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4 votes
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Google’s secret China project “effectively ended” after internal confrontation
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There’s no such thing as a free watch
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I Threw Away My Mouse - Results, recommendations, and observations from using the web for several weeks with only a keyboard
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Nationals MP Andrew Broad used taxpayer funds for part of his bombshell Hong Kong 'sugar baby' trip
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Keyboardio was deceived and defrauded for over a year by the account manager handling their manufacturing in China
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Donald Knuth, master of algorithms, reflects on 50 years of his opus-in-progress, “The Art of Computer Programming.”
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Economic Update: Cooperation Jackson: A Closer Look
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'This cuts across society': How singeli music went from Tanzania to the world
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1MDB scandal: Malaysia files charges against Goldman Sachs
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Mystery solved: Here's how 'My Favorite Things' from 'The Sound of Music' became a Christmas song
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Australia passes controversial encryption-busting law
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Formula E starts season five in Saudi Arabia with a faster electric race car
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Apple computers used to be built in the US. It was a mess
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Kindertransport children to get 2,500 euros in compensation from German government
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New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep.
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716 Exclusive Mix - Piotr Ddk : Panama Corazón del Universo Musical
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Travelers - Season 3
So season 3 got release by netfilx a few days ago, I've seen it and like it but kind of want to discuss so; anyone here watched it, thoughts? Anyone not seen travelers (no idea why no double L),...
So season 3 got release by netfilx a few days ago, I've seen it and like it but kind of want to discuss so; anyone here watched it, thoughts?
Anyone not seen travelers (no idea why no double L), it's a pretty good time travel show with fresh take on AI. Don't want to spoil too much but I think it's worth the time to see.
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The forgotten Nintendo tech that makes GameCube HDMI possible
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What were the best games you played this year?
What made them great? Who would you recommend them to? Don't feel like you have to limit yourself to 2018 releases either. I'm interested in whatever you played and enjoyed regardless of when it...
What made them great? Who would you recommend them to?
Don't feel like you have to limit yourself to 2018 releases either. I'm interested in whatever you played and enjoyed regardless of when it came out.
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As algorithms take over, YouTube's recommendations highlight a human problem
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My Dad's Friendship With Charles Barkley
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This Week's Releases 14/12 - Charlotte Gainsburg, Kodak Black, Vic Mensa and more.
Releases of the week 8/12/2018 - 14/12/2018 Featured Release Charlotte Gainsburg - Take 2 - EP (Art Pop, Synth Pop) "Charlotte Gainsbourg has announced a new EP called Take 2. The five-track...
Releases of the week 8/12/2018 - 14/12/2018
Featured Release
Charlotte Gainsburg - Take 2 - EP (Art Pop, Synth Pop)
"Charlotte Gainsbourg has announced a new EP called Take 2. The five-track project, which features her cover of Kanye West’s “Runaway,” is out December 14 via Because Music. Today, she’s shared the EP’s first song “Such a Remarkable Day.” Check it out below with a video of Gainsbourg’s live performances.
Take 2 is produced by Frank Ocean collaborator SebastiAn and mixed by Tom Elmhirst. See the artwork below. Last year, Gainsbourg released Rest, which featured on Pitchfork’s “50 Best Albums of 2017.”Other Notable Relases
Kodak Black - Dying To Live (Hip Hop, Trap)
Vic Mensa - Hooligans EP (Conscious Hip Hop)
$ilkMoney - *I Hate My Life and I Really Wish People Would Stop Telling Me Not To * (Hip Hop, Trap)
Feel free to discuss or feature any and all other releases in the comments below
Discussion Points
Have you listened to any of these releases?
What are your thoughts?
What are you looking forward to listen to?
What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past?// All feedback on this format welcome below.
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Hyperloop promises ultrafast transportation. But what does it mean for the environment?
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Untouched 4,400-year-old tomb discovered at Saqqara, Egypt
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Australian Cardinal George Pell convicted of child sex abuse offences - but reporting of this is banned in Australia.
So... here's an article I read in my newspaper earlier this week: "Why the media is unable to report on a case that has generated huge interest online". As you might imagine, this left me quite...
So... here's an article I read in my newspaper earlier this week: "Why the media is unable to report on a case that has generated huge interest online". As you might imagine, this left me quite unenlightened. I had no way of knowing or guessing what this case was, or who was involved. It was only a few days later, in conversation with some people I work with, that I found out what had happened.
And this is the first chance I've had since then to sit down and research the story for myself.
In short, Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic Church official to stand trial for sexual abuse, has been convicted of sexual abuse offences relating to his time as Archbishop of Melbourne in the late 1990s.
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From the National Catholic Reporter: "Cardinal Pell found guilty of sex abuse, expected to appeal, reports say"
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From the Washington Post: "Australian court convicts once-powerful Vatican official on sex-abuse-related charges"
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From the Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/vatican-no-3-cardinal-george-pell-on-trial-for-historical-child-sex-charges (I can't confirm this one - it's reportedly geo-blocked for Australian readers)
However, the Victorian court hearing the case has imposed a suppression order on the case, which applies in every jurisdiction in Australia. We have seen no reporting of the case as it proceeded, and no reporting of the outcome.
Before some people start assuming that this is protecting the Church, it's related to the right of an accused person to a free trial. Cardinal Pell is facing another trial in a few months for further charges of sexual abuse on a minor (relating to his time as a priest in Ballarat in the 1970s), and the court feels that reporting the outcome of this trial will potentially influence any possible jurors for that trial. Those possible jurors should go into that trial without any preconceived ideas of the accused person's guilt - and reporting that he is guilty of similar charges will undermine his right to a fair trial.
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From the Washington Post: "A top cardinal’s sex-abuse conviction is huge news in Australia. But the media can’t report it there."
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From the New York Post: "Australian media barred from covering cardinal’s conviction for sex abuse
All that we in Australia are being told is "George Pell removed from Pope Francis's cardinal advisory body". It's obvious why he was removed... if you know about the conviction.
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CS:GO team Astralis close a utopian year with yet another premier tournament win
10 votes -
What happens when packages go bad?
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Feliĉan zamenhofan tagon - Why Esperanto is an interesting language
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Conservative Christian group launches campaign against “Buddhist meditation” in public schools
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A brief history of Michael Jackson's Sonic the Hedgehog 3
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Angola expels thousands of Congolese migrants in crackdown on illegal diamond mining
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He helped build an artists’ utopia. Now he faces trial for thirty-six deaths there.
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Forum - Belaja Noch (White Night, 1985)
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Petko Turner - 2018 | Most Wanted | 88 Tracks | Free Downloud
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Australian Government recognises West Jerusalem as Israel's capital but keeps embassy in Tel Aviv
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The evolution of juggling | Jay Gilligan
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Ben Hunte named first LGBT correspondent for BBC News
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Agalloch - Falling Snow (2006)
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Cloudflare is providing services to at least seven designated foreign terrorist organizations and militant groups
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The tale of a fake hitman, a kill list, a darknet vigilante... and a murder
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The social ideology of the motorcar
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Detroit, Westworld, and moving androids beyond human
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The greatest lesson you've learned from classical fiction?
I am currently enjoying a very thought-provoking semester of American Literature. Prior to this class, I wouldn't have considered fiction as useful in my everyday life, as opposed to something...
I am currently enjoying a very thought-provoking semester of American Literature. Prior to this class, I wouldn't have considered fiction as useful in my everyday life, as opposed to something like a self-help book. What I've found is exactly the opposite, and I have found novels such as Great Expectations to be even more influential than anything I've ever read.
So I ask you all, what is the greatest lesson you've learned from classical fiction?
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SIPC says it has serious concerns about Robinhood's new product
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IAMISEE Presents: The Notorious Cash - Biggie Smalls & Johnny Cash (2012)
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Facebook says new bug allowed apps access to private photos of up to 6.8m users
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A book list by/for CIOs
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What happened next? The survivors of the Genoa bridge collapse: ‘We’ve been abandoned, as if nothing happened’
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How do I hack makefiles?
If you have built from source, then you know the relief when nothing interesting comes out of ./configure && make && make install. In fact, the less interesting the output of these commands, the...
If you have built from source, then you know the relief when nothing interesting comes out of
./configure && make && make install. In fact, the less interesting the output of these commands, the better.But occasionally, the source build process is so horrifying that you end up having to modify the configure script or makefile yourself.
So far I have only been able to do this when I was lucky enough to find some poor, destitute stranger who had pretty much the same problem as me ( most recent I can think of is GNUTLS, where I had to adjust the version requirements for nettle ) and that is a problem -- there must be some way to learn this myself.
Is this just something that comes with time and experience, or does anyone have a reliable guide or resource for modifying makefiles and configure scripts? I would appreciate advice / discussion: I am tired of "getting lucky" with these!
15 votes