Interesting Links for 02-05-2017

American Gods adaptation really is "faithful"

"...fans of genre stuff just take [it] on faith when it doesn’t make sense."
(tags: Gaiman American-Gods TV )

The Leaked Fyre Festival Pitch Deck Is Beyond Parody

"...the employees who work for Fyre ... are referred to as "The Fyre Squad"..."
(tags: wow funny festival via:andrewducker fail )

Sorting 2 Metric Tons of Lego

(tags: fun hacking hardware deep-learning lego wow )

Reckon you've seen some stupid security things? Here, hold my beer...

(tags: funny security web internet OhForFucksSake )

"All paths to happiness" - a short story across infinite worlds

(tags: happiness short-story quantum scifi via:andrewducker )

Parents '10th biggest mortgage lender' - providing deposit on a quarter of all mortgages

(tags: uk housing parenting via:andrewducker )

30th Beltane Fire Festival welcomes in the summer

(tags: Edinburgh Beltane fire photography )

The Sandwich Alignment Chart

Important information herein
(tags: sandwich charts )

Steve, the purple column of burning atmospheric gas

(tags: names science atmosphere )

SQL is 43 years old

(tags: coding data programming SQL )

Marvel Joins Comixology's All-You-Can Read Subscription Service

Oh. Emm. Gee.
(tags: comics Amazon wow )

"Generating Datasets with Varied Appearance and Identical Statistics through Simulated Annealing"

Or: "I CAN HAS DINOS IN MY DATA"
(tags: statistics data visualisation wow dinosaurs )

50 Best Places to Work for New Dads in 2017

(Does anyone know of a similar one for new mums?)
(tags: USA work fatherhood parenting )

Princess Leia’s Stolen Death Star Plans (to the tune of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)

Watch it quick before it's taken down!
(tags: The-Beatles Star-Wars mashup )

When fans take their love too far

(tags: Twitch streaming fans celebrity )

"How I got an FBI record at age 11"

(tags: cryptography FBI USA funny story )

What's a netsplit?

(tags: geekery humour jokes quotes )

Going off of antidepressants will make you feel worse than depressed

Currently experiencing this with paroxetine (aka Paxil) - I do NOT recommend it.
(tags: medicine depression )

Here’s How Heineken Made That Ad

This answered a question I had: there were nine pairings altogether
(tags: Heineken advertising conversations )