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Mirror, Mirror 2021: Reflecting Poorly
The United States trails far behind other high-income countries on measures of health care affordability, administrative efficiency, equity, and outcomes.
Most cited
Posts that commenters keep linking to, ranked by how many different people have cited them in Hacker News comments. 406 posts.
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Understanding how Facebook disappeared from the internet
Today at 1651 UTC, we opened an internal incident entitled "Facebook DNS lookup returning SERVFAIL" because we were worried that something was wrong with our DNS resolver 1.1.1.1. But as we were about to post on our public status page we realized something else more serious was going on.
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Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threatening
Like FLoC and Privacy Sandbox before it, Google Chrome’s Manifest V3 is another example of the inherent conflict of interest that comes from Google controlling both the dominant web browser and one of the largest internet advertising networks.
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Chrome phasing out Manifest v2 support from Jan 2022
Details of the Manifest V2 phase-out and end of life.
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New study suggests today’s SUVs are more lethal to pedestrians than cars
SUVs, which make up an increasingly large share of the vehicle fleet, are more likely to kill pedestrians than cars. Fresh designs haven't changed that.
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Deforestation and Forest Loss
Explore long-term changes in deforestation and deforestation rates across the world today.
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Why Vite
Next Generation Frontend Tooling
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Long-term survey reveals Chinese government satisfaction
Ash Center research team unveils findings from long-term public opinion survey.
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Viral Loads Similar Between Vaccinated and Unvaccinated People
A new study from the University of California, Davis, Genome Center, UC San Francisco and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub shows no significant difference in viral load between vaccinated and unvaccinated people who tested positive for the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2. It also found no significant difference between infected…
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Debunking False Accusations Against Richard Stallman
Explains and debunks the most broadcast accusations against Richard Stallman, providing evidence of outright fabrication, exaggeration, or deceit.
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Cars, planes, trains: where do CO₂ emissions from transport come from?
Transport accounts for around one-fifth of global CO₂ emissions. Three-quarters of this is from road transport.
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U.S. Adults' Estimates of COVID-19 Hospitalization Risk
Americans' estimates of both the risk of hospitalization due to COVID-19 and the efficacy of the vaccine for the disease vary widely by their political affiliation and vaccination status.
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Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies
Trackers and adtech companies have long abused browser features to follow people around the web. Since 2018, we have been dedicated to reducing the number of ways our users can ...
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Project Starline: Feel like you're there, together
Introducing Project Starline, a technology project that makes you feel like you're together, even when you're apart.
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Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central District of California
Signal still knows nothing about you, but inexplicably the government continues to ask.
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The database servers powering Let's Encrypt
Let’s Encrypt helps to protect a huge portion of the Web by providing TLS certificates to more than 235 million websites. A database is at the heart of how Let’s Encrypt manages certificate issuance. If this database isn’t performing well enough, it can cause API errors and timeouts for our subscribers. Database…
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OpenAI Codex
We’ve created an improved version of OpenAI Codex, our AI system that translates natural language to code, and we are releasing it through our API in private beta starting today.
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Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019)
Wolfram's Director of Technical Communication & Strategy, Jon McLoone, shares his thoughts on why it would not have been possible to create the Wolfram technology stack using a free and open-source model.
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The cost of cloud, a trillion dollar paradox
The pressure the cloud puts on margins can start to outweigh the benefits you scale and growth slows. Understand how much market cap is being suppressed by the cloud to help inform the decision-making framework on managing infrastructure as companies scale.
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Noyb aims to end “cookie banner terror” and issues more than 500 GDPR complaints
Today, noyb.eu sent over 500 draft complaints to companies who use unlawful cookie banners - making it the largest wave of complaints since the GDPR came into force.
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Nearly 40% of adults from 25-54 are unpartnered [Pew Research]
On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
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5M+ Wordpress sites use “Classic Editor” plugin
Enables the previous "classic" editor and the old-style Edit Post screen with TinyMCE, Meta Boxes, etc. Supports all plugins that extend this screen.
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New [July 2, 2021] Audacity Data Collection Policy
Audacity is the world's most popular audio editing and recording app. Edit, mix, and enhance your audio tracks with the power of Audacity. Download now!
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Safety of Nuclear Energy
Explore global data on nuclear energy production and the safety of nuclear technologies.
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Savings are now more liquid and part of “M1 money”
Money is marvelously nuanced. Because different assets can be used as money, we need several categories and definitions to keep track of it. M1 describes the most liquid and widely...
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Merck Statement on Ivermectin use During the COVID-19 Pandemic
KENILWORTH, N.J., Feb. 4, 2021 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today affirmed its position regarding use of ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company scientists continue to carefully examine the findings of all available and emerging studies of ivermectin for the…
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Go fonts - The Go Programming Language
Announcing the Go font family, by Bigelow & Holmes.
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Errors are values
Idioms and patterns for handling errors in Go.
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Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity
KFF is collecting and analyzing data on COVID-19 vaccinations by race/ethnicity to gain increased insight who is receiving the vaccine and whether some groups are facing disparities in vaccination.
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Ethereum is a Dark Forest
It’s no secret that the Ethereum blockchain is a highly adversarial environment. If a smart contract can be exploited for profit, it eventually will be. But this unforgiving environment pales in comparison to the mempool. If the chain itself is a battleground, the mempool is something worse: a dark forest.