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Shapecatcher: About
“You know what some character looks like, but you’ve forgotten its name or its Unicode code point. Now what do you do? Shapecatcher is a new website, that helps you to find specific Unicode characters, just by sketching their shape. Currently about 10000 of the most important Unicode characters are compared to your sketch and […]
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Longterm storage: NAS + HDDs + CrashPlan Unlimited (for ARM devices) vs. costly Amazon Glacier [cost analysis]
“While the NAS may seem like an investment, it can break and become worthless. Amazon Glacier doesn’t have any hardware to maintain, but you get no resale out of the NAS and its monthly costs compound quickly. — Also, since Glacier can’t run the additional software services that the NAS can (which you may want), […]
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Meet the Italian Who Beat Google to Web Search — and Gave It Away – Bloomberg
“After the speech, Marchiori returned home in the hopes of realizing his ambitious design. “When I came back to Italy, I asked the university for 20,000 euros to develop a search engine, but instead, they financed a project about the history of copper metallurgy in Italy,” he says. Meanwhile, Page got his first $100,000 check […]
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Fare Dodging Is an Organized Rebellion in Stockholm, and It’s Winning – NYTimes.com
“For over a decade, Mr. Tengblad has belonged to a group known as Planka.nu rough translation: “free-ride.now”, an organization with only two prerequisites for admission: Members must pay a monthly fee of about $15 and, as part of a continuous demonstration against the fare, promise to evade payment every time they ride. If travelers keep […]
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Las bibliotecas temen al préstamo digital – Noticias de Cultura
El proyecto alternativo de Marcell Mars es un cohete en comparación con el tractor del cuadro institucional descrito anteriormente. Su propuesta está en consonancia con la de la cultura abierta: la herencia documental del mundo nos pertenece a todos y debe ser preservada y protegida para que podamos acceder a ella sin restricciones. Tarea acometida por colectivos como Bookcamping, El […]