January 2019 Archive
3691.
Hopepunk, the latest storytelling trend, is all about weaponized optimism (vox.com)
3692.
TODO_BEFORE(): A Clean Codebase for 2019 (fluentcpp.com)
3693.
Fixing a flaw in photosynthesis could massively boost food production (newscientist.com)
3694.
Google shifted $23bn to tax haven Bermuda in 2017, filing shows (theguardian.com)
3695.
What is preventing humans from going to Mars in 2019? (quora.com)
3696.
DiyHue – Philips Hue Bridge Open Source Alternative (github.com)
3697.
Doctors believed babies felt no pain--never using anesthesia--until the mid '80s (bostonglobe.com)
3698.
Deep Chain Reorganization Detected on Ethereum Classic (ETC) (blog.coinbase.com)
3699.
Imputing text data using markov random fields (opendoor.com)
3700.
YAAP: SWAGGINZZZ – A Tool Assisted Nethack Speedrun on NAO (pellsson.github.io)
3701.
Newly Released FOIA Documents on Border Patrol’s Seemingly Limitless Authority (theintercept.com)
3702.
Thoughtcrime and Punishment: Shunning and Law Suits at a Canadian University (quillette.com)
3703.
SIM Swapping Victims Who Lost Millions Pressure Telcos to Protect Customers (motherboard.vice.com)
3704.
The Shutdown Shows Just How Vital Government Scientists Are (wired.com)
3705.
TensorFlow.js – Real-Time Object Detection in 10 Lines of Code (hackernoon.com)
3706.
Iconic Bookstore Owner Pleads with NYC: Don't Landmark My Property (reason.com)
3707.
Hot new trading site leaked oodles of user data, including login tokens (arstechnica.com)
3708.
Apple Says Patent Troll Case Should Be Dismissed Because [REDACTED] (eff.org)
3709.
Tim Brady on Leadership Challenges in Fast-Growing Companies (torch.io)
3710.
How Facebook Could Be Affected by a Billion-Dollar Lawsuit (hollywoodreporter.com)
3711.
Bananas have died out once before (aeon.co)
3712.
Facebook-executive swatting sends significant police response to his home (arstechnica.com)
3713.
Millions on prescription sleeping pills would sleep through a fire alarm (medicalxpress.com)
3714.
Brexit panic buying: UK police advise shops to hire extra security (edition.cnn.com)
3715.
Why is buying Hacker News upvotes so expensive compared to Reddit? (upvotes.club)
3716.
A neural network can learn to organize the world it sees into concepts (technologyreview.com)
3717.
From the Linux Perspective: What I Am Most Looking Forward to in 2019 (phoronix.com)
3718.
AI Index 2018 Report [pdf] (cdn.aiindex.org)
3719.
Pai Refuses to Brief Congress About Bounty Hunters Buying Phone Location Data (motherboard.vice.com)
3720.
If He's Sexually Aggressive in Bars, It's Not Because He's Drunk (npr.org)