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9 votes
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Joker is the hero of Gotham (The Dark Knight)
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Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors
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FATF – Iceland could land on a gray list of countries which have failed to take sufficient measures to combat money laundering and the financing of acts of terrorism
5 votes -
We can save the Arctic if we follow the Nordic countries' lead
5 votes -
The hunt for Asia’s El Chapo
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The exquisite precision of time crystals
8 votes -
More bad news for Norwegian Air as the airline loses Norway's biggest single customer contract to domestic rivals SAS
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Designing accessible color systems
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Do Nazis deserve electricity?
I'm reading about the latest Gitlab shakeup, about (not?) filtering customers on moral grounds. Yesterday, it was Github's decision to continue to support ICE. There's Twitter's decision to allow...
I'm reading about the latest Gitlab shakeup, about (not?) filtering customers on moral grounds. Yesterday, it was Github's decision to continue to support ICE. There's Twitter's decision to allow politicians to (somewhat?) violate its own rules about threats and harrassment. Blizzard banned a star video game player for speaking out about the Hong Kong protests.
I'm on Mastodon, and while it's faded from the headlines a bit, the Gab-war still rages there, with the Tusky-v-Fediverse debate over apps blocking domains, and instances blocking other instances over their support for yet other instances.
Yada.
I'm thinking a lot these days about the "slippery slope". Mastodon, Twitter, Facebook, Github/lab, etc ... these are all business(-like) entities, privately controlled, which are nonetheless approaching the status of public infrastructure ... at least, sort of.
PG&E intentionally shut off power to millions of Californians last week, to prevent hypothetical fires. You see where I'm going with this.
When/As smart capabilities for power grid, ISP, etc emerge, do racists, white supremacists, get Internet? Electricity? Hospital/Ambulance service? Where is that line?
Is reverse discrimination appropriate? "We don't rent to racists..."?
Not sure what I'm expecting here. Just starting the thread, see where it goes.
ETA: A really interesting, thoughtful 2-minute excerpt from a Rogan podcast
Edit #2: The Hacker News thread that prompted me to start this thread.
16 votes -
The Beauty Of The COBOL Programming Language
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Crafting a precise spirit level out of glass
7 votes -
What the health care debate still gets wrong
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Beautiful tomboys of the 1930s
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Muddy America: Color balancing the election map
9 votes -
Announcements from Google's 2019 "Made by Google" event
14 votes -
CDC and states update number of cases of lung injury associated with e-cigarette/vaping use - now 1479 cases, thirty-three deaths
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The 160-mile-long Garlock fault in California has begun moving for the first time on record; has the potential of producing a magnitude eight earthquake
12 votes -
HBO Max acquires exclusive streaming rights to entire 21-film Studio Ghibli library, will be available starting in spring 2020
8 votes -
Google Stadia's controller will only work wirelessly with a Chromecast Ultra at launch, and must be connected to PCs and phones with a cable
7 votes -
Worldwide FM: International Tribe: Ganesa
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The case for fiber to the home, today: Why fiber is a superior medium for 21st century broadband
11 votes -
Red Dead Redemption 2 | PC trailer
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Domino's Pizza will pull out of three Nordic countries and Switzerland after sustaining significant losses
10 votes -
Are you ready for some (fan-controlled) football? An experimental new league wants to turn fans into play callers
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Fitness Weekly Discussion #1
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym?
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The great Texas whiskey boom
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Finland has become the latest destination to introduce a tourism pledge – asking visitors to the country to promise to respect its nature, culture and inhabitants
8 votes -
Opulence
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‘Bone’: Netflix will animate Jeff Smith’s acclaimed comic book epic
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OpenBSD 6.6
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It's not just a bunch of flowers - Why supporting Extinction Rebellion in a spirit of cooperation and friendship has, at times, been extraordinarily difficult
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Sweden's indigenous Sámi people threatened by climate change – global warming is putting the lifestyles of Arctic indigenous people under threat
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'Meltdown': Trump-Pelosi feud intensifies after Dem walkout
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US President Donald Trump wrote Turkish President Erdoğan a letter warning him not to be "a tough guy" or "a fool" as his forces launched their attack on northern Syria
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Democratic Debate #4 - October 15 2019
This debate will start at 8pm EST. From CNN's website: It will air exclusively on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español, and will stream on CNN.com's homepage and NYTimes.com's homepage. The...
This debate will start at 8pm EST. From CNN's website:
It will air exclusively on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español, and will stream on CNN.com's homepage and NYTimes.com's homepage. The debate will also stream live on the following Facebook Pages: CNN, CNN International, CNN Politics, CNN Replay, AC360 and Erin Burnett OutFront.
In addition, the debate will be available across mobile devices via CNN's and New York Times' apps for iOS and Android, via CNNgo apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast and Android TV, SiriusXM Channels 116, 454 and 795, the Westwood One Radio Network and National Public Radio. You can also ask Amazon's Alexa to play the debate, and the voice-controlled assistant will play the audio of the debate.
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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman's prepared remarks for congressional hearing about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
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Click to pray eRosary: The new smart rosary to pray for peace in the world
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The complicated ethics of Tesla's Autopilot - It could save the lives of millions, but it will kill some people first
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The trials and process of stop motion automotive restoration
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SpaceX submits paperwork for 30,000 more Starlink satellites
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Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply
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Somnox sleep robot – like being in bed with a baby Darth Vader
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Rep. Pressley announces new caucus on mass transit
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What teaching ethics in Appalachia taught me about bridging America’s partisan divide
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San Miguel, IRL
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Google’s auto-delete tools are practically worthless for privacy
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South Korean national and 337 others arrested and charged worldwide in the takedown of Welcome To Video, the largest darknet child pornography website
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent released nine years ago - lessons about designing horror games from Frictional's creative director
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Algolia raises $110M from Accel and Salesforce for its search-as-a-service, used by Slack, Twitch and over 8000 others
6 votes