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Working around a case where the Postgres planner is “not very smart”
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Working Around a Case Where the Postgres Planner Is "Not Very Smart"
We discovered a Postgres quirk that prevented an existing index from supporting an index-only scan. Here's how we worked around the quirk to achieve a 2x performance win.
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It looks like a product but is secretly a subnoscription
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calpaterson.com
It looks like a product but is secretly a subnoscription
The mental minefield of capex and opex
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How Joseph Stalin Starved Millions in the Ukrainian Famine
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HISTORY
How Joseph Stalin Starved Millions in the Ukrainian Famine
Cruel efforts under Stalin to impose collectivism and tamp down Ukrainian nationalism left an estimated 3.9 million dead.
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Sentenced by Algorithm
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The New York Review of Books
Sentenced by Algorithm | Jed S. Rakoff
Is it fair for a judge to increase a defendant’s prison time on the basis of an algorithmic score that predicts the likelihood that he will commit future
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Wealthy Americans Targeted by U.S. in Panama Tax-Fraud Probe
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Bermuda Post
Wealthy Americans Targeted by U.S. in Panama Tax-Fraud Probe - Bermuda Post
U.S. authorities obtained a court order allowing them to demand financial information from
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Neat Elixir trick: Libraries can start processes too
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We Switched to Mattermost
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NetFoundry
Why we switched to Mattermost | NetFoundry
Mattermost, as an open source based solution, at the core to give us the extensibility and flexibility.
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Ask HN: Has anyone _fully_ embraced an event-driven architecture?
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How to improve your Docker containers security – [cheat sheet]
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GitGuardian Blog - Take Control of Your Secrets Security
Docker Security Best Practices: Cheat Sheet
Discover essential Docker Security Best Practices for DevOps engineers and security professionals. Cheat sheet included for quick implementation!
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Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel
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GitHub
GitHub - vvaltchev/tilck: A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel
A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel. Contribute to vvaltchev/tilck development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Reading Levels: Different Ways to Read Different Books
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The Curious Reader
The 4 Reading Levels: Different Ways To Read Different Books | TCR
How you read should be dependent on what you read. In this article, Bruno explores the four reading levels and explains how different books should be read in different ways to do justice to them.
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Image synthesis and editing with stochastic differential equations
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Fourth police officer who responded to Jan 6 attack dies by suicide
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TheHill
Fourth police officer who responded to Jan. 6 attack dies by suicide
A fourth law enforcement officer who responded to the Capitol on Jan. 6 has died by suicide, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) confirmed to The Hill on Monday.
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Infrastructure Bill Cryptocurrency Surveillance Provision Is a Privacy Disaster
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Cryptocurrency Surveillance Provision Buried in the Infrastructure Bill is a Disaster for Digital Privacy
The forthcoming Senate draft of Biden's infrastructure bill—a 2,000+ page bill designed to update the United States’ roads, highways, and digital infrastructure—contains a poorly crafted provision
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Launch HN: Tavus (YC S21) – AI-generated personalized videos for sales outreach
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Computational algebraic geometry for high school students
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www.solidangl.es
Varieties: The Spice of Life
Can high school students really learn algebraic geometry? And what could it teach us about mathematics education?
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‘It has to be known what was done to us’: couple harassed by eBay tells story
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The Boston Globe
‘It has to be known what was done to us’: Natick couple harassed by eBay tell their story for the first time
David and Ina Steiner were terrorized for weeks in the summer of 2019 by a team of employees from Internet giant eBay. Here is their account of the events, which have led to criminal charges and a civil lawsuit.
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GitHub Copilot is ‘unacceptable and unjust,’ says Free Software Foundation
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InfoWorld
GitHub Copilot is ‘unacceptable and unjust,’ says Free Software Foundation
The non-profit defender of software freedom has raised questions about the fairness, legitimacy, and legality of GitHub’s AI-driven coding assistant.
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Leap Seconds: Causing Bugs Even When They Don't Happen
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Bert Hubert's writings
Leap seconds: Causing Bugs Even When They Don't Happen - Bert Hubert's writings
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Empty NPM package '-' has over 700k downloads
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BleepingComputer
Empty npm package '-' has over 700,000 downloads — here's why
A mysterious, one-letter npm package named "-" sitting on the registry since 2020 has received over 700,000 downloads. What's more? The package contains no functional code, so what makes it score so many downloads?
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CIA’s fake Hepatitis B vaccine program in Pakistan helped fuel vaccine distrust
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Vox
How the CIA’s fake Hepatitis B vaccine program in Pakistan helped fuel vaccine distrust
Skepticism about vaccines is often rooted in history for many communities of color.
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