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We decided to go for the Big Rewrite
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Look out for the second 2019 GPS week number rollover
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BRL-CAD: Open-Source Solid Modeling
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Why printk() is so complicated, and how to fix it
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lwn.net
Why printk() is so complicated (and how to fix it)
The kernel's printk()
function seems like it should be relatively simple; all it does is format a
string and output it to the kernel logs. That simplicity hides a lot of
underlying complexity, though, and that complexity is why kernel developers
are still…
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A brief history of government efforts to stop people from wearing masks
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Quartz
A brief history of government efforts to stop people from wearing masks
At its core, face mask bans pose a question about power: who gets to wield it, and who gets to place limits on it.
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Global groundwater extraction a “ticking time bomb”
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Cosmos Magazine
Global groundwater extraction a “ticking time bomb”
Current practices are having an escalating impact on aquatic ecosystems. Natalie Parletta reports.
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Oracle demands $12K from network biz that doesn't use its software
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The Register
Oracle demands $12K from network biz that doesn't use its software
Mistake, fishing expedition, or attempt to hold a company liable for its customers?
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Calibre 4.0
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Calibre-Ebook
calibre - New in calibre 4.0
calibre: The one stop solution for all your e-book needs. Comprehensive e-book software.
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Making My Own Glasses
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Oliver Eidel
Making My Own Glasses
It’s a long weekend, I’m standing in my flat, 10 lenses scattered across the desk in front of me. I’m wearing weird glasses consisting of an empty plastic frame and some lenses stuck into it. I squint out of the window, trying to read number plates of cars…
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In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer
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NY Times
In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer
A new study found that certain fungi can settle in the pancreas, where they spur the growth of tumors.
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One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be swallowed whole
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Los Angeles Times
One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be swallowed whole
A controversial dam will swell the Tigris River until its waters submerge the ancient city of Hasankeyf, forcing longtime residents to flee and swallowing up cultural treasures.
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Startups ‘are staying private way too long’ says Marc Benioff
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TechCrunch
Startups ‘are staying private way too long’ says Salesforce founder Marc Benioff
“What public markets do is indeed the great reckoning. But it cleanses [a] company of all of the bad stuff that they have.”
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Unsteady income in young adulthood linked to thinking problems in middle age
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Pricing niche products: Why sell a mechanical keyboard kit for $1,668?
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India’s elephant-friendly tea garden
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Bbc
India’s elephant-friendly tea garden
An Indian tea farm is the first in the world to embrace elephant conservation practices. Meet the farmer saving elephants one cup of tea at a time.
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Why should I always enable compiler warnings?
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Stack Overflow
Why should I always enable compiler warnings?
I often hear that when compiling C and C++ programs I should "always enable compiler warnings". Why is this necessary? How do I do that?
Sometimes I also hear that I should "treat warnings as err...
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Lethal memory fail: Why drivers see, and then forget motorcyclists
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CBC
Lethal memory fail: Why drivers see, and then forget, motorcyclists | CBC Radio
Driving simulation tests suggest that human memory, rather than negligence, may be responsible for "looked but failed to see" collisions, a new study suggests.
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StackOverflow's apology on the removal of a moderator(post not votable)
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Meta Stack Exchange
An Update to our Community and an Apology
Last week we made an important decision for our community. We removed a moderator for repeatedly violating our existing Code of Conduct and being unwilling to accept our CM’s repeated requests to c...
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Ask HN: What are your arguments in favor of end-to-end encryption?
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EU says social platforms can be ordered to take down unlawful content worldwide
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WIRED UK
Friday briefing: EU says social platforms can be ordered to take down unlawful content worldwide
Facebook will oppose a ruling that says EU laws do not preclude demands that illegal content be taken down in non-EU countries, Kaspersky caught Uzebk intelligence services developing new spyware
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Green AI
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arXiv.org
Green AI
The computations required for deep learning research have been doubling every few months, resulting in an estimated 300,000x increase from 2012 to 2018 [2]. These computations have a surprisingly...
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