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Monthly Archives: februari 2020

You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus

James Hamblin voor The Atlantic: With its potent mix of characteristics, this virus is unlike most that capture popular attention: It is deadly, but not too deadly. It makes people sick, but not in predictable, uniquely identifiable ways. Last week, 14 Americans tested positive on a cruise ship in Japan despite feeling fine—the new virus […]

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Apple Weighs Letting Users Switch Default iPhone Apps to Rivals

Gurman voor Bloomberg: The web browser and mail are two of the most-used apps on the iPhone and iPad. To date, rival browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox and mail apps like Gmail and Microsoft Outlook have lacked the status of Apple’s products. For instance, if a user clicks a web link sent to them […]

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How ‘The Mandalorian’ invisibly reinvented film and tv production

Zotjes: But while a successful live-action Star Wars TV series is important in its own right, the way this particular show was made represents a far greater change, perhaps the most important since the green screen. The cutting edge tech (literally) behind “The Mandalorian” creates a new standard and paradigm for media — and the […]

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Wernher von Braun in his office

Zo cool. (via Reddit) Natuurlijk geen immense fan van de man zelf. Zie de Wikipediats.

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Misschien moet héél het onderwijs terug aantrekkelijk worden?

Toen ik in 2007 aan m’n lerarenopleiding begon hoorde ik Frank Vandenbroucke zeggen: “We moeten het lerarenberoep terug aantrekkelijk maken.” In 2010 zat ik als voorzitter van de studentenraad in een debat met de kabinetschef van Pascal Smet: zij gingen leerkracht terug een volwaardige keuze maken voor wie op zoek is naar een passie in […]

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The Body Shop (en Mechelen) will start hiring the first person who applies for any retail job

Intrigerend concept, dat open hiring: This summer, the Body Shop will become the first large retailer to embrace a different approach, called “open hiring.” When there’s an opening, nearly anyone who applies and meets the most basic requirements will be able to get a job, on a first-come, first-served basis. En? Werkt dat dan? The […]

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Draw all roads in a city at once

Zalig Github-project dat gebruik maakt van OpenStreetMaps:

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Something is happening to Norway

Prachtig journalistiek project van het Noorse NRK: Over the past twelve months we have traveled around the country, looking for answers. Chasing climate change.

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Announcing Peek-a-View

Geniale nieuwe app van Casey Liss: Peek-a-View is, at its core, a read-only photo browser. It is designed to be safe to hand to anyone, and know that you’re not going to need to worry about the safety of your photos.

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Mustard Lockers

Oh mijn god, dit staat onmiddellijk op de interieur-wishlist:

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