Day: June 26, 2020

Gopherspace in the Year 2020

It is also a good tutorial on lynx.  I think lynx should come available in any “unix” distribution. The “text only” is a nice break from the “javascript” world we live in nowadays.  HTML took over the internet a while back but there are plenty of other protocols that existed and we forgot.  Gopher is one of them.  I am also thinking of usenet.

BTW, you can also use lynx as a basic file manager.  Try “lynx .” and have fun.

“One of the things you will notice about gopherspace is the speed with which you can move around in it. Gopher is faster than the rest of the Internet, because opening Gopher pages doesn’t entail downloading megabytes of Javascipt. ”

https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/gopherspace.html

Blackballed by PayPal, Scientific-Paper Pirate Takes Bitcoin Donations

Copyright is not a good way to give money to a creator.  Alexandre Dumas became very rich and there were no copyright laws in his time.

“A quiet rebellion against copyright is being waged on a single website by a freelance coder, using cryptocurrency where PayPal won’t do. ”

https://www.coindesk.com/blackballed-by-paypal-scientific-paper-pirate-takes-bitcoin-donations

Over $1B in Bitcoin Options Set to Expire Today – Crypto Speculators Expect Massive Shakeup

It is set to become more volatile..

“Traders are eying bitcoin (BTC) derivatives contracts that are set to expire at the end of the trading day. ”

https://news.bitcoin.com/over-1b-in-bitcoin-options-set-to-expire-today-crypto-speculators-expect-massive-shakeup/

You think 2020 is bad? Think again. Wait for the “real” Catastrophes to kick-in — Volcanic Eruptions, Global Cooling, Crop Loss, and Famine

I think the sun is the real boss on earth and he is in the process of taking a break, so watch out.

“The Sun is at the heart of all Earthly catastrophes, not Man and his inconsequential activities. Man plays about as much part in the grand climate cycles as ants on mound of dirt — we can shift that dirt; ravage the local environment even; completely alter our surroundings, but we have no say in the multimillennial will of the cosmos.”

 

https://electroverse.net/you-think-2020-is-bad-think-again-wait-for-the-real-catastrophes-to-kick-in-volcanic-eruptions-global-cooling-crop-loss-and-famine/

Impact of meteorites led to life-giving amino acids on Earth

We are probably not the only planet to have been bombarded by meteorites, so maybe that is the universal way of creating life.  I also read somewhere that comets were the primary source of water to our planet.

““Materials needed for the start of life may have been generated over long periods, offering a chance for life to appear,” said Yoshihiro Furukawa, an associate professor of geochemistry at Tohoku University.”

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13445748

How water in the deep Earth triggers earthquakes and tsunamis

I think this is interesting;

“Water (H2O) and other volatiles (e.g. CO2 and sulphur) that are cycled through the deep Earth have played a key role in the evolution of our planet, including in the formation of continents, the onset of life, the concentration of mineral resources, and the distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes. ”

https://www.sott.net/article/437071-How-water-in-the-deep-Earth-triggers-earthquakes-and-tsunamis

Cash4Covid – How hospitals are making money off the coronavirus

How is it that we ended up with a system like this?

“Hospitals in the US are getting money for diagnosing Covid19. They get more money if those patients are then put on ventilators. It’s time we really started thinking about what that means.”

https://www.sott.net/article/437101-Cash4Covid-How-hospitals-are-making-money-off-the-coronavirus