Why do we need HTTPS?
It's really not that long ago that HTTPS was expensive or difficult to implement, if not both. Google announced that URLs starting with HTTPS would be trusted more in results but it was CloudFlare who changed the game for me by offering certificates and HTTPS for free without having to do any heavy lifting.
This comic explains how and why it works quite well and there are 5 of them in total to help get you up to speed.
Posted 11th Apr 2019 @ 15:30
Believe
Posted 10th Apr 2019 @ 20:56
The “will of the people” is not set in stone – a second referendum is the only way to heal the nation
Brexiteers oppose a second referendum for a reason. They invoke the spectre of violent disorder for a purpose. They do so not out of respect for democracy, but because they fear that they could not dupe the electorate into voting a second time
Given the hypocrisy it's hard to argue with this point.
Posted 10th Apr 2019 @ 18:52
First ever black hole image released
Last week I posted that the first image of a black hole was on it's way and now it's been revealed.
It measures 40 billion km across - three million times the size of the Earth - and has been described by scientists as "a monster".
The black hole is 500 million trillion km away and was photographed by a network of eight telescopes across the world.
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"What we see is larger than the size of our entire Solar System," he said.
"It has a mass 6.5 billion times that of the Sun. And it is one of the heaviest black holes that we think exists.
Posted 10th Apr 2019 @ 17:56
How health care would change under 'Medicare for All'
While the UK government appears to be quietly privatising the NHS, there are still politicians elsewhere trying to make it the national interest.
Yet again, I'm astounded that our health and education are even up for debate. They should be top of the agenda and take as much funding as they need.
Posted 10th Apr 2019 @ 14:56