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Estimates of Heritability of Longevity Are Inflated due to Assortative Mating
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OUP Academic
Estimates of the Heritability of Human Longevity Are Substantially Inflated due to Assortative Mating
Abstract. Here, Ruby et al. analyze an unprecedented amount of public family tree data from Ancestry and determine that the heritability of human longevity was
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Inside the sordid world of America's for-profit colleges
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the Guardian
'Phenomenally saddening': inside the sordid world of America's for-profit colleges
The new documentary Fail State, executive produced by Dan Rather, tells the 50-year tale of profit-driven colleges scamming society’s most vulnerable
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Cloud Computing Without Containers at Cloudflare
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The Cloudflare Blog
Cloud Computing without Containers
We have a cloud computing platform called Workers. Unlike essentially every other cloud computing platform I know of, it doesn’t use containers or virtual machines. We believe that is the future of Serverless and cloud computing in general, and I’ll try to…
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Romania orders investigative journalists to disclose sources under GDPR
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www.occrp.org
OCCRP Strongly Objects to Romania’s Misuse of GDPR to Muzzle Media
RISE Project, an award-winning investigative journalism outlet in Romania and OCCRP’s partner, was ordered Thursday by the Romanian Data Protection Authority (ANSPDCP) to reveal its sources under the threat of a fine of up to €20 million based on the European…
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New discovery throws light on mystery of pyramids' construction
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the Guardian
New discovery throws light on mystery of pyramids' construction
Egyptologists stumble across ramp that helps explain how huge blocks of stones were hauled into place
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Human fertility rate has fallen by nearly 50% since 1950
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BBC News
'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates
Half of the world's countries now have too few babies being born to maintain their populations.
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Facebook chooses Canada for Dating feature launch today
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CBC
Facebook chooses Canada for Dating feature launch today | CBC News
Facebook Inc. will aim to make its social media platform's users more than just friends with a new dating feature that will mark its North American launch in Canada on Thursday.
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All U.S. National Parks Are Free to Enter on Sunday
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Atlas Obscura
All U.S. National Parks Are Free to Enter on Sunday
Access is in honor of Veterans Day.
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RescueTime iOS removed from App Store (along with other Screen Time competitors)
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Tesla Model 3 Performance with Track Mode Beats a Ferrari's Record
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Teslarati
Tesla Model 3 Performance with Track Mode beats a Ferrari’s record in closed circuit test
Around six weeks ago, the Tesla Model 3 Performance squared off against the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio and the Jaguar I-PACE EV400 around the “Streets” of Willow Springs International Raceway in CA. The track tests, which were conducted by auto publication…
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Getting the iPad to “Pro”
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Craig Mod
Getting the iPad to Pro
Getting the iPad to Pro — The new iPad Pro is a computer from the future, with software from yesterday
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AMD’s Rome is indeed a monster
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SemiAccurate
AMD's Rome is indeed a monster - SemiAccurate
On Tuesday AMD announced Rome, the 7nm 64-core 9-die monster that SemiAccurate exclusively brought you months ago.Read more
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Computer programming as an art (1974)
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How Many Computers Are in Your Computer
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gwern.net
Surprisingly Turing-Complete
A catalogue of software constructs, languages, or APIs which are unexpectedly Turing-complete; implications for security and reliability.
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Healthcare.gov
Hackers Stole Tax, Income, Immigration Data
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TechCrunch
Hackers stole income, immigration and tax data in Healthcare.gov breach, government confirms
Hackers siphoned off thousands of Healthcare.gov applications by breaking into the accounts of brokers and agents tasked with helping customers sign up for healthcare plans. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said in a post buried on its…
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Loneliness Is Hard on the Brain
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Mind Matters
Researchers find loneliness is hard on the brain
What’s less often recognized is that loneliness could cause be a cause of brain damage as well, at least if we go by rodent studies.
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Amazon’s consumer business has turned off its Oracle data warehouse
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Bloomberg.com
‘Keep Talkin’ Larry’: Amazon Is Close to Tossing Oracle Software
Amazon.com Inc. has taken another step toward eliminating software from Oracle Corp. that has long helped the e-commerce giant run its retail business.
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The Curse of the Honeycrisp Apple
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Bloomberg.com
The Curse of the Honeycrisp Apple
Everyone’s favorite apple is leaving Northeastern orchards out on a limb.
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Tech C.E.O.s Are in Love with Their Principal Doomsayer
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NY Times
Tech C.E.O.s Are in Love With Their Principal Doomsayer (Published 2018)
The futurist philosopher Yuval Noah Harari thinks Silicon Valley is an engine of dystopian ruin. So why do the digital elite adore him so?
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Creating Expressive C++ Smart Pointers for Remote Memory
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NH judge orders Amazon to give Echo recordings in murder case
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