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APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS
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The Eclectic Light Company
APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS, and more
APFS adds 6 volume roles, including one which supports Time Machine backups. And per-file encryption is coming.
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Microsoft 365 Widespread Outage
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I can’t upgrade the firmware of my toothbrush because I once did jailbreak
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Peter Steinberger
cc @PhilipsCare please fix your jailbreak detection thx
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What is it like to be a smartphone?
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ROUGH TYPE
What is it like to be a smartphone?
“The fact that we cannot expect ever to accommodate in our language a detailed denoscription of Martian or bat phenomenology should not lead us to dismiss as meaningless the claim that bats and…
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Uber Wasted $2.5B on Self-Driving Cars
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The Information
Infighting, ‘Busywork,’ Missed Warnings: How Uber Wasted $2.5 Billion on Self-Driving Cars
After five years and an investment of around $2.5 billion, Uber’s effort to build a self-driving car has produced this: a car that can’t drive more than half a mile without encountering a problem. “The car doesn’t drive well” and “struggles with simple routes…
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Google requiring Android apps to use its billing system next year
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9to5Google
Google requiring Android apps on the Play Store to use its IAP billing system next year
As rumored last week, Google today announced that it will require all Android apps downloaded from the Play Store to use its in-app billing system...
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Google’s Search Preference Menu Eliminates DuckDuckGo
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Spread Privacy
As Predicted, Google’s Search Preference Menu Eliminates DuckDuckGo
Google's search preference menu auction, as we predicted, has resulted in DuckDuckGo being eliminated, making it harder for people to get simple privacy.
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Type Systems Explained with Examples
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Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow
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Facebook ads targeted black audiences for voting “deterrence”
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Channel 4 News
Revealed: Trump campaign strategy to deter millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016
3.5 million Black Americans were profiled and categorised as ‘Deterrence’ by Trump campaign – voters they wanted to stay home on election day
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Using lasers to reduce drag in hypersonic weapons
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The War Zone
Blasting The Air In Front Of Hypersonic Vehicles With Lasers Could Unlock Unprecedented Speeds
For decades, the DoD has been researching a radical drag reduction technique that involves sheathing a vehicle in directed energy-induced plasma.
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Alar: The making of an open-source dictionary
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zerodha.tech
Alar: The making of an open source dictionary - Zerodha Tech Blog
The story of a massive Kannada dictionary created by V. Krishna single handedly over four decades, and its accidental discovery and open sourcing at an unlikely place, a stock brokerage.
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McAfee S-1
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A Field Guide to Genetic Programming (2008) [pdf]
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Durability: NVMe Disks
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US college enrollments are falling (except for graduate degrees)
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Quartz
College enrollments are falling in the US—except for graduate degrees
The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting college enrollments, except for graduate degrees
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Amtrak’s Empire Builder: The Train That Deserves Better
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Streets.mn
Amtrak’s Empire Builder: The Train that Deserves Better
Amtrak's Empire Builder, the only intercity rail service in Minnesota, will be reduced from daily to tri-weekly service beginning in October due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. I decided to take it one more time before the cuts went into effect,…
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Shmig: Database migration tool written in bash
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GitHub
GitHub - mbucc/shmig: Database migration tool written in BASH.
Database migration tool written in BASH. Contribute to mbucc/shmig development by creating an account on GitHub.
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“I monitor my staff with software that takes screenshots”
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BBC News
'I monitor my staff with software that takes screenshots'
Many have struggled to get to grips with working from home, but would surveillance technology help?
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Wireflow – an open-source flowchart real-time collaboration tool
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GitHub
GitHub - vanila-io/wireflow: Wireflow - user flow chart real-time collaborative tool
Wireflow - user flow chart real-time collaborative tool - vanila-io/wireflow
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OpenBSD on the Desktop (Part I)
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