--- lastmod: "2021-09-12T22:47:44.0000000+01:00" author: patrick categories: - stumbled_across comments: true date: "2013-07-13T00:00:00Z" aliases: - /stumbled_across/stumbled-across-13th-july-2013/ - /stumbled-across-13th-july-2013/ title: Stumbled across 13th July 2013 --- * This is really quite heartwarming: * Interesting article on current trends in fiction:  * A ridiculous reason for a rocket to explode:  * A very information-dense way of storing data long-term:  (compare  which is much less information-dense but much more easily decoded in the event of being discovered after the collapse of civilisation) * A cool thing to do with a Raspberry Pi and a microwave:  * I really want one of these - I think I might order one:  (also, the word "plug" is insanely wonderful when spoken in a French accent) * An interesting idea for making the world a better place:  * A look at how to infer causality or not, as the case may be, depending on the data: * I hope they get to producing this quickly: * Thank goodness for that - regular expressions are the most unreadable things ever: * Something else I would do if I had eternity to play with: * Glass ceiling issues: