CEO of Shopify says long hours aren't necessary for success

Shopify founder CEO Tobi Lutke weighs in on a holiday debate sweeping Silicon Valley: you don't need to work 80 hours a week to be successful. | Continue reading


@businessinsider.sg | 4 years ago

Algorithmic Extremism: Examining YouTube's Rabbit Hole of Radicalization

The role that YouTube and its behind-the-scenes recommendation algorithmplays in encouraging online radicalization has been suggested by bothjournalists and academics alike. This study directly... | Continue reading


@arxiv.org | 4 years ago

Debian votes for Proposal B, “Systemd but we support exploring alternatives”

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@vote.debian.org | 4 years ago

MTA Blames Subway Delays on Rogue Pencil

A misplaced pencil was to blame for longer waits on the New York subway system Christmas Eve, the MTA says. The authority tweeted the alert to its customers just after 12 p.m. Tuesday, saying the pencil had “prevented a train’s doors from closing.” Incredulous New Yorkers reacted … | Continue reading


@nbcnewyork.com | 4 years ago

Silicon Valley engineers are questioning the value of startup jobs

Google, Apple, Facebook, Netflix, and Amazon change the calculus for tech talent. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 4 years ago

Predicting Loneliness with FitBit Data

A recent study in JMIR found that data from Fitbit and smartphone devices could help identify college students experiencing loneliness. The results suggest “fine-grained behavioral features” from mobile and wearable devices can distinguish between high and low levels of lonelines … | Continue reading


@theravive.com | 4 years ago

British ambulance service creates video compilation of its non-emergency calls

The service said it created the video to inform the public about when it is appropriate to call emergency services | Continue reading


@ems1.com | 4 years ago

Links of the Month

Interesting finds from December | Continue reading


@learnings.substack.com | 4 years ago

Everybody’s Watching You: The Intercept’s 2019 Technology Coverage

A look back at The Intercept’s must-read technology stories from 2019. | Continue reading


@theintercept.com | 4 years ago

India’s Intermediary Liability Rules Could Limit Access to Information Online

Honorable Minister Prasad: I am writing today on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation to express our concerns regarding the Ministry’s proposed changes to the intermediary liability rules and its neg… | Continue reading


@wikimediafoundation.org | 4 years ago

The Great Ponzi Scheme of Sprawl – Mark Arax

I find myself standing here this morning with a mixture of delight and dread. The delight is easy to explain. I’ve been the literary equivalent of a long-distance trucker these past 15 years, hauling my story of this valley from one end of the United States to the other. So being … | Continue reading


@mark-arax.com | 4 years ago

Ransomware at IT Services Provider Synoptek

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@krebsonsecurity.com | 4 years ago

India: Intimations of an Ending

The rise of Modi and the Hindu far right. | Continue reading


@thenation.com | 4 years ago

How To Make Memories With Your Kids On New Year’s Eve

Forget toasting with champagne! Try a S'mores toast with the kids instead. New Year's Eve shouldn't just be about grown ups, kids need a fresh start, too! | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 4 years ago

Nine Inch Nails – Blue Sunday Offers Re-Harmonization of Discordant Chakra $195

Imported directly from M-SITE 11/3/85/UK, this premium grade collection of exotic blue matter provides the following benefits: +Re-harmonization of discordant chakra +Amplified empathy, mood elevation, stress relief +Detoxification, healthier skin, firmer stool Premium class samp … | Continue reading


@store.nin.com | 4 years ago

Apple to Donate Money to Support Fire Relief Efforts in Australia

Apple is donating funds to support fire fighting efforts in Australia, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced on Twitter yesterday. For the last two... | Continue reading


@macrumors.com | 4 years ago

SpaceX set for record-breaking 2020 manifest

SpaceX completed its final mission of the year on Dec. 16 with the successful launch… | Continue reading


@nasaspaceflight.com | 4 years ago

Brain injury from boxing and MMA: Can this be measured?

- By Nuadox Crew - For boxers and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters, is there such a thing as “a safe level of exposure to head trauma”? A new study shows various effects in the brain for younger,... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Psilocybin found safe for consumption in largest ever controlled study

‘Clinically reassuring’ results boost development of psychoactive ingredient as depression treatment, researcher says | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Waterborne Amphicar Wets Its Wheels in Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin

It has everything you would expect a car to have: doors, tyres, a steering wheel and a speedometer — it has a bilge pump and propellers too. | Continue reading


@abc.net.au | 4 years ago

PoSV v2 with Enhanced Staking: A Simple Wallet Upgrade, a Leap for Reddcoin

Reddcoin (RDD) Core development team has released updated wallet software for Windows, Mac, Linux. (RaspPi and other OS-specific bundles… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Automation Will Not Create More Jobs Than It Destroys

When I was in kindergarten, we were read the classic story of John Henry and the Steam Engine. One of those feel good narratives where the… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Gmail flags emails using images from Imgur as having “Suspicious links”

After months of intermittently facing Gmail's "Suspicious link" warnings in my email newsletter, I was finally able to track down the root of the problem. | Continue reading


@dev.to | 4 years ago

ReBirthday No. 12

Today is the 12th anniversary of my heart attack. Or as I like to call it, my ReBirthday. I don’t have any profound words, except I am really glad that I don’t smoke anymore. Or that I am eighty pe… | Continue reading


@om.co | 4 years ago

10k Pyramid Builders Got Fed

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@livescience.com | 4 years ago

Women with single dose of HPV vaccine gain similar protection as multiple doses

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@sciencecodex.com | 4 years ago

Streaming Scikit-Learn with PySpark

Chapter 8 excerpt of Data Science in Production | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Playing for the planet: How scientists use gaming to talk about climate change

The idea — to use video games to make the impacts of climate change "tangible," in a virtual way — came to Manjana Milkoreit after her research showed a problem with how the topic was being handled at the political level. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Ruby Lazy Enumerators

Ruby on Rails and ReactJS consulting company. We also build mobile applications using React Native | Continue reading


@blog.saeloun.com | 4 years ago

How We Run the NetNewsWire Open Source Project

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@inessential.com | 4 years ago

Websites that we need in 2020

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@mobile.twitter.com | 4 years ago

These are all of Apple's missing iOS devices

iPhone Fold, Pro mini, iBook, iPad Studio, HomeBar, TV Stick, and more! | Continue reading


@imore.com | 4 years ago

The world is hooked on Australian coffee culture

Ever been overseas and wonder why the coffee you're drinking is so average compared to home? Here's the answer. | Continue reading


@abc.net.au | 4 years ago

Jimmy Hoffa and ‘The Irishman’: A True Crime Story?

Martin Scorsese’s new movie, The Irishman, purports to do what the FBI and others seem unable to do: tell us who killed Jimmy Hoffa, and how. The film is based on a 2004 book whose central claim is that Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran murdered Hoffa in 1975. I have a personal stake … | Continue reading


@nybooks.com | 4 years ago

3D printed pulsejet uses Tesla Valve

For most people, a jet is a jet. But there are several different kinds of jet engines, depending on how they operate. You frequently hear about ramjets, scramjets, and even turbojets. But there is … | Continue reading


@hackaday.com | 4 years ago

Katamari Christmassy

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@lexaloffle.com | 4 years ago

The Trigger Presidency

How shock jock comedy gave way to Donald Trump’s Republican Party | Continue reading


@newrepublic.com | 4 years ago

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@manton.org | 4 years ago

Mayan palace at least 1k years old uncovered by archeologists in Mexico

Scientists are considering a reforestation programme to help protect sites in the ancient city of Kuluba from weather damage. | Continue reading


@news.sky.com | 4 years ago

The Biggest Math Breakthroughs of 2019

From answering ancient questions to finding new innovations, these are the year’s magnificent mathematical highlights. | Continue reading


@popularmechanics.com | 4 years ago

Pareidolia Bias

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@en.wikipedia.org | 4 years ago

Poetry and Programming

Reminiscences of poetry and the internet. | Continue reading


@poetryfoundation.org | 4 years ago

‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ Star Alex Wolff on What He Learned From ‘Hereditary’ and Making His Directorial Debut [Interview]

In our Alex Wolff interview, the Jumanji: The Next Level actor talks about his work in Hereditary and his new directorial debut. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

Deep dive: DidYouMean

Since version 2.3.0, Ruby comes bundled with did_you_mean, a handy gem for detecting typos. | Continue reading


@shime.sh | 4 years ago

Show HN: Build gql apps using tests

Build your backend today | Continue reading


@massiveinference.com | 4 years ago

Interactive Lorenz Attractor

Interactive Lorenz attractor with 10,000 butterflies under the Lorenz attractor flow. | Continue reading


@malinc.se | 4 years ago

Our workstations in 2019 to look at in 2040

Our workstations in 2019 to look at in 2040.Please post a current photo of your workstation. Phone pics only thanks.https://scoby.page/our-workstations | Continue reading


@are.na | 4 years ago

Guido van Rossum Exits Python Steering Council

The official home of the Python Programming Language | Continue reading


@python.org | 4 years ago