It’s been a whole year since Foxconn told reporters its buildings in Wisconsin weren’t empty. (They’re still empty.)

(WIP) Turn your VSCode into a decent markdown note taking platform - 0xGG/vscode-crossnote

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“This may be the time,” he said, “to consider a universal basic wage.” This points to what is usually known as universal basic income—a regular, substantial cash payment to people just for being alive.

I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 IBM logic block manual. Someone wrote on the diagram of a FET, changing it to "Nixon FET": "Economic Drain", "WaterGate", "Unimpeachable Source". bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/logic/…

Louis Pouzin helped create the internet. Now he is campaigning to ensure that its design continues to evolve and improve in future

Computer vision researchers have uncovered a world of visual signals hiding in our midst, including subtle motions that betray what’s being said and faint images of what’s around a corner.

Bold new reactor designs promise safe, clean electricity.

More than two inches long, the world's largest hornet carries a painful, sometimes lethal sting and an appetite for honey bees. It is also the newest insect invader of Washington state.

How a network of websites pushing fear-mongering ebooks amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Virtual worlds.

As the economic shutdown pares tenants’ incomes, April payments have been reduced, deferred or withheld. Some landlords see their property at risk.

The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the reality of infinitely precise numbers.

Amid changing tastes and a growing population from Ethiopia and Eritrea, chef Desta Bairu’s DC restaurant won national attention. The woman in the kitchen, not so much.