October 2021 Archive
8011.
Why Harvard and FAANG are overrated (productlessons.xyz)
8012.
Chemical Properties of Dioxygen Difluoride (1962) [pdf] (andrew.cmu.edu)
8013.
Would exercising at 5am make you a happier person? (theguardian.com)
8014.
Ask HN: What are some tough problems that need to be solved?
8015.
Nuclear Fusion Edges Toward the Mainstream (nytimes.com)
8016.
A New, Cheaper form of Meth is causing a wave of mental illness and homelessnes (theatlantic.com)
8017.
Newtonsoft Json.NET interprets and modifies ISO date strings (github.com)
8018.
The New York City AI Strategy [pdf] (www1.nyc.gov)
8019.
The principle of reciprocity and how to negotiate (lostbookofsales.com)
8020.
The new MacBook Pro seems to have an HDMI 2.0 port, not 2.1 (arstechnica.com)
8021.
Can San Fransisco Survive Itself? (sfgate.com)
8022.
Bizarre Mystery of Mummified Coon Dog Solved After 40 Years? (agweb.com)
8023.
Tethered satellites for propulsion without fuel (esa.int)
8024.
China’s Moon rocks reveal puzzlingly persistent volcanic eruptions (science.org)
8025.
Malloy: An Experimental Language for Data (github.com)
8026.
A DIY 3D printable laptop/IBM 240x clone with modern hardware (crafty.moe)
8027.
Why are phone numbers a privacy problem? (getsession.org)
8028.
Brave Browser: What Is Web Discovery Project? (support.brave.com)
8029.
Tall el-Hammam; an airburst of gullibility; it gets worse (paulbraterman.wordpress.com)
8030.
Chilling Effects: In what sense do 10% of people die of the cold? (astralcodexten.substack.com)
8031.
100 Bytes of CSS (swyx.io)
8032.
Interlingua – How TikTok is helping an obscure language find its new voice (dailydot.com)
8033.
ABC refuses request to rethink iview data sharing decision (itwire.com)
8034.
Mike Cannon-Brookes pledges $1.5b to climate initiatives (smh.com.au)
8035.
Russian Oil Companies Want to Mine Crypto on Flare Gas (coindesk.com)
8036.
Keeping trolls out of the Caves of Qud community (gamesindustry.biz)
8037.
In secret vaccine contracts with governments, Pfizer is in push for profit (washingtonpost.com)
8038.
PayPal Is Said to Be in Talks to Buy Pinterest in $45B Deal (nytimes.com)
8039.
Speed up your data intensive Webapp (juxt.pro)
8040.
Parker Conrad’s Rippling is now valued at $6.5B – more than Zenefits at its peak (techcrunch.com)