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How to (not) have sex in the 600s
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Erik Wade
How to Have Sex in the 600s: A very NSFW #MedievalTwitter Thread. Archbishop Theodore gave many judgments on what sexual acts were appropriate (and not) in the late 600s in England. So...how *was* it appropriate to have sex? (Lyon, BM, MS 5128, f. 100r)
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TikTok hits 1.5B downloads, outperforming Instagram
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TikTok hit 1.5 billion downloads, and is still outperforming Instagram
TikTok is posing a growing threat to Facebook and Instagram, which have both tried to clone its success.
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List of all tools we used to create a hit HTML5 game on Steam
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www.codecks.io
Ultimate list of all tools we used to create a hit HTML5 game on Steam — Codecks
The ultimate list of (almost) everything we used to create our premium Steam hit game Curious Expedition.
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Don’t Blame the Internet for New Slang
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The Walrus
Don’t Blame the Internet for New Slang | The Walrus
Language is always changing. How has technology forced it to evolve?
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Half-Life: Alyx confirmed
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Rock Paper Shotgun
Valve confirm Half-Life: Alyx, a VR game being revealed on Thursday
Goodness me, Valve actually are making a new Half-Life game. Following the weekend’s leaky rumours of Half-Life: Alyx, Valve have confirmed yup, it actually is real. They actually are making a new Half-Life, and it actually is for VR. They call Half-Life:…
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Watchmen creator Alan Moore: Modern superhero culture is embarrassing
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BBC News
Watchmen creator Alan Moore: Modern superhero culture is embarrassing
One of the greatest comic book writers says it's embarrassing for adults to like superheroes.
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“Royalty-Free” Music Supplied by YouTube Results in Mass Video Demonetization
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Torrentfreak
'Royalty-Free' Music Supplied By YouTube Results in Mass Video Demonetization (Updated) * TorrentFreak
A YouTuber who used a royalty-free track supplied by YouTube itself has had all of his videos copyright claimed by companies including SonyATV and Warner Chappell. According to the music outfits, Matt Lownes' use the use of the track 'Dreams' by Joakim Karud…
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Oversaid – Keeping track of who said what in tech
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Oversaid
Oversaid - Big Tech quotes in your inbox
Oversaid emails you what Tech executives are saying, cutting through the BS with irreverent commentary and in-depth analysis.
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Thousands flock to Wikipedia founder's 'Facebook rival'
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BBC News
Thousands flock to Wikipedia founder's 'Facebook rival'
Jimmy Wales says his new social network, WT:Social, now has more than 160,000 members.
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From Unix sysadmin to brutal separatist suppressor to president of Sri Lanka
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Theregister
From humble Unix sysadmin to brutal separatist suppressor to president of Sri Lanka
Today you toil. Who knows what tomorrow brings?
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Boeing faced ‘limited’ safety review from NASA while SpaceX got full examination
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Playing Hide-and-Seek, Machines Invent New Tools
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Quanta Magazine
Playing Hide-and-Seek, Machines Invent New Tools
After millions of games, machine learning algorithms found creative solutions and unexpected new strategies that could transfer to the real world.
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Hospitals pledge to fight Trump admin price transparency plan in court
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Healthcare Dive
Hospitals pledge to fight Trump admin price transparency plan in court
President Donald Trump said patients have "been getting ripped off for years" and HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the requirements are a "revolutionary" change for the industry.
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USS Pueblo
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Seclusion and Isolation Rooms Misused in Illinois Schools
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Chicagotribune
The Quiet Rooms: Children are being locked away, alone and terrified, in schools across Illinois
Seclusion rooms are supposed to be a last resort, but students across the state are routinely put in them for infractions as minor as spilling milk.
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Thomas Guenoux, a CEO Helping to See the Funny Side of Life as a Developer
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Welcometothejungle
Meet Thomas Guenoux, the founder of CommitStrip
In this interview, Thomas Guenoux, the founder of CommitStrip, explains the creation process behind the strip and what makes developers laugh.
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Bill Gates Heliogen Uses AI and Solar for Industrial Processes
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TechCrunch
Heliogen’s new tech could unlock renewable energy for industrial manufacturing
Last Monday a group of millionaires and billionaires took a trip to an industrial site in Lancaster, Calif. to witness the achievement of what could represent a giant leap forward in the effort to decarbonize some of the world’s most carbon intensive industries.…
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Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation
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Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation
Prosecutor says country will not proceed with investigation into WikiLeaks founder
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Zuckerberg’s Anti-China Rhetoric Roils Facebook Employees
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The Information
Zuckerberg’s Anti-China Rhetoric Roils Facebook Employees
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Georgetown address about free speech last month drew skeptical commentary from many quarters. But for one group of Facebook workers—its community of Chinese employees—his comments touched a particularly sensitive nerve. Zuckerberg’s…
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Show HN: Visualize how HN/Reddit talk about your company and products
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Windows will improve user privacy with DNS over HTTPS
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TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM
Windows will improve user privacy with DNS over HTTPS | Microsoft Community Hub
Announcing and explaining our intention to support DNS over HTTPS in future versions of Windows
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