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posted on 2025.03.31 at 15:30:29 (c=0, p=8)
New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden
The molecule targets bacteria in a way that other drugs don’t.Mallapaty, Smriti
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C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.04.03 at 23:59:44 (c=0, p=3)
Transputer emulator in Javascript running my 1995 operating system
Transputer emulator written in Javascript running my operating system from 1995.nanochess.org
NBC News: ближайшее окружение Трампа посоветовало ему не звонить Путину — пока президент России не согласится на прекращение огня
Ближайшие окружение президента США Дональда Трампа посоветовало ему не звонить Владимиру Путину до тех пор, пока российский президент не согласится на полное прекращение огня в Украине.Meduza
L: cnn.com/2025/04/03/politics/tr…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.04.04 at 02:27:52 (c=1, p=6)
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#ai #grok #llm #openai #tariffs #trump
So let me get this straight: Trump’s tariff formula (a) was the result of an AI query which (b) was misunderstood by a human and (c) misapplied to (d) incomplete data on the basis of (e) bad economic thinking to (f) crash the world economy
This is, of course, an AI problem. Probably Mark Zuckerberg is to blame. Therefore the USA should invade Iraq. In Britain we can prevent it happening by issuing Digital Identity Cards.Dropsafe
EFF Vows to Fight Back Against U.S. Site Blocking Bills * TorrentFreak
EFF strongly opposes plans in the U.S. to block sites, condemning it as an ineffective censorship tool that threatens the open internet.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
Eugene Robinson Leaves the Washington Post After Jeff Bezos' 'Significant Shift' to Opinion Section (Sean Burch/The Wrap)
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Eugene Robinson Leaves Washington Post After Jeff Bezos' 'Significant Shift'
"I wish nothing but the very best for the paper and for all of you. I won't be a stranger," the political columnist tells his colleagues after 45 years at WaPoSean Burch (TheWrap)
RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs and hepatitis (Alexander Tin/CBS News)
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RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs and hepatitis
CDC officials are warning of delays and disruptions due to cuts to laboratory staff.Alexander Tin (CBS News)
The Book of Job by G. K. Chesterton and Anonymous
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
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Read Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson on GoComics
Calvin and Hobbes is a classic comic strip about a boy and his tiger, created by Bill Watterson. Follow their adventures through the imaginative world of Calvin.www.gocomics.com
APOD from 2025-04-03
The Da Vinci Glow
A 26-hour-old crescent #Moon, illuminated by earthshine, sets behind Italy's Dolomites. Captured in a one-second exposure, the phenomenon, first described by Leonardo da Vinci, shows the dark #lunar surface lit by sunlight reflected off #Earth.
HD image at apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250403.ht… #astronomy #planet
APOD: 2025 April 3 - The Da Vinci Glow
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
The White House says "de minimis" exemptions for packages under $800 from China and Hong Kong will end on May 2, affecting Temu, Shein, and other marketplaces (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)
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The White House says “de minimis” exemptions for packages under $800 from China and Hong Kong will end on May 2, affecting Temu, Shein, and other marketplaces
By Spencer Soper / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
FDUSD depegs
April 2, 2025
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FDUSD depegs
The stablecoin issued by First Digital, FDUSD, has lost its $1 peg and sunk as low as $0.76 before returning to around $0.97 — which, in stablecoin world, is still a substantial de-peg.Web3 is Going Just Great
Practical movie effects: Sara Villareal & Studio Gillis
Hollywood special effects aren’t just about CGI — there’s still a world of creatures, props, and animatronics making movies feel real. Lately, more filmmakers are swinging back to practical effects. At Studio Gillis in Los Angeles, they’ve been at it for...
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#prusa #3DPrinting
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APOD: 2025 April 2 – Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
L: dimma.fo/grein/starlink-vil-ve…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.04.02 at 09:15:56 (c=3, p=5)
Research shows that a majority of Christian religious leaders accept the reality of climate change but have never mentioned it to their congregations
Churchgoers who think their religious leaders don’t believe humans are driving climate change are less likely to discuss it with fellow congregants or take action to mitigate the effects.The Conversation
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Read Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson on GoComics
Calvin and Hobbes is a classic comic strip about a boy and his tiger, created by Bill Watterson. Follow their adventures through the imaginative world of Calvin.www.gocomics.com
Tortoise Media names Times journalist Rachel Sylvester as The Observer's political editor; a source says 50%+ of Observer staff have decided to leave (Press Gazette)
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Rachel Sylvester is new Observer political editor
Rachel Sylvester named Observer political editor as less than half existing staff make the move across to Tortoise Media.Dominic Ponsford (Press Gazette)
A look at Direkt36, a member-supported Hungarian investigative news site that recently released a documentary about the wealth in Viktor Orbán's inner circle (Sarah Scire/Nieman Lab)
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A Hungarian investigative news site finds YouTube success with an “old-fashioned” documentary
"In a bizarre way, the government propaganda also helped create some buzz around the film."Nieman Lab
The gutting of a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums could threaten access to digital services such as the free ebook app Libby (Wired)
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The gutting of a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums could threaten access to digital services such as the free ebook app Libby
From Wired. View the full context on Mediagazer.Mediagazer
Interview with Vox EIC and Publisher Swati Sharma on a boom in paying readers after Trump's inauguration, building a community, reaching "news avoiders", more (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
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Interview with Vox EIC and Publisher Swati Sharma on a boom in paying readers after Trump's inauguration, building a community, reaching “news avoiders”, more
By Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette. View the full context on Mediagazer.Mediagazer
L: openculture.com/2025/03/a-6-ho…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.03.29 at 20:50:21 (c=0, p=3)
A 6-Hour Time-Stretched Version of Brian Eno's Music For Airports: Meditate, Relax, Study
Robert Wyatt, Music for Airports started the idea of slow, meditative music that abandoned typical major and minor scales, brought in melodic ambiguity, and began the exploration of sounds that were designed to exist somewhere in the background, beyo…OC (Openculture.com)
В Аргентине задержали россиянина Константина Руднева. Это основатель «Ашрама Шамбалы» — одной из самых известных сект России 1990-х, в которой практиковались оргии
В Аргентине 28 марта задержали 14 подозреваемых в торговле людьми, пытавшихся улететь в Бразилию. Почти все они россияне. Восемь человек были задержаны в аэропорту города Барилоче, еще шесть — в аэропорту Буэнос-Айреса.Meduza
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USPTO suspended xAI's Grok trademark application, saying the name could be confused with companies Groq and Grokstream; startup Bizly claims rights to "Grok" (Zoë Schiffer/Wired)
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USPTO suspended xAI's Grok trademark application, saying the name could be confused with companies Groq and Grokstream; startup Bizly claims rights to “Grok”
By Zoë Schiffer / Wired. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
I find it difficult to grok that the USPTO actually made a sound decision.
I am sure that the Doge boys will fix this soon.
Discovery Alert: Four Little Planets, One Big Step
Four rocky planets much smaller than Earth orbit Barnard’s Star, the next closest to ours after the three-star Alpha Centauri system. Barnard’s is the nearestPat Brennan (NASA Science)
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Prusa Firmware Dev Diary – Regressive Extrusion Preview
We’re preparing to launch a new firmware update for our Buddy-based 3D printers, including the MK4S, XL and CORE One, and we decided to share this short developer diary to give you a little sneak peek of the new functionality and...
The post Prusa Firmware Dev Diary – Regressive Extrusion Preview appeared first on Original Prusa 3D Printers.
#prusa #3DPrinting
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Leaked docs: Omnicom offered clients who didn't spend on X in 2024 an added value of 50%, up to $200K, for buying X ads during Q1 2025, among other incentives (Kendra Barnett/Adweek)
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EXCLUSIVE: Omnicom Clients Can Get $200K Value Boost for Advertising on X, Leaked Docs Show
Omnicom is offering ad agencies a variety of financial incentives for buying inventory on X, leaked documents reveal.Kendra Barnett (Adweek)
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#1StAmendment #KiwiFarms #OnlineSafetyAct #cloudflare #ofcom #trolls
US Troll site Kiwi Farms receives Ofcom demand for Online Safety Act “Risk Assessment”, rejects it on 1A/Jurisdiction grounds, demands MLAT
Remember September 2020 when “good” people pressured Cloudflare into removing troll harassment site KiwiFarms (KF) from their services, thereby improving the internet? It didn’t w…Dropsafe
Drei Generationen ringen um die Demokratie in der Slowakei
Martin Milan Šimečka sieht die Entwicklung seines Landes düster. Er spannt dabei den Bogen von seinem Vater, einem bekannten Ex-Kommunisten, bis zu seinem Sohn, dem aktuellen OppositionschefDER STANDARD
L: thenation.com/article/society/…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.03.31 at 15:01:29 (c=0, p=7)
Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again | The Nation
The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.The Nation
Шесть европейских стран заявили о готовности продолжать «давление на Россию» и вводить новые санкции
Министры иностранных дел Германии, Франции, Италии, Польши, Испании и Великобритании, а также глава европейской дипломатии выпустили совместное заявление, в котором объявили о готовности оказывать «дальнейшее давление на Россию», в том числе с помощь…Meduza
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