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A False Economy Powered by Ads and Lies
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John W. DeFeo
How Lies Sell Ads, Big Tech Profits and Society Bears the Cost
Tech companies like Facebook, Amazon and Alphabet continue to post record profits despite a slew of controversies and bad press.
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How to Write Shared Libraries (2011) [pdf]
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Iota Being Shut Off Is the Latest Chapter in an Absurdist History
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CoinDesk
IOTA Being Shut Off Is the Latest Chapter in an Absurdist History
IOTA's 12-day outage shows the crypto markets aren't rational, at least not yet.
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Toxic sofas are a secret scandal
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the Guardian
Toxic sofas are a secret scandal – and an ‘EU red tape’ bonfire will make it worse | George Monbiot
The use of banned flame retardants is widespread, yet our prime minister is hostile towards public protections, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Japanese firemen’s coats from the 19th century
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The Public Domain Review
Japanese Firemen’s Coats (19th century)
Firemen's coats in 19th-century Japan were reversible — one side was plain and the other side (worn on the inside while tackling blazes) was decorated with rich and symbolic imagery
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The Animal Origins of Coronavirus and Flu
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Quanta Magazine
The Animal Origins of Coronavirus and Flu
Zoonotic diseases like influenza and many coronaviruses start out in animals, but their biological machinery often enables them to jump to humans.
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Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism
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Bbc
Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism
Monopoly's inventor, Elizabeth Magie, would have sent herself straight to jail if she’d lived to see just how influential today’s twisted version of her game turned out to be.
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GOG asks you to please not abuse its expansive new 30-day refund policy
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Ars Technica
GOG asks you to please not abuse its expansive new 30-day refund policy
DRM-free store now offers more generous refund terms than digital competitors.
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DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash iron is hot
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You're Likely to Get the Coronavirus
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The Atlantic
You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
Most cases are not life-threatening, which is also what makes the virus a historic challenge to contain.
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YC's new guide to Raising a Series A
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Y Combinator
YC’s New Guide to Raising a Series A
Over the last two years, YC companies have raised 190 Series A's and over $2B of capital. We collected information about every one of those rounds while working with founders before, during, and after close. We’ve published some of what we learned in our…
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Show HN: Word Champions, a word game written in ClojureScript
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Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?
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CouchDB 3.0
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CouchDB Blog
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Dear community, Apache CouchDB
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3.0.0 has been released and is available for download. Apache CouchDB
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lets you access your data where you need it. The Couch Replication Protocol is implemented in …
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Post-intensive care syndrome results from continuous inflammation
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padiracinnovation.org
Post-intensive care syndrome results from continuous inflammation - Padirac Innovations' blog
Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) describes a set of disorders that are common in patients with severe illness and / or intensive care. Since the
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Loading NumPy arrays from disk: mmap() vs. Zarr/HDF5
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Python⇒Speed
Loading NumPy arrays from disk: mmap() vs. Zarr/HDF5
Learn how to load larger-than-memory NumPy arrays from disk using either mmap() (using numpy.memmap), or the very similar Zarr and HDF5 file formats.
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Apple subpoenas Santander and US intelligence contractor on use of Corellium
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Forbes
Apple Just Demanded Santander And A $50 Billion US Intelligence Contractor Reveal How They Use iPhone Hacking Tech
Despite Santander not being a Corellium customer, Apple demands documents from the bank about its use of the iPhone-tinkering tech. It’s also calling on one of the biggest government contractors in the world, L3Harris, to do the same.
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Reddit Posters Pick the Stocks Now
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Bloomberg.com
Reddit Posters Pick the Stocks Now
Also BlackRock, indexing and New York Fed shares.
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StorePreviewer – See what your app will look like on the App Store
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Storepreviewer
StorePreviewer - Preview and Optimize your iOS & Android App Store Listing
Preview screenshots, videos and much more. Share it and receive valuable feedback. Optimize your mobile app store listing and grow your organic downloads. Ready to become App of the Day?
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Hard Startups
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Sam Altman
Hard Startups
The most counterintuitive secret about startups is that it’s often easier to succeed with a hard startup than an easy one. A hard startup requires a lot more money, time, coordination, or...
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Remdesivir and chloroquine effectively inhibit coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in vitro
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Nature
Remdesivir and chloroquine effectively inhibit the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in vitro
Cell Research - Remdesivir and chloroquine effectively inhibit the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in vitro
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