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Air conditioning's original purpose was to enable factory processes
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IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News
Air Conditioning Wasn’t Invented to Provide Comfort to Human Beings
Its original purpose was to enable factory processes, but now an ever-larger part of the world’s hottest regions is adopting it
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C performance mystery: delete unused string constant
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GitHub
Performance mystery: delete unused string constant · google/wuffs@49023af
This commit deletes the definition of the `const char*
wuffs_base__note__i_o_redirect` global variable. This variable is not
used anywhere (after the previous commit removed references to it).
Del...
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I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since
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Shogan.tech
How I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since - Shogan.tech
The problems with social media platforms in terms of the 'human' and 'data' aspect. Deleting Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram can make you a happier person
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How to sell open source software: Guacamole case study
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Opensource.com
How to sell open source software
In 2010-2011, Mike Jumper started the Guacamole project, a multi-protocol gateway that allowed admins to securel
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Those who exercise free speech should also defend it – even when it’s offensive
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Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: Those who exercise free speech should also defend it — even when it's offensive
People love to claim the 1st Amendment to protect speech they favor, but resist similar safeguards for expression they dislike.
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NASA names headquarters after first Black female engineer Mary W. Jackson
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Axios
NASA names headquarters after first Black female engineer Mary W. Jackson
Jackson was depicted in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures."
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John Stuart Mill “On Liberty” full text [pdf]
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The Eviction Tracking System: Monitor the number of U.S. eviction cases
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Eviction Lab
Eviction Tracking System | Eviction Lab
Get up-to-date maps, charts and data on eviction filings in select cities and states.
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Save Internet Freedom: Support the Open Technology Fund
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saveinternetfreedom.tech
Save Internet Freedom
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An experiment suggested by a PhD student may rewrite chemistry textbooks
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phys.org
An experiment suggested by a Ph.D. student may rewrite chemistry textbooks
Ryan McMullen had never heard of the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences when he started casting about for a graduate chemistry program. But on the recommendation of one of his professors, ...
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An even worse anti-encryption bill than EARN IT
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Eastern European Movies
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Eastern European Movies on English Online
Eastern European Movies with English Subnoscripts
Watch online Eastern European Movies with English, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese subnoscripts
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Your Career in Computer Programming (2015)
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How to Write PureScript React Components to Replace JavaScript
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Thomashoneyman
How to Write PureScript React Components to Replace JavaScript
PureScript helps reduce bugs and improve the stability of complex applications. Learn how to incrementally take over a small React application using Purenoscript's React Basic library while writing idiomatic code in both languages.
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Street-Fighting Mathematics
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Turns out Zoom isn't all that different to Skype after all
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Built for Mars
A UX case study on Zoom
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A user experience (UX) case study, showing what they've done right, and what they could improve on. Learn about UX design with Built for Mars.
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Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare
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Deutsche Welle
Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare
The German payment company Wirecard has said it will open insolvency proceedings after disclosing more than $2 billion dollars missing in its accounts. Trade on shares in the company was suspended.
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Michael Hawley of MIT's Media Lab has died
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NY Times
Michael Hawley, Programmer, Professor and Pianist, Dies at 58 (Published 2020)
A man of manifold interests, his achievements ranged from developing ideas behind the so-called Internet of Things to publishing the world’s biggest book.
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Krita 4.3.0 Released
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Krita
Krita 4.3.0 Released | Krita
Three months after the release of Krita 4.2.9, we’ve got a major new feature release for you: Krita 4.3.0! We’ve spent the past year not just fixing bugs, even though we fixed over a thousand issues, but have also been busy adding cool new stuff to play with.…
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Justice Department Charges Julian Assange in Superseding Indictment
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www.justice.gov
WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Superseding Indictment
A federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment today charging Julian P. Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, with offenses that relate to Assange’s alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the…
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Perceptions of musical octaves are learned, not wired in the brain
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Quanta Magazine
Perceptions of Musical Octaves Are Learned, Not Wired in the Brain
Singing experiments with residents of the Bolivian rainforest demonstrate how biology and experience shape the way we hear music.
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