13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXI)

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@messynessychic.com | 5 years ago

Lowe's to close 51 locations, including 20 stores in the U.S

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@marketwatch.com | 5 years ago

China still having trouble staffing up its mega-telescope

"They are looking for contract workers instead of permanent employees." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 5 years ago

Microjs: Fantastic Micro-Frameworks and Micro-Libraries for Fun and Profit

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@microjs.com | 5 years ago

Cosmo Communicator

The ultimate mobile communicator - a pocket computer, mobile phone and camera - all in one! | Check out 'Cosmo Communicator' on Indiegogo. | Continue reading


@indiegogo.com | 5 years ago

Llama “nanobodies” might grant universal flu protection

Antibodies made in a llama protected mice from sixty flu strains. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 5 years ago

Chrome 71 will block any and all ads on sites with “abusive experiences”

Fake error messages, phishing, and other annoyances will soon be heavily penalized. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 5 years ago

TheC64 mini keyboard mod

Finally some days ago I finished my keyboard mod for the C64 Mini. Here’s some pictures and information just in case anyone might be interested. But first, here is a video of the keyboard in use, | Continue reading


@thec64community.online | 5 years ago

Three Simple Rules for Putting Secrets into Git

I’ve been thinking about my growing collection of secret keys and how to manage them. We use LastPass at Udacity, which is an okay way to… | Continue reading


@engineering.udacity.com | 5 years ago

Decoding How Brain Circuits Control Behavior

Researchers have identified how two types of neurons divide the labor to plan and initiate movements. | Continue reading


@neurosciencenews.com | 5 years ago

Shadow Network (China)

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@en.wikipedia.org | 5 years ago

Why I wrote 33 VSCode extensions and how I manage them

Hey there 👋 I’m Fabio, a self-taught developer passionate about open source and empowering people. I also like to make my own tools, so… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

Scientists say mysterious 'Oumuamua' object could be an alien spacecraft

Harvard researchers raise the possibility that it may be "a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization." | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 5 years ago

Robotic cowboy waves trash bags to keep people from being kicked by cows

A Nebraska cattle facility has turned to a robot to herd its cows—and keep its human workers safe. | Continue reading


@technologyreview.com | 5 years ago

Russia’s Giant Dry Dock Sank with an Aircraft Carrier Inside

PD-50, a huge floating dry dock at the 82nd Repair Shipyard in Roslyakovo, Russia, accidentally sank on Oct. 29, 2018 while Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia’s only aircraft carrier, was inside for repairs. Kuznetsov is still afloat but the dry dock could be a total loss. While injuries … | Continue reading


@warisboring.com | 5 years ago

New Therapeutic Contact Lenses Could Heal Eye Injuries

Eye injuries can be a tricky to deal with. QUT researchers may have discovered a contact lens solution to treat troublesome coronary wounds. | Continue reading


@interestingengineering.com | 5 years ago

GlowScript: Interactive 3D Visualizations in VPython

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@glowscript.org | 5 years ago

Ontic Structural Realism

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@plato.stanford.edu | 5 years ago

Conversions: PWAs, Payment Experiences and More

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@lukew.com | 5 years ago

Conversions: PWAs, Payment Experiences and More

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@lukew.com | 5 years ago

EU Prize for Women Innovators

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@ec.europa.eu | 5 years ago

Mapping Where Americans Don't Vote

“The United States of Apathy” showcases the dramatic effect of low voter turnout in U.S. elections | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 552

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@fridge.ubuntu.com | 5 years ago

CasADi – A software framework for nonlinear optimization and optimal control

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@optimization-online.org | 5 years ago

When you sell tokens, don't claim SEC approval – Simex and bad ideas

If you’re a public company, it’s probably a bad idea to claim the SEC’s explicit approval for your operations. | Continue reading


@davidgerard.co.uk | 5 years ago

An Insightful List of Several ‘Breaking Bad’ Characters Presented in an Ascending Level of Wickedness

As part of their ongoing series of deconstructing the rich symbolism and character development within the sublime AMC series Breaking Bad, Debra Minoff | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Forgotten Luxury of Taking a Reflective Moment During the Closing Credits of a Film or Television Show

In a rather thoughtful episode of Everything Is a Remix, host Kirby Ferguson shares why he finds closing credits of a film or television show to be a time | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

My Recent Media Diet for Fall 2018

I've been keeping track of every media thing I "consume", so here are quick reviews of some things I've read, seen, hear | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Demystifying Firebase Auth Tokens

An overview of the Firebase client SDK authentication model. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

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@manton.org | 5 years ago

Georgia Officials Quietly Patched Security Holes They Said Didn’t Exist

A ProPublica analysis found that the state was busily fixing problems in its voter registration hours after the office of... | Continue reading


@talkingpointsmemo.com | 5 years ago

A recycling expert on Apple's “100% recycled aluminum” Mac enclosures

The 2018 MacBook Air is being touted as the “greenest Mac ever,” with a “100 percent recycled aluminum enclosure” being offered as primary evidence. What does Apple’s aluminum recycling program really add up to? We talk to an expert in the global scrap market to find out. | Continue reading


@theprepared.org | 5 years ago

Mobility aggregator Transit gets $17.5M Series B

From subways to scooters, our app Transit is the open, neutral alternative to “walled garden” transport apps. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

AI agent pilot launched to expose liars at EU borders

AI is being employed to act as a lie detector to reduce the pressure on country borders and human agents. | Continue reading


@zdnet.com | 5 years ago

Tips for using the new Google Ads interface

There's more clicking in the new interface but the actionable data for speed and mobile friendliness is a big plus. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 5 years ago

There are only 13k daily active Dapp users

The Devcon IV was our first Ethereum conference, and it was amazing. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

'Master key' gene has links to both Autism and schizophrenia

Recent studies of complex brain disorders such as schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have identified a few "master keys," risk genes that sit at the center of a network of genes important for brain function. Researchers at Emory and the Chinese Academy of Sciences h … | Continue reading


@medicalxpress.com | 5 years ago

Reflections on Apocalyptic Science Fiction

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@thefaza.com | 5 years ago

Neurological basis for processing social information

Neuroscientists are developing a clearer picture than ever before of how the animal brain processes social information, from status and competitive advantage in a group to the calls and vocalizations of peers. New studies in mice and marmosets help us understand a range of disord … | Continue reading


@eurekalert.org | 5 years ago

CoCalc collaborative persistent graphical Linux apps in your browser, with HiDPI

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@blog.sagemath.com | 5 years ago

A Blog Post about the French Crypto-Optimism

The DSLA Private Sale is over: Onto the Pre Sale | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

James Damore has found work

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@mobile.twitter.com | 5 years ago

Booted Off Facebook, Some Trump Supporters Are Bringing Their MAGA Memes To LinkedIn

“Facebook banned me, they hate me. But that’s all good — I started posting on LinkedIn and everybody is following me,” said one Trump supporter. | Continue reading


@buzzfeednews.com | 5 years ago

Browser history re:visited [pdf]

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@spinda.net | 5 years ago

Right-Wing Hate Groups Are Recruiting Video Gamers

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@choice.npr.org | 5 years ago

Google has enlisted NASA to help it prove quantum supremacy within months

The firm will pit its Bristlecone quantum processor against a classical supercomputer early next year and see which comes out on top. | Continue reading


@technologyreview.com | 5 years ago

SSDs with usable built-in hardware-based full disk encryption (2012)

(tl;dr / post summary: Many current SSDs do super fast hardware AES encryption, but only a very few expose this correctly to the user, meaning you often still need a third-party software solution. … | Continue reading


@vxlabs.com | 5 years ago

12 notable VC-backed startup failures of 2018

Theranos was by the far the biggest startup to close in 2018, but it wasn't the only one. See what other startups failed in the realm of robotics, smart suitcases, and developer software. | Continue reading


@thisisinsider.com | 5 years ago