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A flutter in time: Quantum mechanics is immune to the butterfly effect
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The Economist
Quantum mechanics is immune to the butterfly effect
That could help with the design of quantum computers
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Instagram faces $500B in fines alleging it harvested biometric data
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Business Insider
Instagram could face up to $500 billion in fines in class-action lawsuit alleging it illegally harvested biometric data
Last month, Facebook offered $650 million to settle a similar lawsuit claiming it collected biometric data without users' consent.
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The best way to exercise self-control is not to exercise it at all
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Psyche
The best way to exercise self-control is not to exercise it at all
Accept it: your self-control is weak. You’re more likely to reach long-term goals if you find ways to avoid temptation
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Scribd acquires SlideShare from LinkedIn
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TechCrunch
Scribd acquires presentation-sharing service SlideShare from LinkedIn
SlideShare has a new owner, with LinkedIn selling the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed price.
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NTFS read-write GPL kernel driver
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Ordeal by Title IX
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Quillette
Ordeal by Title IX
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I missed the call. But the fact that it had been made on a Saturday
morning—September 29th, 2018—was cause for concern. Why was the dean, who never
phoned me, calling on a weekend? When I rang back his voice was tense. He
informed me that he was
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Dashboard for tracking insider trading at S&P 500 companies
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Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
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University of Cambridge
Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
Meat-heavy diets not only risk our health but that of the planet, as livestock farming on a massive scale destroys habitats and generates greenhouse gases. Conservationists at the University of
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Paul Rand's NeXT Logo (2010)
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Logo Design Love
NeXT logo presentation, by Paul Rand | Logo Design Love
In 1986, Steve Jobs paid renowned graphic designer Paul Rand $100,000 to design a logo for the NeXT computer company.
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People slept on comfy grass beds 200k years ago
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Ars Technica
People slept on comfy grass beds 200,000 years ago
The earliest members of our species slept on piles of grass alongside warm hearth fires.
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The Brilliance of All Gas No Brakes
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Substack
The Brilliance of All Gas No Brakes
People are joining fringe movements in search of meaning. It's one thing to read about it, another to see it.
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It’s strange what people put up with in C#
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Gist
rant.md
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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Russell Kirsch, inventor of the pixel, has died
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Peta Pixel
Russell Kirsch, Inventor of the Pixel, Passed Away This Week
Computer scientist Russell A. Kirsch, the inventor of the pixel and an undisputed pioneer of digital imaging, passed away on Tuesday in his Portland home from complications arising from a form of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91 years old.
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California issues first rolling blackouts since 2001
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ATM Hackers Have Picked Up Some Clever New Tricks
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Wired
ATM Hackers Have Picked Up Some Clever New Tricks
So-called jackpotting attacks have gotten increasingly sophisticated—while cash machines have stayed pretty much the same.
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If nearly 40% of Americans aren’t working, what are they doing? (2015)
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Quartz
If nearly 40% of Americans aren’t working, what are they doing?
Going, going, gone.
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Ethan Zuckerman: To the future occupants of my office at the MIT Media Lab
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Saliva-based Covid-19 test approved by FDA
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YaleNews
Quick and affordable saliva-based COVID-19 test developed by Yale scientists receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization
The YSPH-developed test, called SalivaDirect, has been used as part of an NBA testing program and will now be available to more diagnostic laboratories.
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Postal Crisis Ripples Across Nation as Election Looms
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NY Times
Postal Crisis Ripples Across Nation as Election Looms
President Trump’s furious objection to mail-in balloting and a new Trump-allied postmaster general are raising fears about the election and the Postal Service.
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Using machine learning to recreate photorealistic portraits of Roman Emperors
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Voshart
ROMAN EMPEROR PROJECT - Daniel Voshart - Design / Cinematography
Using the neural-net tool Artbreeder, Photoshop and historical references, I have created photoreal portraits of Roman Emperors. For this project, I have transformed, or restored (cracks, noses, ears etc.) almost a thousand images of busts to make...
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Ask HN: Is it legal for US companies to hire remote non-US contractors?
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