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Top Programming Languages 2019
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IEEE Spectrum
The Top Programming Languages 2019
Python remains the big kahuna, but specialist languages hold their own
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Joichi Ito Resigns After Outcry over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
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NY Times
Director of M.I.T.’s Media Lab Resigns After Taking Money From Jeffrey Epstein (Published 2019)
Joichi Ito had acknowledged taking $525,000 for the lab from Mr. Epstein, as well as more than $1 million for his own investment funds.
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Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies
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The American Father and Son Exporting Tear Gas to Hong Kong
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BuzzFeed.News
Made In America: For $9.50 An Hour, They Brew Tear Gas For Hong Kong
A BuzzFeed News investigation found low-paid American workers producing tear gas in potentially dangerous conditions. It's then shipped to Hong Kong, where it's used against pro-democracy protesters.
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App Updates for HTML5 Apps
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Apple
App Updates for HTML5 Apps - Latest News - Apple Developer
In order to provide users with the secure and curated experience that they expect on the App Store, we have always specified that apps must be self-contained bundles. This means that the core features and functionality of the app must be contained within…
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HK protesters use “unblockable” messaging via a bluetooth mesh
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Bbc
Hong Kong protesters using Bluetooth Bridgefy app
They want to communicate with each other while avoiding snooping from the Chinese authorities.
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Is There a Case for Skepticism of Psychedelic Therapy?
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Slate Star Codex
Is There A Case For Skepticism Of Psychedelic Therapy?
There’s been an explosion of interest in the use of psychedelics in psychiatry. Like everyone else, I hope this works out. But recent discussion has been so overwhelmingly positive that it…
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The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno elites
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the Guardian
The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno-elites
The MIT-Epstein debacle shows ‘the prostitution of intellectual activity’. Time for a radical agenda: close the Media Lab, disband Ted Talks and refuse tech billionaires money
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You don’t have to be “pro-nuclear” or “anti-nuclear.”
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Vox
A beginner’s guide to the debate over nuclear power and climate change
Guess what? You don’t have to be "pro-nuclear" or "anti-nuclear."
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Utopia, Abandoned: The Olivetti Town
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NY Times
Utopia, Abandoned (Published 2019)
The Italian town Ivrea was once a model for workers’ rights and progressive design. Now, it’s both a cautionary tale and evidence of a grand experiment in making labor humane.
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Large Underwater Observatory Disappears Without a Trace
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Gizmodo
Large Underwater Observatory Disappears Without a Trace, Baffling Scientists
A large monitoring station used to gather important scientific data in the Baltic Sea has mysteriously vanished.
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Outbreak of Lung Illness Associated with Using E-Cigarette Products
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New ways to make vertical farming stack up
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The Economist
New ways to make vertical farming stack up
Cultivating fresh produce in an artificial environment is getting cheaper
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DNA from cigarette butt leads to arrest of pipeline protester 3 years later
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Even Physicists Don’t Understand Quantum Mechanics
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NY Times
Opinion | Even Physicists Don’t Understand Quantum Mechanics (Published 2019)
Worse, they don’t seem to want to understand it.
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Our journey to type checking 4M lines of Python
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dropbox.tech
Our journey to type checking 4 million lines of Python
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How Did a Nissan Leaf Beat a Tesla Model S in a Race?
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CleanTechnica
How Did A Nissan LEAF Beat A Tesla Model S In A Race?
The Nissan LEAF certainly doesn't have a reputation as a serious performance car. With far less power than any Tesla, "semi-independent" rear suspension like you'd find under a Chevy Cavalier, and many similarities with the Versa, the LEAF is widely regarded…
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Malcolm Gladwell's famous 10k hour rule isn't holding up in new research
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Business Insider
Malcolm Gladwell's famous 10,000 hour rule for mastering a skill isn't holding up in new research
As the Guardian reports, new research indicates the 10,000-hour rule alone doesn't account for mastery in a given skill, like playing the violin.
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A Technology Freelancer's Guide to Starting a Worker Cooperative [pdf]
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Julia Academy: Learn ML, Parallel Programming, Julia and More
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Juliaacademy
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The definitive source for learning all things Julia, for free!
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Ask HN: What is the ops architecture like for AAA multiplayer game servers?
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