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Toxic Positivity
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Glamour UK
Social media is spreading 'toxic positivity' and we seriously need to avoid it for the sake of our mental health
I’ve lost track how many times people remind me of the power of positivity.
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Keeping Master Green at Scale – Uber Engineering 'SubmitQueue'
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Uber Blog
Engineering Blog | Uber Blog
The technology behind Uber Engineering
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Facebook now says its password leak affected ‘millions’ of Instagram users
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TechCrunch
Facebook now says its password leak affected ‘millions’ of Instagram users
Facebook has confirmed its password-related security incident last month now affects “millions” of Instagram users, not “tens of thousands” as first thought. The social media giant confirmed the new information in its updated blog post, first published on…
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Microsoft Helped Build China’s Surveillance [video]
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YouTube
How Microsoft Helped Build China’s Nightmare Surveillance | China Uncensored
Did you know Microsoft, Google, and many other Western tech companies have partnered with Chinese military universities for research into cutting edge technology, including artificial intelligence, computer deep learning and facial recognition cameras and…
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Ask HN: What does your development stack look like in your favorite language?
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Tolkien was right: Scholars conclude Beowulf likely the work of single author
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Ars Technica
Tolkien was right: Scholars conclude Beowulf likely the work of single author
Study cites consistent use of certain letter combinations throughout text as evidence.
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Anarchists Who Took the Commuter Train
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Longreads
The Anarchists Who Took the Commuter Train
The Stelton colony, initially associated with the likes of Emma Goldman and Eugene O’Neill, was a radical suburb whose anarchist residents took the commuter train to New York.
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Crystal 0.28.0 Released
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The Crystal Programming Language
Crystal 0.28.0 released!
Crystal 0.28.0 has been released!
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How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer
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IEEE Spectrum
How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer
Design shortcuts meant to make a new plane seem like an old, familiar one are to blame
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AES-GCM-SIV: Nonce Misuse-Resistant Authenticated Encryption
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At Colorado, a Breach in Football’s Wall
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NY Times
At Colorado, a Breach in Football’s Wall
The University of Colorado has come closer than most institutions to wrestling with an urgent question: Is running a college football program unconscionable?
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Working memory revived in older adults by synchronizing rhythmic brain circuits
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Nature
Working memory revived in older adults by synchronizing rhythmic brain circuits
Nature Neuroscience - The authors develop a noninvasive stimulation protocol to restore neural synchronization patterns and improve working memory in older humans, contributing to groundwork for...
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Ask HN: I lost my ability to focus for hours on coding. How to regain?
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Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords in plain text
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The Verge
Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords in plain text
A lot more than initially stated.
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Super Mario Bros. has been ported to the Commodore 64
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People are pooping more than ever on the streets of San Francisco
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Business Insider
People are pooping more than ever on the streets of San Francisco
In 2011, just over 5,500 reports feces in public were logged by the San Francisco Department of Public Works; in 2018, the number was more than 28,000.
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Mozilla WebThings
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Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
Introducing Mozilla WebThings
Mozilla WebThings is an open platform for monitoring and controlling devices over the web.
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Mercury – Banking built for startups
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After a $14B Upgrade, New Orleans’ Levees Are Sinking
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Refused U.S. Visa Eight Times, Zoom CEO Is Now a Billionaire
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Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB Killer device
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ZDNet
Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB Killer device
He also destroyed seven computer monitors and computer-enhanced podiums that had open USB slots.
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