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Let's Encrypt

letsencrypt.org/
Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). ISRG is a California public benefit corporation, and is recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Project Comet: Designing with Real Data — Medium

medium.com/@anirudhs/project-comet-designing-with-real-data-959beccb5c1a
Earlier this month we announced Project Comet to the world and the reception has been tremendous. The team and I are hum…

Light Field Imaging: The Future of VR-AR-MR- Part 1 - YouTube

youtube.com/watch
Presented by the VES Vision Committee. Introductions by Vision Committee Chair, Toni Pace Carstensen and Moderator, Scott Squires, VES followed by the first ...

What Web Can Do Today

whatwebcando.today/
Can I rely on the Web Platform features to build my app? An overview of the device integration HTML5 APIs.

sabbath : simon remiszewski

work.simonremiszewski.com/index.php/project/sabbath/
Sabbath is a box that invites the user to lock away their mobile device. The box, upon closure, stays locked for an indeterminate length of time - ranging from a minimum of two hours to a maximum of roughly 44 days.

FUND ARTISTS

homelovin.co.uk/fund/
Why should artists relate to these temples which exist to propitiate fickle gods like BP and Credit Suisse and a Mephistophelian pantheon of other ‘friends’ of art?

¿©hara¢ter(s)! | A typographic cheat sheet.

characters.viktornuebel.com/
A typographic cheat sheet. Simple overview page for special characters and their shortcodes. Comes as an easy to use web app.

The Future of the Web Is 100 Years Old - Issue 21: Information - Nautilus

nautil.us/issue/21/information/the-future-of-the-web-is-100-years-old
The Earth may not be flat, but the web certainly is. “There is no ‘top’ to the World-Wide Web,” declared a 1992 foundational…

Voter l'état d'urgence, c'est légaliser l'arbitraire - Vacarme

vacarme.org/article2823.html
Le Parlement français a approuvé la prolongation pour trois mois de l'état d'urgence à la suite des attentats du 13 novembre 2015 à Paris et Saint-Denis. D'où procède cet état d'urgence ? D'une ambiguité fondamentale.

Marchetti's constant

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchetti's_constant
Marchetti's constant is a term for the average amount of time spent commuting each day, which is approximately one hour. Developed by Venetian physicist Cesare Marchetti, it posits that although forms of urban planning and transport may change, and although some live in villages and others in cities, people gradually adjust their lives to their conditions such that the average travel time stays approximately constant.[1][2] Even since Neolithic times, people have kept the time at whi...