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Before I reach my enemy, bring me some heads
Lessons from the plagiarists of the steppe
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 13,069 posts.
Society, Policy & Culture
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Own your own data
A new system would allow individuals to pick and choose what data to share with websites and mobile apps.
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iOS 10 to Feature Stronger “Limit Ad Tracking” Control
The release of iOS 10, the newest version of Apple's mobile operating system (coming this Fall), will bring an array of new features and upgrades, and a change to the functionality of the "Limit Ad Tracking" privacy setting.
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Europe's Internet resilience mitigates impact of submarine cable cuts
Two recent cable cuts that occurred in the Baltic Sea resulted in little-to-no observable impact to the affected countries, in large part because of the significant redundancy and resilience of Internet infrastructure in Europe.
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Let’s Publish Everything
The other day someone pointed me to this article by James Kaufman and Vlad Glǎveanu in a psychology journal which begins:
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Nakatomi Space
architectural conjecture :: urban speculation :: landscape futures
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White House's Claims That the TPP Would Curb Internet Censorship Are Fantasy
One of the United States government's priorities in Internet policy is encapsulated by a term that's recently been making the rounds; the "free flow of information." It appears almost every time U.S. officials describe how they intend to protect the free and open Internet, especially when it comes...
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Effective altruism is not effective
Blog by academic philosopher on ethics, philosophy, politics, economics, theory, and current affairs
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There are not enough BTUs
Y'all ready for it?
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Surgical masks reduce Covid-19 spread, large-scale Stanford study shows
Researchers found that surgical masks impede the spread of COVID-19 and that just a few, low-cost interventions increase mask-wearing compliance.
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Could we build a computer designed to last at least fifty years? (2021)
The computer built to last 50 years par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
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A basic guide to using Asian names
When should you use someone's family name first? And is Kim a first name or a last name? The Asia Media Centre looks at Asian naming conventions.
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Dating: A mysterious constellation of facts
Are speed dating and network effects contradictory?
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AI is just someone else's intelligence
It’s been a long time since I’ve worked in the field of ML (or what some call AI), and we’ve come a long way from simple text classification to what’s being casually called generative AI today. While the technology has made many advances, the foundational concepts of machine learning have remained analogous over time…
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Norwegian: Bokmål vs. Nynorsk
Språkrådet arbeider for å styrke det norske språket og språkmangfoldet. Språkrådet er statens forvaltningsorgan i språkspørsmål og følger opp den norske språkpolitikken.
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Howard University opens a new campus at the Googleplex
When I joined Google a decade ago, there was hardly any discussion of diversity in tech. This was long before we published our diversity numbers or understood how import…
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WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May
What do you do when you want to look up the owner of a domain name? You probably perform a "WHOIS search" to find out the owner's name and contact information. The WHOIS system, which makes certain domain registration data publicly available, is an invaluable research tool for trademark owners a...
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Nonviolence
Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute2026152 points148 commentsSociety, Policy & Culture details
As a theologian, Martin Luther King reflected often on his understanding of nonviolence. He described his own “pilgrimage to nonviolence” in his first book, Stride Toward Freedom , and in subsequent books and articles. “True pacifism,” or “nonviolent resistance,” King wrote, is “a courageous confrontation of evil by…
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What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming
It is the intelligent analysis of information that would be critical in a decade from now.
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Craig Newmark donates $500k to reduce harassment on Wikipedia
Grant supports development of more advanced tools for volunteers and staff to reduce harassing behavior on Wikipedia and block harassers from the site.
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The impact of direct air carbon capture on climate change
By Michael Nielsen, November 21, 2019
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What makes for a stable marriage?
Randy Olson reviews a research paper that outlines what makes for a stable marriage in the U.S.
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Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with comprehension
The chart shows the share of children at the end of lower-secondary school age — aged 12 to 15 — who meet the minimum proficiency set by UNESCO in reading comprehension. This means they can connect the main ideas across various texts, understand the author’s intentions, and draw reasoned conclusions.
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