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I would thoroughly recommend the Fall of Civilizations podcast episode on the ancient Phonecians. It goes into detail about life in Phonecian society, particularly Carthage, and it…

So just of the top of my head, things that have made mainstream news in the past ~week; - A Small molecule oral cancer drug kills 100% of solid tumors across 70 evaluated cancer ty…

I would love to use Firefox, Brave, even Safari, but I'm quite literally locked into the Google eco-system. My work emails are G-Suite, so having chrome means I can sync data from …

Iris Alexandra's twitter is especially enthralling. Seems like so much discoveries and innovation happens from computer science to physics, chemistry and biology all from people wi…

I know this is a joke, but can we for a second take a step back to marvel at how we're now watching US Congressional hearings about UAP's, where the word "Aliens" and "Extra-terres…

Signal is great, easily one of the best apps I've ever used. As someone who's privacy conscious, I've been trying forever to get my network of friends, family and colleagues to use…

Kind of wild that Apple have built up so much of a reputation that you're calling it the 'best VR headset ever made' without it even being released yet. This just proves that good …

I've been using pop on my 2017 xps for 3 years now, its amazing. Honestly the best linux experience

You don't just develop existential dread about climate change out of nowhere. First comes awareness, in this case the younger generation grew up being educated about climate change…

Blender is what I point to when people tell me open source is doomed for failure. There isn't anything that comes remotely close in terms of features and ubiquitous support, and it…

For context, this is part of a wider layoff at Amazon, with over 9000 job losses: https://twitter.com/zachbussey/status/1637826120216195075

Its quite sad that ad-blocking is framed as killing this business. Surely it's more akin to a subsidised business failing to move to a more sustainable model? Don't get me wrong I …

Anecdotally, it's already being used in day to day life. My friends (who work in non stem fields) have been using it to settle arguments. My neighbour has been using it to ask for …

I got my start writing RuneScape bots too! It's such a shame because speaking to the younger generation (I call them the TikTok generation) they don't have the same experience with…

Looks like the current news cycle is mostly pushing fanfare; everybody loves a good Alien story. It seems like the pentagon and US officials are also eager to hint that it's extra …

>Most European countries have failed to integrate their growing Muslim populations. They’ve imported an underclass, one that’s going to be increasingly furious that they’re stuck i…

In my experience, it's the exact opposite. It's the first and second generation immigrants who tend to have more kids and who tend to bring in fresh labour pools, and therefore mor…

What's interesting to me is that if we're able to accept the idea that mass social media-induced illness can be developed just by virtue of video watching TikTok or YouTube, then t…

I know HN will absolutely tear me apart for recommending this, but I use GitHub desktop. It has all the bells and whistles of the CLI, but you can actually see and understand what'…

Anyone condemning NHS England for these moves must look beyond current political/social discourse at the implications of allowing children who are unable to vote, drink, drive or a…

How very pessimistic. We should never shirk technological progress for fear of upsetting the status quo or established agenda. All of this is only a matter of time away from emergi…

Yes and no. Hate speech can be arbitrarily defined, but speech inciting violence has a solid definition. There's a line between calling out refugee acceptance and questioning immig…