20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously
Some of the fixes put in place in 1999 are still used today to keep the world’s computer systems running smoothly
Source: time.com
Internet user classification
Grampound it seems is classified as 'e-Rational Utilitarian' ... but who is shouting out for more local facilities and better internet infrastructure? Checks notes ... methodological individualist and political liberals with social stratification (i.e. class, status distinctions) playing a relatively...
Source: cdrc.ac.uk
APOD: 2021 April 18 - Rainbow Airglow over the Azores
"A spectacular sky is visible through this banded airglow, with the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy running up the image center, and M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, visible near the top left."
Source: nasa.gov
How To Kill Ideas: We were asked last week by the Disruptive Innovators Network, 'How long should you spend on an idea?'
How To Kill Ideas: We were asked last week by the Disruptive Innovators Network, 'How long should you spend on an idea?' "In the early days of Bromford Lab we had a 12 WEEKS MAX rule. If we couldn’t get an idea up and running within that time – it should be killed. We soon realised the error of our...
Source: paulitaylor.com
Development of new antibiotics encouraged with new pharmaceutical payment system: The NHS will test the world's first ‘subscription’
Development of new antibiotics encouraged with new pharmaceutical payment system: The NHS will test the world's first ‘subscription’ style payment model to incentivise pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs for resistant infections.
"The new trial will be led by the National Institute for...
Source: www.gov.uk
Inspired by @oldaily's #el30 Elearning 3.0 series I have just added a #meded project to the distributed web. It now has
Inspired by @oldaily's #el30 Elearning 3.0 series I have just added a
#meded project to the distributed web. It now has a permanent place on
the web without even requiring a server. #eldercareApp
https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/Qme7F72usRCWJtRzRXBaUeKmeQW2xCChdCHaVXQdTJP2c3/ So what does that all...
Source: ipfs.io
Day 1411 - #thecrapartist - in clinic, slow running as patients held up having scans. A quick scribble sketch. This uses
Day 1411 - #thecrapartist - in clinic, slow running as patients held up having scans. A quick scribble sketch. This uses the new wonder tool of the crap artist - the 0.05mm Uni Pin Fine Line marker - which another artist was using on a recent trip to Rome.
South Africa may be the epicenter of a geomagnetic pole reversal in progress
Evidence suggests that the planet may be in the opening strains of a geomagnetic chicken dance, the likes of which we haven't seen for almost a million years. Don’t start running around like your hair’s on fire, but this might actually matter. The Earth’s magnetic field is so discombobulated over...
Source: extremetech.com
Report: Mobile adblocking has exploded in Asia, but it’s still tiny in North America and Europe: In Indonesia, 58 percent
Report: Mobile adblocking has exploded in Asia, but it’s still tiny in North America and Europe: In Indonesia, 58 percent of mobile devices are running adblockers. In the United States: 1 percent.
Source: niemanlab.org
Time to pay up: "Websites and email newsletters will remain the two most important tools for independent news publishing
Time to pay up: "Websites and email newsletters will remain the two most important tools for independent news publishing and distribution, three decades running."
Source: niemanlab.org
Just read the "Happy Life" story - saving abandoned children on the streets of Nairobi. This is about a children rescue
Just read the "Happy Life" story - saving abandoned children on the streets of Nairobi. This is about a children rescue centre in Nairobi started 14 years ago and has now expanded to caring directly for around 100 children across two sites. They have offered for adoption over 170 children. The city...
Source: amazon.co.uk
Cambridgeshire's £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends - A five-year £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends after eight months
Cambridgeshire's £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends - A five-year £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends after eight months because the company running it failed to achieve what Andrew MacPherson, Managing Director of The NHS Strategic Projects Team that managed the procurement on behalf of the CCG...
Source: bbc.co.uk
Sierra Leone beds in against Ebola repeat with UK military’s 'hospital in a box' | Nadene Ghouri: A mobile hospital that
Sierra Leone beds in against Ebola repeat with UK military’s 'hospital in a box' | Nadene Ghouri: A mobile hospital that can be up and running anywhere in Sierra Leone within 48 hours will form the bedrock of the country’s response to future Ebola outbreaks
Source: theguardian.com
NHS leadership in crisis as running hospitals becomes near-impossible | Denis Campbell: Health trusts are haemorrhaging
NHS leadership in crisis as running hospitals becomes near-impossible | Denis Campbell: Health trusts are haemorrhaging chief executives under pressure to balance the books and deliver high-quality care
Source: theguardian.com
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