• EVs were outselling gas cars 100 years ago… What happened?
  "Now a symbol of progress and the future, at the turn of the 20th century EVs were one of the most popular types of vehicle — they even outsold gasoline cars at one point. So why didn't EVs win back then? Why has it taken us 100 years to learn EVs are better?"
  with electric-vehicles
• Exceptions to copyright
  "Details of the exceptions to copyright that allow limited use of copyright works without the permission of the copyright owner."
  with library-management
• Fabricius [Google Arts & Culture]
  "Decoding Egyptian hieroglyphs with machine learning"
  with miscellany
• Family history research centres in Edinburgh
  "This trail will guide you through some of the many family history record centres within Edinburgh. It outlines what records they have for you to access online and on site, and highlights their unique resources to aid your genealogical research."
  with edinburgh genealogy
• Ferguson ferries deal awarded without financial safeguards
  "There is no documented evidence to confirm why Scottish ministers were willing to accept the risks of awarding the contract to [Ferguson Marine], despite [CalMac’s] concerns."
  with records-management
• Ferry 'handbrake turn' at Ardrossan
  with miscellany
• File Extensions
  "The source for file extensions information."
  File-Extensions.org is a large list of the filename extensions with detailed explanations of each filetype and the way they are used today. File extensions are usually 3 or 4 letter codes at the end of file names.
  application computer data date extension extensions file filename files filetype format open software type types windows
  with computers-and-it
• FileInfo.com
  "Search over 10,000 file extensions and software programs."
  Thousands of file extensions with detailed information about each file type, including a list of programs that open the files.
  data extensions file filename formats suffix types
  with computers-and-it
• Find pension contact details
  "Use this service to find contact details to search for a lost pension."
  with finance
• Firebox
  "Shop for the unusual"
  with gifts
• First Porsche revealed to be an electric car from 1898
  "Ferdinand Porsche's design was dubbed the Egger-Lohner electric vehicle C.2 Phaeton model, or the P1 for short. The car, made in 1898, was recently unearthed in an Austrian garage, external, where it had been stored since 1902."
  with electric-vehicles
• Five mind-blowing facts about what the UK looks like
  "Ordnance Survey data suggests that all the buildings in the UK - houses, shops, offices, factories, greenhouses - cover 1.4% of the total land surface. [...] Buildings cover less of Britain than the land revealed when the tide goes out."
  with maps-and-mapping
• Five ways to compute the relative value of a UK pound amount, 1830 to present
  Online calculator. Calculates relative values w.r.t. RPI, GDP deflator, average earnings, GDP, and per-capita GDP.
  with history
• Flowcharts
  xkcd
  with humour
• Font Squirrel
  "We know how hard it is to find quality freeware that is licensed for commercial work. We've done the hard work, hand-selecting these typefaces and presenting them in an easy-to-use format."
  with typography by 2 users
• Fonts2u.com
  "Fonts available at Fonts2u.com are either GNU/GPL, Freeware, free for Personal use, Donationware, Shareware or Demo."
  with typography
• Football gobbledygook generator
  with language-and-literature
• Ford Country…in rural Essex?
  with miscellany
• Forget Inbox Zero : Use OHIO to triage your emails instead
  "We're going to focus on a system known as OHIO, or 'Only Handle It Once'..."
  with management-and-productivity
• Forget privacy : You're terrible at targeting anyway
  "The state of personalized recommendations is surprisingly terrible."
  with computers-and-it

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