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COVID-19 Datapack

Data visualisation heavy weight Information Is Beautiful (David McCandless) has published a datapack of Coronavirus visualisations with links to the underlying data. The site includes this handy reference diagram (above) showing the risk profile of various activities. (P.S. Wear a mask)

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Japanese Supercomputer COVID-19 Particle Simulation

The Japanese Fugaku supercomputer produced a particle simulation of COVID-19 spread in an office environment. Running 416 quadrillion calculations per second, the supercomputer simulation shows how ineffectual office partitions are over time at containing the spread of COVID-19 aerosols.

Business

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Tech

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Water Filled Glass Windows

Dr. Matyas Gutai of Loughborough University has developed and tested a new energy efficient building option, Water Filled Glass (WFG) windows. The WFG system holds water between layers of glass windows, allowing the sun to heat the water, providing insulation and sound proofing. The hot water is then pumped out, replaced, and stored in a water tank. When the temperature drops, the hot water is circulated around pipes to heat the building.

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Mars Crater Flyby

The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft captured a video of the ice-filled Korolev crater on Mars using its high resolution stereo camera.

Space

Video

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Find That Pod

Find That Pod is a weekly newsletter that recommends 5 or so podcasts to listen to. This is a great way to break out of your existing podcast listening neighbourhood.

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Target _blank Security Hole

Manjule Dube describes how to protect against a security hole when using target="_blank" in HTML links. The fix? Add rel="noopener noreferrer" too.

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REST API Best Practices

Need to build a REST API? Who doesn't! Check out this great Stack Overflow blog about the best practices in building REST APIs.

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Teach Yourself Computer Science

Oz Nova and Myles Byrne have put together an amazing list of resources that you can use to teach yourself computer science.

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Tech

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