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Space law is inadequate for the boom in human activity there
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The Economist
Space law is inadequate for the boom in human activity there
The law has big gaps. Who is liable for space debris? And is space mining even legal?
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What a bad day at work taught me about building Stack Overflow’s community
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Stack Overflow Blog
What a very bad day at work taught me about building Stack Overflow’s community
Hi, my name is Sara Chipps, first time Stack blogger, long time Stacker (I’ve always wanted to say that!). I’m the new Director of Public Q&A at Stack Overflow. I’ve been at Stack for a year now, and I’d like to share with you one of my worst days at work…
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A moonlit tribute to a moon landing icon
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Google
A moonlit tribute to a moon landing icon
As the 50th anniversary of the moon landing approaches, Google is shining a light on Margaret Hamilton’s contribution with a massive portrait made of moonlight.
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The Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Spacecraft Design Then and Now
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Mathworks
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Spacecraft Design Then and Now
To mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, we revisit a first-hand account of designing the Lunar Module digital autopilot, and compare the approach used then with the way it could be done today.
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AT&T to Face EFF Class Action for Selling Customers’ Location to Bounty Hunters
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Vice
EFF Hits AT&T With Class Action Lawsuit for Selling Customers’ Location to Bounty Hunters
The lawsuit, which comes after multiple Motherboard investigations into phone location data selling, is seeking an injunction against AT&T which would try to enforce the deletion of any sold data.
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Grindr has faced a federal investigation, layoffs, mismanagement, and turmoil
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BuzzFeed News
Grindr Had Dreams Of Making The World Better For Queer People. Then A Chinese Gaming Company Bought It.
Over the last 18 months, Grindr has faced a federal investigation, layoffs, mismanagement, and internal turmoil. Now the popular gay dating and hookup app is looking for a new owner.
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2019 examples to compare OCR services: Amazon vs. Google vs. Microsoft
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How I tried to compete with YouTube and Google with
Livevideo.com
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Techpost |
Why You Can’t Compete with Google: The Deplatforming of LiveVideo.com | Techpost
Learn how Google kills competition through anti-competitive behavior. This is the true story of how I tried to compete with YouTube and Google with two of the former founders of Myspace between 2006-2008 on a startup called LiveVideo.com. Some old files I…
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H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘specialty occupation’
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The Mercury News
H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘specialty occupation’ in tossing Indian woman’s case
Outsourcing firm’s definition of a specialty occupation wasn’t specialized enough, judge rules.
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Ask HN: Anyone Using Cockroach DB in Production?
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Introducing Abscissa: iqlusion’s security-oriented Rust application framework
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the iqlusion blog on Svbtle
Introducing Abscissa: iqlusion’s security-oriented Rust applicat...
By Tony Arcieri Earlier this month we released Abscissa: our security-oriented Rust application framework. After releasing v0.1, we’ve spent the past few weeks further polishing it up in tandem with this blog post, and just released a follow-up...
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WeWork Co-Founder Has Cashed Out at Least $700M Via Sales, Loans
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WSJ
WeWork Co-Founder Has Cashed Out at Least $700 Million Via Sales, Loans
Adam Neumann, co-founder and largest shareholder of WeWork Cos., has cashed out more than $700 million from the company ahead of its initial public offering through a mix of stock sales and debt, people familiar with the matter say.
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Symmetry Minute
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Wikipedia
Symmetry minute
The symmetry minute is a significant time point in the clock face timetables used by many public transport operators. At this point in the cycle, a train in a clock-face timetable meets its counterpart travelling in the opposite direction on the same line.…
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How developers use API documentation: an observation study [pdf]
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America’s urban rebirth is missing actual births
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The Atlantic
The Future of the City Is Childless
America’s urban rebirth is missing something key—actual births.
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What does an unprocessed RAW file look like?
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Peta Pixel
What Does an Unprocessed RAW File Look Like?
What does it mean to look at a “straight from camera” RAW photo file? How do RAW processors like Lightroom change the files after they’re loaded, and are RAW files actually images? Those are some questions we’ll be exploring in this article. There is a tool…
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Returning Due Process to Campus
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City Journal
Returning Due Process to Campus
The latest federal court decision in a campus sexual assault case is a reminder that accused students deserve a fair hearing.
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TinyGo: New Go Compiler Based on LLVM
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Rent the Backyard (YC S19) wants to build a studio apartment in your yard
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TechCrunch
Rent the Backyard wants to build a studio apartment in your yard | TechCrunch
Rent the Backyard is one of the rare startups with a name that perfectly suits what it does. The company, which is part of Y Combinator's current batch,
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A Cold Take on IBM, Red Hat and Their Hybrid Cloud Hyperbole
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Platformonomics
Platformonomics - A Very Cold Take on IBM, Red Hat and Their Hybrid Cloud Hyperbole
I start more blog posts than I finish, due to no shortage of other distractions and at times a near-crippling inability to blog short. When IBM announced they were acquiring Red Hat in October 2018…
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Front-end design, React, and a bridge over the great divide
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Brad Frost
Frontend Design, React, and a Bridge over the Great Divide
Frontend designers create the HTML, CSS, and presentational JavaScript code that powers web products' user interfaces. I see frontend design as helpful mortar that bridges the gap between design and development.
Of course "frontend designer" may or may…
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