Featured Links - April 3, 2023

Links to things I found interesting but didn't want to do a full blog post about.

The first flowers of the spring

The Best Password Managers to Secure Your Digital Life. "Keep your logins locked down with our favorite apps for PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, and web browsers.

Blue Origin Works Out How to Turn Moon Dust Into Solar Power. "Although our vision is technically ambitious, our technology is real now, Blue Origin says.""

"Predicting significant weather events a growing challenge: Shields".  'I’ve talked to other forecasters, and they say if you can forecast for Sault Ste. Marie, you can forecast anywhere,' says SooToday meteorologist Jerry Shields." Last weekend, when I was up in the Sault for my mom's funeral, they forecast 20+ cm. and got 5. This weekend, they forecast 30 cm. and got maybe 40. I would not want the forecaster's job up there.

China To Overtake US In Key 21st-Century Tech In 10 Years, Says Harvard Report. "The authors looked at a number of core technologies that are set to define the 21st century — artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, quantum information science (QIS), semiconductors, biotechnology, and green energy — to see how the US is faring against China in these fields."

New documentary explores how one Ontario man started a patriotic ketchup war. This "war" was fought with bottles, not bullets. How Canadian, eh?

The dark web isn't for everyone, but some of it is worth exploring. "Here are the best dark web websites worth checking out.

How to change the region on an HP OfficeJet printer in 57 easy steps (printer companies hate this!). "I moved across the ocean and took my printer with me. Then I discovered it was region-locked. A wiser man would have bought a new one." After reading this,  I will never buy an HP printer, and I suggest you don't either.

A new flu is spilling over from cows to people in the U.S. "How worried should we be?" Answer: very.