Snippets – Linacs & Linux

Jun 04 2020

Governments and WHO changed Covid-19 policy based on suspect data from tiny US company

By iftttbot

The World Health Organization and a number of national governments have changed their Covid-19 policies and treatments on the basis of flawed data from a little-known US healthcare analytics company, also calling into question the integrity of key studies published in some of the world’s most pres from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/03/covid-19-surgisphere-who-world-health-organization-hydroxychloroquine

May 12 2020

The 1-Bit Instrument: The Fundamentals of 1-Bit Synthesis, Their Implementational Implications, and Instrumental Possibilities

By iftttbot

The history of 1-bit music is inexorably linked to the history of computational music; 1-bit synthesis often presents itself as the simplest solution when generating digital audio (see “Fundamentals” section). from https://online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/article/1/1/44/2337/The-1-Bit-InstrumentThe-Fundamentals-of-1-Bit

May 03 2020

The story of Your Sinclair

By iftttbot

By the early 90s, the ZX Spectrum appeared hopelessly outdated. from https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-05-03-the-story-of-your-sinclair

Apr 29 2020

Revealed: the inside story of the UK’s Covid-19 crisis

By iftttbot

In common with the many thousands of people whose lives have suddenly been devastated by Covid-19, Ken Sazuze cannot know exactly when the coronavirus landed on his family and wreaked its terrible damage. from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/29/revealed-the-inside-story-of-uk-covid-19-coronavirus-crisis

Apr 09 2020

Setting up an email server in 2020 with OpenSMTPD and Dovecot

By iftttbot

So, you want to set up your own email server? In that case, welcome. There are many reasons to run a custom email server, ranging from privacy concerns about providers like Google, to just wanting to do it for fun and/or learning. Since you’re here, I assume you’ve already found a reason. from https://prefet.ch/blog/2020/email-server/

Mar 31 2020

Thomas Becket: Alpine ice sheds light on medieval murder

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Ancient air pollution, trapped in ice, reveals new details about life and death in 12th Century Britain. In a study, scientists have found traces of lead, transported on the winds from British mines that operated in the late 1100s. from https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52095694

Feb 28 2020

When up means down: why do so many video game players invert their controls?

By iftttbot

Imagine you are playing a video game. You have a controller in your hand and you want your onscreen character to look or move upwards: in what direction do you push the joystick? from https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/feb/28/why-do-video-game-players-invert-the-controls

Jan 21 2020

Number word sequences

By iftttbot

I was idly musing about number sequences, and the Lychrel algorithm. If you don’t know about this, there’s a good Numberphile video on it: basically, take any number, reverse it, add the two, and if you get a palindrome stop, and if you don’t, keep doing it. from https://www.kryogenix.org/days/2020/01/19/number-word-sequences/

Jan 02 2020

AI ‘outperforms’ doctors diagnosing breast cancer

By iftttbot

Artificial intelligence is more accurate than doctors in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms, a study in the journal Nature suggests. from https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50857759

Dec 17 2019

The Far Side

By iftttbot

Uncommon, unreal, and (soon-to-be) unfrozen. A new online era of The Far Side is coming! from https://www.thefarside.com