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Sound from the Aztec skull whistle: "aversive and scary" (sciencenorway.no)

4 days ago | dxs | sciencenorway.no | newest

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Flat Earthers Went to Antarctica to Look at the Sun. What Happened (sciencealert.com)

4 days ago | dxs | sciencealert.com | frontpage

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Walmart Body Cameras (reddit.com)

5 days ago | dxs | reddit.com | newest

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6 Linux Distros to Watch Out for in 2025 (itsfoss.com)

5 days ago | dxs | itsfoss.com | newest

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A Waymo robotaxi got stuck in a roundabout loop (techcrunch.com)

a week ago | dxs | techcrunch.com | frontpage

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The Albuquerque "Broken Arrow" Nuclear Accident (lflank.wordpress.com)

2 weeks ago | dxs | wordpress.com | best

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A Good, Old-Fashioned Photo Led to Arrest of UnitedHealthcare Shooter (petapixel.com)

2 weeks ago | dxs | petapixel.com | newest

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Camera Ignores Perspective and Sees Behind Walls (petapixel.com)

2 weeks ago | dxs | petapixel.com | newest

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Open Source Software Powers 96% of Modern Applications, New Study Finds (itprotoday.com)

2 weeks ago | dxs | itprotoday.com | newest

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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs (techcrunch.com)

3 weeks ago | dxs | techcrunch.com | newest

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2025 will be a bad year for remote work (computerworld.com)

3 weeks ago | dxs | computerworld.com | frontpage

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A middle schooler found a new compound in a piece of goose poop (phys.org)

a week ago | dxs | phys.org | frontpage

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Endless OS vastly simplifies the Linux desktop so anyone can enjoy it (zdnet.com)

3 weeks ago | dxs | zdnet.com | newest

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You can reduce your risk of dementia (npr.org)

a month ago | dxs | npr.org | newest

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Novel crystals can harvest water from air without any energy input (phys.org)

a month ago | dxs | phys.org | newest

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Announcing The Linux Command Line, 6th Internet Edition (lcorg.blogspot.com)

a month ago | dxs | blogspot.com | newest

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How a cash-strapped county found success with a 32-hour workweek (cnn.com)

a month ago | dxs | cnn.com | newest

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Single Line Mazes (kottke.org)

a month ago | dxs | kottke.org | frontpage

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Climb aboard the SS United States before it takes its final voyage [audio] (npr.org)

a month ago | dxs | npr.org | newest

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It all started with a Big Bang. Behind the birth of the universe (theconversation.com)

a month ago | dxs | theconversation.com | newest

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Gnome OS to Become a General-Purpose Linux Distro? (linuxiac.com)

a month ago | dxs | linuxiac.com | newest

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Largest arthropod lived 300M years ago. What it looked like (cnn.com)

2 months ago | dxs | cnn.com | newest

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Florida domed homes have survived category 5 hurricanes (bbc.com)

2 months ago | dxs | bbc.com | frontpage

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A Response to Paul Graham's "How to Make Wealth" (2012) (czep.net)

2 months ago | dxs | czep.net | newest

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Camping in the clouds: the Aeromodeller II (2009) (lowtechmagazine.com)

2 months ago | dxs | lowtechmagazine.com | newest

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A Steam Powered Submarine: The Ictíneo (2008) (lowtechmagazine.com)

2 months ago | dxs | lowtechmagazine.com | newest

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Microsoft's GitHub Is Losing Traffic, Based on an Extensive Web Survey (techrights.org)

2 months ago | dxs | techrights.org | frontpage

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Using Snap Command on Linux (linuxiac.com)

2 months ago | dxs | linuxiac.com | newest

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How the QR code was invented [audio] (bbc.co.uk)

2 months ago | dxs | bbc.co.uk | newest

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How Agile Are You Really? (rethinkingsoftware.substack.com)

2 months ago | dxs | substack.com | newest

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USS Iowa, Battleship of Presidents (lflank.wordpress.com)

2 months ago | dxs | wordpress.com | newest

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Adapt or Die, Or? (charleshughsmith.blogspot.com)

2 months ago | dxs | blogspot.com | newest

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Icons of Aviation History: The X-13 Vertijet (lflank.wordpress.com)

2 months ago | dxs | wordpress.com | newest

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Betty Robinson Died in a Plane Crash, Then Came Back to Win a Gold Medal (vintag.es)

3 months ago | dxs | vintag.es | newest

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Book Review: The Great Gatsby by the Xerox 914 Photocopier (mcsweeneys.net)

3 months ago | dxs | mcsweeneys.net | newest

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What Are Occlupanids? (horg.com)

3 months ago | dxs | horg.com | newest

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First Whole-Eye, Partial-Face Recipient Achieves Remarkable Recovery (nyulangone.org)

3 months ago | dxs | nyulangone.org | frontpage

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US is dismantling nuclear warheads to power next generation of reactors (cnn.com)

3 months ago | dxs | cnn.com | newest

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Here's How I Work Online Efficiently Without a PC (howtogeek.com)

3 months ago | dxs | howtogeek.com | frontpage

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Flight engineer reveals what it was like to operate Concorde (cnn.com)

3 months ago | dxs | cnn.com | best

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What If Earth Was Shaped Like a Pizza? [video] (youtube.com)

3 months ago | dxs | youtube.com | newest

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Scientists Discovered a Way to Make Your Batteries Survive Way Longer (petapixel.com)

4 months ago | dxs | petapixel.com | frontpage

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Lasik Home (lasikathome.com)

4 months ago | dxs | lasikathome.com | newest

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Why you should stop using your solar-powered power bank (zdnet.com)

4 months ago | dxs | zdnet.com | frontpage

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Mapped: How Many Hours Europeans Work Each Week (visualcapitalist.com)

4 months ago | dxs | visualcapitalist.com | newest

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The Third Atomic Bomb (lflank.wordpress.com)

4 months ago | dxs | wordpress.com | best

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Building the Spiral of Turbines in the 1920s and 1930s (vintag.es)

5 months ago | dxs | vintag.es | newest

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Story Behind Photograph of Busboy Who Held Dying Robert Kennedy in 1968 (vintag.es)

5 months ago | dxs | vintag.es | newest

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King Kong: Behind the Scenes Photos Show the Making of 1933's Classic (rarehistoricalphotos.com)

5 months ago | dxs | rarehistoricalphotos.com | newest

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Ask A RESEARCHER: What did people use as rain gear in the past? (sciencenorway.no)

5 months ago | dxs | sciencenorway.no | newest

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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs (techcrunch.com)

6 months ago | dxs | techcrunch.com | newest

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Dyson spheres: Scientists say they've found potential evidence (cnn.com)

6 months ago | dxs | cnn.com | newest

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The Great Electric Car Race of 1968 (caltech.edu)

6 months ago | dxs | caltech.edu | newest

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Human Computers: The Women Who Powered Early Technology (rarehistoricalphotos.com)

6 months ago | dxs | rarehistoricalphotos.com | frontpage

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The hidden spaces on planes that are off limits to passengers (cnn.com)

6 months ago | dxs | cnn.com | newest

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Should Employees Be Paid? Why People Think It's Time (reductress.com)

6 months ago | dxs | reductress.com | newest

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There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux (fosspost.org)

6 months ago | dxs | fosspost.org | best

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Firebird III: 1958 General Motors Car, Looks Straight Out Sci-Fi (rarehistoricalphotos.com)

6 months ago | dxs | rarehistoricalphotos.com | newest

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The Green-Energy Revolution Shows What Real Innovation Looks Like (prospect.org)

7 months ago | dxs | prospect.org | newest

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Third Thumb: People have no difficulty getting to grips with extra thumb (techxplore.com)

7 months ago | dxs | techxplore.com | newest

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What Does GPT Stand For? (zdnet.com)

7 months ago | dxs | zdnet.com | newest

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Massachusetts collected $1.8B from surtax on the state's highest earners (wgbh.org)

7 months ago | dxs | wgbh.org | newest

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We get more useful energy out of renewables than fossil fuels (arstechnica.com)

7 months ago | dxs | arstechnica.com | newest

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Autistic Woman Embraces Tech, Advocates for Disability Rights via iPad (laughingsquid.com)

7 months ago | dxs | laughingsquid.com | frontpage

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The next union organizing wave is at Apple (cnn.com)

7 months ago | dxs | cnn.com | frontpage

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The CIA's former master of disguise tells her story (washingtonpost.com)

7 months ago | dxs | washingtonpost.com | newest

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The Airbus A340 was built to rule long-haul travel, but now it’s vanishing (cnn.com)

7 months ago | dxs | cnn.com | best

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Boeing lost $32B since 2019, no end in sight. Can it keep losing money? (cnn.com)

7 months ago | dxs | cnn.com | newest

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New U of A research questions T. Rex intelligence, culture-building (cbc.ca)

8 months ago | dxs | cbc.ca | newest

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How Donald Trump's Uncle Helped Win WW2 (lflank.wordpress.com)

8 months ago | dxs | wordpress.com | newest

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Submersible Superyachts for Billionaires (cnn.com)

8 months ago | dxs | cnn.com | newest

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Visa List: Digital nomad visa requirements in 2024 (visalist.io)

8 months ago | dxs | visalist.io | newest

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Pilot project in Port Angeles, WA to use ocean power for carbon removal (knkx.org)

8 months ago | dxs | knkx.org | newest

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Cartoon History of the Universe (kk.org)

8 months ago | dxs | kk.org | newest

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A cool guide for time management (graphic) (reddit.com)

8 months ago | dxs | reddit.com | newest

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The Invention of the Pigeon Camera for Aerial Photography (2012) (petapixel.com)

8 months ago | dxs | petapixel.com | newest

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Stackable Building Blocks Launch New Era of Sustainable Construction (innotechtoday.com)

8 months ago | dxs | innotechtoday.com | newest

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Sperm Whales Repel Orcas with 'Defensive Defecation' (explorersweb.com)

8 months ago | dxs | explorersweb.com | newest

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Text Manipulation in Linux: Awk vs. Sed (linuxjournal.com)

8 months ago | dxs | linuxjournal.com | newest

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Wallace and Gromit: Enter the Matrix [video] (youtube.com)

8 months ago | dxs | youtube.com | newest

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Stool transplant shows promise for Parkinson's disease (medicalxpress.com)

8 months ago | dxs | medicalxpress.com | newest

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The Industrial Revolution, climate change, and Brexit (2016) (kottke.org)

8 months ago | dxs | kottke.org | frontpage

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Steve Wozniak Working on a Computer Prototype in the Famous Garage, 1983 (vintag.es)

8 months ago | dxs | vintag.es | newest

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Why even hybrid RTO mandates are hurting overall job satisfaction (computerworld.com)

8 months ago | dxs | computerworld.com | newest

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People liked AI art – when they thought it was made by humans (sciencenorway.no)

8 months ago | dxs | sciencenorway.no | frontpage

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Being laid off in 2023-2024 as an early-career developer (fpsvogel.com)

9 months ago | dxs | fpsvogel.com | best

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[flagged] The CIA's Cold War plan to use stray cats as spies (lflank.wordpress.com)

9 months ago | dxs | wordpress.com | frontpage

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World’s Fastest Camera Shoots 156.3 Trillion Frames Per Second (petapixel.com)

9 months ago | dxs | petapixel.com | newest

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Open Tax Solver (sourceforge.net)

9 months ago | dxs | sourceforge.net | newest

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Public AI as an Alternative to Corporate AI (schneier.com)

9 months ago | dxs | schneier.com | newest

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Canadian arrested for stealing secret to speedy Tesla battery production (theregister.com)

9 months ago | dxs | theregister.com | newest

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Endangered Firefox? (computerworld.com)

9 months ago | dxs | computerworld.com | newest

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The first fatal nuclear reactor accident in American history (lflank.wordpress.com)

9 months ago | dxs | wordpress.com | newest

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Composting Toilets: Tools for Possibilities: issue no. 78 (kk.org)

9 months ago | dxs | kk.org | newest

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Rapid skill acquisition: Quickly adapt to new career opportunities (testdouble.com)

9 months ago | dxs | testdouble.com | newest

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People Posing with Selfie Sticks Before They Were a Thing (rarehistoricalphotos.com)

9 months ago | dxs | rarehistoricalphotos.com | newest

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Linux Crosses 4% Market Share Worldwide (linuxiac.com)

9 months ago | dxs | linuxiac.com | frontpage

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A woman named "Steve" – IT pioneer, entrepreneur, philanthropist (2019) (computer.org)

9 months ago | dxs | computer.org | best

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Emacs: Watching YouTube with Yeetube and Mpv (sapka.me)

9 months ago | dxs | sapka.me | newest

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Debian Takes Proactive Steps to Address Year 2038 Problem (linuxiac.com)

10 months ago | dxs | linuxiac.com | newest