It’s time to dispel the myths about nuclear power lists some of the actual facts on the incidents on Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear plants. Something to really consider if you’re really interested in diminishing the participation of fossil fuels on electric energy production.
Tag: Ephemera
What happens when shit happens
There’s a very entertaining and educational thread going on Hacker News about data loss and disaster recovery that came about an actual, ongoing, massive system outage at Gliffy… I’m sure everyone has a similar story to share.
How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain
How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain tells the story of how every time the cartoon it’s about to enter the public domain, corporate lobbying it’s able to bend existing legislation to protect private interests.
A Practical Guide to SVGs on the web
A Practical Guide to SVGs on the web — might as well be called “everything you need to know for a modern use of SVGs on your website”, from preparing, implementing to manipulating and animating…
Will there ever be an HTML Email Standard?
Elliot Ross asks himself if Will there ever be an HTML Email Standard? by examining the history of web standards and the current market share of e-mail clients.
UX Myths
UX Myths collects the most frequent user experience misconceptions (such as “people don’t scroll”, “mobile users are distracted” or “accesible sites are ugly”) and explains why they don’t hold true, with research findings and articles.
Patronizing Passwords
Password Security Guide it’s an alternative interaction pattern for password meters that not only helps your users choose a better password but also explains and educates.
What Open-Access Publishing Actually Costs
The Chronicle of Higher Education hace una revisión sobre los costos reales de las publicaciones de acceso abierto y algunas de las alternativas para lograr una publicación gratis para los usuarios pero que sin embargo se debe hacer cargo de costos en recursos humanos y técnicos.
TPP has provision banning requirements to transfer of or access to source code of software
El texto del TPP contiene disposiciones que prohíben la transferencia o acceso al código fuente del software, lo que podría constituir una seria amenaza a la validez de licencias de código abierto con copyleft, en particular la GPL.