Friday 18 April 2014

Links, Friday 19th April

"A warrior who fought on horseback was truly screwed if the enemy knew what they were doing. In fact, English knights were well aware of this and regularly dismounted for battle. Cavalry was actually less of a battering ram and more like a sniping tool: Apart from intimidation tactics and chasing down fleeing enemies, they were best used to exploit the enemies' weaknesses, performing quick "run in, stab, run back sniggering" attacks on various gaps in formation and other tactical openings. But if some confident banner commander decided to try the old cavalry charge against an enemy formation, he was screwed." Cracked

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Some good stuff about the arbitrariness of gendered social conventions. Huffington Post

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A very long, but worthwhile, article about the housing situation in San Francisco. It really goes into the complexities of regularity, political and market failures that have led to the current crisis. Tech Crunch

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No doubt a controversial view. Thoughts?

"Passwords are obsolete because of email and SMS. Specifically, the ability to send an email or SMS to users reliably and quickly." Medium








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