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Crap Data Everywhere

gerrymcgovern.com

We need to talk about data. Crap data. We’re destroying our environment to create and store...
We need to talk about data. Crap data. We’re destroying our environment to create and store trillions of blurred photos and cat videos, binge watch Netflix, and ask ChatGPT inane questions and get instant wrong answers. We’re destroying our environment to store copies of copies of copies of stuff we have no intentio...
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Over 40% of foreigner deaths in Korea have unknown causes

koreatimes.co.kr

A migrant worker is seen working at a factory in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, in this Oct....
A migrant worker is seen working at a factory in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, in this Oct. 21, 2021 file photo. The causes of deaths have not been established for a significantly large portion of foreigners who died in Korea in recent years, government data shows. Korea Times photo by Lee Han-hoGov’t doesn't know why mo...

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Microsoft said it lost weeks of security logs for its customers' cloud products

techcrunch.com

Microsoft has notified customers that it’s missing more than two weeks of security logs for some...
Microsoft has notified customers that it’s missing more than two weeks of security logs for some of its cloud products, leaving network defenders without critical data for detecting possible intrusions. According to a notification sent to affected customers, Microsoft said that “a bug in one of Microsoft’s internal ...
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If you're curious why every username is a domain, it's because users are sites

bsky.app
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Intelligence is not Enough [video]

youtube.com

science & technology
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Cuba Can't Keep the Lights On

wsj.com
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Helping to build the open social web

werd.io

As regular readers know, I care a lot about growing the open social web: the rapidly-growing...
As regular readers know, I care a lot about growing the open social web: the rapidly-growing decentralized network of interoperable social platforms that includes Mastodon, Threads, Ghost, Flipboard, and many other platforms, both emerging and established. This is for a few reasons, including but not limited to:Supp...
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Show HN: Semantic Macros Text Editor

samrawal.com
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A Console-Friendly Pastebin with binary support

c-net.org
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Winners of the 2024 IFComp

ifcomp.org

Switch to compact list view Browse / download 2024 game files Chandler Groover Master Bryce is...
Switch to compact list view Browse / download 2024 game files Chandler Groover Master Bryce is throwing a party. As his most faithful servant, that means it's your job to make the party run smoothly. But you only have two hands—and far too many duties. You'll have to manage requests from the guests, the master's ecc...
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Computer Organization, free online textbook

utk.edu
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It's time to leave Bitwarden (2023)

notesnook.com
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Twitch blocks creating new accounts from Israeli IP's

twitter.com
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Today is Ubuntu's 20th Anniversary

ubuntu.com
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Show HN: HN Update – Hourly News Broadcast of Top HN Stories

hnup.date
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Why I'm skeptical of rewriting JavaScript tools in "faster" languages

nolanlawson.com

I’ve written a lot of JavaScript. I like JavaScript. And more importantly, I’ve built up a...
I’ve written a lot of JavaScript. I like JavaScript. And more importantly, I’ve built up a set of skills in understanding, optimizing, and debugging JavaScript that I’m reluctant to give up on. So maybe it’s natural that I get a worried pit in my stomach over the current mania to rewrite every Node.js tool in a “fas...
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Australian Death Notification Service

deathnotification.gov.au
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Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI

github.com
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Route Planning in Transportation Networks (2015)

arxiv.org
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All-optical switch device paves way for faster fiber-optic communication

phys.org

materials physics physics news science science news
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The History of the Barcode

bbc.com
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Sampling with SQL

moertel.com

Posted on August 23, 2024 Sampling is one of the most powerful tools you can wield...
Posted on August 23, 2024 Sampling is one of the most powerful tools you can wield to extract meaning from large datasets. It lets you reduce a massive pile of data into a small yet representative dataset that’s fast and easy to use. If you know how to take samples using SQL, the ubiquitous query language, you’ll be...
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The Ultimate Conditional Syntax

acm.org
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The useful use of cat

mrmr.io
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