internet culture
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Icelandic Has The Best Words For Technology
When the University of Iceland got its first computer in 1964, Icelandic did not have a word for “computer”. So the guardians of the language invented one: tölva — a fusion of tala (number) and völva (prophetess) that adds up to the wonderfully poetic “prophetess of numbers”.
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More Students Refusing To Pay Loan Debts To Fraudulent Online Colleges
They call it a debt revolt. Hundreds of students who got loans to pay for degrees through online schools like Everest, owned by Corinthian Colleges, are refusing to pay them back. They argue that Corinthian lied about how many of their graduates landed jobs, and they are asking the US Education Department to forgive their…
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We Only Just Solved A 33-Year-Old ZX Spectrum Challenge
When the ZX Spectrum was released in 1982, a problem was posed in chapter 19 of the computer’s manual. Now, 33 years later, that problem has finally been solved by a team at Oxford’s Museum of the History of Science.
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What You Need To Know If You’re Going To Record Cops In The US
There are some very disturbing videos circulating the internet right now, depicting the deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of trained, armed men. Many of these videos even show individuals being shot in the back, or as they try to flee.