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Software breakthrough radically boosts the speed of DNA sequencers
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New Atlas
Software breakthrough radically boosts the speed of DNA sequencers
A new piece of open source software can radically speed up the process of DNA sequencing, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Using a portable sequencer, the UNCALLED software can reduce a 15-day operation down to three days, or even one.
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Static Calls in Linux 5.10
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blog.yossarian.net
Static calls in Linux 5.10
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Map of quotation marks in European languages
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Jakubmarian
Map of quotation marks in European languages
<p>We are all familiar with English quotation marks: “these” (double) and ‘these’ (single). The American style (and the prevalent style in the UK up until the beginning of
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MindGeek: The secretive owner of Pornhub and RedTube
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Ars Technica
MindGeek: The secretive owner of Pornhub and RedTube
Porn is everywhere, but the company that owns the most popular sites is out of sight.
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Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews
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50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says
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CBS News
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says
Tax cuts for the wealthy didn't boost the economies of the U.S. and 17 other countries — but they did worsen income inequality.
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Figma: a case study on strict null checks
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Figma
Inside Figma: a case study on strict null checks | Figma Blog
A look at how we identify and address bugs
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Airflow 2.0
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Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow 2.0 is here!
We're proud to announce that Apache Airflow 2.0.0 has been released.
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Commits are shapshots, not diffs
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The GitHub Blog
Commits are snapshots, not diffs
Git has a reputation for being confusing. Users stumble over terminology and phrasing that misguides their expectations. This is most apparent in commands that “rewrite history” such as git cherry-pick or git rebase. In my experience, the root cause of this
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Hallucinations re: the rendering of Cyberpunk 2077
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Blogspot
Hallucinations re: the rendering of Cyberpunk 2077
Realtime rendering and videogame programming mostly, but I love computer science and visuals in all their forms. This is a notepad of my ideas.
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How I Met My Wife (1994)
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The New Yorker
How I Met My Wife
“How I Met My Wife” by Jack Winter was published in the print edition of the July 25, 1994, issue of The New Yorker.
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Advanced Persistent Threat Compromise of Government Agencies
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA
Advanced Persistent Threat Compromise of Government Agencies, Critical Infrastructure, and Private Sector Organizations | CISA
CISA is aware of compromises of US government agencies, critical infrastructure entities, and private sector organizations by an advanced persistent threat actor beginning in at least March 2020.
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Computers Without Clocks – Ivan Sutherland (2002) [pdf]
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Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for macOS updates
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The Eclectic Light Company
Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for macOS updates
Apple released macOS Big Sur 11.1 on 14 December. Although yesterday it finally posted standalone installers for the two concomitant security updates to Catalina and Mojave, no standalone updaters …
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Show HN: Deep Email Validator
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GitHub
GitHub - mfbx9da4/deep-email-validator: Validates regex, typos, disposable, dns and smtp
Validates regex, typos, disposable, dns and smtp. Contribute to mfbx9da4/deep-email-validator development by creating an account on GitHub.
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FreeBSD src repository is transitioning from Subversion to Git this weekend
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Show HN: Deep learning tool that repairs damaged/faded photos
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Hotpot.ai
Restore photos: remove scratches, sharpen colors, and enhance faces with AI
Restore and repair photos with AI. Remove scratches, sharpen colors, and enhance faces in seconds. Our picture restoration service repairs both color photos and black & white ones.
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U.S. cybersecurity agency warns of 'grave' threat from hack
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Los Angeles Times
U.S. cybersecurity agency warns of 'grave' threat from hack
U.S. authorities are expressing increased alarm about an intrusion into computer systems around the globe that officials suspect Russia is behind.
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The black market in stolen antiquities on Facebook
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Slate Magazine
Want to Buy Some Stolen Antiquities? Try Facebook.
Facebook is the wellspring of the modern illicit antiquities trade, where traffickers thrive because of the platform’s laissez-faire regulation.
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Show HN: StumblingOn – Randomly find indie websites – recreating StumbleUpon
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Stumblingon
Fight boredom by stumbling on to some random webpages.
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When free software isn't practically superior (2015)
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