In 1901, sponge divers off the Greek island of Antikythera pulled a corroded lump of bronze out of a Roman shipwreck, and it sat in an Athens museum for half a century before anyone realised they had found a 2,000-year-old computer that could predict eclipses 19 years in advance.
In 1901, sponge divers off the Greek island of Antikythera pulled a corroded lump of bronze out of a Roman shipwreck, and it sat in an Athens museum for half a century before anyone realised they had found a 2,000-year-old computer that could predict…
Why You Shouldn’t Use Raspberry Pi as a Mini PC
Why You Shouldn’t Use Raspberry Pi as a Mini PC Raspberry Pi has made a tag for itself as an budget friendly and also handy minicomputer, recommended by a substantial ecosystem of avid users and also 3rd-party carriers. Yet despite its the majority…
Psychology suggests people who browse social media but never post or comment aren’t passive — they’ve simply opted out of the performance while retaining access to the information, which is a sign of quiet self-awareness
Psychology suggests people who browse social media but never post or comment aren’t passive — they’ve simply opted out of the performance while retaining access to the information, which is a sign of quiet self-awareness On any considerable social…
In 1985, a 14-year-old in Britain could legally drive a Sinclair C5 down a dual carriageway at 15 miles per hour with lorries thundering past at chest height, because the Department of Transport had quietly classified the battery trike as an electrically assisted pedal cycle rather than a motor vehicle.
In 1985, a 14-year-old in Britain could legally drive a Sinclair C5 down a dual carriageway at 15 miles per hour with lorries thundering past at chest height, because the Department of Transport had quietly classified the battery trike as an electrically…
Suzanne Simard sealed paper birch and Douglas fir seedlings inside plastic bags, fed them carbon-14 and carbon-13 dioxide, and nine days later found carbon had crossed between species through fungal threads in the British Columbia soil beneath her boots
Suzanne Simard sealed paper birch and Douglas fir seedlings inside plastic bags, fed them carbon-14 and carbon-13 dioxide, and nine days later found carbon had crossed between species through fungal threads in the British Columbia soil beneath her boots…
The Voyager 1 spacecraft launched in 1977 is now over 15 billion miles from Earth, and a radio signal from NASA takes more than 22 hours to reach it, meaning every command is really an instruction for where the probe will be by tomorrow
The Voyager 1 spacecraft launched in 1977 is now over 15 billion miles from Earth, and a radio signal from NASA takes more than 22 hours to reach it, meaning every command is really an instruction for where the probe will be by tomorrow Voyager 1 is…
In the early 1970s, a phone phreak nicknamed “Captain Crunch” became famous for a startling trick: a toy whistle packaged in Cap’n Crunch cereal boxes produced a perfect 2600 Hz tone — the exact frequency AT&T used to signal an idle line — letting him fool the phone system into handing him free long-distance calls
In the early 1970s, a phone phreak nicknamed “Captain Crunch” became famous for a startling trick: a toy whistle packaged in Cap’n Crunch cereal boxes produced a perfect 2600 Hz tone — the exact frequency AT&T used to signal an…
How I Turned a Raspberry Pi into My Child’s First Computer
How I Turned a Raspberry Pi into My Child’s First Computer In a planet wherein youngsters filch supervises previously they can tie shoelaces, there’s something to be said for worn-university computer area of expertise. That’s why I turned my…
In 2014, a simple counting glitch known as the “Gangnam Style bug” forced YouTube to completely rewrite its core software architecture—because the site’s engineers had used a 32-bit integer to count video views, never imagining a single music video would surpass 2.1 billion views and completely max out the platform’s counter.
In 2014, a simple counting glitch known as the “Gangnam Style bug” forced YouTube to completely rewrite its core software architecture—because the site’s engineers had used a 32-bit integer to count video views, never imagining a single music…
Which Graphics Card You Should Avoid (and Which One You Should Get Instead)
Which Graphics Card You Should Avoid (and Which One You Should Get Instead) Ordering a graphics card is a huge affordability, especially if you’re after today’s mid-conglomeration or high-end GPUs from Nvidia and AMD. Some graphics cards are drags to…