's Linkblog

This story really needs to be a movie.

As much as I would like to see Spotify Podcasts go away, I'm not sure this article actually proves that Spotify is indeed rethinking Podcasts

We don't even understand our nearest star well yet, I think Dark Matter/Dark Energy are probably going to never really understood.

I find this idea of a default network in the brain that helps draw connections really interesting. I'm certainly one of those people who has had the "shower idea" multiple times!

Yet another example of how an outsider (who doesn't think "it's never been done that way") can discover something that eluded experts

Amazing just how many ways scammers find to make money on the Internet. Now it's deliberately spamming OTP requests

Anything to do with mysterious antennas makes me think of numbers stations

The more you scroll in the article, the older the Windows UI gets! LOL!

Visual representation of the IPv4 and IPv6 internet. interesting to see the almost Tokyo level density of the IPv4 map cs the open spaces of the IPv6. Partially adoption issues and partially a factor of the size of the address space.

The statement "Arguments need a shared reality" sums up why online arguments today devolve into trading insults fairly quickly. There is no shared reality thanks to filter bubbles in social media.

Tiong Bahru Walkabout With Sumimcron 28mm | Leica M11 | dacookieman | Flickr

Yet another case of the US deciding to go it's own way when it comes to measures & standards. Thankfully they've decided to switch to the more widely used approach now - although I suspect it will only be limited situations (scientific measurements/military etc) and the vast majority of measurements will still be done in the old way.

Interesting argument that the brain's short term memory is the key factor in determining how to rewrite code to be easier to understand

London View by Andrew* https://flic.kr/p/4qm9d9

Fog over Pilsudski bridge in Krakow by Marcin Kowalski This was shot on "Pilsudski" bridge in Krakow. Fog is quite a common thing around there. More at marcinkowalski.pl/ https://flic.kr/p/4qvDXP

I wonder whether this will actually result in a sustainable ecosystem or this will be the next "Biotech in Singapore" story.

Interesting how a protocol designed for the challenges of Space is finding use on Earth.