Amerykańscy pracownicy Wikimedia Foundation przegłosowali powstanie związku zawodowego

Na koncie Wiki Workers United na Mastodonie pojawiła się informacja o przegłosowaniu powstania związku zawodowego przez amerykańskich pracowników Wikimedia Foundation – organizacji odpowiedzialnej za m.in. Wikipedię.

List of psychoactive drugs used by militaries

Militaries worldwide have used or are using various psychoactive drugs to improve performance of soldiers by suppressing hunger, increasing the ability to sustain effort without food, increasing and lengthening wakefulness and concentration, suppressing fear, reducing empathy, and improving reflexes and memory-recall, amongst other things. Contemporary For drugs that recently were or currently are being used by militaries.Administration tends to include strict medical supervision and prior briefing of the medical risks. Caffeine, diet pills, painkillers, nicotine, and alcohol are not included on the list. Non-administrated, illegally used drugs are also not included. Historic Alcohol has a long association of military use, and has been called "liquid courage" for its role in preparing troops for battle, anaesthetize injured...

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List of last words

A person's last words, their final articulated words stated prior to death or as death approaches, are often recorded because of the decedent's fame, but sometimes because of interest in the statement itself. (People dying of illness are frequently inarticulate at the end, and in such cases their actual last utterances may not be recorded or considered very important.) Last words may be recorded accurately, or, for a variety of reasons, may not. Reasons can include simple error or deliberate intent. Even if reported wrongly, putative last words can constitute an important part of the perceived historical records or demonstration of cultural attitudes toward death at the time. Charles Darwin, for example, was reported to have disavowed his theory of evolution in favor of traditional religious faith at his death. This widely disseminated report served the interests of those who opposed Darwin's theory on religious grounds. However, the putative witness...

Wiki Wander – Wiki Game, wyścig po Wikipedii

Wiki Game – darmowa gra przeglądarkowa na Wikipedii: skacz po linkach z jednego artykułu do drugiego. Ścigaj się ze znajomymi na żywo, graj pojedynki 1v1 i wyzwania dnia, wspinaj się w rankingu. Mniej kliknięć wygrywa.

One-way mirror

A one-way mirror, also called two-way mirror (or one-way glass, half-silvered mirror, and semi-transparent mirror), is a mirror that appears reflective from one side and transparent from the other. The perception of one-way transmission is easily achievable when one side of the mirror is brightly lit and the other side is dark. This allows viewing from the darkened side but not vice versa. History The first U.S. Patent for a one-way mirror was submitted in 1903, then named a "transparent mirror". Principle of operation The glass is coated with, or has been encased within, a thin and almost transparent layer of metal (window film usually containing aluminium). The result is a mirrored surface that reflects some light and is penetrated by the rest. Light always passes equally in both directions. However, when one side...

Anglojęzyczna Wikipedia blokuje archive.today jako źródło archiwów

Społeczność anglojęzycznej Wikipedii zdecydowała się zablokować serwis archive.today, który jest wykorzystywany do archiwizowania źródeł, po tym jak uznano, że jego infrastruktura była używana do przeprowadzenia ataku DDoS. Decyzja ta może wpłynąć na setki tysięcy artykułów i otwiera dyskusję o tym, jak Wikipedia powinna zabezpieczać trwałość swoich źródeł.

Laws against witchcraft

Through history multiple countries prohibited witchcraft and practices that are perceived to be related including fortune-telling, faith-healing etc., including with the penalty of death. Historical laws Ancient times Code of Hammurabi Second article of the Code of Hammurabi stated: If anyone accuses someone else of sorcery, the accused shall jump into a river, and if they drown the accuser shall take possession of the accused's house and their belongings. Code of Ur-Nammu Article 13 stated: If a man is accused of sorcery [translation disputed], he must undergo ordeal by water; if he is proven innocent, his accuser must pay 3 shekels. Hittite laws Code of the Nesilim had one paragraph...

Shadow profile

Shadow profile (dosł. tłum. na polski: profil-duch) – zbiór danych osobowych na temat użytkowników lub osób nieposiadających konta w danym serwisie internetowym, które są zbierane bez ich wiedzy i zgody. Pojęcie to jest stosowane głównie do opisywania praktyk Facebooka, choć nie jest ono zarezerwowane na jego wyłączność. W przypadku Facebooka pierwsze poszlaki na regularne stosowanie tego typu profili datuje się na rok 2013, gdy odkryty został bug w narzędziu do pobierania informacji powiązanych z kontami w tym serwisie; polegał on na ujawnieniu adresów e–mail oraz numerów telefonów należących do ponad sześciu milionów osób, które widniały jako „znajomi”, a które Facebook próbował potajemnie pozyskiwać, żeby móc je potem powiązać z poszczególnymi osobami. Choć tzw. profile-duchy mogą mieć znaczny wpływ na prywatność, w rzeczywistości jest to praktyka, względem której bardzo rzadko zapadają jakiekolwiek wyroki sądowe. …

Reasonable Blackman

Reasonable Blackman (fl. 1579–1592) (also possibly known as John Reason and Reasonable Blackmore) was a silk weaver resident in Southwark, London, in the late 16th century. He was among the earliest people of African heritage to be living and working as an independent business owner in London in that era. He may have come to London via the Netherlands, which had a relatively significant African population at the time and also a significant trade in silk. The first record of Blackman is in the records of St Saviour's church (later Southwark Cathedral) in 1579. By 1587 Blackman was married and therefore clearly had sufficient means to support a family. It has been suggested that he made costumes for the theatres in the area. He had at least three children, of whom at least one (Edward) was baptised at St Olave's Church, Southwark in 1587...

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Kontrabanda Weekend #7

Siódme wydanie prasówki Kontrabandy. A w nim między innymi o społecznym portalu gminnym w Brwinowie, cyfrowym archiwum Polskim Związku Esperantystów, czy pozwie Lawrence'a Kleina przeciwko Microsoftowi.