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1 Will electric cars reduce air pollution? YES! but not in Poland
https://jakubmarian.com/where-in-europe-is-electric-car-a-good-idea/

2 Do not dig bitcoins - start mining alternative cryptocurrencies!
https://hackcabin.com/post/dont-mine-bitcoin-mine-altcoins/
INFO: a comparison of returns from investments of various cryptocurrencies in the perspective of the last 8 months

3 List of high-quality programs for Linux, divided into categories
https://voluong.gitbooks.io/awesome-linux-software/content/

4 The "Here is" key - do you know that something like that existed on your keyboard?
https://dave.cheney.net/2017/08/21/the-here-is-key
INFO: from the text you will also find out why the home directory in unix is ​​tilde

5 Do you feel like creating your own cryptocurrency? This generator will help you
http://build-a-co.in
INFO: the generator really works and creates a new altcoin (however, you need bootstrap servers for people to start extracting it)

6 Why do you compare $ 4 for coffee and regret you $ 0.99 per app "does not make sense?
http://www.joshlehman.com/thoughts/stop-using-the-cup-of-coffee-vs-0-99-cent-app-analogy/

7 Google presented "Chrome Enterprise" - a paid version of Chrome OS
https://www.blog.google/topics/connected-workspaces/introducing-chrome-enterprise/
INFO: Judging by the options it offers, there is nothing interesting for a private user - this is a solution for companies (price: $ 50 / year for a device)

8 This article will only be seen when you're offline
https://chris.bolin.co/offline/
INFO: disable wifi / gprs in your device after loading the page

9 The Windows App Store is full of applications that break copyright
https://torrentfreak.com/the-windows-app-store-is-full-of-pirate-streaming-apps-170820/
INFO: it's mainly about programs that offer access to illegal copies of movies

10 When is the best way to visit the city / country data? - an interesting search engine
https://championtraveler.com/best-time-to-travel/
INFO: the website estimates the best time spent in the indicated location on the basis of weather and 'congestion' with tourists

11 What if you use old / used / broken smartphones as computing clusters?
https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/conference/protected-files/hotcloud17_slides_shahrad.pdf
INFO: interesting concept + proposal of implementation + comparison with, for example, AWS / GCS services

12 In our country there is competition for Amazon Echo - a voice assistant built into the speaker, which he understands in Polish
http://www.ai-speaker.com
INFO: the loudspeaker can not be bought yet - the work is still going on, but it promises to be interesting

13 Another degree of Internet censorship in China - you have to confirm your identity before adding a comment in any forum
http://thediplomat.com/2017/08/chinas-new-wave-of-internet-censorship-name-verification-for-online-commenting/

14 The most popular course on the Coursera platform is ... "Learn how to learn"
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/education/edlife/learning-how-to-learn-barbara-oakley.html
INFO: a curiosity - this course is recorded by the teachers' marriage in the basement

15 How to treat the author of juxtaposition falafels and fair trade kale?
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