Sunday, April 30, 2023

Jerry Mander, Adman for Radical Causes, Dies at 86


By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/i4nlzBE
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New top story on Hacker News: Lego Googol Machine

Lego Googol Machine
21 by galfarragem | 0 comments on Hacker News.


After Student’s Suicide, an Elite School Says It Fell ‘Tragically Short’


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New top story on Hacker News: The invention of selective breeding was unbelievably late (2019)

The invention of selective breeding was unbelievably late (2019)
21 by barry-cotter | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Looking to the Future, Japan Would Say Goodbye to Its Baseball Past


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Saturday, April 29, 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Polaroid’s Showman

Polaroid’s Showman
5 by benbreen | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: XTS-210 25hp rotary engine; 1/5th size/weight of diesel piston engines

XTS-210 25hp rotary engine; 1/5th size/weight of diesel piston engines
14 by mpweiher | 11 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Sensenmann: Code Deletion at Scale

Sensenmann: Code Deletion at Scale
18 by gslin | 6 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Sperm donor who fathered 550 children ordered to stop

Sperm donor who fathered 550 children ordered to stop
26 by flykespice | 18 comments on Hacker News.


Regulators Prepare to Seize and Sell First Republic


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Friday, April 28, 2023

Extending crackdown on dissent, Russia imposes harsher penalties for treason.


By BY DANIEL VICTOR from NYT World https://ift.tt/WwePH38
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New top story on Hacker News: Launch Lamini: The LLM Engine for Rapidly Customizing Models as Good as ChatGPT

Launch Lamini: The LLM Engine for Rapidly Customizing Models as Good as ChatGPT
26 by sharonzhou | 9 comments on Hacker News.


What Is Bluesky and Why Are People Clamoring to Join It?


By BY SHEERA FRENKEL from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/FvrIh2i
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New top story on Hacker News: SF Pays Big Bucks to Nonprofits, Fails to Properly Monitor Them

SF Pays Big Bucks to Nonprofits, Fails to Properly Monitor Them
22 by Michelangelo11 | 2 comments on Hacker News.


These Lego-Like Bricks Make Building a Raised Garden Bed a Snap


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Thursday, April 27, 2023

It’s OK to Be Single, the Church of England Says: So Was Jesus.


By BY LAUREN MCCARTHY from NYT World https://ift.tt/CQSw3JX
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New top story on Hacker News: Wind and solar are now beating coal in the US

Wind and solar are now beating coal in the US
22 by mfiguiere | 7 comments on Hacker News.


Do You Work in a Climate-Focused Job? Tell Us About It.


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New top story on Hacker News: The economics and politics of Thomas the Tank Engine (2015)

The economics and politics of Thomas the Tank Engine (2015)
11 by JacobAldridge | 5 comments on Hacker News.


Determinar el origen de la pandemia es difícil. Prevenirla no debería serlo


By BY W. IAN LIPKIN from NYT En español https://ift.tt/tPvrW8g
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Oklahoma Panel Declines to Spare Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip


By BY NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/wVuiOGl
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New top story on Hacker News: SpaceX, Rogers to connect mobiles phones to satellites in remote Canadian areas

SpaceX, Rogers to connect mobiles phones to satellites in remote Canadian areas
22 by dev_tty01 | 15 comments on Hacker News.


A ‘Steak’ Dinner With Vegetarians in Mind


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New top story on Hacker News: HDR-NeRF: High Dynamic Range Neural Radiance Fields

HDR-NeRF: High Dynamic Range Neural Radiance Fields
16 by PaulHoule | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Judge Sentences Trump Allies in ‘We Build the Wall’ Scheme


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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Who is E. Jean Carroll, the writer accusing Donald Trump of rape?


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New top story on Hacker News: What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure

What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
17 by Feuilles_Mortes | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Alton H. Maddox Jr., 77, Lawyer in Tawana Brawley Rape Hoax, Dies


By BY CLYDE HABERMAN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/D7mHkGp
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New top story on Hacker News: IKEA Redesigns Its Bestsellers

IKEA Redesigns Its Bestsellers
29 by jbredeche | 41 comments on Hacker News.


An Early, Early Look at Biden’s 2024 Prospects


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Monday, April 24, 2023

Friday, April 21, 2023

DeSantis Greets a Friendly Crowd After a Week of Unwelcome News


By BY NICHOLAS NEHAMAS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/AdcqzZ3
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New top story on Hacker News: Revisiting the baby schema by a geometric morphometric analysis of great apes

Revisiting the baby schema by a geometric morphometric analysis of great apes
5 by Hooke | 0 comments on Hacker News.


The Best of Late Night This Week


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New top story on Hacker News: Dummy Boards: The Fun Figures of the 1600s

Dummy Boards: The Fun Figures of the 1600s
5 by pepys | 0 comments on Hacker News.


The top U.S. defense officials say air defense, not fighter jets, is the allies’ top priority.


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Thursday, April 20, 2023

British Man Died of Rare Blood Syndrome Linked to AstraZeneca’s Vaccine


By BY MICHAEL LEVENSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/V58YGBa
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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Play the front page of Hacker News as interactive text games

Show HN: Play the front page of Hacker News as interactive text games
6 by themaximalist | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Jan. 6 Defendant Opens Fire on Deputies Before Surrender to the F.B.I.


By BY ALAN FEUER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/XKuDozA
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New top story on Hacker News: Troubled Waters: Reading Urine in Medieval Medicine

Troubled Waters: Reading Urine in Medieval Medicine
3 by benbreen | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Peas and Feta Make Everything Better


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Monday, April 17, 2023

Lincoln Center Revives Summer for the City, Hoping to Draw New Fans


By BY JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/Lq08iyB
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New top story on Hacker News: Implementers, Solvers, and Finders

Implementers, Solvers, and Finders
14 by kiyanwang | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Soon to Announce White House Run, Sows Doubts About Vaccines


By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/SI9OJqK
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New top story on Hacker News: VW, Rivian, Nissan, BMW lose access to U.S. EV tax credits

VW, Rivian, Nissan, BMW lose access to U.S. EV tax credits
29 by rexreed | 14 comments on Hacker News.


A Biography of a Blues Legend, Five Decades in the Making


By BY DWIGHT GARNER from NYT Books https://ift.tt/akMxE2r
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Sunday, April 16, 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Hopelessness and confidence in distributed systems design (2015) [video]

Hopelessness and confidence in distributed systems design (2015) [video]
9 by alexzeitler | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Pharaonic Funkatizing at the Met Roof Garden


By BY HOLLAND COTTER from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/RMHhsd9
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New top story on Hacker News: Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design

Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design
6 by boraoztunc | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Donkey Kong Recreated Using 6,400 Post-it Notes (2007)

Donkey Kong Recreated Using 6,400 Post-it Notes (2007)
17 by metadat | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Review: Contemporary Music Champions Celebrate With the Hits


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