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Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for rich foreigners resumes
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Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for rich foreigners resumes
Critics say the wealthy will be able to buy their way in while citizens lose out on quarantine spots
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All the giant companies used ffmpeg
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John Carmack
When I started at Oculus, I didn't have any experience with the practicalities of video at scale, and I was a little surprised when I found that all the giant companies used the open source ffmpeg project in their backends. I expected some unique combination…
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Could housing be cheaper and better if we stop building so many staircases?
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Slate Magazine
A Surprising Theory of What’s Wrong With American Apartment Buildings
Could this simple reform be the first step toward better, more affordable designs?
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Show me a 10ft paywall, I’ll show you a 12ft ladder
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A man who accidentally started an assassin hiring website
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Meet the man who accidentally started an assassin hiring website
He just wanted a catchy website name. Now, Bob Innes hands people over to the police for trying to have their enemies killed
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Canada's public health agency admits it tracked mobile devices during lockdown
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Canada's public health agency admits it tracked 33 million mobile devices during lockdown
The Public Health Agency of Canada accessed location data from 33 million mobile devices to monitor people’s movement during lockdown, the agency revealed this week.
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The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior
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The Marginalian
The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior: Bertrand Russell’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
“Nothing in the world is more exciting than a moment of sudden discovery or invention, and many more people are capable of experiencing such moments than is sometimes thought.”
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Thanks to the Chip Shortage, Texas Instruments Is Worth $170 B
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Thanks to the Chip Shortage, Texas Instruments Is Worth $170 Billion
Even in the digital age, analog chips such as those the company makes are essential, and they are in short supply.
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London Beer Flood of 1814
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DoorDash will require all employees to deliver goods
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MarketWatch
DoorDash will require all employees to deliver goods or perform other gigs, and some of them aren't happy
All DoorDash Inc. employees, from software engineers up to the chief executive, will have to perform deliveries or maybe shadow a customer-service agent once...
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How the Jesuits Charted the World
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The story of the Jesuits — how the Society of Jesus charted the world
As Jesuit missionaries spread further across the globe, the order's founder wanted to ensure that its members remained connected. The result of this was an unparalleled network of knowledge which superseded religious tensions.
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When do people learn languages? (2002)
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Ask HN: What is the best podcast you listened to in 2021?
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A Python Guide for the Ages
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gto76.github.io
Comprehensive Python Cheatsheet
Exhaustive, simple, beautiful and concise. A truly Pythonic cheat sheet about Python programming language.
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The Last Soviet Generation
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The Last Soviet Generation
Those who came into adulthood as the USSR collapsed around them 30 years ago recall a time of transition.
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Fix the unit test and open a giant hole everywhere
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I Lost My Past
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How I lost my past
In almost all recent literature that analyzes Br-exit and Trump-entry, there is a constant theme of a fall from the heady days at the ...
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Legal Drafting and Computer Programming
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The Law and Policy Blog
Legal drafting and computer programming – a post in memory of Sir Clive Sinclair
19th September 2021 Some of the best legal drafters you will meet – those who put together formal legal documents such as contracts and acts of parliament – will have a background in co…
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OBS and Streamlabs Commit to Long-Term Collaboration
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Obsproject
OBS and Streamlabs Commit to Long-Term Collaboration | OBS
First and foremost, we want to thank you all again for your incredible outpouring of love and support for OBS. Everyone on the team is incredibly thankful and humbled by your …
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Alexa owners not using it after only two weeks
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Mashable
Turns out, no one wants to talk to Amazon's Alexa
It's not you, it's Alexa.
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Cool, but Obscure X11 Tools
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cyber.dabamos.de
Cool, but obscure X11 tools
Cool, but obscure X11 tools.
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