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10 days ago
Current Event drunkenninjaYouTube just banned supremacist content, and thousands of channels are about to be removed
YouTube is changing its community guidelines to ban videos promoting the superiority of any group as a justification for discrimination against others based on their age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status, the company said today. The move, which will result in the removal of all videos promoting Nazism and other discriminatory ideologies, is expected to result in the removal of thousands of channels across YouTube.
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3 weeks ago
Current Event drunkenninja
IU researchers synthesize a molecular 'cage' to trap chloride salts
The technology could address the seepage of this pollutant into freshwater systems, which is a threat to drinkable water across the globe.
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3 weeks ago
Analysis drunkenninja
The Troubled History of Psychiatry
Challenges to the legitimacy of the profession have forced it to examine itself, including the fundamental question of what constitutes a mental disorder.
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3 weeks ago
Analysis drunkenninja
We’ll soon know the exact air pollution from every power plant in the world. That’s huge.
Satellite data plus artificial intelligence equals no place to hide.
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1 month ago
Current Event drunkenninja
$356 million in cryptocurrency stolen in first three months of 2019
Cryptocurrency exit scammers and exchange hackers have made a killing this year, and soon they'll have to launder it all...
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1 month ago
Current Event drunkenninja
I Cut the Cord, But Not to Save Money. TV on the Internet Is Just Better Now.
For years, “cord cutting” — dropping your cable television package and watching video content only over the internet — has been discussed as a strategy for saving money. My husband and I cut the cord in April, and we are indeed saving money: about $24 a month. But that’s not the main reason we cut the cord.
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1 month ago
Current Event drunkenninja
Robots threaten middle-aged workers the most (that's anyone over 21)
Three papers from influential economists cast doubt on the idea that there are beneficial aspects to automation. Beneficial aspects to workers, that is.
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2 months ago
Indeed, maybe in a couple of decades we will have an intelligence that will far surpass our smartest minds just based on its sheer ability to crunch data and answer a question based on specifically that without it being tainted by bias and preconceived notions.
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2 months ago
Yeah it equals things right out...
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2 months ago
Current Event drunkenninja
Blizzard bribes female employees to track their sex, pregnancy, and moods
Big Brother was so 1984. Now in 2019, it’s all about Big Blizzard.
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2 months ago
Analysis drunkenninja
'Paramedic' Ants Are the First to Rescue and Heal Their Wounded Comrades
Matabele ants nurse each other back to health after battle with a surprisingly high success rate, a new study finds.
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3 months ago
Current Event drunkenninja
Harvard study unlocks a key to regeneration
Led by Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Mansi Srivastava, a team of researchers is shedding new light on how animals perform whole-body regeneration, and uncovering a number of DNA switches that appear to control genes used in the process.
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3 months ago
Video/Audio drunkenninja
Dwarf Fortress launches on Steam with a brand new look
Dwarf Fortress is a fascinating concept, but if you’ve ever laid your eyes on the subterranean simulation, you’ll know it’s not been the easiest thing to actually look at. That’s set to change very soon, however, as the game’s developers have announced that the game is expanding on its current Patreon pricing model with an official Steam and Itch.io release, which will accompany a massive graphical overhaul.
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3 months ago
Analysis drunkenninja
Sleep helps to repair damaged DNA in neurons, scientists find
Ernest Hemingway prized sleep for good reason. Not one to dwell on rest and recuperation, the novelist saw snoozing as a form of damage limitation. “I love sleep,” he once said. “My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake.” The author’s observation might be truer than he imagined. In a new study, scientists found that broken DNA builds up in brain cells in the daytime, and that repair work only reverses the damage during sleep.