Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/air-force-finally-retires-8-inch-floppies-from-missile-launch-control-system/

I wish I could write this well.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1185711138614513666.html

Gait speed, or the pace at which a person walks, has been effectively used as a biomarker for health in older subjects. A new study is now suggesting that gait speed may be an effective measure of biological aging for someone in their 40s. https://newatlas.com/medical/walk-slow-age-fast-healthspan-aging-gait-speed/

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world

I guess my parents were right. Playing heavy metal IS scary.

>> Then I saw “Don’t Tread on Me” by Metallica. That was perfect, just what I wanted. I turned my volume all the way up and hit play. After being so fixated on me and looking so confident, the cat just turned and bolted into the bush as soon as it heard the music.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2402922/mountain-lion-heavy-metal-music

How to open a pomegranate https://gfycat.com/agonizingrepulsivearuanas

"Humanity has been lodging the same complaints against 'kids these days' for at least 2,600 years." https://www.futurity.org/kids-these-days-effect-2187062/

World Series-bound Washington Nationals star reliever Sean Doolittle also pitches regularly for independent bookstores, as he discussed recently. #cosobookclub #baseball https://vimeo.com/365403494

Stephen King's home: the writers' retreat https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/stephen-king-bangor-museum-retreat-896011/

How to Design Events to Inspire Girls About STEM Careers

(by me)

Attracting more girls to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers is critical for the health of the tech industry. If you're planning an event to inspire a younger generation in this direction, then here are some guidelines for what actually causes girls to exclaim, "Oh, cool!”
https://www.pcmag.com/article/371213/how-to-design-events-to-inspire-girls-about-stem-careers

How to Gird Up Your Loins: An Illustrated Guide https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/how-to-gird-up-your-loins-an-illustrated-guide/

What are the chances that my client will accept this 10th iteration of the document that I thought, a week ago, met all the specifications?
/roll 2d10

A race: 9 electromechanical calculators https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrRJOFpo8pE

A new Louvre show dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci will present the Mona Lisa to some viewers using virtual reality. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/arts/design/mona-lisa-vr-louvre.html?module=inline

A Man Who Drew Mathematics: ‘Adventures in Perception’ with M. C. Escher https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_man_who_drew_maths_adventures_in_perception_with_m._c._escher

10 Washrooms Signs That Will Make You Love Your Peeing Space http://toopanda.com/10-washrooms-signs-will-make-love-peeing-space/

If you qualify: The Kapor Center’s Women of Color in Computing Collaborative is conducting research regarding how women of color resource earlier-stage tech startups. Okay for other founders to respond, too. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDqRMzl49GH9V88xqlQ_RnzuIr7dbdHebjB8feQxlX_LQGVA/viewform

Feeling Lucky? A Brief History of Gambling with Dice https://lithub.com/feeling-lucky-a-brief-history-of-gambling-with-dice/

"To shed light on the software that has tilted the world on its axis, the editors asked... Which pieces of code had a huge influence? Which ones warped our lives?" https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/consequential-computer-code-software-history.html