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They haven't even started their own versions of AdWords. Google's money printing is based on people telling Google what they want in the search bar, and google placing ads about wh…

For vim users, jupyter-vim [0] coupled with a jupyter QtConsole is hard to beat. The short video [1] is maybe self-explanatory, but in short: - vim on the left half of the screen, …

I am not even old and remember tips meant appreciation of service rendered. Now tips are requested upon payment before service rendered. In front of workers and next customers. Min…

A friend is a faculty and says the institution online access to books and articles often does not work. Login issues, VPN issues, cookie issues if you started the VPN after trying …

The US tax authorities want automated data collection from EU banks about all "US persons"? Sure, that's FATCA. Reciprocity? Nope, US banks don't send anything back.

Sanctions appear tough but will isolate the Belarusian people even more. The EU could up their game by recognizing the democratically elected Belarusian individuals as the rightful…

Building a startup for on-demand nuclear plant submarines for coastal cities worldwide. Coastal mayors and governors have access dashboard to order nuclear submarines and pay by th…

Can't crypto kill front running entirely? Alice, wanting to transact, writes down two opposing orders, say buy 1 share of A for $10 and sell 1 share of A $10, plus a signed secret …

What benefits are we talking here? I presume mostly healthcare, though I may me missing something. What you suggest is overly complex compared to untying health care from work. In …

Here is another incentive: When users share their bills and EOB, provide them with an automated analysis of their bills: what seems weird, which billed items were far above average…

> I don't think I could reasonably expect a person from a journalism/liberal arts degree educational and work experience background to identify steganography. Typing the whole leak…

The Pentagon, through a political appointee appointed after Nov 3, blocking neighboring states over sending the national guard towards the capitol during the riots [1]. (edited for…

It's quick to sample 10-20 accepted NeurIPS papers randomly and realize that almost all of those have useless platitudes as impact statements. I am not so sure the letter attempts …

Important context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25419844 The author of the blacklist retracted the list and apologized.

Related discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25419844