A History of Cats from 1858 to 1922

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@biodiversitylibrary.org | 4 years ago

Personal data of thousands of Australians sold for just $US60

Our personal data isn't staying with the companies that collect it — it is being bought, sold and shared in ways most of have no idea about. | Continue reading


@abc.net.au | 4 years ago

Critics today seem incapable of separating art from politics

Andrew Doyle in Spiked: Critics are often maligned. Kenneth Williams memorably compared them to eunuchs in a harem: ‘They’re there every night. They see it done every night. But they can’t do it themselves.’ It’s difficult not to enjoy the barbed wit of Williams, even when he’s i … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 4 years ago

Transactions and Batch Operations with Firebase

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@thecloudfunction.com | 4 years ago

Once local and irregular, time-keeping became universal and linear in 311 BCE

Paul J Kosmin in Aeon: What year is it? It’s 2019, obviously. An easy question. Last year was 2018. Next year will be 2020. We are confident that a century ago it was 1919, and in 1,000 years it will be 3019, if there is anyone left to name it. All of us are fluent… | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 4 years ago

How to Integrate an Embedded FPGA

Adding an eFPGA into an SoC is more complex than just adding an accelerator. | Continue reading


@semiengineering.com | 4 years ago

PowerShell Presentation Framework – Part 1

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@z-nerd.com | 4 years ago

Solidarity in Silicon Valley

Brishen Rogers in the Boston Review: The tech giants are facing a moment of reckoning. Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Uber all grew explosively over the last decade, in part by delivering real convenience and benefits to consumers. For this we forgave their more venial sins, such … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 4 years ago

Pikachu Hat

This Pikachu Hat is such a fun and adorable way to show your pika pika side. This hat is easy to make using some paper, glue and little hands that love to craft! | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 4 years ago

Bottomless (YC W19) Is Hiring in Seattle. Engineering, Operations, Data Science

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@bottomless.com | 4 years ago

Pilosa: An open source, distributed index

Data Model Overview The central component of Pilosa’s data model is a boolean matrix. Each cell in the matrix is a single bit; if the bit is set, it indicates that a relationship exists between that particular row and column.Rows and columns can represent anything (they could eve … | Continue reading


@pilosa.com | 4 years ago

The Story of Loop Quantum Gravity

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@3quarksdaily.com | 4 years ago

Pixar’s ‘Onward’ Trailer: Chris Pratt and Tom Holland Are Elf Bros Looking for a Bit of Magic

Can two elf brothers (Chris Pratt and Tom Holland) who are total opposites of each other find some magic in the world? Find out in the Onward trailer. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

Our Approach to PC Gaming

We believe the player should be at the center of their gaming experience and be able to harness the unique benefits of the devices they choose to play on. Nowhere is that belief more important than on the PC. As the creators of Windows, we have a unique responsibility to ensure w … | Continue reading


@news.xbox.com | 4 years ago

Why do rich people lie, cheat and steal more than those on low incomes?

Seven experiments produced similar results leading researchers to conclude that higher social class predicts unethical behaviour, writes Diarmuid Pepper. | Continue reading


@thejournal.ie | 4 years ago

Collaboration and Credit Principles

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@colah.github.io | 4 years ago

Research confirms gut-brain connection in autism

Up to 90% of people with autism suffer from gut problems, but nobody has known why. New research reveals the same gene mutations -- found both in the brain and the gut -- could be the cause. | Continue reading


@eurekalert.org | 4 years ago

Number-Bunching: A New Tool for Forensic Data Analysis

In this post I show how one can analyze the frequency with which values get repeated within a dataset – what I call “number-bunching” – to statistically identify whether the data were likely tampered with. Unlike Benford’s law (.htm), and its generalizations, this approach examin … | Continue reading


@datacolada.org | 4 years ago

Speech2Face: Learning the Face Behind a Voice

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@speech2face.github.io | 4 years ago

Betrayed by an app she had never heard of

Photo by Roger H. GounChloe is an investigative journalist working for an international broadcast service; we will call the TV show she works for The Inquirer. She travels around the world to work with local journalists on uncovering stories that make the headlines: from human tr … | Continue reading


@privacyinternational.org | 4 years ago

The intelligence community needs a house-cleaning – by Matt Taibbi

“If I told you, I’d have to kill you.” It’s been a tired pop-cliché meme for ages. Way back in 2000, when Adam Garcia tried to lay it on Piper Perabo in Coyote Ugly, she groaned, “That’s original.” It drew eye rolls in Top Gun in 1986. Going back at least that far, we’ve known it … | Continue reading


@taibbi.substack.com | 4 years ago

Exploding stars didn’t cause human bipedalism

Earlier this week, a short piece by Ian Sample, Science Editor of The Guardian, caused my Twitter, Facebook, and email inbox to simultaneously blow up with concerned inquiries from friends and fami… | Continue reading


@archeothoughts.wordpress.com | 4 years ago

U.S. military bought over $20M of counterfeit military gear made in China

The counterfeits included clothing that used a near-infrared fabric to make the wearer more difficult for enemy forces to detect with night-vision goggles. | Continue reading


@militarytimes.com | 4 years ago

The Emergence of Omniscience (Part 1 – Images)

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@unintendedconsequenc.es | 4 years ago

Sqlite and Multiple Threads (2015)

This blog section elaborate different modes of SQLite and multiple threads in their different scenario and also explains how they useful for an application. | Continue reading


@sqliteviewer.com | 4 years ago

Snap Store for Linux

Get the latest version of Snap Store for Linux - Snap Store is a graphical desktop application for discovering, installing and managing snaps on Linux. | Continue reading


@snapcraft.io | 4 years ago

The Mathematics of Identifying and Manipulating Objects

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@zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu | 4 years ago

Folks, we’ve heard your demands for the immediate impeachment of President Donald Trump and we totally understand where you’re coming from. You thi... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

One of the Greatest Environmental Crimes of the 20th Century

It was one of the fastest decimations of an animal population in world history—and it had happened almost entirely in secret. The Soviet Union was a party to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, a 1946 treaty that limited countries to a set quota of whales … | Continue reading


@marginalrevolution.com | 4 years ago

Fish to be tested as underwater spies by US military

Ocean life characteristics ideal for continuous long-term surveillance | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Liam Nikuro: Japan’s First Male Virtual Influencer

Liam Nikuro is Japan’s first male virtual influencer. Created by Tokyo based 1sec Inc, the virtual influencer is a computer-generated head on a real body. | Continue reading


@yellrobot.com | 4 years ago

Remote code execution patched in AirPort Extreme

This document describes the security content of AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.9.1. | Continue reading


@support.apple.com | 4 years ago

Show HN: HTTPS://Mr2.dev

Javascript client with built-in free server of mr2 can help you expose local server to external network. | Continue reading


@mr2.dev | 4 years ago

Write Code with a Pumpkin Spice Latte

the most basic language + interpreter | Continue reading


@gitlab.com | 4 years ago

SEO Ranking Factors 2019: Stats and Trends You Need to Know

SEO ranking factors are still important in 2019. These stats and trends prove it. Check out this fantastic infographic filled with revealing seo secrets. | Continue reading


@buildyourownblog.net | 4 years ago

HiddenWasp Malware Stings Targeted Linux Systems

Intezer has discovered a new, sophisticated malware named HiddenWasp, targeting Linux systems. Unlike common Linux malware, HiddenWasp is not focused on crypto-mining or DDoS activity, but rather it is a trojan purely used for targeted remote control. | Continue reading


@intezer.com | 4 years ago

Unidentified: America's UFO Investigation

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@history.de | 4 years ago

The Medieval in Middle-Earth: Anglo-Saxon Elves

From various elf types to ambivalent Wood-Elves and elf-friends, Tolkien’s Middle-Earth has close connections to early medieval England. Learn more about Anglo-Saxon elves and their connectio… | Continue reading


@dutchanglosaxonist.com | 4 years ago

Leaving Sanford and Cruising Down the St. Johns River

Whew.. lots of recent excitement over adding the Travato to our nomadic fleet this month. But we still have lots of cruising travel stuff to catch you up on to get us to Georgia! So lets do the tim… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Wysiwyg HTML Editor

The best WYSIWYG HTML editor. An impressive Javascript rich text editor with mobile support, complete documentation, many features and inline editing. | Continue reading


@froala.com | 4 years ago

The Missing Introduction to Containerization

During the last four years from 2015 to 2019, cloud and distributed computing were one of the most in-demand skills. They graduated from a… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Performance of Various Python Exponentiation Methods

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@chrissardegna.com | 4 years ago

Berkeley's fast food delivery robots remote-controlled by workers in Colombia

Delivery robots from Kiwi Campus are a familiar sight at UC Berkeley as they ferry burritos, Big Macs and bubble tea to students. Their cuteness factor has made them popular subjects on social media. | Continue reading


@sfchronicle.com | 4 years ago

Advanced Linux backdoor found in the wild escaped AV detection

Fully developed HiddenWasp gives attackers full control of infected machines. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 4 years ago

Thursday's parting shots (aka It Takes a Swiss Village)

EV Grieve is the leading news, entertainment and lifestyle blog about the East Village of New York City. | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 4 years ago

Chainlink Is Live on Ethereum Mainnet

We are excited to release Chainlink on Ethereum mainnet. In this post, we examine the "smart contract connectivity problem" and share how Chainlink is solving this limitation of smart contracts with external data. | Continue reading


@blog.chain.link | 4 years ago

New Manga Store

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@verse.wiltee.com | 4 years ago

The Science and History of Tornado Predictions

While radar detects the formation of a tornado, a network of in-person tornado spotters also confirms its existence. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 4 years ago