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New Zealand's $16B health dept managed finances with single Excel spreadsheet

theregister.com

The body that runs New Zealand’s public health system uses a single Excel spreadsheet as the...
The body that runs New Zealand’s public health system uses a single Excel spreadsheet as the primary source of data to consolidate and manage its finances, which aren’t in great shape perhaps due to the sheet’s shortcomings. The spreadsheet-using agency is Health New Zealand (HNZ) which was established in 2022 to re...
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Take a Cold Bath

lrb.co.uk

Few things expose the potential for illogicality, hypocrisy and cruelty within the Christian tradition more clearly...
Few things expose the potential for illogicality, hypocrisy and cruelty within the Christian tradition more clearly than its attitude to sex. Throughout the centuries, the struggle to comprehend divine instruction and apply it to everyday life has revolved with particular intensity around the question of what peopl...

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ESP32 Undocumented Bluetooth Commands: Clearing the Air

espressif.com

Espressif has already provided a formal response to the recently published claims about ESP32 Bluetooth controller...
Espressif has already provided a formal response to the recently published claims about ESP32 Bluetooth controller serving as a potential “backdoor” or having “undocumented features” that can cause security concerns.This post highlights the technical details about the relevant commands (HCI Commands) that were undoc...

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European-alternatives.eu Experiencing Massive Traffic Increase Since January

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Neonatal fungi: lifelong metabolic health via macrophage β cell development

science.org
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Nasdaq halts high-speed trading service after regulatory pressure

ft.com
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How Facebook Marketplace is keeping young people on the platform

cnbc.com

Meta's Facebook's influence remains strong globally, but younger users are logging in less. Only 32% of...
Meta's Facebook's influence remains strong globally, but younger users are logging in less. Only 32% of U.S. teens use Facebook today, down from 71% in 2014, according to a 2024 Pew Research study. However, Facebook's resale platform Marketplace is one reason young people are on the platform."I only use Facebook for...

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A succinct email in just a subject line

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Cloudflare blocking Pale Moon and other browsers

theregister.com

Users of some of the less well-known web browsers are getting blocked from accessing multiple sites...
Users of some of the less well-known web browsers are getting blocked from accessing multiple sites by Cloudflare's flaky browser-detection routines. Aside from reporting it on Cloudflare's forum, there appears to be little users can do, and the company doesn't seem to be paying attention. Cloudflare is one of the g...
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Extreme poverty in India is now negligible, without an industrial miracle

economist.com
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Bel in Clojure (2022)

stopa.io

January 20229 months ago, I took a gander at PG’s guide to Bel. If you haven’t...
January 20229 months ago, I took a gander at PG’s guide to Bel. If you haven’t read it, here’s the premise: In 1958 when McCarthy invented Lisp, he started with a mathematical, rather than a practical definition. His paper was more similar to the spec for a Turing Machine than a spec for Fortran. For example, McCart...
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A Supersolid Made Using Photons

photonicsonline.com
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GSA to reduce tech services arm by 50%, eliminate non-statutory work

fedscoop.com
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Cool native HTML elements you should already be using

harrisonbroadbent.com

← back // Published March 6th, 2025 Table of Contents I’m constantly surprised by the native...
← back // Published March 6th, 2025 Table of Contents I’m constantly surprised by the native HTML spec. New features are regularly added, and I often stumble on existing, handy elements. While often not as versatile as their JS counterparts, using them avoids bloating your app with extra Javascript libraries or CSS ...
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Hackintoshing as a Sustainable Environmental Practice

medium.com

In 2025 using Linux or a Hackintosh is a very sustainable practice in computing, because you...
In 2025 using Linux or a Hackintosh is a very sustainable practice in computing, because you are able to use hardware longer.I am a big fan of making devices play tricks they are not (originally) intended for, and “hackintoshing” is such a category. Back in the days us nerds would ask the question “Can it run DOOM?”...

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Show HN: Chrome Extension for ChatGPT to organize conversations into folders

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Judicial Independence May Require Confrontation

lawfaremedia.org

“Judicial independence is not conferred so judges can do as they please. Judicial independence is conferred...
“Judicial independence is not conferred so judges can do as they please. Judicial independence is conferred so judges can do as they must.” This essential insight from Justice Anthony Kennedy is cited by Chief Justice John Roberts in his 2024 Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary. The report rightly expresses con...
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Pets Can't Stop Watching 'Flow,' the Oscar-Winning Cat Movie

nytimes.com

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McDonald's Gives Its Restaurants an AI Makeover

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Why is nuclear fusion so hard? (2018)

sigfpe.com

Before considering nuclear fusion, let's consider something much more familiar. If you turn a cup full...
Before considering nuclear fusion, let's consider something much more familiar. If you turn a cup full of water upside down, the water falls out. Why is this? It seems obvious: with nothing supporting the water from below, gravity pulls the water out of the cup. But let's look a little closely at the left side of Fi...
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A 19yo woman graduated from high school with honors even though she can't read

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HARTFORD, Conn. (CNN) - A Connecticut college student is suing the Hartford Board of Education and...
HARTFORD, Conn. (CNN) - A Connecticut college student is suing the Hartford Board of Education and the city of Hartford for negligence.Nineteen-year-old Aleysha Ortiz says she graduated from high school with honors and earned a college scholarship, but she can’t read or write.In some ways, Ortiz is living an America...

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Kubernetes Home – what do you do if your ISP changes your IP addresses?

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Shef

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Seven39 – a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

seven39.com
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