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by robaato 1y ago
There's the entertaining bit in the film The Imitation Game (the breaking of Enigma code by Alan Turing) where they realised that a weakness was the daily weather report always containing the words "weatherreport" and "h
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Everything the right (and left) are getting wrong about the UK Online Safety Act(theguardian.com)
6 points by robaato 1y ago|2 comments
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by robaato 1y ago
Curious as to what change broke this?! And why it wasn't caught in QA...
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Mac outlook release breaks shortcut key for reply all(old.reddit.com)
5 points by robaato 1y ago|1 comments
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by robaato 1y ago
As an aside, a friend in Tokyo only a couple of years ago suddenly realised he had lost his passport. A couple of hours of searching bags later, panic when he realised it was mid afternoon Friday, consulate was going to close soon, and not
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by robaato 1y ago
20 years ago I had a somewhat similar experience - a pub off The Strand in central London. My bag/briefcase was under a (high) table, and in that case the pub was able to view CCTV and work out the guy who sat nearby and hooked his leg
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by robaato 1y ago
But they've retired it??
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The Tokyo capsule tower that gave pod-living penthouse chic(theguardian.com)
5 points by robaato 1y ago|0 comments
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by robaato 1y ago
Nice article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/30/orca-k... These supposedly serious cetaceans have been spotted massaging each other with kelp stalks. This is the sort of performative
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by robaato 1y ago
Very nice!
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Propagation of α-Syn from kidney to brain may contribute to Parkinson's disease(nature.com)
3 points by robaato 1y ago|0 comments
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When the digital nomad dream turns sour(theguardian.com)
26 points by robaato 1y ago|16 comments
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The Alters: unintentionally the realest game about parenting I've ever played(theguardian.com)
3 points by robaato 1y ago|0 comments
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Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing's scientific papers sell for £465,000 at auction(theguardian.com)
4 points by robaato 1y ago|0 comments
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UK woefully unprepared for Chinese and Russian undersea cable sabotage(theguardian.com)
3 points by robaato 1y ago|0 comments
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There's an invader turning swathes of Britain into spreading dead zones(theguardian.com)
12 points by robaato 1y ago|1 comments
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Millions in west don't know they have aggressive fatty liver disease, study says(theguardian.com)
86 points by robaato 1y ago|101 comments
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Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers 'overwhelmed'(theguardian.com)
8 points by robaato 1y ago|0 comments
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Younger generations less likely to have dementia, study suggests(theguardian.com)
149 points by robaato 1y ago|149 comments
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by robaato 1y ago
Alternative for attention tracking apps?! Or, "You're not worried enough so you can't be coding!"
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'E-tattoo' could track mental workload for people in high-stake jobs, study says(theguardian.com)
3 points by robaato 1y ago|2 comments
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by robaato 1y ago
No 4 - do like Norway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Pension_Fund_of_Nor...
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'My parents didn't have a clue': digital natives wouldn't give kids smartphones(theguardian.com)
4 points by robaato 1y ago|0 comments
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What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything Alexa had heard(theguardian.com)
69 points by robaato 1y ago|48 comments
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by robaato 1y ago
Somewhat related - remember having to try and source labels that we could stick on Sony Walkmans in an electronic repair shop - sticky enough to stay on reliably (customer name, ID etc), but able to be removed without residue! Took quite a
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The ancient psychedelics myth: Tourists told stories 'they find interesting'(theguardian.com)
15 points by robaato 1y ago|1 comments
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'Shipwrecked': how people experienced Europe's worst blackout in living memory(theguardian.com)
1 points by robaato 1y ago|0 comments
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Forget the silly IPO price. Deliveroo should take DoorDash's money and run(theguardian.com)
4 points by robaato 1y ago|0 comments
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Revolut tracking staff behaviour with points-based 'Karma' bonus system(theguardian.com)
11 points by robaato 1y ago|5 comments
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Meta 'hastily' changed mod policy without regard to impact, says oversight board(theguardian.com)
4 points by robaato 1y ago|0 comments

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