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811.
by jdkee 5y ago
Thank you, that was exquisite.
812.
‘It’s Become Increasingly Hard for Them to Feel Good About Themselves’(nytimes.com)
14 points by jdkee 5y ago|3 comments
813.
by jdkee 5y ago
They extract the maximum amount of rent they can. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/15/what-happens-w...
814.
Agora Road’s Macintosh Cafe(forum.agoraroad.com)
3 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments
815.
by jdkee 5y ago
"There is no scenario in which any citizen with a gun in any country defeats their government." In case you haven't seen the news, ~75,000 militants with AK-47s just conquered a country of 30,000,000 persons in a matter of we
816.
by jdkee 5y ago
Comparing the relatively densely populated, ethnically homogenous, lower income inequality E.U. states to the U.S. does not make for an equal comparison. Simply look at how the bulk of firearm homicides are restricted to perhaps a hundred o
817.
by jdkee 5y ago
Partially true. "On Nov. 11, 1938, the German minister of the interior issued "Regulations Against Jews Possession of Weapons." Not only were Jews forbidden to own guns and ammunition, they couldn’t own "truncheons or st
818.
by jdkee 5y ago
"Anyway, I also can't understand how any gangs are still alive in the USA in our time. Even my shittiest country eliminated all of them in the 90s, so are Russia and other CIS countries. You can find many documentation films about
819.
by jdkee 5y ago
His latest work certainly uses a lot of This Mortal Coil and other early 4AD bands.
820.
Elizabeth Warren asks Amazon to ‘stop peddling misinformation about Covid'(nytimes.com)
4 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments
821.
Welcome to Cloudintosh(cloudintosh.sharedigm.com)
69 points by jdkee 5y ago|34 comments
822.
A second hexagon in the stratosphere of Saturn(mesonstars.com)
132 points by jdkee 5y ago|60 comments
823.
Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers(theguardian.com)
576 points by jdkee 5y ago|237 comments
824.
by jdkee 5y ago
No, that is ~$14 Billion per year.
825.
by jdkee 5y ago
Hypernormalisation has a wonderful bit that quotes John Perry Barlow and his Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace. It is a fantastic juxtaposition with the role of information technology as a means of social control. I use this in
826.
Theranos Science and Technology: The Miniaturization of Laboratory Testing(youtube.com)
1 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments
827.
In 2017, I interviewed with Elizabeth Holmes to be Head of Finance at Theranos(twitter.com)
58 points by jdkee 5y ago|22 comments
828.
by jdkee 5y ago
“In a fight between you and William Gibson, who would win? Neal: You don't have to settle for mere idle speculation. Let me tell you how it came out on the three occasions when we did fight.” See https://slashdot.org/st
829.
by jdkee 5y ago
This was my first vintage computer con I attended back in the pre-pandemic days. It was a wonderful experience and the people were great. Looking forward to attending next month.
830.
by jdkee 5y ago
In the U.S. we have the 4th Amendment to our Constitution, which reads: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants s
831.
by jdkee 5y ago
And then came the Eternal September. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
832.
Survival of the Richest(onezero.medium.com)
2 points by jdkee 5y ago|1 comments
833.
by jdkee 5y ago
Relevant as well: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-his...
834.
Link Between Deep Neural Networks and the Nature of the Universe(technologyreview.com)
3 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments
835.
Almost 600 Louisiana sites with toxic chemicals lie in Hurricane Ida's path(nola.com)
93 points by jdkee 5y ago|22 comments
836.
by jdkee 5y ago
Nursing and teaching in the U.S. are overwhelmingly female. Is that an exclusionary “girls’ club” as well?
837.
Lowell got rid of competitive admissions(sfchronicle.com)
2 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments
838.
You Are a Network(aeon.co)
2 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments
839.
by jdkee 5y ago
“The time has come to admit that we control our economy for the common good.” This is a nice sentiment but does not square with reality.
840.
What I Learned While Eavesdropping on the Taliban(theatlantic.com)
12 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments

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