52 Things I Learned From 2016


#1

I felt like this deserved its own thread.

1 : Call Me Baby is a call centre for cybercriminals who need a human voice as part of a scam. They charge $10 for each call in English, and $12 for calls in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Polish. [Brian Krebs]

26 : Twitter has enough money in the bank to run for 412 years with current losses. [Matt Krantz]

51 : Instead of batteries, the ARES project in Nevada uses a network of train tracks, a hillside and electric trains loaded with rocks to store wind and solar power. When there is a surplus of energy, the trains drive up the tracks. When output falls, the cars roll back down the hill, their electric motors acting as generators. [Robson Fletcher]

Google searches on some of these are fascinating. :slight_smile: