Yes, finally, more “valuable” “content” on Facebook as it introduces auto-play video ads … at least the ads don’t have audio.
Links
Street Fighter II: An Oral History
Street Fighter II: An Oral History tells the story of how Street Fighter II came to be, though interviews and anecdotes of those involved creating it. It’s a lot of fun to read. 😀
Political Discussions Ruining Facebook and Friendships
A study shows “users who try to talk about politics on Facebook are often surprised by the political opinions of their acquaintances“.
Because Facebook not only has a low threshold for “friending” another person but also can bridge together many social groups with a single person’s post, it can be a breeding ground for alienation and resentment.
Yay, it’s working. 😀
Emails Without an Email Address
If you have Google+ account you can place mails in other people’s Gmail inboxes without knowing their email address.
As with any privacy threatening measure Google’s newest feat is opt-out. Yay!
Lexical Distance Among the Languages of Europe
Interesting chart about the lexical distance among the languages of Europe.
Link In Private Message = Public Like
It seems on Facebook sending a link to a page with a “Like” button in a private message will be counted as a public “like” from you. You’re welcome.
justdelete.me
Just Delete Me – Find out how to delete your account on a service you don’t want to be on any more. … Did somebody say Facebook?
Spacegrey UI Theme for Sublime Text
Spacegrey – an awesome and really good-looking UI theme for Sublime Text.
Reflections In Your Eyes
I get a murky feeling finding things like this. Pictures have quite a high resolution. So much so that researchers can recognize faces reflected in the eyes of people in pictures. :/
Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias
This is probably my favorite Wikipedia article: Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias.
I even added “Car engine revving” in Turkish and something else I don’t quite remember any more … probably “Bite” in German. 🙂