​Fortuitous #0.2

Greetings!

The first post, aptly named Fortuitous #0.1, I posted in October, 2019…I started typing this one up in Nov 2019…Now it’s April 2020 and a very different world. But hey, I got there in the end and managed to complete this one. Here it is, enjoy!

What is this? Read about it here.

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Dept Of Rugby

It may seem like a lifetime ago… but it’s actually really just a few months ago that South Africa where crowned 2019 World Champions (watch)!

Dept Of Clean Energy

It’s 2020. Let’s Talk About Fusion.
Key Takeaways: Fusion can supply unlimited, reliable and clean energy. The physics of ignition (net energy gain) and the business case must still be proven. Advances in key technologies, computational power and simulation tools, available research facilities, and the increased presence of business-minded entities have made inertial confinement fusion (ICF) approaches less crazy, and maybe even feasible.

Dept Of Adventure

Five-thousand-year-old Egyptian tomb opens for virtual tour
“Egypt’s classical wonders are off limits but a royal tomb is one of four sites where 3D modelling gives us a fascinating glimpse of antiquity”. And here is the write up.

Dept Of Environment

With the shock of Covid-19 and how it’s brought the world’s economy and life as we know it to it’s knees, I’d like you stop and think about this…it’s nothing compared to the danger of sea rise from the melting ice sheets over Greenland and Antarctic where over 99% of the Earth’s fresh water resides (on land…)

Scientists confirm dramatic melting of Greenland ice sheet | Climate change | The Guardian

Dept Of Funny

Well I think so! 😉 For those that have never been exposed to Firefly (you showing you lack of geek cred here…) then here you go, this will help a bit.

21 Quotes From Captain Mal Of “Firefly” To Make Your Day Better

Dept Of Internet Security & Privacy

Please don’t use Zoom…

Security and Privacy Implications of Zoom
“Over the past few weeks, Zoom’s use has exploded since it became the video conferencing platform of choice in today’s COVID-19 world. (My own university, Harvard, uses it for all of its classes. Boris Johnson had a cabinet meeting over Zoom.) Over that same period, the company has been exposed for having both lousy privacy and lousy security. My goal here is to summarize all of the problems and talk about solutions and workarounds.

In general, Zoom’s problems fall into three broad buckets: (1) bad privacy practices, (2) bad security practices, and (3) bad user configurations.”

Dept Of Very Old

Scientists in Israel grow date plants from 2,000-year-old seeds | Environment | The Guardian
Article note: Seeds found in Judean desert are male and female, leading to hopes of producing dates.

Thanks for reading. Hope you found it interesting. Leave a comment if you did.