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Firefox 121
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Firefox
Firefox 121.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
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Development slowness in big and legacy applications
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Michael's Coding Spot
Development slowness in big and legacy applications [and how to hurry it up]
Software companies come in many sizes. There are small startups, medium-sized companies, and huge enterprises. As you might expect, startups are usually lean and fast. Big companies that develop large applications move much more slowly. Those might be systems…
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Responsive scrollable videos without obscure video encoding requirements
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ScrollyVideo.js
Responsive scrollable videos without obscure video encoding requirements. Compatible with React, Svelte, Vue, and plain HTML.
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South Korea Will Police 'Shrinkflation' at the Supermarket
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WSJ
This Country Will Police ‘Shrinkflation’ at the Supermarket
Some countries have sought to use political pressure to dissuade food makers from gouging consumers. South Korea is taking things a step further.
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Today I'm launching Flare, a video sharing site built on Nostr Like YouTube
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zach (npub1zac…5dy5)
zach on Nostr :
Today I'm launching Flare, a video sharing site built on Nostr!
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Like YouTube, Flare lets you upload, view, comment, and like videos from your favorite creators. BUT unlike YouTube, we can't strike, shadow-ban, or demonetize you just b
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US spent more on health care in 2022 than 6 countries combined with universal
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STAT
U.S. government spent more on health care in 2022 than six countries with universal health care combined
American taxpayers footed the bill for about 41% of the nearly $4.5 trillion in both public and private health care spending the U.S. recorded last year.
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38% of VCs disappeared from dealmaking in 2023
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PitchBook
38% of VCs disappeared from dealmaking in 2023 - PitchBook
OpenView wasn't the only firm to depart VC this year. The number of active VC firms plummeted 38% compared to the same period last year, PitchBook data shows.
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Police get medical records without a warrant
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Ars Technica
CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens hand out medical records to cops without warrants
Lawmakers want HHS to revise health privacy law to require warrants.
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Stratechery Year in Review
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Stratechery by Ben Thompson
The 2023 Stratechery Year in Review
The most popular and most important posts on Stratechery in 2023.
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Couch surfing predator: how a group of drugged and assaulted women fought back
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the Guardian
The couch surfing predator: how a group of women were drugged and assaulted – then fought back
Dino Maglio, a former Italian police officer, opened up his home to young women travellers, many of whom suffered at his hands. As scattered as they were, legal action seemed impossible. But as their numbers grew, so too did their determination ...
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US homelessness up 12% from 2022, hits highest level since 2007
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BlobStreaming
US homelessness up 12% to highest reported level as rents soar and coronavirus pandemic aid lapses
653,000 people in the USA were homeless at the beginning of 2023 - twelve percent more than in the previous year. Many homeless people are without permanent accommodation for the first time in their lives.
The number of homeless people in the United…
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Code Is Not Technical Debt
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Gavinhoward
Code Is Not Technical Debt | Gavin D. Howard
Someone is wrong on the Internet; he said that all code is technical debt, and I refute that.
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New UK record for wind power set today – 21.81 GW between 0900-0930 GMT
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Iamkate
National Grid: Live
Shows the live status of Great Britain’s electric power transmission network
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Google OAuth is broken (sort of)
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Trufflesecurity
Google OAuth is Broken (Sort Of) ◆ Truffle Security Co.
Today I’m publicizing a Google OAuth vulnerability that allows employees at companies to retain indefinite access to applications like Slack and Zoom, after they’re off-boarded and removed from their company’s Google organization. The vulnerability is easy…
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Apple allows applications to track user locations without authorization
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CC0-licensed fantasy map brushes based on historical cartography
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K. M. Alexander
Fantasy Map Brushes
Welcome to a project I call #NoBadMaps. Here you will find brush sets and tools to create fantasy maps that can add a touch of historical authenticity to any project. All my brushes are released un…
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DocuSeal – Open-source Document Signing
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DocuSeal
DocuSeal | Open Source Document Signing
Free and Open source tool to streamline document filling and signing. Create custom PDF forms to complete and sign with an easy to use online tool. Automatic digital signature.
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How Two Pharmacists Figured Out That Decongestants Don't Work
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Scientific American
How Two Pharmacists Figured Out That Decongestants Don't Work
A loophole in FDA processes means older drugs such as those in oral decongestants weren’t properly tested. Here’s how we learned the most popular one doesn’t work
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Splatter Image: Ultra-Fast Single-View 3D Reconstruction
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szymanowiczs.github.io
Splatter Image
Splatter Image: Ultra-Fast Single-View 3D Reconstruction.
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Nvidia CEO: We bet the farm on AI and no one knew it
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TechCrunch
Nvidia CEO: We bet the farm on AI and no one knew it
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said today that the company made an existential business decision in 2018 that few realized would redefine its future and help redefine an evolving industry. It’s paid off enormously, of course, but Huang said this is only…
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Social media platform X suffers global outages
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BBC News
Social media platform X suffers global outages
Users were unable to view posts on the social media site for just over an hour.
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