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Best Cities For Freelancers

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Carphonewarehouse put together a lovely looking website that compares cities based on a number of attributes such as monthly rent, internet speed, and quality of life, in an attempt to show the best cities for freelancers.

Business

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Github Buries 21TB In The Arctic

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Github deposited 21TB of silver halides QR code data on archival polyester reels into Arctic World Archive, down the road from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The 186 archival film reels will be stored 250m below the permafrost and are due to last 1000 years.

Environment

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Windows of the World

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Look through a random window anywhere in the world with Window Snap! You can even submit your own window view.

Photo

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Podcast of the Week: Tim Ferriss & Hugh Jackman

Tim Ferriss' recent interview with Hugh Jackman is very inspiring. Not only is Hugh a Tim Ferriss fanboy, but he drops lots of wisdom bombs about his daily rituals and how he positions himself physically and mentally for continued contentment and success. A very enjoyable listen.

Motivation

Podcast

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Tools For Better Thinking

Untools.co documents a set of mental models and processes used in systems thinking, decision making and problem solving.

Science

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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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Teach Yourself Computer Science

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

Web Dev

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Mapping U.S. Police Violence

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Amnesty International has analysed 500 videos and 125 incidents across 40 states and districts to produce an important map of recent police violence in America.

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