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First Porn, Now Skin Cream? 'Age Verification' Bills Are Out of Control
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control
I’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers lurking in the digital world (like…“the
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Optimistic Locking in B-Trees
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Cedardb
To B or not to B: B-Trees with Optimistic Lock Coupling
CedarDB is a database system that delivers unmatched performance for transactions and analytics, from small writes to handling billions of rows. Built on cutting-edge research to power today’s tools and tomorrow’s challenges.
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Athena spacecraft declared dead after toppling over on moon
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the Guardian
Athena spacecraft declared dead after toppling over on moon
Robotic private spacecraft touched down about 250 meters from its intended landing site on Thursday
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Google change is breaking some digital photo frames
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The Verge
This Google change is breaking some digital photo frames
Sorry, Grandma
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Melbourne startup launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells
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www.abc.net.au
Melbourne start-up launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells
In 2022, a Melbourne start-up announced they’d taught neurons in a dish to play Pong. Now, they’re selling a "biological computer" made of thousands of human neurons.
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YouTube scares me; I need RAID 1 for my video content
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Moscow-based global news network has infected Western AI tools
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Newsguardrealitycheck
A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda
An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow’s disinformation goals by repeating false claims from the pro-Kremlin Pravda network 33 percent of the time
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Doge Is Putting Major Government Efficiency Projects at Risk
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WIRED
DOGE Is Putting Major Government Efficiency Projects at Risk
In its apparent quest to cut government spending and improve efficiency, DOGE has fired entire tech teams devoted to those very things.
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Europe's most wanted man plotted my murder and that of my colleague
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The Insider
“Let’s hire an ISIS suicide bomber to blow him up in the street!”: Europe’s most wanted man plotted my murder — and that of my…
A jury at the Old Bailey, London’s Central Criminal Court, has just found six of my compatriots — citizens of Bulgaria — guilty of conspiring with the Kremlin to kidnap and possibly murder me and my colleague and friend, Roman Dobrokhotov. The Bulgarians…
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Great software design looks underwhelming
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Seangoedecke
Great software design looks underwhelming
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Ask HN: Do your eyes bug you even though your prenoscription is "correct"?
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Performance optimization, and how to do it wrong
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genna.win
Performance optimization, and how to do it wrong | Just wing it
Optimization is hard. And sometimes, the compiler makes it even harder.
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The Balatro Timeline
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LocalThunk
The Balatro Timeline — LocalThunk
It’s been approximately 3 years since I began work on Balatro - and in that time I have personally documented almost nothing about the journey. This is something that has bothered me since the game launched. I am constantly forgetting major moments in development…
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Polars Cloud: The Distributed Cloud Architecture to Run Polars Anywhere
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pola.rs
Polars Cloud; the distributed Cloud Architecture to run Polars anywhere
DataFrames for the new era
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62% of Canadians Plan to Avoid the U.S. for at Least the Next Year
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Abacus Data
62% of Canadians Plan to Avoid the U.S. for at Least the Next Year Amid Political Tensions - Abacus Data
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Cliff Asness: The New 'Crypto Fort Knox' Is as Dumb as It Sounds
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Thefp
Cliff Asness: The New ‘Crypto Fort Knox’ Is as Dumb as It Sounds
To create a sovereign wealth fund dedicated to something five times or more as volatile as straight-up stocks is an awful idea.
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The features of Python's help() function
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Pythonmorsels
The features of Python's help() function
Python's help() function accepts more than functions, modules, and objects. The help() function can lookup help for symbols, keywords, and topics!
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A Scientific American bolt puzzle
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Leancrew
A SciAm bolt puzzle
A more detailed explanation of an old Martin Gardner puzzle.
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How a Connecticut DMV Employee Made Thousands by Selling Towed Cars
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ProPublica
How a Connecticut DMV Employee Made Thousands by Selling Towed Cars
For years, a towing company cut the lines at the DMV in exchange for deep discounts on towed cars, according to an internal DMV report, showing the agency’s oversight failures.
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Suspicious Tesla Sales Surge Triggers Canadian Government Investigation
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Motor Illustrated
Suspicious Tesla Sales Surge Triggers Canadian Government Investigation - Motor Illustrated
Tesla reported 8,600 sales in three days, triggering $43 million in government EV rebates. A single Toronto Tesla location claimed over 1,200 sales, raising concerns about possible rebate misuse. Transport Canada is investigating potential irregularities…
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GeoCities in 1995: Building a Home Page on the Internet
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Cybercultural
GeoCities in 1995: Building a Home Page on the Internet
GeoCities, known throughout most of 1995 as Beverly Hills Internet, is one of the first commercial internet services to make it easy for people to publish a home page on the World Wide Web.
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