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The situation unfolded over a weekend, after SVB shut down Friday afternoon. The FDIC attempted to find a buyer on Saturday, and got at least one interested party, but couldn't clo…

If you subscribe to the point of view that Russia's war on Ukraine isn't actually about Ukraine, but about causing lasting pain in Europe, then this action is perfectly rational fo…

A balanced summary of the lead-up to the First (1988-1994) and Second (2020) Nagorno-Karabakh war. Note that this is article is NOT about the recent escalation on 2022-09-13 when A…

Two reasons: - To inconvenience the institutions of the occupier just in that area (Why just there? To avoid removing their incentives to change and to avoid crippling your own com…

Incredibly, this isn't actually true, though it's tempting to think so from looking at the shapes on the map. The border actually follows the Lusatian Neisse, and then the Oder riv…

Bigger cities typically regulate taxis and sell licenses to operate to taxi companies, who then employ or contract the drivers. Uber was always an unlicensed taxi scheme. Their pla…

This should absolutely be litigated to stop the blatant laundering of copyright under the guise of fair use. Copilot's API is surfacing snippets of work without licensing informati…

There are no pipelines that cross the EU's external border that transport crude oil from outside the EU into the EU, except the ones that are fed from Russia. Before the UK left th…

I get why the OSI published this post. They have a vested interest in the conversation and I agree with their points. But the battle for the narrative has already been lost when pe…

Reading the list of vulnerabilities that were added on March 3 to the "known exploited vulnerabilities catalog" [1] makes me want to go full Commander Adama and never network any c…

Just as the article notes, free lots in out-of-the-way towns aren't too attractive because you still have to spend many dozens of thousands of dollars to put on a house on it, and …

The cryptocurrency boom, like tulip mania, was always reliant on there being an endless supply of greater fools to which you could eventually offload these strange wares. And, if y…

The same conundrum comes up with the medical forms that ask one to self-report any post-partum depression, or any time you can be found mentally unfit (e.g. at your job, like in 20…

This essay is a thought-provoking read, because it critically analyzes riots by their characteristics and compatibility with classic Western political thought. It comes very close …

The situation is complicated. Some EU member states are pro-nuclear, and some are anti-nuclear. In each state, the predominant popular sentiment may not actually match the current …

In parts of the world where the cost of electricity is low but reliable internet connectivity is available, cryptocurrency mining is widespread among those who can procure the hard…

This essay is a frustrating read, because you can feel his condescension towards critics (oh, they must be envious, or taking cheap shots), and you get a window into his headspace …

The article title is a misquote [1] from the interviewed subject of the article, in which the subject recounts a situation where their mundane tweet was replied to thousands of tim…

On this topic, a popular previous post on HN is 'Your nines are not my nines' [1] by rachelbythebay. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20451714

There's not a lot of material to directly address here other than to congratulate Zig and its team for trying to chart a path that is both practical and principled. But yet the pos…

Yes, but this happens for everything, not just articles about nuclear waste. Lots of headlines sound bad devoid of a point of comparison, and lots of articles, reports, and statist…

I wouldn't celebrate a victory yet. As is often the case, the court's choice of tests simply will serve as a blueprint for others on how to avoid themselves being caught in the sam…

A totally anonymous vote is not possible, because at some point they must reveal the aggregate result, and this will allow the voters to reason about the way others must have voted…

It's not necessary to suppose that humans date like a prehistoric caricature; it's far more likely that people are making decisions based on the kind of information easily availabl…

The paper "Declines in Unintended Pregnancy in the United States, 2008-2011" [1] by Lawrence B Finer and Mia R Zolna is linked by the CDC on their page about Unintended Pregnancy, …