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Reboot Your 787

The FAA has ordered all Boeing 787 aircraft to be turned off and on again every 51 days to prevent "stale data" from misleading pilots! The data that could be affected include airspeed, attitude and altitute! Oh and the stall warning horn might also stop working. WTF! Spot the multinational aircraft manufacturer without a working QA department.

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How To Take Smart Notes

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The Forte Labs blog posted a interesting summary of Sönke Ahrens book How To Take Smart Notes. Ahrens note taking system involves three levels of written notes, fleeting, literature and permanent, which are then cross referenced to build up a second memory.

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Hands Free Door Opener

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3D printing company materialise have created and openly released a hands free door handle that can be retrofitted to existing handles and allow people to open doors with the forearms.

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The COVID-19 Lightswitch Method

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Researchers at Stanford created an interactive model to simulate the results of different long term COVID-19 intervention strategies. The models show that lifting strong social distancing measures too quickly (between 5 and 10 months) will result in a resurgence of cases that could overwhelm hospital capacity. One solution to this in the long term is the lightswitch method, where strong social distancing measures are turned on once a hospital capacity threshold is reached (e.g.

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Islander Live From Home Concert

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Islander Music are streaming a concert tonight called Live From Home featuring Maija Sofia, John Francis Flynn, Anna Mieke and Junior Brother. Donations go directly to the artists. Check out the details on the Facebook event.

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Massive List of Free Courses & Learning Resources

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Dynamite Jobs posted a massive list of free online classes, courses, and learning resources for anyone feeling productive during the COVID-19 crisis. Fill your boots :-)

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Reeling In The Years 1962 - 2009

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Hero Evin Ryan uploaded every episode of RTÉ's Reeling In The Years in order, covering 1962 to 2009.

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Minecraft Uncensored Library

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Reporters Without Borders have created a library in minecraft to hold articles that are censored in different countries in an effort to bypass internet censorship.

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Folding@home COVID-19

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Folding@home is a background application developed by Stanford which allows scientists to make use of the unused processing power of your computer to make calculations in experiments. Folding@home is currently allowing users to help in finding a treatment for COVID-19.

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COVID19 API

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Kyle Redelinghuys created an API for Coronavirus data released by John Hopkins CSSE. The API allows the number of cases per country to be broken down and retrieved.

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