a working link to #Tom-Jennings’s #history of #ASCII and related codes
#news #video from 2 days ago saying #USA drops #tariffs on #China to 30% for 90 days #toread
#news #video #toread about #China building floating piers, perhaps to invade #Taiwan using roll-on roll-off ferries for heavy equipment transport without needing to capture a port first
#news #video from a week ago about #narcosubs in Galicia, saying three have been found but maybe 30 got through since the first one was found in 02019, saying thermal imaging cameras are among the best tools for detection; mentions “unmanned #drones” in a possible future.
#news #video #toread from #Deutsche-Welle about #Mennonites in #Argentina (42')
#news #video about #Proud-Boys and #politics in #USA, with Lincoln Heights arming citizens in response to about ten Klansmen putting up a banner over the freeway when #Trump was inaugurated, until the police hauled them off in a van (but didn’t arrest them). Also the Socialist Rifle Association.
#news #video #toread about the tragic demise of the Hövding airbag bicycle helmet
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Mina.com was Multimedia InterNational Association in the late 90s
#TED #video of Eric Schmidt of #Google talking about #AI and #neural-networks, saying it’s underhyped; he thinks superintelligence taking over the world is five years away.