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What makes a great mocktail? (2018)

seriouseats.com

Hey, we know you enjoy a stiff old-fashioned or an extra extra extra dry martini as...
Hey, we know you enjoy a stiff old-fashioned or an extra extra extra dry martini as much as the next imbiber, but sometimes going for the hard stuff just isn't an option. But that doesn't mean you want to get stuck slurping on cranberry juice and soda water either. Wouldn't it be great if you could sip a mocktail th...
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Ice: Powerful open source menu bar manager for macOS

icemenubar.app

bartender ice mac-app macos menu-bar
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Don't Make Copyright Law in Smoke-Filled Rooms

eff.org

We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that...
We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, and addressing what's at stake, and what we need to do to make sure that copyright p...
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When Futurism Led to Fascism–and Why It Could Happen Again (2019)

wired.com
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Signs Of Life In A Desert

noemamag.com

MIZDARKHAN, Uzbekistan — On a hill at the edge of the desert stands a wooden edifice...
MIZDARKHAN, Uzbekistan — On a hill at the edge of the desert stands a wooden edifice above a simple tomb. It consists of four slanting poles that come together in a frame, inside of which are bundled sticks that resemble kindling. It seems a puzzling marker for a grave until you learn the legend of whose body lies i...
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Svix (YC W21) Is Hiring a Developer Marketer (US Remote)

svix.com
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Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

github.com
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These Websites Have Been Seized

matdoes.dev
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Umlauts, Diaereses, and the New Yorker (2020)

arrantpedantry.com

Several weeks ago, the satirical viral content site Clickhole posted this article: “Going Rogue: ‘The New...
Several weeks ago, the satirical viral content site Clickhole posted this article: “Going Rogue: ‘The New Yorker’ Has Announced That They’re Going To Start Putting An Umlaut Over Every Letter ‘O’ And No One Can Stop Them”. I’ve long enjoyed poking at the New Yorker for its distractingly idiosyncratic style,* but I h...
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Show HN: Workflow86 - An AI business analyst and automation engineer

workflow86.com

No-code platform for automating your business operations with custom workflows and business processes✨👋 Hi there, what...
No-code platform for automating your business operations with custom workflows and business processes✨👋 Hi there, what can I build for you today?Create a workflow to streamline new customer onboarding: collect documentation, verify identity, setup account credentials, schedule welcome call, and send automated welcom...
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Optical Frequency Combs

nist.gov

New laser technology, known as free-form dual-comb spectroscopy, quickly measures gases of interest by homing in...
New laser technology, known as free-form dual-comb spectroscopy, quickly measures gases of interest by homing in on the most information-rich parts of a sample.
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Show HN: Reactive Signals for Python – inspired by Angular's reactivity model

github.com
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Cointelpro

wikipedia.org

Series of covert and illegal projects by the FBI COINTELPRO memo proposing a plan to expose...
Series of covert and illegal projects by the FBI COINTELPRO memo proposing a plan to expose the pregnancy of actress Jean Seberg, a financial supporter of the Black Panther Party, hoping to "possibly cause her embarrassment or tarnish her image with the general public". Covert campaigns to publicly discredit activis...
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My Cat Mii

theparisreview.org
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MySQL at Uber

uber.com
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Google offering 'voluntary exit' for employees working on Pixel, Android

9to5google.com

Last year, the teams responsible for Pixel hardware and Android software were merged into one division,...
Last year, the teams responsible for Pixel hardware and Android software were merged into one division, and Google today announced a “voluntary exit program” for employees working in the Platforms & Devices group. SVP Rick Osterloh sent out a memo to employees this morning about the “voluntary exit program,” and the...
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California Law Enforcement Misused State Databases More Than 7k Times in 2023

eff.org

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | January 15, 2025 Police have shown, time and time again,...
Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | January 15, 2025 Police have shown, time and time again, that they cannot be trusted with face recognition technology (FRT). It is too dangerous, invasive, and in the hands of law enforcement, a perpetual liability. EFF has long argued that face recognition, whether it is fully ...
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Show HN: Distr – open-source distribution platform for on-prem deployments

github.com
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Find the oldest line in your repo

milofultz.com
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Show HN: Iterm-Mcp – AI Terminal/REPL Control for iTerm2

github.com
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Unintended workplace safety consequences of minimum wages

sciencedirect.com
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Quaternions and Spherical Trigonometry

wordpress.com

Hamilton’s quaternion number system is a non-commutative extension of the complex numbers, consisting of numbers of...
Hamilton’s quaternion number system is a non-commutative extension of the complex numbers, consisting of numbers of the form where are real numbers, and are anti-commuting square roots of with , , . While they are non-commutative, they do keep many other properties of the complex numbers: Being non-commutative, the ...
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Launch HN: Karsa (YC W25) – Buy and save stablecoins internationally

ycombinator.com

Hey HN, weʼre Shahryar and Dale, the co-founders of Karsa (https://gokarsa.com). Karsa makes it easy for...
Hey HN, weʼre Shahryar and Dale, the co-founders of Karsa (https://gokarsa.com). Karsa makes it easy for anyone in emerging markets to buy and save in stablecoins to protect against currency instability and inflation. Here’s a quick demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C160H4yB08w#t=11.Over a billion people live in...
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1996 "Authentic" Beta Pokemon Cards Exposed as 2024 Prints via Printer Dots

elitefourum.com
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