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1. Invisible Malware Is Here and Your Security Software Can't Catch It

   (1121 words)

   ~tech

   • netsec
   • malware
   • security

   5 votes

2. Comment on The Twilight of Combustion Comes for Germany's Empire of Engines in ~tech

   − asteroid (OP) 23 hours, 52 minutes ago Link

   This would fit in a Business group if we had one.

   This would fit in a Business group if we had one.

   1 vote
3. The Twilight of Combustion Comes for Germany's Empire of Engines

   ~tech

   • cars
   • automobiles
   • digital disruption

   3 votes
4. Babe Ruth card found in piano could sell for over $100,000

   (639 words, Apr 22 2019)

   ~sports

   • baseball
   • collectables
   • baseball cards
   • auctions
   • babe ruth

   4 votes
5. "It was a staple of baseball debate that the curveball just might be an optical illusion."

   ~sports

   • baseball
   • curve ball
   • baseball history

   6 votes
6. Meet Your iPhone’s Grandparent

   ~tech

   • calculators
   • retrocomputing
   • computer history

   5 votes
7. How to reduce digital distractions: advice from medieval monks

   (1273 words)

   ~life

   • distractions
   • mindfulness

   5 votes

8. Experience with coding camps for kids?

   (65 words)

   ~tech

   • coding camps
   • parenting

   HIVE MIND Hey folks! Have any of you: Sent your kids to one of those “coding camps” Gone to one of said camps as a kid Worked at or for one of said camps Mostly he's looking for experiences from...

   HIVE MIND Hey folks! Have any of you:

   1. Sent your kids to one of those “coding camps”
   2. Gone to one of said camps as a kid
   3. Worked at or for one of said camps

   Mostly he's looking for experiences from the past five years or so.

   One of my authors is writing an article on the topic, so please get in touch! jfruh@jfruh.com!

   3 votes
9. These animals have the world's biggest ears

   (563 words, Apr 12 2019)

   ~enviro

   • zoology
   • animals
   • ears

   3 votes
10. How to hone your disruption-spotting skills

    (1114 words)

    ~tech

    • futurology
    • amy webb
    • business

    3 votes
11. Science-themed board games are an increasingly popular way to learn about everything from atom building to colonising space

    ~games

    • board games
    • science
    • stem

    8 votes
12. The monarch’s stupendous migration, dissected

    (105 words, Jun 14 2018)

    ~enviro

    • entomology
    • monarch
    • butterflies
    • comics
    • infographic

    5 votes
13. Kitchen spices look startlingly different in the wild

    ~food

    • spices
    • gardening
    • agriculture
    • travel

    14 votes

14. Comment on All jury trials in East Baton Rouge on hold until maybe summer after major 'glitch' found in ~news

    − asteroid (OP) 6 days, 18 hours ago Link Parent

    I'm astonished, too. But at the same time I wonder how you'd design the software tests to look for "types of jurors selected." How long would it take me to realize that the data set didn't include...

    I'm astonished, too. But at the same time I wonder how you'd design the software tests to look for "types of jurors selected." How long would it take me to realize that the data set didn't include young people (or any other category)?

    2 votes
15. All jury trials in East Baton Rouge on hold until maybe summer after major 'glitch' found

    (788 words)

    ~news

    • usa.la
    • software bugs
    • software quality

    10 votes

16. Comment on Looking for assistance for professional or personal development? There is an opportunity to receive a coding scholarship through Lesbians Who Tech! in ~lgbt

    − asteroid (OP) April 19 Link

    Applications close May 15th.

    Applications close May 15th.

    1 vote
17. Looking for assistance for professional or personal development? There is an opportunity to receive a coding scholarship through Lesbians Who Tech!

    ~lgbt

    • coding
    • programming
    • lesbian
    • scholarship

    7 votes
18. The Best Hike in Every U.S. State

    (4149 words, Apr 15 2019)

    ~hobbies

    • hiking
    • outdoors
    • trekking
    • usa

    7 votes
19. The Corporations Devouring American Colleges

    ~misc

    • education
    • college
    • student debt

    5 votes

20. How do you find new books to read?

    (21 words)

    ~books

    • book lists
    • discovery
    • ask.survey

    We all have plenty of books on our bedside table, waiting their turn. What makes you choose the ones you do?

    16 votes