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10 votes
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The design of littlefs, a little fail-safe filesystem designed for microcontrollers.
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PM management
Could we delete private messages both sent and received, please?
6 votes -
No way to go (2007)
5 votes -
The unlikely greatness of ‘The Shawshank Redemption,’ twenty-five years later
6 votes -
Police fire water cannon, tear gas after Hong Kong protesters occupy major roads despite warning
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
Sorry, I was away last week and didn't post this, so it's been a couple of weeks now since the last one. So, what have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are...
Sorry, I was away last week and didn't post this, so it's been a couple of weeks now since the last one.
So, what have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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Hans Rausing, head of the family that became Britain's richest thanks to his father's invention of Tetra Pak food containers, has died aged 93
4 votes -
The Baseline Interpreter: a faster JS interpreter in Firefox 70
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The Trolley Problem
An interesting thought experiment that I vividly remember from undergrad philosophy courses is the trolley problem: You see a runaway trolley moving toward five tied-up (or otherwise...
An interesting thought experiment that I vividly remember from undergrad philosophy courses is the trolley problem:
You see a runaway trolley moving toward five tied-up (or otherwise incapacitated) people lying on the main track. You are standing next to a lever that controls a switch. If you pull the lever, the trolley will be redirected onto a side track, and the five people on the main track will be saved. However, there is a single person lying on the side track. You have two options:
- Do nothing and allow the trolley to kill the five people on the main track.
- Pull the lever, diverting the trolley onto the side track where it will kill one person.
A variation of the problem that we were also presented with was:
You see a runaway trolley moving toward five tied-up (or otherwise incapacitated) people lying on the main track. You are standing on a bridge that runs across the trolley tracks. There is a large man on the bridge next to you, who if pushed over the bridge and onto the track, would safely stop the trolley, saving the five people but killing the large man. Do you:
- Push the man over the bridge, saving the five people.
- Allow the trolley to kill the five people
Which is the more ethical options? Or, more simply: What is the right thing to do?
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The US sends “the worst of the worst” to the ADX Florence Supermax prison in Colorado. This is what happens when they get out.
9 votes -
What happened to “Rhode Island’s plan to eliminate childhood lead poisoning by 2010” and what comes next?
6 votes -
SpaceX revamps smallsat rideshare program
11 votes -
A week with no tear gas
10 votes -
The Kochtopus’s garden
9 votes -
Homeworld 3 | Announcement trailer
5 votes -
CDPR to adopt Witcher/Cyberpunk dual franchise model moving forward
10 votes -
Surge of measles cases results in Albania, Czechia, Greece and the United Kingdom losing their measles elimination status
8 votes -
Google to pay up to $200M to settle FTC investigation into YouTube over violations of children's privacy laws
7 votes -
Cyberpunk 2077 – Deep dive video
9 votes -
An hour with Rebecca Sugar - The Steven Universe creator on her biggest cartoon influences
7 votes -
Comparison of a Martin D28 guitar from 1942 and a similar D28 from 2019
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No distractions: An NFL veteran opens up on his sexuality
9 votes -
Teens are using Instagram to cast each other in fake Broadway shows
9 votes -
In defense of the department store bike
5 votes -
Hong Kong lawmakers Jeremy Tam and Au Nok-hin arrested, as police continue round-up of democrats
9 votes -
Composer Jeremy Soule accused of rape
23 votes -
Funerals of the future? – Sweden sees sharp rise in burials without ceremony
4 votes -
BangBros bought PornWikiLeaks.com—a website devoted to doxing and harassing porn performers—solely to shut it down and remove all information associated with it
26 votes -
Van der Graaf Generator - Wondering (1976)
3 votes -
DragonForce - Heart Demolition (2019)
3 votes -
Mozilla CEO Chris Beard will step down at the end of 2019
18 votes -
Celtic thumped AIK to reach the Europa League group stage and alleviate some of the pain of their Champions League exit
4 votes -
Deinonychus, the raptor that made us rethink dinosaurs
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The scandalous painting that helped create modern art | Édouard Manet's Olympia
3 votes -
Australian government releases "exposure draft" of religious discrimination bill
A news article: New protections for Folau-like cases in draft religious discrimination bill A radio interview with the Attorney-General: Federal Government unveils religious discrimination...
A news article: New protections for Folau-like cases in draft religious discrimination bill
A radio interview with the Attorney-General: Federal Government unveils religious discrimination legislation on Radio National
Some legal analysis: The government has released its draft religious discrimination bill. How will it work?
A Christian response: Religious discrimination bill draft released
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Noita | Early Access launch date trailer (Sept 24, 2019)
5 votes -
Icelandic government is interested in reclaiming Old Icelandic manuscripts from Denmark
3 votes -
NASA has officially attached a helicopter to the Mars 2020 Rover. The chopper aims to be the first aircraft to take flight on another planet
12 votes -
Why Norwegian Air is failing – since the start of 2019 the airline has hit a near-constant spell of turbulence
6 votes -
From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how the prison economy works
8 votes -
New & Experimental CSS Tools in Firefox
8 votes -
Urgent statement of Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association on selective blocking of internet services
11 votes -
Undercover in Patriot Prayer: Insights from a Vancouver Democrat who's been working against the far-right group from the inside
11 votes -
When vegan influencers quit being vegan, the backlash can be brutal
6 votes -
The 'Sea Nomad' children who see like dolphins
6 votes -
Massive study of nearly 500,000 people shows there's no 'gay gene', but genetics and environmental factors are linked to same-sex behavior
14 votes -
Moving Out | Reveal trailer
4 votes -
Presenting the Epic Games store PAX Showcase (announcement of 8 Epic Store exclusives)
5 votes -
All the New ES2019 Tips and Tricks
7 votes