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Linus: People should aim to make “badly written” code “just work” (2009)
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LWN.net
Re: Linux 2.6.29
From:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org> To:
Kyle [...]
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Dutch antennas unfolded behind the moon
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Radboud University
Dutch antennas unfolded behind the moon
The three antennas on the Dutch-Chinese radio telescope, which is currently located behind the moon, have been unfolded. This was ...
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Study Finds Wind Speeds Are Increasing, Which Could Boost Wind Energy
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WBUR
Study Finds Wind Speeds Are Increasing, Which Could Boost Wind Energy
The study says wind farm operators are likely to benefit from the uptick in wind speeds since faster wind means more efficient wind turbines.
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Shenzhen and Yiwu: Supply Chains and Consumerism
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Medium
Window-Shopping in Yiwu: A tale of globalisation, supply chains and throwaway culture
In the Chinese city of Yiwu, situated nearly 250 km from Shanghai, the long halls of the ‘International Trade City’ stretch along the…
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EU antitrust regulators say they are investigating Google's data collection
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U.S.
Exclusive: EU antitrust regulators say they are investigating Google's data collection
EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google's collection of data, the European Commission told Reuters on Saturday, suggesting the world's most popular internet search engine remains in its sights despite record fines in recent years.
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Practical Examples in Data Oriented Design
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Google Docs
Practical Examples in Data Oriented Design
Practical Examples in Data Oriented Design Niklas Frykholm, BitSquid Co-Founder of BitSquid New high-peformance game engine from scratch Show some practical examples of data-oriented design
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US 50 states redrawn as equal population (2012)
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Fake is the new real
Electoral college reform (fifty states with equal population)
proposal to reform the electoral college by reorganizing the US into states of equal sizes
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Shibboleths that get you past the initial noscript stage
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Patrick McKenzie
Oooooh one of my favorite topics. A quick thread. If your counterparty is X then Y is the shibboleth that most quickly gets you past the initial noscript stage. https://t.co/mXD0JvNamX
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MScSim – real-time flight dynamics simulation software
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HTTPie – A user-friendly CLI HTTP client
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GitHub - httpie/cli:
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HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions…
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HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more. - httpie/cli
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Inside Macintosh (1985) [pdf]
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1958 Facom 128B Japanese Relay Computer, Still Working [video]
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1958 FACOM 128B Japanese Relay Computer, still working!
0:00 Intro
0:53 The FACOM 128B
1:53 History of relay computers
5:16 Trip to Mt Fuji and Fujitsu's Numazu plant
6:12 Detailed look at the FACOM 128B
10:33 Simple example: 3+3, deciphering the lights
12:49 Calculating square root of 2
13:44 Crossbar mechanical…
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Being Average in the Age of Alpha
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Safal Niveshak
Being Average in the Age of Alpha - Safal Niveshak
I was an average student in school. Though I was surrounded by high achievers, and never questioned the importance of being extraordinary, I somehow never expected myself to rise to their levels. The most common remark I found in my annual report cards read…
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Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electricity but Not Heat
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ScienceAlert
Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electricity But Not Heat
Researchers have identified a metal that conducts electricity without conducting heat - an incredibly useful property that defies our current understanding of how conductors work.
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Foreign Accent Syndrome
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CBC
'Now I have a lovely Scottish brogue' — The science behind foreign accent syndrome | CBC Radio
People who suddenly start speaking with a foreign accent are rare, making it hard to investigate. A recent study by doctors and linguists offers insight into its triggers and what we're really hearing.
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Show HN: Flowy – A minimal JavaScript library to create flowcharts
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GitHub
GitHub - alyssaxuu/flowy: The minimal javanoscript library to create flowcharts
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The minimal javanoscript library to create flowcharts
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Kali Linux Adds 'Undercover' Mode to Impersonate Windows 10
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BleepingComputer
Kali Linux Adds 'Undercover' Mode to Impersonate Windows 10
Kali Linux 2019.4 was released last week and with it comes an 'Undercover' mode that can be used to quickly make the Kali desktop look like Windows 10.
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Corporate Spies Are Watching Organized Labor
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Truthout
Corporate Spies Are Watching Organized Labor
The right-wing members of the National Labor Relations Board want to make it legal for corporations to spy on workers.
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Files Are Hard (2015)
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Unbundling AWS
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Taylor Clauson
Unbundling AWS
Over the past year, I have spent a lot of time digging into cloud infrastructure and technical tools as a space for investing. One of the emergent behaviors of technology trends is the accelerating advantage of being a winner, played out with network effects…
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A Computability Proof of Gödel’s First Incompleteness Theorem
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Medium
A Computability Proof of Gödel’s First Incompleteness Theorem
A computability proof of Gödel’s incompleteness theorem equally as strong as Gödel’s version, but much easier to deduce
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