Mercury, the other geologically persistent planetary poison

The thing that really gets me in the gut about global warming from fossil fuel combustion is how long it will last. Carbon mined from the deep Earth and injected into the “fast carbon cycle” of the atmosphere, ocean, and land surface will continue to affect atmospheric CO2 concen … | Continue reading


@realclimate.org | 5 years ago

Java's Future-Looking Projects: Panama, Loom, Amber, and Valhalla

The press release " Oracle Code One Java Keynote Outlines the Future of Java " describes the Java Keynote at Oracle Code "highlight[ing] fut... | Continue reading


@marxsoftware.blogspot.com | 5 years ago

Don't blame it on react native

AbstractIt’s always fun to blame react native for everything that’s wrong in our lives. However, what we keep finding, again and again… | Continue reading


@hackernoon.com | 5 years ago

Noam Chomsky Calls Trump and Republican Allies "Criminally Insane"

The great linguist and political critic remains hopeful that we can overcome global warming and other threats. | Continue reading


@blogs.scientificamerican.com | 5 years ago

What to Do When You Want to Say “I Don’t Trust You” (Hint: Don’t Say It)

“I Don’t Trust You” Is a Nuclear Device. There Are Other Options | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

What it takes to welcome refugees and other immigrants

Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America by James and Deborah Fallows identifies the presence of refugees and immigrants as a sign of an American town’s success. What’… | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 5 years ago

Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain

Reading is such a new ability in human evolutionary history that the existence of a “reading area” could not be specified in our genes. A kind of recycling process has to... | Continue reading


@maxplanck.nautil.us | 5 years ago

The Saudi Cables

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@wikileaks.org | 5 years ago

Apple’s Stock Will Plummet in Its Worst Corporate Decision in Years

Apple knows iPhones sales have peaked, but on future guidance they said they will no longer report iPhones sales number transparently to… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

Ke-Sen Huang's Resource for Computer Graphics

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@kesen.realtimerendering.com | 5 years ago

Functional Zipper (1997) [pdf]

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@st.cs.uni-saarland.de | 5 years ago

Minimo – An elegant, simplified new tab page

Minimo displays useful information at a glance, shortcuts to your favorite websites, and synced tabs from your mobile devices. It also comes with a "writing mode" that allows you to jot down some notes for later.It's also fully open-source, does not collect any information, and r … | Continue reading


@producthunt.com | 5 years ago

Getting Acquainted with Clojure Zippers (2014)

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@josf.info | 5 years ago

Why is psychological safety being ignored?

In one of the most extensive business research projects ever conducted, Project Aristotle, Google found, to their surprise, that the… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

ADS-B should sequence airplanes at nontowered airports?

I flew the Cirrus recently to Gaithersburg, an airport that supposedly sees only 131 operations per day (airnav). On the flight from Allentown, Pennsylvania to KGAI, the controllers did not even on… | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 5 years ago

Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway

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@en.wikipedia.org | 5 years ago

This startup looking to curb the US opioid crisis wins $50,000

A San Diego startup is aiming to curb the United States’ historic opioid crisis by helping get people ... | Continue reading


@startupbeat.com | 5 years ago

Why a telescope with eyepiece is not necessary?

The latest and best news about astronomy, space and new technologies, selected by the Vaonis team. Find also our tips for stargazing, telescope buying or our favorite astrophotography pictures sent by our community! | Continue reading


@vaonis.com | 5 years ago

Offenders left unmonitored in Australia after Telstra outage

Hundreds of offenders have been left unmonitored for more than 24 hours in South Australia following an electronic failure in monitoring devices blamed on a nationwide Telstra outage. | Continue reading


@radionz.co.nz | 5 years ago

Ocean simulation made as real as possible using .js

Relaxing sounds of the deep blue. Create ambient soundscapes for relaxation or productivity. | Continue reading


@virtocean.com | 5 years ago

Man arrested after taking off on horse at Churchill Downs | Lexington Herald Leader

A Georgetown man was arrested after Kentucky State Police say he tried to ride a horse onto the track during Breeders’ Cup racing at Churchill Downs. Michael Wells-Rody was charged with public intoxication. | Continue reading


@kentucky.com | 5 years ago

Smart ads and products

Useful and interesting products for organizing a comfortable life | Continue reading


@ismart.life | 5 years ago

6502 Language Implementation Approaches

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@dwheeler.com | 5 years ago

In Praise of the Coin Flip

The Importance of Being Random | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

Last Week in Pony – November 4, 2018

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@ponylang.io | 5 years ago

Bitten Bone a Sign of a Cretaceous Snack

A damaged frill bone allows us to revisit a brief moment in prehistoric time | Continue reading


@blogs.scientificamerican.com | 5 years ago

Fac, ergo sum

I make, therefore I am. A solitary human out on the African Savanna is mostly some other animal’s lunch; we ... | Continue reading


@barbarianprogrammer.blogspot.com | 5 years ago

Writing for women's magazines (online, flexible course)

Online: A course for freelancers offering practical advice on writing and pitching feature ideas for glossy magazines | Continue reading


@journalism.co.uk | 5 years ago

Non-Fungible Tokens, a Simple Explanation

Curious about what non-fungible tokens are and what they have to do with the ERC721 standard? This article tells you what you need to know | Continue reading


@coingecko.com | 5 years ago

Show HN: P&C: Test, pair, and compare Google fonts without installing any

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@pairandcompare.net | 5 years ago

Fuzzing the Solidity compiler

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@bshastry.github.io | 5 years ago

IT Business in Belarus: Salaries, Taxes, Venture Capital and Legendary “Exits”

This article is my personal experience of building two IT businesses in Belarus. Existing conditions for this in the country and success… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

It’s time to stop spending billions on cheap conference swag

We’re facing a full-on environmental crisis. Do you really need another flimsy tote or pen? | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Photo Essay: The Remains of Stalin’s Siberian Gulags

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@rferl.org | 5 years ago

Getting from Here to There in Rural America

Being carless in rural communities, whether because of finance or circumstance, can be a debilitating and isolating situation. How can we meet rural America’s transportation needs in meaningful yet affordable ways? | Continue reading


@strongtowns.org | 5 years ago

Show HN: Technical note app that builds a knowledge base

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@monocorpus.com | 5 years ago

Amazon Is Heading to Crystal City, Northern Virginia for HQ2

Amazon is heading to Crystal City Northern Virginia for its HQ2. We knew this would happen as Amazon is getting needs to get closer with… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

Britten memorialised

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@memex.naughtons.org | 5 years ago

Supplementing Your VPN with Little Snitch

Little Snitch for macOS can block traffic on untrusted networks until your VPN is activated, and in caes it disconnects. Here's how to set it up. | Continue reading


@spin.atomicobject.com | 5 years ago

Learning Clojure: comparing with Java streams

In general, one learns by comparing to what one already knows: I'm learning Clojure in that way. Coming from a Java background, I naturally want to use streaming features. So, what would be the Clojure counterparts of Java's functions filter(), `map()`, etc.? | Continue reading


@blog.frankel.ch | 5 years ago

'Feast' your eyes on this tomorrow (Monday!) night

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


@evgrieve.com | 5 years ago

Misconceptions about Student Loans and Student Loan Debt

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@greyenlightenment.com | 5 years ago

Street-Level Surveillance: Iris Recognition

Iris recognition or iris scanning is the process of using visible and near-infrared light to take a high-contrast photograph of a person’s iris. It is a form of biometric technology in the same category as face recognition and fingerprinting. Advocates of iris scanning technology … | Continue reading


@eff.org | 5 years ago

Politically Georgia

Political news with a Georgia focus, including the Georgia Legislature, Congress, White House, presidential elections and Georgia Congressional Districts. | Continue reading


@politics.myajc.com | 5 years ago

Want to Try Full Frame? Sony A7II Blowout

Want to try full-frame for yourself? The last-generation Sony A7II, brand new, plus the FE 24–70mm ƒ/3.5–5.6 lens, plus an extra battery, charger, memory card and case, is on end-of-run sale for a mere $998. Here are the main differences... | Continue reading


@theonlinephotographer.typepad.com | 5 years ago

Small things

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@leonardofed.io | 5 years ago

'Good guys' in superhero films more violent than villains

New research found that protagonists in superhero films engage in more violent acts, on average, than the villains. | Continue reading


@sciencedaily.com | 5 years ago

Should We Stop Listening to Podcasts?

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@cjchilvers.com | 5 years ago