YouTube description: Perhaps the most dramatic moment of Apollo 11's mission to the moon was when the Eagle began its final descent to the lunar surface and the Apollo Guidance Computer became overloaded.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months ago • 759 views • 7:18

In which Half as Interesting explains the Machine Identification Code covertly printed in yellow dots by virtually all colour printers.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,632 views • 5:45

YouTube description: A short video of the result :) Thanks for watching! Like, comment, subscribe! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kris.temmerman/ check out the previous video: https://youtu.be/E_6e71BJOzM... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 months 2 weeks ago • 330 views • 2:51

My first video of a 3 part series on "coordinated inauthentic behavior". Thanks to ExpressVPN for sponsoring this series.

posted by bobknight33 7 months 2 weeks ago • 774 views • 20:22

YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months 1 week ago • 407 views • 9:29

YouTube description: This is the story of one of the best, and also one of the worst, text messages I've ever received. It's about harm, about consequences, and about the responsibilities that designers,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months ago • 603 views • 6:16

In which Brian McManus discusses the loss of the Mercury 1 mission after a component failure exposed an error in the error recovery code. (H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,389 views • 6:53

YouTube description: What do you do if you're lost in Central Park? How to always find your way out with the secret code in New York City 1800s street lights. (via laughingsquid)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,851 views • 2:20

YouTube description: Isn't it a problem to handle powerful magnets with iron in our blood? Let's find out! This video was sponsored by https://brilliant.org/Brainiac75/ The D200xH50 mm neodymium... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 2 weeks ago • 679 views • 9:46

Infuriating [E!] YouTube: The US has a problem with income inequality. The current tax code makes it worse.

posted by PlayhousePals 2 years 1 month ago • 591 views • 8:47

YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 907 views • 4:46

Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 2 months ago • 59 views • 6:31

In the vast pantheon of American hamburgers, the smashed burger holds a special, cult-like status among patty purists. It's the Fourth of July, and to help Sean Evans understand this all-American classic,... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 278 views • 6:11

YouTube description: It was fall of 1918. The Allied military’s tactical movements were jeopardized by the German military’s superior espionage capabilities. Not only were the Germans tapping Allied... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 6 months 1 week ago • 182 views • 1:58

It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,150 views • 5:01

Scholars have attempted to crack the code to the perfect sandwich for millennia - in the end, it was Jake the Dog who finally achieved the zenith of 'wichcraft. Can Jake's glowing dream sandwich be realized... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 8 months ago • 11 views • 3:44

I counted a bunch, but I'm sure I missed plenty. ... I'm Daniel Shiffman, In this YouTube channel I publish "creative coding" video tutorials every week. I also answer questions during live streams! ... continue reading

posted by notarobot 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 21 views • 1:38

The inevitable Pokémon Go security video.

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 4 months ago • 211 views • 5:34