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My Letter to the Editor of New York Times Magazine
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Sully Sullenberger
My Letter to the Editor of New York Times Magazine
Letter to the EditorCapt. “Sully” SullenbergerNew York Times MagazinePublished in print on October 13, 2019 In “What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 MAX?” William Langewiesche draws the conclusi…
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The boy behind the biggest coin-op conversion of the 80s
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Eurogamer.net
The boy behind the biggest coin-op conversion of the 80s
OutRunning on empty.
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Tracking PG&E outages by scraping to a Git repo
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simonwillison.net
Tracking PG&E outages by scraping to a git repo
PG&E have cut off power to several million people in northern California, supposedly as a precaution against wildfires. As it happens, I’ve been scraping and recording PG&E’s outage data every …
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Why office workers can't sleep and why that's bad
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Literary Hub
Why Office Workers Can’t Sleep (and Why That’s Bad)
Ever since the discovery that light—and particularly blue light—can suppress melatonin and alter the timing of our circadian clocks, evidence has been building that exposure to even low levels of l…
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Facebook's viewership metrics were inflated by 150 to 900%
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Twitter
The viewership metrics were inflated by 150 to 900%. Whole companies shifted their strategy to video. Companies going bankrupt, people losing jobs, FB gets away with 0.18% of annual income ($40M / $22B), a slap on the wrist.
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Show HN: I've made a rotary dial number input, because why not?
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GitHub
GitHub - victorqribeiro/dial: A Rotary Dial menu for input numbers
A Rotary Dial menu for input numbers. Contribute to victorqribeiro/dial development by creating an account on GitHub.
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First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming (1856)
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The Public Domain Review
First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming, by Eunice Foote (1856)
The first paper to link carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and earth heating.
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Clash over Surveillance Software Turns Personal in Germany
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Tilton
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When GoFundMe Gets Ugly
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The Atlantic
When GoFundMe Gets Ugly
The largest crowdfunding site in the world puts up a mirror to who we are and what matters most to us. Try not to look away.
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Goodbye with Love
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reddit
Goodbye With Love
I, Cooper Stevenson, have ALS and will die in the coming days. I want to tell you as the Open Source community that I love you and what you stand...
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China's New Cybersecurity Program: No Place to Hide
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Harris Bricken Sliwoski LLP
China's New Cybersecurity Program: NO Place to Hide
The Chinese government has been working for several years on a comprehensive Internet security/surveillance program. This program is based on the Cybersecurity Law adopted on 2016. The plan is vast and includes a number of subsidiary laws and regulations.…
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In praise of dissenters: It pays to encourage a variety of opinions
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The Economist
In praise of dissenters
It pays companies to encourage a variety of opinions
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Don’t build systems, build subsystems
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Jessitron
Don’t build systems. Build subsystems.
Always consider your design a subsystem.Jabe Bloom When we build software, we aren’t building it in nowhere. We aren’t building a closed system that doesn’t interact with its envi…
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Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000
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Blogspot
Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000
Last week the laptop I use for macOS development said that there is an XCode update available. I tried to install it but it said that there ...
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Spain jails leaders of Catalan secession bid for sedition
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Reuters
Spain jails Catalan separatist leaders, sparking protests, clashes
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday jailed nine Catalan separatist leaders for between nine and 13 years for their role in a failed independence bid, a decision that triggered mass protests in the region and left the future course…
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The stockmarket is now run by computers, algorithms and passive managers
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The Economist
The stockmarket is now run by computers, algorithms and passive managers
Such a development raises questions about the function of markets, how companies are governed and financial stability
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Bags of debris from Fukushima disaster swept away in typhoon
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The Asahi Shimbun
Bags of debris from Fukushima disaster swept away in typhoon:The Asahi Shimbun
TAMURA, Fukushima Prefecture--Bulk bags filled with greenery collected during decontamination effort
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The Open Book Project
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GitHub - joeycastillo/The-Open-Book
Contribute to joeycastillo/The-Open-Book development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Hong Kong protests: President Xi warns of 'bodies smashed'
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BBC News
Hong Kong protests: President Xi warns of 'bodies smashed'
China's president didn't mention any particular region but it was seen as a warning to Hong Kong.
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24-Hour Solar Energy: Molten Salt Makes It Possible
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Inside Climate News
24-Hour Solar Energy: Molten Salt Makes It Possible, and Prices Are Falling Fast
Sign up to receive our latest reporting on climate change, energy and environmental justice, sent directly to your inbox. Subscribe here. The first thing you see of the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Facility, and you can be miles away, is a light so bright…
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