August 2021 Archive
5011.
Russia’s space program just threw a NASA astronaut under the bus (arstechnica.com)
5012.
Twitter reinstates accounts of India's Rahul Gandhi, other opposition leaders (reuters.com)
5013.
Modern web apps without JavaScript bundling or transpiling (world.hey.com)
5014.
How this summer is a ‘preview’ of Earth’s coming climate crisis (nbcnews.com)
5015.
Construction, Efficiency, and Production Systems (constructionphysics.substack.com)
5016.
Apple Is Terrible for Your Privacy – The Hated One (youtube.com)
5017.
Publishers Blast Internet Archive’s Demand for 10 Years of Sales Data (publishersweekly.com)
5018.
Hedy Lamarr (en.wikipedia.org)
5019.
Windows 11 Is Making It Absurdly Difficult to Change Browsers (gizmodo.com)
5020.
Sharks were spared during extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs, study finds (independent.co.uk)
5021.
The Taliban may have seized biometric data that can ID US allies in Afghanistan (theverge.com)
5022.
Modern web apps without JavaScript bundling or transpiling (world.hey.com)
5023.
3 U.S. senators test positive for coronavirus (cbsnews.com)
5024.
Datafusion 5.0.0 release with major new features and performance improvements (arrow.apache.org)
5025.
California judge rules classifying drivers as contractors as unconstitutional (protocol.com)
5026.
Afghan panic over digital footprints spurs call for data collection rethink (news.trust.org)
5027.
Windows privilege escalation with Razer Installer (twitter.com)
5028.
The More Masks Fail, the More We Need Them (ianmsc.substack.com)
5029.
Bay Area residents fighting a mysterious startup taking over their quiet street (sfgate.com)
5030.
Orientation of USB-C matter (twitter.com)
5031.
Show HN: Static blog generator in about 1.2KLOC (johnbokma.com)
5032.
Show HN: Tmux Super Fingers (github.com)
5033.
California’s Gig Worker Law Is Unconstitutional, CA Superior Court Judge Rules (nytimes.com)
5034.
Haiku Activity Report – Summer 2021 (haiku-os.org)
5035.
Alaska Airlines evacuated a plane after a phone burst into flame (theverge.com)
5036.
Ultra-Vaccinated Israel’s Crisis Is a Dire Warning to America (thedailybeast.com)
5037.
The Bizarre Refusal to Apply Cost-Benefit Analysis to Covid Debates (greenwald.substack.com)
5038.
10k women die in car crashes each year because of bad design (fastcompany.com)
5039.
Mickey Mouse and Batman will soon be public domain (2019) (arstechnica.com)
5040.
With a global chip shortage, Microsoft is trying to get you to replace your PCs (twitter.com)