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Author Archives: MaxHuijgen
State will appeal in Pistorius 'murder' trial: a backgrounder
After 'bladerunner' Pistorius got off with a relatively light sentence of five years the state prosecutor Nell announced today that they will appeal. No doubt most South-Africans will be happy as the idea that he would get away with possibly … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Why you should join Tsu, the first paying social network, even if you're not interested in the money at all
It's raining men social networks lately (Ello, Diaspora, Medium and many more) and most of them are bound to fail. Not because they don't have a compelling idea which drives them and makes them truly social, but because the network … Continue reading
If disaster struck and mankind had to start again, would we do it faster?
As a thought experiment to see how important inventions and knowledge actually are: imagine a world where we lost all tools and had to restart again, but this time with the knowledge we now have. How fast would we be … Continue reading
See what happens when kids grow up in a world of racial stereotypes
The video shows a repeat of an old experiment where children can chose between two dolls. See these black children demonstrate a complete lack of self-esteem or even outright self-hatred by choosing a white doll (the 'nice one') over a … Continue reading
TGIF For Nerds: going through today's Android 5 / Lollipop release
This Friday developers finally got their hands on the final software development kit (SDK) for Android 5.0 as well as the latest preview software for Nexus phones. End users will have to wait a few more weeks (or months depending … Continue reading
Good to see Apple valuing intelligence for a change ;)
As of today you get a $100 discount in the Apple store if you can remember a four digit pin code! The newly announced iPad mini 3 is apparently identical to the old mini except for a fingerprint scanner. If … Continue reading
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We have been shortchanged on privacy by Google
There is a lot of money to be made by selling our privacy so the business model of app developers often relies on harvesting your private data. Enter the world of app privacy controls…. We have all been there: installing … Continue reading
Google will never harm consumers [unless they are Windows phone users?]
Google says it would never harm an end-user over a conflict with a competitor. In an interview Eric Schmidt is asked if he can imagine Google doing something similar to Amazon: refusing to sell books of publisher Hachette over a … Continue reading
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If skin is sacrosanct why then is foreskin excluded?
Under most Western laws children can't legally have a tattoo whatever their parents decide but little boys are commonly (33%) circumcised. If we want to protect children from irreversible damage by the ideas of their parents we should of course … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Google served malware to millions: are ads really the future of internet?
Sites like Last.fm, The Times of Israel and The Jerusalem Post who use Google's ad netwok Doubleclick apparently served malware since late August. It's certainly not the first time that an ad network serves malicious code, but it's one of … Continue reading
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