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It's easy to screw up on breaking news. But you have to admit when you do
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www.natesilver.net
It's easy to screw up on breaking news. But you have to admit when you do.
This week brought another self-inflected wound for trust in journalism.
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Nakatomi Space
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Nakatomi Space
[Image: From Die Hard, directed by John McTiernan based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorpe].While watching Die Hard the other night—easily one of the best architectural films of …
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Jon Stewart's Show on Apple Is Ending
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NY Times
Jon Stewart’s Show on Apple Is Ending
Mr. Stewart and Apple are parting ways because of creative differences over “The Problem,” people with knowledge of the decision said.
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Hexagonal Grids
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Redblobgames
Red Blob Games: Hexagonal Grids
Amit's guide to math, algorithms, and code for hexagonal grids
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Wealth Shown to a Pixel Scale
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In search of the least viewed article on Wikipedia
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colinmorris.github.io
In search of the least viewed article on Wikipedia
Wikipedia sure is popular. The most popular articles in a given week routinely get millions of views. But with 6 million plus articles, Wikipedia has plenty ...
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Peter Thiel was reportedly an FBI informant
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The Verge
Peter Thiel was reportedly an FBI informant
He supposedly focused on foreign influence operations.
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We caught technicians snooping on our personal devices
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We caught technicians at Best Buy, Mobile Klinik, Canada Computers and others snooping on our personal devices | CBC News
CBC's Marketplace took smartphones and laptops to tech repair stores across Ontario — including large chains Best Buy and Mobile Klinik in a snooping test — and found that in more than half of the documented cases, technicians accessed intimate photos and…
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Nonprofit hospitals skimp on charity while CEOs reap millions, report finds
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Ars Technica
Nonprofit hospitals skimp on charity while CEOs reap millions, report finds
Nonprofit hospitals got $28 billion in tax breaks—which made up 44% of their net income.
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Encrypted traffic interception on Hetzner and Linode targeting Jabber service
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Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False Arrest Vid Goes Viral
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VICE
Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After Allegedly False Arrest Goes Viral
19-year-old Tayvin Galanakis posted his traffic stop arrest, despite not being intoxicated, on YouTube where it gained millions of views.
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Versioning data in Postgres? Testing a Git like approach
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Versioning data in Postgres? Testing a git like approach - Specfy
An alternative way to achieve data versioning in Postgres using git pattern.
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Americans Must Earn $114,000 a Year to Afford a Typical Home
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Bloomberg.com
Americans Must Earn $114,000 a Year to Afford a Typical Home
The income that potential buyers need has soared to record levels, according to Redfin.
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Fructose is the main culprit of the obesity epidemic: study
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Study Finds
Fructose is the main culprit of the obesity epidemic, study explains
Researchers say fructose, found in table sugar and high fructose corn syrup, is at the heart of the obesity problem.
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The Tech Industry Has a New Plan to Stop Proliferation of Right to Repair Laws
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404 Media
The Tech Industry Has a New Plan to Stop Right to Repair Laws
Faced with new laws in California and other states, big tech lobbyists want to sign a "Memorandum of Understanding" to prevent "a compliance market where lawyers drive the decisions."
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Everything Looks Like a Nail
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wheresyoured.at
Everything Looks Like A Nail
Marc Andreessen, a man worth nearly two billion dollars, a man who lives in a $177 million compound in Malibu, a man who has been on the board of Facebook and Hewlett-Packard and who likely hasn’t experienced a struggle in decades, wants you to believe he’s…
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Instagram apologises for adding 'terrorist' to some Palestinian user profiles
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the Guardian
Instagram apologises for adding ‘terrorist’ to some Palestinian user profiles
Parent company Meta says bug caused ‘inappropriate’ auto-translations and was now fixed while employee says it pushed ‘a lot of people over the edge’
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"<ESC>[31M"? ANSI Terminal security in 2023 and finding 10 CVEs
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Kyoto Statement on End-to-End Encryption
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Global Encryption Coalition
Kyoto Statement on End-To-End Encryption – Global Encryption Coalition
On the occasion of the 2023 Internet Governance Forum The Internet Governance Forum is a multi-stakeholder forum that gathers governments, industry, civil society, the technical community, to discuss the most pressing issues related to internet governance.…
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AI tidies up Wikipedia's references – and boosts reliability
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Nature
AI tidies up Wikipedia’s references — and boosts reliability
Nature - A neural network can identify references that are unlikely to support an article’s claims, and scour the web for better sources.
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Eclipse October 2023
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www.gridstatus.io
Grid Status
Comprehensive data and tools for understanding the US Electric Grid
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