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My dad got scammed for $3k worth of gift cards
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thehustle.co
How my dad got scammed for $3,000 worth of gift cards
The most recent iteration of a widespread government imposter scam has bilked thousands of Americans out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Berkshire Hathaway buys Dominion Energy natural gas assets in $10B deal
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CNBC
Warren Buffett's Berkshire buys Dominion Energy natural gas assets in $10 billion deal
It's Berkshire's first major purchase since the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent market collapse in March.
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QTile – An XMonad-like tiling WM written in Python
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No one is safe in Hong Kong anymore. Leave when you still can
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong security law: Police handed power to do warrantless searches, freeze assets, intercept comms, control internet
Hong Kong police will be authorised to conduct searches at private properties without a warrant, restrict suspects’ movements, freeze their assets, intercept communications and require internet service providers to remove information, as the city’s leader…
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Code only says what it does
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brooker.co.za
Code Only Says What it Does - Marc's Blog
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The Fed now owns Walmart's debt
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Mini-LED, Micro-LED and OLED displays: present status and future perspectives
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Nature
Mini-LED, Micro-LED and OLED displays: present status and future perspectives
Light: Science & Applications - Mini and micro light-emitting diodes (LEDs) could move to the centre-stage of display screen technologies once they mature. Shin-Tson Wu of the University of...
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JazzKeys: Type to improvise Jazz music
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JazzKeys, by Plan8
Send a message in Jazz!
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Building a CT Scan Covid-19 Classifier Using PyTorch
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Paperspace Blog
How to Build a COVID-19 Classifier Using PyTorch | Paperspace Blog
Using PyTorch, we create a COVID-19 classifier that predicts whether a patient is suffering from coronavirus or not, using chest CT scans of different patients.
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ICE changes exemptions for foreign students taking online courses in Fall 2020
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Booting a 486 from Floppy with the Most Up-to-Date Stable Linux Kernel
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Insentricity
Booting a 486 From Floppy with the Most Up-to-Date Stable Linux Kernel
Back in August of 2019 I had a Sing-Along Week contest on RetroBattlestations with the challenge of playing a MIDI file synchronized to a speech synthesizer singing the lyrics. In my stash of cards I found an MQX-32M MIDI card (Roland MPU-401 clone) which…
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From the gig economy to the creator economy to the participatory economy
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Check your Pulse
Check your Pulse #48
creator economy to participatory economy
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Two young scientists built a $250M business using yeast to clean up wastewater
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Forbes
How Two Young Scientists Built A $250 Million Business Using Yeast To Clean Up Wastewater
Houston-based Solugen is making cheaper, more effective industrial chemicals to help scrub everything from pools and hot tubs to oil and gas companies’ wastewater. Up next: fertilizers.
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Division by zero in type theory: a FAQ
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Xena
Division by zero in type theory: a FAQ
How can a theorem prover use the convention that 1/0=0 and still be consistent?
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Why Can't I Reproduce Their Results?
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Theorangeduck
Why Can't I Reproduce Their Results?
Computer Science, Machine Learning, Programming, Art, Mathematics, Philosophy, and Short Fiction
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US online grocery sales hit record $7.2B in June
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TechCrunch
US online grocery sales hit record $7.2 billion in June
Despite the slow reopening of the U.S. economy over the past several weeks, online grocery shopping is continuing to reach ever-higher numbers as Americans seem to be in no rush to return to the store. According to new research released today by Brick Meets…
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H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
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The Mercury News
H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
After an order by President Donald Trump suspending entry of H-1Bs, federal government provides number believed living here now.
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Abusing linear regression to make a point
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Good Math/Bad Math
Abusing Linear Regression to Make a Point
A bunch of people have been sending me links to a particularly sloppy article that (mis)uses linear regression to draw an incorrect conclusion from some data. So I guess I’ve got to got back …
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A startup is testing a subnoscription model for search engines
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Wired
A Startup Is Testing the Subnoscription Model for Search Engines
Neeva—formed by ex-Googler Sridhar Ramaswamy—asks users to be the customer, not the product.
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Exciting Days for ARM Processors
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Stephen Smith's Blog
Exciting Days for ARM Processors
Introduction ARM CPUs have long dominated the mobile world, nearly all Apple and Android phones and tablets utilize some model of ARM processor. However Intel and AMD still dominate the laptop, des…
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Palantir Has Filed for IPO
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Businesswire
Palantir Announces Confidential Submission of Draft Registration Statement for Proposed Public Listing
Palantir Technologies Inc. today announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities an
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