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Jeff Bezos convinced 22 investors to back his new company Amazon in 1994 (2018)
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South China Morning Post
22 investors backed Bezos in 1994. Their returns? Mind-boggling
A group including family and friends each got 1 per cent of Bezos’ firm in return for US$50,000 - and an astonishing 14 million per cent return now makes each of those original shares worth US$7bn
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Rosatom releases previously classified documentary video of Tsar Bomba nuke test
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Thebarentsobserver
Rosatom releases previously classified documentary video of Tsar Bomba nuke test
Photos and short video clips have previously been available, but this unseen 40 minutes declassified footage of the Soviet Union’s monster nuclear bomb give a whole new insight into what happened on Novaya Zemlya on October 30, 1961.
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Partying like it’s 1999 – Initial public offerings are back in Silicon Valley
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The Economist
Initial public offerings are back in Silicon Valley
Why technology startups are keen to go public in the middle of a pandemic
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The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)
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BestBroadbandDeals.co.uk
The Cost of 1GB Of Mobile Data in 237 Countries
A global league table of mobile data costs. The average cost of one gigabyte (1GB) compared from over 5,600 mobile data plans in 237 countries.
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Stef's Free Online Smalltalk Books
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Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t force the free app to add purchases
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The Verge
Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t force the free app to add purchases after all
"It is now a free stand-alone app," says Apple
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New Particle Collision Math May Offer Quantum Clues
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Quanta Magazine
The Mathematical Structure of Particle Collisions Comes Into View | Quanta Magazine
Physicists have identified an algebraic structure underlying the messy mathematics of particle collisions. Some hope it will lead to a more elegant theory of the natural world.
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Two Way Mirror Improves Video Conferencing
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Hackaday
Two Way Mirror Improves Video Conferencing
Like everyone lately, [Matt] has been spending more time doing video conferencing lately. The problem is you naturally want to look at the screen, but that means you aren’t looking at the cam…
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Reverse-engineering the 8086's Arithmetic/Logic Unit from die photos
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Righto
Reverse-engineering the 8086's Arithmetic/Logic Unit from die photos
The Intel 8086 processor was introduced in 1978, setting the course of modern computing. While the x86 processor family has supported 64-b...
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The $8M Heist from the Carnegie Library
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Inside Story of the $8 Million Heist From the Carnegie Library
Precious maps, books and artworks vanished from the Pittsburgh archive, and the caper’s final chapter was just written
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Debian Janitor: 60k Lintian Issues Automatically Fixed
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Blockchain, the Solution for Almost Nothing
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The Correspondent
Blockchain, the amazing solution for almost nothing
Blockchain technology is going to change everything: the shipping industry, the financial system, government … in fact, what won’t it change? But enthusiasm for it mainly stems from a lack of knowledge and understanding. The blockchain is a solution in search…
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RPCS3 Inside Look: A Deep-Dive into Hardware and Performance Scaling
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rpcs3.net
RPCS3 - Blog
RPCS3 is a multi-platform open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger written in C++ for Windows, Linux and BSD.
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Zero G: Some German mobile users still waiting for a signal
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AP NEWS
Zero G: Some German mobile users still waiting for a signal
HARNEKOP, Germany (AP) — From his home on a former East German army base, Jens Raeder can power up a carefully restored Soviet shortwave transmitter and communicate with military radio enthusiasts...
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MGA Entertainment: A privately-owned toy company doing billions in revenue
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Julie Young's Newsletter
"Insane Companies No One Talks About" Episode 2: MGA Entertainment
The privately-owned toy company quietly doing billions in revenue.
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The Atomic Tank? (2018)
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Blogspot
The Atomic Tank....?
In the 1950s, Chrysler designed the Chrysler TV-8 tank. It was an exciting concept at the time, as it was envisioned as a nuclear-power...
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Show HN: Using Rust to write shell-noscript like tasks
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GitHub
GitHub - rust-shell-noscript/rust_cmd_lib: Common rust command-line macros and utilities, to write shell-noscript like tasks in a clean…
Common rust command-line macros and utilities, to write shell-noscript like tasks in a clean, natural and rusty way - rust-shell-noscript/rust_cmd_lib
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Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
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ABC News
Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
A drug called ketamine that's injected as a sedative during arrests has drawn new scrutiny since a young Black man named Elijah McClain died in suburban Denver
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Python Hash Tables: understanding dictionaries
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The Python Corner
Python Hash Tables: Understanding Dictionaries
Dictionaries are a really important part of Python but how can they be so fast and reliable? The answer is about Hash Tables…
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Searx instances
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searx.space
SearXNG instances
Online and offline instances
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Apple takes Prepear logo trademark fight to Canada
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AppleInsider
Apple takes Prepear logo trademark fight to Canada | AppleInsider
Apple is continuing its efforts to force meal planner app Prepear to change its logo by expanding the fight beyond the United States, with the iPhone maker now going after the company's trademark filing in Canada.
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