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A “Better C” Benchmark
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A "Better C" Benchmark
An unusual benchmark for programming languages, designed to replace C. Unlike many other benchmarks, this one measures developer productivity and performance.
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Fussell on Muscle
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Drmichaeljoyner
Sam Fussell: an interview with the author of Muscle | Human Limits: Michael J. Joyner, M.D.
Michael J. Joyner, M.D. June 10, 2014 In 1991 Sam Fussell published the book “Muscle” about his experiences in body building. The book tells the story
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First known gene transfer from plant to insect identified
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Nature
First known gene transfer from plant to insect identified
Nature - Discovery that a whitefly uses a stolen plant gene to elude its host’s defences may offer a route to new pest-control strategies.
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Congress demands tech CEOs to censor the Internet
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Glenn Greenwald
Congress, in a Five-Hour Hearing, Demands Tech CEOs Censor the Internet Even More Aggressively
The repressive objective of the Democratic-controlled Congress is to transfer the power to police and censor political discourse from these tech giants to themselves.
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Socat – A utility for data transfer between two addresses (2018)
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socat
I learned about socat a few years ago and am generally surprised more developers don’t know about it. Maybe I appreciate it all the more…
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Xinjiang cotton: Western clothes brands vanish as backlash grows
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BBC News
Xinjiang cotton: Western clothes brands vanish as backlash grows
Companies including H&M and Nike are targeted for showing concern over Uighur forced labour claims.
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FileZilla now contains adware if you download from the official homepage
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nixCraft
FileZilla now contains adware if you download from the official homepage. Be careful. You don't need FileZilla on Linux or Unix-like systems at all. On windows, try using WinSCP winscp.net/eng/index.php if you need that kind of stuff. WSL will also save you…
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'Ice-cream toothache': Cold food and drinks pain explained
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BBC News
'Ice-cream toothache': Cold food and drinks pain explained
Scientists say they have worked out how teeth become sensitive and hurt with cold food and drinks.
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PanVk: An Open Source Vulkan driver for Arm Mali Midgard and Bifrost GPUs
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Collabora | Open Source Consulting
PanVk: An Open Source Vulkan driver for Arm Mali Midgard and Bifrost GPUs
With Panfrost getting more and more mature, the natural next step was to work on an Open Source Vulkan driver for those GPUs.
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Elite philanthropy mainly self-serving
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2020 World Press Freedom Index: A decisive decade for the future of journalism
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Data Show
2020 World Press Freedom Index : A decisive decade for the future of journalism
According to RSF’s measures, world press freedom improved very slightly in 2019. However, the Covid-19 pandemic highlights and amplifies the multiple crises that threaten the right to free, independent, pluralistic and reliable information.
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China accused of forcing 570k people to pick cotton in Xinjiang
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China accused of forcing 570,000 people to pick cotton in Xinjiang
China is forcing hundreds of thousands of ethnic Uighurs and other minorities to pick cotton by hand, a U.S. think-tank said, sparking calls for governments to ban all cotton imports from the Xinjiang region.
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Documents show Amazon is aware drivers pee in bottles and even defecate enroute
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The Intercept
Documents Show Amazon Is Aware Drivers Pee in Bottles and Even Defecate En Route, Despite Company Denial
If employees actually had to pee in bottles, Amazon said, “nobody would work for us.” That’s a lie.
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Facebook freezes Venezuela president Maduro's page
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U.S.
Exclusive: Facebook freezes Venezuela president Maduro's page over COVID-19 misinformation
Facebook has frozen Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's page for violating policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19 by promoting a remedy he claims, without evidence, can cure the disease, a company spokesman said on Saturday.
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French monks locked down with 2.8 tonnes of cheese pray for buyers
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the Guardian
French monks locked down with 2.8 tonnes of cheese pray for buyers
Raw-milk product normally sold only to restaurants or visitors to Cîteaux Abbey is marketed online
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AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
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Reddit
r/privacy on Reddit: I'm Gaël Duval, founder of the de-googled Android OS /e/ - AMA!
Posted by u/GaelDuval - 1,514 votes and 461 comments
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Open Source Security Foundation
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Recreating an Old “Dirty Gamedev Trick” (2019)
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Kylehalladay
Kyle Halladay - Recreating An Old "Dirty Gamedev Trick"
I build shaders, renderers, games, and other stuff that's fun to stare at.
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The case for, and against, the still-unseen Planet 9
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Parler Users Furious That Site Sent Violent Posts to FBI Ahead of Capitol Riot
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Newsweek
Parler users furious that site sent violent posts to FBI ahead of Capitol riot
"This is NOT an example of a free speech platform. Parler is a fraud," one angry user commented.
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Go+: Go designed for data science
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