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Lots to See in Firefox 93
Firefox 93 comes with lots of lovely updates including AVIF image format support, filling of XFA-based forms in its PDF viewer and protection.
Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 2,323 posts.
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On the bare necessity of psychological safety
The what, why and how of effective teams
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The Ball and Supply Chain
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
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‘Give away your Legos’ and other commandments for scaling startups
Molly Graham helped forge a work culture at Facebook that's withstood huge amounts of growth. Today, she's something of a rapid scaling expert. Here's the key to doing it right, she says.
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Unveiling our new Quantum AI campus
Google is unveiling a new Quantum AI campus in Santa Barbara, California.
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Ultracold, superdense atoms become invisible
MIT physicists have confirmed that as atoms are chilled and squeezed to extremes, their ability to scatter light is suppressed, making them less visible. The findings show the Pauli exclusion principle, or Pauli blocking, applies not just to electrons but also to atoms.
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Customizing GPT-3 for Your Application
Fine-tune with a single command.
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How .NET container images are maintained
An update on using .NET and containers together, learn how to tackle staying safe and keeping your container images up-to-date.
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Ancient bees found in Blenheim palace estate
We were priviliged and excited to have the opportunity for a behind-the-scenes tour of wild bee colonies at Blenheim Palace led by Filipe Salbany, an internationally experienced bee expert who emit…
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Anim State Graph: Node-Based Animation Editor for WebGL
We’re excited to be able to release a new system for creating fantastic and high fidelity animations in PlayCanvas!
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Digging into Linux namespaces – part 1
Process isolation is a key component for containers. One of the key underlying mechanisms are namespaces. We will explore what they are, and how they work, to build our own isolated container and better understand each piece.
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Increasing HTTPS Adoption
When a browser connects to websites over HTTPS (vs. HTTP), eavesdroppers and attackers on the network can't intercept or alter the data that...
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JSON Schema bundling formalised
JSON Schema
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First lethal attacks by chimpanzees on gorillas observed
Research team now examines impact of food competition and climate change
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Rocky Linux 8.4 RC1
The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) is pleased to announce the availability of the Rocky Linux 8.4 Release Candidate for: ...
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Over the past 10 years, the LHC has found more than 50 new hadrons
This content is currently in the process of being archived and integrated into the CERN Library collections.
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Live Not by Lies (1974)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's immortal 1974 essay calling for civic courage.
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Turning satellite imagery into wall art
See how we go from raw satellite imagery, clouds and all, to beautiful wall art.
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Americans' Trust in Media Dips to Second Lowest on Record
Americans' trust in the media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly has edged down four points to 36% since last year, making it the second-lowest reading in Gallup's trend.
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Users post more falsehoods after others correct them: study
Attempting to politely correct misinformation on Twitter can have negative consequences, leading to even less-accurate tweets and more toxicity from the people being corrected, according to a study co-authored by MIT scholars.
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A second look at "no code" tools (2019)
Here's why coders should take a second look at "no-code" tools.
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Cheating at a company group activity using Unix tools
The tools you didn’t know you need
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C++20 Modules with GCC11
Introduction One of the headline changes of the C++20 standard is the inclusion of modules. Modules promise to significantly change the structure of C++ codebases and possibly signal headers’ ultimate demise (but probably not in my lifetime). It also opens the door to potentially have a unified build system and…
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Pasco County’s Sheriff Must End Its Targeted Child Harassment Program
In September 2020, the Tampa Bay Times revealed a destructive “data-driven” policing program run by the Pasco County, Florida Sheriff's Office. The program is misleadingly called “Intelligence-Led Policing” (ILP), but in reality, it's nothing more than targeted child harassment by police. Young...
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Paint.NET 4.3 is now available
This is a big release, with a lot of performance improvements across the whole app. Some of this is due to the migration from .NET Framework 4.8 to .NET 5, which may not sound like much but is act…