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22 minutes ago
Comment kxhAn article in the Murdoch press criticising google? Say it ain't so!
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3 hours ago
Current Event kxh
Samoa declares state of emergency as measles spreads across Pacific
Samoa declared a state of emergency this weekend, closing all schools and cracking down on public gatherings, after several deaths linked to a measles outbreak.
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3 hours ago
Current Event kxh
Someone built an OS for computers salvaged after the world ends
software developer Virgil Dupras built an operating system — Collapse OS — that can be run on parts salvaged from a post-apocalyptic hellscape
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3 hours ago
Analysis kxh
Microsoft Is Hiding Open Source Code in an Apocalypse-Proof Storage Facility
Next to the famous Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, is an abandoned coal mine protecting a different kind of resource against the end of the world: all of GitHub's open source code.
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2 days ago
Current Event kxh
Italy: Venice council flooded after 'NO' vote on climate change measures
Oops. Awkward.
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3 days ago
Comment kxh
What a catastrophe for him.
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4 days ago
Comment kxh
Abortions will always happen. The abortion debate is really about whether women have access to safe, legal medical care.
Posted in: The Dishonesty of the Abortion Debate
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4 days ago
Analysis kxh
Get ready for radical change as economic problems hit 'boiling point', warns global bank
The next decade is likely to see higher prices and interest rates and a reversal of globalisation, but also a reduction in inequality and increased climate action, predicts one of the world's biggest banks.
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5 days ago
Analysis kxh
Dodgy treatment: it's not us, it's the other lot, say the experts. So who do we believe?
Professional societies of doctors, surgeons or physiotherapists are more likely to recommend against treatments provided by others, our new research shows.
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5 days ago
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Vaping-related lung disease now has a name – and a likely cause. 5 things you need to know about EVALI
Defining what this disease is and who has it has helped those investigating the outbreak understand what caused it.
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5 days ago
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Bill Gates: You'd all be on Windows Mobile today, not Android, but I screwed up
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8 days ago
Comment kxh
A dearth of originality. No new stories, they have to remake old movies. They hate paying for decent stories. They call themselves the creative industries? What's next? Juarassic Parking Lot 102?
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8 days ago
Expression kxh
Sustenance
Excess fungus slices
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8 days ago
Analysis kxh
Cloudflare Explains What It Takes To Slay A Patent Troll
A couple years back we wrote about the patent trolling operation Blackbird Technologies, which was a law firm that pretended it wasn't a law firm, and seemed to focus on buying up patents to shake down companies for cash. It had threatened many...
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9 days ago
Current Event kxh
Japanese women demand right to wear glasses at work
Public outcry after TV show exposes businesses imposing ban on female staff
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9 days ago
Comment kxh
So the anti-trust case worked in part. Unfortunately it was only the European anti-trust suit that forced Microsoft into any real action.
he said software is a "winner-takes-all" market.
That was the way he played it, which is why he faced an anti-trust suit.
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10 days ago
Comment kxh
The old: they could make more money by charging people more. Actually no, people would stop using the service.
That's like saying Tim Berners-Lee could have patented html and http protocols and made billions. It ignores the fact that html became popular and the default standard because it was free. If he had patented it and tried to monetise it, it never would have become popular.
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11 days ago
Analysis kxh
The Last of The Neanderthals Carved This Eagle Talon Into a Powerful Symbol
We invoke their name as an insult, but continuing discoveries about the extinct Neanderthal culture suggest the existence of a rich, complex symbolism we still do not fully understand. Now, we have another artefact to admire.
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11 days ago
Analysis kxh
Here's The Scientific Reason Why It's Better to Exercise Before Breakfast
Exercise is recommended for people who are overweight or obese as a way to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But people don't always have time to exercise as much as they would like, so finding ways to increa
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11 days ago
Analysis kxh
Pharma Giant Fails To Mention (For 18 Years) That US Government Helped Fund A Key Patent Used In Drug That Has Generated $53 Billion In Sales So Far
Many drugs are eye-wateringly expensive and companies maintain it's because of development costs, but in fact, many new drugs are made possible thanks to ground-breaking early work by academics in universities or institutes, not in companies.
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11 days ago
Comment kxh
Where's your government? This is a system failure. Why should companies and philanthropists have to do this. What use is a government that doesn't help people who need it?
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13 days ago
I use "kill sticky" for that mostly. Do you mean "behind the overlay"? I might give it a try.
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13 days ago
Comment kxh
Which is why you use a bunch of firefox extensions that stops some of those shenanigans. Here's a selection of interesting ones.
- Ad Nauseum
- Cookie AutoDelete
- F.B Purity (if you ever want to visit facebook and even if you don't use facebook, it still tracks you visiting other websites.
- Facebook Container (ditto)
- Ghostery
- No Coin - Block miners on the web
- Privacy Badger
- TrackMeNot
- uMatrix
- uBlock Origin
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13 days ago
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Had Rosenhan been more measured in his treatment of the hospitals, had he included Lando’s data, there’s a chance a different dialogue, less extreme in its certainty, would have emerged from his study and maybe, just maybe, we’d be in a better place.
Or maybe not. Ultimately a very unclear article. No real conclusive evidence. Still, Murdoch press, so what do you expect really.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis kxh
Just Another Day In Academic Publishing: Professor Posts His Own Article On His Own Website, Gets Takedown Notice Alleging Copyright Infringement
William Cunningham is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. Like many academics, he posts his own articles on his own Web site to help spread knowledge and boost his standing in the academic community. You'll never guess what...
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