A tale of code, dinner, and a favour with unexpected consequences. Jamie Talbot 16 min read· Jul 15, 2015 -- Genesis “So how do you know whether someone’s read a post already?” asks Sarah, Medium’s legal counsel. We’re at dinner for my birthday, yet somehow have gotten onto the topic of work yet…

Es dauert noch eine ganze Weile, bis die Ausgabe #53 von Reportagen erscheint. Aus aktuellen Gründen publizieren wir diese Reportage vorab online. Ich habe eine App, die mir minütlich die Neuinfizierungen in aller Welt anzeigt. Ich verfolge jede Talkshow, in der ein Virologe sitzt, lese alles über…

Am 19. März publi­zierte Aero­su­isse, der Dach­ver­band der schwei­ze­ri­schen Luft- und Raum­fahrt, eine Pres­se­mit­tei­lung. Aero­su­isse forderte den Bund dazu auf, die Branche in der Corona-Krise zu unter­stützen. Eines der Haupt­ar­gu­mente: die Jobs. 190’000 direkte Arbeits­plätze in der…

Dear Google. Here is a humble suggestion from us as cyclists, especially urgent in Corona times. We see how people around the world turn to the bicycle to get to where they are going and at the same time avoid overcrowded busses and trams. Here is where you both can be a part, and improve! One of…

Updated October 11, 2022 12:00AM Eric Bealer arrived in Sitka for the last time in a boat weighed down with his art. It was late March 2018. Bealer, an Alaskan artist who specialized in intricately detailed wood engravings, had just traveled for two days from his homestead on Lisianski Inlet,…

A Tokyo train driver pointing at meters on the dashboard. Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images It is hard to miss when taking the train in Tokyo. White-gloved employees in crisp uniforms pointing smartly down the platform and calling out—seemingly to no one—as trains glide in and out of the station.…

Why is video-conferencing so exhausting? The question is worth asking because it is helpful to understand what’s involved in an activity many of us cannot now avoid. It’s also worth asking because it helps us understand how human communication works under ordinary circumstances. Here’s how I came…

The government required him to see a therapist. He thought his words would be confidential. Now, the traumatized migrant may be deported. Kevin Euceda, an asylum-seeker from Honduras, looks into his d

Die Lage auf Lesbos ist schon ohne das Coronavirus dramatisch. Inzwischen ist der erste Fall auf der griechischen Insel bestätigt. Es dürfte nur eine Frage der Zeit sein, bis eine Infektion im Flüchtlingslager Moria nachgewiesen wird. Was bedeutet das für die Menschen dort, die ohnehin schlecht…

The email arrived on a Tuesday afternoon in January, startling Zachary McCoy as he prepared to leave for his job at a restaurant in Gainesville, Florida. It was from Google’s legal investigations support team, writing to let him know that local police had demanded information related to his Google…

Millen­nials gehen mit der Corona-Krise auf ihre eigene Art um. Sie schliessen sich in ihren kleinen, aber schön einge­rich­teten Stadt-Wohnungen ein, bilden Face­book-Gruppen und schreiben Einträge wie: „Ich könnte im K5 einkaufen und Medi­ka­mente besorgen”. Viel­leicht gehen sie danach sogar…

BuzzFeedRecherchen Stand: 11.02.2022, 16:18 Uhr Von: BuzzFeed.de © Anna Schmidt Immer schneller, immer billiger: In deutschen Unternehmen arbeiten Menschen aus der Ukraine unter ausbeuterischen Bedingungen. Kriminelle Vermittler locken sie offenbar mit falschen Versprechen. Dies ist der erste Teil…

Man kann kaum wegschauen, wenn Xavier Naidoo weint. Tränenspuren führen von seinen geschwollenen Augen die Wangen hinab. Er zieht den Schleim in der Nase hoch, ringt nach Worten. Und dann verrät Naidoo endlich, was ihn offenkundig so sehr bewegt: Angeblich würden gerade Kinder aus den Händen…

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What happened to the Antarctic Snow Cruser? In 1939 a fifty-five feet long, twenty feet wide monster, weighing 37 tonnes and designed to have a range of over 8000 miles arrived on Antarctica. Built in the late 1930s for Richard E. Byrd’s Third Antarctic Expedition, it was one of the most incredible…

The title of this video should change with the times. But nothing lasts forever: here's the story of how I made it work, why it used to be easier to make that work, and how it all ties in to the White Cliffs of Dover and the end of the universe. Edited by Michelle Martin:…

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It’s hard to think of a symbol of COVID-19 more fraught than the N95 respirator. The mask fits tightly around the face and is capable of filtering 95% of airborne particles, such as viruses, from the air, which other protective equipment (such as surgical masks) can’t do. It’s a life-saving device…

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Shot and Edited by Remington Curren https://www.instagram.com/remicurren/ Find Montgomery https://www.instagram.com/telemark_monty/ Thumbnail by Jake Dube https://www.instagram.com/jake.nomiddlename.dube/ Thank you to our parents who provided us with Food, Gas money, and Shelter while we embarked on…

Three months ago, no one knew that SARS-CoV-2 existed. Now the virus has spread to almost every country, infecting at least 446,000 people whom we know about, and many more whom we do not. It has crashed economies and broken health-care systems, filled hospitals and emptied public spaces. It has…

Wie kommt denn das Klopapier auf die Rolle? Die Klopapier-Sachgeschichte findet ihr zusammen mit anderen tollen Geschichten auf DVD im offiziellen Bibliothek der Sachgeschichten Shop: http://www.bibliothek-der-sachgeschichten.de/sachgeschichten-i-internet-1/sachgeschichten-k/k1-dvd.html Für die…

What do you need to make the most intense beam of neutrinos in the world? Just a few magnets and some pencil lead. But not your usual household stuff. After all, this is the world’s most intense high-energy neutrino beam, so we’re talking about jumbo-sized parts: magnets the size of park benches and…

The night that Stephen Paddock opened fire on thousands of people at a Las Vegas country music concert, nearby Sunrise Hospital received more than 200 penetrating gunshot wound victims. Dr. Kevin Menes was the attending in charge of the ED that night, and thanks to his experience supporting a local…

It was 3 a.m. on a nearly deserted island, and two hikers were badly lost. Roger Dickey and his mother, Ellie Talburtt, had been exploring Michigan’s Isle Royale—the least-visited national park in the United States—and were trying to recover the trail in the island’s murky and bewildering woods.…

Before they found the body behind their sorority house, four Delta Gamma Theta sisters went out for ice cream. It was a chilly Wednesday night in late April, but they’d just lost a debate competition, and visiting the Dairy Duchess meant avoiding homework a little bit longer. They were still…

Most nights, before bed, before it all went wrong, Dominic Van Allen whiled away the last of the evening hours in a pub called The Garden Gate. It was easy to fit in and feel smart there, chatting and drinking with a crowd who passed through in varied states of dishevelment. Dog-walkers brought in…

Im Auftrag der Scot­tish National Party hat das briti­sche Innen­mi­ni­ste­rium vergan­genen Sommer eine Stati­stik zu Hunger­streiks in den Asyl­un­ter­künften des Verei­nigten König­reichs erhoben. Das Ergebnis: Zwischen 2015 und 2019 gab es mehr als 3’000 Fälle. Eine Zahl, die Aktivist*innen als…

The Great Toilet Paper Scare of 1973 Priceonomics For most Americans, 1973 was marred by shortages. In the year’s first few months, the stock market crashed and lost over 45% of its value — one of the worst declines in history. In October, an Arab oil embargo sparked an ongoing crisis that saw gas…

Appliance boot loaders, ftw Unauthorized Bread: Real rebellions involve jailbreaking IoT toasters Cory Doctorow’s book, Radicalized, is up for a CBC award. To celebrate, here’s an excerpt. Cory Doctorow – Jan 22, 2020 9:05 am | 170 Now that is some artisanal toast. Credit: Tor Books Now that is some…

First off, let me be clear that while, yes, I am talking about WD-40, a commercially available product, I in no way care if you buy it or not. This is not sponsored content, and I have no dog in this pond. I don't care if you never, ever buy WD-40 ever again to use on your car projects, just to…

Annals of Technology As cities become ever more packed with cameras that always see, public anonymity could disappear. Can stealth streetwear evade electronic eyes? March 9, 2020 Is there anything fashion can do to counter the erosion of public anonymity?Illustration by Ana Galvañ Tom Goldstein, an…

Translated into English by Andrew Hurley, the original Spanish title is Del rigor en la ciencia. Some English translations prefer “On Rigor In Science.” The story was first published in March 1946, in the journal Los Anales de Buenos Aires, año 1, no. 3, where it formed part of a piece called…

On December 16, 2016, Tanya Gersh answered her phone and heard gunshots. Startled, she hung up. Gersh, a real-estate agent who lives in Whitefish, Montana, assumed it was a prank call. But the phone rang again. More gunshots. Again, she hung up. Another call. This time, she heard a man’s voice:…

Late last spring, Amy Nelson, chief executive and founder of the Riveter, a business that offers feminist-minded co-working spaces, sat down for a meeting with her chief marketing officer, Kerry Murphy. Murphy informed her that a young woman they recently hired had come to her asking for a pay…