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The Low Stability of High Income

ofdollarsanddata.com

Posted October 15, 2024 by Nick Maggiulli A few weeks ago I read the following post...
Posted October 15, 2024 by Nick Maggiulli A few weeks ago I read the following post on Reddit: HENRY -> NENRY: A cautionary tale from FAANG-land Imagine this scenario: You’ve been HENRY (High Earning Not Rich Yet) for say two years and life is good. You feel successful and respected and have a fat stack of unvested ...
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Sun Reaches Maximum Phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle

nasa.gov

In a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
In a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the international Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced that the Sun has reached its solar maximum period, which could continue for the next year.The solar cycle is a natural cyc...

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Sysadmins rage over Apple's 'nightmarish' SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts

theregister.com

Apple wants to shorten SSL/TLS security certificates' lifespans, down from 398 days now to just 45...
Apple wants to shorten SSL/TLS security certificates' lifespans, down from 398 days now to just 45 days by 2027, and sysadmins have some very strong feelings about this "nightmarish" plan. As one of the hundreds that took to Reddit to lament the proposal said: "This will suck. My least favorite vendor manages someth...
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Why Don't We Use Awnings Anymore

thecraftsmanblog.com
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FreeBSD/EC2 boot performance over time

daemonology.net
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Meta's Palestine Censorship [video]

youtube.com

news & politics
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Google's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock Origin

pcmag.com
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Beyond Dune: Accelerating with EVM Query Language

eql.sh

The title of this article captures the initial reaction many people have when they first learn...
The title of this article captures the initial reaction many people have when they first learn about EVM Query Language (EQL). Although there are surface-level similarities between EQL and Dune, these two projects are fundamentally distinct in their goals, design, and use cases. EQL and Dune serve distinct purposes:...

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Try to fix it one level deeper

matklad.github.io
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CapibaraZero: A cheap alternative to FlipperZero based on ESP32-S3

capibarazero.github.io
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Show HN: Graphite, a Blender-inspired 2D procedural design Rust app

graphite.rs

Learn Features About Blog Volunteer Donate Launch Graphite is a free, open source vector and raster...
Learn Features About Blog Volunteer Donate Launch Graphite is a free, open source vector and raster graphics engine, available now in alpha. Get creative with a nondestructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design. Star Subscribe to newsletter Painted Dreams — Made ...
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Tesla's prototype Optimus robots were controlled by humans

arstechnica.com

Perhaps the strongest indication that human assistance was in play at the event was the Optimus...
Perhaps the strongest indication that human assistance was in play at the event was the Optimus units' ability to carry on quick, extemporaneous conversations with human attendees. While AI models have shown rapid advances in naturalistic vocal communications recently, the smoothness and intonation of the Optimus co...
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Google Chrome's uBlock Origin phaseout has begun

theverge.com
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Show HN: 4B+ DNS Records Dataset

merklemap.com
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Boeing to Sell at Least $10B in Shares to Plug Cash Drain

wsj.com
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Seeing God and Burning Plastic

substack.com

The woman in the photo above is named Estela Pangoza, and she’s a Peruvian ayahuasca shaman....
The woman in the photo above is named Estela Pangoza, and she’s a Peruvian ayahuasca shaman. I made a documentary about her that’s coming out in November, and you can get notified of its release here.I’ve done Ayahuasca several times, each ceremony fundamentally life-changing. In one ceremony, the shaman helped heal...
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Human brain changes after first psilocybin use

biorxiv.org
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North Korea blows up roads leading to South Korea [video][2 mins]

youtube.com

news & politics
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X still struggles to grow subscription revenue

techcrunch.com

Elon Musk’s plan to reduce X’s dependence on advertising revenue by increasing paid subscriptions is still...
Elon Musk’s plan to reduce X’s dependence on advertising revenue by increasing paid subscriptions is still not taking off. According to a new, third-party analysis of the X Premium subscription service by app intelligence firm Appfigures, X has pulled in approximately $200 million in in-app purchase revenue across i...
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Ask HN: Where After WordPress?

ycombinator.com
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Was the global decline of extreme poverty only due to China? – Our World in Data

ourworldindata.org
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Dbt – Incremental but Incomplete

tobikodata.com
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Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

apple.com

Text of this article October 15, 2024 PRESS RELEASE Apple introduces powerful new iPad mini built...
Text of this article October 15, 2024 PRESS RELEASE Apple introduces powerful new iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence The ultraportable iPad mini is more capable and versatile than ever with the powerful A17 Pro chip and support for Apple Pencil Pro CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced the new iPad mini, ...
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We discovered the woes of video hosting and built a better system

wistia.com

Here’s a little-known fact about Wistia: We didn’t start out as a video hosting company.My co-founder...
Here’s a little-known fact about Wistia: We didn’t start out as a video hosting company.My co-founder Chris and I were creating a portfolio website for artists and filmmakers when we realized we needed a good video infrastructure, so we built one ourselves.And that’s how we ended up with our fast and reliable video ...
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