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China is destroying Uigher burial grounds
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the Guardian
Then and now: China's destruction of Uighur burial grounds
China is destroying Uighur graveyards where generations of families have been laid to rest, leaving behind human bones and broken tombs in what activists call an effort to eradicate the ethnic group’s identity in Xinjiang
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The Next Word: Where will predictive text take us?
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The New Yorker
Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker?
How predictive-text technology could transform the future of the written word.
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Science papers are getting harder to read (2017)
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Nature
It's not just you: science papers are getting harder to read
Nature - Papers from 2015 are a tougher read than some from the nineteenth century — and the problem isn't just about words, says Philip Ball.
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Applying deep learning to Airbnb search
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Overwatch's Mei Is Becoming a Symbol of the Hong Kong Resistance
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Kotaku
Overwatch's Mei Is Becoming A Symbol Of The Hong Kong Resistance
After Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai called for the liberation of Hong Kong, Blizzard suspended the Hearthstone player and withheld his prize money. The decision has been widely criticized. Fans have now started posting images of Overwatch hero Mei supporting…
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The Future of Mathematics? [video]
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YouTube
The Future of Mathematics?
As a professor of pure mathematics, my job involves teaching, research, and outreach. Two years ago I got interested in formal methods, and I learned how to use the Lean theorem prover developed at MSR. Since then I have become absolutely convinced that tools…
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Blizzard's Hong Kong Screw-Up Is Officially an International Incident
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Vice
Blizzard's Hong Kong Screw-Up Is Officially an International Incident
The company's communities are in chaos and US senators are taking notice, following the suspension of a pro 'Hearthstone' player who declared support for Hong Kong's protest movement.
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FBI misused surveillance data, spied on its own, FISA ruling finds
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Ars Technica
FBI misused surveillance data, spied on its own, FISA ruling finds
Contractor looked up relatives; data was used to vet agents, sources in US.
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The myth of inevitable technological progress
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Vox
The biggest lie tech people tell themselves — and the rest of us
They see facial recognition, smart diapers, and surveillance devices as inevitable evolutions. They’re not.
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China attacks Apple for allowing Hong Kong crowdsourced police activity app
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TechCrunch
China attacks Apple for allowing Hong Kong crowdsourced police activity app
Apple’s decision to greenlight an app called HKmaps, which is being used by pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong to crowdsource information about street closures and police presence, is attracting the ire of the Chinese government. An article in Chinese…
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No Radical Changes in GNU Project
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GitHub and US Government Developers
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The GitHub Blog
GitHub and US Government developers
At GitHub, we believe in empowering developers around the world. We also believe in basic human rights and treating people with respect and dignity. Today, I wanted to share a message I sent to all employees yesterday that is related to this, as it is important…
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Salesforce: We Ditched Python for Google's Go Language in Einstein Analytics
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ZDNET
Salesforce: Why we ditched Python for Google's Go language in Einstein Analytics
Salesforce explains why Google's Go programming language is a better fit than Python and C for Einstein Analytics.
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The Obvious UI Is Often the Best UI
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Medium
The Obvious UI is Often the Best UI
Design clear interactions instead clever ones, and users will follow
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Nietzsche’s Eternal Return
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The New Yorker
Nietzsche’s Eternal Return
Why thinkers of every political persuasion keep finding inspiration in the philosopher.
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Epic CEO says it won't ban Fortnite players for taking a stance on human rights
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Twitter
Tim Sweeney
@CherrishChoerry @calibrono (and 3 others) Yes, absolutely. That will never happen on my watch as the founder, CEO, and controlling shareholder.
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Critical Security Issue Identified in iTerm2
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Mozilla Security Blog
Critical Security Issue identified in iTerm2 as part of Mozilla Open Source Audit
A security audit funded by Mozilla has discovered a critical security vulnerability in the widely used macOS terminal emulator iTerm2.
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Economy Is Growing, but Americans Using Less Steel, Paper, Fertilizer and Energy
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Reason
The Economy Keeps Growing, but Americans Are Using Less Steel, Paper, Fertilizer, and Energy
Good news! We’re getting more while using less.
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China Says ‘Stay Tuned’ for Retaliation over U.S. Tech Blacklist
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NBA Events in China Disrupted over Hong Kong Tweet
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WSJ
NBA Events in China Disrupted Over Hong Kong Tweet
A day before a scheduled tipoff of a Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers game in Shanghai, a crisis for the National Basketball Association appeared no closer to resolution.
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Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology – To China (With Translation)
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reddit
Blizzard's Official Weibo Account Just Posted An Apology - to China
Posted in r/HongKong by u/N1cknamed • 1,491 points and 120 comments
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