Category: Social issues
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FileHamster: Better than backup
It’s often (but not often enough) repeated: data backup is a critical element of the security of your data. Too often, we frget about it because of a lack of tools easy enough to support it without significant user involvement. Here comes the main advantage of the excellent freeware tool for Windows: FileHamster from Mogware.…
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GNU-emacs, version 22.1
One of the most efficient way to start a religious war between white hat hackers is to ask “what is the best text editor?” Everybody got their own choice and they are quite sensitive to the issue. My own choice is Emacs. Today I have the pleasure to announce that GNU-Emacs is released in its…
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84 births: The Siberian Tiger mothers are feeling good
A North China breeding center has announced that they already had 84 births this year. The Amur Tigers or Siberian Tiger, or Machurian Tiger are the largest living big cats with more than 600 pounds for an adult. They intend to breed some of them in order to prepare them for a future life in…
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No plastics for a better environnement
The proposal is a pragmatic one: Let’s try to reduce the use of plastics in our everyday life. It may not solve all the problems but it can reduce one. A To-Do List For Reducing Plastic. [Deep Sea News] No plastic grocery bags No plastic “poop” bags No plastic trash bags No plastic produce bags…
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Color-blindness and software specification
Do you happen to know that 5% of all male population is actually affected by some form of color-blindness (females are much less prone to it). It means that plenty of activities that tend to rely on color identification by the user is significantly flawed for about 2-3% of the user population. This can become…